El Caney order of battle explained

The following units and commanders of the U.S. and Spanish armies fought at the Battle of El Caney during the Spanish–American War on July 1, 1898.

Abbreviations used

Military Rank

• 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.

Fifth Army Corps

MG William R. Shafter, not present

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
2nd Division^[1]     BG Henry W. Lawton	1st Brigade   BG William Ludlow	8th U.S. Infantry: Maj Casper Hauzer Conrad 22nd U.S. Infantry: Ltc John H. Patterson 2nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry: Col Embury P. Clark
	2nd Brigade   Col Evan Miles	1st U.S. Infantry: Ltc William Henry Bisbee 4th U.S. Infantry: Ltc Augustus H. Bainbridge 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: Ltc Joseph T. Haskell (w)
	Independent Brigade (IV Corps)   BG John C. Bates	3rd U.S. Infantry: Col John H. Page 20th U.S. Infantry: Maj William S. McCaskey 1st Marine Battalion: Ltc Robert W. Huntington

Spanish

IV Corps

Gen Arsenio Linares, not present

width=20%	Brigade	width=30%	Regiments and Others
1st Brigade^[2]     BG Joaquin Vara del Rey (k)	29th Battalion, Constitution Regiment 55th Battalion, Asia Regiment 65th Battalion, Cuba Regiment 1st Battalion of Puerto Rico 11th Battalion, San Fernando Regiment 1st Squadron, Cavalry Regiment El Rey 4th Squadron, Cavalry Regiment El Rey 6th Battery, 4th Mounted Artillery 1st Train Company

See also

• San Juan Hill order of battle

Notes and References

1. Konstam, Angus San Juan Hill 1898: America's Emergence as a World Power: 1998, p.92
2. http://www.spanamwar.com/spoobcuba.htm Spanish Order of Battle