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.

Abbreviations used

Military Rank

Other

Department of North Carolina

Major General John M. Schofield[1]

District of Beaufort/Cox's Provisional Corps

Major General Jacob D. Cox

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

1st Division (XXIII Corps)
     BG Thomas H. Ruger

1st Brigade


   Col John M. Orr

2nd Brigade


   Col John McQuiston

  • 123rd Indiana
  • 129th Indiana
  • 130th Indiana
  • 28th Michigan
3rd Brigade


   Bvt BG Minor T. Thomas

Artillery
  • Co. F, 1st Michigan Light Artillery

1st Division (Dist. of Beaufort)
     BG Innis N. Palmer

1st Brigade


   BG Edward Harland

  • 9th New Jersey
  • 23rd Massachusetts
  • 2nd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery (serving as infantry)
2nd Brigade


   Col Peter J. Claassen

3rd Brigade


   Col Horace Boughton

  • 18th Wisconsin
  • Battalion of provisional troops
  • Battalion of provisional troops
Artillery
  • Batteries C & D, 3rd New York Light Artillery

2nd Division (Dist. of Beaufort)
     BG Samuel P. Carter

1st Brigade


   Col Adam G. Malloy

  • 85th New York
  • Battalion of provisional troops
  • Battalion of provisional troops
2nd Brigade


   Col Charles L. Upham

  • 15th Connecticut
  • 27th Massachusetts
3rd Brigade


   Ltc Henry Splaine

Artillery
  • Batteries A, I & G, 3rd New York Light Artillery
Cavalry
  • 12th New York Cavalry
  • Independent Troop, North Carolina Cavalry

Notes

  1. Schofield was not directly involved in the battle
  2. Greene and Stiles had been ordered to report to General Cox. Neither had been assigned to a command by the time the battle began and therefore served as staff officers to Cox Cox's Official Report
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