OLUSTEE, FLORIDA

20 February 1864

or

Ocean Pond

OR-Series I, Volume XXXV, Chapter XXLVII, Pg 298

 

 

To Conf. Units

Union Forces

District of Florida

MAJOR GENERAL QUINCY ADAMS GILLMORE

Barton's Brigade --- Colonel William B. Barton

47th New York Infantry Regiment - -- Colonel Henry Moore

48th New York Infantry Regiment --- Major W. B. Coan

115th New York Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Simeon Sammon

Hawley's Brigade - Colonel Joseph R. Hawley

10 Companies, 7th Connecticut Infantry Regiment --- Captain Benjamin F. Skinner

            Companies A & G, 7th Connecticut - Captain Charles C. Mills

            Companies F & D, 7th Connecticut - Lieutenant Jeremiah Townsend

            Companies E & H, 7th Connecticut - Lieutenant Robert Dempsey

            Companies B, C, & H, 7th Connecticut - Captain John Thompson

7th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Joseph C. Abbott

8th United States Colored Troops --- Colonel Charles W. Fribley (k)

                                                            Captain Romanzo C. Bailey

Montgomery's Brigade - Colonel James Montgomery

35th United State Colored Troops* --- Lieutenant Colonel W. N. Reed

54th Massachusetts Infantry (Colored) --- Colonel Edward N. Hallowell

40th Massachusetts Mounted Infantry Regiment --- Colonel G. V. Henry

* originally known as the First North Carolina Colored Infantry

# Elder's Horse Battery (4 pieces)

            Cavalry --- Colonel Guy V. Henry

40th Massachusetts Mounted Infantry Regiment --- Colonel G. V. Henry

Independent Massachusetts Cavalry Battalion --- Major Stevens

Battery B, First U.S. Artillery # --- Captain Elder

# Elder's Horse Battery (4 pieces)

Artillery - Capt. John Hamilton

Battery E, Third U. S. Artillery ---Captain John Hamilton

Battery M, First U. S. Artillery --- Captain Loomis L. Langdon

Sections C and B, Third Rhode Island Artillery --- Lieutenant Henry H. Metcalf

Engineers

Companies A and E, 1st New York Volunteers

STRENGTHS: 5,500

CASUALTIES: Killed Wounded & Missing 940

Partial Casualty List

Colonel Simeon Sammon - Wounded

Colonel Henry Moore - Wounded

Sergeant Thomas H. Simington - Wounded

Lieutenant George W. Taylor - Mortally Wounded

Colonel Fribley - Killed

Major Burritt- Wounded

Lieutenant Robert Dempsey - Killed

Captain R. H. L. Jewett - Wounded

Lieutenant H. W. Littlefield - Wounded

Lieutenant E. G. Tomlinson - Wounded

Sergeant Sweetman - Wounded

Corporal McChesney - Wounded

Lieutenant Eddy - Wounded

Lieutenant Dodge - Wounded

Corporal A. Barnard - Wounded

 

 

 

 

 

 

Confederate Forces

District of East Florida

BRIGADIER GENERAL JOSEPH FINEGAN

Colquitt's Brigade - Brigadier General Alfred H. Colquitt

6th Florida Infantry Battalion--- Major Pickens Bird

6th Georgia Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel John T. Lofton

19th Georgia Infantry Regiment --- Colonel James H. Neal

23rd Georgia Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel James H. Huggins

27th Georgia Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Charles T. Zachry

28th Georgia Infantry Regiment --- Captain Crawford

Chatham Artillery (Georgia) --- Captain John F. Wheaton

Gamble's Battery, Leon Light Artillery (Florida) --- Captain Robert H. Gamble

Company A, Milton Light Artillery --- Captain Joseph L. Dunham

Harrison's Brigade - Colonel George P. Harrison

1st Florida Infantry Battalion --- Lieutenant Colonel C. F. Hopkins

32nd Georgia Infantry Regiment --- Major W. T. Holland

64th Georgia Infantry Regiment --- Captain C.S. Jenkins

1st Georgia Regular Infantry Regiment --- Captain H. A. Cannon

28th Georgia Artillery Battalion *

Abell's Artillery (Florida)#

Guerard's Battery (Georgia) --- Captain John M. Guerard

* [also known as Bonaud's Battalion. A portion of the Second Florida Infantry battalion may have been attached

to this unit during the battle. Additionally, a detachment of Florida conscripts was also present]

# Serving as Infantry

Smith's Brigade - Colonel Caraway Smith

4th Georgia Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel Duncan L Clinch

2nd Florida Cavalry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel A. H. McCormick

5th Florida Cavalry Battalion --- Major G.W. Scott

STRENGTHS: 5,400

CASUALTIES: Not Reported

Partial Casualty List

Colonel Duncal L. Clinch - Wounded

Colonel John W. Evans - Wounded

Lieutenant Colonel James Barrow - Killed

Captain H. A. Cannon - Killed

Lieutenant R. F. Daney - Killed

Lieutenant W. W. Holland - Killed

Lieutenant J. Hill - Killed

Lieutenant Coombs - Killed

Adjutant Johnson - Killed

Lieutenant P. A. Waller - Mortally Wounded

Captain Crawford - Killed

Corporal C. Atkinson - Killed

Private M. B. Smith - Killed

Private B. Bishop - Killed

Private A. C. McCants - Wounded

Private J. B. Lynn - Wounded

Captain W. D. Cornwell - Wounded

Lieutenant R. J. Butler - Mortally Wounded

Lieutenant W. T. Moody - Wounded

Lieutenant W. L. Jenkins - Wounded

Lieutenant J. H. Pitman - Wounded

Lieutenant Morris Dawson - Wounded

Captain A. A. F. Hill - Killed

Lieutenant P. H. Morel - Wounded

Major Walter H. Weems - Wounded

Captain R. W. Craven - Wounded

Lieutenant J. S. Thrasher - Wounded

Lieutenant M. L. Rains - Wounded

Captain J. K. Redd - Wounded

Lieutenant T. M. Beasley - Wounded

Captain R. A. Brown - Wounded

Lieutenant J. F. Bench - Wounded

Lieutenant Colonel C. F. Hopkins - Wounded

Lieutenant S. K. Collins - Wounded

Lieutenant Theophilus Williams - Wounded

Lieutenant J. W. Hall - Wounded

Lieutenant Cader Pierce - Wounded

 

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