The Regiments involved in the April 1864 Battle of Plymouth, NC include:
Union Land & Naval Forces Confederate Land & Naval Forces
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Estimated at 2,834; not including Navy.
General Henry Walton Wessells, Sub-District of the Albemarle, 18th Army Corps
16th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry
2nd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery - Companies G & H.
2nd NC Union Volunteers (Loyal Troops) - Companies B & E.
12th New York Cavalry - Companies A & F.
24th Independent Battery New York Light Artillery
85th New York Volunteer Infantry
3d PA Heavy Artillery - Detachment of Battery A on board the Bombshell.
101st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
103d Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
10th US Colored Infantry - Detachment.
37th US Colored Infantry - Recruits.
2nd US Colored Cavalry - Recruits.
Men from Various Other Regiments Captured at Plymouth, NC.
Estimated at 410 Naval Personnel
Under the command of Lieutenant Commander Charles W. Flusser
U.S.S. Massasoit - Ship's Namesake (An interesting connection to the Plymouth Pilgrims nickname)
Dolly
Thomas Collyer
DeWitt Clinton
Estimated at 12 - 15,000; not including Navy.
Under overall command of General Robert Frederick Hoke
Hoke's Brigade
Infantry under the command of Colonel John T. Mercer (21st GA) - Lieut. Col. W. G. Lewis (43d NC) assuming command after the death of Colonel Mercer:
43rd North Carolina Infantry - Co. H & I
54th North Carolina Infantry
21st Georgia Infantry - Regimental Officers | Field and Staff | Co. H | Co. I
Ransom's Brigade
Infantry under the command of General Matt W. Ransom:
8th North Carolina Infantry - Clingman's Brigade - Substituting for the 49th NC.
35th North Carolina Infantry - Co. F
49th North Carolina Infantry - Left on Picket Duty on the Chowan River near Edenton.
56th North Carolina Infantry - Co. F, Co. I (e-book)
Kemper's Brigade
Infantry under the command of Colonel William R. Terry:
7th Virginia Infantry - Co. D
11th Virginia Infantry - Co. G
Cavalry under the command of Colonel James Dearing:
8th Confederate Cavalry (A mixture of NC & VA Cavalry)
Captain Edward Graham's Petersburg, Virginia Horse Artillery Robert Moore, II
Lieutenant Colonel James R. Branch's Battalion:
Richard Gregory Pegram's Battery from Virginia
Miller's Artillery (Co. E, 10th North Carolina)
Bradford's Battery from Mississippi
Major Edgar Fearn Moseley's Battalion:
Wilmington Light Artillery - composed of detachments of the 10th NC State Troops, Co. E.
Montgomery (Alabama) True Blues
Lieutenant Colonel Henry T. Guion's Battalion:
1st NC Artillery - composed of detachments from the 10th NC State Troops, Co.s B, G & H.
Major John Postell Williamson Read's Battalion:
38th Virginia Battalion of Light Infantry - composed of Fauquier Artillery (Co. A), Richmond Fayette Artillery (Co. B) & Bloundt's Lynchburg Artillery (Co. D). Casualties at Plymouth - Richmond Enquirer April 29, 1864
C.S.S. Ram Albemarle - Ironclad Ram
C.S.S. Cotton Plant - Steamer
