Olustee Union order of battle

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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, Col William B. Barton 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.*New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs: Military History
Hawley's Brigade


   Col Joseph R. Hawley

Montgomery's Brigade


   Col James Montgomery

Cavalry Brigade


   Col. Guy V. Henry

  • 40th Massachusetts Mounted Infantry: Col G.V. Henry
  • Independent Massachusetts Cavalry Battalion: Maj. Atherton H. Stevens Jr.
  • Battery B, First U.S. Artillery [Elder's Horse Battery] (4 pieces): Cpt Samuel S. Elder
Artillery


   Cpt John Hamilton

  • Battery E, Third U.S. (6 pieces): Cpt John Hamilton
  • Battery M, First U.S. (6 pieces): Cpt Loomis L. Langdon
  • Battery C, 3rd Rhode Island Heavy: Lt Henry H. Metcalf
  • 1st Engineer Regt, NYSV, Maj. Place: Companies A, C, & I between Jacksonville and Baldwin, Company G at Barber's; Detachment of Co. E, Capt. Sears, at Fort Clinch. (www.history-buff.org/1ny.htm) 5 killed and 2 wounded*New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs: Military History

References (external link)

References

  1. R.B. Richter, H.-G. Balder: Korporierte im amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg - German Fraternity Students in the American Civil War (1861 - 1865), 2nd extended edition 2013