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General Joseph E. Johnston (wounded May 31)
Major General Gustavus Smith 

General Joseph Johnston was wounded on May 31 during the second day of the Battle of Seven Pines by a bullet and a shell fragment. He was briefly replaced by Major General Gustavus Smith.

A.P. Hill’s Division – Major General Ambrose Powell Hill

Hill’s Division was created on May 27, 1862

First (Field’s) Brigade Brigadier General Charles W. Field
22nd Virginia Infantry Battalion Lieutenant Colonel James C. Johnson
40th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel John M. Brockenbrough
47th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Robert Mayo
55th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Francis Mallory
Purcell (Va.) Artillery Captain William R. J. Pegram
Second (Gregg’s) Brigade Brigadier General Maxcy Gregg
from South Carolina
1st South Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel Daniel H. Hamilton
1st South Carolina Rifle Regiment Colonel Jehu Foster Marshall
12th South Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel Dixon Barnes
13th South Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel Oliver E. Edwards
14th South Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel Samuel McGowan
Third (S. R. Anderson’s) Brigade Brigadier General Samuel R. Anderson from Smith’s Division
35th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel William J. Hoke
45th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel Thomas Hardeman, Jr.
49th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel Andrew Jackson Lane
Pee Dee (SC) Artillery Captain David G. McIntosh
Fourth (Branch’s) Brigade Brigadier General L. O’Brien Branch from North Carolina
7th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel Reuben P. Campbell
12th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel Henry P. Coleman
18th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel Robert Cowan
28th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel James H. Lane
33rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel C.M. Avery
37th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel Charles Cochrane Lee
Co. F, 13th North Carolina Artillery Captain Alexander C. Latham
Division Artillery Major Reuben Lindsay Walker
 some batteries were temporarily assigned to the division’s infantry brigades
1st Maryland Battery Captain R. Andrews Snowden (^)
Captain William Fendley Dement
Charleston German (SC) Artillery Captain William Kunhardt Bachman
Richmond Crenahaw (VA) Artillery Captain William G. Crenshaw
Fredericksburg (VA) Artillery Captain Carter M. Braxton
Richmond Letcher (VA) Artillery Captain Greenlee Davidson
Richmond Johnson (VA) Artillery Captain Marmaduke Johnson
Branch (NC)  Artillery Captain Alexander C. Latham

D.H. Hill’s Division – Major General Daniel Harvey Hill

Early’s/Garland’s Brigade Brigadier General Jubal Early (w 5/5)
Brigadier General Samuel Garland

2nd Florida Infantry Regiment Colonal George T. Ward (k 5/5)
Lieutenant Colonel Samuel St. George Rogers (to 5/10)
Colonel Edward A. Perry
2nd Mississippi Infantry Battalion Lieutenant Colonel John G. Taylor
5th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel Duncan K. McRae
23rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel Daniel Christie
24th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel William R. Terry (w 5/5)
Major Richard Maury
Jefferson Davis (Al.) Artillery Captain James W. Bonduarant
Featherston’s Brigade Brigadier General Winfield Scott Featherston (w)
Colonel George B. Anderson
27th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel Levi B. Smith
28th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel Thomas J. Warthen
4th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Bryan Grimes (to 4/6)
Colonel George B. Anderson
49th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel William Smith
Peninsula (VA) Artillery Captain Joseph B. Cosnahan
Raines’ Brigade Brigadier General Gabriel J. Raines
13th Alabama Infantry Regiment Colonel Birkett D. Fry
26th Alabama Infantry Regiment Colonel Edward O’Neal
6th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel Alfred H. Colquitt
23rd Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel Thomas Hurcherson
Hardaway’s (AL) Artillery Captain Robert A. Hardaway
Rodes’ Brigade Brigadier General Robert Rodes
5th Alabama Infantry Regiment Colonel Christopher Pegues
6th Alabama Infantry Regiment Colonel John J. Seibels (replaced in reorg.)
Colonel John B. Gordon
12th Alabama Infantry Regiment Colonel Robert Tignall Jones (k 6/1)
Colonel Bristor B. Gayle
12th Mississippi Infantry Regiment Colonel William H. Taylor
King William (Va.) Artillery Captain Thomas Henry Carter
Wise’s Brigade Colonel Charles A. Crump (at Glouster Point)
20th Virginia Infantry (Cos. I & K) attached to 46th Virginia
26th Virginia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Powhatan A. Page
46th Virginia Infantry (7 companies) Lieutenant Colonel J. H. Richardson
Mathews (VA) Artillery Captain Andrew D. Armistead

Huger’s Division – Major General Benjmamin Huger

Huger’s troops from the Department of Norfolk had evacuated Norfolk on May 9 and moved to Petersburg. Johnston attached them to the Army of Northern Virginia as Huger’s Division and moved them north to the Richmond area.

Armistead’s Brigade Brigadier General Lewis A. Armistead
5th Virginia Infantry Battalion Lieutenant Colonel F.H. Archer (to 5/22)
Lieutenant William R. Foster
9th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel David G. Godwin
14th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel James G. Hodges
38th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Powhatan B. White
Colonel Edward Claxton Edmonds
53rd Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Carter L. Stevenson
57th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel George W. Carr (dropped)
Colonel Elisha Ford Keen
Turner’s (VA) Artillery Captain William Turner
Fauquier (Va.) Artillery Captain Robert M. Stribling
Blanchard’s Brigade Brigadier General Albert G. Blanchard
3rd Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel Ambrose R. Wright
22nd Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel Robert H. Jones
1st Louisiana Infantry Regiment Colonel Samuel R. Harrison
Portsmouth (Va.) Battery Captain Cary F. Grimes
Mahone’s Brigade Brigadier General William Mahone
3rd Alabama Infantry Regiment Colonel Jones M. Withers (to Western Theater 5/31)
Colonel Tennent Lomax
6th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Thomas Corprew (dropped)
Colonel John T. Rogers
12th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel David A. Weisiger
16th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Henry T. Parrish (dropped)
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph H. Ham
41st Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel John R. Chambliss
Norfolk (VA) Battery Captain Frank Huger

Jones’ Division – Brigadier General David R. Jones

Jones’ Division was created on May 23 and May 25 with two brigades from Magruder’s Command.

Jones’ Brigade Colonel George T. Anderson
1st Georgia Regulars Infantry Regiment Colonel William J. Magill
7th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel William T. Wilson
8th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel Lucius M. Lamar
9th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel Benjamin Beck
11th Georgia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel William Luffman
Toombs’ Brigade Brigadier General Robert Toombs
2nd Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel Edgar M. Butt
15th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel William T. Millican
17th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel Henry L. Benning
20th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel John B. Cumming
Artillery Major John J. Garnett
Ashland (Va. ) Artillery Lieutenant James Woolfolk
Wise (Va.) Artillery Capitan James S. Brown

Longstreet’s Division – Major General James Longstreet (to 5/25); Brigadier General Richard H. Anderson

First (A.P. Hill’s) Brigade Brigadier General Ambrose Powell Hill  (to 5/25)
Colonel James Kemper
1st Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Lewis B. Williams (w 5/5)
Major Wiliam H. Palmer (w 5/5)
7th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel James Kemper (^ 5/5)
Colonel Waller T. Patton
11th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Samuel Garland (w 5/5)
Captain K. Otey
17th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Montgomery D. Corse
Loudon (Va.) Battery Captain Arthur L. Rogers
Second (Anderson’s) Brigade Brigadier General Richard H. Anderson (^)
Colonel Micah Jenkins
4th South Carolina Infantry Battalion Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Mattison
5th South Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel John R.R. Giles (k 5/31)
Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Jackson
6th South Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel John Bratton
Palmetto (S.C.) Sharpshooters Colonel Micah Jenkins (^)
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Walker
Fauquier (Va.) Artillery Captain Robert M. Stribling
1st Richmond (Va.) Howitzers Captain Edward S. McCarthy
Williamsburg (Va.) Artillery Captain William R. Garrett
Third (Colston’s) Brigade Brigadier General Raleigh Colston
13th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel Alfred Scales
14th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel Junius Daniel
Donaldsonville (VA) Artillery Captain Victor A. Maurin
Fourth (Pickett’s) Brigade Brigadier General George E. Pickett
8th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Eppa Hunton
18th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Robert E. Withers
19th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel John B. Strange
28th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Robert C. Allen
Lynchburg (Va.) Battery Captain James Dearing to Longstreet’s Artillery
Fifth (Wilcox’s) Brigade Brigadier General Cadmus M. Wilcox
9th Alabama Infantry Regiment Colonel Samuel Henry
10th Alabama Infantry Regiment Colonel John J. Woodward
11th Alabama Infantry Regiment Colonel Sydenham Moore
19th Mississippi Infantry Regiment Colonel Christoper H. Mott (k 5/5)
Lieutenant Colonel Lucius Lamar (sick leave 5/14)
Major John Mullins
Sixth (Pryor’s) Brigade Brigadier General Roger A. Pryor
8th Alabama Infantry Regiment Colonel John A. Winston
14th Alabama Infantry Regiment Colonel Thomas J. Judge
14th Louisiana Infantry Regiment Colonel Richard W. Jones
3rd Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Joseph Mayo
Richmond Fayette (Va.) Battery Captain Miles C. Macon
3rd Richmond Howitzers Captain Edgar F Moseley

Magruder’s Division – Major General John B. Magruder (after May 23)

Cobb’s Brigade Brigadier General Howell Cobb
16th Georgia Infantry Regiment  Colonel Goode Bryan
24th Georgia Infantry Regiment  Colonel Robert McMillan
Cobb’s (GA) Legion Lieutenant Colonel Jefferson M. Lamar
2nd Louisiana Infantry Regiment  Colonel William Levy (dropped 5/1)
Colonel Isiah T. Norwood
15th North Carolina Infantry Regiment  Colonel Henry A. Dowd
Troup (GA) Artillery Captain Henry A. Carlton
Griffith’s Brigade Brigadier General Richard Griffith (mw 6/29)
Colonel William Barksdale
13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment Colonel William Barksdale (^ 6/29)
Lieutenant Colonel James W. Carter
17th Mississippi Infantry Regiment Colonel W.D. Holder
18th Mississippi Infantry Regiment Colonel Thomas M. Griffin
21st Mississippi Infantry Regiment Colonel Benjamin G. Humphreys
Lieutenant Colonel W.L. Brandon
1st Richmond (VA) Howitzers Captain John Thompson Brown
Lee’s Reserve Artillery Colonel Stephen D. Lee
Peninsula (VA) Artillery Captain Joseph B. Cosnahan
Amherst (VA) Artillery Captain Thomas J. Kirkpatrick
Magruder (VA) Artillery Captain T. Jeff Page
Pulaski (GA) Battery Captain J.P.W. Read
James City (VA) Battery Captain L.W. Richardson

McLaws’ Division – Major General Lafayette McLaws (promoted to MG on May 23)

Kershaw’s Brigade Brigadier General Joseph B. Kershaw
2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel John D. Kennedy
3rd South Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel James D. Nance
7th South Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel David W. Aiken
8th South Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel John W. Henagan
Alexandria (Va.) Battery Captain Delaware Kemper
Semmes’ Brigade Brigadier General Paul Semmes 
10th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel Alfred Cumming
5th Louisiana Infantry Regiment Colonel Theodore Hunt
10th Louisiana Infantry Regiment Colonel Mandeville DeMarigny
Williamsburg (Va.) Artillery Captain William Robertson Garrett
Norfolk (Va.) Artillery Captain Frank Huger

Smith’s Division – Major General Gustavus W. Smith

Broken up May 31 when Smith briefly took command of the army.

S.R. Anderson’s Brigade Brigdier General Samuel R. Anderson (res. 5/10)
Colonel Robert Hatton (to BG 5/23; k 5/21)
1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment Colonel Peter Tunney
7th Tennessee Infantry Regiment Colonel Robert Hatton (^ 5/23)
Colonel John F. Goodner
14th Tennessee Infantry Regiment Colonel William A. Forbes
Fredericksburg (Va.) Artillery Captain Carter M. Braxton

Hampton’s Brigade

Colonel Wade Hampton (to BG 5/23; w 5/31)
14th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel Felix L. Price
19th Georgia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Thomas C. Johnson
16th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel Champion T.N. Davis
Hampton Legion (S.C.) Infantry Lieutenant Colonel J.B. Griffin
Madison (La.) Artillery Captain George V. Moody

Hood’s Brigade

Brigdier General John B. Hood
18th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel William T. Wofford
1st Texas Infantry Regiment Colonel Alexis T. Rainey
4th Texas Infantry Regiment Colonel John F. Marshall
5th Texas Infantry Regiment Colonel James J. Archer
Pettigrew’s Brigade Brigadier General J.J. Pettigrew (w 5/31)
2nd Arkansas Battalion Major William N. Bronaugh
35th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel Edward Lloyd Thomas
22nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel Charles E. Lightfoot
47th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel George W. Richardson
Andrews’ Artillery
Whiting’s Brigade Brigadier General W.H.C. Whiting (^ 5/28)
Colonel Evander McIvor Law
4th Alabama Infantry Regiment Colonel Evander McIvor Law
2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment Colonel John M. Stone
11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment Colonel Philip F. Liddell
6th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel William Dorsey Pender
Rowan (N.C.) Artillery Captain James Reilly
Staunton (Va.) Artillery First Lieutenant Asher Garber

Whiting’s Division – Brigadier General William H.C. Whiting

Hood’s Brigade Brigdier General John B. Hood from Smith’s Division (above)
18th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel William T. Wofford
1st Texas Infantry Regiment Colonel Alexis T. Rainey
4th Texas Infantry Regiment Colonel John F. Marshall
5th Texas Infantry Regiment Colonel James J. Archer
Whiting’s Brigade Brigadier General W.H.C. Whiting (^ 5/28)
Colonel Evander McIvor Law
from Smith’s Division (above)
4th Alabama Infantry Regiment Colonel Evander McIvor Law
2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment Colonel John M. Stone
11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment Colonel Philip F. Liddell
6th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel William Dorsey Pender
Rowan (N.C.) Artillery Captain James Reilly
Staunton (Va.) Artillery First Lieutenant Asher Garber
Other Commands
Cavalry Brigade Brigadier General James E. B. Stuart
Jefferson Davis (Ms.) Legion Lt. Colonel William T. Martin
1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment Colonel Fitzhugh Lee
2nd Virginia Cavalry Regiment Colonel Thomas Taylor Munford to Army of the Valley
3rd Virginia Cavalry Regiment Colonel Thomas F. Goode
4th Virginia Cavalry Regiment Colonel Williams C. Wickham (w 5/4)
Major William H. Payne (w&c 5/4)
Captain R.E. Utterbach
6th Virginia Cavalry Regiment Colonel Julien Harrison to Ewell’s Div.
8th Virginia Cavalry Battalion Lieutenant Colonel J. Lucius Davis
Stuart (Va.) Horse Artillery Captain John Pelham
Artillery Reserve Brigadier General William N. Pendleton
Washington (La.) Artillery Batalion Colonel James B. Walton