Confederate States Army Army of Northern Virginia


May 1861to June >

Commanded by Major General Lafayette McLaws (to M.G. 5/23)

Created May 23, 1862 from two brigades in Major General John Magruder’s Division.

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