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

Union

Navy

Commander :

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David Farragut 14 wooden ships:; see articles for each ship * (screw sloop) — Captain

James Alden James Alden Jr. (March 31, 1810 – February 6, 1877) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. In the Mexican–American War he participated in the captures of Veracruz, Tuxpan, and Tabasco. Fighting on the Union side in the Civil War, he took ...

* (950-ton ironclad gunboat/screw steamer) — Lieutenant Commander

Clark H. Wells Clark Henry Wells (September 22, 1822 – January 28, 1888) was a career officer in the United States Navy. He served in the American Civil War, as well as for two subsequent decades before retiring as a rear admiral. Early life and career 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 Thornton A. Jenkins (11 December 1811 – 9 August 1893) was an officer in the United States Navy, who served during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. He later served as chief of the Bureau of Navigation and as president of t ...

* (screw sloop) — Commander

Edward Donaldson Edward Donaldson naval officer, (November 17, 1816 – May 15, 1889) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. Biography Donaldson was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He entered the Navy as cadet midshipman on July 21, 1835, and served on seve ...

4 ironclad monitors: * (1300-ton ''Milwaukee''-class ironclad river monitor, twin-turrets) — Lieutenant Commander

George H. Perkins Commodore George Hamilton Perkins (October 20, 1836 – October 29, 1899) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Biography Born in Contoocook, New Hampshire, in the northern part of Hopkinton to the Honorabl ...

* (2100-ton ''Canonicus''-class monitor) — Commander James W. Nicholson * (2100-ton ''Canonicus''-class monitor) — Commander

Tunis Craven Tunis Augustus Macdonough Craven (11 January 1813 – 5 August 1864) was an officer in the United States Navy. His career included service in the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. Early life Tunis Augustus Macdonough Craven was b ...

(sunk by torpedo) * (1300-ton ''Milwaukee''-class ironclad river monitor, twin-turrets) — Commander

Thomas H. Stevens, Jr. Thomas Holdup Stevens Jr. (27 May 1819 – 15 May 1896) was an admiral of the United States Navy who fought in the American Civil War. Early life and commission Stevens, the son of Captain Thomas Holdup Stevens (1795–1841) was born in ...

Army

Commander :

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— Major-General

Edward R. S. Canby Edward Richard Sprigg Canby (November 9, 1817 – April 11, 1873) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. In 1861–1862, Canby commanded the Department of New Mexico, defeating the Confederate Gen ...

(not present)

Confederate

Navy

Commander: Admiral Franklin Buchanan (captured) 1

ironclad An ironclad is a steam engine, steam-propelled warship protected by Wrought iron, iron or steel iron armor, armor plates, constructed from 1859 to the early 1890s. The ironclad was developed as a result of the vulnerability of wooden warships ...

: * (1273-ton ironclad ram; Buchanan's flagship) — Captain

James D. Johnston James Douglas Johnston (1817–1896)''Johnston, James D''The Civil War Naval Encyclopedia 2011, Volume 1, page 331. was an officer in the United States Navy, then served as a commander in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. Biograp ...

(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 Peter Umstead Murphey (born July 20, 1810, in Caswell County, North Carolina; died 1876) was a former officer of the United States Navy who joined the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. He was the son of Archibald DeBow Murphey ...

(captured)

Army

References

{{reflist American Civil War orders of battle