Department of Kansas

The Department of Kansas was a Union Military Department created on November 9, 1861 to consist of the state of Kansas, the Indian Territory, and the territories of Nebraska, Colorado, and Dakota. It was merged (and afterwards reformed) into different departments three times during the war, first into the Department of Mississippi and then twice into the Department of Missouri.

Statistical Information

• Begin: November 9, 1861
• End: March 11, 1862 (Merged into Department of Mississippi)
• Recreated: May 2, 1862
• End: September 19, 1862 (Merged into Department of Missouri)
• Recreated: January 1, 1864
• End: January 3, 1865 (Merged into Department of Missouri)

Roster of Units

1st Organization

COMMANDERS

• November 20, 1861 - March 11, 1862: David Hunter (Major General)

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2nd Organization

COMMANDERS

• May 5, 1862 - September 12, 1863: J.G. Blunt (Brigadier General)

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3rd Organization

COMMANDERS

• January 16, 1864 - January 30, 1865: S.R. Curtis (Major General)

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Page ?)