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Battery Commanders — Christmas Battle — December 24-25, 1864

LAND FACE
  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).