- Military Rank Abbreviations Used
- Union Army Department of North Carolina "Coast Division of the US Army" Union Navy
- Confederate Army
- Notes
Orders of battle of the Union and Confederate forces at the Battle of New Bern, 14 March 1862.[1] Military Rank Abbreviations Used- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = mMjor
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = Lieutenant
Union ArmyDepartment of North Carolina "Coast Division of the US Army"BG Ambrose E. Burnside | Brigades | Regiments and batteries | | First Brigade:
BG John G. Foster - 10th Connecticut: Ltc Albert Drake
- 23rd Massachusetts: Col John Kurtz
- 24th Massachusetts: Col Thomas G. Stevenson
- 25th Massachusetts: Col Edwin Upton
- 27th Massachusetts: Col Horace C. Lee
| | Second Brigade
BG Jesse L. Reno - 21st Massachusetts: Ltc William S. Clark
- 9th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry (Jersey Muskrats): Ltc Charles Heckman
- 51st New York: Col Edward Ferrero
- 51st Pennsylvania: Col John Hartranft
| | Third Brigade
BG John G. Parke - 8th Connecticut: Col Edward Harland
- 11th Connecticut: Ltc Charles Mathewson
- 4th Rhode Island: Col Isaac P. Rodman
- 5th Rhode Island
| Unassigned units- 1st New York Marine Artillery (detachment): Col William A. Howard
- 99th New York (Union Coast Guard) (Company B): Ltc Charles W. Tillotson
- The Rocket Battalion of Artillery (General Barry's)
- Army gunboat Picket
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Union NavyUS Naval Forces in Pamlico Sound
Commander Stephen C. Rowan - Philadelphia
- Stars and Stripes
- Louisiana
- Hetzel
- Underwriter
- Delaware
- Commodore Perry
- Valley City
- Commodore Barney
- Hunchback
- Southfield
- Morse
- John L. Lockwood
- Henry Brinker
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Confederate Army| Regiments and batteries | Pamlico District of the Department of North Carolina
BG Lawrence O'Bryan Branch - 7th North Carolina
- 26th North Carolina
- 27th North Carolina
- 28th North Carolina
- 33rd North Carolina
- 35th North Carolina
- 37th North Carolina
- 19th North Carolina Cavalry
- North Carolina Heavy Artillery (company)
- Special Battalion, North Carolina Militia
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Notes1. ^{{Cite book| publisher = Thomas Yoseloff| volume = 1| pages = 670| last = Buel| first = Clarence| others = Robert Johnson (ed.)| title = Battles and Leaders of the Civil War| year = 1956}}
1 : American Civil War orders of battle |