Veracruz order of battle explained

The following units and commanders of the U.S. and Mexican armed forces fought in the siege of Veracruz from March 9 to 29, 1847, during the Mexican–American War.

United States

U.S. Army

MG Winfield Scott

General Staff "Little Cabinet"^[1]

• Chief Engineer: Col Joseph Totten
• Chief of Artillery: Col James Bankhead, 2nd U.S. Artillery
• Inspector General: Ltc Ethan Allen Hitchcock
• Staff Coordinator: Cpt Henry Lee Scott
• Engineer Aide-de-Camp: Maj John L. Smith
• Engineer Aide-de-Camp: Cpt Joseph E. Johnston
• Engineer Aide-de-Camp: Cpt Robert E. Lee
• Engineer Aide-de-Camp: 1st Lt Pierre G. T. Beauregard
• Engineer Aide-de-Camp: 2nd Lt Zealous B. Tower

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1st Division^[2]     MG William J. Worth	1st Brigade   Col John Garland	2nd U.S. Artillery (serving as infantry) – Col James M. Bankhead 3rd U.S. Artillery – Ltc William Gates 8th U.S. Infantry – Ltc Thomas Staniford Duncan's Field Battery – Cpt James Duncan
	2nd Brigade   Col Newman S. Clarke	5th U.S. Infantry – Maj Dixon S. Miles 6th U.S. Infantry – Ltc Benjamin L. E. Bonneville 8th U.S. Infantry – Ltc George Wright
2nd Division     MG David E. Twiggs	1st Brigade   BG Persifor F. Smith	U.S. Mounted Riflemen – Maj William W. Loring 1st U.S. Artillery (serving as infantry) – Maj Thomas Childs 3rd U.S. Infantry – Cpt Edmund B. Alexander Taylor's Light Battery, 1st U.S. Artillery – Capt Francis Taylor
	2nd Brigade   Col Bennet Riley	4th U.S. Artillery – Maj John L. Gardner 2nd U.S. Infantry – Maj George W. Allen 7th U.S. Infantry – Ltc Joseph Plympton
3rd "Volunteer" Division^[3]     MG Robert Patterson	1st Brigade   BG John A. Quitman	2nd New York Volunteers – Col Ward B. Burnett Palmetto Regiment (South Carolina) – Col Pierce Mason Butler
	2nd Brigade   BG Gideon J. Pillow	1st Tennessee – Col William T. Haskell 2nd Tennessee – Col William B. Campbell 1st Pennsylvania – Col Francis M. Wynkoop 2nd Pennsylvania – Col William B. Roberts
	3rd Brigade   BG James Shields	3rd Illinois – Col Ferris Foreman 4th Illinois – Col Edward D. Baker
Dragoons^[4]	Dragoon Brigade   Col William S. Harney	1st U.S. Dragoons, Co. F – Cpt Philip Kearny 2nd U.S. Dragoons – Maj Edwin V. Sumner 3rd U.S. Dragoons – Col Edward G. W. Butler

U.S. Navy

Home Squadron
Commodore David Conner
Commodore Matthew C. Perry

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Gunboats	(flagship)   Commodore David Conner
	Commodore Matthew C. Perry
	Captain Silas H. Stringham
Mosquito Fleet	Composition unknown

Mexico

BG Juan Estaban Morales
2nd-in-command: BG Jose Juan Landero
Chief of Engineers: Ltc Manuel Robles Pezuela

width=40%	Fortress	width=60%	Regiments and others
Fort Santiago and Fort Concepción	3,360 men Artillery (89 guns), about 22 artillery batteries – Col Antonio Ortiz Izquierdo National Guard Artillery Company – Lt Antonio Sosa, 80 men 2nd Infantry Regiment – Col Bartolo Arzamendi, 40 men 8th Infantry Regiment – Col Jose Felix Lopez, 140 men 11th Infantry Regiment (picket only) – Capt Miguel Camargo, 41 men 3rd Light Regiment – Capt Juan J. Sanchez, 150 men Puebla Libres National Guard – Col Pedro M. Herrera, 350 men Orizaba National Guard – Col Jose Gutierrez Villanueva, 500 men Veracruz National Guard – Col Jose Lucelmo, 800 men Marine Enrollees, 80 men Coatepec & Vergara Companies, Orilla Volunteers, 109 men Oaxaca National Guard – Col Juan Aguayo, 400 men Tehuantepec National Guard – Comdte Manuel Prieto, 60 men Company of Sappers – Comdte Jose Maria Parra, 100 men Various, 360 men
Fort San Juan de Ulúa    BG Jose Duran	1,030 men Artillery (135 guns) About 34 artillery batteries – Col Mariano Aguado, 450 men Puebla Activo Battalion – Comdte Fernando Urriza, 180 men Jamiltepec Activo Battalion – Col N. Garcia, 150 men Tuxpan, Tampico & Alvarado Activos-Companies – Capts Miguel Argumedo & Elegio Perez, 250 men

References

• Alcaraz, Ramon. Apuntes para la historia de la Guerra entre Mexico y los Estados Unidos. Mexico City. Published by Manuel Payno. 1848.
• Ramsey, Albert C. The Other Side or Notes for the History of the War Between Mexico & the United States. New York, John Wiley. 1850.
• Roa Barcena, Jose Maria. Recuerdos de la invasion norte-americana. Ed. Antonio Castro Leal. Mexico City, Editorial Porrua. 1947.

Notes and References

1. http://www.worldlymind.org/vera.pdf D-Day, Veracruz 1847, A Grand Design
2. Web site: Roll of Honor . 2010-09-10 . 2016-10-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161014061022/http://www.dmwv.org/honoring/veracruz.htm . dead .
3. Web site: Roll of Honor . 2010-09-10 . 2016-10-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161014061022/http://www.dmwv.org/honoring/veracruz.htm . dead .
4. Web site: Roll of Honor . 2010-09-10 . 2016-10-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161014061022/http://www.dmwv.org/honoring/veracruz.htm . dead .