Confederate States Army


< to JanuaryFebruary 1862to March >

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
Unattached    
9th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel David G. Godwin