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 Blakely. 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 Blakely 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

General Staff

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Headquarters units

Engineer Brigade


BG Joseph A. Bailey

  • 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

XIII Corps

MG Gordon Granger

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

  • 4th Battery, Massachusetts Light Artillery: Lt George W. Taylor
  • 7th Battery, Massachusetts Light Artillery: Cpt Newman W. Storer

2nd Division
   BG Christopher C. Andrews[2]

1st Brigade


Col Henry Bertram

2nd Brigade


Col Thomas Spicely

3rd Brigade


Col Frederick Moore

Artillery
  • 2nd Battery, Connecticut Light Artillery: Cpt Walter S. Hotchkiss
  • 15th Battery, Massachusetts Light Artillery: Lt Albert Rowse

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

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

  • 40th Missouri Infantry: Col Samuel A. Holmes
  • 49th Missouri Infantry: Col David P. Dyer
  • 14th Wisconsin Infantry: Maj Eddy F. Ferris
3rd Brigade


Col James L. Geddes

Artillery Brigade


Cpt John W. Lowell

Column from Pensacola

MG Frederick Steele

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

1st Division
   BG John P. Hawkins

1st Brigade


BG William A. Pile

2nd Brigade


Col Hiram Scofield

3rd Brigade


Col Charles W. Drew

Cavalry

MG Benjamin Grierson

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

1st Division
   BG Joseph F. Knipe

1st Brigade


Col Joseph Kargé

  • 12th Indiana Cavalry: Maj William H. Calkins
  • 2nd New Jersey Cavalry: Ltc P. Jones Yorke
  • 4th Wisconsin Cavalry: Col Webster P. Moore
2nd Brigade


Col Gilbert M. L. Johnson

Artillery

Cavalry Division (Dist. of West Florida)
   BG Thomas J. Lucas

1st Brigade


Col Morgan H. Chrysler

2nd Brigade


Ltc Andrew B. Spurling

Artillery
  • 2nd Battery, Massachusetts Light Artillery: Cpt William Marland

Notes

  1. War of the Rebellion: The Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 49, part 1, page 102
  2. 2nd and 3rd Brigades were attached to the Pensacola Column at Fort Blakely, accompanied by General Andrews, while the 1st Brigade was independently involved at Spanish Fort

Sources

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