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[]

MG = Major General
BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Maj = Major
Cpt = Captain
Lt = 1st Lieutenant

Other[]

w = wounded
k = killed
m = missing

U.S.[]

V Corps[]

MG William R. Shafter, not present

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
2nd Division^[1] BG Henry W. Lawton	1st Brigade BG William Ludlow	8th U.S. Infantry 22nd U.S. Infantry 2nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
	2nd Brigade Col N. S. Miles	1st U.S. Infantry 4th U.S. Infantry 25th U.S. Infantry
	3rd Brigade BG Adna R. Chaffee	7th U.S. Infantry 12th U.S. Infantry 17th U.S. Infantry
	Independent Brigade (IV Corps) BG John C. Bates	3rd U.S. Infantry 20th U.S. Infantry 1st Marine Battalion

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

References[]

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

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[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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