The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Siege of Charleston Harbor of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately.
The following lists contain the commanders and units involved in the operations against Charleston Harbor from July to September 1863. The first phase from July 10–18 includes the initial engagements at First Fort Wagner, Grimball's Landing and Second Fort Wagner. The second phase from July 19-September 8 includes siege operations against Charleston Harbor and Fort Sumter.
Abbreviations used
Military rank
Other
- w = wounded
- mw = mortally wounded
- k =killed
- c = captured
Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida
Gen Pierre G. T. Beauregard
First District
BG Roswell S. Ripley
| Division |
Post |
Regiments and Others |
|
First Sub-Division "James Island"
Col Charles H. Simonton until 10 July
BG Johnson Hagood
|
Secessionville |
- 25th South Carolina Infantry: Ltc John G. Presley
- 20th South Carolina Infantry (7 companies): Ltc Olin M. Dantzler
- 1st South Carolina Light Battery: Cpt Francis D. Blake
|
| Clark House |
- Company D, Palmetto Battalion (Wagner Artillery): Cpt Charles E. Kanapaux
- Company G, Palmetto Battalion (DeSaussure Artillery): Cpt William L. De Pass
|
| West James Island |
- Company E, Palmetto Battalion: Cpt John D. Johnson
- Company H, Palmetto Battalion: Cpt Thomas A. Holtzclaw
- Company I, Palmetto Battalion: Cpt J.R. Bowden
- Company K, Palmetto Battalion: Cpt Samuel M. Richardson
|
| Fort Pemberton |
- Company A, Lucas Battalion: Cpt John A Gary
- Company B, Lucas Battalion: Cpt Robert Pringle
- Company C, Lucas Battalion: Cpt Theodore B. Hayne
|
| Fort Lamar |
- Company B, 2nd South Carolina Artillery: Cpt J.W. Lancaster
- Company K, 2nd South Carolina Artillery: Cpt Harry C. Culbreath
|
| Fort Johnson |
- Company I, 2nd South Carolina Artillery: Cpt Joseph B. Humbert
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| Fort Glover |
- Company G, 2nd South Carolina Artillery: Cpt George W. Stallings
|
| Batteries Haig and Palmer |
- Company C, 2nd South Carolina Artillery: Cpt Medicus Rickenbacker
|
| East James Island |
- Company A, 2nd South Carolina Artillery: Cpt William A. Hunter
- Company D, 2nd South Carolina Artillery: Cpt William Charles
- Company E, 2nd South Carolina Artillery: Cpt B. E. Dickson
- Company H, 2nd South Carolina Artillery: Cpt William Kennedy
- Company F, 2nd South Carolina Artillery: Cpt Thomas K. Lagare
|
| Cavalry |
- 5th South Carolina Cavalry (3 companies): Ltc Robert J. Jeffords
|
|
2nd Sub-Division
Col Lawrence M. Keitt
|
Fort Moultrie |
- 1st South Carolina Artillery (4 companies)
|
| Battery Bee |
- 1st South Carolina Artillery (2 companies)
|
| Battery Marshall |
- 1st South Carolina Artillery (3 companies)
|
| Battery Beauregard |
- 1st South Carolina Artillery (1 company)
|
| Palmetto Battery |
- 1st South Carolina Artillery (1 company)
|
| Christ Church |
- 5th South Carolina Cavalry (2 companies)
- Sparks' (South Carolina) Cavalry Company
|
| Mount Pleasant |
- 20th South Carolina Infantry (3 companies)
- Santee (South Carolina) Artillery: Cpt Christopher Gaillard
|
|
Third Sub-Division "Morris Island"
Col Robert F. Graham 9-12 July
BG William B. Taliaferro 12-18 July
BG Johnson Hagood 19-22 July
|
Battery Mitchell "Oyster Point" |
- 21st South Carolina Infantry (Detachment): Maj George W. McIver
- Company I, 1st South Carolina Artillery: Cpt John C. Mitchell
- Company E, 1st South Carolina Artillery: Cpt J. Ravenel Macbeth
- Company H (Detachment), 1st South Carolina Artillery: Lt H. W. Frost
- Company D, 1st South Carolina Artillery (serving as infantry): Cpt Charles T. Haskell
|
| Battery Wagner |
- 1st South Carolina Infantry (Cos. H and I)
- 21st South Carolina Infantry: Col Robert F. Graham
- 31st North Carolina Infantry
- 51st North Carolina Infantry
- 22nd Georgia Infantry
- 63rd Georgia Infantry (Cos. B, K and detachment of D)
- Charleston Battalion
- Gist Guard (South Carolina) Heavy Artillery Company: Cpt Charles E. Chichester
- Mathewes (South Carolina) Heavy Artillery Company: Cpt John E. Mathewes
- Company A, 1st South Carolina Artillery
|
| Battery Gregg |
- 31st North Carolina Infantry
- 5th South Carolina Cavalry (Detachment of Couriers)
- Company H (Detachment), 1st South Carolina Artillery: Cpt Henry R. Lesesne
- Company G (Detachment), Palmetto Battalion
|
|
Fourth Sub-Division "Inner Harbor"
Col Alfred Rhett
|
Fort Sumter |
- 1st South Carolina Artillery (5 companies)
|
| Castle Pinckney and Fort Ripley
Cpt William H. Peroneau
|
- Company K, 1st South Carolina Artillery
|
| Charleston |
- 5th South Carolina Cavalry (Detachment)
- Charleston Battalion: Ltc Peter C. Gaillard
- South Carolina Siege Train: Maj Edward Manigault
|
Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida
Gen Pierre G. T. Beauregard
First District
BG Roswell S. Ripley
| Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
|
First Sub-Division
BG William B. Taliaferro
|
Infantry |
- Olmstead's Command: Col Charles H. Olmstead
- 1st Georgia Infantry (4 companies)
- 12th Georgia Artillery Battalion (4 companies): Ltc Henry D. Capers
- 6th Georgia Infantry: Col John T. Lofton
- 19th Georgia Infantry: Col A.J. Hutchins
- 23rd Georgia Infantry Maj. M.R. Ballenger
- 27th Georgia Infantry: Maj. James Gardner
- 28th Georgia Infantry: Col Tully Graybill
- 32nd Georgia Infantry: Col George B. Harrison II
- 54th Georgia Infantry: Col Charleton H. Way
- 8th North Carolina Infantry: Col Henry M. Shaw
- 31st North Carolina Infantry: Col John V. Jordon
|
| Cavalry |
|
| Artillery |
- 1st South Carolina Artillery (5 companies): Maj Ormsby Blanding
- 2nd South Carolina Artillery (9 companies): Col Andrew D. Frederick
- 3rd (Palmetto) South Carolina Artillery Battalion (5 companies): Ltc Edward B. White
- 18th South Carolina Artillery Battalion "South Carolina Siege Train": Maj Edward Manigault
- 12th Georgia Artillery Battalion, Company C: Cpt W.W. Billopp
- 15th (Lucas') South Carolina Heavy Artillery Battalion: Maj Jonathan J. Lucas
- Chatham (Georgia) Artillery Company: Cpt John F. Wheaton
- Marion (South Carolina) Artillery Company: Cpt E.L. Parker
- Mathewes (South Carolina) Heavy Artillery Company: Cpt John R. Mathewes
|
| Anderson's Brigade
BG George T. Anderson
(arrived Sept 9)
|
- 7th Georgia Infantry: Col William W. White
- 8th Georgia Infantry: Col John R. Towers
- 9th Georgia Infantry: Col Benjamin Beck
- 11th Georgia Infantry: Col Francis H. Little
- 59th Georgia Infantry: Col Jack Brown
|
| Hagood's Brigade
BG Johnson Hagood
|
- 11th South Carolina Infantry: Col Frederick H. Gantt
- 21st South Carolina Infantry: Col Robert F. Graham
- 25th South Carolina Infantry: Col Charles H. Simonton
|
|
Second Sub-Division
BG Alfred H. Colquitt until Aug
BG Thomas L. Clingman
|
Infantry |
- 51st North Carolina Infantry: Col Hector McKethan
- 61st North Carolina Infantry: Col James D. Radcliffe
- 20th South Carolina Infantry: Col Lawrence M. Keitt
- 7th South Carolina Battalion: Ltc Patrick H. Nelson
- 18th Georgia Infantry Battalion (3 companies): Maj William S. Basinger
|
| Cavalry |
- Company E, 5th South Carolina Cavalry: Col Louis A. Whilden
- Peterkin's (South Carolina) Cavalry Company: Cpt J.A. Peterkin
- Sparks' (South Carolina) Cavalry Company: Cpt A.D. Sparks
|
| Artillery |
- 1st South Carolina Artillery: Col William Butler
- Company K, 1st South Carolina Artillery: Cpt Alfred S. Gaillard
- German (South Carolina) Artillery: Cpt Frederick W. Wagener
- Macbeth (South Carolina) Artillery Company: Cpt B.A. Jeter
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| Evans' Brigade
BG Nathan G. Evans
|
- 17th South Carolina Infantry: Col Fritz W. McMaster
- 18th South Carolina Infantry: Col William H. Wallace
- 22nd South Carolina Infantry: Ltc James O'Connell
- 23rd South Carolina Infantry: Col Henry L. Benbow
- 26th South Carolina Infantry: Col Alexander D. Smith
- Holcombe Legion: Ltc William J. Crawley
|
|
Harbor Forts
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Fort Sumter
Maj Stephen Elliott, Jr.
|
- Charleston Battalion: Maj Julius A. Blake
|
| Castle Pinckney and Fort Ripley |
- 1st S.C.A., Company G: Cpt William H. Peronneau
|
|
Charleston
BG Wilmot G. DeSaussure
|
Infantry |
- 1st South Carolina Militia: Col Edward Magrath
- 18th South Carolina Militia: Col John E. Carew
- 5th South Carolina State Troops: Col James H. Williams
- Cadet Battalion: Maj John B. White
|
| Cavalry |
- 5th South Carolina Cavalry (Cos. D and H): Ltc Robert J. Jeffords
- Company K, 4th South Carolina Cavalry: Cpt Robert H. Colcock
|
| Artillery |
- 1st S.C.A. (Cos. D and H)
- 1st South Carolina Militia Artillery: Col John A. Wagener
- Company A, Palmetto Battalion (Furman Artillery): Cpt William E. Eale
- Gist Guard (South Carolina) Artillery Company: Cpt Charles E. Chichester
|
| Sailors |
- Boat details (3 companies): Cpt Thomas J. China
|
|
Reserve
|
St. Andrew's Parrish
BG Henry A. Wise
(arrived Sept 19)
|
- 4th Virginia Heavy Artillery [serving as infantry]: Col Thomas J. Goode
- 26th Virginia Infantry: Col Powhatan R. Page
- 46th Virginia Infantry: Col Richard T. W. Duke
- 59th Virginia Infantry: Col William B. Tabb
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Morris Island Commanders (July 9-September 7)
The commanders of Morris Island, scene of the majority of fighting, proved to be ever fluctuating. The following is a list and dates of the officers who commanded Morris Island during the campaign.
| Commander |
Dates |
| Col Robert F. Graham |
9-12 July
|
| BG William B. Taliaferro |
13-18 July
|
| BG Johnson Hagood |
19-22 July
|
| BG William B. Taliaferro |
23-25 July
|
| BG Alfred H. Colquitt |
26-27 July
|
| BG Thomas L. Clingman |
28 July-1 August
|
| Col Lawrence M. Keitt |
2-5 Aug
|
| BG Johnson Hagood |
6-10 Aug
|
| Col George P. Harrison |
11-15 Aug
|
| Col Lawrence M. Keitt |
16-21 Aug
|
| BG Johnson Hagood |
22-27 Aug
|
| BG Alfred H. Colquitt |
28 Aug-3 September
|
| Col Lawrence M. Keitt |
3-7 Sept
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