Wilmington Confederate order of battle
# Wilmington Confederate order of battle

The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Wilmington (February 11 to 22, 1865) of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately.

## Abbreviations used

### Military rank

* Gen = General
* MG = Major General
* BG = Brigadier General
* Col = Colonel
* Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
* Maj = Major
* Cpt = Captain
* Lt = 1st Lieutenant

## Confederate Department of North Carolina

District of Cape Fear Gen Braxton Bragg

### Post of Sugar Loaf

| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| - | - | - |
| Hoke's Division   MG Robert F. Hoke | Clingman's Brigade   Col William S. Devane | 8th North Carolina: Ltc Rufus A. Barrier 31st North Carolina: Ltc Charles W. Knight 51st North Carolina: Cpt James W. Lippit 61st North Carolina |
| Hoke's Division   MG Robert F. Hoke | Colquitt's Brigade   Col Charles T. Zachary | 6th Georgia: Ltc Sampson W. Harris 19th Georgia: Col James H. Neal 23rd Georgia: Col Marcus R. Ballenger 27th Georgia: Cpt Elisha D. Graham 28th Georgia: Cpt John A. Johnson |
| Hoke's Division   MG Robert F. Hoke | Kirkland's Brigade   BG William W. Kirkland | 17th North Carolina: Ltc Thomas H. Sharp 42nd North Carolina: Col John E. Brown 66th North Carolina: Col John E. Nethercutt |
| Hoke's Division   MG Robert F. Hoke | Artillery | 3rd Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery Company A (Northhampton Artillery): Cpt Andrew J. Ellis Company C (detachment): Lt Alfred M. Darden 1st North Carolina Light Artillery 2nd Company I (Southerland's Battery): Cpt Thomas J. Southerland Staunton Hill Battery (Paris' Battery): Cpt Andrew B. Paris |
| Hoke's Division   MG Robert F. Hoke | Cavalry | 2nd South Carolina Cavalry (detachment): Col Thomas J. Lipscomb |

### Fort Anderson

| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| - | - | - |
| Garrison | Hagood's Brigade   BG Johnson Hagood | 11th South Carolina: Col F. Hay Gantt 21st South Carolina (remnants): Col Robert F. Graham 25th South Carolina (remnants): Col Charles H. Simonton 27th South Carolina: Cpt Allston 7th South Carolina Battalion: Ltc James H. Rion |
| Garrison | Artillery | 3rd Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery Company B: Cpt William Badham, Jr. Sampson Artillery: Cpt Abner A. Mosely |
| Garrison | Hedrick's Brigade   Col John J. Hedrick | 2nd North Carolina Artillery (remnants): Ltc John Douglas Taylor 3rd North Carolina Artillery: Maj William Holland Company A (Lenoir Braves): Cpt Ancram W. Ezzell Company B (McMillan Artillery): Lt Macon Bonner, Lt Selby Harden Company C (Bridger's Artillery): Cpt John E. Leggett Company F: Cpt John Robertson 2nd Company H (Barnes' Battery): Cpt Calvin Barnes Company I: Cpt Charles C. Whitehurst 1st Battalion North Carolina Heavy Artillery Company A (Clark Artillery): Cpt Robert G. Rankin Company B (River Guards): Cpt John W. Taylor Company C (Brown's Battalion): Cpt William H. Brown Company D (remnants): Lt John T. Rankin 2nd North Carolina Junior Reserves, Company B McDougald's Unattached Company North Carolina Troops: Cpt W. J. McDougald Coast Guard Company (unattached) |

### Post of Wilmington

Col George Jackson

| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| - | - | - |
| Post garrison | Armory Guards, Company B: Cpt Armand L deRosset 7th North Carolina Home Guards, Companies A and B: Col James G. Burr 8th North Carolina Senior Reserves: Col Allmand M. McKoy |
| Post garrison | Engineers | 2nd Engineers, Company A: Cpt John C. Winder Signal Corps: Lt George C. Bain |
| Post garrison | Cape Fear River batteries   Col Peter C. Gaillard | 13th Battalion North Carolina Light/Heavy Artillery Company D (Adams' Battery): Lt Samuel H. Forbes 68th North Carolina Troops, Company C (detachment) McDougald's Company (detachment) |
