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Commanded by Major General Benjamin Huger
Federal forces under Burnside landed on Roanoke Island on February 7 and quickly captured the island and most of the Confederate forces on it.
| 1st (Colston’s) Brigade | Brigadier General Raleigh Colston | |
| 13th North Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel Alfred Scales | |
| 14th North Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel Junius Daniel | |
| 3rd Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Roger Pryor | |
| 2nd (Blanchard’s) Brigade | Brigadier General Albert G. Blanchard | at Portsmouth |
| 3rd Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Ambrose R. Wright | |
| 22nd Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Robert H. Jones | |
| 1st Louisiana Infantry Regiment | Colonel William C. Vincent | |
| 3rd (Mahone’s) Brigade | Brigadier General William Mahone | |
| 6th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Thomas Corprew | |
| 12th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel David A. Weisiger. | |
| 16th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Henry T. Parrish | |
| 41st Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel John R. Chambliss | |
| 12th North Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel Solomon Williams | |
| Portsmouth (VA) Artillery | Captain Cary F. Grimes | |
| Wise’s Brigade | Brigadier General Henry A. Wise | |
| 8th North Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel Henry M. Shaw | captured on Roanoke Island |
| 17th North Carolina Infantry (3 companies) | captured on Roanoke Island | |
| 31st North Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel John V. Jordan | 7 cos. captured on Roanoke Island |
| 46th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel James L. Davis | captured on Roanoke Island |
| 59th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Charles F. Henningsen | 6 cos. captured on Roanoke Island |
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| 9th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel David G. Godwin |