Confederate States Army


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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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