The following Confederate Army units and commanders were the initial structure on April 30, 1862, of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the Peninsula campaign of the American Civil War. It contains units throughout Virginia that influenced the campaign.Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign. The Union order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations used
Military rank Gen = General MG = Major General BG = Brigadier General Col = Colonel Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel Maj = Major Cpt = Captain Lt = Lieutenant
Army of Northern Virginia
The following organization of the Army of Northern Virginia on the Peninsula was established on April 30. Prior to this organization, Confederate forces were organized ad hoc, as they arrived in theater. The divisions were grouped by their place in the Warwick Line.
Gen Joseph E. Johnston, Commanding Maj Thomas G. Rhett, Adjutant and Chief of Staff
Staff: Maj A. Pendleton Mason, Assistant Adjutant Ltc Walter H. Stevens, Chief Engineer Maj E. Porter Alexander, Chief of Ordnance Maj Archibald H. Cole, Quartermaster Maj Robert G. Cole, Chief Commissary Dr. Samuel Choppin, Chief Surgeon Lt James B. Washington, aide-de-camp
Right of Position (Army of the Peninsula) Even after its absorption into the Army of Northern Virginia, Magruder continued to style his command the "Army of the Peninsula." It was assigned responsibility for the section of the line from the James River to Dam No. 1 .
MG John B. Magruder, Commanding Cpt Henry Bryan, Adjutant
Division Brigade Regiments and othersMcLaws' Division
BG Lafayette McLaws McLaws' Brigade
BG Lafayette McLaws 5th Louisiana: Col Henry Forno 10th Louisiana: Col Mandeville DeMarigny 15th Virginia: Col Thomas P. August Noland's Virginia Battalion: Ltc Callender St. George Noland Williamsburg Artillery: Cpt William R. Garrett Halifax Artillery: Cpt Edward R. Young Griffith's Brigade
BG Richard Griffith 1st Louisiana Zouave Battalion: Ltc Georges A. De Coppens 13th Mississippi: Col William Barksdale 18th Mississippi: Col Thomas M. Griffin 21st Mississippi: Col Benjamin G. Humphreys Peninsula Artillery: Cpt Joseph B. Cosnahan 1st Co., Richmond Howitzers: Cpt Edward S. McCarthy Co. A, 1st North Carolina Artillery: Cpt Basil C. Manly Pulaski Artillery: Cpt John P.W. Read Henrico Artillery: Cpt Johnson H. Sands Kershaw's Brigade
BG Joseph B. Kershaw 2nd South Carolina: Col John D. Kennedy 3rd South Carolina: Col James D. Nance 7th South Carolina: Col Thomas G. Bacon 8th South Carolina: Col John W. Henagan Alabama Sharpshooter Battalion: Maj Archibald Gracie Alexandria Artillery: Cpt Delaware Kemper Cobb's Brigade
BG Howell Cobb 16th Georgia: Col Goode Bryan 24th Georgia: Ltc C.C. Sanders Cobb's Georgia Legion: Col T.R.R. Cobb 2nd Louisiana: Col William M. Levy 17th Mississippi: Col W.D. Holder 15th North Carolina: Col Henry A. Dowd Morris Louisa Artillery: Cpt R.C.M. Page Reserves 10th Georgia: Col A. CummingToombs' Division
BG Robert Toombs Toombs' Brigade
BG Robert Toombs 1st Georgia (Regulars): Col William J. Magill 2nd Georgia: Ltc William R. Holmes 15th Georgia: Col Thomas W. Thomas 17th Georgia: Col Henry L. Benning 38th Virginia: Col Edward C. Edmonds Jones' Brigade
BG P.J. Semmes 7th Georgia: Col William T. Wilson 8th Georgia: Col Lucius M. Lamar 9th Georgia: Ltc John C. Mounger 11th Georgia: Ltc Theodore L. Guerry 1st Kentucky: Col Thomas H. Taylor Forces at Wiliamsburg
Col Benjamin S. Ewell 32nd Virginia (one company) 52nd Virginia Militia 68th Virginia Militia 115th Virginia Militia Old Dominion Rifles Allen's Artillery Battalion Artillery Companies B & C Both brigades of Toombs' Division and Griffith's Brigade and Kershaw's Brigade from McLaws' Division were old Army of the Potomac units that had been transferred to reinforce the Warwick Line. Magruder had organized his army only in two very large divisions under McLaws and Rains, and several additional regional commands. Upon the arrival of Johnston, he reorganized the divisions into four brigades, two of which, Cobb's and McLaws', remained under his direct command. The reserve brigade and forces at Williamsburg are both also from the old Army of the Peninsula. The 17th Mississippi was stationed at Leesburg and the 24th Georgia in Goldsboro, until they became early reinforcements for Magruder.
Center of Position The center was the area between Dam No. 1 and Redoubts 4 and 5 outside Yorktown
MG James Longstreet, Commanding Cpt Moxley Sorrel, Adjutant Division Brigade Regiments and othersLongstreet's Division
MG James Longstreet Hill's Brigade
BG A.P. Hill 1st Virginia: Col Lewis B. Williams, Jr. 7th Virginia: Col James L. Kemper 11th Virginia: Col Samuel Garland 17th Virginia: Col Montgomery D. Corse Loudoun Artillery: Cpt Arthur L. Rogers Anderson's Brigade
BG Richard H. Anderson 4th South Carolina: Col B.E. Sloan 5th South Carolina: Col J.R.R. Giles 6th South Carolina: Col John Bratton 9th South Carolina: Col J.D. Blanding Palmetto Sharpshooters: Col Micah Jenkins Fauquier Artillery: Cpt Robert M. Stribling Colston's Brigade
BG Raleigh E. Colston 3rd Virginia: Col Joseph Mayo 13th North Carolina: Col Alfred M. Scales 14th North Carolina: Col P.W. Roberts Donaldsonville Artillery: Cpt Victor Maurin Pickett's Brigade
BG George Pickett 8th Virginia: Col Eppa Hunton 18th Virginia: Col Robert E. Withers 19th Virginia: Col John B. Strange 28th Virginia: Col Robert C. Allen Lynchburg Artillery: Cpt James Dearing Wilcox's Brigade
BG Cadmus Wilcox 9th Alabama: Col Samuel Henry 10th Alabama: Col John J. Woodward 11th Alabama: Col Sydenham Moore 19th Mississippi: Col Christopher H. Mott 3rd Co., Richmond Howitzers: Cpt Robert C. Stanard Pryor's Brigade
Col John A. Winston 8th Alabama: Ltc Thomas E. Irby 14th Alabama: Col Thomas James Judge 14th Louisiana: Col Richard W. Jones Richmond Fayette Artillery: Cpt Miles C. Macon Colston's Brigade was the First Brigade of the Department of Norfolk, then briefly served as part of the Army of the Peninsula, before being transferred to Longstreet's command at the end of April. Pryor's Brigade was a new organization, made up of troops from the old Army of the Peninsula plus the 14th Alabama, detached from the Department of Aquia in the winter to recover from disease in Richmond. The other brigades are from the old Army of the Potomac.
Left of Position The responsibility of the left was at Yorktown, extending to Redoubts 4 and 5. Rains' Brigade was stationed within Yorktown itself, giving him direct command over the defensive batteries present there.
MG Daniel Harvey Hill, Commanding Cpt James W. Ratchford, Adjutant Division Brigade Regiments and othersEarly's Division
BG Jubal Early Early's Brigade
BG Jubal Early 20th Georgia: Col John B. Cumming 5th North Carolina: Col Duncan K. McRae 23rd North Carolina: Col John P. Hoke 24th Virginia: Col William R. Terry Jefferson Davis Artillery (AL): Cpt James W. Bondurant Rodes' Brigade
BG Robert Rodes 5th Alabama: Col Christopher C. Pegues 6th Alabama: Col John B. Gordon 12th Alabama: Col Robert T. Jones 12th Mississippi: Col William H. Taylor King William Artillery: Cpt Thomas H. Carter Detached
Col George T. Ward 2nd Florida: Col George T. Ward 2nd Mississippi Battalion: Ltc John G. TaylorRains' Division
BG Gabriel J. Rains Rains' Brigade
BG Gabriel J. Rains 13th Alabama: Col Birkett D. Fry 26th Alabama Col Edward A. O'Neal 6th Georgia: Col Alfred H. Colquitt 23rd Georgia: Col Thomas Hutcherson "Nineteen heavy batteries" Featherston's Brigade
BG W.S. Featherston 27th Georgia: Col Levi B. Smith 28th Georgia: Col Thomas J. Warthen 4th North Carolina: Col George B. Anderson 49th Virginia: Col William "Extra Billy" Smith Units on Glouscester Point
Col Charles A. Crump 26th Virginia: Ltc Powhatan A. Page 46th Virginia Infantry: Ltc J. H. Richardson5 coys only. The other five coys of the 46th Virginia had been captured at Roanoke Island. The escapees were ordered to the peninsula on 29 March. 9th Virginia Militia 21st Virginia Militia 61st Virginia Militia 3rd Virginia Cavalry (one company) Eastern Shore Company Mathews Light Dragoons Mathews Artillery: Cpt Andrew D. Armistead 4th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery King and Queen Artillery: Cpt John R. Bagby Piedmont Battery B: Cpt Charles C. Otey Powhatan Artillery: Cpt Jordan Gloucester Artillery: Cpt Thomas B. Montague Rains' Brigade, the reserve detachment for Early's Division, and the units at Glouscester Point were all part of the old Army of the Peninsula. Early's, Rodes', and Featherston's Brigades were from the old Army of the Potomac.
Reserve The reserve consisted of troops from the District of Aquia, which Smith had assumed command of from Theophilus Holmes on March 23. Smith left a single brigade under Charles W. Field in the District and brought the rest to the Peninsula.
MG Gustavus W. Smith, commanding Cpt John W. Riely, adjutant Division Brigade Regiments and othersWhiting's Division
BG W.H.C. Whiting Whiting's Brigade
Col Evander M. Law 4th Alabama: Ltc Thomas J. Goldsby 2nd Mississippi: Col John Marshall Stone 11th Mississippi: Col Philip F. Liddell 6th North Carolina: Col William Dorsey Pender Staunton Artillery: Cpt William L. Balthis Hood's Brigade (Texas Brigade)
BG John B. Hood 18th Georgia: Col William T. Wofford 1st Texas: Col Alex T. Rainey 4th Texas: Col John Marshall 5th Texas: Col James J. Archer Hampton's Brigade
BG Wade Hampton 14th Georgia: Col Felix L. Price 19th Georgia: Lt. Col Thomas Coke Johnson (KIA); Lt. Thomas C. Johnson 16th North Carolina: Col C.T.N. Davis Hampton's Legion: Ltc Martin W. Gary Madison Louisiana Artillery: Cpt George V. MoodyDirectly commanded by Smith Anderson's Brigade
BG S.R. Anderson 1st Tennessee: Col Peter Turney 7th Tennessee: Col John F. Goodner 14th Tennessee: Col William A. Forbes Fredericksburg Artillery: Cpt Carter M. Braxton Pettigrew's Brigade
BG Johnston Pettigrew 2nd Arkansas Battalion: Maj William N. Bronaugh 35th Georgia: Col E.L. Thomas 22nd North Carolina: Col Charles E. Lightfoot 47th Virginia: Col Robert M. Mayo 1st Maryland Artillery: Cpt R. Snowden Andrews
Cavalry and artillery reserves
Type Brigade Regiments and others Cavalry Cavalry Brigade
BG J.E.B. Stuart 1st Virginia Cavalry: Col Fitzhugh Lee 3rd Virginia Cavalry: Col Thomas F. Goode 4th Virginia Cavalry: Col Beverly Robertson Jeff. Davis Legion: Ltc William T. Martin Stuart Horse Artillery: Cpt John PelhamArtillery
BG William N. Pendleton Pendleton's Corps
BG William N. Pendleton 2nd Co., Richmond Howitzers: Cpt Lorraine F. Jones Hanover Artillery: Cpt George W. Nelson Albemarle Artillery: Cpt William H. Southall James City Artillery: Cpt Lucien W. Richardson Hampton Artillery: Cpt C.L. Smith Magruder Artillery: Cpt Thomas J. Page Troup Artillery: Cpt Henry Hull Carlton Washington Artillery Battalion
Col James B. Walton 1st Co.: Cpt Charles Winder Squires 2nd Co.: Cpt Thomas L. Rosser 3rd Co.: Cpt Merritt "Buck" Miller 4th Co.: Lt Joseph Norcom
Other troops in the Department of Northern Virginia These troops helped shape the theater for the Peninsula campaign.
Huger's division (Department of Norfolk) The bulk of troops from the Department of Norfolk were formally folded into the Department of Northern Virginia at the beginning of April, but Huger continued to refer to his command by its former name.
BG Benjamin Huger, commanding
Division Brigade Regiments and othersHuger's Division
MG Benjamin Huger Second Brigade
BG William Mahone 6th Virginia: Ltc Henry W. Williamson 12th Virginia: Col David A. Weisiger 16th Virginia: Ltc John C. Page 41st Virginia: John R. Chambliss 12th North Carolina: Col Solomon Williams Moorman's Battery: Cpt Marcellus Moorman