# Battle of Wilmington order of battle: Confederate

The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Wilmington (February 11 to 22, 1865) of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately.

## Abbreviations used
### Military rank

* Gen = General
* MG = Major General
* BG = Brigadier General
* Col = Colonel
* Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
* Maj = Major
* Cpt = Captain
* Lt = 1st Lieutenant

## Confederate Department of North Carolina

District of Cape Fear Gen Braxton Bragg

### Post of Sugar Loaf

| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| Hoke's Division   MG Robert F. Hoke | Clingman's Brigade   Col William S. Devane | 8th North Carolina: Ltc Rufus A. Barrier 31st North Carolina: Ltc Charles W. Knight 51st North Carolina: Cpt James W. Lippit 61st North Carolina |
| Hoke's Division   MG Robert F. Hoke | Colquitt's Brigade   Col Charles T. Zachary | 6th Georgia: Ltc Sampson W. Harris 19th Georgia: Col James H. Neal 23rd Georgia: Col Marcus R. Ballenger 27th Georgia: Cpt Elisha D. Graham 28th Georgia: Cpt John A. Johnson |
| Hoke's Division   MG Robert F. Hoke | Kirkland's Brigade   BG William W. Kirkland | 17th North Carolina: Ltc Thomas H. Sharp 42nd North Carolina: Col John E. Brown 66th North Carolina: Col John E. Nethercutt |
| Hoke's Division   MG Robert F. Hoke | Artillery | 3rd Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery Company A (Northhampton Artillery): Cpt Andrew J. Ellis Company C (detachment): Lt Alfred M. Darden 1st North Carolina Light Artillery 2nd Company I (Southerland's Battery): Cpt Thomas J. Southerland Staunton Hill Battery (Paris' Battery): Cpt Andrew B. Paris |
| Hoke's Division   MG Robert F. Hoke | Cavalry | 2nd South Carolina Cavalry (detachment): Col Thomas J. Lipscomb |

### Fort Anderson

| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| Garrison | Hagood's Brigade   BG Johnson Hagood | 11th South Carolina: Col F. Hay Gantt 21st South Carolina (remnants): Col Robert F. Graham 25th South Carolina (remnants): Col Charles H. Simonton 27th South Carolina: Cpt Allston 7th South Carolina Battalion: Ltc James H. Rion |
| Garrison | Artillery | 3rd Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery Company B: Cpt William Badham, Jr. Sampson Artillery: Cpt Abner A. Mosely |
| Garrison | Hedrick's Brigade   Col John J. Hedrick | 2nd North Carolina Artillery (remnants): Ltc John Douglas Taylor 3rd North Carolina Artillery: Maj William Holland Company A (Lenoir Braves): Cpt Ancram W. Ezzell Company B (McMillan Artillery): Lt Macon Bonner, Lt Selby Harden Company C (Bridger's Artillery): Cpt John E. Leggett Company F: Cpt John Robertson 2nd Company H (Barnes' Battery): Cpt Calvin Barnes Company I: Cpt Charles C. Whitehurst 1st Battalion North Carolina Heavy Artillery Company A (Clark Artillery): Cpt Robert G. Rankin Company B (River Guards): Cpt John W. Taylor Company C (Brown's Battalion): Cpt William H. Brown Company D (remnants): Lt John T. Rankin 2nd North Carolina Junior Reserves, Company B McDougald's Unattached Company North Carolina Troops: Cpt W. J. McDougald Coast Guard Company (unattached) |

### Post of Wilmington

Col George Jackson
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| Post garrison | Armory Guards, Company B: Cpt Armand L deRosset 7th North Carolina Home Guards, Companies A and B: Col James G. Burr 8th North Carolina Senior Reserves: Col Allmand M. McKoy |
| Post garrison | Engineers | 2nd Engineers, Company A: Cpt John C. Winder Signal Corps: Lt George C. Bain |
| Post garrison | Cape Fear River batteries   Col Peter C. Gaillard | 13th Battalion North Carolina Light/Heavy Artillery Company D (Adams' Battery): Lt Samuel H. Forbes 68th North Carolina Troops, Company C (detachment) McDougald's Company (detachment) |