The opposing land forces at Charleston, S. C.
The composition, losses, and strength of each army as here stated give the gist of all the data obtainable in the Official Records. K stands for killed; w for wounded; m w for mortally wounded; m for captured or missing; c for captured. Union Maj.-Gen. Quincy A. Gillmore, commanding Department of the South. Confederate: General G. T. Beauregard, commanding Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.1Battery Wagner, July 18th. Union.
First division, Brig.-Gen. Truman Seymour (w). First Brigade, Brig.-Gen. George C. Strong (m w): 6th Conn., Col. John L. Chatfield (mn w), Capt. John N. Tracy; 9th Me., Col. Sabine Emery (w); 54th Mass. (colored), Col. Robert G. Shaw (k), Capt. Luis F. Emilio; 3d N. H., Col. John H. Jackson (w); 48th N. Y., Col. William B. Barton (w); 76th Pa., Capt. John S. Littell. Second Brigade, Col. Haldimand S. Putnam (k): 7th N. H., Lieut.-Col. Joseph C. Abbott; 100th N. Y., Col. George B. Dandy; 62d Ohio, Col. Francis B. Pond; 67th Ohio, Col. Alvin C. Voris. Artillery, Lieut.-Col. Richard W. Jackson and Capt. Loomis L. Langdon (in charge of siege-batteries): C, 3d R. I., Capt. Charles R. Brayton; E, 3d U. S., Lieut. John R. Myrick. Total Union loss: killed, 246; wounded, 880; captured or missing, 389 = 1515. The strength of the assaulting column (exclusive of Stevenson's brigade, held in reserve) is estimated at 5000.Confederate.
Garrison, Brig.-Gen. William B. Taliaferro: 32d Ga., Col. George P. Harrison, Jr.; 31st N. C., Lieut.-Col. C. W. Knight; 51st N. C., Col. Hector McKethan; Charleston (S. C.) Battalion, Lieut.-Col. P. C. Gaillard (w); 7th S. C. Battalion, Maj. J. H. Rion. Artillery, Lieut.-Col. J. C. Simkins (k): 63d Ga. (2 co's), Capts. J. T. Buckner and W. J. Dixon; 1st S. C. (2 co's), Capts. W. T. Tatom (k) and Warren Adams; S. C. Battery, Capt. W. L. De Pass. Total Confederate loss: killed and wounded, 174. Total force guarding fortifications around Charleston, about 8500. Total engaged at Battery Wagner, about 1000.[75]
Siege operations, August-September, 1863.
Union.--Morris Island, Brig.-Gen. Alfred H. Terry. First Brigade, Col. Henry R. Guss: 9th Me., Lieut.-Col. Z. H. Robinson; 3d N. H., Capt. James F. Randlett; 4th N. H., Lieut.-Col. Louis Bell; 97th Pa., Maj. Galusha Pennypacker. Second Brigade, Col. Joshua B. Howell: 39th Ill., Col. Thomas O. Osborn; 62d Ohio, Col. F. B. Pond; 67th Ohio, Maj. Lewis Butler; 85th Pa., Maj. Edward Campbell. Third Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Thomas G. Stevenson: 7th Conn., Col. Joseph R. Hawley; 10th Conn., Maj. Edwin S. Greeley; 24th Mass., Col. Francis A. Osborn; 7th N. H., Lieut.-Col. J. C. Abbott; 100th N. Y., Col. G. B. Dandy. Fourth Brigade, Col. James Montgomery: 54th Mass. (colored), Col. M. S. Littlefield; 2d S. C. (colored), Lieut.-Col. W. W. Marple; 3d U. . C. T., Col. B. C. Tilghman. Fifth Brigade, Col. W. W. H. Davis: 47th N. Y., Maj. C. R. McDonald; Independent Battalion N. Y., Capt. M. Schmitt; 52d Pa., Lieut.-Col. H. M. Hoyt; 104th Pa., Maj. E. L. Rogers. Artillery, Lieut.-Col. R. W. Jackson and Capt. L. L. Langdon: B, 3d R. I., Capt. Albert E. Green; C, 3d R. I., Capt. Charles R. Brayton; D, 3d R. I., Capt. Richard G. Shaw; H, 3d R. I., Capt. Augustus W. Colwell; I, 3d R. I., Capt. Charles G. Strahan; M, 3d R. I., Capt. Joseph J. Comstock, Jr.; B, 1st U. S., Lieut. Guy V. Henry; C, 1st U. S. (detachment), Lieut. James E. Wilson; E, 3d U. S., Lieut. John R. Myrick; B, 3d N. Y., Capt. James E. Ashcroft; F, 3d N. Y., Lieut. Paul Birchmeyer. Miscellaneous: Detachment 11th Me., Lieut. Charles Sellhmer; Detachment I, 1st Mass. Cav., Lieut. Charles V. Holt; 1st N. Y. Engineers, Col. Edward W. Serrell. North end of Folly Island, Brig.-Gen. Israel Vogdes. African Birigade, Brig.-Gen. Edward A. Wild: 55th Mass., Col. Norwood P. Hallowell; 1st N. C., Col. James C. Beecher; 2d N. C. (detachment), Col. Alonzo G. Draper; 3d N. C. (detachment), Capt. John Wilder. Foster's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. R. S. Foster: 13th Ind., Col. Cyrus J. Dobbs; 112th N. Y., Col. Jeremiah C. Drake; 169th N. Y., Col. Clarence Buell. Alford's Brigade, Col. Samuel M. Alford: 3d N. Y., Lieut.-Col. E. G. Floyd; 89th N. Y., Col. Harrison S. Fairchild 103d N. Y., Col. William Heine; 117th N. Y., Col. Alvin White. Artillery: 1st Conn., Capt. A. P. Rockwell. South end of Folly Island, Brig.-Gen. Geo. H. Gordon. First Brigade, Brig.-Gen. A. Schimmelfennig: 41st N. Y., Lieut.-Col. Detleo von Einsiedel; 54th N. Y., Capt. Clemens Knipschild; 127th N. Y., Lieut.-Col. Stewart L. Woodford; 142d N. Y., Col. N. Martin Curtis; 107th Ohio, Capt. William Smith; 74th Pa., Capt. Henry Krauseneck. Second Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Adelbert Ames: 17th Conn., Col. W. H. Noble; 40th Mass., Lieut.-Col. Joseph A. Dalton; 144th N. Y., Col. David E. Gregory; 157th N. Y., Maj. James C. Carmichael; 25th Ohio, Capt. Nathaniel Haughton; 75th Ohio, Col. A. L. Harris. Recapitulation of Union losses, July 10th-Sept. 7th:Killed. | Wounded. | Captured or Missing. | Total. | |
Morris Island, July 10 | 15 | 91 | 106 | |
Battery Wagner, July 11 | 49 | 123 | 167 | 339 |
Battery Wagner, July 18 | 246 | 880 | 389 | 1515 |
Siege operations, July 18-Sept. 7 | 71 | 278 | 9 | 358 |
Total on Morris Island | 381 | 1372 | 565 | 2318 |