Confederate States Army


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Commanded by Major General Thomas J. Jackson

On March 23 Jackson attacked Union forces south of Winchester in the Battle of Kernstown. It was Jackson’s only defeat, but it caused Washington to divert tens of thousands of men from the Peninsula Campaign.

First Brigade Brigadier General Richard B. Garnett 
2nd Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel James Allen
4th Virginia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Charles A. Ronald
Major Albert G. Pendleton
5th Virginia Infantry Regiment  Colonel William Harman
27th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel John Echols (w 3/23)
Lieutenant Colonel Andrew J. Grigsby
33rd Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Arthur C. Cummings
Alleghany Battery Captain Joseph Carpenter
Rockbridge Artillery Captain William McLaughlin
Burks’ Brigade Colonel Jesse S. Burks (w 3/23)
1st Virginia Regulars Battalion Captain D.B. Bridgford
21st Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel John M. Patton
42nd Virginia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel D. A. Langhorne
48th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel John A. Campbell
Hampden Artilley Captain Lawrence S. Marye
Pleasant’s (Virginia) Battery Lieutenant James Pleasants
West Augusta Artillery Captain James Waters
Fulkerson’s Brigade Colonel Samuel V. Fulkerson
23rd Virginia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Alexander G. Talliaferro
37th Virginia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel R.P. Carson
Danville Artillery Captain Lindsay M. Shumaker
Artillery
Alleghany Battery Captain Joseph Carpenter to 1 Brig. (above)
Rockbridge Artillery Captain William McLaughlin
Cavalry
7th Virginia Cavalry Lieutenant Colonel Turner Ashby
Ashby Horse Artillery Captain Robert Chew