Department of Northeastern Virginia

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The Department of Northeastern Virginia was a Union Military Department constituted on May 27, 1861. It consisted of the portion of Virginia East of the Alleghany Mountains and north of the James River, but not including Fort Monroe and the area 60 miles around it. It was merged into the Department of the Potomac on July 25, 1861.[1]

Statistical Information

  • Begin: May 27, 1861
  • End: July 25, 1861 (Merged into Department of the Potomac)

Roster of Units

COMMANDERS

Divisions Brigades Regiments or Smaller Units Dates of Service Previous Unit Next Unit
1st Division

Daniel Tyler (Brigadier General)
1st Brigade

E.D. Keyes (Colonel, U.S. Army)
2nd Maine Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization (I) Dept. Potomac / Ft. Corcoran
1st Connecticut Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization No change to muster out
2nd Connecticut Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization No change to muster out
3rd Connecticut Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization No change to muster out
Varian's New York State Militia Battery Light Artillery June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization No change to muster out
2nd Brigade

R.C. Schenck (Brigadier General)
(I) 1st Ohio Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization No change to muster out
(I) 2nd Ohio Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization No change to muster out
82nd New York Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization (I) Dept. Potomac / Ft. Corcoran
2nd United States Artillery / Battery B June 1861 - August 1861 From Regular Army garrison To Dept. Potomac
3rd Brigade

William Sherman (Colonel, U.S. Army)
(I) 13th New York Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Ft. Corcoran
69th New York Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization No change to muster out
79th New York Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Smith's Brigade
2nd Wisconsin Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Ft. Corcoran
3rd United States Artillery / Battery E June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Ft. Corcoran
4th Brigade

I.B. Richardson (Colonel, 2nd Michigan Infantry)
1st Massachusetts Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Hooker's Brigade
(I) 12th New York Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Richardson's Brigade
2nd Michigan Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Richardson's Brigade
(I) 3rd Michigan Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Richardson's Brigade
1st United States Artillery / Battery G June 1861 - August 1861 From Regular Army garrison To Dept. Potomac / Richardson's Brigade
2nd United States Artillery / Battery M June 1861 - August 1861 From Regular Army garrison To Dept. Potomac / Franklin's Brigade
2ND DIVISION

May 28, 1861 - July 25, 1861:
David Hunter (Colonel, U.S. Army)
1st Brigade

Andrew Porter (Colonel, U.S. Army)
8th New York State Militia Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization No change to muster out
14th New York Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Sherman's Brigade
84th New York Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Keye's Brigade
27th New York Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Heintzelman's Brigade
2nd United States Regular Infantry / Companies C and G June 1861 - August 1861 From Regular Army garrison To City Guard Washington
3rd United States Regular Infantry / Companies B, D, G, H, and K June 1861 - August 1861 From Regular Army garrison To City Guard Washington
8th United States Regular Infantry / Company G June 1861 - August 1861 From Regular Army garrison To Dept. Potomac / Provost Guard
1st United States Cavalry / Companies A and E June 1861 - August 1861 From Regular Army garrison To Dept. Potomac / Cavalry Reserve
3rd United States Cavalry / Companies B, E, G, and I[2] June 1861 - August 1861 From Regular Army garrison To Dept. Potomac / Cavalry Reserve
2nd United States Cavalry[3] June 1861 - August 1861 From Regular Army garrison To Dept. Potomac / Cavalry Reserve
United States Marine Battalion / Companies A and E June 1861 - August 1861 From Regular Navy garrison To U.S. Navy
2nd Brigade

Ambrose Burnside (Colonel, 1st Rhode Island Infantry)
2nd New Hampshire Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Hooker's Brigade
1st Rhode Island Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization No change to muster out
2nd Rhode Island Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Couch's Brigade
71st New York Infantry
* Including 2 Howitzer Companies
June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization No change to muster out
1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Battery June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Hooker's Brigade
3RD DIVISION

S.P. Heintzelman (Colonel, U.S. Army)
1st Brigade

W.B. Franklin (Colonel, U.S. Army)
(I) 5th Massachusetts Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization No change to muster out
11th Massachusetts Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Hooker's Brigade
1st Minnesota Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Stone's Brigade
1st United States Artillery / Battery L June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Stone's Brigade
2nd Brigade

May 28, 1861 - July 21, 1861:
O.B. Wilcox (Colonel, 1st Michigan Infantry)
July 21, 1861 - August 1861:
J.H.H. Ward (Colonel, 38th New York Infantry)
11th New York Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To New York
38th New York Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Howard's Brigade
(I) 1st Michigan Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization No change to muster out
(I) 4th Michigan Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Sherman's Brigade
3rd United States Artillery / Battery D June 1861 - August 1861 From Regular Army Garrison To Dept. Potomac / Kearney's Brigade
3rd Brigade

O.O. Howard (Colonel, 3rd Maine Infantry)
3rd Maine Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Howard's Brigade
4th Maine Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Howard's Brigade
5th Maine Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Heintzelman's Brigade
2nd Vermont Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Smith's Brigade
4TH DIVISION (RESERVE)

Theodore Runyon (Brigadier General)
1st Brigade

No specific Commander
(I) 1st New Jersey Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization No change to muster out
(I) 2nd New Jersey Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization No change to muster out
(I) 3rd New Jersey Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization No change to muster out
(I) 4th New Jersey Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization No change to muster out
2nd Brigade

No specific Commander
(II) 1st New Jersey Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Kearney's Brigade
(II) 2nd New Jersey Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Kearney's Brigade
(II) 3rd New Jersey Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Kearney's Brigade
41st New York Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Sherman's Brigade
5TH DIVISION

D.S. Miles (Colonel, U.S. Army)
1st Brigade

Louis Blenker (Colonel, 8th New York Infantry)
8th New York Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Blenker's Brigade
29th New York Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Blenker's Brigade
39th New York Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Blenker's Brigade
27th Pennsylvania Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Blenker's Brigade
3rd United States Artillery / Battery A June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Heintzelman's Brigade
Bookwood's (Independent) Light Artillery Battery June 1861 - August 1861 From 8th and 29th New York Infantries To Dept. Potomac / Blenker's Brigade[4]
2nd Brigade

Thomas A. Davis (Colonel, U.S. Army)
16th New York Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Heintzelman's Brigade
18th New York Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Franklin's Brigade
31st New York Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Franklin's Brigade
32nd New York Infantry June 1861 - August 1861 From new organization To Dept. Potomac / Franklin's Brigade
2nd United States Artillery / Battery G June 1861 - August 1861 From Regular Army garrison To Dept. Potomac / Kearney's Brigade

Notes

  1. ACWR 0271 and 0272 say the end date is August 17, but ACWR 0255 says July 25. This date is more consistent with the other transfers, so it has been left this way for now.
  2. No mention of this in unit histories on ACWR 1690-1691. Most companies still in New Mexico.
  3. Unit listed as 2nd United States Dragoons / Company K in Dyer
  4. After reorganization, this unit is mustered in again as the (I) 2nd New York (Independent) Light Artillery Battery.

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