Battle of Olustee order of battle: Union

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.

Rank abbreviations[edit]

BG = Brigadier general
Col = Colonel
Ltc = Lieutenant colonel
Maj = Major
Cpt = Captain
Lt = Lieutenant

District of Florida[edit]

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 - 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^[1]
Hawley's Brigade Col Joseph R. Hawley	7th Connecticut (barely 300 men^[2]): Cpt Benjamin F. Skinner 7th New Hampshire: Col Joseph C. Abbott - 15 killed, 104 wounded and 90 missing^[3] 8th United States Colored Troops (21 officers and 544 men): Col Charles W. Fribley - 66 killed, 50 wounded and missing; 212 wounded, 15 missing^[4]
Montgomery's Brigade Col James Montgomery	35th U.S. Colored Troops: Ltc William N. Reed (died six days later of wounds suffered in the battle), Maj Archibald Bogle^[5] 54th Massachusetts Infantry (colored) (13 officers and 497 men from companies B, C, D, F, G, H, I and K^[6]): Col Edward Needles Hallowell - 13 killed, 66 wounded, 8 missing^[7]
Cavalry Brigade Col Guy V. Henry	40th Massachusetts Mounted Infantry: Col Guy V. Henry Independent Massachusetts Cavalry Battalion: Maj Atherton A. Stevens, Jr. Battery B (Horse Artillery), 1st U.S. Artillery (4 pieces): Cpt Samuel S. Elder
Artillery Cpt John Hamilton	Battery E, 3rd U.S. Artillery (6 pieces): Cpt John Hamilton Battery M, 1st U.S. Artillery (6 pieces): Cpt Loomis L. Langdon Battery C, 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery: Lt Henry H. Metcalf
Engineers	1st New York Engineers: Maj James Place - 5 killed and 2 wounded^[1]^[8]^[9]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs: Military History
^ "Seventh Connecticut Infantry Regiment". 2024-01-22. Archived from the original on 2024-01-22. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
^ "Col. Joseph C. Abbott's Report of the Battle". 2024-01-22. Archived from the original on 2024-01-22. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
^ "Report: Capt. Romanzo C. Bailey". 2024-01-22. Archived from the original on 2024-01-22. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
^ German-trained, former Holstein Officer, Ltc. Reed fell, while trying saving the life of Adj. Manning under heavy enemy fire. See R. B. Richter, H.-G. Balder: Korporierte im amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg - German Fraternity Students in the American Civil War (1861 - 1865), 2nd extended edition 2013.
^ "Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Infantry". 2024-01-22. Archived from the original on 2024-01-22. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
^ "Report: Col. E.N. Hallowell". 2024-01-22. Archived from the original on 2024-01-22. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
^ Companies A, C, & I between Jacksonville and Baldwin, Company G at Barber's; Detachment of Co. E, Capt. Sears, at Fort Clinch
^ "1st NYV ENGINEERS". Archived from the original on 2010-12-27. Retrieved 2019-04-17.

External links[edit]

Battle of Olustee Web site with history of units and soldiers

[nycmil1-1] New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs: Military History

[2] "Seventh Connecticut Infantry Regiment". 2024-01-22. Archived from the original on 2024-01-22. Retrieved 2024-01-22.

[3] "Col. Joseph C. Abbott's Report of the Battle". 2024-01-22. Archived from the original on 2024-01-22. Retrieved 2024-01-22.

[4] "Report: Capt. Romanzo C. Bailey". 2024-01-22. Archived from the original on 2024-01-22. Retrieved 2024-01-22.

[5] German-trained, former Holstein Officer, Ltc. Reed fell, while trying saving the life of Adj. Manning under heavy enemy fire. See R. B. Richter, H.-G. Balder: Korporierte im amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg - German Fraternity Students in the American Civil War (1861 - 1865), 2nd extended edition 2013.

[6] "Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Infantry". 2024-01-22. Archived from the original on 2024-01-22. Retrieved 2024-01-22.

[7] "Report: Col. E.N. Hallowell". 2024-01-22. Archived from the original on 2024-01-22. Retrieved 2024-01-22.

[8] Companies A, C, & I between Jacksonville and Baldwin, Company G at Barber's; Detachment of Co. E, Capt. Sears, at Fort Clinch

[9] "1st NYV ENGINEERS". Archived from the original on 2010-12-27. Retrieved 2019-04-17.

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