Battle of Mobile Bay order of battle
Appearance
The order of battle for the Union and Confederate forces at the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864.
Union
Navy
Commander : Rear Admiral David Farragut
14 wooden ships:[1]
- USS Brooklyn (screw sloop) — Captain James Alden
- USS Galena (950-ton ironclad gunboat/screw steamer) — Lieutenant Commander Clark H. Wells
- USS Hartford (2900-ton screw sloop; Farragut's flagship) — Flag Captain Percival Drayton
- USS Itasca (gunboat) — Lieutenant Commander George Brown
- USS Kennebec (gunboat) — Lieutenant Commander William P. McCann
- USS Lackawanna (1240-ton steam screw sloop-of-war) — Captain John B. Marchand
- USS Metacomet (1173-ton Sassacus-class "double-ender" steam gunboat) — Lieutenant Commander James Edward Jouett
- USS Monongahela (screw sloop) — Commander James H. Strong
- USS Octorara (981-ton "double-ender" side-wheel gunboat) — Lieutenant Commander Charles H. Green
- USS Oneida (screw sloop) — Commander J. R. Madison Mullaney
- USS Ossipee (1240-ton steam screw sloop) — Commander William E. Le Roy
- USS Port Royal (sidewheel steamer gunboat "double-ender") — Lieutenant Commander Bancroft Gherardi
- USS Richmond (screw sloop) — Captain Thornton A. Jenkins
- USS Seminole (screw sloop) — Commander Edward Donaldson
- USS Chickasaw (1300-ton Milwaukee-class ironclad river monitor, twin-turrets) — Lieutenant Commander George H. Perkins
- USS Manhattan (2100-ton Canonicus-class monitor) — Commander James W. Nicholson
- USS Tecumseh (2100-ton Canonicus-class monitor) — Commander Tunis Craven (sunk by torpedo)
- USS Winnebago (1300-ton Milwaukee-class ironclad river monitor, twin-turrets) — Commander Thomas H. Stevens, Jr.
Army
Commander : Military Division of West Mississippi — Major-General Edward R. S. Canby (not present)
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Mobile Bay Land Forces
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Clark's Brigade (3rd Bde, 3rd Div, XIX Corps)
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Bertram's Brigade (2nd Bde, Mobile Bay Land Forces)
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Guppey's Brigade (3rd Bde, 2nd Div, XIX Corps)
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Engineer Brigade (XIX Corps)
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Artillery (XIX Corps)
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Cavalry |
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Confederate
Navy
Commander: Admiral Franklin Buchanan (captured)
1 ironclad:
- CSS Tennessee (1273-ton ironclad ram; Buchanan's flagship) — Captain James D. Johnston (captured)
3 gunboats:
- CSS Gaines (863-ton side-wheel gunboat) — Lieutenant Commander J. W. Bennett (grounded and abandoned)
- CSS Morgan (863-ton side-wheel gunboat) — Commander George W. Harrison
- CSS Selma (320-ton side-wheel gunboat) — Lieutenant Peter U. Murphey (captured)
Army
District | Post | Regiments and Others |
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District of the Gulf
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Fort Morgan (garrison about 600)
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Fort Gaines (garrison about 600)
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Fort Powell (garrison about 140)
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References
- ^ "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships". Naval History & Heritage Command. 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.; see articles for each ship