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Navy

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David Farragut

David Glasgow Farragut was a flag officer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War. He was the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and admiral in the United States Navy. He is remembered in popular culture for his order at the Battle of Mobile Bay, usually paraphrased: "Damn the...

14 wooden ships:

USS Brooklyn
USS Brooklyn (1858)
USS Brooklyn was a sloop-of-war authorized by the U.S. Congress and commissioned in 1859. Brooklyn was active in Caribbean operations until the start of the American Civil War at which time she became an active participant in the Union blockade of the Confederate States of America.With her one...

(screw sloop) - Captain James Alden
USS Itasca
USS Itasca (1861)
USS Itasca was a built for the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries....

(gunboat) - Lieutenant Commander George Brown
USS Kennebec
USS Kennebec (1861)
USS Kennebec was a built for the U.S. Navy following the outbreak of the American Civil War. She was named for the Kennebec River.Kennebec was launched 5 October 1861 by G. W...

(gunboat) - Lieutenant Commander William P. McCann
USS Monongahela
USS Monongahela (1862)
USS Monongahela was a barkentine–rigged screw sloop-of-war that served in the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Her task was to participate in the Union blockade of the Confederate States of America...

(screw sloop) - Commander James H. Strong
USS Oneida
USS Oneida (1861)
The second USS Oneida was a screw sloop-of-war in the United States Navy. During the Civil War, she destroyed the CSS Governor Moore and served in blockade operations. She was attached to the Asiatic Squadron from 1867–1870. She sank in 1870 outside Yokohama, Japan after the British steamer City...

(screw sloop) - Commander J. R. Madison Mullaney
USS Richmond
USS Richmond (1860)
The USS Richmond was a wooden steam sloop in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.-Service in the Caribbean :Richmond was launched on 26 January 1860 by the Norfolk Navy Yard; sponsored by a Miss Robb. Richmond, commanded by Captain D. N. Ingraham, departed Norfolk, Virginia 13...

(screw sloop) - Captain Thornton A. Jenkins
Thornton A. Jenkins
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USS Seminole
USS Seminole (1859)
The first USS Seminole was a steam sloop in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.Seminole was launched by the Pensacola Navy Yard on 25 June 1859; sponsored by Ms. Mary Dallas; and was commissioned there on 25 April 1860, Commander Edward R...

(screw sloop)
USS Hartford
USS Hartford (1858)
USS Hartford, a sloop-of-war, was the first ship of the United States Navy named for Hartford, the capital of Connecticut.Hartford was launched 22 November 1858 at the Boston Navy Yard; sponsored by Miss Carrie Downes, Miss Lizzie Stringham, and Lieutenant G. J. H...

(2900-ton screw sloop; Farragut's flagship) - Flag Captain Percival Drayton
Percival Drayton
Percival Drayton was a United States Navy officer during the American Civil War.-Biography:Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Drayton was the son of a prominent lawyer William Drayton who eventually relocated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
USS Galena
USS Galena (1862)
USS Galena — an ironclad screw steamer — was one of the first three ironclads, each of a different design, built by the Union Navy during the American Civil War....

(950-ton ironclad gunboat/screw steamer) - Lieutenant Commander Clark H. Wells
USS Metacomet
USS Metacomet (1863)
The second USS Metacomet was a wooden sidewheel steamer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. The ship was named for Metacomet, a war chief of the Wampanoag Indians....

(1173-ton Sassacus-class "double-ender" steam gunboat) - Lieutenant Commander James Edward Jouett
James Edward Jouett
Rear Admiral James Edward Jouett , known as "Fighting Jim Jouett of the American Navy", was an officer in the United States Navy during the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War...
USS Octorara
USS Octorara (1861)
USS Octorara was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries....

(981-ton "double-ender" side-wheel gunboat) - Lieutenant Commander Charles H. Green
USS Lackawanna
USS Lackawanna (1862)
The first USS Lackawanna was a screw sloop-of-war in the Union Navy during the American Civil War.Lackawanna was launched by the New York Navy Yard on 9 August 1862; sponsored by Ms. Imogen Page Cooper; and commissioned on 8 January 1863, Captain John B. Marchand in command...

(1240-ton steam screw sloop-of-war)
USS Ossipee
USS Ossipee (1861)
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(1240-ton steam screw sloop) - Commander William E. LeRoy
USS Port Royal
USS Port Royal (1862)
USS Port Royal was a double-ended steamboat acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. The steamboat was converted into an armed gunboat by the Navy, and assigned to patrol the rivers and other waterways of the Confederate States of America and to enforce the Union blockade on the...

(sidewheel steamer gunboat "double-ender") - Lieutenant Commander Bancroft Gherardi
Bancroft Gherardi
Bancroft Gherardi was a rear admiral of the United States Navy, who served during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War.-Biography:...

4 ironclad monitors:

USS Tecumseh
USS Tecumseh (1863)
The first USS Tecumseh was an iron-hulled, single-turret monitor in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.Tecumseh was launched on 12 September 1863 at Jersey City, New Jersey, by Secor and Company,of New York City; and was commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 19 April 1864,...

sunk by torpedo
Torpedo
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(2100-ton Canonicus-class monitor) - Commander T. A. M. Craven
USS Manhattan
USS Manhattan (1863)
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(2100-ton Canonicus-class monitor) - Commander J. W. A. Nicholson
USS Winnebago
USS Winnebago (1863)
USS Winnebago was a Milwaukee-class double-turret monitor, named for the Winnebago tribe of Siouan Indians that aided the US government during the Black Hawk War of 1832....

(1300-ton Milwaukee-class ironclad river monitor, twin-turrets) - Commander Thomas H. Stevens
USS Chickasaw
USS Chickasaw (1864)
USS Chickasaw was a monitor in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.- Built in Missouri in 1864 :The first U.S. Navy ship to be so named, Chickasaw was built in Carondelet, Missouri, launched 10 February 1864 by Thomas G. Gaylord, St. Louis, Missouri; brought to Mound City,...

(1300-ton Milwaukee-class ironclad river monitor, twin-turrets) - Lieutenant Commander George H. Perkins
George H. Perkins
Commodore George Hamilton Perkins was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.-Biography:...

Army

Department of the Gulf - MG Edward R. S. Canby (not present)

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Mobile Bay Land Forces MG Gordon Granger Gordon Granger Gordon Granger was a career U.S. army officer and a Union general during the American Civil War. He distinguished himself at the Battle of Chickamauga.-Early life & Mexico:...	Clark's Bridade (3rd Bde, 3rd Div, XIX Corps) Col George W. Clark	77th Illinois 77th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 77th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:77th Regiment Illinois was organized at Peoria, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on September 3, 1862.... - Col David P. Grier 67th Indiana 67th Regiment Indiana Infantry The 67th Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 67th Indiana Infantry was organized at Madison, Indiana and mustered in for a three year enlistment on August 20, 1862 under the command of Colonel Frank Emerson.The... 34th Iowa 34th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 34th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 34th Iowa Infantry was organized at Burlington, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service on October 15, 1862.The regiment was mustered out on... 96th Ohio Infantry 96th Ohio Infantry The 96th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 96th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Delaware in Delaware, Ohio and mustered in for three years service on August 29, 1862 under the command of Colonel Joseph W...
	Bertram's Brigade (2nd Bde, Mobile Bay Land Forces) Col Henry Bertram Henry Bertram Henry Bertram was a Prussian immigrant to the United States who was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He served in the Trans-Mississippi and Western Theaters....	94th Illinois 94th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 94th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, nicknamed the "McLean Regiment," was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:... 20th Iowa 20th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 20th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 20th Iowa Infantry was organized at Clinton, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service on August 25, 1862.The regiment was mustered out on July... 38th Iowa 38th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 38th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:Known as Iowa's Martyr Regiment. The 38th Iowa Infantry was recruited for the most part in five counties, Fayette, Winneshiek, Bremmer, Chickasaw, and Howard... 20th Wisconsin 20th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 20th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 20th Wisconsin was organized at Madison, Wisconsin and mustered into Federal service August 23, 1862....
	Guppey's Brigade (3rd Bde, 2nd Div, XIX Corps) Col Joshua J. Guppey	161st New York 23rd Wisconsin 23rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 23rd Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 23rd Wisconsin was organized at Madison, Wisconsin and mustered into Federal service August 30, 1862....
	Engineer Brigade (XIX Corps) Brevet BG Joseph Bailey Joseph Bailey (general) Joseph Bailey was a civil engineer who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:...	96th U.S.C.T - Col John C. Cobb 97th U.S.C.T. - Col George D. Robinson 1st Pontoniers - Cpt J.J. Smith
	Artillery (XIX Corps) BG Richard Arnold Richard Arnold (general) Richard Arnold was a career U.S. Army officer who served as a brigadier general in the Union forces during the American Civil War...	1st Indiana Heavy Artillery 1st Regiment Indiana Heavy Artillery 1st Regiment Indiana Heavy Artillery was a heavy artillery regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was nicknamed the "Jackass Regiment".-Service:... : Maj William Roy 6th Michigan Heavy Artillery 6th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Heavy Artillery The 6th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Heavy Artillery was an artillery regimentthat served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:... 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery The 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery was a volunteer infantry regiment which served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-History:... 17th Ohio Battery 17th Ohio Battery 17th Ohio Independent Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized in Dayton, Ohio and mustered in August 21, 1862 for a three year enlistment under Captain Ambrose A. Blount.... Battery "A", 2nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery Battery "A", 2nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery Battery "A", 2nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery, was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War...
	Cavalry	3rd Maryland Cavalry Company A, 2nd Maine Volunteer Cavalry Regiment 2nd Maine Volunteer Cavalry Regiment The 2nd Maine Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was an cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 2nd Maine Cavalry was organized in Augusta, Maine November 30, 1863 through January 2, 1864 and mustered in for three years' service under the command of Colonel... Company M, 14th New York Cavalry

Navy

Admiral Franklin Buchanan

Franklin Buchanan

Franklin Buchanan was an officer in the United States Navy who became an admiral in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War, and commanded the ironclad CSS Virginia.-Early life:...

(captured)

1 ironclad:

CSS Tennessee
CSS Tennessee (1863)
CSS Tennessee, an ironclad ram, was built at Selma, Alabama, where she was commissioned on February 16, 1864, Lieutenant James D. Johnston, CSN, in command. towed her to Mobile where she was fitted out for action....

(1273-ton ironclad ram; Buchanan's flagship) - Captain James D. Johnston (captured)

3 gunboats:

CSS Morgan
CSS Morgan
CSS Morgan was a partially armored gunboat of the Confederate States Navy in the American Civil War.Morgan was built at Mobile, Alabama in 1861-62. She operated in the waters around Mobile from the time of her completion early in 1862 to the close of hostilities. One reference of October 1862 gave...

(863-ton side-wheel gunboat) - Commander George W. Harrison
CSS Gaines
CSS Gaines
CSS Gaines was a wooden side wheel gunboat constructed by the Confederates at Mobile, Alabama during 1861-62. The ship was hastily built with unseasoned wood, which was partially covered with 2-inch iron plating. Gaines resembled CSS Morgan except that she had high pressure boilers. Operating in...

(863-ton side-wheel gunboat) - Lieutenant Commander J. W. Bennett (grounded and abandoned)
CSS Selma
CSS Selma
CSS Selma was a steamship in the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War.Selma was a coastwise packet built at Mobile, Alabama for the Mobile Mail Line in 1856. Little doubt now remains that she was originally named Florida...

(320-ton side-wheel gunboat) (sunk by Metacomet)

Army

District of the Gulf - Major General Dabney H. Maury
Dabney H. Maury
Dabney Herndon Maury was an officer in the United States Army, instructor at West Point, author of military training books, and a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:...
Fort Morgan - Brigadier General Richard L. Page

garrison about 600

Fort Gaines - Colonel Charles D. Anderson

garrison about 600

Fort Powell - Lieutenant Colonel James M. Williams

garrison about 140

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