Confederate States Army * Army of Northern Virginia
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Lieutenant General James Longstreet
The First Corps was established from Longstreet’s Command November 6, 1862 after the Confederate Congress passed legislation at the end of October allowing the creation of army corps.
In the pause in operations following the Maryland Campaign and the Battle of Antietam many regiments were transferred between brigades in pursuit of President Jerrerson Davis’ goal of creating brigades with all the regiments from one state.
Anderson’s Division –
Brigadier General Cadmus Wilcox
Major General Richard H. Anderson
| Featherston’s Brigade | Brigadier General Winfield S. Featherston Colonel Carnot Posey |
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| 12th Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel William H. Taylor | |
| 16th Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Captain Abram Feltus | |
| 19th Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Captain Nathaniel H. Harris (to Maj. 11/4) Lieutenant Colonel John Mullins (to Col. 11/14) |
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| 2nd Mississippi Infantry Battalion/ 48th Mississippi Infantry Regiment |
Colonel Joseph Jayne | Enlarged to become 48th MS Regiment |
| Mahone’s Brigade | Colonel William A. Parham Brigadier General William Mahone |
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| 6th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Captain John R. Ludlow | |
| 12th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Captain John R. Llewellyn | |
| 16th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Major Francis D. Holladay | |
| 41st Virginia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Joseph P. Minetree | |
| 61st Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Virginius D. Groner | |
| Pryor’s/Perry’s Brigade | Brigadier General Roger A. Pryor (resigned 11/16) Brigadier General Edward A. Perry |
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| 14th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Major James A. Broome | to Wilcox’s Brig. 11/4 (below) |
| 2nd Florida Infantry Regiment | Captain William D. Ballantine | |
| 5th Florida Infantry Regiment | Colonel John C. Hately | |
| 8th Florida Infantry Regiment | Colonel David Lang | |
| 3rd Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Joseph Mayo | to Kemper’s Brig. Pickett’s Div. |
| Wilcox’s Brigade | Brigadier General Cadmus M. Wilcox |
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| 8th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Hilary A. Herbert | |
| 9th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Colonel Samuel Henry | |
| 10th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Colonel William Henry Forney | |
| 11th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Major J. C. Sanders | |
| 14th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Major James A. Broome | from Pryor’s Brig. 11/4 (above) |
| Wright’s Brigade | Brigadier General Ambrose Wright | |
| 44th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Major William F. Perry | to Law’s Brig. Hood’s Div. 11/26 |
| 2nd Georgia Infantry Battalion | Major George Ross | from Cooke’s Brig. Ransom’s Div. |
| 3rd Georgia Infantry Regiment | Captain John F. Jones | |
| 22nd Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Robert H. Jones | |
| 48th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel William Gibson | |
| Division Artillery | Major John Selden Saunders (to LTC 11/14) | |
| Donaldsonville (LA) Artillery | Captain Victor Maurin | |
| Lynchburg (Va.) Beuregard Rifles | Captain Marcellus N. Moorman | |
| Norfolk (VA) Battery | Lieutenant C. R. Phelps |
Hood’s Division – Major General John B. Hood
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G.T. Anderson’s Brigade |
Brigadier General George T. Anderson (to BG 11/7) | |
| 1st Georgia Regulars Infantry Regiment | Captain Richard A. Wayne | |
| 7th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel George H. Carmichal | |
| 8th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel John R. Towers | |
| 9th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel John C. Mounger | |
| 11th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Francis H. Little | |
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Hood’s/Robertson’s Brigade |
Colonel William T. Wofford (to 11/7) Brigadier General Jerome B. Robertson |
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| 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment | Colonel Van Manning | from Cooke’s Brig., Ransom’s Div. 11/26 |
| 18th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Solon Z. Ruff (to 11/7) Colonel William T. Wofford |
to Cobb’s Brig., McLaws’ Div. 11/26 |
| Hampton Legion (S.C.) Infantry | Lieutenant Colonel Martin C. Gary | to Jenkin’s Brig. Pickett’s Div. |
| 1st Texas Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Philip A. Work | |
| 4th Texas Infantry Regiment | Colonel John C.G. Key | |
| 5th Texas Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Robert M. Powell | |
| Law’s Brigade | Brigadier General Evander McIvor Law | |
| 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Colonel Pickney D. Bowles | |
| 44th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Major William F. Perry | from Wright’s Brig, Anderson’s Div. 11/26 |
| 2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel John M. Stone | to North Carolina via Richmond |
| 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel Francis M. Green | to North Carolina via Richmond |
| 6th North Carolina Infantry Regiment | Major Robert F. Webb | |
| 54th North Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel James C. S. McDowell | from North Carolina |
| 57th North Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel Archibald C. Godwin | from North Carolina |
| Toombs’ Brigade | Colonel Henry L. Benning | |
| 2nd Georgia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel William T. Harris | |
| 15th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel William T. McMillan | |
| 17th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Wesley C. Hodges | |
| 20th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel John R. Cummings | |
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Division Artillery |
Major Bushrod W. Frobel (to N.C.0 Major Mathias W. Henry |
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| Charleston German (SC) Artillery | Captain William Kunhardt Bachman | |
| Palmetto (SC) Artillery | Captain Hugh R. Garden | |
| Rowan (NC) Artillery | Captain James Reilly |
McLaws’ Division – Major General Lafayette McLaws
Brigadier General Thomas F. Drayton was transferred to the Western Theater and his brigade broken up between three other brigades in the division. Cobb’s and Semmes’ Brigades also swapped a regiment to become all-Georgia brigades
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Barksdale’s Brigade |
Brigadier General William Barksdale | |
| 13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel James W. Carter | |
| 17th Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel John C. Fiser | |
| 18th Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Thomas M. Griffin | |
| 21st Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel Benjamin G. Humphreys | |
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Cobb’s Brigade |
Brigadier General Howell Cobb |
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| 16th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Philip Thomas | |
| 18th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Solon Z. Ruff | from Robertson’s Brig. Hood’s Div. 11/26* |
| 24th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Robert E. McMillan | |
| Cobb’s Georgia Legion | Lieutenant Colonel Luther Glenn | |
| Phillips Georgia Legion | Lieutenant Colonel Robert Thomas Cook | from Drayton’s Brig. (below) |
| 15th North Carolina Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel William MacRae | to Cooke’s Brig., Ransom’s Div. 11/26* |
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Drayton’s Brigade |
Brigadier General Thomas F. Drayton | Drayton transferred to Trans-Mississippi |
| 50th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Francis Kearse | to Semmes’ Brig. (below) |
| 51st Georgia Infantry Regiment | to Semmes’ Brig. (below) | |
| Philips (GA) Legion | Lieutenant Colonel Robert T. Cook | to Cobb’s Brig. (above) |
| 3rd South Carolina Infantry Battalion | Lieutenant Colonel William G. Rice | to Kershaw’s Brig. (below) 11/15 |
| 15th South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel William De Saussure | to Kershaw’s Brig. (below) 11/15 |
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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 | Lieutenant Colonel Elbert Bland | |
| 8th South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Captain Eli T. Stackhouse | |
| 15th South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel William De Saussure | from Drayton’s Brig. (above) 11/15 |
| 3rd South Carolina Infantry Battalion | Lieutenant Colonel William G. Rice | from Drayton’s Brig. (above) 11/15 |
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Semmes’ Brigade |
Brigadier General Paul Semmes | |
| 10th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel John B. Weems | |
| 50th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Francis Kearse | from Drayton’s Brig. (above) 11/15 |
| 51st Georgia Infantry Regiment | from Drayton’s Brig. (above) 11/15 | |
| 53rd Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel James P. Simms | |
| 15th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Captain Edward J. Willis | to Corse’s Brig., Pickett’s Div. 11/26 |
| 32nd Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Edgar B. Montague | to Corse’s Brig., Pickett’s Div. 11/26 |
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Division Artillery |
Colonel Henry C. Cabell |
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| Troup (Ga.) Artillery | Captain Henry H. Carlton | |
| Pulaski (Ga.) Artillery | Captain John P.W. Read | |
| Battery A, 1st North Carolina Artillery | Captain Basil C. Manly | |
| Richmond Fayette (Va.) Artillery | Captain Miles C. Macon | |
| 1st. Co. Richmond (Va.) Howitzers | Lieutenant Edward S. McCarthy |
Pickett’s Division – Major General George E. Pickett (to Major General 11/6)
| Armistead’s Brigade | Brigadier General Lewis A. Armistead |
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| 9th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel James Skelton Gilliam | |
| 14th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel James G. Hodges | |
| 38th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Edward Claxton Edmonds | |
| 53rd Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel William R. Aylett | |
| 57th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel David Dyer | |
| Corse’s Brigade | Brigadier General Montgomery D. Corse | Created 11/26 |
| 15th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Captain Edward J. Willis | from Semmes’ Brig., McLaws’ Div. 11/26 |
| 17th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Major Arthur Herbert | from Kemper’s Brig. (below) 11/26 |
| 30th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Archibald T. Harrison | from Cooke’s Brig., Ransom’s Div. 11/26 |
| 32nd Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Edgar B. Montague | from Semmes’ Brig., McLaws’ Div. 11/26 |
| Garnet’s Brigade | Colonel Eppa Hunton (to 11/26) Brigadier General Richard B. Garnett |
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| 8th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Eppa Hunton | |
| 18th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Robert E. Withers | |
| 19th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Henry Gantt | |
| 28th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Robert C. Allen | |
| 56th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel William D. Stuart | |
| Jenkins’ Brigade | Colonel Joseph Walker | |
| 1st South Caroina Volunteers | Colonel Daniel H. Hamilton | |
| 2nd South Caroina Rifle Regiment | Colonel Robert E. Bowen | |
| 5th South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel Asbury Coward | |
| 6th South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel John M. Steedman | |
| 4th South Carolina Infantry Battalion | Lieutenant W.T. Field | disbanded 11/11 & trns. to Hampton Legion |
| Palmetto (SC) Sharpshooters | Colonel Joseph Walker | |
| Hampton (SC) Legion | Colonel Martin W. Gary | from Texas Brigade |
| Kemper’s Brigade | Brigadier General James L. Kemper | |
| 1st Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Lewis B. Williams | |
| 3rd Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Joseph Mayo | from Pryor’s Brig. |
| 7th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Walter T. Patton | |
| 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Major Kirkwood Otey | |
| 17th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Captain Robert M. Mitchell | to Course’s Brig. 11/26 (above) |
| 24th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel William R. Terry | |
| Division Artillery | Major James Dearing | |
| Lynchburg (Va.) Artillery | Captain Joseph Blount | |
| Fauquier (Va.) Artillery | Captain Robert M. Stribling | |
| Richmond (Va.) Fayette Artillery | Captain Miles C. Macon |
Walkers/Ransom’s Division
Brigadier General John G. Walker (to 11/15)
Brigadier General Robert Ransom, Jr.
| Walker’s/Cooke’s Brigade | Colonel John R. Cooke (to BG 11/7) | |
| 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment | Captain John W. Reedy | to Robertson’s Bde., Hood’s Div. 11/26** |
| 15th North Carolina Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel William McRae | from Cobb’s Bde., McLaws’ Div. 11/26** |
| 27th North Carolina Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel John A. Gilmer | |
| 46th North Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel Edward D. Hall | |
| 48th North Carolina Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Samual H. Walkup | |
| 30th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Robert S. Chew | to Corse’s Bde., Pickett’s Div. 11/26** |
| Stafford (Va.) Battery | Captain Thomas B. French | |
| Ransom’s Brigade | Brigadier General Robert Ransom, Jr. (^ 11/15) | |
| 24th North Carolina Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel John L. Harris | |
| 25th North Carolina Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Samuel C. Bryson | |
| 35th North Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel Matt Whitaker Ransom | |
| 49th North Carolina Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Lee McAfee | |
| Petersburg (Va.) Artillery | Captain James R. Branch |
Evans’s Independent Brigade – Brigadier General Nathan G. Evans
to North Carolina November 6-7
| 17th South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Fitzhugh W. McMaster | |
| 18th South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel William H. Wallace | |
| 22nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Major Miel Hilton | |
| 23rd South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant E. R. White | |
| Holcombe Legion | Colonel Peter F. Stevens | |
| Macbeth (SC) Artillery | Captain Robert Boyce | to South Carolina |
Reserve Artillery – Colonel James B. Walton
| Lee’s Battalion | Colonel Stephen D. Lee (to 11/6) Lieutenant Colonel Edward Porter Alexander |
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| Madison (La.) Light Artillery | Captain George V. Moody | |
| Brooks (S.C.) Artillery | Lieutenant William Elliott | |
| Ashland (Va.) Battery | Captain Pichegru Woolfolk, Jr. | |
| 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 |
* from OFFICIAL RECORDS: Series 1, vol 21, Part 1 pp. 1033 – 1034