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 (950-ton ironclad gunboat/screw steamer) — Lieutenant Commander Clark H. 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 (screw sloop) — Commander Edward Donaldson
4 ironclad monitors: (1300-ton Milwaukee-class ironclad river monitor, twin-turrets) — Lieutenant Commander George H. Perkins (2100-ton Canonicus-class monitor) — Commander James W. Nicholson (2100-ton Canonicus-class monitor) — Commander Tunis Craven (sunk by torpedo) (1300-ton Milwaukee-class ironclad river monitor, twin-turrets) — Commander Thomas H. Stevens, Jr.
Army Commander : Military Division of West Mississippi — Major-General Edward R. S. Canby (not present)
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersMobile Bay Land Forces
Major General Gordon Granger Clark's Brigade(3rd Bde, 3rd Div, XIX Corps)
BG George F. McGinnis The Battle of Mobile Bay and the Capture of Forts Powell, Gaines and Morgan...by Foxhall Parker p. 18 "General McGinnis had under his immediate command on Dauphin Island during the siege of Fort Gaines the 77th Illinois, 34th Iowa, and 96th Ohio from Clark's brigade with the 3rd Maryland Cavalry and 96th USCT also attached."
Colonel George W. Clark 77th Illinois: Colonel David P. Grier 67th Indiana: Ltc Francis A. Sears 34th Iowa: Colonel George W. Clark 96th Ohio Infantry: Colonel Albert H. Brown Bertram's Brigade(2nd Bde, Mobile Bay Land Forces)
Colonel Henry Bertram 94th Illinois: Col John McNulta 20th Iowa: Col William M. Dye, Cpt Edward Coulter 38th Iowa: Ltc Joseph O. Hudnutt 20th Wisconsin: Ltc Henry A. Starr Guppey's Brigade(3rd Bde, 2nd Div, XIX Corps)
Colonel Joshua James Guppey 161st New York: Col William B. Kinsey 23rd Wisconsin: Ltc Edmund Jüssen Engineer Brigade (XIX Corps)
Brevet Brigadier General Joseph Bailey 96th U.S.C.T — Colonel John C. Cobb 97th U.S.C.T. — Ltc George A. Harmount 1st Pontoniers — Captain J.J. Smith Artillery (XIX Corps)
Brigadier General Richard Arnold 1st Indiana Heavy Artillery: Major William Roy 6th Michigan Heavy Artillery 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery: Lt Walter S. Hotchkiss 17th Ohio Battery: Capt C. S. Rice Battery "A", 2nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery: Capt H. Borris, Lt Frank B. Fenton Cavalry 3rd Maryland Cavalry Company A, 2nd Maine Volunteer Cavalry Regiment Company M, 14th New York Cavalry
Confederate Navy Commander: Admiral Franklin Buchanan (captured)
1 ironclad: (1273-ton ironclad ram; Buchanan's flagship) — Captain James D. Johnston (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 (captured)
Army District Post Regiments and OthersDistrict of the Gulf
Major-General Dabney H. Maury Fort Morgan(garrison about 600)
Brigadier General Richard L. Page1st Alabama Artillery Battalion 21st Alabama Infantry (1 Company) 1st Tennessee Artillery Regiment Fort Gaines(garrison about 600)
Col Charles D. Anderson21st Alabama Infantry (6 Companies) 1st Alabama Artillery Battalion (2 Companies) Pelham Cadets Reserves & Marines Fort Powell(garrison about 140)
Lt Col James M. Williams21st Alabama Infantry (2 Companies) Culpeper's South Carolina Battery
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