Confederate States Army Army of Northern Virginia


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Major General Thomas J. Jackson

Jackson still signed his communications “Headquarters, Valley District” but he considered the Army of the Valley to have become a part of the Army of Northern Virginia after the August 9 Battle of Cedar Mountain.

Ewell’s Division – 
Major General Richard S. Ewell (w 8/29)
Brigadier General  Alexander Lawton

Early’s Brigade Brigadier General Jubal Early
 
12th Georgia Infantry Regiment Captain James G. Rodgers to Trimble’s Brig. (below)
13th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel James A. Walker  
25th Virginia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Patrick B. Duffy  
31st Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel John S. Hoffman  
44th Virginia Infantry Regiment Major Norvell Cobb  
49th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel William Smith from Mahone’s Brig., Anderson’s Div.
52nd Virginia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel James H. Skinner  
58th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Samuel H. Letcher  
Hays’ Brigade Brigadier General Harry T. Hays
Colonel Henry Forno (w 8/30)
Colonel Henry B. Strong
 
5th Louisiana Infantry Regiment Colonel Henry Forno (^)
Lieutenant Colonel William T. Dean
 
6th Louisiana Infantry Regiment Colonel Henry B. Strong (^ 8/30)
Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel G. Offut
 
7th Louisiana Infantry Regiment Colonel Davidson B. Penn  
8th Louisiana Infantry Regiment Major Trevanion D. Lewis  
14th Louisiana Infantry Regiment Colonel Richard W. Jones (res. 8/10)
Colonel Zebulon York (w 8/30)
Lieutenant Colonal David Zable
 
Lawton’s Brigade Brigadier General Alexander R. Lawton (^8/29)
Colonel Marcellus Douglas
from Jackson’s Division 8/20
13th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel Marcellus Douglass (^)
Lieutenant Divany A. Kidd
 
26th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel Edmund N. Atkinson  
31st Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel Clement A. Evans  
38th Georgia Infantry Regiment Captain William H. Battey  
60th Georgia Infantry Regiment Major Thomas J. Berry (w 8/28)
Captain Walter B. Jones
 
61st Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel John H. Lamar  
Trimble’s Brigade Brigadier General Isaac Trimble (w 8/29)
Captain William F. Brown
 
15th Alabama Infantry Regiment Major A. A. Lowther  
12th Georgia Infantry Regiment Captain James G. Rodgers from Early’s Brig. (above)
21st Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel John T. Mercer  
21st North Carolina Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Sanders Fulton (k 8/30)  
1st North Carolina Sharpshooters Major Rufus W. Wharton  
Artillery Major Alfred R. Courtney  
1st Maryland Battery Captain William Fendley Dement  
Louisiana Guard Artillery Captain Louis E. D’Aquin  
Henrico (Virginia) Artillery Captain Captain Alfred R. Courtney  
2nd Rockbridge (Virginia) Artillery Captain John A. M. Lusk  
Lynchburg (Virginia) Artillery Captain Charles I. Raine  
Eighth Star (Virginia) Artillery Captain William H. Rice  

A. P. Hill’s DivisionMajor General Ambrose Powell Hill

The division was transfered f rom Longstreet’s Command on 7/29/62. It suffered significant casualties at the Second Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) on August 29-30.

Archer’s Brigade Brigadier General James J. Archer  
5th Alabama Infantry Battalion Captain Thomas Bush (k 8/29)
Captain Charles M. Hooper
 
19th Georgia Infantry Regiment Captain Frank M. Johnston  
1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment Colonel Peter Turney  
7th Tennessee Infantry Regiment Major Samuel G. Shepard  
14th Tennessee Infantry Regiment Colonel William A. Forbes (mw 8/28)
Lieutenant Colonel William McComb
 
Branch’s Brigade Brigadier General Lawrence O’Brien Branch
7th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Captain R. B. MacRae  
18th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Thomas J. Purdie  
28th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel James H. Lane  
33rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Robert F. Hoke  
37th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel William M. Barbour  
Field’s Brigade Brigadier General Charles W. Field (w 8/30)
Colonel John M. Brockenbrough
 
40th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel John M. Brockenbrough (^ 8/30)
Lieutenant Colonel Fleet Cox
 
47th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Robert Mayo  
55th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Francis Mallory  
22nd Virginia Infantry Battalion Lieutenant Colonel James C. Johnson from Pender’s Brig.
Gregg’s Brigade Brigadier General Maxcy Gregg
 
1st South Carolina Infantry Regiment Major Edward McCrady Jr. (w 8/30)
Captain George W. McCreary
 
1st South Carolina Rifle Regiment Colonel Jehu Foster Marshall (k 8/30)
Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Ledbetter (mw 8/30)
Major James W. Livingston
Captain Joseph J. Norton
Captain George M. Miller
 
12th South Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel Dixon Barnes  
13th South Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel Oliver E. Edwards (w 8/30)
Captain David R. Duncan
 
14th South Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel Samuel McGowan (w 8/30)
Lieutenant Colonel W. D. Simpson
 
Pender’s Brigade Brigadier General William D. Pender 
 
16th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Captain Leroy W. Stowe  
22nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment Major Christopher C. Cole  
34th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel Richard H. Riddick  
38th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Captain John Ashford  
Starke’s Brigade Brigadier General William E. Starke to Jackson’s Div.
1st Louisiana Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Michael Nolan  
2nd Louisiana Infantry Regiment Colonel Jesse M. Williams  
9th Louisiana Infantry Regiment Colonel Leroy A. Stafford  
10th Louisiana Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel William H. Spencer  
15th Louisiana Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Robert A. Wilkinson (to 8/5)
Colonel Edmund Pendleton
 
Thomas’ Brigade Colonel Edward L. Thomas  
14th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel Felix L. Price (w 8/9)
Lieutenant Colonel Robert W. Folsom
 
35th Georgia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Bolling H. Holt  
45th Georgia Infantry Regiment Major Washington L. Grice  
49th Georgia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Seaborn M. Manning (mw 8/9*)
Major Samuel T. Player
 
Division Artillery Major R. Snowden Andrews (w 8/9)
Colonel R. Lindsay Walker
 
Branch (NC) Artillery Captain Alexander C. Latham  
Pee Dee (SC) Artillery Captain David G. McIntosh  
Richmond Crenahaw (VA) Artillery Captain William G. Crenshaw  
Fredericksburg (VA) Artillery Captain Carter M. Braxton  
Richmond Letcher (VA) Artillery Captain Greenlee Davidson  
Purcell (Va.) Artillery Captain William R. J. Pegram  

*Lieutenant Colonel Seaborn M. Manning of the 49th Georgia was mortally wounded at Cedar Creek but his brigade commander, Colonel Thomas, lists him as in command of his regiment in September during the Maryland Campaign.

Jackson’s Division
Brigadier General Charles S. Winder (mw 8/9)
Brigadier General William B. Talliaferro (8/30)
Brigadier General William E. Starke

The division began the month losing its commander, Charles Winder, at the Battle of Cedar Mountain. It suffered heavy casualties in the Battle of Brawner’s Farm on August 28 and the Second Battle of Manassas (Second Bull Run) on August 29-30.

First (Stonewall) Brigade Colonel Charles A. Ronald
Colonel William S.H. Baylor (k 8/30)
Colonel Andrew J. Grigsby
 
2nd Virginia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Lawson Botts (k 8/28)
Captain J. W. Rowan
 
4th Virginia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Robert D. Gardner  
5th Virginia Infantry Regiment  Major Hazael J. Williams  
27th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Andrew J. Grigsby  
33rd Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel John F. Neff (k 8/28)
Captain George Huston
 
Second Brigade Colonel Thomas S. Garnett
Colonel Bradley T. Johnson
 
1st Virginia Regulars Battalion Major John Seddon
Captain O. C. Anderson
 
21st Virginia Infantry Regiment Captain William A. Witcher  
42nd Virginia Infantry Regiment Captain John E. Penn  
48th Virginia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Virginius Dabney (w 8/30)
Captain William W. Goldsborough (w 8/30)
 
Third Brigade Brigadier General Wade Hampton
Colonel Alexander G. Taliaferro (w 8/30)
Colonel Edward T. H. Warren
 
47th Alabama Infantry Regiment Colonel James W. Jackson  
48th Alabama Infantry Regiment Colonel James L. Sheffield  
10th Virginia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Samuel T. Walker  
23rd Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Alexander G. Talliaferro (w 8/30)
Major Simeon T. Walton
 
37th Virginia Infantry Regiment Major T. V. Williams  
Fourth Brigade Brigadier General Alexander R. Lawton to Ewell’s Div. 8/20
13th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel Marcelluss Douglas  
26th Georgia Infantry Regiment Major E.S. Griffin  
31st Georgia Infantry Regiment Major J.H. Lowe  
38th Georgia Infantry Regiment Captain William H. Battey  
60th Georgia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel W.H. Stiles  
61st Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel John H. Lamar  
Starke’s Brigade Brigadier General William E. Starke from A.P. Hill’s Div.
1st Louisiana Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Michael Nolan  
2nd Louisiana Infantry Regiment Colonel Jesse M. Williams  
9th Louisiana Infantry Regiment Colonel Leroy A. Stafford  
10th Louisiana Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel William H. Spencer (k 8/28)
Major John M. Legett
 
15th Louisiana Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Robert A. Wilkinson (to 8/5)
Colonel Edmund Pendleton
 
1st Louisiana Zouaves Battalion Lieutenant Colonel Georges Auguste Gaston Coppens  
Artillery Major R. Snowden Andrews (w 8/9)
Major Lindsay M. Shumaker
 
Alleghany Battery Captain Joseph Carpenter  
Baltimore (MD) Battery Captain John B. Brockenbrough  
Danville Artillery Captain George W. Wooding  
Hampden Artilley Captain William H. Caskie  
Rockbridge Artillery Captain William T. Poague  
Winchester (Virginia) Artillery Captain Wilfred E. Cutshaw  

Cavalry Brigade – Brigadier General Beverly Robertson

Transferred to Stuart’s Cavalry Division on August 20

2nd Virginia Cavalry Regiment Colonel Thomas T. Munford  
6th Virginia Cavalry Regiment Colonel Thomas S. Flournoy  
7th Virginia Cavalry Regiment Colonel William E. Jones  
12th Virginia Cavalry Regiment Colonel Asher W. Harman  
17th Virginia Cavalry Battalion Major William Patrick  
Ashby Horse Artillery Captain R. Preston Chew