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Commanded by General Joseph Edward Johnston
Army organization before October 24 (after October 24 is shown below)
First Corps – General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
First Brigade | Brigadier General Milledge L. Bonham | to 3rd (Longstreet’s) Div. |
2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel Joseph B. Kershaw | |
3rd South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel James H. Williams | |
7th South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel Thomas G. Bacon | |
8th South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel Ellerbe Boggan Crawford Cash | |
Boykin’s (SC) Mounted Rangers | Captain Alexander H. Boykin | |
Alexandria (Va.) Battery | Captain Delaware Kemper | |
Second Brigade | Brigadier General Richard S. Ewell | to 1st (Van Dorn’s) Div. |
5th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Colonel Robert E. Rodes | |
6th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Colonel John J. Seibels | |
12th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Theodore O’Hara | |
12th Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel Isaac G. Seymour | |
Washington Artillery, 1st Company | Captain Thomas L. Rosser | |
Third Brigade | Brigadier General David R. Jones | to 3rd (Longstreet’s) Div. |
4th South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel J.B.E. Sloan | |
5th South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel Micah Jenkins | |
6th South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel Charles S. Winder | |
9th South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel James D. Blanding | |
Washington Artillery, 2nd Company | Captain Merrit B. Miller | |
Fourth Brigade | Brigadier General James Longstreet | to 3rd (Longstreet’s) Div. |
1st Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Patrick T. Moore | |
7th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel James L. Kemper | |
11th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Samuel Garland | |
17th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Montgomery D. Corse | |
24th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Peter Hairston | |
Washington Artillery, 3rd Company | Lieutenant John J. Garnett | |
Loudon (Va.) Battery | Captain Arthur L. Rogers | |
Fifth Brigade | Colonel Philip St. George Cocke | to 3rd (Longstreet’s) Div. |
18th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Robert E. Withers | |
19th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel John B. Strange | |
28th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Robert T. Preston | |
49th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel William Smith | |
Lynchburg (Va.) Artillery | Captain H. G. Latham | |
Sixth Brigade | Colonel Jubal A. Early | to 1st (Van Dorn’s) Div. |
5th North Carolina State Troops | Colonel Duncan McRae | |
11th North Carolina Volunteers | Colonel Wiliam W. Kirkland | |
13th North Carolina Volunteers | Colonel John Franklin Hoke | |
Washington Artillery, 4th Company | Lieutenant Charles W. Squire | |
Seventh Brigade | Colonel Nathan G. Evans | to 3rd (Longstreet’s) Div. |
13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel William Barksdale | |
17th Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel Winfirld S. Featherston | |
18th Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel Erasmus R. Burt | |
1st Company Richmond Howitzers | Captain John C. Shields | |
Eighth Brigade | Colonel Isaac G. Seymour | to 4th (E.K. Smith’s) Div. |
6th Louisiana Infantry Regiment | Colonel Isaac G. Seymour | |
7th Louisiana Infantry Regiment | Colonel Harry T. Hays | |
8th Louisiana Infantry Regiment | Colonel Henry B. Kelly | |
9th Louisiana Infantry Regiment | Colonel Richard Taylor | |
2nd Louisiana Battalion | Lieutenant Colonel Charles de Choiseul (from 9/1) | |
Leesburg Virginia Command | Brigadier General Theophilus Holmes | |
8th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Eppa Hunton | |
Hampton’s (S.C.) Legion | Captain James Conner |
Second Corps – Major General Gustavus Smith
Jackson’s Brigade | Brigadier General Thomas J. Jackson | |
2nd Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel James W. Allen | |
4th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel James F. Preston | |
5th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Kenton Harper | |
27th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel J. Echols | |
33rd Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Arthur C. Cummings | |
1st Rockbridge Artillery | Captain William Nelson Pendleton | |
S.R. Jones’ Brigade | Brigadier General Samuel Jones | to 2nd (G.W. Smith’s) Div. |
7th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell | |
8th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel William M. Gardener | |
9th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Edwin R. Goulding | |
11th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel George T. Anderson | |
1st Kentucky Infantry Battalion | Lieutenant Colonel H. Blanton Duncan | |
2nd Kentucky Battalion Sharpshooters | Major J.D. Pope | |
Wise (VA) Artillery Battery | Captain Ephraim G. Alburtis First Lieutenant J. Pelham |
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Whiting’s Brigade | Brigadier General William H.C. Whiting | to Whiting’s Div. |
4th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Captain Thomas Goldsby | |
2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel William C. Falkner | |
11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel William H. Moore | |
1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment | Colonel Peter Turney | |
6th North Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel Charles F. Fisher | |
Staunton (VA) Artillery | Captain John D. Imboden | |
Elzey’s Brigade | Colonel Arnold Elzey | to 4th (E.K. Smith’s) Div. |
1st Maryland Infantry | Lieutenant Colonel George H. Steuart | |
Third Tennessee Infantry Regiment | Colonel John C. Vaughn | |
10th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Simeon B. Gibbons | |
13th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Arthur Powell Hill | |
Newtown Artillery | First Lieutenant R.F. Beckham | |
Smith’s Brigade | Colonel Cadmus M. Wilcox | to 2nd (G.W. Smith’s) Div. |
9th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Henry | |
10th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Colonel John Horace Forney | |
11th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Colonel Sydenham Moore | |
19th Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel C.H. Mott | |
38th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel E.C. Edmonds | |
Thomas (VA) Artillery | Captain P.B. Stanard | |
Cavalry Brigade | Brigadier General James Ewell Brown Stuart (from 9/24) | |
1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment | Colonel James Ewell Brown Stuart (to 9/24) Colonel William E. Jones |
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7th Virginia Cavalry Regiment | Colonel Angus W. McDonald | |
30th Virginia Cavalry | Colonel R.C.W. Radford |
Reorganization into divisions as of October 24
First Corps – General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
Van Dorn’s Division – Major General Earl Van Dorn
Created on October 24, 1861.
Early’s Brigade | Brigadier General Jubal Early | |
5th North Carolina State Troops | Colonel Duncan McRae | |
13th North Carolina Volunteers | Colonel John Franklin Hoke | |
24th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel William R. Terry | |
Washington Artillery, 4th Company | Lieutenant Charles W. Squire | |
Ewell’s Brigade | Brigadier General Richard S. Ewell | |
5th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Colonel Robert E. Rodes | |
6th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Colonel John J. Seibels | |
12th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Theodore O’Hara | |
12th Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel Isaac G. Seymour | |
Washington Artillery, 1st Company | Captain Thomas L. Rosser |
Second Division – Major General Gustavus W. Smith
S.R. Jones’ Brigade | Brigadier General Samuel R. Jones | |
7th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell | |
8th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel William M. Gardener | |
9th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Edwin R. Goulding | |
11th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel George T. Anderson | |
1st Kentucky Infantry Battalion | Lieutenant Colonel H. Blanton Duncan | |
2nd Kentucky Battalion Sharpshooters | Major J.D. Pope | |
Wise (VA) Artillery Battery | First Lieutenant J. Pelham | |
Toombs’ Brigade | Brigadier General Robert Toombs | |
1st Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Charles C. Williams | |
2nd Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Paul Jones Semmes | |
15th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Thomas W. Thomas | |
17th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Henry L. Benning | |
Milledge’s (GA) Battery | Captain Foster Blodgett, Jr. | |
Wilcox’s Brigade | Colonel Cadmus M. Wilcox | |
9th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Henry | |
10th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Colonel John Horace Forney | |
11th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Colonel Sydenham Moore | |
19th Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel C.H. Mott | |
38th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel E.C. Edmonds | |
Thomas (VA) Artillery | Captain P.B. Stanard |
Third Division – Major General James Longstreet
Created on October 21.
1st (Bonham’s) Brigade | Brigadier General Milledge L. Bonham | |
2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel Joseph B. Kershaw | |
3rd South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel James H. Williams | |
7th South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel Thomas G. Bacon | |
8th South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel Ellerbe Boggan Crawford Cash | |
Boykin’s (SC) Mounted Rangers | Captain Alexander H. Boykin | |
Alexandria (Va.) Battery | Captain Delaware Kemper | |
30th Virginia Cavalry, Cos. A,C,D,G,H & I | Colonel R.C.W. Radford | redesignated 2nd VA Cavalry |
2nd (D.R. Jones’) Brigade | Brigadier General David R. Jones | |
4th South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel J.B.E. Sloan | |
5th South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel Micah Jenkins | |
6th South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel Charles S. Winder | |
9th South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel James D. Blanding | |
Fauquier (Va.) Battery | Captain Robert M. Stribling | |
3rd (Longstreet’s) Brigade | ||
1st Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Patrick T. Moore | |
7th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Lewis B. Williams | |
11th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Samuel Garland | |
17th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Montgomery D. Corse | |
Loudoun (VA) Artillery | Captain Arthur Lee Rogers. | |
4th (Evans’/Clark’s) Brigade | Colonel Nathaniel Evans (to 10/21)* Brigadier General Charles Clark (from 10/21) |
*to BG & sent to Charleston SC |
13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel William Barksdale | |
17th Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel Winfield S. Featherston | |
18th Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel Erasmus R. Burt (mw 10/21) Colonel Thomas M. Griffin |
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21st Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel Benjamin G. Humphreys | |
8th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Eppa Hunton | from 5th Brigade* |
Richmond (VA) Howitzers | Captain John C. Shields | |
5th (Cocke’s) Brigade | Brigadier General Philip St. George Cocke | |
18th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Robert E. Withers | |
19th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel John B. Strange | |
28th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Robert T. Preston | |
49th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel William Smith | |
Lynchburg (Va.) Artillery | Captain H. G. Latham |
Second Corps – Major General Gustavus Smith
Fourth Division – Major General Edward Kirby Smith
Created on October 24.
Elzey’s Brigade | Colonel Arnold Elzey | |
1st Maryland Infantry | Lieutenant Colonel George H. Steuart | |
3rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment | Colonel John C. Vaughn | |
10th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Simeon B. Gibbons | |
13th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Ambrose Powell Hill | |
Baltimore (MD) Light Artillery | Captain John B. Brockenbrough | |
Crittenden’s Brigade | Brigadier General George B. Crittenden |
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15th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Colonel James Cantey | |
21st Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel John T. Mercer | |
16th Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel Carnot Posey | |
21st North Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel William W. Kirkland | |
Richmond Courtney Artillery | Captain Alfred R. Courtney | |
Seymour’s/Walker’s/Taylor’s Brigade | Colonel Isaac G. Seymour (to 10/22) Brigadier General William H.T. Walker (to 10/29) Brigadier General Richard Taylor |
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6th Louisiana Infantry Regiment | Colonel Isaac G. Seymour | |
7th Louisiana Infantry Regiment | Colonel Harry T. Hays | |
8th Louisiana Infantry Regiment | Colonel Henry B. Kelly | |
9th Louisiana Infantry Regiment | Colonel Richard Taylor | |
2nd Louisiana Battalion | Lieutenant Colonel Charles de Choiseul | |
Bowyer’s (VA) Artillery | Captain Thomas M. Bowyer |
Whiting’s Division – Brigadier General William H.C. Whiting
Near Dumfries
Whiting’s Brigade | Brigadier General William H.C. Whiting | |
4th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Captain Thomas Goldsby | |
2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel William C. Falkner | |
11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Philip F. Liddell | |
6th North Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel William Dorsey Pender | |
1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment | Colonel Peter Turney | |
Staunton (VA) Artillery | Captain John D. Imboden | |
Wigfall’s Brigade | Colonel Louis Trezevant Wigfall | |
5th Alabama Battalion | Lieutenant Colonel F. B. Shepherd | |
18th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel William T. Wofford | |
1st Texas Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Hugh McLeod | |
4th Texas Infantry Regiment | Colonel Robert T.P. Allen (driven out of camp 10/2) Colonel John B. Hood |
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5th Texas Infantry Regiment | Colonel James Jay Archer | |
Hampton’s Brigade | ||
14th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Arnoldus V. Brumby | |
19th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel William W. Boyd | |
16th North Carolina Infantry Regiment | ||
Hampton’s Legion | Lieutenant Colonel J.B. Griffin | |
Detachment | ||
Company D, 1st North Carolina Artillery | Captain James Reilly | |
Rives’ (SC) Battery |
Other Commands
Manassas Garrison (G.B. Anderson’s Brigade) | Colonel George B. Anderson | |
27th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel John T. Mercer | |
28th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Thomas J. Warthen | |
4th North Carlina Infantry Regiment | Colonel George B. Anderson | |
49th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel William Smith | |
Heavy Artillery Battalion | ||
Jackson’s Brigade | Brigadier General Thomas J. Jackson (to 10/22) Colonel James F. Preston |
*to Army of the Valley 10/22 |
2nd Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel James W. Allen | to Army of the Valley 11/6 |
4th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel James F. Preston (^ 10/22) Lieutenant Colonel Lewis T. Moore |
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5th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Kenton Harper | |
27th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel J. Echols | |
33rd Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Arthur C. Cummings | |
1st Rockbridge Artillery | Captain William Nelson Pendleton | |
Cavalry Brigade | Brigadier General James Ewell Brown Stuart | |
1st North Carolina Cavalry Regiment | Colonel Robert Ransom | from NC |
1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment | Colonel William E. Jones | |
2nd Virginia Cavalry Regiment | Colonel R.C.W. Radford | redesignated from 30th VA |
4th Virginia Cavalry Regiment | Colonel Beverly Robertson | |
7th Virginia Cavalry Regiment | Colonel Angus W. McDonald |