Fort Fisher State Historic Site
Erosion: Compare modern shoreline with that of 1865 . . .
Battery Disposition Key:
Battery Commanders — Christmas Battle — December 24-25, 1864
| LAND FACE | |
| River Road Sally Port: | |
| A | Capt. John M. Sutton (December 25) |
| Company C, 3rd North Carolina Battalion | |
| Shepherd's Battery: | |
| A | Capt. John M. Sutton (December 25) |
| Company C, 3rd North Carolina Battalion | |
| B | Lt. George D. Parker (December 24-25) |
| 36th North Carolina Regiment | |
| Main Sally Port: | |
| C | Capt. Zachariah T. Adams (December 25) |
| 13th North Carolina Battalion | |
| Other Land Face Batteries: | |
| D | Lt. Irvin Fulford (Co. K, 10th North Carolina Regiment) |
| Lt. Thomas Arendell (Co. F, 10th North Carolina Regiment) | |
| Capt. Daniel Patterson (Co. H, 36th North Carolina Regiment) | |
| Northeast Bastion: (The "Redan Battery" and adjoining Works) | |
| D | Company F, 10th North Carolina Regiment (December 24) |
| E | Capt. Samuel B. Hunter (December 24-25) |
| Company F, 36th North Carolina Regiment | |
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SEA FACE |
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| Cumberland Battery: | |
| F | Lt. Daniel R. Perry (December 24-25) |
| Company B, 36th North Carolina Regiment | |
| Columbiad Battery: | |
| F | Lt. Daniel R. Perry |
| Company B, 36th North Carolina Regiment | |
| G | Lt. Frances M. Roby, C.S. Navy (December 24-25) |
| Battery Bolles: | |
| H | Capt. Zachariah T. Adams (December 24) |
| 13th North Carolina Battalion | |
| Lt. Samuel H. Forbes in immediate command | |
| I | Capt. James L. McCormic (December 25) |
| 1st North Carolina Battalion | |
| Lt. John T. Rankin in immediate command | |
| Purdie Battery (Armstrong Battery): | |
| H | Capt. Zachariah T. Adams (December 24-25) |
| 13th North Carolina Battalion | |
| Lt. Charles Latham in immediate command | |
| Battery Roland: | |
| I | Capt. James L. McCormic (December 25) |
| 1st North Carolina Battalion | |
| J | Capt. Oliver H. Powell (December 24) |
| Company E, 36th North Carolina Regiment | |
| Lenoir Battery: | |
| J | Capt. Oliver H. Powell (December 24-25) |
| Company E, 36th North Carolina Regiment | |
| Battery Hedrick: | |
| J | Capt. Oliver H. Powell (December 25) |
| Company E, 36th North Carolina Regiment | |
| K | Capt. William F. Brooks (December 24) |
| Company K, 36th North Carolina Regiment | |
| Mound Battery: | |
| K | Capt. William F. Brooks (December 24-25) |
| Company K, 36th North Carolina Regiment | |
| Battery Buchanan (at New Inlet): | |
| L | Lt. Robert T. Chapman, C.S. Navy (December 24-25) |
Adapted from:
The Wilmington Campaign and the Battles for Fort Fisher.
by Mark A. Moore — (Da Capo Press, 1999).