The Ninth under Lt. Col. Miles A. Dillard and Ector's Brigade under Col. David Coleman of the 39 North Carolina, they were stationed at Spanish Fort. With a major Union advance on Mobile - Gen. Edward Canby with two corps, 45,000 men - forts Blakely and Spanish Fort on the eastern side of the bay would come under siege. More @Wikipedia
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