— Casualties and Other Numbers —
The First Engagement at Fort Fisher
December 24-25, 1864
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FORT FISHER GARRISON
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Forces Engaged:
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| Command |
Effectives |
| Garrison |
Approx. 425 |
| Reinforcements December 21: |
| C.S. Navy Detachment |
28 |
| Reinforcements December 23: |
| 40th NC Regiment |
110 |
| 2 companies, 10th NC Regiment |
110 |
| 1 company, 13th NC Batt'n |
115 |
| NC Junior Reserves |
140 |
| Additional Reinforcements: |
| 4th, 7th, and 8th Battalions, NCJR - December 25 |
443 |
| Total: |
Approx. 1,371 |
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Casualties: |
| |
| Personnel |
December 24 |
December 25 |
| |
Killed |
Wnd. |
Killed |
Wnd. |
| Commissioned Officers |
----- |
2 |
----- |
3 |
| Non-Comm. Officers |
----- |
3 |
----- |
6 |
| Privates |
----- |
16 |
3 |
17 |
| Seamen |
----- |
2 |
----- |
8 |
| Marines |
----- |
----- |
----- |
1 |
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Total: |
----- |
23 |
3 |
35 |
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Aggregate: |
61 |
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Rounds Expended: |
| |
| Magazine |
December 24 |
December 25* |
| No. 1 |
40 |
35 |
| No. 2 |
34 |
62 |
| No. 3 |
55 |
60 |
| No. 4 |
---------- |
4 |
| No. 5 |
105 |
19 |
| No. 6 |
106 |
18 |
| No. 7 |
112 |
70 |
| No. 8 |
25 |
84 |
| No. 9 |
59 |
114 |
| No. 10 |
6 |
70 |
| No. 11 |
---------- |
60 |
| No. 14 |
130 |
122 |
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Total: |
672 |
718 |
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Aggregate: |
1,390 |
| * Approximately 118 rounds expended on the 25th were grape, canister, and shell fired at Federal boats and
ground forces. Fort Fisher Contained some 3,600 rounds when the engagement
began. TOP |
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HOKE'S DIVISION |
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Forces Engaged: |
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Command |
Effectives |
|
Kirkland's Brigade: |
1,300 |
|
17th, 42nd, and 66th NC Regiments |
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| Local units subject to Kirkland's
orders:* |
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4th, 7th, and 8th Battalions NC Junior Reserves |
Approx. 800 |
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8th NC Senior Reserves |
400 |
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Total: |
Approx. 2,500 |
* Force also includes 2nd Co. I, 10th North
Carolina Regiment (Southerland's Battery), the Staunton Hill Artillery
(Paris's Battery), and a detachment from the 2nd South Carolina Cavalry.
On December 26, after the arrival of a portion of Hagood's Brigade and the
remainder of Kirkland's, the arms-bearing force at Sugar Loaf was reported
as follows: Connally's Brigade, 600; 2nd SC Cavalry, 350; Paris's
Battery, approx. 125; Southerland's Battery, approx. 125; Hagood's
Brigade, 720. Total: approximately 3,398. |
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Casualties: |
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| Unit |
Killed |
Wounded |
Missing |
Total |
| 17th NC |
3 |
11 |
1 |
15 |
| 42nd NC |
1 |
2 |
821 |
85 |
| 66th NC |
1 |
1 |
----- |
2 |
| Reserves |
----- |
----- |
2242 |
224 |
| Artillery |
----- |
2 |
----- |
2 |
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Aggregate: |
5 |
16 |
307 |
328 |
| 1Soldiers of Company A, 42nd North
Carolina Regiment, captured at Battery Anderson south of Sugar Loaf. |
| 2Captured by the 117th New York
Infantry. TOP |
| UNITED STATES ARMY |
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Forces Engaged: |
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| Command |
Number |
| Army of the James |
6,500 present* |
| *Approximately 2,300 troops from three brigades
of the Second Division, XXIV Army Corps (Brig. Gen. Adelbert Ames), were
landed on Federal Point December 25, 1864. A small detachment of N. Martin
Curtis's brigade saw action as skirmishers in front of Fort Fisher. |
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Casualties: |
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| Unit |
Killed* |
Wounded |
Captured |
Total |
| 142nd NY |
----- |
11 |
1 |
12 |
| *One man drowned in the surf upon
re-embarkation. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler reported an additional two men
killed. TOP |
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UNITED STATES NAVY |
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Forces Engaged: |
| |
| Number of Warships |
64 |
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Casualties: |
| |
| Killed |
Wounded |
Total |
|
20 |
63 |
83 |
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Rounds Expended: |
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| Projectiles |
Weight |
20,271 |
1,275,299 pounds |
TOP |
Sources:
United States War Department. The War of the Rebellion, A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1880-1901.
United States Navy Department. Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1900-1901.
Johnson, Robert U. and Clarence C. Buel, eds. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. 4 vols. New York: The Century Company, 1884-1889.
As compiled and tabulated in:
The Wilmington Campaign and the Battles for Fort Fisher.
by Mark A. Moore — (Da Capo Press, 1999).
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