The opposing forces at Mobile.
The Union fleet in the battle of Mobile Bay.
Monitors.
Tecumseh,
Com. T. A. M. Craven, 2 15-inch guns;
Manhattan,
Com. J. W. A. Nicholson, 2 15-inch;
Winnebago,
Com. Thomas H. Stevens, 4 11-inch;
Chickasaw,
Lieut.-Com. George H. Perkins, 411-inch.
Screw-sloops.
Hartford (flag-ship),
Capt. Percival Drayton, 2 100-pounder Parrott rifles, 1 30-pounder
Parrott, 18 9-inch, 3 howitzers;
Brooklyn,
Capt. James Alden, 2 100-pounder Parrotts, 2 60-pounder rifles, 20 9-inch, 1 howitzer;
Richmond,
Capt. Thornton A. Jenkins, 1 100-pounder rifle, 1 30-pounder rifle, 18 9-inch, 2 howitzers;
Lackawanna,
Capt. J. B. Marchand, 1150-pounder
Parrott pivot, 1 50-pounder
Dahlgren pivot, 2 11-inch, 4 9-inch, 6 howitzers;
Monongahela,
Com. James H. Strong, 1 150-pounder
Parrott, 2 11-inch, 5 32-pounders, 3 howitzers;
Ossipee,
Com. William E. Le Roy, 1 100-pounder
Parrott, 1 11-inch, 6 32-pounders, 2 30-pounder Parrotts, 2 howitzers;
Oneida,
Com. J. R. M. Mullany, 2 11-inch, pivot, 3 30-pounder Parrotts, 4 32-pounders, 1 howitzer;
Seminole,
Com. Edward Donaldson, 1 11-inch pivot, 1 30-pounder
Parrott, 6 32-pounders,
Screw-steamer.
Galena,
Lieut.-Com. Clark H. Wells, 1 100-pounder
Parrott pivot, 1 30-pounder, 8 9-inch, 1 howitzer.
Double-Enders.
Octorara,
Lieut.-Com. Charles H. Greene, 1 100-pounder
Parrott pivot, 3 9-inch, 2 32-pounders, 4 howitzers;
Metacomet,
Lieut.-Com. James E. Jouett, 2 100-pounder Parrotts, 4 9-inch, 4 howitzers;
Port Royal,
Lieut.-Com. B. Gherardi, 1 100-pounder
Parrott pivot, 1 10-inch, 2 9-inch, 2 50-pounder Dahlgren rifles, 2 howitzers.
Gun-boats.
Kennebec,
Lieut.-Com. W. P. McCann, 1 11-inch, 1 20-pounder, 3 howitzers;
Itasca,
Lieut.-Com. George Brown, 1 11-inch, 2 32-pounders, 2 20-pounders, 1 howitzer.
Iron-Clad ram.
Tennessee (flag-ship),
Com. J. D. Johnston, 2 7-inch
Brooke rifles, 4 6.4-inch
Brooke rifles.
Side-wheel gun-boats.
Morgan,
Com. George W. Harrison, 2 7-inch rifles, 4 32-pounders;
Gaines,
Lieut. J. W. Bennett, 1 8-inch rifle, 5 32-pounders;
Selma,
Com. P. U. Murphy, 1 6-inch rifle, 3 8-inch shell guns.
Land operations against Mobile.--August 5th-23d, 1864.
the
Union forces were immediately commanded by
Maj.-Gen. Gordon Granger (with
Maj.-Gen. E. R. S. Canby as his superior), and consisted of the following organizations:
Infantry, 77th 111., 94th Ill., 67th Ind., 20th Iowa, 34th Iowa, 38th Iowa, 161st N. Y., 96th Ohio, 20th Wis., 23d Wis., 96th U. S. C. T., and 97th U. S. C. T.
Cavalry: 3d Md.; A, 2d Me.; M, 14th N. Y.
Artillery: 1st Ind. Heavy (battalion) ; 6th Mich. Heavy; Battery A, 2d Ill.; 2d Conn. Battery; 17th Ohio Battery.
The brigade commanders were
Colonels Joseph Bailey,
Joshua J. Guppey,
George W. Clark,
Henry Bertram, and
George D. Robinson.
The effective strength of this command was about 5500; loss in the bombardment of
Fort Morgan, 7 wounded.
the Confederate forces:
Maj.-Gen. Dabney H. Maury was the
Confederate commander at
Mobile, with
Brig.-Gen. Richard L. Page in command of the defensive works at
Fort Morgan, etc.
Fort Morgan was garrisoned by a portion of the 1st Ala. battalion of artillery, one company of the 21st Ala., and the 1st Tenn.
Fort Gaines, commanded by
Col. Charles D. Anderson, was garrisoned by six companies of the 21st Ala., two companies 1st Ala. battalion of artillery, the
Pelham Cadets, some reserves and marines; in all about 600.
Lieut.-Col. James M. Williams was in command of Fort Powell, which was garrisoned by two companies 21st Ala. and a part of
Culpeper's S. C. battery.
Confederate loss in
Fort Morgan: 1 killed, 3 wounded.
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The Confederate iron-clad “Tennessee.”
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