Wyse Fork Confederate order of battle
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The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Wyse Fork
Battle of Wyse Fork
The Battle of Wyse Fork was a battle fought in the Carolinas Campaign of the American Civil War, resulting in a Union Army victory.-Background:...

. The Union order of battle
Wyse Fork Union order of battle
The following is the organization of the Union forces engaged at the Battle of Wyse Fork, during the American Civil War in 1865. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.-Military Rank:* MG = Major General* BG = Brigadier General...

 is listed separately.

Military Rank

  • Gen = General
  • LTG = Lieutenant General
  • MG = Major General
  • BG = Brigadier General
  • Col = Colonel
    Colonel (United States)
    In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, colonel is a senior field grade military officer rank just above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general...

  • Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
    Lieutenant Colonel (United States)
    In the United States Army, United States Air Force, and United States Marine Corps, a lieutenant colonel is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of major and just below the rank of colonel. It is equivalent to the naval rank of commander in the other uniformed services.The pay...

  • Maj = Major
    Major (United States)
    In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, major is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel...

  • Cpt = Captain
  • Lt = Lieutenant
    Lieutenant
    A lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...


Other

  • (w) = wounded
    Wounded
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  • (mw) = mortally wounded
  • (k) = killed in action
    Killed in action
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  • (c) = captured
    Prisoner of war
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Hoke's Division

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Hoke's Division

    
MG Robert F. Hoke
Robert Hoke
Robert Frederick Hoke was an American businessman, railroad executive, and a Confederate Army general during the American Civil War. Hoke and his division played a decisive role during the Battle of Cold Harbor in 1864....

Clingman's Brigade

  
Col William S. Devane
  • 8th North Carolina
  • 31st North Carolina
  • 51st North Carolina
  • 61st North Carolina
Kirkland's Brigade

  
BG William W. Kirkland
William Whedbee Kirkland
William Whedbee Kirkland was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was the only former US Marine to serve as a Confederate general.-Early life:...

  • 17th North Carolina
  • 42nd North Carolina
  • 66th North Carolina
Hagood's Brigade

  
BG Johnson Hagood
Johnson Hagood (governor)
Johnson Hagood was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and the 80th Governor of South Carolina from 1880 to 1882.-Early years:...

  • Contingent of Ltc John D. Taylor
    • 36th North Carolina
    • 1st North Carolina Heavy Artillery Battalion
    • 13th North Carolina Light Artillery Battalion
  • Contingent of Maj William A. Holland
    • 40th North Carolina
Colquitt's Brigade

  
Col Charles Zachry
  • 6th Georgia
    6th Georgia Volunteer Infantry
    The 6th Georgia Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It was organized at Macon, Georgia, in April, 1861.Future governor of Georgia, Alfred H. Colquitt, was elected its first colonel...

  • 19th Georgia
  • 23rd Georgia
  • 27th Georgia
  • 28th Georgia
North Carolina Junior Reserves Brigade

  
BG Laurence S. Baker
Laurence S. Baker
Laurence Simmons Baker was an officer in the United States Army on the frontier, then later a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...

  • 1st North Carolina Junior Reserves
  • 2nd North Carolina Junior Reserves
  • 3rd North Carolina Junior Reserves
  • 20th North Carolina Junior Reserves Battalion
Whitford's Brigade

  
Col John N. Whitford
  • 67th North Carolina
  • 68th North Carolina
Artillery

  
Ltc Joseph B. Starr
  • 13th North Carolina Light Artillery Battalion (companies B and E)

Contingent from Army of Tennessee

MG Daniel Harvey Hill
Daniel Harvey Hill
On July 22, 1862, Hill and Union Maj. Gen. John A. Dix concluded an agreement for the general exchange of prisoners between the Union and Confederate armies. This agreement became known as the Dix-Hill Cartel....


Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Clayton's Division, Lee's Corps

    
MG Henry D. Clayton
Henry DeLamar Clayton (general)
Henry DeLamar Clayton, Sr. was a prominent Alabama attorney, politician, Redeemer judge, and college president. He also served as a major general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, commanding a division in the Army of Tennessee in the Western Theater.-Early life and...

Stovall's Brigade

  
Col Henry C. Kellog
  • 40th Georgia
  • 41st Georgia
  • 42nd Georgia
  • 43rd Georgia
    43rd Georgia Volunteer Infantry
    The 43rd Georgia Volunteer Infantry was an Infantry Regiment of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.- History :The regiment was first organized during the spring of 1862 with men recruited from Banks, Cherokee, Forsyth, Hall, Jackson, and Pickens counties...

Jackson's Brigade

  
Ltc James C. Gordon
  • 1st
    1st Georgia Infantry
    The 1st Georgia Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-History:The regiment was first organized May 1, 1862, with men recruited from Fulton and other counties. The companies first named were twelve months' troops , a majority re-enlisting for...

     - 66th Georgia
  • 25th Georgia
  • 29th - 30th Georgia
  • 1st Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion
Pettu's Brigade

  
BG Edmund M. Pettus
Edmund Pettus
Edmund Winston Pettus , was an American lawyer, soldier, and legislator. He served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, during which he was captured three times, as well as a U.S...

  • 20th Alabama
  • 30th Alabama

Hill's Division

    
Col J. G. Coltart
Manigault's Brigade

  
Ltc John C. Carter
  • 10th South Carolina
  • 19th South Carolina
Deas' Brigade

  
Ltc Harry Toulmin
  • 22nd Alabama
    22nd Regiment Alabama Infantry
    The 22nd Regiment Alabama Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.-Service:This regiment was organized at Montgomery, Alabama November, 1861, and armed by private enterprise...

  • 25th Alabama
  • 39th Alabama
  • 50th Alabama

Detachment from Stewart's Corps

    
MG Edwin C. Walthall
Scott's Brigade

  
Cpt John A. Dixon
  • 12th Louisiana
  • 27th - 35th - 49th Alabama
Quarles' Brigade

  
BG George D. Johnston
  • 1st Alabama
  • 17th Alabama
    17th Regiment Alabama Infantry
    The 17th Regiment Alabama Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 18th Alabama was mustered in at Montgomery, Alabama in August 1861....

  • 29th Alabama
  • 42nd - 46th - 49th - 53rd - 55th Tennessee
Featherston's Brigade

  
Maj Martin A. Oatis
  • 1st Mississippi
  • 3rd Mississippi
  • 22nd Mississippi
  • 31st Mississippi
  • 33rd Mississippi
  • 40th Mississippi
  • 1st Mississippi Battalion
Lawry's Brigade

  
Ltc Robert Lawrence
  • 6th Mississippi
  • 14th Mississippi
  • 15th Mississippi
  • 20th Mississippi
  • 23rd Mississippi
  • 43rd Mississippi

Sources

  • Hughes, Jr. Nathaniel Cheairs. Bentonville: The Final Battle of Sherman and Johnston. University of North Carolina Press, 1996. ISBN 0-8078-2281-7
  • Historical Preservation Group website
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