862el: Union Forces Department of Virginia 31 August 1862

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                          Union Forces 
                     Department of Virginia 
                         31 August 1862 

Commanding Officer: Major General John A. Dix

Fort Monroe Virginia: (14/300)
     Det. Regulars
     Det. 99th New York Infantry Regiment
     Wisconsin Light Artillery, 2nd & 4th Batteries

Camp Hamilton Virginia: Brigadier General H.W.Wessells
          (109/1,895)
4th Army Corps:
     92nd New York Infantry Regiment
     96th New York Infantry Regiment
     85th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
     101st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
     103rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
7th Army Corps:
     C/11th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
     5th Maryland Infantry Regiment
     New York Light Artillery, 7th Battery

Newport News Virginia: Major R.V.King (31/529)
     85th New York Infantry Regiment 
     M/11th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment

Norfolk Virginia:Brigadier General E.L.Viele (86/1,639)
     Det. 1st New York Mounted Rifles
     99th New York Infantry Regiment (6 cos)
     58th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
     19th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
     4th U.S. Artillery, Battery D

Suffolk Virginia: Brigadier General J.K.F.Mansfield
          (228/4,861)
7th Army Corps: Brigadier M. Weber
     1st Delaware Infantry Regiment
     3rd New York Infantry Regiment
     4th New York Infantry Regiment
     l3th New York Infantry Regiment
     25th New York Infantry Regiment
     1st New York Mounted Rifles
     11th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
     4th U.S. Artillery, Battery L
4th Army Corps: Brigadier General O.S.Ferry
     39th Illinois Infantry Regiment
     13th Indiana Infantry Regiment
     62nd Ohio Infantry Regiment
     67th Ohio Infantry Regiment
Fort Wool: Captain I. Winans
     Det. 99th New York Infantry Regiment
Sewell's Point: Captain J.C.Lee
     Det. 99th New York Infantry Regiment
Yorktown Virginia: (170/3,254)
7th Army Corps: Brigadier General J.H.Van Allen
     Independent New York Battalion
     Det. 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
     Massachusetts Light Artillery, 7th Battery
     Det. 1st New York Artillery

Williamsburg Virginia: (56/1,041)
     3/6th New York Cavalry Regiment
     5th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
     Reserved Artillery

Gloucester Point Virginia: Major J.Watts de Peyster
          (4/104)
     Battery New York Artillery





U.S.  War Department,  The War of the Rebellion, 
A Compilation of Official Records of the Union and 
Confederate Armies,  Government Printing Office; 
Washington, D.C., 1882

Source: George Nafziger Order of Battle Collection