Olustee Union order of battle

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Olustee of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Military Rank Abbreviations Used

District of Florida

BG Truman Seymour

Brigade Regiments, battalions and batteries
Barton's Brigade
  

Col William B. Barton

  • 47th New York: Col Henry Moore - 40 killed, 13 died of wounds, 184 wounded and 76 missing
  • 48th New York: Maj William B. Coan - 31 killed, 10 died of wounds, 144 wounded and 22 missing
  • 115th New York: Col Simeon Sammon - 42 killed, 20 died of wounds, 188 wounded and 46 missing[1]
Hawley's Brigade


   Col Joseph R. Hawley

  • 7th Connecticut: Cpt Benjamin F. Skinner
  • 7th New Hampshire: Col Joseph C. Abbott
  • 8th United States Colored Troops: Col Charles W. Fribley
Montgomery's Brigade


   Col James Montgomery

  • 35th U.S. Colored Troops: Ltc William N. Reed (mw), Maj Archibald Bogley[2]
  • 54th Massachusetts Infantry (colored): Col Edward Needles Hallowell
Cavalry Brigade


   Col Guy V. Henry

  • 40th Massachusetts Mounted Infantry: Col Guy V. Henry
  • Independent Massachusetts Cavalry Battalion: Maj Atherton A. Stevens, Jr.
  • Battery B (Horse Artillery), 1st U.S. Artillery (4 pieces): Cpt Samuel S. Elder
Artillery


   Cpt John Hamilton

  • Battery E, 3rd U.S. Artillery (6 pieces): Cpt John Hamilton
  • Battery M, 1st U.S. Artillery (6 pieces): Cpt Loomis L. Langdon
  • Battery C, 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery: Lt Henry H. Metcalf
Engineers
  • 1st New York Engineers: Maj James Place - 5 killed and 2 wounded[3][1][4]


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References

  1. New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs: Military History
  2. German-trained, former Holstein Officer, Ltc. Reed fell, while trying saving the life of Adj. Manning under heavy enemy fire. See R. B. Richter, H.-G. Balder: Korporierte im amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg - German Fraternity Students in the American Civil War (1861 - 1865), 2nd extended edition 2013.
  3. Companies A, C, & I between Jacksonville and Baldwin, Company G at Barber's; Detachment of Co. E, Capt. Sears, at Fort Clinch
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-27. Retrieved 2019-04-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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