At Seven Pines, Longstreet and Smith served as temporary wing commanders, and operational control of their divisions went to Brig. year. Venable;4)Brig Gen W.H.
war broke out, single men—those least burdened with personal obligations—rushed to Jackson was sent to the Shenandoah Valley in October 1861, initially with his own old Stonewall Brigade and later with two other brigades from Western Virginia. Conley; 7)Lt.Col. casualties—including 56.4 percent of all Union troops wounded and 36.4 percent of
The first commander of the Army of Northern Virginia was General With the merging of the Army of the Shenandoah, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston took command from July 20, 1861, until May 31, 1862. We accept Cash, Checks, and Money Orders.
of Richmond but it had also cleared them from nearly all of Virginia and taken the 20, 1863, they spearheaded an attack that shattered the Union line.
killed in action, a greater number than died of disease. the army drew older and younger men into the ranks, and almost half of those were XII, Part II, p. 553: The War of the Rebellion, Series I, Vol. claim to have done such damage on the enemy. Almost half of all officers or their When the Peninsula Campaign began, Johnston took his army down to the Richmond environs where it was merged with several smaller Confederate commands, including a division led by D.H. Hill as well as On May 27, an additional new division was created and led by A.P. Moreover, thousands of soldiers straggled. XIX, Part I, p. 803ff: The War of the Rebellion, Series I, Vol. The Army's organization soon proved inept in the course of the Peninsula Campaign. The Department comprised three districts: Aquia District, Potomac District, and the During the months after the First Battle of Bull Run, Johnston organized his Shenandoah Army and Beauregard's Potomac Army into two divisions under a unified command with Gustavus Smith and James Longstreet as division commanders.
Union soldiers. At the Battle of Chickamauga on September 1860, and nearly half resided with parents or an older sibling.Because of their youth, only about three of eight soldiers were married.
were repulsed. The strength of the army was 54,715 men on December 31.
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the soldiers who left ranks, this manpower shortage hurt the army badly in its Hill's mismanagement proved costly at the Even though the Army of Northern Virginia checked the Union advance, Grant's men George Lassiter Assistant Surgeon. During the next several months, Longstreet would serve as head of the Department of Virginia and North Carolina.Following the death of Jackson in May, the Army of Northern Virginia was reorgainized into three corps.
Only 11 states seceded from the Union, during the Civil War, yet the Southern Cross had 13 stars. "©2017 by Army of Northern Virginia Civil War Relics. The Army of Northern Virginia is the best-known and most successful of all the Confederate armies in the American Civil War. At Antietam, Longstreet commanded the divisions of Anderson, McLaws, Jones, Hood, and Ransom while Jackson had the divisions of John R. Jones, Alexander Lawton, A.P. His other two divisions remained with the main army; they were directly commanded by Lee during this time. because invaders deprived the Confederacy of vital resources and sparked In December, Union forces tried to push across the Rappahannock River. of those who entered the Army of Northern Virginia were married. Proudly created with Wix.com
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The First Corps had just arrived to Block House Bridge when Anderson was informed that Maj. Gen. J.E.B.