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Orders of battle of the Union and Confederate forces at the Battle of New Bern
Battle of New Bern
The Battle of New Bern was fought on 14 March 1862, near the city of New Bern, North Carolina, as part of the Burnside Expedition of the American Civil War. The US Army's Coast Division, led by Brigadier General Ambrose E...

, 14 March 1862.

Military Rank Abbreviations Used

BG = Brigadier General
Brigadier General
Brigadier general is a senior rank in the armed forces. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries, usually sitting between the ranks of colonel and major general. When appointed to a field command, a brigadier general is typically in command of a brigade consisting of around 4,000...
Col = Colonel
Colonel
Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel (United States)
In the United States Army, United States Air Force, and United States Marine Corps, a lieutenant colonel is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of major and just below the rank of colonel. It is equivalent to the naval rank of commander in the other uniformed services.The pay...
Maj = mMjor
Major (United States)
In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, major is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel...
Cpt = Captain
Lt = Lieutenant
Lieutenant
A lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...

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

BG Ambrose E. Burnside

Ambrose Burnside

Ambrose Everett Burnside was an American soldier, railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island, serving as governor and a U.S. Senator...

Brigades	Regiments and batteries
First Brigade: BG John G. Foster John G. Foster John Gray Foster was a career military officer in the United States Army and a Union general during the American Civil War whose most distinguished services were in North and South Carolina. A postbellum expert in underwater demolition, he wrote the definitive treatise on the subject.-Early...	10th Connecticut 10th Connecticut Regiment Infantry The 10th Connecticut Regiment Infantry was one of Connecticut's most successful civil war regiments, compling an exemplary record of service in the Union Army. The 10th Regiment saw action in the coastal campaign during the early years of the war, which culminated with the siege of Charleston... 23rd Massachusetts 24th Massachusetts 25th Massachusetts 27th Massachusetts
Second Brigade BG Jesse L. Reno Jesse L. Reno Jesse Lee Reno was a career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican-American War, the western frontier, and as a Union General during the American Civil War...	21st Massachusetts 21st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry The 21st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was organized in Worcester, Massachusetts and mustered into service on August 23, 1861.... 9th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry (Jersey Muskrats) 9th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry The Ninth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry was an American Civil War infantry regiment from New Jersey that served from October 1861 through July 1865 in the Union Army... 51st New York 51st Pennsylvania
Third Brigade BG John G. Parke John Parke John Grubb Parke was a United States Army engineer and a Union general in the American Civil War.-Early life:...	8th Connecticut 8th Connecticut Infantry The 8th Connecticut Infantry was an infantry regiment that fought in the Union Army during the American Civil War.- History :The regiment was organized at Camp Buckingham, Hartford, in September, 1861, It was first commanded by Colonel Edward Harland of Norwich. The regiment left Hartford October... 11th Connecticut 4th Rhode Island 4th Rhode Island Infantry 4th Regiment, Rhode Island Infantry was organized during the American Civil War from 1861 and 1864.-History:Organized at Providence, 1861. Left state for Washington, D. C., October 2. At Camp Casey till November 28, and at Camp California till December 14. Mustered in October 30, 1861. Attached to... 5th Rhode Island 5th Rhode Island Infantry The 5th Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 5th Rhode Island Infantry was organized at Providence, Rhode Island as a battalion of five companies and mustered in December 16, 1861...
Unassigned units	1st New York Marine Artillery (detachment) 99th New York (Union Coast Guard) (Company B) The Rocket Battalion of Artillery (General Barry's) Army gunboat Picket

Union Navy

US Naval Forces in Pamlico Sound Commander Stephen C. Rowan Stephen Clegg Rowan Stephen Clegg Rowan was a Vice Admiral in the United States Navy, who served during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War.-Biography:...	Philadelphia USS Philadelphia (1861) The third USS Philadelphia was the flagship of Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee when he commanded the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron during the American Civil War.... Stars and Stripes USS Stars and Stripes (1861) USS Stars and Stripes was a 407-ton steamer acquired by the U.S. Navy and put to use by the Union during the American Civil War.... Louisiana USS Louisiana (1861) The second USS Louisiana was a propeller-driven iron hull steamer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.-Steamboat Origins:... Hetzel USS Hetzel (1861) USS Hetzel was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.... Underwriter USS Underwriter (1852) USS Underwriter was a 341-ton steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.Underwriter was outfitted as a gunboat, whose primary task was to prevent ships from penetrating the Union blockade of Southern ports.... Delaware USS Delaware (1861) USS Delaware was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy for use during the American Civil War. She had a very active wartime career as a gunboat, and after the war served as a revenue cutter... Commodore Perry Valley City USS Valley City (1859) USS Valley City was a 190-ton steamer acquired by the Union Navy for service in the American Civil War.Valley City was outfitted as a gunship and served blockade duty as well as performing surveillance duty.... Commodore Barney USS Commodore Barney (1859) USS Commodore Barney was a ferryboat acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Ferryboats were of great value, since, because of their flat bottom and shallow draft, they could navigate streams and shallow waters that other ships could not.-Built in New York City in 1859:Commodore... Hunchback Southfield USS Southfield (1857) USS Southfield, was a a double-ended, sidewheel steam gunboat of the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was sunk in action against the Confederate ironclad ram CSS Albemarle during the Battle of Plymouth .... Morse USS Morse (1861) USS Morse was a ferryboat acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Ferryboats were of great value, since, because of their flat bottom and shallow draft, they could navigate streams and shallow waters that other ships could not.... John L. Lockwood USS John L. Lockwood (1854) USS John L. Lockwood was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was needed by the Navy to be part of the fleet of ships to prevent blockade runners from entering ports in the Confederacy.John L... Henry Brinker USS Henry Brinker (1861) USS Henry Brinker was a small steamship acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was placed into service as a gunboat and assigned to the blockade of ports of the Confederate States of America....

Confederate forces

	Regiments and batteries
Pamlico District of the Department of North Carolina BG Lawrence O'Bryan Branch Lawrence O'Bryan Branch Lawrence O'Bryan Branch was a North Carolina representative in the U.S. Congress and a Confederate brigadier general in the American Civil War, killed at the Battle of Antietam.-Early life and career:...	7th North Carolina 26th North Carolina 26th North Carolina Regiment The 26th North Carolina Regiment was a Confederate States Army regiment during the American Civil War and is famous for being the regiment with the largest number of casualties on both sides during the war.-History:... 27th North Carolina 28th North Carolina 33rd North Carolina 35th North Carolina 37th North Carolina 19th North Carolina Cavalry North Carolina Heavy Artillery (company) Special Battalion, North Carolina Militia

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