Department of Northern Virginia and troops in the vicinity of Richmond, May 31, 1862
(Compiled from the OFFICIAL RECORDS and National Archives)

Commanding: General Joseph E. Johnston

Left Wing

Major General Gustavus W. Smith

Smith's Division:
Brigadier General W. H. C. Whiting

Whiting's Brigade:
Colonel W. Dorsey Pender

4th Alabama Infantry
2nd Mississippi Infantry
11th Mississippi Infantry
6th North Carolina Infantry
Staunton (Virginia) Artillery

Hood's Brigade:
Brigadier General John B. Hood

18th Georgia Infantry
1st Texas Infantry
4th Texas Infantry
5th Texas Infantry

Hampton's Brigade:
Brigadier General Wade Hampton

14th Georgia Infantry
19th Georgia Infantry
16th North Carolina Infantry
Hampton (South Carolina) Legion (Minus Cavalry)
Madison (Louisiana) Artillery

Hatton's Brigade:
Brigadier General Robert Hatton

1st Tennessee Infantry
7th Tennessee Infantry
14th Tennessee Infantry
Fredericksburg (Virginia) Artillery

Pettigrew's Brigade:
Brigadier General J. J. Pettigrew

2nd Arkansas Battalion
35th Georgia Infantry
22nd North Carolina Infantry
47th Virginia Infantry
1st Maryland Battery

_A. P. Hill's Division:
Major General A. P. Hill

Field's Brigade:
Brigadier General Charles W. Field

5th Alabama Battalion
2nd Virginia Heavy Artillery (reorganized as 22nd Virginia Battalion)
3rd Virginia Heavy Artillery, Local Defense Troops (Disbanding)
40th Virginia
47th Virginia
55th Virginia
Purcell (Virginia) Artillery

Branch's Brigade:
Brigadier General L. O'Brien Branch

12th North Carolina
18th North Carolina
28th North Carolina
37th North Carolina
Company F, 13th Carolina Artillery Battalion

J. R. Anderson's Brigade: Brigadier General J. R. Anderson

45th Georgia
49th Georgia
34th North Carolina
38th North Carolina
Pee Dee (South Carolina) Artillery

Gregg's Brigade:
Brigadier General Maxcey Gregg

1st South Carolina
1st South Carolina Rifles
12th South Carolina
13th South Carolina
14th South Carolina

Center

Major General John B. Magruder

McLaws' Division:
Major General Lafayette McLaws

Semmes' Brigade:
Brigadier General Paul J. Semmes

5th Louisiana Infantry
10th Louisiana Infantry
15th Louisiana Infantry
Noland's Virginia Battalion
Williamsburg (Virginia) Artillery
Norfolk (Virginia) Artillery

Kershaw's Brigade:
Brigadier General Joseph B. Kershaw

2nd South Carolina Infantry
3rd South Carolina Infantry
7th South Carolina Infantry
8th South Carolina Infantry
Gracie's Alabama Battalion
Alexandria (Virginia) Artillery

Cobb's Brigade:
Brigadier General Howell Cobb

16th Georgia Infantry
24th Georgia Infantry
Cobb's (Georgia) Legion (Minus Cavalry)
2nd Louisiana Infantry
17th Mississippi Infantry
15th North Carolina Infantry
Morris Louisa (Virginia) Artillery

Griffith's Brigade:
Brigadier General Richard Griffith

1st Louisiana Special Battalion
13th Mississippi Infantry
18th Mississippi Infantry
21st Mississippi Infantry
1st Company, Richmond Howitzers

D. R. Jones' Division:
Major General David R. Jones

D. R. Jones' Brigade:
Colonel George T. Anderson

7th Georgia Infantry
8th Georgia Infantry
9th Georgia Infantry
11th Georgia Infantry
1st Kentucky Infantry

Toombs' Brigade:
Brigadier General Robert Toombs

1st Georgia
2nd Georgia
15th Georgia
17th Georgia Infantry

Reserve Artillery, Center: Lieutenant Colonel Henry C. Cabell

Pulaski (Georgia) Artillery
Company A, 1st North Carolina
Peninsula (Virginia) Artillery
Henrico (Virginia) Artillery

Divisional Artillery:
Major Scipio F. Pierson

Hardaway (Alabama) Artillery
Hanover (Virginia) Artillery

Right Wing

Major General James Longstreet

Longstreet's Division:
Brigadier General R. H. Anderson

R. H. Anderson's Brigade: Colonel Micah Jenkins

4th South Carolina Battalion
5th South Carolina Infantry
6th South Carolina Infantry
9th South Carolina Infantry
Faquier (Virginia) Artillery

Kemper's Brigade:
Colonel James Kemper

1st Virginia Infantry
7th Virginia Infantry
11th Virginia Infantry
17th Virginia Infantry
Loudoun (Virginia) Artillery

Pickett's Brigade:
Brigadier General George Pickett

8th Virginia Infantry
18th Virginia Infantry
19th Virginia Infantry
28th Virginia Infantry
Lynchburg (Virginia) Artillery

Colston's Brigade:
Brigadier General Raleigh Colston

3rd Virginia Infantry
13th North Carolina Infantry
14th North Carolina Infantry
Donaldson (Louisiana) Artillery

Wilcox's Brigade:
Brigadier General Cadmus M. Wilcox

9th Alabama Infantry
10th Alabama Infantry
11th Alabama Infantry
19th Mississippi Infantry
3rd Company, Richmond (Virginia) Howitzers

Pryor's Brigade:
Brigadier General Roger Pryor

8th Alabama Infantry
14th Alabama Infantry
14th Louisiana Infantry
Richmond Fayette (Virginia) Artillery

D. H. Hill's Division:
Major General D. H. Hill

Featherston's Brigade:
Colonel George B. Anderson

27th Georgia Infantry
28th Georgia Infantry
4th North Carolina Infantry
49th Virginia Infantry

Garland's Brigade:
Brigadier General Samuel Garland

2nd Florida Infantry (Rosters)
2nd Mississippi Battalion
5th North Carolina Infantry
23rd North Carolina Infantry
24th Virginia Infantry
38th Virginia Infantry
Jefferson Davis (Alabama) Artillery

Rain's Brigade:
Brigadier General Gabriel J. Rains

13th Alabama Infantry
26th Alabama Infantry
6th Georgia Infantry
23rd Georgia Infantry

Rodes' Brigade:
Brigadier General Robert E. Rodes

5th Alabama Infantry
6th Alabama Infantry
12th Alabama Infantry
12th Mississippi Infantry
4th Virginia Heavy Artillery Battalion (as infantry)
King William (Virginia) Artillery

Wise's Brigade:
Brigadier General Henry Wise
(this brigade will probably still in the process of moving up from Richmond)

4th Virginia Heavy Artillery (as infantry)
20th Virginia Infantry
26th Virginia Infantry
46th Virginia Infantry
Mathews (Virginia) Artillery 

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Independent Units

Huger's Division:
Major General Benjamin Huger

Armistead's Brigade:
Brigadier General Lewis Armistead

5th Virginia Battalion (minus one Company)
9th Virginia Infantry
14th Virginia Infantry
53rd Virginia Infantry
Goochland (Virginia) Artillery

Mahone's Brigade:
Brigadier General William H. Mahone

3rd Louisiana Infantry
12th Virginia Infantry
41st Virginia Infantry
Lynchburg No. 2 (Virginia) Artillery
Portsmith (Virginia) Artillery

Blanchard's Brigade: Brigadier General A. G. Blanchard

3rd Georgia Infantry
4th Georgia Infantry
22nd Georgia Infantry
1st Louisiana Infantry
Norfolk United (Virginia) Artillery

Cavalry Brigade: Brigadier General J. E. B. Stuart

1st Virginia Cavalry
3rd Virginia Cavalry
4th Virginia Cavalry
9th Virginia Cavalry
10th Virginia Cavalry (formerly Wise Legion)
Cobb (Georgia) Legion Cavalry
Jeff. Davis (Mississippi) Legion Cavalry
Hampton (South Carolina) Legion Cavalry
Stuart (Virginia) Horse Artillery

Artillery Reserve:
Brigadier General William N. Pendleton

Pendleton's Command: (in process of being broken into battalions)

Company A, Sumter (Georgia) Artillery
Company E, Sumter (Georgia) Artillery
Hamilton Regular (Georgia) Artillery
Chesapeake (Maryland) Artillery
Lloyd's (North Carolina) Artillery
Rhett's (South Carolina) Artillery
Amherst (Virginia) Artillery
Ashland (Virginia) Artillery
Fluvanna (Virginia) Artillery
Fluvanna No. 2 (Virginia) Artillery
Hupp's (Virginia) Artillery
Long Island (Virginia) Artillery
Mosely's (Virginia) Artillery
Orange (Virginia) Artillery
Parker's (Virginia) Artillery
Powhatan (Virginia) Artillery
Ringgold (Virginia) Artillery

Walton's Command:
Major J. B. Walton

1st Company, Washington (Louisiana) Artillery
2nd Company, Washington (Louisiana) Artillery
3rd Company, Washington (Louisiana) Artillery
4th Company, Washington (Louisiana) Artillery
St. Paul's (Louisiana) Foot Rifles

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Troops detraining in Richmond, assigned to the Department of Northern Virginia

Ripley's Brigade:
Brigadier General Roswell Ripley

44th Georgia Infantry
48th Georgia Infantry
1st North Carolina Infantry
3rd North Carolina Infantry

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Troops from the Department of North Carolina, marching toward Drewry's Bluff and Richmond, already assigned to the Department of Northern Virginia

Holmes' Division:
Major General Theophilus H. Holmes

Ransom's Brigade: Brigadier General Robert Ransom

24th North Carolina Infantry
25th North Carolina Infantry
26th North Carolina Infantry
35th North Carolina Infantry
48th North Carolina Infantry
49th North Carolina Infantry

Daniel's Brigade: Colonel Junius Daniel

43rd North Carolina Infantry
45th North Carolina Infantry
50th North Carolina Infantry
14th Virginia Cavalry Battalion

Walker's Brigade:
Brigadier General John G. Walker

3rd Arkansas Infantry
2nd Georgia Battalion
27th North Carolina Infantry
46th North Carolina Infantry
30th Virginia Infantry

Divisional Artillery:
Colonel James Deshler

Company C, 1st North Carolina Artillery
Petersburg (Virginia) Artillery
Stafford (Virginia) Artillery

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Troops Stationed at Drewey's & Chaffin's Bluffs:

Infantry:
Detached from Huger's Division--
6th Virginia
16th Virginia
56th Virginia
57th Virginia

Other Detachments--
Simm's Battalion, Confederate Marines (two companies) Carrol's (Confederate) Company of Sappers and Miners

Artillery:
Army Heavy Artillery
Bowyer's (Virginia) Company
Dabney's (Virginia) Company
Jones' (Virginia) Company
Patterson's (Virginia) Company
Pierce's (Virginia) Company
Southside (Virginia) Heavy Artillery

Naval Crews Serving As Artillery
Captain S. S. Lee

Jamestown
Patrick Henry
Virginia

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Troops in and Around the Richmond Area

Infantry----

Company F, 5th Virginia Battalion
6th Virginia Local Defense Battalion
19th Virginia Militia
25th Virginia Local Defense Battalion (City Battalion; organizing)
179th Virginia Militia
Confederate Guards Company
Ordnance Guard Company

Artillery--
Lieutenant Colonel J. C. Shields

Companies incorporated in June into the 18th Virginia Heavy Artillery Battalion

Atlantic (Virginia) Artillery
Cockade (Virginia) Mounted Artillery
Southhampton Lee (Virginia) Artillery

Companies incorporated in June into the 19th Virginia Heavy Artillery Battalion

Bossieux (Virginia) Guards
Campbell's (Virginia) Company Heavy Artillery
Chalmer's (Virginia) Company, Heavy Artillery
United (Virginia) Artillery

Companies incorporated in June into the 20th Virginia Heavy Artillery Battalion

Robertson's (Virginia) Company, Heavy Artillery
St. Brides' (Virginia) Artillery

Cavalry---

2nd (Pate's) Virginia Cavalry Battalion (reorganizing, to a new 5th Virginia Cavalry)

5th Virginia Cavalry (disbanding; reorganizing as the 16th Virginia Cavalry Battalion)

15th Virginia Cavalry Battalion (organizing)


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