Battle of Mobile Bay order of battle explained

The order of battle for the Union and Confederate forces at the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864.

Union

14 wooden ships:^[1]

(screw sloop) — Captain James Alden
(950-ton ironclad gunboat/screw steamer) — Lieutenant Commander Clark H. Wells
(2900-ton screw sloop; Farragut's flagship) — Flag Captain Percival Drayton
(gunboat) — Lieutenant Commander George Brown
(gunboat) — Lieutenant Commander William P. McCann
(1240-ton steam screw sloop-of-war) — Captain John B. Marchand
(1173-ton Sassacus-class "double-ender" steam gunboat) — Lieutenant Commander James Edward Jouett
(screw sloop) — Commander James H. Strong
(981-ton "double-ender" side-wheel gunboat) — Lieutenant Commander Charles H. Green
(screw sloop) — Commander J. R. Madison Mullaney
(1240-ton steam screw sloop) — Commander William E. Le Roy
(sidewheel steamer gunboat "double-ender") — Lieutenant Commander Bancroft Gherardi
(screw sloop) — Captain Thornton A. Jenkins
(screw sloop) — Commander Edward Donaldson

4 ironclad monitors:

(1300-ton Milwaukee-class ironclad river monitor, twin-turrets) — Lieutenant Commander George H. Perkins
(2100-ton Canonicus-class monitor) — Commander James W. Nicholson
(2100-ton Canonicus-class monitor) — Commander Tunis Craven (sunk by torpedo)
(1300-ton Milwaukee-class ironclad river monitor, twin-turrets) — Commander Thomas H. Stevens, Jr.

Commander : Military Division of West Mississippi — Major-General Edward R. S. Canby (not present)

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Mobile Bay Land Forces Major General Gordon Granger	Clark's Brigade (3rd Bde, 3rd Div, XIX Corps) Colonel George W. Clark	77th Illinois: Colonel David P. Grier 67th Indiana: Ltc Francis A. Sears 34th Iowa: Colonel George W. Clark 96th Ohio Infantry: Colonel Albert H. Brown
	Bertram's Brigade (2nd Bde, Mobile Bay Land Forces) Colonel Henry Bertram	94th Illinois: Col John McNulta 20th Iowa: Col William M. Dye, Cpt Edward Coulter 38th Iowa: Ltc Joseph O. Hudnutt 20th Wisconsin: Ltc Henry A. Starr
	Guppey's Brigade (3rd Bde, 2nd Div, XIX Corps) Colonel Joshua James Guppey	161st New York: Col William B. Kinsey 23rd Wisconsin: Ltc Edmund Jüssen
	Engineer Brigade (XIX Corps) Brevet Brigadier General Joseph Bailey	96th U.S.C.T — Colonel John C. Cobb 97th U.S.C.T. — Colonel George D. Robinson 1st Pontoniers — Captain J.J. Smith
	Artillery (XIX Corps) Brigadier General Richard Arnold	1st Indiana Heavy Artillery: Major William Roy 6th Michigan Heavy Artillery 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery: Lt Walter S. Hotchkiss 17th Ohio Battery: Capt C. S. Rice Battery "A", 2nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery: Capt H. Borris, Lt Frank B. Fenton
	Cavalry	3rd Maryland Cavalry Company A, 2nd Maine Volunteer Cavalry Regiment Company M, 14th New York Cavalry

Commander: Admiral Franklin Buchanan (captured)

1 ironclad:

(1273-ton ironclad ram; Buchanan's flagship) — Captain James D. Johnston (captured)

3 gunboats:

(863-ton side-wheel gunboat) — Lieutenant Commander J. W. Bennett (grounded and abandoned)
(863-ton side-wheel gunboat) — Commander George W. Harrison
(320-ton side-wheel gunboat) — Lieutenant Peter U. Murphey (captured)

District	Post	Regiments and Others
District of the Gulf Major-General Dabney H. Maury	Fort Morgan (garrison about 600) Brigadier General Richard L. Page	1st Alabama Artillery Battalion 21st Alabama Infantry (1 Company) 1st Tennessee Artillery Regiment
	Fort Gaines (garrison about 600) Col Charles D. Anderson	21st Alabama Infantry (6 Companies) 1st Alabama Artillery Battalion (2 Companies) Pelham Cadets Reserves & Marines
	Fort Powell (garrison about 140) Lt Col James M. Williams	21st Alabama Infantry (2 Companies) Culpeper's South Carolina Battery

Web site: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . . 2013 . 16 August 2013.

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