Regiment, 3d New York Light Artillery Regiment Battery F, 3d Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Regiment, 32d U.S. Colored Troops, 33d U.S. Colored Troops 102nd United States Colored Infantry Regiment, 34th U.S. Colored Troops U.S. Navy South Atlantic Blockading Squadron: Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren, Commanding Union Naval Vessels that participated in the amphibious landing at Tulifinny: USS St Louis, USS Pawnee, USS Canandaigua, USS Flag, USS New Hampshire, USS Sonoma, USS Mingoe, USS Pontiac, USS Saratoga, USS James Adger, USS Cimarron, USS Donegal Commander George Henry Preble, Naval Support Brigade Ashore U.S. Marine Corps First Lieutenant (Acting Lieutenant Colonel) George G. Stoddard, Commanding Confederate Estimated at a total of 900 men. Provisional Army of the Confederate States 3rd Military District of South Carolina - Major General Samuel Jones, Commanding; Brigadier General Lucius J. Gartrell; Brigadier General James Chesnut; Brigadier General Beverly Robertson Units5th Georgia Infantry 32nd Georgia Infantry 47th Georgia Infantry 1st Georgia Reserves 3rd Georgia Reserves South Carolina Battalion of State Cadets Bacon's South Carolina Militia Charleston (Bachmann's) German Light Artillery 1st South Carolina Artillery (1 Company) 3rd South Carolina Cavalry Kirk's South Carolina Cavalry Squadron The battle Prelude "Every Cadet acted with conspicuous gallantry and showed that the discipline of his Academy had made him a thorough soldier for the battlefield. The privations of the succeeding months proved him as well prepared for the hardships of the march and the camp." In early December, 1864 the South Carolina Battalion of State Cadets, 343 strong, which consisted of the Citadel Academy in Charleston and the Arsenal Academy in Columbia was deployed to defend the state. Founded in 1842 the South Carolina Military Academy (now The Citadel) consisted of cadets who were enrolled at the Arsenal Academy for their first year then transferred to the Citadel Academy to complete the remaining three years of their education. Major James B. White, SCMA Class of 1849 and Superintendent of SCMA, commanded the Battalion of State Cadets which consisted of Company A (Citadel cadets) and Company B (Arsenal cadets). Captain Hugh S. Thompson, Class of 1856 and Professor of Belles Letters and Ethics, served as commander of Company A and Captain John P. Thomas, Superintendent of the Arsenal Academy commanded Company B. Some Citadel cadets were assigned to Company B to serve as leaders and mentors to the younger Arsenal Academy cadets. Upon arrival at Pocotaglio on December 6, the Battalion of Cadets