United States Armies in the East > Department of the Shenandoah
July 1861 • to August >
Commanded by Major General Nathaniel P. Banks
Constituted July 19, 1861 and consisting of the Valley of Virginia, the Counties of Washington and Allegheny in Maryland and such parts of Virginia “as may be covered by the army in its operations.”
First Brigade Colonel George H. Thomas
5th Connecticut Infantry Regiment Colonel Orris S. Ferry
from Connecticut 7/30
19th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel John S. Clarke
from Dep. PA., 3 Div., 8 Brig.
28th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel Dudley Donnelly
from Dep. PA., 3 Div., 8 Brig.
2nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel Frederick S. Stumbaugh
from Dept. PA.,1 Div., 2 Brig.
28th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel John Geary
from Philadelphia 7/27
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania City Troop Captain Thomas James
from Dep. PA., 3 Div., 8 Brig.
1st Rhode Island Battery from Dept. PA., 1 Div.
2nd United States Cavalry Regiment from Dept. PA., 1 Div., 1 Brig.
Second Brigade Colonel John J. Abercrombie
4th Connecticut Infantry Regiment Colonel Levi Woodhouse
from Dept. PA., 2 Div., 6 Brig.
12th Indiana Infantry Regiment from Indiana via Baltimore 7/28
16th Indiana Infantry Regiment from Indiana via Baltimore 7/28
2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment Colonel George H. Gordon
from Dept. PA. 2 Div., 6 Brig.
12th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment Colonel Fletcher Webster
from Massachusetts 7/23
Battery E, 1st United States Artillery from Dept. Penn.
Third Brigade Colonel Charles P. Stone
1st New Hampshire Infantry Regiment Colonel Mason Tappan
from Dept. PA. 3 Div., 7 Brig.
9th New York State Militia Regiment Colonel John W. Stiles
from Dept. PA. 3 Div., 7 Brig.
3rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment from Wisconsin 7/29
4th United States Artillery Battery F from Dept. PA. 3 Div., 7 Brig.
