Organisations – Indexes
These Lists make it possible to trace the evolution of commands during the pre-war, wartime, and post-war periods – following organisations by name, dates, type, level, and theatre location. There are also alphabetical and chronological lists of all known organisations.
Territorial organisations can be found for all identified Military Divisions, Departments, Districts, Sub-Districts, and equivalents.
Field organisations can be found for identifiable Armies, Army Corps, and their equivalents.
The establishment, transfers, and discontinuation dates for each organisation are accompanied by the dates of commanders.
Pre-War organisations are described for both sides and Post-War organisations for the Union,
Chronological Start and End Lists
These two lists are exceptionally useful as they make it possible to track the evolution of the High Command of the Union and Confederate armies.
In these lists, newly established or re-assigned Organisations are listed in Standard Font by their “from date” of existence.
Discontinued or re-assigned Organisations are listed and indented in Italic Font by their “to date” of existence.
Union All Commands by Start and End Dates
Confederate All Commands by Start and End Dates
Chronological Lists
These lists describe Organisations chronologically as Territorial and Field Commands by Start date.
Union Organisations Chronological Index
Confederate Organisations Chronological Index
Alphabetical Lists
These two lists describe Organisations alphabetically by Territorial and Field Commands.
Union Organisations Alphabetical Index
Confederate Organisations Alphabetical Index
Type Lists
These two lists describe organisations by type (i.e., Level from Military Division to Sub-District and from Army to Corps.
Confederate Organisations by Type
Theatre Lists
These two lists make it possible to follow the evolution of high commands theatre-by-theatre.
American Civil War High Command 