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.
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Abbreviations used
Military rank
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = Lieutenant
Other
- (w) = wounded
- (mw) = mortally wounded
- (k) = killed in action
- (c) = captured
Confederate forces
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
| Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Hill's Command
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Union forces
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)
| Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Peirce's Command
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Notes
- ^ a b Became part of the 32nd Virginia Infantry Regiment.
References
- 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.
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