Confederate States Army * Army of Northern Virginia


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Major General James Longstreet (to Lieutenant General October 19)

The Confederate Congress passed legislation at the end of October allowing the creation of army corps. Longstreet’s Command would become the First Army Corps on November 6, 1862

Anderson’s Division – Major General Richard H. Anderson

Armistead’s Brigade Brigadier General Lewis A. Armistead
to Pickett’s Division
9th Virginia Infantry Regiment Captain William J. Richardson
14th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel James G. Hodges
38th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Edward Claxton Edmonds
53rd Virginia Infantry Regiment Captain Harwood
57th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel David Dyer
Featherston’s Brigade Brigadier General Winfield S. Featherston
Colonel Carnot Posey
2nd Mississippi Infantry Battalion
12th Mississippi Infantry Regiment Colonel William H. Taylor
16th Mississippi Infantry Regiment Captain Abram Feltus
19th Mississippi Infantry Regiment Captain Nathaniel H. Harris
Mahone’s Brigade Colonel William A. Parham The 61st Virginia is often shown with this brigade but did not join until November
6th Virginia Infantry Regiment Captain John R. Ludlow
12th Virginia Infantry Regiment Captain John R. Llewellyn
16th Virginia Infantry Regiment
41st Virginia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Joseph P. Minetree
Pryor’s Brigade Brigadier General Roger A. Pryor
14th Alabama Infantry Regiment Major James A. Broome
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
Wilcox’s Brigade Brigadier General Cadmus M. Wilcox
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
Wright’s Brigade Colonel William Gibson
44th Alabama Infantry Regiment Major William F. Perry
3rd Georgia Infantry Regiment Captain John F. Jones
22nd Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel Robert H. Jones
48th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel William Gibson
Artillery Major John Selden Saunders
Donaldsonville (LA) Artillery Captain Victor Maurin
Dixie (Va.) Artillery Captain William H. Chapman from Kershaw’s Brig, 10/2
disbanded 10/4 by SO # 209
Lynchburg (Va.) Beuregard Rifles Captain Marcellus N. Moorman
Norfolk (VA) Battery Lieutenant C. R. Phelps
Portsmouth (Va.) Battery Lieutenant John H. Thompson disbanded 10/4 by SO # 209

Hood’s Division

The brigades of George T. Anderson (formerly D.R. Jones’) and Henry Benning (formerly Toombs’) were transferred from D. R. Jones’ Division when that division was broken up due to Jones’ soon-to-be fatal heart disease. General Whiting, who had finally returned from sick leave, was permanently transfered to an engineering command, freeing Hood for promotion to major general and permanent command of the division.

G.T. Anderson’s Brigade Colonel George T. Anderson from D.R. Jones’ Division
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
Hood’s Brigade Colonel William T. Wofford 
18th Georgia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Solon Z. Ruff
Hampton Legion (S.C.) Infantry Lieutenant Colonel Martin C. Gary
1st Texas Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Philip A. Work
4th Texas Infantry Regiment Colonel John C.G. Key
5th Texas Infantry Regiment Captain Ike N. M. Turner
Lieutenant Colonel Robert M. Powell
Law’s (Whiting’s) Brigade Colonel Evander McIvor Law (to BG 10/2)
4th Alabama Infantry Regiment Colonel Pickney D. Bowles
2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment Colonel John M. Stone
11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment Colonel Francis M. Green
6th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Major Robert F. Webb

Toombs’ Brigade

Colonel Henry L. Benning from D.R. Jones’ Division
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

Artillery

Major Bushrod W. Frobel
Charleston German (SC) Artillery Captain William Kunhardt Bachman
Palmetto (SC) Artillery Captain Hugh R. Garden
Rowan (NC) Artillery Captain James Reilly

D.R.Jones’ Division

Brigadier General David R. Jones was promoted to major general on October 11. But he was forced to leave field command due to heart disease, from which he would die in January of 1863. The division was dissolved, with the brigades distributed to other divisions in Longstreet’s command.

Drayton’s Brigade Brigadier General Thomas F. Drayton
50th Georgia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Francis Kearse to McLaws’ Division
51st Georgia Infantry Regiment
Philip’s Georgia Legion Lieutenant Colonel Robert Thomas Cook
3rd South Carolina Infantry Battalion Major William G.W. Rice
15th South Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel William De Sausseur
Jones’ Brigade Colonel George T. Anderson
1st Georgia Regulars Infantry Regiment Captain Richard A. Wayne to Hood’s Division
7th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel George H. Carmical
8th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel John R. Towers
9th Georgia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel John C.L. Mounger
11th Georgia Infantry Regiment Major Francis H. Little
Garnet’s Brigade Colonel Eppa Hunton
Brigadier General Richard B. Garnett
8th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Eppa Hunton to Pickett’s Division
18th Virginia Infantry Regiment Major George C. Cabell
19th Virginia Infantry Regiment Captain J. L. Cochran
Lieutenant William N. Wood
28th Virginia Infantry Regiment Captain W. L. Wingfield
56th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel William D. Stuart
Jenkins’ Brigade Colonel Joseph Walker
1st South Caroina Volunteers Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Livingston to Pickett’s Division
2nd South Caroina Rifle Regiment Colonel Robert A. Thompson
4th South Carolina Infantry Battalion Lieutenant W.T. Field
5th South Carolina Infantry Regiment Captain Thomas C. Beckham
6th South Carolina Infantry Regiment Captain E. B. Cantey
Palmetto (S.C.) Sharpshooters Captain Franklin Kilpatrick
Kemper’s Brigade Brigadier General James L. Kemper
1st Virginia Infantry Regiment Major William H. Palmer to Pickett’s Division
7th Virginia Infantry Regiment Captain Phillip S. Ashby
11th Virginia Infantry Regiment Captain Robert M. Mitchell
17th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Montgomery D. Corse
24th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel William R. Terry
Toombs’ Brigade Brigadier General Robert Toombs
2nd Georgia Infantry Regiment Major William T. Harris
Captain Abner McCoy Lewis
to Hood’s Division
15th Georgia Infantry Regiment Captain Thomas H. Jackson
17th Georgia Infantry Regiment Captain John A. McGregor
20th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel John B. Cumming
Artillery Major John J. Garnett
Wise (Va.) Artillery Capitan James S. Brown Battery disbanded 10/4

McLaws’ Division

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

Cobb’s Brigade

Brigadier General Howell Cobb
Colonel T.R.R. Cobb
16th Georgia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Philip Thomas
24th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel Robert E. McMillan
Cobb’s Georgia Legion Lieutenant Colonel Luther Glenn
15th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel William MacRae
Drayton’s Brigade Brigadier General Thomas F. Drayton
50th Georgia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Francis Kearse
51st Georgia Infantry Regiment
Philips (GA) Legion Lieutenant Colonel Robert T. Cook
3rd South Carolina Infantry Battalion Lieutenant Colonel William G. Rice
15th South Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel William De Saussure
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
Semmes’ Brigade Brigadier General Paul Semmes 
10th Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel John B. Weems
53rd Georgia Infantry Regiment Colonel James P. Simms
15th Virginia Infantry Regiment Captain Edward J. Willis
32nd Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Edgar B. Montague

Artillery

Colonel Henry C. Cabell
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

Pickett returned from convalescent leave to command a new division. Most of his brigades came from the division of D.R. Jones, which was dissolved as he left the army due to heart disease that would fatal in three months.

Armistead’s Brigade Brigadier General Lewis A. Armistead
to Pickett’s Division
9th Virginia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel James Skelton Gilliam from R.H. Anderson’s Division
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
Garnet’s Brigade Colonel Eppa Hunton
Brigadier General Richard B. Garnett
8th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Eppa Hunton from D.R. Jones’ Division
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 from D.R. Jones’ Division
2nd South Caroina Rifle Regiment Colonel Robert A. Thompson
4th South Carolina Infantry Battalion Lieutenant W.T. Field
5th South Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel Asbury Coward
6th South Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel John M. Steedman
Palmetto (S.C.) Sharpshooters Colonel Joseph Walker
Kemper’s Brigade Brigadier General James L. Kemper
1st Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Lewis B. Williams from D.R. Jones’ Division
7th Virginia Infantry Regiment Captain Phillip S. Ashby
11th Virginia Infantry Regiment Major Kirkwood Otey
17th Virginia Infantry Regiment Captain Robert M. Mitchell
24th Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel William R. Terry
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

Walker’s Division

Ransom’s Brigade Brigadier General Robert Ransom, Jr.
24th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel John L. Harris
25th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel Henry M. Rutledge
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
Walker’s Brigade Colonel John R. Cooke
3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment Captain John W. Reedy
27th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel John A. Gilmer
46th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel Edward D. Hall
48th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Colonel Robert C. Hill
30th Virginia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Robert S. Chew
Stafford (Va.) Battery Captain Thomas B. French

Evans’s Independent Brigade –
Colonel Peter F. Stevens (to 9/19)
Brigadier General Nathan G. Evans

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
Turner (VA) Artillery Captain Walter Daniel Leake disbanded 10/4

Reserve Artillery – Colonel James B. Walton

Lee’s Battalion Colonel Stephen D. Lee
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