Battle of Big Bethel order of battle

The following Union Army and Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Big Bethel on June 10, 1861 during the American Civil War.

Abbreviations used

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Military rank

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Other

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Confederate forces

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Col John B. Magruder, Commander of the Hampton Division (1404 men)

  • Acting Quartermaster: William R. Vaughan
  • Acting Commissary: Robert H. Vaughan
  • Volunteer Aide-de-camp: George A. Magruder, jr.
  • Volunteer Aide-de-camp: Hugh Stannard
Brigade Regiments and Others
Hill's Command


   Col Daniel Harvey Hill
  

  • Volunteer Aide-de-camp: James W. Ratchford
  • 1st North Carolina Volunteers (800 men): Col D.H. Hill, Ltc Charles C. Lee
  • 3rd Virginia Infantry (3 Coys, 208 men): Ltc William D. Stuart
  • Montague's (Virginia) Battalion[1] (4 Coys, 140 men): Maj Edgar B. Montague
  • Richmond (Virginia) Howitzers (2 Coys, 150 men): Maj George W. Randolph
  • Peninsula Cavalry (2 Coys, 100 men): Maj John Bell Hood
  • Mecklenburg Dragoons (Coy): Cpt William N. Jones
  • Wythe Rifles[1] (Coy, 28): Lt Samuel R. Chisman

Union forces

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MG Benjamin Butler, Commander of the Department of Virginia (4400 men)

  • Military Secretary: Maj Richard S. Fay
  • Volunteer Aide-de-camp: Maj Theodore Winthrop (k)
Brigade Regiments and Others
Peirce's Command


   BG Ebenezer W. Peirce
  

  • Aide-de-camp: Cpt Peter Haggerty

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Became part of the 32nd Virginia Infantry Regiment.

References

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  • Quarstein, John V. Big Bethel: The First Battle. North Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2011. ISBN 1-6094-9354-0. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
  • U.S. War Department. The War of the Rebellion Archived 2009-09-13 at the Wayback Machine: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880. Series I, Volume 2 [S# 2], Chapter IX.