# Second Battle of Charleston Harbor order of battle: Confederate

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.

## Abbreviations used
### Military rank

* Gen = General
* LTG = Lieutenant General
* MG = Major General
* BG = Brigadier General
* Col = Colonel
* Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
* Maj = Major
* Cpt = Captain
* Lt = Lieutenant
* Sgt = Sergeant

### Other

* w = wounded
* mw = mortally wounded
* k =killed
* c = captured

## Initial Engagements (July 10–18, 1863)
### Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida

Gen Pierre G. T. Beauregard

#### First District

BG Roswell S. Ripley
| Division | Post | Regiments and Others |
| First Sub-Division "James Island" Col Charles H. Simonton until 10 July BG Johnson Hagood | Secessionville | 25th South Carolina Infantry: Ltc John G. Presley 20th South Carolina Infantry (7 companies): Ltc Olin M. Dantzler 1st South Carolina Light Battery: Cpt Francis D. Blake |
| First Sub-Division "James Island" Col Charles H. Simonton until 10 July BG Johnson Hagood | Clark House | Company D, Palmetto Battalion (Wagner Artillery): Cpt Charles E. Kanapaux Company G, Palmetto Battalion (DeSaussure Artillery): Cpt William L. De Pass |
| First Sub-Division "James Island" Col Charles H. Simonton until 10 July BG Johnson Hagood | West James Island | Company E, Palmetto Battalion: Cpt John D. Johnson Company H, Palmetto Battalion: Cpt Thomas A. Holtzclaw Company I, Palmetto Battalion: Cpt J.R. Bowden Company K, Palmetto Battalion: Cpt Samuel M. Richardson |
| First Sub-Division "James Island" Col Charles H. Simonton until 10 July BG Johnson Hagood | Fort Pemberton | Company A, Lucas Battalion: Cpt John A Gary Company B, Lucas Battalion: Cpt Robert Pringle Company C, Lucas Battalion: Cpt Theodore B. Hayne |
| First Sub-Division "James Island" Col Charles H. Simonton until 10 July BG Johnson Hagood | Fort Lamar | Company B, 2nd South Carolina Artillery: Cpt J.W. Lancaster Company K, 2nd South Carolina Artillery: Cpt Harry C. Culbreath |
| First Sub-Division "James Island" Col Charles H. Simonton until 10 July BG Johnson Hagood | Fort Johnson | Company I, 2nd South Carolina Artillery: Cpt Joseph B. Humbert |
| First Sub-Division "James Island" Col Charles H. Simonton until 10 July BG Johnson Hagood | Fort Glover | Company G, 2nd South Carolina Artillery: Cpt George W. Stallings |
| First Sub-Division "James Island" Col Charles H. Simonton until 10 July BG Johnson Hagood | Batteries Haig and Palmer | Company C, 2nd South Carolina Artillery: Cpt Medicus Rickenbacker |
| First Sub-Division "James Island" Col Charles H. Simonton until 10 July BG Johnson Hagood | East James Island | Company A, 2nd South Carolina Artillery: Cpt William A. Hunter Company D, 2nd South Carolina Artillery: Cpt William Charles Company E, 2nd South Carolina Artillery: Cpt B. E. Dickson Company H, 2nd South Carolina Artillery: Cpt William Kennedy Company F, 2nd South Carolina Artillery: Cpt Thomas K. Lagare |
| First Sub-Division "James Island" Col Charles H. Simonton until 10 July BG Johnson Hagood | Cavalry | 5th South Carolina Cavalry (3 companies): Ltc Robert J. Jeffords |
| 2nd Sub-Division Col Lawrence M. Keitt | Fort Moultrie | 1st South Carolina Artillery (4 companies) |
| 2nd Sub-Division Col Lawrence M. Keitt | Battery Bee | 1st South Carolina Artillery (2 companies) |
| 2nd Sub-Division Col Lawrence M. Keitt | Battery Marshall | 1st South Carolina Artillery (3 companies) |
| 2nd Sub-Division Col Lawrence M. Keitt | Battery Beauregard | 1st South Carolina Artillery (1 company) |
| 2nd Sub-Division Col Lawrence M. Keitt | Palmetto Battery | 1st South Carolina Artillery (1 company) |
| 2nd Sub-Division Col Lawrence M. Keitt | Christ Church | 5th South Carolina Cavalry (2 companies) Sparks' (South Carolina) Cavalry Company |
| 2nd Sub-Division Col Lawrence M. Keitt | Mount Pleasant | 20th South Carolina Infantry (3 companies) Santee (South Carolina) Artillery: Cpt Christopher Gaillard |
| Third Sub-Division "Morris Island" Col Robert F. Graham 9-12 July BG William B. Taliaferro 12-18 July BG Johnson Hagood 19-22 July | Battery Mitchell "Oyster Point" | 21st South Carolina Infantry (Detachment): Maj George W. McIver Company I, 1st South Carolina Artillery: Cpt John C. Mitchell Company E, 1st South Carolina Artillery: Cpt J. Ravenel Macbeth Company H (Detachment), 1st South Carolina Artillery: Lt H. W. Frost Company D, 1st South Carolina Artillery (serving as infantry): Cpt Charles T. Haskell |
| Third Sub-Division "Morris Island" Col Robert F. Graham 9-12 July BG William B. Taliaferro 12-18 July BG Johnson Hagood 19-22 July | Battery Wagner | 1st South Carolina Infantry (Cos. H and I) 21st South Carolina Infantry: Col Robert F. Graham 31st North Carolina Infantry 51st North Carolina Infantry 22nd Georgia Battalion 63rd Georgia Infantry (Cos. B, K and detachment of D) Charleston Battalion Gist Guard (South Carolina) Heavy Artillery Company: Cpt Charles E. Chichester Mathewes (South Carolina) Heavy Artillery Company: Cpt John E. Mathewes Company A, 1st South Carolina Artillery |
| Third Sub-Division "Morris Island" Col Robert F. Graham 9-12 July BG William B. Taliaferro 12-18 July BG Johnson Hagood 19-22 July | Battery Gregg | 31st North Carolina Infantry 5th South Carolina Cavalry (Detachment of Couriers) Company H (Detachment), 1st South Carolina Artillery: Cpt Henry R. Lesesne Company G (Detachment), Palmetto Battalion |
| Fourth Sub-Division "Inner Harbor" Col Alfred M. Rhett | Fort Sumter | 1st South Carolina Artillery (5 companies) |
| Fourth Sub-Division "Inner Harbor" Col Alfred M. Rhett | Castle Pinckney and Fort Ripley Cpt William H. Peroneau | Company K, 1st South Carolina Artillery |
| Fourth Sub-Division "Inner Harbor" Col Alfred M. Rhett | Charleston | 5th South Carolina Cavalry (Detachment) Charleston Battalion: Ltc Peter C. Gaillard South Carolina Siege Train: Maj Edward Manigault |

## Siege Operations (July 19-September 8, 1863)
### Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida

Gen Pierre G. T. Beauregard

#### First District

BG Roswell S. Ripley
| 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 |

### Morris Island Commanders (July 9-September 7)

The commanders of Morris Island, scene of the majority of fighting, proved to be ever fluctuating. The following is a list and dates of the officers who commanded Morris Island during the campaign.
| Commander | Dates |
| Col Robert F. Graham | 9-12 July |
| BG William B. Taliaferro | 13-18 July |
| BG Johnson Hagood | 19-22 July |
| BG William B. Taliaferro | 23-25 July |
| BG Alfred H. Colquitt | 26-27 July |
| BG Thomas L. Clingman | 28 July-1 August |
| Col Lawrence M. Keitt | 2-5 Aug |
| BG Johnson Hagood | 6-10 Aug |
| Col George P. Harrison | 11-15 Aug |
| Col Lawrence M. Keitt | 16-21 Aug |
| BG Johnson Hagood | 22-27 Aug |
| BG Alfred H. Colquitt | 28 Aug-3 September |
| Col Lawrence M. Keitt | 3-7 Sept |