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              Confederate Army of Northern Virginia 
                           August 1862 

Commanding Officer: General Robert E. Lee

Corps: Major General James Longstreet 
     McLaw's Division: Major General L. McLaw
          1st Brigade: Brigadier General Kershaw
               2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment
               3rd South Carolina Infantry Regiment
               7th South Carolina Infantry Regiment
               8th South Carolina Infantry Regiment
          2nd Brigade: Brigadier General Barksdale
               13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
               17th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
               18th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
               21st Mississippi Infantry Battalion
          3rd Brigade: Brigadier General P.J.Semmes
               10th Georgia Infantry Regiment
               53rd Georgia Infantry Regiment
               15th Virginia Infantry Regiment
               32nd Virginia Infantry Regiment
          4th Brigade: Brigadier General T.R.R.Cobb
               16th Georgia Infantry Regiment
               24th Georgia Infantry Regiment
               Cobb's Legion
               15th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
          Artillery: Major S.P.Hamilton
               Manly's (North Carolina) Battery 
                    (1 3" Rifle, 2 12pdr How, 3 6pdrs)
               Pulaski (Georgia) Battery 
                    (1 10pdr Parrott, l 3" Rifle, l 16pdr)
               1st Richmond Howitzers, McCarthy's Battery
                    (2 10pdr Parrotts, 2 6pdrs)
               Troup (Georgia) Artillery, Carlton's Battery
                    (2 10pdr Parrotts, l 12pdr How, 2 6pdrs)
     Anderson's Division: Major General R.H.Anderson
          1st Brigade: Colonel A.Cumming
               8th Alabama Infantry Regiment
               9th Alabama Infantry Regiment
               10th Alabama Infantry Regiment
               11th Alabama Infantry Regiment
          2nd Brigade: Colonel W.A.Parham
               6th Virginia Infantry Regiment
               12th Virginia Infantry Regiment
               16th Virginia Infantry Regiment
               41st Virginia Infantry Regiment
               61st Virginia Infantry Battalion
          3rd Brigade: Brigadier General W.S.Featherston
               12th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
               16th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
               19th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
               2nd Mississippi Infantry Battalion
          4th Brigade: Brigadier General A.R.Wright
               3rd Georgia Infantry Regiment
               22nd Georgia Infantry Regiment
               48th Georgia Infantry Regiment
               44th Alabama Infantry Regiment
          5th Brigade: Brigadier General R.A.Pryor
               2nd Florida Infantry Regiment
               8th Florida Infantry Regiment
               14th Alabama Infantry Regiment
               3rd Virginia Infantry Regiment
          Artillery Brigade: major J.S.Saunders
               Donaldson (Louisiana) Artillery 
                    (2 10pdr Parrotts, l 3" Rifle, 3 6pdrs)
               Huger's (Virginia) Battery
                    (1 10pdr Parrotts, l 3" Rifle, 2 6pdrs)
               Moorman's (Virginia) Battery                    
               Thompson's (Grime's)(Virginia) Battery                    
     Jones' Division: Brigadier General D.R.Jones
          1st Brigade: Brigadier General R.B.Garnett
               8th Virginia Infantry Regiment
               18th Virginia Infantry Regiment
               19th Virginia Infantry Regiment
               28th Virginia Infantry Regiment
               56th Virginia Infantry Regiment
          2nd (Toomb's) Brigade: Brigadier General R.Toombs
               2nd Georgia Infantry Regiment
               15th Georgia Infantry Regiment
               17th Georgia Infantry Regiment
               20th Georgia Infantry Regiment
          3rd Brigade: Brigadier General T.F.Drayton
               50th Georgia Infantry Regiment
               51st Georgia Infantry Regiment
               15th South Carolina Infantry Regiment
          4th Brigade: Brigadier General J.L.Kemper
               1st Virginia Infantry Regiment
               7th Virginia Infantry Regiment
               11th Virginia Infantry Regiment
               17th Virginia Infantry Regiment
               24th Virginia Infantry Regiment
          5th (Jenkins) Brigade: Colonel J.Walker
               1st South Carolina Infantry Regiment
               2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment (Rifles)
               5th South Carolina Infantry Regiment
               6th South Carolina Infantry Regiment
               4th South Carolina Infantry Battalion
               Palmetto (South Carolina) Sharpshooters
          6th Brigade: Colonel G.T.Anderson
               1st Georgia Infantry Regiment (Regulars)
               7th Georgia Infantry Regiment
               8th Georgia Infantry Regiment
               9th Georgia Infantry Regiment
               11th Georgia Infantry Regiment
          Artillery:
               Fauquier's (Virginia) Artillery, Stribling's Battery
                    (2 24pdr How, 4 Napoleons)
               Loudoun (Virginia) Artillery, Roger's Battery
               Turner (Virginia) Artillery, Leake's Battery
               Wise (Virginia) Artillery, J.S. Brown Battery
     Ransom's Division: Brigadier General J.G.Walker
          1st Brigade: Brigadier General R. Ransom
               24th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
               25th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
               35th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
               49th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
               Branch's (Virginia) Battery
                    (1 10pdr Parrott, 2 3" Rifles, 2 12pdr How)
          2nd Brigade: Colonel Van H. Manning
               3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment
               27th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
               46th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
               48th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
               30th Virginia Infantry Regiment
               French's (Virginia) Battery 
                    (3 10pdr Parrott, 3 12pdr How)
     Hood's Division: Major General J.B.Hood
          1st Brigade: Brigadier General E.M.Law
               4th Alabama Infantry Regiment
               6th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
               2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment     
               11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
          2nd Brigade: Colonel W.T.Wofford
               18th Georgia Infantry Regiment     
               Hampton's Legion
               1st Texas Infantry Regiment
               4th Texas Infantry Regiment
               5th Texas Infantry Regiment          
          Artillery:
               German (South Carolina) Artillery, Bachmann's Battery
                    (4 Napoleons)
               Palmetto (South Carolina) Light Artillery 
                    (1 12pdr How, l Napoleon, 2 6pdrs)
               Rowan (North Carolina) Artillery, Reilly's Battery
                    (2 10pdr Parrotts, 2 3" Rifles, 2 24pdr How)
          Evans' Brigade: Brigadier General N.G.Evans
               17th South Carolina Infantry Regiment
               18th South Carolina Infantry Regiment
               22nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment
               23rd South Carolina Infantry Regiment
               Holcombe (South Carolina) Legion
               MacBeth (South Carolina) Artillery
     1st Corps Artillery:
          Washington (Louisiana) Artillery:
               1st (Squire's) Company (1 10pdr Parrott, 2 3" Rifles)
               2nd (Miller's) Company (2 Napoleons)
               3rd   (Richardson's)  Company  (2  12pdr  How,  2 Napoleons)
               4th (Eschleman's) Company (2 12pdr How, 2 6pdrs)
          Alexander's Battalion: Lt. Col. E.P.Alexander
               Bedford (Virginia) Artillery, Jordan's Battery 
                    (2 3" Rifles, l 12pdr How, l 6pdr)
               Eubank's (Virginia) Battery
                    (1 3" Rifle, l 12pdr How, l 6pdr)
               Parker's (Virginia) Battery
                    (2 3" Rifles, 2 12pdr How)
               Madison Light Artillery (Louisiana)
                    (2 3" Rifles, 2 24pdr How)
               Rhett's (South Carolina) Battery
                    (2 20pdr Parrotts, 2 10pdr Parrotts)
2nd Corps: Lieutenant General Thomas J. Jackson 
     Ewell's Division: Major General R.S.Ewell
          1st (Lawton's) Brigade: Colonel M. Douglass
               13th Georgia Infantry Regiment
               26th Georgia Infantry Regiment
               31st Georgia Infantry Regiment
               38th Georgia Infantry Regiment
               60th Georgia Infantry Regiment
               61st Georgia Infantry Regiment
          2nd (Trimble's) Brigade: Colonel J.A.Walker
               15th Alabama Infantry Regiment
               12th Georgia Infantry Regiment
               21st Georgia Infantry Regiment
               21st North Carolina Infantry Regiment
               1st North Carolina Infantry Battalion
          3rd (Early's) Brigade: Brigadier General J.A.Early
               13th Virginia Infantry Regiment
               25th Virginia Infantry Regiment
               31st Virginia Infantry Regiment
               44th Virginia Infantry Regiment
               49th Virginia Infantry Regiment
               52nd Virginia Infantry Regiment
               58th Virginia Infantry Regiment
          4th (Hays' or 1st Louisiana) Brigade: Brigadier 
                         General H.T.Hays
               5th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
               6th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
               7th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
               8th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
               14th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
          Artillery:
               Charlottesville (Virginia) Artillery
                    (2 3" Rifles, 2 12pdr How, 2 6pdrs)
               Chesapeake (Maryland) Artillery
                    (2 10pdr Parrotts, l 3" Rifle) 
               Courtney (Virginia) Artillery
                    (2 3" Rifles, 2 Napoleons)
               Staunton (Virginia) Artillery (2 6pdrs)
               1st Maryland Battery (4 Napoleons) 
               Louisiana  Guard Artillery 
                    (1 10pdr Parrott, 2 3" Rifles)
     A.P.Hill's Division: Major General A.P.Hill
          1st (Field's) Brigade: Colonel J.M.Brockenbrough
               40th Virginia Infantry Regiment
               47th Virginia Infantry Regiment
               55th Virginia Infantry Regiment
               22nd Virginia Infantry Battalion
          2nd Brigade: Brigadier General M. Gregg
               1st South Carolina Infantry Regiment
               1st South Carolina Rifles
               12th South Carolina Infantry Regiment
               13th South Carolina Infantry Regiment
               14th South Carolina Infantry Regiment
          3rd Brigade: Brigadier General E.L.Thomas
               14th Georgia Infantry Regiment
               35th Georgia Infantry Regiment
               45th Georgia Infantry Regiment
               49th Georgia Infantry Regiment
          4th Brigade: Brigadier General J.H.Lane
               7th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
               18th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
               28th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
               33rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment
               37th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
          5th Brigade: Brigadier General J.J.Archer
               5th Alabama Infantry Regiment
               19th Georgia Infantry Regiment
               1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment
               7th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
               14th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
          6th Brigade: Brigadier General W.D.Pender
               16th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
               22nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment
               34th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
               38th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
          Artillery: Major R.L.Walker
               Branch (North Carolina) Artillery
                    (2 Napoleons, 2 6pdrs)
               Crenshaw (Virginia) Battery
                    (1 12pdr How, l Napoleon 2 6pdrs)
               Fredericksburg (Virginia) Artillery
                    (2 3" Rifles, 4 6pdrs)
               Letcher (Virginia) Artillery
                    (1 3" Rifle, 2 Napoleons, l 6pdr) 
               Purcell (Virginia) Artillery
               Middlesex (Virginia) Artillery
               Pee Dee (South Carolina) Artillery
                    (1 10pdr Parrott, l 3" Rifle,  l 12pdr How
                     l Napoleon)
               Purcell (Virginia) Artillery 
                    (2 10pdr Parrotts, 2 Napoleons)
     Jackson's Division: Major General Jackson
          1st Brigade: Colonel A.J.Grigsby
               2nd Virginia Infantry Regiment
               4th Virginia Infantry Regiment
               5th Virginia Infantry Regiment
               27th Virginia Infantry Regiment
               33rd Virginia Heavy Artillery
          2nd Brigade: Colonel B.T.Johnson
               21st Virginia Infantry Regiment
               42nd Virginia Infantry Regiment
               48th Virginia Infantry Regiment
               1st Virginia Infantry Battalion
          3rd Brigade: Colonel E.T.H.Warren
               47th Alabama Infantry Regiment
               48th Alabama Infantry Regiment
               10th Virginia Infantry Regiment
               23rd Virginia Infantry Regiment
               37th Virginia Infantry Regiment
          4th Brigade: Brigadier General W.E.Starke
               1st Louisiana Infantry Regiment
               2nd Louisiana Infantry Regiment
               9th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
               10th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
               15th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
               Coppens' (Louisiana) Infantry Battalion
          Artillery: Captain J.B.Brockenbrough
               Carpenter's (Virginia) Battery
                    (2 3" Rifles, 2 Napoleons)
               Danville (Virginia) Artillery
                    (2 10pdr Parrotts, l 3" Rifle, l Napoleon)
               Hampden (Virginia) Artillery
                    (1 10pdr Parrotts, 3 6pdrs)
               Lee (Virginia) Artillery
                    (3 3" Rifles, l 12pdr How)
               Lusk's (Virginia) Battery
                    (1 10pdr Parrott, l 12pdr How)
               Brockenbrough's (Maryland) Battery
                    (1 3" Rifle, 2 Blakely Rifles, l 12pdr How)
               Rockbridge (Virginia) Artillery
                    (2 20pdr Parrotts, 2 10pdr Parrotts) 
     D.H.Hill's Division: Major General Daniel H. Hill
          1st Brigade: Brigadier General R.Rodes
               3rd Alabama Infantry Regiment
               5th Alabama Infantry Regiment
               6th Alabama Infantry Regiment
               12th Alabama Infantry Regiment
               26th Alabama Infantry Regiment
          2nd (Ripley's ): Brigade: Brigadier General R.S.Ripley
               4th Georgia Infantry Regiment
               44th Georgia Infantry Regiment
               1st North Carolina Infantry Regiment
               3rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment
          3rd Brigade: Brigadier General A.H.Colquitt
               13th Alabama Infantry Regiment
               6th Georgia Infantry Regiment
               23rd Georgia Infantry Regiment
               27th Georgia Infantry Regiment
               28th Georgia Infantry Regiment
          4th Brigade: Brigadier General S.Garland Jr.
               5th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
               12th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
               13th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
               20th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
               23rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment               
          5th Brigade: Brigadier General G.B.Anderson
               2nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment
               4th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
               14th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
               30th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
          Artillery: Major
               Hardaway's (Alabama) Battery
                    (2 3" Rifles, l Whitworth) 
               Jeff Davis (Alabama) Artillery, Bondurant's Battery
                    (2 3" Rifles, 2 12pdr Howitzers)
               King William (Virginia) Artillery, Carter's Battery
                    (1 10pdr Parrott, 2 12pdr How, 2 6pdrs)
               Morris (Virginia) Artillery, Page's Battery
                    (2 3" Rifles, l 12pdr How, 3 6pdrs)
               Orange (Virginia) Artillery, Fry's Battery
                    (1 3" Rifle, l 12pdr How, 3 6pdrs)     
          
Reserve Artillery: Brigadier General W.N. Pendleton
          Brown's Battalion: Colonel J.T.Brown
               Dance's Battery, Powhatan Artillery 
                    (1 3" Rifles, 2 12pdr How, l 6pdr)
               Hupp's Battery, Saleam Artillery 
                    (2 12pdr Howitzers & 2 6pdrs)
               Smith's Battery, 3rd Howitzers
                    (2 10pdr Parrotts, 2 12pdr Howitzers)
               Watson's Battery, 2nd Howitzers
                    (2 10pdr Parrotts, l Hotchkiss Rifle, l 12pdr
                         Howitzer)
          Cutt's (Georgia) Battalion: Lt. Col. A.S.Cutts
               Lane's Battery
                    (2 20pdr Parrotts, 3 10pdr Parrotts, 1 Whitworth)
               Patterson's (Georgia) Battery          
               Ross' (Georgia) Battery
                    (3 10pdr Parrotts, 2 12pdr Howitzers & 
                    l Napoleon)
               Blackshear's (Georgia) Artillery
                    (3 12pdr Howitzers & 3 6pdrs)  
               Lloyd's (North Carolina) Battery
          Jones' Battalion: Major H.P.Jones   
               Morris (Virginia) Battery
               Orange (Virginia) Battery
               Turner's (Virginia) Battery
               Wimbish's (Virginia) Battery
          Nelson's Battalion: Major W. Nelson
               Kirkpatrick's (Virginia) Battery, Amherst 
                    Artillery (2 12pdr Howitzers, 4 6pdrs)
               Massie's (Virginia) Battery, Fluvanna Artillery 
                    (6 6pdrs)
               Milledge's (Georgia) Battery
                    (1 10pdr Parrott, 3 3" Rifles, l Hotchkiss
                    Rifle, l James Rifle)
          Miscellaneous:
               Cutsaw's (Virginia) Battery
               Dixie (Virginia) Battery
               Magruder (Virginia) Battery
               Rice's (Virginia) Battery
               Thomas (Virginia) Battery

Cavalry Division: Major General J.E.B.Stuart 
          1st Brigade: Brigadier General W. Hampton
               1st North Carolina Cavalry Regiment           
               2nd South Carolina Cavalry Regiment           
               10th Virginia Cavalry Regiment           
               Cobb's (Georgia) Legion
               Phillips' (Georgia) Legion
          2nd Brigade: Brigadier General F. Lee
               1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment           
               3rd Virginia Cavalry Regiment 
               4th Virginia Cavalry Regiment 
               5th Virginia Cavalry Regiment 
               9th Virginia Cavalry Regiment           
          3rd Brigade: Brigadier General B.H.Robertson
               2nd Virginia Cavalry Regiment           
               6th Virginia Cavalry Regiment           
               7th Virginia Cavalry Regiment           
               12th Virginia Cavalry Regiment 
               17th Virginia Cavalry Regiment 
          Artillery: Captain J. Pelham
               Chew's (Virginia) Battery
               Pelham's (Virginia) Battery
               Hart's (South Carolina) Battery




U.S.  War Department,  The War of the Rebellion, 
A Compilation of Official Records of the Union and 
Confederate Armies,  Government Printing Office; 
Washington, D.C., 1882

Source: George Nafziger Order of Battle Collection