Western Department
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Jump to navigationJump to searchThe Western Department was a Union Military Department constituted on July 3, 1861. It consisted of Illinois and the states and territories between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains (including New Mexico). Its contents were split and merged into the Department of Missouri, the Department of Kansas, and the Department of New Mexico on November 9, 1861.
Statistical Information
- Begin: July 3, 1861
- End: November 9, 1861 (Merged into Departments of Missouri, Kansas, and New Mexico)
Roster of Units
COMMANDERS
- July 25, 1861 - November 2, 1861: John C. Fremont (Major General)
- November 2, 1861 - November 9, 1861: David Hunter (Major General)
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Notes
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Page ?)
