The following units and commanders of the U.S. and Mexican armed forces fought in the siege of Veracruz from March 9 to 29, 1847, during the Mexican–American War.
United States
U.S. Army MG Winfield Scott
General Staff "Little Cabinet"D-Day, Veracruz 1847, A Grand Design Chief Engineer: Col Joseph Totten Chief of Artillery: Col James Bankhead, 2nd U.S. Artillery Inspector General: Ltc Ethan Allen Hitchcock Staff Coordinator: Cpt Henry Lee Scott Engineer Aide-de-Camp: Maj John L. Smith Engineer Aide-de-Camp: Cpt Joseph E. Johnston Engineer Aide-de-Camp: Cpt Robert E. Lee Engineer Aide-de-Camp: 1st Lt Pierre G. T. Beauregard Engineer Aide-de-Camp: 2nd Lt Zealous B. Tower
Division Brigade Regiments and others1st Division
MG William J. Worth 1st Brigade
Col John Garland 2nd U.S. Artillery (serving as infantry) – Col James M. Bankhead 3rd U.S. Artillery – Ltc William Gates 8th U.S. Infantry – Ltc Thomas Staniford Light Battery A, 2nd U.S. Artillery – Cpt James Duncan 2nd Brigade
Col Newman S. Clarke 5th U.S. Infantry – Maj Dixon S. Miles 6th U.S. Infantry – Ltc Benjamin L. E. Bonneville 8th U.S. Infantry – Ltc George Wright2nd Division
MG David E. Twiggs 1st Brigade
BG Persifor F. Smith U.S. Mounted Riflemen – Maj William W. Loring 1st U.S. Artillery (serving as infantry) – Maj Thomas Childs 3rd U.S. Infantry – Cpt Edmund B. Alexander Light Battery K, 1st U.S. Artillery – Capt Francis Taylor 2nd Brigade
Col Bennet Riley 4th U.S. Artillery – Maj John L. Gardner 2nd U.S. Infantry – Maj George W. Allen 7th U.S. Infantry – Ltc Joseph Plympton3rd "Volunteer" Division
MG Robert Patterson 1st Brigade
BG John A. Quitman 2nd New York Volunteers – Col Ward B. Burnett Palmetto Regiment (South Carolina) – Col Pierce Mason Butler 2nd Brigade
BG Gideon J. Pillow 1st Tennessee – Col William T. Haskell 2nd Tennessee – Col William B. Campbell 1st Pennsylvania – Col Francis M. Wynkoop 2nd Pennsylvania – Col William B. Roberts 3rd Brigade
BG James Shields 3rd Illinois – Col Ferris Foreman 4th Illinois – Col Edward D. BakerDragoons Dragoon Brigade
Col William S. Harney 1st U.S. Dragoons, Co. F – Cpt Philip Kearny 2nd U.S. Dragoons – Maj Edwin V. Sumner 3rd U.S. Dragoons – Col Edward G. W. Butler
U.S. Navy Home Squadron Commodore David Conner Commodore Matthew C. Perry
Class VesselGunboats (flagship) Commodore David Conner Commodore Matthew C. Perry Captain Silas H. StringhamMosquito Fleet Composition unknown
Mexico BG Juan Estaban Morales 2nd-in-command: BG Jose Juan Landero Chief of Engineers: Ltc Manuel Robles Pezuela Fortress Regiments and othersFort Santiago and Fort Concepción 3,360 men Artillery (89 guns), about 22 artillery batteries – Col Antonio Ortiz Izquierdo National Guard Artillery Company – Lt Antonio Sosa, 80 men 2nd Infantry Regiment – Col Bartolo Arzamendi, 40 men 8th Infantry Regiment – Col Jose Felix Lopez, 140 men 11th Infantry Regiment (picket only) – Capt Miguel Camargo, 41 men 3rd Light Regiment – Capt Juan J. Sanchez, 150 men Puebla Libres National Guard – Col Pedro M. Herrera, 350 men Orizaba National Guard – Col Jose Gutierrez Villanueva, 500 men Veracruz National Guard – Col Jose Lucelmo, 800 men Marine Enrollees, 80 men Coatepec & Vergara Companies, Orilla Volunteers, 109 men Oaxaca National Guard – Col Juan Aguayo, 400 men Tehuantepec National Guard – Comdte Manuel Prieto, 60 men Company of Sappers – Comdte Jose Maria Parra, 100 men Various, 360 menFort San Juan de Ulúa
BG Jose Duran 1,030 men Artillery (135 guns) About 34 artillery batteries – Col Mariano Aguado, 450 men Puebla Activo Battalion – Comdte Fernando Urriza, 180 men Jamiltepec Activo Battalion – Col N. Garcia, 150 men Tuxpan, Tampico & Alvarado Activos-Companies – Capts Miguel Argumedo & Elegio Perez, 250 men
Notes
References
Alcaraz, Ramon. Apuntes para la historia de la Guerra entre Mexico y los Estados Unidos. Mexico City. Published by Manuel Payno. 1848. Ramsey, Albert C. The Other Side or Notes for the History of the War Between Mexico & the United States. New York, John Wiley. 1850. Roa Barcena, Jose Maria. Recuerdos de la invasion norte-americana. Ed. Antonio Castro Leal. Mexico City, Editorial Porrua. 1947.