Battles of Manassas • Tour the Battlefield • Monuments • The Armies
Commanded by:
General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
General Joseph Edward Johnston
The Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) on July 21 was the first large battle of the Civil War. Joseph Johnston’s Army of the Shenandoah came from Winchester to join Beauregard in time to help defeat the Federals. Johnston was the senior officer but did not assume command immediately as Beauregard knew the battlefield and the plan. After the battle Johnston assumed command of the combined armies. They reorganized after the battle, on July 25.
Chief of Staff – Colonel Thomas Jordan
Chief Engineer – Lieutenant Colonel Thomas H. Williamson
Chief of Signals – Captain Edward Porter Alexander
Headquarters Escourt – Lay’s Squadron Virginia Cavalry: Captain John F. Lay
Army of the Potomac
| First Brigade | Brigadier General Milledge L. Bonham | |
| 8th Louisiana Infantry Regiment | Colonel Henry B. Kelly | |
| 11th North Carolina Volunteers | Colonel Wiliam W. Kirkland | |
| 2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel Joseph B. Kershaw | |
| 3rd South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel James H. Williams | |
| 7th South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel Thomas G. Bacon | |
| 8th South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel Ellerbe Boggan Crawford Cash | |
| Alexandria (Va.) Battery | Captain Delaware Kemper | |
| 1st Company Richmond Howitzers | Captain John C. Shields | |
| 30th Virginia Cavalry, Companies C & G | Colonel R.C.W. Radford | |
| Second Brigade | Brigadier General Richard S. Ewell | |
| 5th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Colonel Robert E. Rodes | |
| 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Colonel John J. Seibels | |
| 6th Louisiana Infantry Regiment | Colonel Isaac G. Seymour | |
| Washington Artillery, 1st Company | Captain Thomas L. Rosser | |
| 30th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, Co. F | Captain James Wilson | |
| Cavalry Battalion (Goochland Light Dragoons and Governor’s Mounted Guards) | Lieutenant Colonel Wiliam H. Jenifer | |
| Third Brigade | Brigadier General David R. Jones | |
| 17th Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel Winfirld S. Featherston | |
| 18th Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel Erasmus R. Burt | |
| 5th South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel Micah Jenkins | |
| 30th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, Company H | Captain Joel W. Flood | |
| Washington Artillery, 2nd Company | Captain Merrit B. Miller | |
| Fourth Brigade | Colonel G. H. Terrett (to 7/2) Brigadier General James Longstreet |
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| 5th North Carolina State Troops | Lieutenant Colonel J.P. Jones (to 7/2) Colonel Duncan McRae |
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| 1st Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Patrick T. Moore | |
| 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Samuel Garland | |
| 17th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Montgomery D. Corse | |
| Washington Artillery, 3rd Company | Lieutenant John J. Garnett | |
| 30th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, Co. E. | Captain Edgar Whitehead | |
| Fifth Brigade | Colonel Philip St. George Cocke | |
| 8th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Eppa Hunton | |
| 18th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Robert E. Withers | |
| 19th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel John B. Strange | |
| 28th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Robert T. Preston | |
| 49th Virginia Infantry Regiment (3 cos.) | Colonel William Smith | |
| Schaeffer’s Virginia Infantry Battalion | Captain F. B. Schaeffer | |
| Loudon (Va.) Battery | Captain Arthur L. Rogers | |
| Lynchburg (Va.) Artillery | Captain H. G. Latham | |
| 30th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, Co. B | Captain John S. Langhorne | |
| 30th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, Co. D | Captain G. W. H. Hale | |
| Sixth Brigade | Colonel Jubal A. Early | |
| 7th Louisiana Infantry Regiment | Colonel Harry T. Hays | |
| 13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel William Barksdale | |
| 7th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel James L. Kemper | |
| 24th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Peter Hairston | |
| Washington Artillery, 4th Company | Lieutenant Charles W. Squire | |
| Seventh Brigade | Colonel Nathan G. Evans | |
| 2nd Louisiana Battalion | Major Chatham R. Wheat (w 7/21) Lieutenant Thomas Adrian (w 7/21) Lieutenant Colonel Charles de Choiseul |
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| 4th South Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel J.B.E. Sloan | |
| 30th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, Co. I | Captain John D. Alexander | |
| 30th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, Co. A | Captain William R. Terry | |
| Davidson’s (Va.) Battery | Lieutenant G. S. Davidson | |
| Eighth Brigade | Brigadier General Theophilus Holmes | |
| 1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment | Colonel James F. Fagan | |
| 2nd Tennessee Infantry Regiment | Colonel William Bate | |
| Purcell (Va.) Artillery | Captain R. Lindsay Walker | |
| Hampton’s (S.C.) Legion | Colonel Wade Hampton (w 7/21) Captain James Conner |
Army of the Shenandoah
Chief of Artillery – Colonel William N. Pendleton
Chief Engineer – Major William H.C. Whiting
| First Brigade | Brigadier General Thomas J. Jackson | |
| 2nd Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel James W. Allen | |
| 4th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel James F. Preston | |
| 5th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Kenton Harper | |
| 27th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel J. Echols | |
| 33rd Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Arthur C. Cummings | |
| 1st Rockbridge Artillery | Captain William Nelson Pendleton | |
| Second Brigade | Colonel Francis S. Bartow (k 7/21) | |
| 7th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell | |
| 8th Georgia Infantry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel William M. Gardener (w 7/21) | |
| 1st Kentucky Infantry Battalion | Lieutenant Colonel H. Blanton Duncan | to Manassas 7/21 |
| 2nd Kentucky Battalion Sharpshooters | Major J.D. Pope | to Manassas 7/21 |
| Wise (VA) Artillery Battery | Captain Ephraim G. Alburtis First Lieutenant J. Pelham |
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| Third Brigade | Brigadier General Barnard E. Bee (mw 7/21) | |
| 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment | Colonel Egbert J. Jones (mw 7/21) Major Charles Lewis Scott (w 7/21) Captain Thomas Goldsby |
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| 2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel William C. Falkner | |
| 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment | Colonel William H. Moore | |
| 1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment | Colonel Peter Turney | |
| 6th North Carolina Infantry Regiment | Colonel C.F. Fisher | |
| Staunton (VA) Artillery | Captain John D. Imboden | |
| Fourth Brigade | Colonel Arnold Elzey (to 7/21) Brigadier General Edward Kirby Smith* (w 7/21) Colonel Arnold Elzey (to B.G.**) |
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| 1st Maryland Infantry | Lieutenant Colonel George H. Steuart | |
| Third Tennessee Infantry Regiment | Colonel John C. Vaughn | |
| 10th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Simeon B. Gibbons | |
| 13th Virginia Infantry Regiment | Colonel Arthur Powell Hill | |
| Newtown Artillery | First Lieutenant R.F. Beckham | |
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| 1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment | Colonel J.H. Drake Colonel James Ewell Brown Stuart |
*E. Kirby Smith’s 5th Brigade of the Army of the Shenandoah and two regiments from the 2nd Brigade were held up by rail tranportation shortages at Piedmont station and did not make it to Manassas in time for the battle. Smith went on ahead and was given temporary command of the 4th Brigade, which had no general officer and was commanded by its senior colonel, Arnold Elzey. Smith was badly wounded during the battle and Elzey resumed command, doing such a capable job that President Davis gave him a battlefield promotion to brigadier general.