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 edit

Military Rank edit

Other edit

  • w = wounded
  • k = killed
  • m = missing

U.S. edit

Fifth Army Corps edit

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 edit

IV Corps edit

Gen Arsenio Linares, not present

Brigade Regiments and Others

1st Brigade[2]
     BG 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 Regiment El Rey
  • 4th Squadron, Cavalry Regiment El Rey
  • 6th Battery, 4th Mounted Artillery
  • 1st Train Company

See also edit

References edit

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