ORDERS OF BATTLE SANTIAGO CAMPAIGN 1898

THE US ARMY

UNITED STATES V CORPS (Maj.Gen. Shafter)

FIRST DIVISION (Brig.Gen. Kent)

1st Brigade (Brig.Gen. Hawkins)

6th US Infantry Regt. (464 men)

16th US Infantry Regt. (630 men)

71st New York Volunteer Regt. (958 men)

 

2nd Brigade (Col. Pearson)

2nd US Infantry Regt. (619 men)

10th US Infantry Regt. (471 men)

21st US Infantry Regt. (467 men)

 

3rd Brigade (Col. Wikoff)

9th US Infantry Regt. (487 men)

13th US Infantry Regt. (460 men)

24th US Infantry Regt. (534 men)

 

SECOND DIVISION (Maj.Gen. Lawton)

1st Brigade (Brig.Gen. Ludlow)

8th US Infantry Regt. (460 men)

22nd US Infantry Regt. (460 men)

2nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regt. (460 men)

 

2nd Brigade (Col. Miles)

1st US Infantry Regt. (460 men)

4th US Infantry Regt. (460 men)

25th US Infantry Regt. (460 men)

 

3rd Brigade (Brig.Gen. Chaffee)

7th US Infantry Regt. (460 men)

12th US Infantry Regt. (460 men)

17th US Infantry Regt. (460 men)

 

Independent Brigade (Brig.Gen. Bates)

Attached to Second Division

3rd US Infantry Regt. (460 men)

20th US Infantry Regt. (460 men)

 

CAVALRY DIVISION (Maj.Gen. Wheeler) Sumner took over for battle

1st Brigade (Brig.Gen. Young) Wood replaced Young for battle

1st US Cavalry Regt. (522 men)

10th US Cavalry Regt. (472 men)

1st US Volunteer Cavalry Regt. (542 men)

 

2nd Brigade (Brig.Gen. Sumner)

Col. Carroll took over for the battle

3rd US Cavalry Regt. (442 men)

6th US Cavalry Regt. (443 men)

9th US Cavalry Regt. (219 men)

 

 

ATTACHED ARTILLERY (Corps Assets)

Grimes’s Bty. (4 × 3.2 in. guns)

Best’s Bty. (4 × 3.2 in. guns)

Capron’s Bty. (4 × 3.2 in. guns)

Parkhurst’s Bty. (4 × 3.2 in. guns)

Parker’s Bty. (4 × Gatling guns)

 

 

OTHER CORPS ASSETS:

HQ Staff (17 men)

1st Sqn. 2nd US Cavalry (mounted) (265 men)

Engineer Bn. (C & E Companies) (200 men)

Signal Detachment (including Balloon) (90 men)

Hospital Corps (275 men)

 

 

BEACHHEAD GARRISON, SIBONEY (Brig.Gen. Henry M. Duffield)

9th Massachusetts Volunteer Regt. (840 men)

8th Ohio Volunteer Regt. (c.1100 men)

33rd Michigan Volunteer Regt. (c.1000 men)

34th Michigan Volunteer Regt. (c.640 men)

E Bty. US 1st Artillery (4-8 in. Mortars)

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Raising the American flag over the Reina Mercedes Barracks in Santiago de Cuba. Leaving Leonard Wood in charge, Shafter would take his army home within days of the capitulation. (National Archives)

THE SPANISH ARMY

SPANISH ARMY UNITS Santiago District (Gen. Linares) Gen. Toral after 1 July

SANTIAGO AND ENVIRONS

1st Provisional Bn. of Puerto Rico (c.600 men)

4th Bn. Talavera Peninsular Regt. (c.600 men)

1st Bn. San Fernando Regt. (No. 11) (c.750 men)

1st Bn. Asia Regt. (No. 55) (c. 1,000 men)

1st Bn. Constituçional Regt. (No. 29) (c.300 men) Detachment

1st and 2nd Bns. Cuba Regt. (No. 65) (c.2,000 men)

1st Bn. Simancas Regt. (No. 64) (c.125 men) Detachment

Guerrilla Companies, Tercios 1 & 2 (c.2,650 men) 50% mounted

1st Cavalry Regt. (mounted) (c.250 men)

6th Bty. 10th Fortress Artillery Bn. (c.300 men in Coastal Batteries)

6th Bty. 4th Horse Artillery Regt. (4 × 75mm guns) two at San Juan, two at El Caney

1st Bty. 5th Foot Artillery Regt. (4 × 90mm guns)

Naval Brigade (from squadron) (c.1,000 men)

Engineers (c.550 men)

Staff (c.110 men)

Medical Corps (c. 130 men)

Guardia Civil (c.200 men)

 

EL CANEY GARRISON (Gen. Vara del Rey)

3 Companies, 1st Bn., Constituçional Regt. (29th) (360 men)

1 Company, Cuban Loyalist Irregulars (70 men) mounted

Detachment, 1st Bn., Simancas Regt. (No. 64) (40 men)

Detachment, 1st Cavalry Regt. (50 men) mounted

Section, 4th Artillery Bn. (2 × 75mm Placencia guns)