Mobile campaign order of battle: Confederate

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

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District of the Gulf

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MG Dabney H. Maury

Division Brigade Regiments and others

Unassigned

Thomas' 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

Cavalry

Clanton'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

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Division Brigade Regiments 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

Sources

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  • War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 49, part 1.
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