The following Union Army and Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Big Bethel on June 10, 1861 during the American Civil War.
Abbreviations used edit
Military rank edit
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = Lieutenant
Other edit
- (w) = wounded
- (mw) = mortally wounded
- (k) = killed in action
- (c) = captured
Confederate forces edit
Col John B. Magruder, Commander of the Hampton Division (1404 men)
- Acting Quartermaster: William R. Vaughan
- Acting Commissary: Robert H. Vaughan
- Volunteer Aide-de-camp: George A. Magruder, jr.
- Volunteer Aide-de-camp: Hugh Stannard
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Hill's Command
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Union forces edit
MG Benjamin Butler, Commander of the Department of Virginia (4400 men)
- Military Secretary: Maj Richard S. Fay
- Volunteer Aide-de-camp: Maj Theodore Winthrop (k)
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Peirce's Command
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Notes edit
- ^ a b Became part of the 32nd Virginia Infantry Regiment.
References edit
- Quarstein, John V. Big Bethel: The First Battle. North Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2011. ISBN 1-6094-9354-0. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
- U.S. War Department. The War of the Rebellion Archived 2009-09-13 at the Wayback Machine: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880. Series I, Volume 2 [S# 2], Chapter IX.