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

  • 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 Hinsdill
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]
  • 1st Indiana Heavy Artillery (7 companies): Col Benjamin F. Hays
  • 18th Battery, New York Light Artillery: Cpt Albert G. Mack

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
  • 8th Illinois Infantry: Col Josiah A. Sheetz
  • 11th Illinois Infantry: Col James H. Coates
  • 46th Illinois Infantry: Col Benjamin Dornblaser
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
  • 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 Brumback
2nd 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. Britton
3rd Brigade


Col William R. Marshall
Artillery

2nd 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. Tracy
2nd 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. Grant
3rd 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. Miller

3rd Division
   BG Eugene A. Carr

 1st Brigade


Col Jonathan B. Moore
2nd Brigade


Col Lyman M. Ward
3rd 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. Bell
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
  • 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. Nye

2nd 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. Harris
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
  • 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. Gurney
2nd Brigade


Ltc Andrew B. Spurling
  • 1st Florida Cavalry: Cpt Francis Lyons
  • 2nd Illinois Cavalry: Maj Franklin Moore
  • 2nd Maine Cavalry: Maj Charles A. Miller
Artillery

Cavalry

Bvt 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
  • 10th Indiana Cavalry: Maj George R. Swallow
  • 13th Indiana Cavalry: Ltc William T. Pepper
  • 4th Tennessee Cavalry: Ltc Jacob M. Thornburgh
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. 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) Unit strengths
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