Editing Army of Northern Virginia (section)

===Organization April 30, 1862===
[[Image:North Virginia First Bunting.svg|thumb|upright=1.1|The Army of Northern Virginia's wool battle flag from 1862]]
The Army of Northern Virginia was established on March 14, 1862, again under Johnston. Though the military department stayed existent its role changed into an administrative division for most of the war.

{| class="wikitable"
!  style="width:150px; background:#ffc1c1;"|Wing of the Army
!  style="width:150px; background:#ffc1c1;"|Division
!  style="width:150px; background:#ffc1c1;"|Brigade
!  style="width:220px; background:#ffc1c1;"|Commander/Officers in charge
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| Left wing
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| Major General [[John Bankhead Magruder|John B. Magruder]]
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| McLaws' Division
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| Brigade General [[Lafayette McLaws]]
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| Toombs' Division
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| Brigadier General [[Robert Augustus Toombs|Robert A. Toombs]]
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| Ewell's Brigade
| Colonel B. S. Ewell
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| Center
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| Major General James Longstreet
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| A.P. Hill's Brigade
| Brigadier General [[Ambrose Powell Hill|Ambrose P. Hill]]
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| Anderson's Brigade
| Brigadier General [[Richard Heron Anderson|Richard H. Anderson]]
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| Colston's Brigade
| Brigadier General [[Raleigh Edward Colston|Raleigh E. Colston]]
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| Pickett's Brigade
| Brigadier General [[George Edward Pickett|George E. Pickett]]
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| Wilcox's Brigade
| Brigadier General [[Cadmus M. Wilcox]]
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| Pryor's Brigade
| Colonel G. A. Winston
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| Left Emplacement
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| Major General [[Daniel Harvey Hill|Daniel H. Hill]]
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| Early's Division
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| Brigadier General [[Jubal Anderson Early|Jubal A. Early]]
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| Early's Brigade
| Brigadier General Jubal A. Early
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| Rodes' Brigade
| Brigadier General [[Robert E. Rodes]]
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| Rains' Division
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| Brigadier General [[Gabriel James Rains|Gabriel J. Rains]]
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| Rains' Brigade
| Brigadier General Gabriel J. Rains
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| Featherston's Brigade
| Brigadier General [[Winfield Scott Featherston|Winfield S. Featherston]]
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| Gloucester Point
| Colonel Crump
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| Reserve
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| Major General Gustavus W. Smith
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| Whiting's Brigade
| Brigadier General [[William Henry Chase Whiting|W. H. C. Whiting]]
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| Hood's Brigade
| Brigadier General [[John Bell Hood|John B. Hood]]
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| Colston's Brigade
| Brigadier General Raleigh E. Colston
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| Hampton's Brigade
| Colonel [[Wade Hampton III|Wade Hampton]]
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| Anderson's Brigade
| Brigadier General [[Samuel Read Anderson|Samuel R. Anderson]]
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| Pettigrew's Brigade
| Brigadier General [[James Johnston Pettigrew|James J. Pettigrew]]
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| Cavalry Brigade
| Brigadier General [[James Ewell Brown Stuart|J. E. B. Stuart]]
|}

At the outset of the [[Peninsula Campaign]] the Army of Northern Virginia had more than 55,633 soldiers. The cannon was assigned to the brigades, as well as the Reserve's artillery. Nominally, Jackson's [[Corps]] in the Shenandoah Valley, was subordinate to the Army. Since Jackson led his own campaign at the time of the Peninsula Campaign and was not under Lee's direct command this overview does not include his three divisions.

The Army's organization soon proved inept in the course of the Peninsula Campaign. The corps-like structure was rearranged before the [[Seven Days Battle]] to converge with the requirements of actual command. In the course of this battle the Army featured two Corps; Jackson's and Magruder's, with four and three divisions respectively, and three actual divisions with five to six brigades. Also the Defense District of North Carolina answered directly to the Army as well as the Reserve Artillery with six battalions and the cavalry with six regiments.<ref>The War of the Rebellion, Series I, Vol. XI, Part II, p. 483ff: [http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/pageviewer?frames=1&coll=moa&view=50&root=%2Fmoa%2Fwaro%2Fwaro0013%2F&tif=00485.TIF&cite=http%3A%2F%2Fcdl.library.cornell.edu%2Fcgi-bin%2Fmoa%2Fmoa-cgi%3Fnotisid%3DANU4519-0013 Disposition at the beginning of the Seven Days Battle]</ref> The army's complete strength was about 90,000 soldiers. The exact strength cannot be determined, because only a few notes for actual provisionings survived. The estimated strength results, if not explicitly noted, from in-battle dispatches.