# Roanoke Island order of battle

The following lists the organization of the Union and Confederate forces engaged at the Battle of Roanoke Island, during the American Civil War on February 7–8, 1862.

## Union
### Union Army

Coast Division (Brig. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside)
    First Brigade (Brig. Gen. John G. Foster) K-19 W-113 M-0 =132
       10th Connecticut - Col Charles L. Russell
       23rd Massachusetts - Col John Krutz
       24th Massachusetts - Col Thomas G. Stevenson
       25th Massachusetts - Col Edwin M. Upton
       27th Massachusetts - Col Horace C. Lee
    Second Brigade (Brig. Gen. Jesse L. Reno) K-15 W-79 M-13 =107
       21st Massachusetts - Ltc Alberto R. Maggi
       9th New Jersey - Ltc Charles A. Heckman
       51st New York - Col Edward Ferrero
       51st Pennsylvania - Col John F. Hartranft
    Third Brigade (Brig. Gen. John G. Parke) K-0 W-17 M-0 =17
       8th Connecticut - Col Edward Harland (general)
       11th Connecticut - Col Henry W. Kingsbury (regiment not engaged)
       9th New York - Col Rush C. Hawkins
       4th Rhode Island - Col Isaac P. Rodman
       5th Rhode Island, detachment - Maj John Wright
    Unassigned units:
       1st New York Marine Artillery (detachment) - Col William A. Howard
       99th New York (Union Coast Guard) - Lt Charles W. Tillotson
    Army gunboats:
       Picket
       Vidette
       Hussar
       Lancer
       Ranger
       Chasseur
       Pioneer
       Sentinel

### Union Navy

North Atlantic Blockading Squadron (Flag Officer Louis M. Goldsborough)
| Image | Ship Name | Commanding Officer | Notes |
| | USS Philadelphia | | Squadron Flagship, "being unfit for the purpose took no part in the engagement" |
| | USS Southfield | Acting Volunteer Lieutenant C. F. W. Behm | Flag Officer Goldsborough embarked |
| | USS Delaware | Lieutenant S. P. Quackenbush | Commander S. C. Rowan, division commander |
| — | USS Stars and Stripes | Lieutenant Reed Werden | |
| | USS Louisiana | Lieutenant A. Murray | |
| | USS Hetzel | Lieutenant H. K. Davenport | |
| — | USS Underwriter | Lieutenant W. N. Jeffers | |
| | USS Commodore Perry | Lieutenant C. W. Flusser | |
| — | USS Valley City | Lieutenant J. C. Chaplin | |
| | USS Commodore Barney | Acting Volunteer Lieutenant R. T. Renshaw | |
| | USS Hunchback | Acting Volunteer Lieutenant E. R. Colhoun | |
| — | USS Morse | Acting Master Peter Hayes | |
| — | USS Whitehead | Acting Master Charles French | |
| — | USS John L. Lockwood | Acting Master G. W. Graves | |
| — | USS Henry Brinker | Acting Master John E. Giddings | |
| — | USS Isaac N. Seymour | Acting Master F. S. Wells | |
| | USS Ceres | Acting Master John McDiarmid | |
| | USS General Putnam | Acting Master W. J. Hotchkiss | |
| — | USS Shawsheen | Acting Master T. G. Woodward | |
| — | USS Granite | Acting Master's Mate E. Boomer | |

## Confederate
### Confederate Army

Dist. of Roanoke — Brig. Gen. Henry A. Wise (not present in battle; ill)
    Col. Henry M. Shaw, second in command
       2nd North Carolina Battalion
       8th North Carolina
       17th North Carolina (3 companies)
       31st North Carolina
       46th Virginia
       59th Virginia
(The Virginia regiments were part of the Wise Legion)

### Confederate Navy

"Mosquito Fleet" (Flag Officer William F. Lynch)
    CSS Sea-Bird (flagship)
    CSS Curlew (sunk)
    CSS Ellis
    CSS Beaufort
    CSS Raleigh
    CSS Fanny
    CSS Forrest
    CSS Appomattox (not at Battle of Roanoke Island)
    CSS Black Warrior (schooner)