Mobile campaign order of battle: Confederate explained

The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Mobile campaign of the American Civil War including the battles of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakeley. The Union order of battle is shown separately.

Military rank

District of the Gulf

MG Dabney H. Maury

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and others
UnassignedThomas' Brigade
BG Bryan M. Thomas (c)
  • 1st Alabama Reserves: Col Daniel E. Huger
  • 2nd Alabama Reserves: Ltc Junius A. Law
  • 21st Alabama Infantry: Ltc James M. Williams
Taylor's command
Col Thomas H. Taylor
  • City Battalion  - Special Service (four companies): Maj William Hartwell
  • Pelham Cadets Battalion: Capt P. Williams, Jr.
Holtzclaw's Brigade
BG James T. Holtzclaw
Maury's Command
Col Henry Maury
  • 15th Confederate Cavalry: Col Henry Maury
  • Tobin's Battery: Cpt Thomas F. Tobin
Sappers and Miners
  • Hutchinson's company: Lt R. Middleton
  • Vernon's company: Lt J. Armstrong
Liddell's Division
BG St. John R. Liddell (c)
Gibson's Brigade
BG Randall L. Gibson
  • 1st - 16th - 20th Louisiana Infantry: Ltc Robert H. Lindsay
  • 4th - 13th - 30th Louisiana Infantry
  • 19th Louisiana Infantry: Maj Camp Flournoy
  • 25th Regiment - 4th Battalion Louisiana Infantry: Col Francis C. Zacharie
  • Sharpshooters Battalion: Col Francis L. Campbell
French's Division
BG Francis M. Cockrell (c)
Cockrell's Brigade(1st Missouri Brigade)

Col James McCown (c)
  • 1st - 3rd Missouri Cavalry (dismounted): Cpt Joseph H. Neal
  • 1st - 4th Missouri Infantry: Cpt Charles L. Edmondson
  • 2nd - 6th Missouri Infantry: Ltc Stephen Cooper
  • 3rd - 5th Missouri Infantry: Cpt Benjamin E. Guthrie
  • Steede's (Mississippi) Cavalry Battalion: Maj Abner C. Steede
  • Abbay's Battery: Cpt George F. Abbay
Ector's Brigade
Col David Coleman
  • 29th North Carolina Infantry: Cpt John W. Gudger
  • 39th North Carolina Infantry: Maj Paschal C. Hughes
  • 9th Texas Infantry: Ltc Miles A. Dillard
  • 10th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Cpt Jacob Ziegler
  • 14th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Ltc Abram Harris
  • 32nd Texas Cavalry (dismounted): Cpt Nathan Anderson
Sears' Brigade
Col Thomas N. Adaire
CavalryClanton's Brigade
BG James H. Clanton (c)
  • 3rd Alabama Reserves: Maj Solomon T. Strickland
  • 6th Alabama Cavalry: Ltc Washington T. Lary
  • 8th Alabama Cavalry: Ltc Thomas L. Faulkner
  • Keyser's detachment: Cpt Joseph C. Keyser
Armistead's Cavalry Brigade
  • 8th Alabama Cavalry: Col Charles P. Ball
  • 16th Confederate Cavalry: Ltc Philip B. Spence
  • Lewis' Cavalry Battalion: Maj William V. Harrell

Artillery reserves

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and others
Left wing, defenses of Mobile
Col Charles A. Fuller
Maj Henry A. Clinch
  • 1st Louisiana Artillery, Company C: Cpt John H. Lamon
  • 1st Louisiana Artillery, Company I: Cpt Edward G. Butler
  • Coffin's (Virginia) Artillery: Lt J. B. Humphreys
  • State Reserves: Cpt William H. Homer
  • State Reserves: Lt R. H. Bush
  • Barry's Battery: Lt Richard L. Watkins
  • Young's Battery: Cpt Alfred J. Young
Ltc L. Hoxton
  • Dent's Battery: Cpt Staunton H. Dent
  • Douglas' Battery: Lt Benjamin Hardin
  • Eufaula Battery: Lt William H. Woods
  • Fenner's Battery: Lt W. T. Cluverius
  • Garrity's Battery: Cpt James Garrity
  • Rice's Battery: Cpt T. W. Rice
  • Thrall's Battery: Cpt James C. Thrall
Right Wing, Defenses of Mobile
Col Melancthon Smith
Cobb's Battalion
Cpt Cuthbert H. Slocomb
  • Philip's Battery: Cpt J. W. Philips
  • Ritter's Battery: Cpt William L. Ritter
  • Slocomb's Battery: Lt J. A. Chalaron
Gee's Battalion
Maj James T. Gee
  • Perry's Battery: Cpt Thomas J. Perry
  • Phelan's Battery: Cpt John Phelan
  • Turner's Battery: Cpt William B. Turner
  • 1st Alabama Artillery (detachment): Lt P. Lee Hammond
Grayson's Battalion
Cpt John B. Grayson
  • Cowan's Battery: Cpt James J. Cowan
  • Culpeper's Battery: Lt J. L. Moses
  • Tarrant's Battery: Cpt Edward Tarrant
  • Winston's Battery: Cpt William C. Winston
Trueheart's Battalion
Cpt Charles L. Lumsden
  • Lovelace's Battery: Lt William M. Selden
  • Lumsden's Battery: Lt A. C. Hargrove
Batteries
Col William E. Burnet
Battery Buchanan
  • Crew Gun - Boat Gaines: Cpt P. U. Murphy, CS Navy
Battery Gladden
Cpt Richard C. Bond
  • 2nd Alabama Artillery, Companies C and E
  • 1st Louisiana Artillery, Companies B and G
Battery McIntosh
Maj W. C. Capers
  • 1st Louisiana Artillery, Companies A and D
  • 1st Mississippi Artillery, Company L
Battery Missouri
Cpt James Gibney
  • 2nd Louisiana Regiment, Companies E and K
  • Holmes' Battery
Battery Tilghman
  • Green's (Kentucky) Battery: Lt H. S. Quesenberry
Picket Fleet
  • 1st Mississippi Artillery, four companies: Maj Jeff L. Wofford
Other units
  • 3rd Missouri Light Artillery: Lt T. B. Catron

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