Confederate States Army * Army of Northern Virginia


< to July August 1862to September >

Commanded by Major General James Longstreet

Confederate law did not yet authorize Army Corps, so Longstreet as senior division commander was given informal command of a wing of the army. His division of six brigades was divided into two temporary divisions under senior brigadiers Jones and Kemper. Hood continued as senior brigadier to command the division of Whiting, who was on sick leave, while Brigadier General Charles Evans’ newly-arrived brigade of South Carolinians reported directly to Longstreet.

Anderson’s Division – Major General Richard H. Anderson

Armistead’s Brigade Brigadier General Lewis A. Armistead
 
5th Virginia Infantry Battalion Lieutenant Colonel Fletcher H. Archer  
9th Virginia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel James Gilliam  
14th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel James G. Hodges  
38th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Edward Claxton Edmonds  
53rd Virginia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel John Grammar  
57th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel David Dyer  
Turner’s (VA) Artillery Captain William Turner to Jones’s Bat., Res. Art.
Mahone’s Brigade Brigadier General William Mahone (w 8/30)
Colonel David Weisinger
 
6th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel John T. Rogers  
12th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel David A. Weisiger  
16th Virginia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Joseph H. Ham (to 8/28)
Colonel Charles A. Crump (k 8/30)
 
41st Virginia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel William A. Parham   
Wright’s Brigade Brigadier General Ambrose R. Wright 
 
44th Alabama Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Charles A. Derby (w 8/30)  
3rd Georgia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Ruben B. Nesbit  
22nd Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel Robert H. Jones  
48th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel William Gibson  
Artillery Major John Selden Saunders  
Fauquier (Va.) Artillery Captain Robert M. Stribling  
Norfolk (VA) Battery Captain Frank Huger  
Portsmouth (Va.) Battery Captain Cary F. Grimes  

Hood’s (Whiting’s) Division – Brigadier General John Bell Hood

Hood’s Brigade Colonel William T. Wofford  
18th Georgia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Solon Z. Ruff  
Hampton Legion (S.C.) Infantry Lieutenant Colonel Martin C. Gary  
1st Texas Infantry Regiment Colonel Alexis T. Rainey (w)  
4th Texas Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel John Key (w 7/1; to Col. 7/10)
Captain W. P. Townsend (to Maj. 7/10)
 
5th Texas Infantry Regiment Colonel Jerome B. Robinson  
Whiting’s Brigade Colonel Evander McIvor Law  
4th Alabama Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel O.K. McLemore  
2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment Colonel John M. Stone  
11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment Colonel Philip F. Liddell  
6th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel Isaac E. Avery (w 6/1; to Col. 6/11)
Lieutenant Colonel Robert F. Webb
 
Rowan (N.C.) Artillery Captain James Reilly  
Staunton (Va.) Artillery Captain W. L. Balthis (w)
First Lieutenant Asher Garber
 

Jones’ DivisionBrigadier General David R. Jones

From South Carolina August 20

Drayton’s Brigade Brigadier General Thomas F. Drayton from SC 8/20
50th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel William R. Manning  
51st Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel William M. Slaughter  
Philip’s Georgia Legion Lieutenant Colonel Robert Thomas Cook  
3rd South Carolina Infantry Battalion Lieutenant Colonel George S. James  
15th South Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel William De Sausseur  
Jones’ Brigade Colonel George T. Anderson  
1st Georgia Regulars Infantry Regiment Major John D. Walker  
7th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel William T. Wilson (k 8/30)
Major George H. Carmical (w 8/30)
 
8th Georgia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel John R. Towers  
9th Georgia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel John C.L. Mounger  
11th Georgia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel William Luffman  
Toombs’ Brigade Brigadier General Robert Toombs  
2nd Georgia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel William R. Holmes  
15th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel William T. Millican   
17th Georgia Infantry Regiment Major John H. Pickett (w)
Captain Augustus C. Jones (k)
Captain Hiram L. French
 
20th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel John B. Cumming  
Artillery Major John J. Garnett  
Washington (S.C.) Artillery Captain James F. Hart to Horse Artillery, Cavalry Division
Wise (Va.) Artillery Capitan James S. Brown  

Kemper’s Division – Brigadier General James L. Kemper

Kemper’s Brigade Colonel Montgomery D. Corse (w 8/31)
Colonel William R. Terry
 
1st Virginia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel William H. Fry  
7th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Waller T. Patton (w 8/30)
Captain Phillip S. Ashby
 
11th Virginia Infantry Regiment Major Adam Clement  
17th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Montgomery D. Corse (^)
Lieutenant Colonel Morton Marye (w 8/30)
Major Arthur Herbert
 
24th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel William R. Terry (^ 8/31)
Lieutenant Colonel Harrison (w 8/30)
 
Loudon (Va.) Battery Captain Arthur L. Rogers
Anderson’s Brigade Colonel Micah Jenkins (BG 8/22)
Colonel Joseph Walker
 
1st South Caroina Volunteers Colonel Thomas J. Glover (mw 8/31)
Lieutenant William H. Duncan
 
2nd South Caroina Rifle Regiment Major Robert A. Thompson  
4th South Carolina Infantry Battalion Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Mattison  
5th South Carolina Infantry Regiment Captain Thomas C. Beckham (to 8/12)
Colonel Asbury Coward
 
6th South Carolina Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel J.M. Steedman  
Palmetto (S.C.) Sharpshooters Colonel Joseph Walker  
Faquier (VA) Artillery Colonel William D. Stuart  
Pickett’s Brigade Colonel Eppa Hunton  
8th Virginia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Norborne Berkeley  
18th Virginia Infantry Regiment Major George Cabell  
19th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel John B. Strange
28th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Robert C. Allen  
56th Virginia Infantry Regiment Captain James Dearing
Artillery    
Charleston German (S.C.) Light Artillery Captain William K. Bachman  
Palmetto (S.C.) Light Artillery Captain Hugh R. Garden
1st Rowan (N.C.) Light Battery D Captain James Reilly

Wilcox’s Division – Brigadier General Cadmus Wilcox

Featherston’s Brigade Brigadier General Winfield S. Featherston  
2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment Major William S. Wilson  
12th Mississippi Infantry Regiment Colonel William H. Taylor  
16th Mississippi Infantry Regiment Colonel Carnot Posey  
19th Mississippi Infantry Regiment Captain Nathaniel H. Harris  
Pryor’s Brigade Brigadier General Roger A. Pryor  
14th Alabama Infantry Regiment Major James A. Broome  
2nd Florida Infantry Regiment Colonel Lewis G. Pyles  
5th Florida Infantry Regiment Colonel John C. Hately  
8th Florida Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel George A. C. Coppens  
3rd Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Joseph Mayo  
Wilcox’s Brigade Brigadier General Cadmus M. Wilcox
8th Alabama Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Hilary A. Herbert  
9th Alabama Infantry Regiment Major Jere H. J. Williams  
10th Alabama Infantry Regiment Major John H. Caldwell  
11th Alabama Infantry Regiment Captain John C. C. Sanders  
Saunder’s Artillery Battalion Major John S. Saunders  
Donaldsonville (LA) Artillery Captain Victor Auguste Maurin  
Dixie (VA) Artillery Captain William H. Chapman  
Richmond Thomas (VA) Artillery Captain Edwin J. Anderson  

Unattached Brigade

Evans’s Independent Brigade Brigadier General Nathan G. Evans
Colonel Peter F. Stevens
from SC 8/20
17th South Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel John H. Means (mw 8/30)
Lieutenant Colonel Fitzhugh W. McMaster (w)
 
18th South Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel James M Gadberry (k 8/30)
Lieutenant Colonel William H. Wallace
 
22nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel S.D. Goodlett  
23rd South Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel Henry L. Benbow (w 8/30)
Lieutenant Colonel Roberts (w 8/30)
Major Whilden (k 8/30)
Captain Murden (w&c 8/30)
Captain Solomon A. Durham
 
Holcombe Legion Colonel Peter F. Stevens (^ 8/30)
Lieutenant Colonel F. G. Palmer (mw 8/30)
Major William J. Crowley
 
Macbeth (SC) Artillery Captain Robert Boyce  
Turner (VA) Artillery Captain Walter Daniel Leake  

Reserve Artillery – Colonel James B. Walton

Lee’s Battalion Major Delaware Kemper (to 8/17)
Colonel Stephen D. Lee
 
Madison (La.) Light Artillery Captain George V. Moody  
Brooks (S.C.) Artillery Captain William W. Flicking
Lieutenant Stephen C. Gilbert
 
Ashland (Va.) Battery Captain Pichegru Woolfolk, Jr. (w)
Lieutenant James Woolfolk
 
Bath (Va.) Battery Captain John L. Eubank  
Bedford (Va.) Artillery Captain Tyler C. Jordan  
Parker’s (Va.) Battery Captain William W. Parker  
Washington (LA) Artillery Colonel John B. Walton  
1st Company Captain Charles W. Squires  
2nd Company Captain John B. Richardson  
3rd Company Captain Meritt B. Miller  
4th Company Captain Benjamin F. Eschleman  

*Official Records, Series 1, Vol. 11, Pt. 3, p.644