See Union and Confederate Orders of Battle for Complete Command Listings.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Total: | ----- | 23 | 3 | 35 |
| Aggregate: | 61 | |||
| 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 |
| Total: | 672 | 718 |
| 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.
| Command | Effectives |
|---|---|
| Kirkland's Brigade: | 1,300 |
| 17th, 42nd, and 66th NC Regiments | |
| Local units subject to Kirkland's orders:* | |
| 4th, 7th, and 8th Battalions NC Junior Reserves | Approx. 800 |
| 8th NC Senior Reserves | 400 |
| 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.
| 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 |
| 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.
| 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.
| 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.
| Number of Warships | 64 |
| Killed | Wounded | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | 63 | 83 |
| Projectiles | Weight |
|---|---|
| 20,271 | 1,275,299 pounds |
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).