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Commanded by Major General Benjamin Huger
On April 27 General Johnston ordered Huger to abandon the Norfolk area, salvaging what he could from the Gosport Navy Yard. Huger began evacuaing his troops to Petersburg on May 1, leading to the destruction of the C.S.S. Virginia and the Federal occupation of Norfolk for the rest of the war.
| Armistead’s Brigade | Brigadier General Lewis A. Armistead (from 4/1) |
to Huger’s Div., Longstreet’s Com. |
| 5th Virginia Infantry Battalion | Lieutenant Colonel F.H. Archer (to 5/22) Lieutenant William R. Foster |
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| 9th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel David G. Godwin | |
| 14th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel James G. Hodges | |
| 38th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Powhatan B. White Colonel Edward Claxton Edmonds |
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| 53rd Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Carter L. Stevenson | |
| 57th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel George W. Carr (dropped) Colonel Elisha Ford Keen |
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| Turner’s (VA) Artillery | Captain William Turner | |
| Fauquier (Va.) Artillery | Captain Robert M. Stribling | |
| Colston’s Brigade | Brigadier General Raleigh Colston | to Longstreet’s Div. |
| 13th North Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel Alfred Scales | |
| 14th North Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel Junius Daniel | |
| 3rd Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Roger Pryor | |
| Blanchard’s Brigade | Brigadier General Albert G. Blanchard |
to Huger’s Div., Longstreet’s Com. |
| 3rd Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Ambrose R. Wright | |
| 22nd Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Robert H. Jones | |
| 1st Louisiana Infantry Regiment | Colonel Samuel R. Harrison | |
| Portsmouth (Va.) Battery | Captain Cary F. Grimes | |
| Mahone’s Brigade | Brigadier General William Mahone | to Huger’s Div., Longstreet’s Com. |
| 3rd Alabama Infantry Regiment | Colonel Jones M. Withers (to B.G.) Colonel Tennent Lomax |
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| 6th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Thomas Corprew (dropped) Colonel John T. Rogers |
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| 12th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel David A. Weisiger | |
| 16th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Henry T. Parrish | |
| 41st Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel John R. Chambliss | |
| Norfolk (VA) Battery | Captain Frank Huger | |
| Petersburg (VA) Light Artillery | Captain James Read Branch |