Roanoke Island order of battle

The following lists the organization of the Union and Confederate forces engaged at the Battle of Roanoke Island, during the American Civil War in 1862.

Union Army
Coast Division (Brig. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside)
 * First Brigade (Brig. Gen. John G. Foster) K-19 W-113 M-0 =132
 * 10th Connecticut - Col Charles L. Russell
 * 23rd Massachusetts - Col John Krutz
 * 24th Massachusetts - Col Thomas G. Stevenson
 * 25th Massachusetts - Col Edwin Upton
 * 27th Massachusetts - Col Horace C. Lee
 * Second Brigade (Brig. Gen. Jesse L. Reno) K-15 W-79 M-13 =107
 * 21st Massachusetts - Ltc Alberto R. Maggi
 * 9th New Jersey - Ltc Charles A. Heckman
 * 51st New York - Col Edward Ferrero
 * 51st Pennsylvania - Col John F. Hartranft
 * Third Brigade (Brig. Gen. John G. Parke) K-0 W-17 M-0 =17
 * 8th Connecticut - Col Edward Harland
 * 11th Connecticut (not engaged)
 * 9th New York - Col Rush C. Hawkins
 * 4th Rhode Island - Col Isaac P. Rodman
 * 5th Rhode Island
 * Unassigned units:
 * 1st New York Marine Artillery (detachment) - Col William A. Howard
 * 99th New York (Union Coast Guard) - Lt Charles W. Tillotson


 * Army gunboats:
 * Picket
 * Vidette
 * Hussar
 * Lancer
 * Ranger
 * Chasseur
 * Pioneer
 * Sentinel

Union Navy
North Atlantic Blockading Squadron (Flag Officer Louis M. Goldsborough)

Confederate Army
Dist. of Roanoke &mdash; Brig. Gen. Henry A. Wise (not present in battle; ill)
 * Col. Henry M. Shaw, second in command
 * 2nd North Carolina
 * 8th North Carolina
 * 17th North Carolina (3 companies)
 * 31st North Carolina
 * 46th Virginia
 * 59th Virginia

(The Virginia regiments were part of the Wise Legion)

Confederate Navy
"Mosquito Fleet" (Flag Officer William F. Lynch)
 * Sea-Bird (flagship)
 * Curlew (sunk)
 * Ellis
 * Beaufort
 * Raleigh
 * Fanny
 * Forrest
 * Appomattox (not at Battle of Roanoke Island)
 * Black Warrior (schooner)