Siege of Santiago order of battle

The following units and commanders of the U.S.^[1] and Spanish armies fought at the Siege of Santiago during the Spanish–American War from July 3 to July 17, 1898.

Abbreviations used

Military Rank

Gen = General
MG = Major General
BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Maj = Major
Cpt = Captain
Lt = 1st Lieutenant

Other

w = wounded
k = killed
m = missing

U.S.

Commanding General of the United States Army - MG Nelson A. Miles arrived July 11

V Corps

MG William R. Shafter^[2]

General Staff

Adjutant General: Ltc Edward J. McClernand
Asst. Adjutant General: Capt James C. Gillmore
Inspector General: Ltc John Jacob Astor IV

Headquarters

1st Squadron, 2nd U.S. Cavalry: Maj William Rafferty
Companies C & E, U.S. Engineers: Capt Edward Burr
Signal Corps Detachment: Capt Smead

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
1st Division BG Jacob Ford Kent	1st Brigade Brevet BG Hugh A. Theaker	6th U.S. Infantry: Maj Charles Miner 16th U.S. Infantry: Col Hugh A. Theaker, Maj. William B. McLaughlin 71st New York Volunteer Infantry: Col Wallace A. Downs
	2nd Brigade Col Edward P. Pearson	2nd U.S. Infantry: Ltc William M. Wherry 10th U.S. Infantry: Ltc Edgar R. Kellogg 21st U.S. Infantry: Capt Ebstein
	3rd Brigade Ltc Ezra P. Ewers BG Adelbert Ames	9th U.S. Infantry: Ltc Ezra P. Ewers 13th U.S. Infantry: Maj William Auman 24th U.S. Infantry: Maj. Alfred C. Markley
2nd Division MG Henry W. Lawton	1st Brigade BG William Ludlow	8th U.S. Infantry: Major C. H. Conrad 22nd U.S. Infantry: Major William M. Van Horne 2nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry: Colonel Clark
	2nd Brigade BG Chambers McKibbin	1st U.S. Infantry: Ltc William H. Bisbee 4th U.S. Infantry: Maj Stephen Baker 25th U.S. Infantry: Ltc Aaron S. Daggett
	3rd Brigade BG Adna R. Chaffee	7th U.S. Infantry: Ltc Gilbert S. Carpenter 12th U.S. Infantry: Ltc Richard Comba 17th U.S. Infantry: Maj L. W. O’Brien
Independent Division MG John C. Bates	1st Brigade Col John H. Page	3rd U.S. Infantry: Ltc A. A. Harbach 20th U.S. Infantry: Maj William S. McCaskey
Independent Division MG John C. Bates	2nd Brigade Col Henry L. Turner	1st Illinois Volunteer Infantry: Col Henry L. Turner, Ltc George V. Lauman 1st District of Columbia Infantry: Col Harries 9th Massachusetts Infantry: Ltc Logan
Cavalry Division MG Joseph Wheeler	1st Brigade BG Samuel S. Sumner	3rd U.S. Cavalry: Maj. Henry W. Wessells Jr. 6th U.S. Cavalry: Maj. Thomas C. Lebo 9th U.S. Cavalry: Maj Forbush
Cavalry Division MG Joseph Wheeler	2nd Brigade BG Leonard Wood	1st U.S. Cavalry: Col Charles D. Viele 10th U.S. Cavalry: Ltc Theodore A. Baldwin 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry: Col Theodore Roosevelt
Artillery	Light Artillery BG Wallace F. Randolph	Battery E, 1st U.S. Artillery: Capt Allyn Capron Battery K, 1st U.S. Artillery: Capt C. L. Best Battery A, 2nd U.S. Artillery: Capt G. S. Grimes Battery F, 2nd U.S. Artillery: Vose Battery F, 4th U.S. Artillery:– Taylor Battery F, 5th U.S. Artillery: Reilly
Artillery	Siege Artillery	Battery G & H, 4th U.S. Artillery: Capt William Ennis Gatlin Gun detachment: 2nd Lt John H. Parker
Reserves	Separate Brigade (II Corps) BG Henry M. Duffield	8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry: Col Hard 33rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry: Col Boynton 34th Michigan Volunteer Infantry: Col Peterson

Cuban

Army of Liberation

Lieutenant General Calixto García^[3]

Insurgents: General Rabi^[4]
Insurgents: General Sanchez
Insurgents: General Capote
Insurgents: General Cebreco
Insurgents: General Lora
Insurgents: General Minet
Insurgents: General Castillo

(further composition unknown)

Spanish

IV Corps

Gen José Toral y Velázquez

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Santiago Division	1st Brigade	1st Provisional Battalion of Puerto Rico 4th Battalion Talavera Peninsular Regiment 1st Battalion San Fernando Regiment 1st Battalion Asia Regiment 1st Battalion Constitution Regiment 1st Battalion Cuba Regiment 2nd Battalion Cuba Regiment 1st Battalion Simancas Regiment

References

^ Lee, Fitzhugh Cuba's Struggle Against Spain, New York 1899 p.428
^ Lee, Fitzhugh Cuba's Struggle Against Spain, New York 1899 p.428
^ Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 96, Number 113, 12 December 1898
^ "Spanish-American War: Santiago Campaign, 1898". Library of Congress.

[1] Lee, Fitzhugh Cuba's Struggle Against Spain, New York 1899 p.428

[2] Lee, Fitzhugh Cuba's Struggle Against Spain, New York 1899 p.428

[3] Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 96, Number 113, 12 December 1898

[4] "Spanish-American War: Santiago Campaign, 1898". Library of Congress.

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