Mobile campaign order of battle: Confederate

Last updated March 30, 2024

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

MG = Major General
BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Maj = Major
Cpt = Captain
Lt = Lieutenant

District of the Gulf

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	18th Alabama Infantry: Cpt A.C. Greene 32nd – 58th Alabama Infantry: Col Bushrod Jones 36th Alabama Infantry: Col Thomas H. Herndon 38th Alabama Infantry: Cpt Charles E. Bussey
	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	4th Mississippi Infantry: Maj Thomas P. Nelson 7th Mississippi Infantry Battalion: Cpt Samuel D. Harris 35th Mississippi Infantry: Cpt George W. Oden 36th Mississippi Infantry: Ltc Edward Brown 39th Mississippi Infantry: Cpt C. W. Gallaher 46th Mississippi Infantry: J. A. Barwick
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
Cavalry	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

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
Left wing, defenses of Mobile Col Charles A. Fuller	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

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

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