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Battery Disposition Key:
Battery Commanders — Christmas Battle — December 24-25, 1864
LAND FACE | |
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River Road Sally Port: | |
A | Capt. John M. Sutton (December 25) |
Company C, 3rd North Carolina Battalion | |
Shepherd's Battery: | |
A | Capt. John M. Sutton (December 25) |
Company C, 3rd North Carolina Battalion | |
B | Lt. George D. Parker (December 24-25) |
36th North Carolina Regiment | |
Main Sally Port: | |
C | Capt. Zachariah T. Adams (December 25) |
13th North Carolina Battalion | |
Other Land Face Batteries: | |
D | Lt. Irvin Fulford (Co. K, 10th North Carolina Regiment) |
Lt. Thomas Arendell (Co. F, 10th North Carolina Regiment) | |
Capt. Daniel Patterson (Co. H, 36th North Carolina Regiment) | |
Northeast Bastion: (The "Redan Battery" and adjoining Works) | |
D | Company F, 10th North Carolina Regiment (December 24) |
E | Capt. Samuel B. Hunter (December 24-25) |
Company F, 36th North Carolina Regiment | |
SEA FACE | |
Cumberland Battery: | |
F | Lt. Daniel R. Perry (December 24-25) |
Company B, 36th North Carolina Regiment | |
Columbiad Battery: | |
F | Lt. Daniel R. Perry |
Company B, 36th North Carolina Regiment | |
G | Lt. Frances M. Roby, C.S. Navy (December 24-25) |
Battery Bolles: | |
H | Capt. Zachariah T. Adams (December 24) |
13th North Carolina Battalion | |
Lt. Samuel H. Forbes in immediate command | |
I | Capt. James L. McCormic (December 25) |
1st North Carolina Battalion | |
Lt. John T. Rankin in immediate command | |
Purdie Battery (Armstrong Battery): | |
H | Capt. Zachariah T. Adams (December 24-25) |
13th North Carolina Battalion | |
Lt. Charles Latham in immediate command | |
Battery Roland: | |
I | Capt. James L. McCormic (December 25) |
1st North Carolina Battalion | |
J | Capt. Oliver H. Powell (December 24) |
Company E, 36th North Carolina Regiment | |
Lenoir Battery: | |
J | Capt. Oliver H. Powell (December 24-25) |
Company E, 36th North Carolina Regiment | |
Battery Hedrick: | |
J | Capt. Oliver H. Powell (December 25) |
Company E, 36th North Carolina Regiment | |
K | Capt. William F. Brooks (December 24) |
Company K, 36th North Carolina Regiment | |
Mound Battery: | |
K | Capt. William F. Brooks (December 24-25) |
Company K, 36th North Carolina Regiment | |
Battery Buchanan (at New Inlet): | |
L | Lt. Robert T. Chapman, C.S. Navy (December 24-25) |
Adapted from:
The Wilmington Campaign and the Battles for Fort Fisher.
by Mark A. Moore — (Da Capo Press, 1999).