Battle of Big Bethel order of battle

The following Union Army and Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Big Bethel on June 10, 1861 during the American Civil War.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• Cpt = Captain
• Lt = Lieutenant

Other

• (w) = wounded
• (mw) = mortally wounded
• (k) = killed in action
• (c) = captured

Confederate forces

Col John B. Magruder, Commander of the Hampton Division (1404 men)

• Acting Quartermaster: William R. Vaughan
• Acting Commissary: Robert H. Vaughan
• Volunteer Aide-de-camp: George A. Magruder, jr.
• Volunteer Aide-de-camp: Hugh Stannard

Brigade

Regiments and Others

Hill's Command    Col Daniel Harvey Hill    Volunteer Aide-de-camp: James W. Ratchford

1st North Carolina Volunteers (800 men): Col D.H. Hill, Ltc Charles C. Lee 3rd Virginia Infantry (3 Coys, 208 men): Ltc William D. Stuart Montague's (Virginia) Battalion (4 Coys, 140 men): Maj Edgar B. Montague Richmond (Virginia) Howitzers (2 Coys, 150 men): Maj George W. Randolph Peninsula Cavalry (2 Coys, 100 men): Maj John Bell Hood Mecklenburg Dragoons (Coy): Cpt William N. Jones Wythe Rifles (Coy, 28): Lt Samuel R. Chisman

Union forces

MG Benjamin Butler, Commander of the Department of Virginia (4400 men)

• Military Secretary: Maj Richard S. Fay
• Volunteer Aide-de-camp: Maj Theodore Winthrop (k)

Brigade

Regiments and Others

Peirce's Command    BG Ebenezer W. Peirce    Aide-de-camp: Cpt Peter Haggerty

1st New York Infantry (750 men): Col William H. Allen 2nd New York Infantry (750 men): Col Joseph B. Carr 3rd New York Infantry (650 men): Col Frederick Townsend 5th New York Infantry (850 men): Col Abram Duryée 7th New York Infantry (750 men): Col John E. Bendix 1st Vermont Infantry (5 Coys, 300 men): Ltc Peter T. Washburn 4th Massachusetts Infantry (5 Coys, 300 men): Maj Horace O. Wittemore 2nd U.S. Artillery (Coy B, 50 men): Lt John Trout Greble (k)

References

• Quarstein, John V. Big Bethel: The First Battle. North Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2011. ISBN 1-6094-9354-0. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
• U.S. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880. Series I, Volume 2 [S# 2], Chapter IX.