ORDER OF BATTLE FOR POTTER’S RAID 1865

FEDERAL TROOPS

Federal units involved in the raid were collected from garrison troops posted to the South Carolina coast. Brigadier General Edward E. Potter commanded the following units during the course of the raid.

First Brigade

25^th Ohio

107^st Ohio

157^th New York

56^th New York (detachment of several companies)

Second Brigade

54^th Massachusetts (675 men)

102^nd U.S. Colored Troops (Detachment of 5 companies)

32^nd U.S. Colored Troops (Detachment of 8 companies)

Auxiliary Troops

Battery F 3^rd New York Artillery (one section of 12 pound Napoleons & 360 rounds of Ammunition)

4^th Massachusetts Cavalry (one troop or approx.40)

1^st New York Volunteer Engineers (Detachment)

Total Effectives 2,700

CONFEDERATE TROOPS

The Confederate units, which opposed Potter’s raid force, were a mix of home guard militia and regular Confederate army units. These units did not operate are a unified command until after the Battle of Dingle’s Mill and the destruction of rail equipment and military supplies in Manning, Sumter, Maysville and Manchester.

South Carolina Militia: (200-250)

5^th Battalion South Carolina Reserves

20^th South Carolina Militia

44^th South Carolina Militia

Confederate Regulars:

M.W. Hannon’s Brigade (300 men)

11^th Georgia Cavalry

53^rd Alabama Cavalry

53^rd Alabama Cavalry Battalion

J. H. Lewis’s Kentucky Brigade (450-500)

3^rd Kentucky Mounted Infantry (former Orphan Brigade Infantry)

4^th Kentucky Mounted Infantry (former Orphan Brigade Infantry)

5^th Kentucky Mounted Infantry (former Orphan Brigade Infantry)

6^th Kentucky Mounted Infantry (former Orphan Brigade Infantry)

9^th Kentucky Mounted Infantry (former Orphan Brigade Infantry)

Ferguson’s Battery (2 guns)

Total Effectives 1000