Lincoln Battalion

Lincoln Battalion Batallón Abraham Lincoln
The Lincoln Battalion, Tom Mooney Company
Active	1936–1938
Country	United States
Allegiance	Second Spanish Republic
Branch	International Brigades
Type	Battalion – infantry
Role	Home Defence
Size	• 2,500 troops
Part of	XV International Brigade (1937–1939)
Garrison/HQ	Albacete
March	Jarama Valley
Engagements	Spanish Civil War
Website	alba-valb.org
Commanders
Notable commanders	Robert Hale Merriman Milton Wolff
Insignia
Flag of the Lincoln Battalion
Flag of the Tom Mooney Company

The Lincoln Battalion (Spanish: Batallón Abraham Lincoln) was the 17th (later the 58th) battalion of the XV International Brigade, a mixed brigade of the International Brigades also known as the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. It was organized by the Communist International^[1][2] and named after US President Abraham Lincoln who led the US during the American Civil War.

The Lincoln Battalion was formed by a group of volunteers from the United States who served in the Spanish Civil War as soldiers, technicians, medical personnel, and aviators fighting for Spanish Republican forces against the Nazi-supported forces of General Francisco Franco and his Nationalist faction. The Lincoln Battalion integrated white and black volunteers on an equal basis. Of the approximately 3,015 volunteers from the US, 681 were killed in action or died of wounds or sickness.^[3]