U.S. Army

Department of Northeastern Virginia

Brigadier General Irvin McDowell

The Department of Northeastern Virginia was created on May 27, 1861 to consist of that part of Virginia east of the Allegheny Mountains and north of the James River, except an area 60 miles around Fortress Monroe. Brigadier General Irvin McDowell formally took command May 28.

1st Division

Brigadier General Daniel Tyler

First Brigade

Bde. Gen. Erasmus Keyes

Second Brigade

Bde. Gen. R. C. Schenck

Third Brigade

Colonel W. T. Sherman

Fourth Brigade

Colonel Israel Richardson

2nd Division

Colonel David Hunter

First Brigade

Colonel Andrew Porter

Second Brigade

Colonel Ambrose Burnside

3rd Division

Colonel Samuel P. Heintzelman

First Brigade

Brigadier General W. B. Franklin

Second Brigade

Colonel O. B. Wilcox

Third Brigade

Colonel O. O. Howard

Reserve Division

Colonel Dixon S. Miles

First Brigade

Colonel L. Blenker

Second Brigade

Colonel T. Davies