El Caney order of battle

The following units and commanders of the U.S. and Spanish armies fought at the Battle of El Caney during the Spanish–American War on July 1, 1898.

Abbreviations used

Military Rank

Other

U.S.

Fifth Army Corps

MG William R. Shafter, not present

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

2nd Division[1]
     BG Henry W. Lawton

1st Brigade


   BG William Ludlow

2nd Brigade


   Col Evan Miles

3rd Brigade


   BG Adna R. Chaffee

Independent Brigade (IV Corps)


   BG John C. Bates

Spanish

IV Corps

Gen Arsenio Linares, not present

Brigade Regiments and Others

1st Brigade[2]
     Gen Joaquin Vara del Rey, k

  • 29th Battalion Constitution Regiment
  • 55th Battalion Asia Regiment
  • 65th Battalion Cuba Regiment
  • 1st Battalion of Puerto Rico
  • 11th Battalion San Fernando Regiment
  • 1st Squadron Cavalry
  • 4th Squadron Cavalry
  • 6th Battery, 4th Mounted Artillery
  • 1st Train Company

See also

References

  1. Konstam, Angus San Juan Hill 1898: America's Emergence as a World Power: 1998, p.92
  2. Spanish Order of Battle
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