The following units and commanders of the

Union Army During the American Civil War, the Union Army, also known as the Federal Army and the Northern Army, referring to the United States Army, was the land force that fought to preserve the Union (American Civil War), Union of the collective U.S. st ...

fought at the

Mobile campaign A mobile campaign is a campaign, usually marketing, advertising, or public relations-related, through which organizations contact their audience through SMS (text messaging). This form of campaigning allows organizations to reach out and establish ...

of the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...

involving the battles of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakeley. The units engaged against Spanish Fort involved Veatch's Division, Benton's Division and Henry Bertram's Brigade from the XIII Corps along with McArthur's Division and Carr's Division from the XVI Corps. The units engaged against Fort Blakeley involved Veatch's Division and Andrews' Division (minus Bertram's brigade) from the XIII Corps, Garrard's Division from the XVI Corps and Steele's Pensacola Column.War of the Rebellion: The Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 49, part 1
page 102
/ref> The Confederate order of battle is shown separately. This order of battle covers the period of March–April 1865. For the Union and Confederate forces at the

Battle of Mobile Bay The Battle of Mobile Bay of August 5, 1864, was a naval and land engagement of the American Civil War in which a Union fleet commanded by Rear Admiral David G. Farragut, assisted by a contingent of soldiers, attacked a smaller Confederate fle ...

from August 2–23, 1864, see:

Mobile Bay order of battle The order of battle for the Union and Confederate forces at the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864. Union Navy Commander : Rear Admiral David Farragut 14 wooden ships:; see articles for each ship * (screw sloop) — Captain James Alden * ...

Abbreviations used

Military rank

* MG =

Major general Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...

* BG =

Brigadier general Brigadier general or Brigade general is a military rank used in many countries. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries. The rank is usually above a colonel, and below a major general or divisional general. When appointed ...

* Col =

Colonel Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations. In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge of ...

* Ltc =

Lieutenant colonel Lieutenant colonel ( , ) is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant colone ...

* Maj =

Major Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators ...

* Cpt =

Captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...

* Lt = 1st lieutenant

Other

* w = wounded

Army of West Mississippi

MG Edward R. S. Canby, 45,200 General Staff * Chief-of-Staff: MG

Peter J. Osterhaus Peter Joseph Osterhaus (January 4, 1823 – January 2, 1917) was a German-American Union Army general in the American Civil War and later served as a diplomat. Early life Osterhaus was born in Koblenz, Rhenish Prussia, the son of Eleanora (Kraeme ...

* Provost Marshal: BG George L. Andrews * Aide-de-Camp: Brevet BG Cyrus B. Comstock * Chief Engineer: Brevet Col Miles D. McAlester * Asst. Adjutant General: Ltc Christian T. Christensen * Asst. Inspector General: Ltc John M. Wilson * Quartermaster: Ltc

Charles G. Sawtelle Charles G. Sawtelle (May 10, 1834 – January 4, 1913) was a career officer in the United States Army. A veteran of the American Indian Wars and American Civil War, he served from 1854 to 1897 and attained the rank of Brigadier general (United St ...

* Commissary of Subsistence: Ltc Chester Bingham Hinsdill

XIII Corps

Gordon Granger Gordon Granger (November 6, 1821 – January 10, 1876) was a career U.S. Army officer and a Union general during the American Civil War, where he distinguished himself at the Battle of Chickamauga. Granger is best remembered for his part in the ...

, 13,200, excluding 2nd and 3rd Brigades, 2nd Division

XVI Corps

Andrew Jackson Smith Andrew Jackson Smith (April 28, 1815January 30, 1897) was a United States Army general during the American Civil War, rising to the command of a corps. He was most noted for his victory over Confederate General Stephen D. Lee at the Battle of Tu ...

, 16,000

Column from Pensacola

Frederick Steele Frederick Steele (January 14, 1819 – January 12, 1868) was a career military officer in the United States Army, serving as a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was most noted for retaking much of secessionist Arka ...

, 13,200

Cavalry

Bvt MG Benjamin Grierson

Notes

Sources

* War of the Rebellion: The Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 49, part 1, page 105 * {{cite book, last=Jordan , first=Daniel W. III , title=Operational Art and the Campaign for Mobile, 1864-1865: A Staff Ride Handbook , publisher=Combat Studies Institute Press, US Army Combined Arms Center , location=Fort Leavenworth, Kan. , year=2019 , isbn=9781940804545 , url=https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/combat-studies-institute/csi-books/operational-art-and-the-campaigns-for-mobile-bay-1864-to-1865-staff-ride-handbook.pdf , access-date=June 12, 2020 Unit strengths American Civil War orders of battle