Department of the Lakes
The Department of the Lakes was a military department of the United States Army that existed from 1866 to 1873 and again from 1898 to 1913. It was subordinate to the Military Division of the Atlantic and comprised posts in the Midwestern United States as the successor to the Northern Department and the Department of the Ohio.[1]
Commanders
First creation
- Bvt. Major General Joseph Hooker, August 23, 1866, to June 1, 1867
- Brigadier General John Pope, January 13, 1868, to April 30, 1870
- Bvt. Major General Philip St. George Cooke May 6, 1870, to Oct. 29, 1873
Second creation
- Brigadier General Joseph Wheeler, June 18 to Sept. 10, 1900.
- Brigadier General Frederick Dent Grant, January 15, 1904 to September 28, 1904.
- Major General Frederick Dent Grant, November 12, 1908, to July 23, 1910.
- Brigadier General Ralph Wilson Hoyt, 1911.[2]
References
- ↑ "Records of United States Army Continental Commands, 1821-1920".
- ↑ "Brig. Gen. Hoyt Weds Nurse. Commander of Department of Lakes, 62, Married to Miss Harbold, 32". New York Times. October 11, 1911. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
Following a romance that began not so very long ago in St. Paul, Brig. Gen. Ralph Wilson Hoyt, U.S.A., Commander of the Department of the Lakes, and Miss Cora McKeever Harbold of Dillsburg, York County, Penn., a trained nurse, were married this afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Richardson, 423 Wister Street, Germantown. ...
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| Independent Departments |
- Department of the South: District of Florida
- District of Hilton Head
- District of North Carolina
- District of Savannah
- Northern District (Charleston)
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| Middle Military Division |
- Middle Department: Department of Rappahannock
- Department of Shenandoah
- Mountain Department
- District of Baltimore
- District of Eastern Shore
- Department of West Virginia: District of Harper's Ferry
- Kanawha District
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| Military Division of the Mississippi |
- Department of the Cumberland: District of the Etowah
- District of Middle Tennessee
- District of Northern Alabama
- District of West Tennessee
- Department of the Ohio: District of East Tennessee
- Department of Kentucky
- District of Cairo
- District of Western Kentucky
- Northern Department: District of Indiana
- District of Illinois
- District of Michigan
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| Military Division of West Mississippi |
- Department of the Gulf: District of Baton Rouge and Port Hudson
- District of Carrollton
- District of Key West and Tortugas
- District of La Fourche
- District of West Florida and South Alabama
- Department of Kansas: District of Colorado
- District of Nebraska
- District of North Kansas
- District of South Kansas
- District of Upper Arkansas
- Department of Missouri: District of Central Missouri
- District of North Missouri
- District of Rolla
- District of Saint Louis
- District of Southwest Missouri
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