Battle of New Bern order of battle explained

Orders of battle of the Union and Confederate forces at the Battle of New Bern, 14 March 1862.^[1]

Military Rank Abbreviations Used

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

Union Army

Department of North Carolina "Coast Division of the US Army"

BG Ambrose E. Burnside

Brigades	Regiments and batteries
First Brigade: BG John G. Foster	10th Connecticut: Ltc Albert Drake 23rd Massachusetts: Col John Kurtz 24th Massachusetts: Col Thomas G. Stevenson 25th Massachusetts: Col Edwin Upton 27th Massachusetts: Col Horace C. Lee
Second Brigade BG Jesse L. Reno	21st Massachusetts: Ltc William S. Clark 9th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry (Jersey Muskrats): Ltc Charles Heckman 51st New York: Col Edward Ferrero 51st Pennsylvania: Col John Hartranft
Third Brigade BG John G. Parke	8th Connecticut: Col Edward Harland 11th Connecticut: Ltc Charles Mathewson 4th Rhode Island: Col Isaac P. Rodman 5th Rhode Island
Unassigned units	1st New York Marine Artillery (detachment): Col William A. Howard 99th New York (Union Coast Guard) (Company B): Ltc Charles W. Tillotson New York Rocket Battalion Army gunboat Picket

Union Navy

US Naval Forces in Pamlico Sound Commander Stephen C. Rowan	Philadelphia Stars and Stripes Louisiana Hetzel Underwriter Delaware Commodore Perry Valley City Commodore Barney Hunchback Southfield Morse John L. Lockwood Henry Brinker

Notes and References

Book: Buel , Clarence . Thomas Yoseloff. 1. 670. Robert Johnson (ed.). Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. 1956.