Union Forces Department of the East 31 July 1864 Commanding General: Major General J.A.Dix City and Harbor of New York: Brigadier General L.C.Hunt Fort Hamilton: Major Dickinson Woodruff 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment Det/12th U.S. Infantry Regiment 2nd U.S.Artillery, Battery K Det/5th U.S.Artillery Fort Lafayette: Lt. Colonel M.Burke A/,E/,7th U.S.Infantry Regiment Det/10th U.S.Infantry Regiment Fort Columbus: Colonel G.Loomis 20th New York Infantry Regiment U.S.General Service Recruits Fort Richmond: Colonel Bagley 69th New York National Guard Sandy Hook: Lt. Colonel E.Steen 28th New York Battery Fort Schuyler: Major H.D.Wallen Det/7th U.S.Infantry Regiment Fort Wood: Colonel C.S.Merchant Det/6th U.S.Infantry Regiment Boston Harbor & Massachusetts Sea Coast Defenses: Lt. Colonel De Lancey Floyd­Jones Clark's Point, New Bedford: CPt. A.J.Hilborn 4th Unattached Company Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 13th Unattached Company Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Eastern Point (Fort Gloucester: Cpt. F.E.Porter 2nd Unattached Company Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Fort Independence: Lt.Colonel De Lancey Floyd­Jones A/3rd Bn, 11th U.S.Infantry Regiment Invalid Co, 11th U.S.Infantry Regiment 1st U.S.Artillery, Invalid Co. A D/1st Bn, Massachusetts Heavy Artillery Long Point Batteries: Cpt.C.F.Walcott 12th Unattached Company Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Forts Pickering and Lee (Saleam):; Cpt.B.Dame 3rd Unattached Company Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Fort Sewall (Marblehead): Cpt.J.C.Bacheller 11th Unattached Company Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Fort Warren: Major S.Cabot 1st Bn, Massachusetts Heavy Artillery 10th Unattached Company Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Maine Seacoast Defenses: Lt. Colonel S.K.Dawson Fort Constitution (Portsmouth,N.H.): Cpt.L.J.Morse Maine State Guard (militia) A/New Hampshire State Militia Fort Knox: Lt. T.H.Palmer Det/1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Lt. Palmer Fort McClary: Lt. R.Ireland A/Maine State Guard (militia) Fort Sullivan:Cpt. T.P.Hutchinson Maine State Guard (militia) Miscellaneous: Fort Adams, RI: Colonel O.L.Shepard D/3rd Bn, 15th U.S.Infantry Regiment Hart's Island, N.Y.: Brigadier General N.J.Jackson 31st U.S. Colored Troops Fort Ontario: Cpt.R.E.A.Crofton Det/16th U.S. Infantry Regiment Parker Barracks, N.Y.City: Lt. A.W.Bickley 6th U.S. Infantry Regiment Portsmouth Grove, RI: Cpt. C.Blanding Rhode Island Hospital Guards Forts Preble and Scammel: Major G.L.Andrews Invalid Cos, A & B, 17th U.S.Infantry Regiment Fort Trumbull, Connecticut: Cpt. J.D.O'Connell B/14th U.S. Infantry Regiment 3rd U.S. Artillery, Battery I U.S. War Department, The War of the Succession, A Compilation of Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Government Printing Office; Washington D.C. 1882 .