June 1861 • to July >
Commanded by Brigadier General Irvin McDowell
The Department of Northeastern Virginia was created on May 27, 1861 to consist of that part of Virginia east of the Allegheny Mountains and north of the James River, except an area 60 miles around Fortress Monroe. Brigadier General Irvin McDowell formally took command May 28.
1st Division | Brigadier General Daniel Tyler* | |
First Brigade | Colonel Erasmus Keyes | |
Second Brigade | Brig. Gen. R. C. Schenck | |
Third Brigade | Colonel William T. Sherman | |
Fourth Brigade | Colonel Israel Richardson | |
2nd Division | Colonel David Hunter | |
First Brigade | Colonel Andrew Porter | |
Second Brigade | Colonel Ambrose Burnside | |
3rd Division | Colonel Samuel P. Heintzelman | |
First Brigade | Colonel W. B. Franklin | |
Second Brigade | Colonel Orlando B. Wilcox | |
Third Brigade | Colonel Oliver O. Howard | |
Reserve Division | Colonel Dixon S. Miles | |
First Brigade | Colonel Louis Blenker | |
Second Brigade | Colonel T. Davies |
*Tyler’s commission was in the Connecticut militia