Middle Department

The Middle Department was a Union Military Department constituted on March 22, 1862 to consist of the states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, the eastern shores of Maryland and Virginia, and the counties of Cecil, Hartford, Baltimore, and Anne Arundel in Maryland.

Statistical Information

• Begin: March 22, 1862
• End: N/A

Roster of Units

COMMANDERS

• March 22, 1862 - June 9, 1862: John A. Dix (Major General)
• June 9, 1862 - December 22, 1862: John E. Wool (Major General)
• December 22, 1862 - August 10, 1863: R.C. Schenk (Major General)
• August 10, 1863 - August 31, 1863: W.W. Morris (Brevet Brigadier General)
• August 31, 1863 - September 28, 1863: R.C. Schenk (Major General)
• September 28, 1863 - October 10, 1863: E.B. Tyler (Brigadier General)
• October 10, 1863 - December 5, 1863: R.C. Schenk (Major General)
• December 5, 1863 - March 22, 1864: H.H. Lockwood (Brigadier General)
• March 22, 1864 - February 1, 1865: Lew Wallace (Major General)
• February 1, 1865 - April 19, 1865: W.W. Morris (Brevet Brigadier General)
• April 19, 1865 - June 27, 1865: Lew Wallace (Brevet Brigadier 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 ?)