Mobile Campaign Confederate order of battle
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 Blakely. The Union order of battle is shown separately.
Military rank
District of the Gulf
MG Dabney H. Maury
Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
Unassigned brigades |
Thomas' Brigade
BG Bryan M. Thomas
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- 1st Alabama Reserves: Col Daniel E. Huger
- 2nd Alabama Reserves: Ltc Junius A. Law
- 21st Alabama Infantry: Ltc James M. Williams
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Taylor's command
Col Thomas H. Taylor
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- City Battalion – Special Service (four companies): Maj William Hartwell
- Pelham Cadets Battalion: Capt P. Williams, Jr.
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Holtzclaw's Brigade
BG James T. Holtzclaw
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Sappers and Miners |
- Hutchinson's company: Lt R. Middleton
- Vernon's company: Lt J. Armstrong
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Liddell's Division
BG St. John R. Liddell (C) |
Gibson's Brigade
BG Randall L. Gibson
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- 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
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French's Division
BG Francis M. Cockrell |
Cockrell's Brigade
(1st Missouri Brigade)
Col James McCown
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- 1st Regiment – 3rd Battalion 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
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Ector's Brigade
Col David Coleman
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- 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
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Sear's Brigade
Col Thomas N. Adaire
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- 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
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Clanton's Brigade
BG James H. Clanton
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- 3rd Alabama Reserves: Maj Strickland
- 6th Alabama Cavalry: Ltc Washington T. Lary
- 8th Alabama Cavalry: Ltc Thomas L. Faulkner
- Keyser's detachment: Cpt Joseph C. Keyser
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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
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Maury's Command
Col Henry Maury
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- 15th Confederate Infantry: Col Henry Maury
- Tobin's Battery: Cpt Thomas F. Tobin
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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
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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
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Right Wing, Defenses of Mobile
Col Melancthon Smith |
Cobb's Battalion
Cpt Cuthbert H. Slocomb
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- Philip's Battery: Cpt J. W. Philips
- Ritter's Battery: Cpt William L. Ritter
- Slocomb's Battery: Lt J. A. Chalaron
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Gee's Battalion
Maj James T. Gee
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- 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
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Grayson's Battalion
Cpt John B. Grayson
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- 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
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Trueheart's Battalion
Cpt Charles L. Lumsden
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- Lovelace's Battery: Lt William M. Selden
- Lumsden's Battery: Lt A. C. Hargrove
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Batteries
Col William E. Burnet |
Battery Buchanan |
- Crew Gun–Boat Gaines: Cpt P. U. Murphy, CS Navy
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Battery Gladden
Cpt Richard C. Bond
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- 2nd Alabama Artillery, Companies C and E
- 1st Louisiana Artillery, Companies B and G
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Battery McIntosh
Maj W. C. Capers
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- 1st Louisiana Artillery, Companies A and D
- 1st Mississippi Artillery, Company L
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Battery Missouri
Cpt James Gibney
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- 2nd Louisiana Regiment, Companies E and K
- Holmes' Battery
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Battery Tilghman |
- Green's (Kentucky) Battery: Lt H. S. Quesenberry
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Picket Fleet |
- 1st Mississippi Artillery, four companies: Maj Jeff L. Wofford
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Other units |
- 3rd Missouri Light Artillery: Lt T. B. Catron
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Sources
- War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 49, part 1.