# Peninsula campaign order of battle: Confederate

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. 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 others |
| McLaws' 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 |
| McLaws' Division   BG Lafayette McLaws | 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 |
| McLaws' Division   BG Lafayette McLaws | 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 |
| McLaws' Division   BG Lafayette McLaws | 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 |
| McLaws' Division   BG Lafayette McLaws | Reserves | 10th Georgia: Col A. Cumming |
| Toombs' 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 |
| Toombs' Division   BG Robert Toombs | 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 others |
| Longstreet'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 |
| Longstreet's Division   MG James Longstreet | 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 |
| Longstreet's Division   MG James Longstreet | 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 |
| Longstreet's Division   MG James Longstreet | 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 |
| Longstreet's Division   MG James Longstreet | 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 |
| Longstreet's Division   MG James Longstreet | 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 others |
| Early'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 |
| Early's Division   BG Jubal Early | 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 |
| Early's Division   BG Jubal Early | Detached   Col George T. Ward | 2nd Florida: Col George T. Ward 2nd Mississippi Battalion: Ltc John G. Taylor |
| Rains' 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" |
| Rains' Division   BG Gabriel J. Rains | 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 |
| Rains' Division   BG Gabriel J. Rains | Units on Glouscester Point   Col Charles A. Crump | 26th Virginia: Ltc Powhatan A. Page 46th Virginia Infantry: Ltc J. H. Richardson 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 others |
| Whiting'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 |
| Whiting's Division   BG W.H.C. Whiting | 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 |
| Whiting's Division   BG W.H.C. Whiting | 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. Moody |
| Directly 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 |
| Directly commanded by Smith | 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 Pelham |
| Artillery   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 |
| Artillery   BG William N. Pendleton | 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 others |
| Huger'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 Portsmouth Artillery: Cpt Cary Grimes |
| Huger's Division   MG Benjamin Huger | Third Brigade   BG Albert G. Blanchard | 22nd Georgia: Col Robert H. Jones Norfolk Artillery: Cpt Frank Huger |
| Huger's Division   MG Benjamin Huger | Fourth Brigade   BG Lewis A. Armistead | 5th Virginia Battalion: Ltc Fletcher H. Archer 53rd Virginia: Col Harrison B. Tomlin 57th Virginia: Col Elisha F. Keen |
| Huger's Division   MG Benjamin Huger | Detached or Unbrigaded | 3rd Georgia: Col Ambrose R. Wright 3rd Alabama: Col Jones M. Withers 9th Virginia: Col David J. Godwin |
Huger had not completed brigading his regiments at the beginning of the campaign. Additionally, significant portions of what would become Armistead's Brigade and Blanchard's Brigade were out of theater in Richmond or North Carolina. The 12th North Carolina would be detached to join a brigade fresh from North Carolina under Lawrence O'Bryan Branch for an aborted attempt to reinforce Jackson in the Valley. They would instead be moved to outside Richmond where they would take part in the Battle of Hanover Court-House.

### Aquia District

MG Gustavus W. Smith, Commanding (absent with the Army of Northern Virginia)
| Brigade | Regiments and others |
| Field's Brigade   BG Charles W. Field | 5th Alabama Battalion 40th Virginia: Col John M. Brockenbrough 55th Virginia: Col Francis Mallory 60th Virginia: Col William E. Starke 2nd Virginia Heavy Artillery (reorganized as infantry) 3rd Virginia Heavy Artillery (Local Defense) (disbanding) Purcell's Artillery: Cpt William Pegram |

### Troops around Gordonsville

Johnston had detached Ewell to maintain communication with Jackson. Ewell nominally reported to D.H. Hill, but was actually operating semi-independently. On May 17, Johnston would transfer the division to the Valley District under Jackson.
MG Richard S. Ewell
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
| Ewell's Division   MG Richard S. Ewell | Fourth Brigade   BG Arnold Elzey | 13th Virginia: Col James A. Walker 1st Maryland: Col Bradley T. Johnson Baltimore Light Artillery: Cpt John B. Brockenbrough |
| Ewell's Division   MG Richard S. Ewell | Seventh Brigade   BG Isaac Trimble | 15th Alabama: Col James Cantey 21st Georgia: Col John T. Mercer 16th Mississippi: Col Carnot Posey 21st North Carolina: Col William W. Kirkland Richmond Artillery: Cpt Alfred R. Courtney |
| Ewell's Division   MG Richard S. Ewell | Eighth Brigade   BG Richard Taylor | 6th Louisiana: Col Isaac G. Seymour 7th Louisiana: Col Harry T. Hays 8th Louisiana: Col Henry B. Kelly 9th Louisiana: Col Leroy A. Stafford 1st Louisiana Special Battalion: Maj C. Roberdeau Wheat |
| Ewell's Division   MG Richard S. Ewell | Cavalry | 2nd Virginia Cavalry: Col Thomas T. Munford 6th Virginia Cavalry: Ltc Thomas S. Flournoy |

### District of the Valley

MG Stonewall Jackson, Commanding  Maj Robert L. Dabney, Adjutant
Staff:
* Lt A.S. "Sandie" Pendleton, Assistant Adjutant General
* Maj Abner Smead, Inspector General
* Maj Daniel Truehart, Chief of Artillery
* Lt James M. Garnett, Ordnance Officer
* Lt James K. Boswell, Engineer
* Mr. Jedediah Hotchkiss, Topographical Engineer
* Maj John A. Harmon, Quartermaster
* Dr. Hunter McGuire, Chief Surgeon
* Maj Wells J. Hawks, Commissary
* Col William Lowther Jackson, aide-de-camp
* Col Charles J. Faulkner, aide-de-camp
* Lt George G. Junkin, aide-de-camp
* Lt Henry Kyd Douglas, aide-de-camp
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
| Jackson's Division   MG Thomas J. Jackson | First Brigade  (Stonewall Brigade)   BG Charles S. Winder | 2nd Virginia: Col James W. Allen 4th Virginia: Col Charles A. Ronald 5th Virginia: Col William S. Baylor 27th Virginia: Col Andrew J. Grigsby 33rd Virginia: Col John F. Neff Rockbridge Artillery: Cpt William T. Poague Allegheny Battery: Cpt Joseph Carpenter |
| Jackson's Division   MG Thomas J. Jackson | Second Brigade   Col John A. Campbell | 21st Virginia: Col John M. Patton 42nd Virginia: Ltc D.A. Langhorne 48th Virginia: Ltc Thomas S. Garnett 1st Virginia (Irish) Battalion: Maj John Seddon Hampden Battery: Cpt William H. Caskie West Augusta Battery: Cpt Wilfred E. Cutshaw |
| Jackson's Division   MG Thomas J. Jackson | Third Brigade   BG William B. Taliaferro | 10th Virginia: Ltc E.T.H. Warren 23rd Virginia: Col Alexander G. Taliaferro 37th Virginia: Col Samuel V. Fulkerson Danville Artillery: Cpt George W. Wooding |
| Jackson's Division   MG Thomas J. Jackson | Cavalry   Col Turner Ashby | 7th Virginia Cavalry: Col Turner Ashby Mounted Artillery: Cpt R. Preston Chew |