Siege of Charleston Harbor Confederate order of battle
Division Brigade Regiments and Others
First Sub-Division BG William B. Taliaferro Infantry Olmstead 's Command : Col Charles H. Olmstead 1st Georgia Infantry ( 4 companies ) 12th Georgia Artillery Battalion ( 4 companies ) : Ltc Henry D. Capers 6th Georgia Infantry : Col John T. Lofton 19th Georgia Infantry : Col A.J . Hutchins 23rd Georgia Infantry Maj. M.R . Ballenger 27th Georgia Infantry : Maj. James Gardner 28th Georgia Infantry : Col Tully Graybill 32nd Georgia Infantry : Col George B. Harrison II 54th Georgia Infantry : Col Charleton H. Way 8th North Carolina Infantry : Col Henry M. Shaw 31st North Carolina Infantry : Col John V. Jordon
First Sub-Division BG William B. Taliaferro Cavalry 5th South Carolina Cavalry ( 5 companies ) : Col John Dunovant
First Sub-Division BG William B. Taliaferro Artillery 1st South Carolina Artillery ( 5 companies ) : Maj Ormsby Blanding 2nd South Carolina Artillery ( 9 companies ) : Col Andrew D. Frederick 3rd ( Palmetto ) South Carolina Artillery Battalion ( 5 companies ) : Ltc Edward B . White 18th South Carolina Artillery Battalion South Carolina Siege Train : Maj Edward Manigault 12th Georgia Artillery Battalion , Company C : Cpt W.W. Billopp 15th ( Lucas ' ) South Carolina Heavy Artillery Battalion : Maj Jonathan J. Lucas Chatham ( Georgia ) Artillery Company : Cpt John F. Wheaton Marion ( South Carolina ) Artillery Company : Cpt E.L. Parker Mathewes ( South Carolina ) Heavy Artillery Company : Cpt John R. Mathewes
First Sub-Division BG William B. Taliaferro Anderson 's Brigade BG George T. Anderson ( arrived Sept 9 ) 7th Georgia Infantry : Col William W. White 8th Georgia Infantry : Col John R. Towers 9th Georgia Infantry : Col Benjamin Beck 11th Georgia Infantry : Col Francis H. Little 59th Georgia Infantry : Col Jack Brown
First Sub-Division BG William B. Taliaferro Hagood 's Brigade BG Johnson Hagood 11th South Carolina Infantry : Col Frederick H. Gantt 21st South Carolina Infantry : Col Robert F. Graham 25th South Carolina Infantry : Col Charles H. Simonton
Second Sub-Division BG Alfred H. Colquitt until Aug BG Thomas L. Clingman Infantry 51st North Carolina Infantry : Col Hector McKethan 61st North Carolina Infantry : Col James D. Radcliffe 20th South Carolina Infantry : Col Lawrence M. Keitt 7th South Carolina Battalion : Ltc Patrick H. Nelson 18th Georgia Infantry Battalion ( 3 companies ) : Maj William S. Basinger
Second Sub-Division BG Alfred H. Colquitt until Aug BG Thomas L. Clingman Cavalry Company E , 5th South Carolina Cavalry : Col Louis A. Whilden Peterkin 's ( South Carolina ) Cavalry Company : Cpt J.A . Peterkin Sparks ' ( South Carolina ) Cavalry Company : Cpt A.D. Sparks
Second Sub-Division BG Alfred H. Colquitt until Aug BG Thomas L. Clingman Artillery 1st South Carolina Artillery : Col William Butler Company K , 1st South Carolina Artillery : Cpt Alfred S. Gaillard German ( South Carolina ) Artillery : Cpt Frederick W. Wagener Macbeth ( South Carolina ) Artillery Company : Cpt B.A . Jeter
Second Sub-Division BG Alfred H. Colquitt until Aug BG Thomas L. Clingman Evans ' Brigade BG Nathan G. Evans 17th South Carolina Infantry : Col Fritz W. McMaster 18th South Carolina Infantry : Col William H. Wallace 22nd South Carolina Infantry : Ltc James O'Connell 23rd South Carolina Infantry : Col Henry L. Benbow 26th South Carolina Infantry : Col Alexander D. Smith Holcombe Legion : Ltc William J. Crawley
Harbor Forts Fort Sumter Maj Stephen Elliott , Jr Charleston Battalion : Maj Julius A. Blake
Harbor Forts Castle Pinckney and Fort Ripley 1st S.C.A. , Company G : Cpt William H. Peronneau
Charleston BG Wilmot G. DeSaussure Infantry 1st South Carolina Militia : Col Edward Magrath 18th South Carolina Militia : Col John E. Carew 5th South Carolina State Troops : Col James H. Williams Cadet Battalion : Maj John B . White
Charleston BG Wilmot G. DeSaussure Cavalry 5th South Carolina Cavalry ( Cos. D and H ) : Ltc Robert J. Jeffords Company K , 4th South Carolina Cavalry : Cpt Robert H. Colcock
Charleston BG Wilmot G. DeSaussure Artillery 1st S.C.A . ( Cos. D and H ) 1st South Carolina Militia Artillery : Col John A. Wagener Company A , Palmetto Battalion ( Furman Artillery ) : Cpt William E. Eale Gist Guard ( South Carolina ) Artillery Company : Cpt Charles E. Chichester
Charleston BG Wilmot G. DeSaussure Sailors Boat details ( 3 companies ) : Cpt Thomas J . China
Reserve St. Andrew 's Parrish BG Henry A . Wise ( arrived Sept 19 ) 4th Virginia Heavy Artillery [ serving as infantry ] : Col Thomas J. Goode 26th Virginia Infantry : Col Powhatan R. Page 46th Virginia Infantry : Col Richard T. W. Duke 59th Virginia Infantry : Col William B. Tabb
Siege Operations ( July 19-September 8 , 1863 ) -- Department of South Carolina , Georgia and Florida
BG Roswell S. Ripley
The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Siege of Charleston Harbor of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. The following lists contain the commanders and units involved in the operations against Charleston Harbor from July to September 1863. The first phase from July 10-18 includes the initial engagements at First Fort Wagner, Grimball's Landing and Second Fort Wagner. The second phase from July 19-September 8 includes siege operations against Charleston Harbor and Fort Sumter.