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Amick's Rangers ORDER OF BATTLE CONFEDERATE FORCES |
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FORCES AT HARPER'S FERRY, Maj. Gen. Kenton Harper April 8 1861-April 27 1861
Col. Thomas Jonathan Jackson April 27 1861-May 24 1861 Brig. Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston May 24 1861- June 15 1861 April 18 1861: Virginia militia under Kenton Harper take possession of Harper's Ferry following the Federal evacuation of the city and burning armory. June 15 1861: Harper's Ferry evacuated. June 20 1861: Troops previously of this command re-organized into Army of the Shenandoah. |
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MILITARY FORCES OF VIRGINIA
Maj. Gen. Robert Edward Lee April 23 1861- August 01 1861 Appointed: Brig. Gen., P.A.C.S., May 14 1861. Promoted: Gen., June 14 1861 April 20 1861: Embraced all military and naval forces of the state of Virginia. May 10 1861: Maj. Gen. Robert Edward Lee's authority was extended over Confederate forces operating in Virginia. June 8 1861: Virginia State Troops were transferred to the authority of the Confederate States. August 1 1861: Lee assumed supervisory command of troops operating in western (now West) Virginia. |
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FORCES IN THE KANAWHA VALLEY
Col. Christopher Q. Tompkins May 23 1861- June 6 1861 Brig. Gen. Henry Alexander Wise June 6 1861- August 12 1861 August 12 1861: Re-organized into Army of the Kanawha. |
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ARMY OF THE NORTHWEST
Also known as Northwestern Army Brig. Gen. Robert S Garnett June 8 1861- July 13 1861
Brig. Gen. Henry Rootes Jackson July 14 1861- July 20 1861 Brig. Gen. William Wing Loring July 20 1861- February 9 1862 February 9 1862: Following the Western Virginia Campaign, a harsh winter and low morale, command was disbanded. The majority of its troops were absorbed into Maj. Gen. Thomas J "Stonewall" Jackson's Valley District. |
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ARMY OF THE SHENANDOAH
Brig. Gen. Joseph E Johnston June 20 1861-20 July 20 1861 20 June 1861: Embraced troops previously stationed in and near Harper's Ferry. 20 July 1861: Merged into Army of the Potomac under immediate command of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston |
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ARMY OF THE KANAWHA
Brig. Gen. John Buchanan Floyd
August 2 1861-December 1861
August 12 1861: Embraced troops in western Virginia in the area around Lewisburg. September 25 1861: Rivals Brig. Gen. John Buchanan Floyd commands, Henry Alexander Wise, transferred. December 1861: Gen. Robert Edward Lee dissolves command and the transfer of Floyd to Central Army of Kentucky. |
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DEPARTMENT OF WESTERN VIRGINIA
Army of New River, Brigadier General Henry Heth (replaces Floyd, Feb 1862) Brig. Gen. William W Loring, (replaces Echols, who replaced Heth, 1862) Army of Western Virginia , Major General Samuel Jones, C. S. Army, commanding April 30, 1863. Army of Western Virginia , Major General John C. Breckinridge, C. S. Army, commanding April 30, 1864 May 23, 1864: Brig. Gen. William Edmondson "Grumble" Jones temporary command Department Of Western Virginia. |
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DEPARTMENT OF WESTERN VIRGINIA & EAST TENNESSEE
Maj. Gen. Edmund K Smith
March 9, 1862-Aug 24, 1862
Maj. Gen. John Porter McCown August 24, 1862-September 19, 1862 Maj. Gen. Samuel Jones September 19, 1862-October 20, 1862 Lt. Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith October 20, 1862-November 18, 1862 Brig. Gen. Henry Heth November 18, 1862-December 23, 1863 Department Of Western Virginia commanded by Maj. Gen. Samuel Jones until January 8, 1864, merged into Department of Western Virginia And East Tennessee. |
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DEPARTMENT OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
, Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston
October 1861- May 1862
Maj. Gen. Gustavus Woodson Smith May 1862 Gen. Robert Edward Lee June 1862- April 1865 October 22 1861: Comprised of Aquia District, Potomac District, and Valley District. April 1862: Department of Norfolk and Department of the Peninsula. June 1862: Armies in eastern Virginia and North Carolina. April 9 1865: Surrendered by Gen. Robert Edward Lee at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. |
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VALLEY DISTRICT
Maj. Gen. Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson 22 Octr 1861-29 Brig. Gen. John Daniel Imboden Maj. Gen. Jubal Anderson Early Part Department of Northern Virginia. 22 October 1861: Embraced the part of Virginia between the Blue Ridge and Alleghany Mountains. 09 April 1865: Surrendered by Lee at Appomattox Court House |
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