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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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 | |
| Wright’s Brigade | Colonel William Gibson |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | |
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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 | |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | |
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Cobb’s Brigade |
Brigadier General Howell Cobb Colonel T.R.R. Cobb |
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| 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 | |
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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
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 |
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| 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 |