established on suspicion the enemy may land at Burwell's Bay and proceed to occupy the railroad. A scattered regiment A transcription made by Colonel Pryor as to the disposition of his men on June 15 shows that the regiment was wholly disengaged from each other as only 3 of the 10 companies were within his orbit. At Camp Huger the Dismal Swamp Rangers, Virginia Riflemen & Dinwiddle Rifle Greys remained quartered while the Norfolk County Patriots and Portsmouth National Light Infantry Greys continued their work at the Gosport Naval Yard. The remainder were all stationed at separate points along the peninsula as follows: Pinners Point- Old Dominion Guard Pig Point- Portsmouth Rifle Company Hoffler Creek- Portsmouth Light Artillery Carney Island- Virginia Artillery Sewell's Point- St. Brides Cavalry/Light Guard On June 22, Colonel Pryor made known his frustration to Richmond Authorities about the scattered nature of his regiment. However soon this would be the least of his worries as the turn of the month would bring complete reorganization to his ranks. July (1st-12th) 1861 At the turn of the month, The Virginia Artillery, Portsmouth Rifles & Old Dominion Guard were transferred to the 9th Virginia Regiment. The Norfolk County Patriots withdrew and would eventually become part of 41st Virginia Regiment. Furthermore, The Portsmouth Light Artillery was removed and made an independent company known as the “Grimes Battery” in honor of its Captain who was killed at Sharpsburg and the St. Brides Cavalry received transfer to the 5th Virginia Cavalry. Thus leaving the regiment in shambles with only four functioning companies. This would be rectified rather quickly however with the following additions in the upcoming days: Nansemond Rangers under Captain William J. Arthur- Joined Aft. Jun 30 James River Artillery under Captain Alexander D. Callcote- Joined Aft. Jun 30 Cockade Rifles under Captain Joseph V. Scott- Joined Abt. Jun 30 Southampton Greys under Captain William H. Hood- Joined July 1 Rough & Ready Guards under Captain Richard P. Clements- Joined July 3 Surry Light Artillery under Captain Thomas W. Ruffin- Joined Abt. Jul 8 On July 2, In compliance with orders received from the Headquarters of the Virginia Forces at Richmond, Pryor moved his regiment from Camp Huger to their new station at Day's Neck called Camp Cook named so after James Watkins Cook, owner of the property on which the camp resided. On or about the 12th of the month, The