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Mobile campaign Union order of battle

The following units and commanders of the Union Army fought at the Mobile campaign of the American Civil War involving the battles of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakeley. The units engaged against Spanish Fort involved Veatch's Division, Benton's Division and Henry Bertram's Brigade from the XIII Corps along with McArthur's Division and Carr's Division from the XVI Corps. The units engaged against Fort Blakeley involved Veatch's Division and Andrews' Division (minus Bertram's brigade) from the XIII Corps, Garrard's Division from the XVI Corps and Steele's Pensacola Column.[1] The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.

This order of battle covers the period of March–April 1865. For the Union and Confederate forces at the Battle of Mobile Bay from August 2–23, 1864, see: Mobile Bay order of battle.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

Army of West Mississippi

MG Edward R. S. Canby, 45,200[2]

General Staff

Division Brigade Regiments and others

Headquarters units

Engineer Brigade


BG Joseph A. Bailey, 1,500[2]

  • 96th U.S.C.T.: Col John C. Cobb
  • 97th U.S.C.T.: Ltc George A. Harmount, Col George D. Robinson
  • 1st Company of Pontoniers: Cpt John J. Smith
Siege Trains


BG James Totten, 1,200[2]

XIII Corps

MG Gordon Granger, 13,200, excluding 2nd and 3rd Brigades, 2nd Division[2]

Division Brigade Regiments and others

1st Division
   BG James C. Veatch

1st Brigade


BG James R. Slack

2nd Brigade


BG Elias S. Dennis

3rd Brigade


Col William B. Kinsey

Artillery


Cpt George W. Fox

2nd Division[3]
  

1st Brigade


Col Henry Bertram

3rd Division
   BG William P. Benton

1st Brigade


Col David P. Grier

2nd Brigade


Col Henry M. Day

3rd Brigade


Col Conrad Krez

Artillery
  • 21st Battery, New York Light Artillery: Cpt James Barnes
  • 26th Battery, New York Light Artillery: Lt Adam Beattie

XVI Corps

MG Andrew Jackson Smith, 16,000[2]

Division Brigade Regiments and others

1st Division
   BG John McArthur

1st Brigade


Col William L. McMillen

2nd Brigade


Col Lucius F. Hubbard

3rd Brigade


Col William R. Marshall

Artillery

2nd Division
   BG Kenner Garrard

1st Brigade


Col John I. Rinaker

2nd Brigade


BG James I. Gilbert

3rd Brigade


Col Charles L. Harris

3rd Division
   BG Eugene A. Carr

1st Brigade


Col Jonathan B. Moore

2nd Brigade


Col Lyman M. Ward

3rd Brigade


Col James L. Geddes

Artillery Brigade


Cpt John W. Lowell

Column from Pensacola

MG Frederick Steele, 13,200[2]

Division Brigade Regiments and others

1st Division (Dist. of West Florida)
   BG John P. Hawkins, 5,500[2]

1st Brigade


BG William A. Pile

2nd Brigade


Col Hiram Scofield

3rd Brigade


Col Charles W. Drew

2nd Division (from XIII Corps)
   BG Christopher C. Andrews, 5,200[2][4]

2nd Brigade


Col Thomas Spicely

3rd Brigade


Col Frederick W. Moore

Artillery

Cavalry Division (Dist. of West Florida)
   BG Thomas J. Lucas, 2,500[2]

1st Brigade


Col Morgan H. Chrysler

2nd Brigade


Ltc Andrew B. Spurling

Artillery

Cavalry

Bvt MG Benjamin Grierson

Division Brigade Regiments and others

1st Division
   BG Joseph F. Knipe

1st Brigade


Col Joseph Kargé

2nd Brigade


Col Gilbert M. L. Johnson

Artillery

Notes

  1. ^ War of the Rebellion: The Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 49, part 1, page 102
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Jordan 2019, p. 121.
  3. ^ 2nd and 3rd Brigades were attached to the Pensacola Column at Fort Blakeley, accompanied by General Andrews, while the 1st Brigade was independently involved at Spanish Fort
  4. ^ 2nd and 3rd Brigades were attached to the Pensacola Column at Fort Blakeley, accompanied by General Andrews, while the 1st Brigade was independently involved at Spanish Fort

Sources

  • War of the Rebellion: The Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 49, part 1, page 105
  • Jordan, Daniel W. III (2019). Operational Art and the Campaign for Mobile, 1864-1865: A Staff Ride Handbook (PDF). Fort Leavenworth, Kan.: Combat Studies Institute Press, US Army Combined Arms Center. ISBN 9781940804545. Retrieved June 12, 2020. Unit strengths

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The following units and commanders of the Union Army fought at the Mobile campaign of the American Civil War involving the battles of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakeley The units engaged against Spanish Fort involved Veatch s Division Benton s Division and Henry Bertram s Brigade from the XIII Corps along with McArthur s Division and Carr s Division from the XVI Corps The units engaged against Fort Blakeley involved Veatch s Division and Andrews Division minus Bertram s brigade from the XIII Corps Garrard s Division from the XVI Corps and Steele s Pensacola Column 1 The Confederate order of battle is shown separately This order of battle covers the period of March April 1865 For the Union and Confederate forces at the Battle of Mobile Bay from August 2 23 1864 see Mobile Bay order of battle Contents 1 Abbreviations used 1 1 Military rank 1 2 Other 2 Army of West Mississippi 2 1 XIII Corps 2 2 XVI Corps 2 3 Column from Pensacola 2 4 Cavalry 3 Notes 4 SourcesAbbreviations used EditMilitary rank Edit MG Major general BG Brigadier general Col Colonel Ltc Lieutenant colonel Maj Major Cpt Captain Lt 1st lieutenantOther Edit w woundedArmy of West Mississippi EditMain article Army of West Mississippi MG Edward R S Canby 45 200 2 General Staff Chief of Staff MG Peter J Osterhaus Provost Marshal BG George L Andrews Aide de Camp Brevet BG Cyrus B Comstock Chief Engineer Brevet Col Miles D McAlester Asst Adjutant General Ltc Christian T Christensen Asst Inspector General Ltc John M Wilson Quartermaster Ltc Charles G Sawtelle Commissary of Subsistence Ltc Chester Bingham HinsdillDivision Brigade Regiments and othersHeadquarters units Engineer Brigade BG Joseph A Bailey 1 500 2 96th U S C T Col John C Cobb 97th U S C T Ltc George A Harmount Col George D Robinson 1st Company of Pontoniers Cpt John J SmithSiege Trains BG James Totten 1 200 2 1st Indiana Heavy Artillery 7 companies Col Benjamin F Hays 18th Battery New York Light Artillery Cpt Albert G MackXIII Corps Edit Main article XIII Corps Union Army MG Gordon Granger 13 200 excluding 2nd and 3rd Brigades 2nd Division 2 Division Brigade Regiments and others1st Division BG James C Veatch 1st Brigade BG James R Slack 99th Illinois Infantry five companies Ltc Asa C Matthews 47th Indiana Infantry Ltc John A McLaughlin 21st Iowa Infantry Ltc Salue G VanAnda 29th Wisconsin Infantry Ltc Bradford Hancock2nd Brigade BG Elias S Dennis 8th Illinois Infantry Col Josiah A Sheetz 11th Illinois Infantry Col James Henry Coates 46th Illinois Infantry Col Benjamin Dornblaser3rd Brigade Col William B Kinsey 29th Illinois Infantry Ltc John A Callicott 30th Missouri Infantry 4 companies Ltc William T Wilkinson 161st New York Infantry Maj Willis E Craig 23rd Wisconsin Infantry Maj Joseph E GreeneArtillery Cpt George W Fox 4th Battery Massachusetts Light Artillery Lt George W Taylor 7th Battery Massachusetts Light Artillery Cpt Newman W Storer2nd Division 3 1st Brigade Col Henry Bertram 94th Illinois Infantry Col John McNulta 19th Iowa Infantry Ltc John Bruce 23rd Iowa Infantry Col Samuel L Glasgow 20th Wisconsin Infantry Ltc Henry A Starr Battery F 1st Missouri Light Artillery Cpt Joseph Foust3rd Division BG William P Benton 1st Brigade Col David P Grier 28th Illinois Infantry Ltc Richard Ritter 77th Illinois Infantry Ltc John B Reid 96th Ohio Infantry 5 companies Ltc Albert H Brown 35th Wisconsin Infantry Col Henry Orff2nd Brigade Col Henry M Day 91st Illinois Infantry Ltc George A Day 50th Indiana Infantry 5 companies Ltc Samuel T Wells 29th Iowa Infantry Col Thomas H Benton Jr 7th Vermont Infantry Col William C Holbrook3rd Brigade Col Conrad Krez 33rd Iowa Infantry Col Cyrus H Mackey 77th Ohio Infantry Ltc William E Stevens 27th Wisconsin Infantry Cpt Charles H Cunningham 28th Wisconsin Infantry Ltc Edmund B GrayArtillery 21st Battery New York Light Artillery Cpt James Barnes 26th Battery New York Light Artillery Lt Adam BeattieXVI Corps Edit Main article XVI Corps Union Army MG Andrew Jackson Smith 16 000 2 Division Brigade Regiments and others1st Division BG John McArthur 1st Brigade Col William L McMillen 33rd Illinois Infantry Col Charles E Lippincott 26th Indiana Infantry Col John G Clark 93rd Indiana Infantry Col De Witt C Thomas 10th Minnesota Infantry Ltc Samuel P Jennison 72nd Ohio Infantry Ltc Charles G Eaton 95th Ohio Infantry Col Jefferson Brumback2nd Brigade Col Lucius F Hubbard 47th Illinois Infantry Maj Edward Bonham 5th Minnesota Infantry Ltc William B Gere 9th Minnesota Infantry Col Josiah F Marsh 11th Missouri Infantry Maj Modesta J Green 8th Wisconsin Infantry Ltc William B Britton3rd Brigade Col William R Marshall 12th Iowa Infantry Maj Samuel G Knee 35th Iowa Infantry Ltc William B Keeler 7th Minnesota Infantry Ltc George Bradley 33rd Missouri Infantry Ltc William H HeathArtillery 3rd Battery Indiana Light Artillery Cpt Thomas J Ginn 2nd Battery Iowa Light Artillery Cpt Joseph R Reed2nd Division BG Kenner Garrard 1st Brigade Col John I Rinaker 119th Illinois Infantry Col Thomas J Kinney 122nd Illinois Infantry Ltc James F Drish w April 9 Maj James F Chapman 89th Indiana Infantry Ltc Hervey Craven 21st Missouri Infantry Cpt Charles W Tracy2nd Brigade BG James I Gilbert 117th Illinois Infantry Col Risdon M Moore 27th Iowa Infantry Maj George W Howard 32nd Iowa Infantry Ltc Gustavus A Eberhart 10th Kansas Infantry 4 companies Ltc Charles S Hills 6th Minnesota Infantry Ltc Hiram P Grant3rd Brigade Col Charles L Harris 58th Illinois Infantry four companies Cpt John Murphy 52nd Indiana Infantry Ltc Zalmon S Main 34th New Jersey Infantry Col William Hudson Lawrence 178th New York Infantry Ltc John B Gandolfo 11th Wisconsin Infantry Maj Jesse S Miller3rd Division BG Eugene A Carr 1st Brigade Col Jonathan B Moore 72nd Illinois Infantry Ltc Joseph Stockton 95th Illinois Infantry Col Leander Blanden 44th Missouri Infantry Cpt Frank G Hopkins 33rd Wisconsin Infantry Ltc Horatio H Virgin2nd Brigade Col Lyman M Ward 40th Missouri Infantry Col Samuel A Holmes 49th Missouri Infantry Col David P Dyer 14th Wisconsin Infantry Maj Eddy F Ferris3rd Brigade Col James L Geddes 81st Illinois Infantry Ltc Andrew W Rogers 108th Illinois Infantry Col Charles Turner 124th Illinois Infantry Brevet Col John H Howe 8th Iowa Infantry Ltc William B BellArtillery Brigade Cpt John W Lowell Cogswell s Battery Illinois Light Artillery Lt William R Elting Battery G 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Lt Perry Wilch 1st Battery Indiana Light Artillery Cpt Lawrence Jocoby 14th Battery Indiana Light Artillery Cpt Francis W Morse 17th Battery Ohio Light Artillery Cpt Charles S RiceColumn from Pensacola Edit MG Frederick Steele 13 200 2 Division Brigade Regiments and others1st Division Dist of West Florida BG John P Hawkins 5 500 2 1st Brigade BG William A Pile 73rd U S C T Ltc Henry C Merriam 82nd U S C T Col Ladislas L Zulavsky 86th U S C T Ltc George E Yarrington2nd Brigade Col Hiram Scofield 47th U S C T Ltc Ferdinand E Peebles 50th U S C T Col Charles A Gilchrist 51st U S C T Col A Watson Webber3rd Brigade Col Charles W Drew 48th U S C T Col Frederick M Crandal 68th U S C T Col J Blackburn Jones w April 9 76th U S C T Maj William E Nye2nd Division from XIII Corps BG Christopher C Andrews 5 200 2 4 2nd Brigade Col Thomas Spicely 76th Illinois Infantry Col Samuel T Busey w April 9 Ltc Charles C Jones 97th Illinois Infantry Ltc Victor Vifquain 24th Indiana Infantry Ltc Francis A Sears 69th Indiana Infantry 4 companies Ltc Oran Perry w April 9 Cpt Lewis K Harris3rd Brigade Col Frederick W Moore 37th Illinois Infantry Col John Charles Black 20th Iowa Infantry Ltc Joseph B Leake 34th Iowa Infantry Col George W Clark 83rd Ohio Infantry Ltc William H Baldwin 114th Ohio Infantry Col John H KellyArtillery 2nd Battery Connecticut Light Artillery Cpt Walter S Hotchkiss 15th Battery Massachusetts Light Artillery Lt Albert RowseCavalry Division Dist of West Florida BG Thomas J Lucas 2 500 2 1st Brigade Col Morgan H Chrysler 1st Louisiana Cavalry Ltc Algernon S Badger 31st Massachusetts mounted infantry Ltc Edward P Nettleton 2nd New York Veteran Cavalry Col Morgan H Chrysler Ltc Asa L Gurney2nd Brigade Ltc Andrew B Spurling 1st Florida Cavalry Cpt Francis Lyons 2nd Illinois Cavalry Maj Franklin Moore 2nd Maine Cavalry Maj Charles A MillerArtillery 2nd Battery Massachusetts Light Artillery Cpt William MarlandCavalry Edit Bvt MG Benjamin Grierson Division Brigade Regiments and others1st Division BG Joseph F Knipe 1st Brigade Col Joseph Karge 12th Indiana Cavalry Maj William H Calkins 2nd New Jersey Cavalry Ltc P Jones Yorke 4th Wisconsin Cavalry Col Webster P Moore2nd Brigade Col Gilbert M L Johnson 10th Indiana Cavalry Maj George R Swallow 13th Indiana Cavalry Ltc William T Pepper 4th Tennessee Cavalry Ltc Jacob M ThornburghArtillery 14th Battery Ohio Light Artillery Cpt William Cary MyersNotes Edit War of the Rebellion The Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies Series I Volume 49 part 1 page 102 a b c d e f g h i Jordan 2019 p 121 2nd and 3rd Brigades were attached to the Pensacola Column at Fort Blakeley accompanied by General Andrews while the 1st Brigade was independently involved at Spanish Fort 2nd and 3rd Brigades were attached to the Pensacola Column at Fort Blakeley accompanied by General Andrews while the 1st Brigade was independently involved at Spanish FortSources EditWar of the Rebellion The Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies Series I Volume 49 part 1 page 105 Jordan Daniel W III 2019 Operational Art and the Campaign for Mobile 1864 1865 A Staff Ride Handbook PDF Fort Leavenworth Kan Combat Studies Institute Press US Army Combined Arms Center ISBN 9781940804545 Retrieved June 12 2020 Unit strengths Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mobile campaign Union order of battle amp oldid 1108327641, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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