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United States Army • Department of North Carolina

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January 1862 • to February >

Brigadier General Ambrose Burnside

The Department of North Carolina was created on January 7, 1862, to include the areas of North Carolina occupied by Union forces, with Ambrose Burnside as its first Commander.

Coast Division

First Brigade	Brigadier General John G. Foster
10th Connecticut Infantry Regiment	Colonel Charles L. Russell (k 2/8)
23rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment	Colonel John Krutz
24th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment	Colonel Thomas G. Stevenson
25th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment	Colonel Edwin M. Upton
27th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment	Colonel Horace C. Lee
Second Brigade	Brigadier General Jesse L. Reno
21st Massachusettes Infantry Regiment	Colonel Alberto R. Maggi
9th New Jersey Infantry Regiment	Colonel Joseph W. Allen (drowned 1/15) Lieutenant Colonel Charles A. Heckman
51st New York Infantry Regiment	Colonel Edward Ferrero
51st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment	Colonel John R. Hartranft
Third Brigade	Brigadier General John G. Parke
8th Connecticut Infantry Regiment	Colonel Edward Harland
11th Connecticut Infantry Regiment	Colonel Henry W. Kingsbury
9th New York Infantry Regiment	Colonel Rush C. Hawkins
4th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment	Colonel Isaac P. Rodman
5th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment (detachment)	Maj John Wright
Unassigned
1st New York Marine Artillery (detachment)	Colonel William A. Howard
99th New York Infantry Regiment	Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Tillotson