Union Organisations – Districts and Sub-Districts and Equivalents
Districts and Sub-Districts were formed in most Departments. These had specific geographical responsibilities. Some existed for extended periods of time while others functioned only temporarily in response to a local operational necessity.
Alphabetical Index
District of Alabama 17 May 1865-27 June 1865
District of Northern Alabama 2 June 1864-27 June 1865
District of South Alabama 17 March 1865-17 May 1865
District of Albemarle, North Carolina 23 April 1863-14 August 1863
Sub-District of Albemarle, North Carolina 14 August 1863-19 April 1864
District of Alexandria, Virginia 2 February 1863-20 July 1865
District of Annapolis, Maryland 1 April 1865-19 July 1865
Sub-District of the Appomattox, Virginia 25 May 1865-11 August 1865
District of Arizona #1 30 August 1862-8 December 1864
District of Arizona #2 7 March 1865-21 July 1865
District of Eastern Arkansas 2 November 1862-5 June 1865
District of Northern Arkansas 30 November 1863-1 June 1864
District of the Upper Arkansas 2 August 1864-10 July 1865
District of Baton Rouge, Louisiana #1 8 October 1863-6 August 1864
District of Baton Rouge, Louisiana #2 13 February 1865-17 July 1865
Sub-District of Baton Rouge, Louisiana 6 August 1864-13 February 1865
District of Baton Rouge and Port Hudson, Louisiana 6 August 1864-13 February 1865
District of Beaufort, North Carolina #1 27 April 1863-14 August 1863
District of Beaufort, North Carolina #2 25 February 1865-6 July 1865
Sub-District of Beaufort, North Carolina #1 14 August 1863-31 October 1864
Sub-District of Beaufort, North Carolina #2 31 January 1865-25 February 1865
District of Beaufort, South Carolina 25 April 1864-13 May 1865
Sub-District of Beaufort, Virginia 18 January 1865-31 January 1865
Sub-District of Beaufort, Virginia and North Carolina 21 October 1864-18 January 1865
Sub-District of the Blackwater, Virginia 25 May 1865-19 September 1865
District of Bonnet Carré, Louisiana 27 March 1865-27 June 1865
District of the Border, Missouri 9 June 1863-31 December 1863
District of the Border, Kansas 1 January 1864-30 January 1865
District of the Brandywine, Pennsylvania 31 July 1864-7 August 1864
District of Cairo, Illinois #1 23 December 1861-11 March 1862
District of Cairo, Illinois #2 21 March 1862-19 August 1862
District of Cairo, Illinois #3 25 January 1864-1 May 1864
District of California 1 July 1864-27 June 1865
District of Southern California 14 September 1861-27 June 1865
District of Carrollton, Louisiana 1 May 1864-27 June 1865
District of Charleston, South Carolina 23 June 1865-27 June 1865
Cheat Mountain District, Virginia #1 24 July 1861-19 September 1861
Cheat Mountain District, Virginia #2 19 December 1861-26 June 1862
Cheat Mountain District, Virginia #3 24 September 1862-13 November 1862
Cheat River District, Virginia 25 July 1861-4 September 1861
District of the Clinch, Tennessee 21 November 1863-4 April 1864
District of Colorado 19 September 1862-2 November 1862
District of Colorado Territory #1 2 November 1862-1 January 1863
District of Colorado Territory #2 28 February 1864-28 March 1865
District of Columbus 30 October 1862-15 January 1863
Sub-District of Columbus, Tennessee 1 April 1862-30 June 1862
District of Corinth, Mississippi 1 July 1862-15 January 1863
District of Cumberland, Virginia 11 March 1862-7 April 1862
District of Currituck, North Carolina 11 December 1863-18 January 1865
District of Dakota 1 June 1863-4 December 1863
District of Delaware 3 July 1863-24 March 1865
District of Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland 24 March 1865-1 August 1865
District of the Eastern Shore of Maryland 22 March 1862-24 March 1865
District of Etowah, Georgia 15 June 1864-20 June 1865
District of Florida 7 February 1864-27 June 1865
District of West Florida #1 1 February 1864-12 September 1864
District of West Florida #2 17 March 1865-27 June 1865
Sub-District of West Florida 12 September 1864-17 March 1865
District of West Florida and South Alabama 12 September 1864– 17 March 1865
District of Fort Monroe, Virginia 21 May 1865-31 December 1865
District of the Frontier, Arkansas #1 9 June 1863–23 February 1864
District of the Frontier, Kansas #1 6 January 1864-23 February 1864
District of the Frontier, Kansas #2 23 February 1864-1 February 1865
District of the Frontier, Aransas #2 23 February 1864-1 February 1865
District of the Gap, Virginia 11 March 1862-26 June 1862
District of Northern Georgia 5 June 1865-27 June 1865
District of Southern Georgia 5 June 1865-27 June 1865
District of Grafton, Virginia 3 August 1861-20 December 1861
District of Greensboro, North Carolina 6 July 1865-31 December 1865
District of Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia 24 May 1864-25 February 1865
District of Harper’s Ferry and Cumberland, Virginia 20 October 1861-12 March 1862
District of Henrico, Virginia 25 May 1865-27 June 1865
District of Hilton Head, South Carolina 15 January 1864-13 May 1865
District of the Humboldt, California 12 December 1861-27 June 1865
District of Illinois #1 7 April 1863-16 November 1863
District of Illinois #2 13 August 1864-27 June 1865
District of Indiana #1 23 March 1863-5 June 1863
District of Indiana #2 11 September 1863-16 November 1863
District of Indiana #3 12 January 1864-27 June 1865
District of Indiana and Michigan 5 June 1863-11 September 1863
District of Iowa 8 June 1863-12 November 1864
District of Ironton, Missouri 5 July 1861-1 September 1861
District of Jackson, Tennessee 16 October 1862-28 May 1863
Sub-District of Jackson, Tennessee 21 June 1862-16 October 1862
Juniata District, Pennsylvania 6 September 1864-27 June 1865
District of the Kanawha, Virginia 11 October 1861-26 June 1862
Sub-District of the Kanawha, Virginia 19 September 1862-16 March 1863
District of Kansas 19 March 1862-2 May 1862
District of North Kansas 28 February 1864-27 May 1865
District of South Kansas 28 February 1864-3 June 1865
District of Kentucky 22 May 1863-10 February 1865
District of Central Kentucky 17 November 1862-4 July 1863
Sub-District of North Central Kentucky 6 November 1863-1 December 1863
Sub-District of South Central Kentucky 6 November 1863-1 December 1863
District of Eastern Kentucky 17 November 1862-6 November 1863
Sub-District of Eastern Kentucky 6 November 1863-1 December 1863
District of Western Kentucky #1 8 September 1861-31 January 1862
District of Western Kentucky #2 17 November 1862-11 September 1864
District of Western Kentucky #3 10 February 1865-21 May 1865
District of Key West and Tortugas 16 March 1863-17 May 1865
District of La Fourche, Louisiana 9 November 1862-27 June 1865
Lehigh District Pennsylvania 20 August 1863-1 December 1864
District of Little Rock, Arkansas 11 May 1864-4 February 1865
District of East Louisiana 29 May 1865-27 June 1865
Eastern District of Louisiana 27 June 1865-26 July 1865
District of Northeast Louisiana 11 May 1863-7 February 1864
Northern District of Louisiana 9 February 1865-17 May 1865
Southern District of Louisiana 11 February 1865-27 June 1865
Western District of Louisiana 27 June 1865-20 July 1865
District of Louisville, Kentucky 24 August 1862-17 November 1862
District of Lynchburg, Virginia 25 March 1865-13 July 1865
District of Memphis, Tennessee 26 October 1862-15 January 1863
Sub-District of Memphis 15 January 1863-28 November 1864
District of Michigan 1 October 1864-27 June 1865
District of Minnesota 23 November 1862-31 December 1865
District of Mississippi 17 May 1865-27 June 1865
Northern District of Mississippi 27 June 1865-31 December 1865
Southern District of Mississippi 27 June 1865-31 December 1865
Western District of Mississippi 27 June 1865-31 December 1865
District of the Mississippi 27 February 1862-16 June 1862
District of Missouri #1 June 1862-26 September 1862
District of Missouri #210 July 1865-22 August 1865
District of Central Missouri #1 3 December 1861-1 June 1862
District of Central Missouri #2 26 September 1862-10 July 1865
District of North Missouri #1 29 July 1861-9 November 1861
District of North Missouri #2 26 November 1861-11 March 1862
District of North Missouri #3 6 July 1863-1 July 1865
District of Northeast Missouri #1 12 March 1862-4 June 1862
District of Northeast Missouri #2 27 September 1862-7 February 1864
District of Northwest Missouri 12 March 1862-6 July 1863
District of Southeast Missouri #1 1 September 1861-11 May 1862
District of Southeast Missouri #2 16 June 1863-30 November 1863
District of Southwest Missouri 25 December 1861-10 July 1865
Sub-District of Mobile, Alabama 3 June 1865-27 June 1865
District of the Monongahela, Pennsylvania 27 June 1864-27 June 1865
District of Morganza, Louisiana 22 May 1864-27 June 1865
District of Nashville, Tennessee 10 November 1863-30 May 1864
District of Natchez, Mississippi 3 January 1865-3 June 1865
District of Nebraska Territory 2 November 1862-28 March 1865
District of the Neuse, North Carolina 23 April 1863-27 April 1863
Defences of New Bern, North Carolina 21 July 1863-5 March 1864
District of New Bern, North Carolina 6 July 1865-31 December 1865
Sub-District of New Bern, North Carolina 5 March 1864-21 October 1864
Sub-District of New Bern, Virginia 18 January 1865-31 January 1865
Sub-District of New Bern, Virginia and North Carolina 21 October 1864-18 January 1865
Central and Northern District of New Mexico 16 April 1862-16 June 1862
Southern District of New Mexico 8 August 1861-16 April 1862
Defences of New Orleans, Louisiana 16 December 1862-9 February 1865
District of Northern New York 14 September 1864-27 June 1865
District of Western New York 14 September 1865-31 December 1865
District of North Carolina #1 14 August 1863-21 October 1864
District of North Carolina #2 31 January 1865-1 March 1865
District of West North Carolina 6 July 1865-1 October 1865
District of the Northern Neck, Virginia 26 April 1865-18 May 1865
First District of the Northwest 17 November 1862-1 June 1863
Second District of the Northwest 17 November 1862-23 November 1862
Third District of the Northwest 17 November 1862-27 November 1862
Fourth District of the Northwest 17 November 1862-27 November 1862
District of the Nottoway, Virginia 22 May 1865-1 August 1865
District of Ohio 6 April 1863-16 November 1863
District of the Ohio 19 March 1862-24 October 1862
District of Oregon 15 January 1861-27 June 1865
District of the Pamlico, North Carolina 23 April 1863-14 August 1863
Sub-District of the Pamlico, North Carolina 14 August 1863-1 May 1864
District of Patuxent, Virginia 26 April 1865-18 May 1865
District of the Peninsula, Virginia 13 April 1865-27 April 1865
Sub-District of the Peninsula, Virginia 19 April 1865-29 August 1865
District of Pensacola, Florida 8 August 1862-1 February 1864
District of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 December 1864-15 June 1865
District of the Plains 28 March 1865-25 May 1865
District of Port Hudson, Louisiana #1 9 July 1863-6 August 1864
District of Port Hudson, Louisiana #2 13 February 1865-24 June 1865
Sub-District of Port Hudson, Louisiana 6 August 1864-13 February 1865
District of Port Royal, South Carolina 13 May 1865-27 June 1865
The Railroad District, Virginia 20 December 1861-26 June 1862
Sub-District of the Rappahannock, Virginia 25 May 1865-16 July 1865
District of Raleigh, North Carolina 6 July 1865-31 December 1865
Sub-District of Roanoke, Virginia 25 May 1865-16 July 1865
District of Rolla, Missouri 2 November 1862-10 July 1865
District of St Louis Missouri #1 21 November 1861-4 June 1862
District of St Louis Missouri #2 19 September 1862-10 July 1865
District of St Mary’s, Maryland 23 July 1863-26 April 1865
District of Savannah, Georgia 18 January 1865-27 June 1865
Sub-District of Somerset, Kentucky 6 November 1863-1 December 1863
Northern District of the South #1 31 March 1862-21 June 1862
Northern District of the South #2 13 January 1864-27 June 1865
Southern District of the South 31 March 1862-21 June 1862
Western District of the South 15 March 1862-21 June 1862
Sub-District of the South Anna, Virginia 25 May 1865-31 December 1865
District of Eastern South Carolina 23 June 1865-27 June 1865
District of Western South Carolina 23 June 1865-27 June 1865
District of Tennessee 30 May 1864-28 February 1865
District of East Tennessee 10 April 1864-17 March 1865
District of Middle Tennessee #1 16 December 1863-14 February 1864
District of Middle Tennessee #2 28 February 1865-27 June 1865
District of West Tennessee #1 14 February 1862-16 October 1862
District of West Tennessee #2 15 January 1863-25 May 1865
Central District of Texas 27 June 1865-20 July 1865
Eastern District of Texas 27 June 1865-20 July 1865
Western District of Texas 27 June 1865-20 July 1865
District of Utah 6 August 1862-28 March 1865
District of the Valley of the Big Sandy River, Virginia 11 March 1862-8 June 1862
District of Vicksburg, Mississippi 20 April 1864-22 June 1865
District of Virginia #1 21 August 1863-23 September 1863
District of Virginia #2 31 January 1865-31 December 1865
District of Eastern Virginia 27 May 1864-24 August 1865
District of Northeastern Virginia 10 July 1865-31 December 1865
District of Southwestern Virginia 13 July 1865-31 December 1865
District of Western Virginia 28 September 1862-16 March 1863
District of Washington, District of Columbia 12 March 1862-2 August 1865
District of Wilmington, North Carolina 1 March 1865-20 September 1865
District of Wisconsin 6 September 1862-27 June 1865
District of Yorktown, Virginia #1 18 July 1863-21 August 1863
District of Yorktown, Virginia #2 23 September 1863-17 May 1864
Sub-District of Yorktown, Virginia 21 August 1863-23 September 1863
Chronological List (by order of establishment)
District of Oregon
15 January 1861-27 June 1865
George Wright 15 January 1861-12 September 1861
Benjamin Lloyd Beall temporary 13 September 1861-4 May 1862
Albemarle Cady 5 May 1862-8 July 1862
Julius Steinburger temporary 5 May 1862-8 July 1862
Benjamin Alvord 9 July 1862-22 March 1865
Reuben F Maury temporary 23 March 1865-27 June 1865
15 January 1861: The District of Oregon was established in the Department of the Pacific, comprising the state of Oregon and Washington Territory except for the territories of the Rogue and Umpqua Rivers.
4 March 1863: The territory of Idaho Territory was added to the District of Oregon.
20 August 1863: Soda Springs, Idaho Territory, transferred to the District of Utah.
14 March 1865: The District of Oregon was extended to include the entire state of Oregon, including the Rogue and Umpqua River areas.
27 June 1865: The District of Oregon was discontinued.
District of Ironton, Missouri
5 July 1861-1 September 1861
Benjamin Gratz Brown 5 July 1861-7 August 1861
Ulysses Simpson Grant 8 August 1861-14 August 1861
Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss 15 August 1861-1 September 1861
5 July 1861:The District of Ironton was established in the Western Department, comprising the territory around Ironton, Missouri.
1 September 1861: The District of Ironton was discontinued.
Cheat Mountain District, Virginia #1
24 July 1861-19 September 1861
Joseph Jones Reynolds 24 July 1861-19 September 1861
24 July 1861: The Cheat Mountain District was established in the Department of the Ohio, comprising the vicinity of Cheat Mountain, Virginia.
19 September 1861: The Cheat Mountain District was discontinued.
Cheat River District, Virginia
25 July 1861-4 September 1861
Charles John Biddle 25 July 1861-19 August 1861
Henry Washington Benham 20 August 1861-4 September 1861
25 July 1861: The Cheat River District was established in the Department of the Ohio, comprising the territories of Tygart’s Valley and the Cheat River in Virginia.
4 September 1861: The Cheat River District was discontinued.
District of North Missouri #1
29 July 1861-9 November 1861
John Pope 29 July 1861-9 November 1861
29 July 1861: The District of North Missouri was established in the Western Department, comprising the territory of Hannibal, Mexico, Warrenton, and Renick, Missouri.
9 November 1861: The District of North Missouri was discontinued.
District of Grafton, Virginia
3 August 1861-20 December 1861
Benjamin Franklin Kelley 3 August 1861-20 December 1861
3 August 1861: The District of Grafton was established in the Department of the Ohio, comprising the line of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad from Cumberland, Maryland, to Wheeling, Virginia, and the Northwestern Virginia Railroad from Grafton to Parkersburg, Virginia.
20 December 1861: The District of Grafton was discontinued, and its territory was transferred to the Railroad District in the Department of Western Virginia.
Southern District of New Mexico
8 August 1861-16 April 1862
Benjamin Stone Roberts 8 August 1861-16 April 1862
8 August 1861: The Southern District of New Mexico was established in the Western Department, comprising all the New Mexico Territory south of Albuquerque.
9 November 1861: The Southern District of New Mexico transferred from the Western Department to the Department of New Mexico.
16 April 1862: The Southern District of New Mexico was discontinued.
District of Southeast Missouri #1
1 September 1861-11 May 1862
Ulysses Simpson Grant 1 September 1861-1 March 1862
Frederick Steele 1 March 1862-11 May 1862
1 September 1861: The District of Southeast Missouri was established in the Western Department, comprising Bird’s Point, Missouri, and Cairo and Mound City, Illinois.
9 November 1861: The District of Southeast Missouri transferred from the Western Department to the Department of the Missouri, comprising the vicinity of Cairo, Illinois, and Ironton, Jefferson City and Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
2 May 1862: The District of Southeast Missouri transferred to the operational command of the District of Southwest
11 May 1862: The District of Southeast Missouri was discontinued.
District of Western Kentucky #1
8 September 1861-31 January 1862
Charles Ferguson Smith 8 September 1861-17 November 1861
Horatio Gouverneur Wright 17 November 1861-31 January 1862
8 September 1861: The District of Western Kentucky was established in the Western Department.
9 November 1861: The District of Western Kentucky transferred from the Western Department to the Department of the Missouri.
31 January 1862: The District of Western Kentucky was discontinued.
District of Southern California
14 September 1861-27 June 1865
George Wright 14 September 1861-13 October 1861
James Henry Carleton 14 October 1861-11 January 1862
Joseph Rodman West temporary 12 January 1862-4 February 1862
James Henry Carleton 5 February 1862-14 May 1862
George Washington Bowie temporary 15 May 1862-6 February 1863
Harvey Lee temporary 7 February 1863-9 April 1863
Ferris Foreman temporary 10 April 1863-6 July 1863
James Freeman Curtis 7 July 1863-27 June 1865
14 September 1861: The District of Southern California was established in the Department of the Pacific, comprising California from San Francisco southwards.
27 June 1865: The District of Southern California was discontinued.
District of the Kanawha, Virginia
11 October 1861-26 June 1862
Jacob Dolson Cox 11 October 1861-26 June 1862
11 October 1861: The District of the Kanawha was established in the Department of Western Virginia, comprising Point Pleasant, Buffalo, Charleston, Gauley Bridge, Summerville, and Fayetteville.
11 March 1862: The District of the Kanawha transferred from the Department of Western Virginia to the Mountain Department, comprising the valleys of the Kanawha, New, and Guyandotte Rivers and the mouth of the Big Sandy River.
26 June 1862: The District of the Kanawha was discontinued.
District of Harper’s Ferry and Cumberland, Virginia
20 October 1861-12 March 1862
Frederick West Lander 20 October 1861-21 October 1861
Benjamin Franklin Kelley temporary 22 October 1861-30 November 1861
Frederick West Lander 1 December 1861-1 March 1862
James Shields 2 March 1862-12 March 1862
20 October 1861: The District of Harper’s Ferry and Cumberland was established in the Department of the Potomac, responsible for the railroad from Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, to Cumberland, Maryland, including a strip of land twenty miles wide along the south bank of the Potomac River.
12 March 1862: The District of Harper’s Ferry and Cumberland was discontinued.
District of St Louis Missouri #1
21 November 1861-4 June 1862
John McAllister Schofield 21 November 1861-10 April 1862
Lewis Merrill 10 April 1862-4 June 1862
21 November 1861: The District of St Louis was established in the Department of the Missouri, bounded by the Mississippi, Missouri, and Meramec Rivers and the railroad line from Pacific to Rolla as far as Lindsey’s Station and a line drawn from the mouth of the Osage River just west of Jefferson City to the Meramec River.
4 June 1862: The District of St Louis was discontinued, and incorporated into the District of Missouri.
District of North Missouri #2
26 November 1861-11 March 1862
Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss 26 November 1861-26 December 1861
John McAllister Schofield 26 December 1861-11 March 1862
26 November 1861: The District of North Missouri was re-established in the Department of the Missouri, comprising the territory of the state north of the Missouri River.
11 March 1862: The District of North Missouri was discontinued, and incorporated into the District of Northwest Missouri.
District of Central Missouri #1
3 December 1861-1 June 1862
John Pope 3 December 1861-12 February 1862
James Totten 12 February 1862-1 June 1862
3 December 1861: The District of Central Missouri was established in the Department of the Missouri, comprising the region between the Missouri and Osage Rivers in Missouri. The Army of Western Missouri was established in the District of Central Missouri.
12 February 1862: The Army of Western Missouri was discontinued.
1 June 1862: The District of Central Missouri was discontinued, and incorporated into the District of Missouri.
District of the Humboldt, California
12 December 1861-27 June 1865
Francis James Lippitt 12 December 1861-12 July 1863
Stephen Girard Whipple 13 July 1863-7 February 1864
Henry M Black 8 February 1864-30 June 1864
Stephen Girard Whipple 1 July 1864-27 June 1865
12 December 1861: The District of the Humboldt was established in the Department of the Pacific, comprising Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino, Trinity, Humboldt, Klamath, and Del Norte counties in California.
27 June 1865: The District of the Humboldt was discontinued.
Cheat Mountain District, Virginia #2
19 December 1861-26 June 1862
Robert Huston Milroy 19 December 1861-12 April 1862
Thomas Maley Harris 12 April 1862-26 June 1862
19 December 1861: The Cheat Mountain District was re-established in the Department of Western Virginia, comprising the vicinity of Beverly, Elkwater, and Huttonsville.
11 March 1862: The Cheat Mountain District transferred from the Department of Western Virginia to the Mountain Department, comprising all the territory west of the Allegheny Mountains south of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, east of the Summerville-Weston Road, and north of the Gauley River.
26 June 1862: The Cheat Mountain District was discontinued.
District of Cairo, Illinois #1
23 December 1861-11 March 1862
Ulysses Simpson Grant 23 December 1861-14 February 1862
William Tecumseh Sherman 14 February 1862-11 March 1862
23 December 1861: The District of Cairo was established in the Department of the Missouri, comprising the vicinity of Cairo, Illinois.
11 March 1862: The District of Cairo was discontinued.
District of Southwest Missouri
25 December 1861-10 July 1865
Samuel Ryan Curtis 25 December 1861-4 June 1862
Egbert Benson Brown 4 June 1862-23 September 1862
John McAllister Schofield 24 September 1862-9 November 1862
Egbert Benson Brown 10 November 1862-29 March 1863
John McAllister Schofield 30 March 1863-23 May 1863
William Fletcher Cloud temporary 24 May 1863-14 June 1863,
John McNeil 15 June 1863-14 October 1863
John Benjamin Sanborn 15 October 1863-8 December 1864
Joseph Jackson Gravely temporary 9 December 1864-8 January 1865
John Benjamin Sanborn 9 January 1865-9 June 1865
John D Allen temporary 10 June 1865-18 June 1865
Thomas Jefferson McKean 19 June 1865-10 July 1865
25 December 1861: The District of Southwest Missouri was established in the Department of the Missouri, comprising the state of Missouri south of the Osage River and west of the Meramec River.
2 May 1862: The District of Southeast Missouri transferred to the operational command of the District of Southwest Missouri.
11 May 1862: The District of Southeast Missouri was discontinued.
19 September 1862: The District of Southwest Missouri was reorganised to comprise the counties of Vernon, Barton, Jasper, Newton, McDonald, Cedar, Dade, Lawrence, Barry, Polk, Green, Christian, Stone, Taney, Ozark, Douglas, Webster, Wright, La Clede and parts of Hickory and St Clair in Missouri. The Army of the Southwest transferred from the District of Southwest Missouri to the Department of the Missouri.
30 March 1863: The District of Southwest Missouri was extended southwards to the Arkansas River.
9 June 1863: The counties of Vernon, Barton, Jasper, Newton, and McDonald transferred from the District of Southwest Missouri to the District of the Frontier.
15 July 1863: The counties of Vernon, Barton, Jasper, Newton, and McDonald transferred from the District of the Frontier to the District of Southwest Missouri.
18 August 1864: The southern border of the District of Southwest Missouri was redefined as the Missouri-Arkansas state line.
26 December 1864: The northern border of the District of Southwest Missouri was re-defined as the Osage River.
10 July 1865: The District of Southwest Missouri was discontinued.
District of West Tennessee #1
14 February 1862-16 October 1862
Ulysses Simpson Grant 14 February 1862-11 March 1862
Charles Ferguson Smith 11 March 1862-17 March 1862
Ulysses Simpson Grant 17 March 1862-16 October 1862
14 February 1862: The District of West Tennessee was established in the Department of the Missouri, comprising the territory around Fort Donelson, Tennessee, and locations occupied by the Army of West Tennessee.
21 February 1862: The Army of West Tennessee was established in the District of West Tennessee.
11 March 1862: The Army of West Tennessee transferred from the District of West Tennessee to the Department of the Mississippi. The District of West Tennessee transferred from the Department of the Missouri to the Department of the Mississippi.
16 June 1862: The District of the Mississippi was discontinued, and its territory was transferred to the District of West Tennessee.
21 June 1862: The Sub-District of Jackson was established in the District of West Tennessee.
26 June 1862: The Army of the Mississippi transferred from the Department of the Mississippi to the District of West Tennessee.
19 September 1862:The District of West Tennessee transferred from the Department of the Mississippi to the War Department. It comprised the territory around Fort Henry and Fort Donelson in Tennessee, southwards to Corinth, Mississippi.
16 October 1862: The Army of West Tennessee was discontinued, and incorporated into the Army of the Tennessee. The District of Corinth transferred from the District of West Tennessee to the Department of Tennessee. The Sub-District of Jackson was discontinued. The Army of the Mississippi transferred to the Department of the Tennessee. The District of West Tennessee was discontinued, and its territory was transferred to the Department of the Tennessee.
District of the Mississippi
27 February 1862-16 June 1862
John Pope 27 February 1862-21 April 1862
Isaac Ferdinand Quinby 21 April 1862-16 June 1862
27 February 1862: The District of the Mississippi was established in the Department of the Missouri, comprising the parts of Missouri between the Saint Francis River and the Mississippi River. The Army of the Mississippi transferred to the District of the Mississippi.
11 March 1862: The Army of the Mississippi transferred from the District of the Mississippi to the Department of the Mississippi.
16 June 1862: The District of the Mississippi was discontinued, and its territory was transferred the District of West Tennessee.
District of Cumberland, Virginia
11 March 1862-7 April 1862
Robert Cumming Schenck 11 March 1862-7 April 1862
11 March 1862: The District of Cumberland was established in the Mountain Department, comprising the territory east of the Allegheny Mountains controlled by the Mountain Department.
7 April 1862: The District of Cumberland was discontinued.
District of the Gap, Virginia
11 March 1862-26 June 1862
Samuel Powhatan Carter 11 March 1862-26 June 1862
11 March 1862: The District of the Gap was established in the Mountain Department. It consisted of the territory west of the valley of the Big Sandy River within the Mountain Department. It was controlled operationally by the Army of the Ohio.
26 June 1862: The District of the Gap was discontinued.
District of the Valley of the Big Sandy River, Virginia
11 March 1862-8 June 1862
James Abram Garfield 11 March 1862-8 June 1862
11 March 1862: The District of the Valley of the Big Sandy River was established in the Mountain Department.
8 June 1862: The District of the Valley of the Big Sandy River was discontinued.
District of Northeast Missouri #1
12 March 1862-4 June 1862
John Montgomery Glover 12 March 1862-4 June 1862
12 March 1862: The District of Northeast Missouri was established in the Department of the Missouri, comprising the state of Missouri north of Randolph County and east of Linn County.
4 June 1862: The District of Northeast Missouri was discontinued, and incorporated into the District of Missouri.
District of Northwest Missouri
12 March 1862-6 July 1863
Benjamin Franklin Loan 12 March 1862-4 June 1862,
Vacant 4 June 1862-13 August 1862
Willard Preble Hall 23 August 1862-9 April 1863
Chester Harding 10 April 1863-22 June 1863
Willard Preble Hall 23 June 1863-6 July 1863
12 March 1862: The District of Northwest Missouri was established in the Department of the Missssippi, comprising the state of Missouri north of the Missouri River and west of the eastern boundary of Linn County.
19 September 1862: The District of Northwest Missouri transferred from the Department of the Mississippi to the Department of the Missouri.
6 July 1863: The District of Northwest Missouri was discontinued, and incorporated into the District of North Missouri.
(Military) District of Washington, District of Columbia
12 March 1862-2 August 1865
James Samuel Wadsworth 12 March 1862-7 September 1862
Nathaniel Prentiss Banks 7 September 1862-27 October 1862
Samuel Peter Heintzelman 27 October 1862-2 February 1863
John Henry Martindale 2 February 1863-2 May 1864
Moses N Wisewell 2 May 1864–26 April 1865
Orlando Bolivar Willcox 26 April 1865-2 August 1865
12 March 1862: The Military District of Washington was established as an independent command under the War Department, comprising the District of Columbia, Alexandria in Virginia, and Port Washington, District of Columbia.
4 April 1862: The Military District of Washington transferred to the Department of the Rappahannock.
26 June 1862: The Military District of Washington transferred from the Department of the Rappahannock to the War Department.
2 February 1863: The Military District of Washington was discontinued, and its territory was incorporated into the District of Washington. The District of Washington was established in the Department of Washington, comprising the territory formerly under the authority of the Military District of Washington.
26 April 1865: The District of Washington was reorganised to include the part of the Department of Washington north of the Potomac River except the city of Washington and the territory between the Potomac and Patuxent Rivers south of the Piscataway River.
18 May 1865: The District of the Northern Neck was discontinued, and its territory transferred to the District of Washington.
2 August 1865: The District of Washington was discontinued.
Western District of the South
15 March 1862-21 June 1862
Lewis Golding Arnold 15 March 1862-21 June 1862
15 March 1862: The Western District was established in the Department of the South, comprising the territory in Florida west of a line due north of Cedar Keys.
21 June 1862: The Western District of the Department of the South was discontinued.
District of Kansas
19 March 1862-2 May 1862
David Hunter interim 18 March 1862-1 April 1862
James William Denver 19 March 1862-10 April 1862
Samuel Davis Sturgis 10 April 1862-2 May 1862
19 March 1862: The District of Kansas was established in the Department of the Mississippi.
2 May 1862: The District of Kansas was discontinued and renamed the Department of Kansas.
District of the Ohio
19 March 1862-24 October 1862
Don Carlos Buell 19 March 1862-24 October 1862
19 March 1862: The District of the Ohio was established in the Department of the Mississippi, comprising the territory east of the Tennessee River in Kentucky and Tennessee except for Fort Henry and Fort Donelson.
16 July 1862: The District of the Ohio transferred from the Department of the Mississippi to the War Department.
24 October 1862: The District of the Ohio was discontinued, and its territory was incorporated into the Department of the Cumberland.
District of Cairo, Illinois #2
21 March 1862-19 August 1862
William Kerley Strong 21 March 1862-12 April 1862
James Madison Tuttle 12 April 1862-19 August 1862
21 March 1862: The District of Cairo was established in the Department of the Mississippi, comprising the vicinity of Cairo, Illinois.
1 April 1862: The Sub-District of Columbus was established in the District of Cairo, comprising the vicinity of Columbus, Kentucky.
30 June 1862: The Sub-District of Columbus was discontinued.
9 August 1862: The District of Cairo was discontinued.
District of the Eastern Shore of Maryland
22 March 1862-24 March 1865
Henry Hayes Lockwood 22 March 1862-5 January 1865
John Reese Kenly 5 January 1865-24 March 1865
22 March 1862: The District of the Eastern Shore of Maryland was established in the Middle Department.
24 March 1865: The District of the Eastern Shore of Maryland was discontinued, and incorporated into the District of Delaware and the Eastern Shore.
Northern District of the South #1
31 March 1862-21 June 1862
Henry Washington Benham 31 March 1862-21 June 1862
31 March 1862: The Northern District was established in the Department of the South, comprising the states of South Carolina, Georgia, and the parts of Florida north of the line connecting Cape Canaveral to Cedar Keys and east of a north-south line from Cedar Keys to the border of Georgia.
21 June 1862: The Northern District of the Department of the South was discontinued.
Southern District of the South
31 March 1862-21 June 1862
John Milton Brannan 31 March 1862-21 June 1862
31 March 1862: The Southern District was established in the Department of the South, comprising Florida south of a line connecting Cape Canaveral and Cedar Keys, including territory formerly in the Department of Key West.
21 June 1862: The Southern District of the South was discontinued and its territory was incorporated into the District of Key West and Tortugas.
Sub-District of Columbus, Tennessee
1 April 1862-30 June 1862
Isaac Ferdinand Quinby 1 April 1862-30 June 1862
1 April 1862: The Sub-District of Columbus was established in the District of Cairo, comprising the vicinity of Columbus, Kentucky.
30 June 1862: The Sub-District of Columbus was discontinued.
Central and Northern District of New Mexico
16 April 1862-16 June 1862
Benjamin Stone Roberts 16 April 1862-16 June 1862
16 April 1862: The Central and Northern District of New Mexico was established in the Department of New Mexico, comprising the territory north of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
16 June 1862: The Central and Northern District of New Mexico was discontinued.
District of Missouri #1
1 June 1862-26 September 1862
John McAllister Schofield 1 June 1862-26 September 1862
1 June 1862: The District of Missouri was established in the Department of the Mississippi, comprising the state of Missouri except for Mississippi, New Madrid, and Pemiscut counties.
19 September 1862: The District of Missouri transferred from the Department of the Mississippi to the Department of the Missouri.
26 September 1862: The District of Missouri was discontinued, and its territory transferred to the District of Central Missouri.
Sub-District of Jackson, Tennessee
21 June 1862-16 October 1862
John Alexander McClernand 21 June 1862-25 August 1862
John Alexander Logan 25 August 1862–24 September 1862
Edward Otho Cresap Ord 24 September 1862-5 October 1862
Stephen Augustus Hurlbut 5 October 1862-16 October 1862
21 June 1862: The Sub-District of Jackson was established in the District of West Tennessee, comprising the territory around Jackson, City, Bolivar, Grand Junction, La Grange, Trenton, and Humboldt, Tennessee.
19 September 1862: The Sub-District of Jackson transferred with the District of West Tennessee to the War Department.
16 October 1862: The Sub-District of Jackson was discontinued and renamed the District of Jackson.
District of Corinth, Mississippi
1 July 1862-15 January 1863
William Starke Rosecrans 1 July 1862-20 October 1862
Charles Smith Hamilton 20 October 1862-15 January 1863
1 July 1862: The District of Corinth was established in the Department of the Mississippi, comprising the vicinity of Corinth, Mississippi.
19 September 1862: The District of Corinth transferred from the Department of the Mississippi to the District of West Tennessee.
16 October 1862: The District of Corinth transferred from the District of West Tennessee to the Department of the Tennessee.
15 January 1863: The District of Corinth was discontinued, and its territory was incorporated into the District of West Tennessee.
District of Utah
6 August 1862-28 March 1865
Patrick Edward Connor 6 August 1862-28 March 1865
6 August 1862: The District of Utah was established in the Department of the Pacific, comprising Utah Territory and Utah Territory.
20 August 1863: Soda Springs, Idaho Territory, transferred to the District of Utah.
17 February 1865: The District of Utah transferred from the Department of the Pacific to the Department of the Missouri. It comprised the Utah Territory and the state of Nevada, and Soda Springs, Idaho Territory.
28 March 1865: The District of Utah was discontinued, and its territory was incorporated into the District of the Plains.
District of Pensacola, Florida
8 August 1862-1 February 1864
Lewis Golding Arnold 8 August 1862-1 October 1862
Neal Dow 2 October 1862-23 January 1863
Isaac Dyer 24 January 1863-20 April 1863
William Cune Holbrook temporary 21 April 1863-8 November 1863
Alexander Asboth 9 November 1863-1 February 1864
8 August 1862: The District of Pensacola was established in the Department of the Gulf, comprising Florida west of the Apalachicola River. The rest of Florida remained in the Department of the South.
1 February 1864: The District of Pensacola was discontinued in the Department of the Gulf and its territory was transferred to the District of West Florida in the Department of the South.
District of Louisville, Kentucky
24 August 1862-17 November 1862
Jeremiah Tilford Boyle 24 August 1862-17 November 1862
24 August 1862: The District of Louisville was established in the Department of the Ohio, comprising the territory around Louisville, Kentucky.
17 November 1862: The District of Louisville was discontinued, and its area incorporated into the District of Western Kentucky.
District of Arizona #1
30 August 1862-8 December 1864
James Henry Carleton 30 August 1862-4 September 1862
Joseph Rodman West 5 September 1862-28 January 1864
George Washington Bowie 29 January 1864-29 November 1864
Joseph Rodman West 30 November 1864-8 December 1864
30 August 1862: The District of Arizona was established in the Department of New Mexico, comprising the Arizona Territory.
8 December 1864: The District of Arizona was discontinued.
District of Wisconsin
6 September 1862-27 June 1865
Washington Lafayette Elliott 6 September 1862-15 February 1863
Thomas Church Haskell Smith 16 February 1863-16 April 1865
Thomas Alfred Davies 17 April 1865-27 June 1865
6 September 1862: The District of Wisconsin was established in the Department of the Northwest, comprising the state of Wisconsin.
27 June 1865: The District of Wisconsin was discontinued.
District of Colorado
19 September 1862-2 November 1862
John Milton Chivington 19 September 1862-2 November 1862
19 September 1862: The District of Colorado was established as an independent command reporting to the War Department, comprising the territory of the Colorado Territory taken from the discontinued Department of Kansas.
11 October 1862: The District of Colorado (apart from Fort Garland) transferred from the War Department to the Department of the Missouri.
2 November 1862: The District of Colorado was discontinued and renamed as the District of Colorado Territory.
District of St Louis Missouri #2
19 September 1862-10 July 1865
John Wynn Davidson 19 September 1862-2 December 1862
Vacant 3 December 1862-22 February 1863
John Wynn Davidson 23 February 1863-15 June 1863
William Kerley Strong 16 June 1863-27 May 1864
Vacant 27 May 1864-23 July 1864
Alfred Pleasonton 24 July 1864-8 December 1864
George Day Wagner 9 December 1864-19 June 1865
James Alexander Williamson 20 June 1865-10 July 1865
19 September 1862: The District of St Louis was re-established in the Department of the Missouri.
30 March 1863: The District of St Louis was reduced when the border with the District of Rolla was drawn as the 91 degree west longitude from the northern line of Washington County south through the counties of Washington, Iron, Reynolds, Centre, and Ripley to the southern border of Missouri.
16 June 1863: The District of Southeast Missouri was established in the Department of the Missouri, comprising that part of the District of St Louis south of a line running east through Steeleville, including Cape Girardeau, Centreville, Fredericktown, Ironton, New Madrid, Patterson and Pilot Knob, Missouri.
30 November 1863: The District of Southeast Missouri was discontinued, and its territory was transferred to the District of St Louis.
10 July 1865: The District of St Louis was discontinued, and its territory was transferred to the District of Missouri.
Sub-District of the Kanawha, Virginia
19 September 1862-16 March 1863
Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn 19 September 1862-15 October 1862
Eliakim Parker Scammon 15 October 1862-16 March 1863
19 September 1862: The Sub-District of the Kanawha was established in the Department of the Ohio.
28 September 1862: The Sub-District of the Kanawha transferred to the District of Western Virginia in the Department of the Ohio.
16 March 1863: The Sub-District of the Kanawha was discontinued.
Cheat Mountain District, Virginia #3
24 September 1862-13 November 1862
Robert Huston Milroy 24 September 1862-13 November 1862
24 September 1862: The Cheat Mountain District was re-established in the Department of the Ohio, comprising the vicinity of Cheat Mountain, Virginia.
13 November 1862: The Cheat Mountain District was discontinued.
District of Central Missouri #2
26 September 1862-10 July 1865
Benjamin Franklin Loan 26 September 1863-8 June 1863
Egbert Benson Brown 9 June 1863-23 July 1864
Alfred Pleasonton 24 July 1864-2 September 1864
Egbert Benson Brown 3 September 1864-2 November 1864
John Finis Philips 3 November 1864-26 February 1865
John McNeil 27 February 1865-11 April 1865
Chester Harding 12 April 1865-25 June 1865
John Lourie Beveridge 26 June 1865-10 July 1865
26 September 1862: The District of Central Missouri was established in the Department of the Missouri, comprising the region of Missouri between the Missouri and Osage Rivers.
10 July 1865: The District of Central Missouri was discontinued, and its territory was transferred to the District of Missouri.
District of Northeast Missouri #2
27 September 1862-7 February 1864
Lewis Merrill 27 September 1862-26 January 1863
Thomas Jefferson McKean 26 January 1863-12 March 1863
Thomas Alfred Davies 12 March 1863-7 February 1864
27 September 1862: The District of Northeast Missouri was established in the Department of the Missouri, from the District of Missouri and comprising the posts of Sturgeon, Fayette, Paris, Canton, Kirkesville, Macon, Palmyra, Columbia, Fulton, Hannibal, and Warrenton.
7 February 1864: The District of Northeast Missouri was discontinued in the Department of the Missouri.
District of Western Virginia
28 September 1862-16 March 1863
Quincy Adams Gillmore 28 September 1862-4 October 1862
Jacob Dolson Cox 4 October 1862-16 March 1863
28 September 1862: The District of Western Virginia was established in the Department of the Ohio, comprising western Virginia and the counties in Ohio adjacent to Virginia. The Sub-District of the Kanawha transferred from the Department of the Ohio to the District of Western Virginia.
16 March 1863: The Sub-District of the Kanawha was discontinued. The District of Western Virginia was discontinued, and the territory of Western Virginia transferred from the Department of the Ohio to the Middle Department.
District of Jackson, Tennessee
16 October 1862-28 May 1863
Stephen Augustus Hurlbut 16 October 1862-19 November 1862
Jeremiah Cutler Sullivan 19 November 1862-20 March 1863
Nathan Kimball 20 March 1863-28 May 1863
16 October 1862: The District of Jackson was established in the Department of the Tennessee, to comprise the former Sub-District of Jackson.
28 May 1863: The District of Jackson was discontinued.
District of Memphis, Tennessee
26 October 1862-15 January 1863
William Tecumseh Sherman 26 October 1862-25 November 1862
Stephen Augustus Hurlbut 25 November 1862-6 January 1863
James Clifford Veatch 6 January 1863-15 January 1863
26 October 1862: The District of Memphis was established in the Department of the Tennessee, comprising Tennessee south of the Hatchie River and west of Bolivar.
15 January 1863: The District of Memphis was discontinued and renamed the Sub-District of Memphis in the District of West Tennessee.
District of Columbus
30 October 1862-15 January 1863
Thomas Alfred Davies 30 October 1862-11 January 1863
Alexander Asboth 11 January 1863-15 January 1863
30 October 1862: The District of Columbus was established in the Department of the Tennessee, comprising parts of Kentucky and Tennessee west of the Tennessee River north of a line running from Big Sandy, through Paris, Tennessee, to the Obion River and along that river to the Mississippi River.
15 January 1863: The District of Columbus was discontinued, and its territory was incorporated into the District of West Tennessee.
District of Eastern Arkansas
2 November 1862-5 June 1865
Alvin Peterson Hovey 2 November 1862-2 December 1862
Willis Arnold Gorman 3 December 1862-14 February 1863
Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss 14 February 1863-3 August 1863
Frederick Sigel Salomon 3 August 1863-19 September 1863
Napoleon Bonaparte Buford 19 September 1863-5 August 1864
William Crooks temporary 6 August 1864-27 September 1864
Napoleon Bonaparte Buford 28 September 1864-6 October 1864
William Crooks temporary 7 October 1864-18 October 1864
Napoleon Bonaparte Buford 19 October 1864-8 March 1865
Alexander McDowell McCook 9 March 1865-26 April 1865
Charles Bentzoni temporary 27 April 1865-12 May 1865
John Milton Thayer 13 May 1865-5 June 1865
2 November 1862: The District of Eastern Arkansas was established in the Department of the Missouri, comprising the territory around Helena, Arkansas.
14 February 1863: The District of Eastern Arkansas transferred from the Department of the Missouri to the Department of the Tennessee.
6 January 1864: The District of Eastern Arkansas transferred from the Department of the Tennessee to the Department of Arkansas.
5 June 1865: The District of Eastern Arkansas was discontinued.
District of Colorado Territory #1
2 November 1862-1 January 1863
John Milton Chivington2 November 1862-1 January 1863
2 November 1862: The District of Colorado was renamed the District of Colorado Territory and subordinated to the Department of the Missouri.
1 January 1863: The District of Colorado Territory was discontinued.
District of Nebraska Territory
2 November 1862-28 March 1865
James Craig 2 November 1862-4 May 1863
William Fletcher Sapp temporary 5 May 1863-3 June 1863
Thomas Jefferson McKean 4 June 1863-27 February 1864
Robert Byington Mitchell 28 February 1864-28 March 1865
2 November 1862: The District of Nebraska Territory was established in the Department of the Missouri.
1 January 1864: The District of Nebraska Territory transferred from the Department of the Missouri to the Department of Kansas. It included the Nebraska Territory and Julesburg, Colorado Territory.
30 January 1865: The District of Nebraska Territory transferred from the Department of Kansas to the Department of the Missouri.
28 March 1865: The District of Nebraska Territory was discontinued, and its territory was incorporated into the District of the Plains.
District of Rolla, Missouri
2 November 1862-10 July 1865
John Montgomery Glover 2 November 1862-12 March 1863
Thomas Alfred Davies 13 March 1863-24 March 1864
Odon Guitar 25 March 1864-22 August 1864
John McNeil 23 August 1864-3 October 1864
Albert Sigel 4 October 1864-2 November 1864
John Finis Philips 3 November 1864-27 November 1864
Albert Sigel 28 November 1864-1 December 1864
Edwin C Catherwood 2 December 1864-4 January 1865
Egbert Benson Brown 5 January 1865-7 March 1865
Edwin C Catherwood 8 March 1865-16 March 1865
John Morrill 17 March 1865-10 July 1865
2 November 1862: The District of Rolla was established in the Department of the Missouri. It was bounded in the east of Missouri at 91 degrees west longitude from its intersection with the northern line of Washington county to the southern boundary of Missouri; in the south the Missouri-Arkansas border; in the north, the northern line of Washington county extended westward to the Gasconade River; and in the west the Gasconade River to the western line of Pulaski county and from there southward to the Missouri-Arkansas border.
30 March 1863: The District of St Louis was reduced when the border with the District of Rolla was drawn as the 91 degree west longitude from the northern line of Washington County south through the counties of Washington, Iron, Reynolds, Centre, and Ripley to the southern border of Missouri.
10 July 1865: The District of Rolla was discontinued, and its territory was incorporated into the District of Missouri.
District of La Fourche, Louisiana
9 November 1862-27 June 1865
Godfrey Weitzel 9 November 1862-29 April 1863
Henry Warner Birge 30 April 1863-31 December 1863
Edward Leslie Molineux 1 January 1864-31 January 1864
Nicholas Wyckoff Day 1 February 1864-3 May 1864
John McNeil 4 May 1864-8 June 1864
Robert Alexander Cameron 9 June 1864-27 June 1865
9 November 1862: The District of La Fourche was established in the Department of the Gulf, comprising the territory west of the Mississippi River and east of the Atchafalaya River in Louisiana. Its authority varied over Bayou Boeuf, Bayou des Allemands, Brashear City, Donaldsonville, Napoleonville, Terre Bonne, and Thibodeaux.
11 February 1865: The District of La Fourche transferred to the Southern District of Louisiana.
27 June 1865: The District of La Fourche was discontinued and its territory incorporated into the Western District of Louisiana.
District of Central Kentucky
17 November 1862-4 July 1863
Gordon Granger 17 November 1862-25 January 1863
Quincy Adams Gillmore 25 January 1863-10 April 1863
Orlando Bolivar Willcox 10 April 1863-4 June 1863
Samuel Davis Sturgis 4 June 1863-4 July 1863
17 November 1862: The District of Central Kentucky was established in the Department of the Ohio, comprising the 43 counties in the central portion of the state.
4 July 1863: The District of Central Kentucky was discontinued.
District of Eastern Kentucky
17 November 1862-6 November 1863
Jonathan Cranor 17 November 1862-5 February 1863
Julius White 5 February 1863-6 August 1863
Samuel Powhatan Carter 6 August 1863-15 August 1863
George W Gallup 15 August 1863-6 November 1863
17 November 1862: The District of Eastern Kentucky was established in the Department of the Ohio, comprising the nine easternmost counties in Kentucky.
6 November 1863: The District of Eastern Kentucky was discontinued, and renamed as the Sub-District of Eastern Kentucky in the District of Kentucky.
District of Western Kentucky #2
17 November 1862-11 September 1864
Jeremiah Tilford Boyle 17 November 1862-25 January 1864
Vacant 26 January 1864-25 March 1864
Horatio Gouverneur Wright 25 March 1864-4 April 1864
Eleazar Arthur Paine 4 April 1864-11 September 1864
17 November 1862: The District of Western Kentucky was re-established in the Department of the Ohio, comprising the territory of Kentucky west of the counties of Oldham, Shelby, Spencer, Washington, Marion, Taylor, Adair, Russell, and Clinton.
25 March 1864: The District of Western Kentucky transferred from the Department of the Ohio to the Department of the Tennessee.
11 September 1864: The District of Western Kentucky was discontinued.
First District of the Northwest
17 November 1862-1 June 1863
John Cook 17 November 1862-1 June 1863
17 November 1862: The First District of the Department of the Northwest was established. It comprised Iowa and the Dakota Territory.
1 June 1863: The First District of the Department of the Northwest was discontinued.
Second District of the Northwest
17 November 1862-23 November 1862
Henry Hastings Sibley 17 November 1862-23 November 1865
17 November 1862: The Second District of the Department of the Northwest was established. It comprised the vicinity of Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
23 November 1862: The Second District of the Department of the Northwest was discontinued, and renamed the District of Minnesota.
Third District of the Northwest
17 November 1862-27 November 1862
Minor T Thomas 17 November 1862-27 November 1862
17 November 1862: The Third District of the Department of the Northwest was established. It comprised the vicinity of Fort Ripley, Minnesota.
27 November 1862: The Third District of the Department of the Northwest was discontinued and incorporated into the District of Minnesota.
Fourth District of the Northwest
17 November 1862-27 November 1862
Francis Peteler 17 November 1862-27 November 1862
17 November 1862: The Fourth District of the Department of the Northwest was established. It comprised the vicinity of Fort Abercrombie, Minnesota.
27 November 1862: The Fourth District of the Department of the Northwest was discontinued and incorporated into the District of Minnesota.
District of Minnesota
23 November 1862-31 December 1865 and continuing
Henry Hastings Sibley 23 November 1862-31 December 1865
23 November 1862: The District of Minnesota was established in the Department of the Northwest, from the Second District, Third District, and Fourth District of the Department of the Northwest including Fort Snelling, Fort Ridgely, and Fort Abercrombie.
27 June 1865: The District of Minnesota transferred from the Department of the Northwest to the Department of the Missouri.
Defences of New Orleans, Louisiana
16 December 1862-9 February 1865
Thomas W Cahill 16 December 1862-8 January 1863
Thomas West Sherman 9 January 1863-24 August 1863
Edward Griffin Beckwith 25 August 1863-5 January 1864
Joseph Jones Reynolds 5 January 1864-15 June 1864
Thomas West Sherman 16 June 1864-9 February 1865
16 December 1862: The Defences of New Orleans was established in the Department of the Gulf, comprising the vicinity of New Orleans, Louisiana.
9 February 1865: The Defences of New Orleans was discontinued.
The Railroad District, Virginia
20 December 1861-26 June 1862
Benjamin Franklin Kelley 20 December 1861-26 June 1862
20 December 1861: The Railroad District was established in the Department of Western Virginia, comprising the territory of the former District of Grafton in the Department of the Ohio and all railroads in western Virginia.
11 March 1862: The Railroad District transferred from the Department of Western Virginia to the Mountain Department, comprising the lines of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in Virginia west of the Allegheny Mountains and was extended to include the vicinity of Grafton, Clarksburg, Parkersburg, and Wheeling, in western Virginia.
26 June 1862: The Railroad District was discontinued.
District of West Tennessee #2
15 January 1863-25 May 1865
Charles Smith Hamilton 15 January 1863-11 February 1863
Stephen Augustus Hurlbut 11 February 1863-28 April 1864
Cadwallader Colden Washburn 28 April 1864-2 June 1864
Benjamin Henry Grierson 2 June 1864-28 November 1864
Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh Dana 28 November 1864-7 December 1864
James Clifford Veatch 8 December 1864-2 February 1865
Benjamin Stone Roberts 3 February 1865-4 March 1865
Cadwallader Colden Washburn 4 March 1865-25 May 1865
15 January 1863: The District of West Tennessee was re-established in the Department of the Tennessee, comprising the territories formerly under the authority of the District of Columbus, the District of Corinth, and the District of Memphis. The Sub-District of Memphis was established in the District of West Tennessee.
28 November 1864: The Sub-District of Memphis was discontinued. The District of West Tennessee transferred from the Department of the Tennessee to the Department of the Mississippi. It comprised the territory of Tennessee west of the Tennessee River.
10 February 1865: The District of West Tennessee transferred from the Department of the Mississippi to the Department of the Cumberland. It comprised the territory of Tennessee west of the Tennessee River.
25 May 1865: The District of West Tennessee was discontinued.
Sub-District of Memphis
15 January 1863-28 November 1864
James Clifford Veatch 15 January 1863-25 January 1864
Ralph Pomeroy Buckland 25 January 1864-28 November 1864
15 January 1863: The Sub-District of Memphis was established in the District of West Tennessee, comprising the former District of Memphis.
28 November 1864: The Sub-District of Memphis was discontinued.
District of Alexandria, Virginia
2 February 1863-20 July 1865
John Potts Slough 2 February 1863-21 November 1864
Henry Horatio Wells temporary 21 November 1864-1 January 1865
John Potts Slough 1 January 1865-26 April 1865
John Grubb Parke 26 April 1865-7 June 1865
John Potts Slough 7 June 1865-20 July 1865
2 February 1863: The District of Alexandria was established in the Department of Washington, comprising the vicinity of Alexandria, Virginia.
20 July 1865: The District of Alexandria was discontinued.
District of Key West and Tortugas
16 March 1863-17 May 1865
Daniel Phineas Woodbury 16 March 1863-12 September 1863
Charles Hamilton temporary 13 September 1863-14 October 1863
Daniel Phineas Woodbury 15 October 1863-30 November 1863
Charles Hamilton temporary 1 December 1863-30 December 1863
Daniel Phineas Woodbury 31 December 1863-14 August 1864
Vacant 15 August 1864-14 October 1864
John Newton 15 October 1864-17 May 1865
16 March 1863: The District of Key West and Tortugas was established in the Department of the Gulf. The Tortugas and West Florida transferred from the Department of the South. The remainder of Florida remained in the Department of the South.
10 February 1865: The District of Key West and Tortugas transferred from the Department of the Gulf directly to the Military Division of West Mississippi.
17 May 1865: The District of Key West and Tortugas was discontinued, and its territory assigned to the Department of the Gulf.
District of Indiana #1
23 March 1863-5 June 1863
Henry Beebe Carrington 23 March 1863-15 April 1863
Milo Smith Hascall 15 April 1863-5 June 1863
23 March 1863: The District of Indiana was established in the Department of the Ohio, comprising the state of Indiana. Brigadier-General Henry Beebe Carrington assumed command of the District of Indiana.
5 June 1863: The District of Indiana was discontinued and incorporated into the District of Indiana and Michigan.
District of Ohio
6 April 1863-16 November 1863
John Sanford Mason 6 April 1863-14 April 1863
Jacob Dolson Cox 14 April 1863-16 November 1863
6 April 1863: The District of Ohio was established in the Department of the Ohio, comprising the state of Ohio.
3 June 1863: Columbiana, Jefferson and Belmont counties, Ohio, transferred from the District of Ohio to the Department of the Monongahela. Gallipolis, Ohio, transferred from the Department of the Ohio to the Middle Department.24 June 1863: The Ohio counties south of Belmont and the neighbouring western Virginia transferred from the Department of the Ohio to the Department of West Virginia.
16 November 1863: The District of Ohio was discontinued.
District of Illinois #1
7 April 1863-16 November 1863
Jacob Ammen 7 April 1863-16 November 1863
7 April 1863: The District of Illinois was established in the Department of the Ohio, comprising the state of Illinois.
16 November 1863: The District of Illinois was discontinued.
District of Albemarle, North Carolina
23 April 1863-14 August 1863
Henry Walton Wessels 23 April 1863-14 August 1863
23 April 1863: The District of Albemarle was established in the Department of North Carolina, comprising the territories around Plymouth and Roanoke, North Carolina.
15 July 1863: The District of Albemarle transferred from the Department of North Carolina to the Department of Virginia and North Carolina.
14 August 1863: The District of Albemarle was renamed as the Sub-District of Albemarle in the District of North Carolina.
District of the Neuse, North Carolina
23 April 1863-27 April 1863
Henry Morris Naglee 23 April 1863-27 April 1863
23 April 1863: The District of the Neuse was established in the Department of North Carolina, comprising the stations of the Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad outside New Bern, North Carolina.
27 April 1863:The District of the Neuse was discontinued and renamed the District of Beaufort North Carolina.
District of the Pamlico, North Carolina
23 April 1863-14 August 1863
Henry Prince 23 April 1863-15 July 1863
Joseph Miller McChesney temporary 15 July 1863-30 July 1863
Orson E Moulton temporary 31 July 1863-14 August 1863
23 April 1863: The District of the Pamlico was established in the Department of North Carolina, comprising Washington, North Carolina, Hatteras Inlet, and the surrounding areas.
27 April 1863: The District of the Pamlico was redefined to include Craven County north of the Neuse River except for Fort Anderson; and the counties of Pitt, Beaufort, and Hyde.
15 July 1863: The District of the Pamlico transferred from the Department of North Carolina to the Department of Virginia and North Carolina.
14 August 1863: The District of the Pamlico was renamed the Sub-District of the Pamlico in the District of North Carolina.
District of Beaufort, North Carolina #1
27 April 1863-14 August 1863
Henry Morris Naglee 27 April 1863-28 May 1863
Francis Barretto Spinola 29 May 1863
Charles Adam Heckman 30 May 1863-20 July 1863
Thomas Jonathan Coffin Amory 21 July 1863-14 August 1863
27 April 1863:The District of Beaufort North Carolina was established in the Department of North Carolina by renaming the District of the Neuse. It included the region south of a line from Evan’s Mill due east to the Neuse River, except for Portsmouth, North Carolina.
15 July 1863: The District of Beaufort North Carolina transferred from the Department of North Carolina to the Department of Virginia and North Carolina.
14 August 1863: The District of Beaufort North Carolina was renamed as the Sub-District of Beaufort North Carolina in the District of North Carolina.
District of Northeast Louisiana
11 May 1863-7 February 1864
Elias Smith Dennis 11 May 1863-28 July 1863
Isaac Fitzgerald Shepard 28 July 1863-18 August 1863
John Parker Hawkins 18 August 1863-7 February 1864
11 May 1863: The District of Northeast Louisiana was established in the Department of the Tennessee, comprising the territory around Milliken’s Bend, Young’s Point, Goodrich’s Landing, Lake Providence, and Transylvania along the west bank of the Mississippi River.
7 February 1864: The District of Northeast Louisiana was discontinued.
District of Kentucky
22 May 1863-10 February 1865
Jeremiah Tilford Boyle 22 May 1863-6 November 1863
Jacob Ammen 1 December 1863-5 February 1864
Stephen Gano Burbridge 5 February 1864-1 April 1864
Edward Henry Hobson 1 April 186410 April 1864
Stephen Gano Burbridge 10 April 1864-10 February 1865
22 May 1863: The District of Kentucky was established in the Department of the Ohio, comprising the state of Kentucky. Brigadier-General Jeremiah Tilford Boyle assumed command of the District of Kentucky.
6 November 1863: The Sub-District of Eastern Kentucky was established in the District of Kentucky. The Sub-District of North Central Kentucky was established in the District of Kentucky. The District of South Central Kentucky was discontinued, and renamed as the Sub-District of Eastern Kentucky in the District of Kentucky. The Sub-District of Somerset was established in the District of Kentucky.
1 December 1863: The Sub-District of Eastern Kentucky was discontinued. The Sub-District of North Central Kentucky was discontinued. The Sub-District of South Central Kentucky was discontinued. The Sub-District of Somerset was discontinued.
17 January 1865: The District of Kentucky transferred from the Department of the Ohio to the Department of the Cumberland.
10 February 1865: The District of Kentucky was discontinued, and its territory was incorporated into the Department of Kentucky.
District of Dakota
1 June 1863-4 December 1863
Alfred Sully 1 June 1863-4 December 1863
1 June 1863: The District of Dakota was established in the Department of the Northwest, comprising the Dakota Territory.
4 December 1863: The District of Dakota was discontinued, and its territory was incorporated into the District of Iowa.
District of Indiana and Michigan
5 June 1863-11 September 1863
Orlando Bolivar Willcox 5 June 1863-11 September 1863
5 June 1863: The District of Indiana and Michigan was established in the Department of the Ohio, comprising the states of Indiana and Michigan.
11 September 1863: The District of Indiana and Michigan was discontinued, and its territory was transferred to the District of Indiana.
District of Iowa
8 June 1863-12 November 1864
Benjamin Stone Roberts 8 June 1863-3 December 1864
Alfred Sully 4 December 1863-12 November 1864
8 June 1863: The District of Iowa was established in the Department of the Northwest, comprising the state of Iowa.~4 December 1863: The District of Dakota was discontinued, and its territory was incorporated into the District of Iowa.
12 November 1864: The District of Iowa was discontinued.
District of the Border, Missouri
9 June 1863-31 December 1863
Thomas Ewing 9 June 1863-31 December 1863
9 June 1863: The District of the Border was established in the Department of the Missouri, comprising the state of Kansas north of the 38 parallel and the two western tiers of counties in Missouri north of the 38 parallel and south of the Missouri River.
1 January 1864: The District of the Border transferred from the Department of the Missouri to the Department of Kansas.
District of the Frontier, Arkansas #1
9 June 1863–23 February 1864
James Gilpatrick Blunt 9 June 1863-23 February 1864
9 June 1863: The District of the Frontier was established in the Department of the Missouri. It comprised the state of Arkansas west of Dardanelle and the Indian Territory, including Fort Smith. The counties of Vernon, Barton, Jasper, Newton, and McDonald transferred from the District of Southwest Missouri to the District of the Frontier.
15 July 1863: The counties of Vernon, Barton, Jasper, Newton, and McDonald transferred from the District of the Frontier to the District of Southwest Missouri.
6 January 1864: The District of the Frontier was divided into two parts: the District of the Frontier Kansas in the Department of Kansas; and the District of the Frontier Arkansas in the Department of Arkansas. The District of the Frontier Arkansas transferred from the Department of the Missouri to the Department of Arkansas. It comprised the state of Arkansas west of Dardanelle, except for Fort Smith.
23 February 1864: The District of the Frontier Arkansas was discontinued, and renamed as the District of the Frontier in the Department of Arkansas.
District of Southeast Missouri #2
16 June 1863-30 November 1863
John Wynn Davidson 16 June 1863-19 July 1863
Clinton Bowen Fisk 20 July 1863-30 November 1863
16 June 1863: The District of Southeast Missouri was established in the Department of the Missouri, comprising part of the District of St Louis south of a line running east through Steeleville, including Cape Girardeau, Centreville, Fredericktown, Ironton, New Madrid, Patterson, and Pilot Knob, Missouri.
Its territory was taken from the District of St Louis.
30 November 1863: The District of Southeast Missouri was discontinued.
District of Delaware
3 July 1863-24 March 1865
Daniel Tyler 3 July 1863-19 January 1864
Henry Bethel Judd temporary 19 January 1864-4 April 1864
John Reese Kenly 4 April 1864-20 July 1864
Henry Hayes Lockwood 20 July 1864-20 August 1864
Samuel M Bowman 20 August 1864-24 March 1865
3 July 1863: The District of Delaware was established in the Middle Department, comprising the state of Delaware.
12 March 1864: Fort Delaware was detached from the District of Delaware Middle Department to independent command under the War Department.
24 March 1865: The District of Delaware was discontinued, and incorporated into the District of Delaware and the Eastern Shore.
District of North Missouri #3
6 July 1863-1 July 1865
Odon Guitar 6 July 1863-5 April 1864
Clinton Bowen Fisk 6 April 1864-24 May 1865
Vacant 25 May 1865-27 May 1865
George Spalding 28 May 1865-1 July 1865
6 July 1863: The District of North Missouri was established in the Department of the Missouri, comprising the territory of the state north of the Missouri River.
1 July 1865: The District of North Missouri was discontinued.
District of Port Hudson, Louisiana #1
9 July 1863-6 August 1864
George Leonard Andrews 9 July 1863-12 January 1864
Daniel Ullmann 13 January 1864-22 June 1864
John McNeil 23 June 1864-6 August 1864
9 July 1863: The District of Port Hudson was established in the Department of the Gulf, comprising the vicinity of Port Hudson, Louisiana.
6 August 1864: The District of Port Hudson was discontinued, and renamed the Sub-District of Port Hudson in the District of Baton Rouge and Port Hudson, in the Department of the Gulf.
District of Yorktown, Virginia #1
18 July 1863-21 August 1863
Isaac Jones Wistar 18 July 1863-21 August 1863
18 July 1863: The District of Yorktown was established in the Department of Virginia and North Carolina, comprising the vicinity of Yorktown, Virginia.
21 August 1863: The District of Yorktown was discontinued and renamed as the Sub-District of Yorktown in the District of Virginia.
Defences of New Bern, North Carolina
21 July 1863-5 March 1864
Charles Adam Heckman 21 July 1863-14 August 1863
Innis Newton Palmer 14 August 1863-6 October 1863
Thomas Jonathan Coffin Amory 7 October 1863-8 November 1863
Innis Newton Palmer 9 November 1863-5 March 1864
21 July 1863: The Defences of New Bern was established in the Department of Virginia and North Carolina, comprising the vicinity of New Bern, North Carolina.
14 August: 1863: The Defences of New Bern transferred to the District of North Carolina.
5 March 1864: The Defences of New Bern was discontinued, and renamed as the Sub-District of New Bern.
District of St Mary’s, Maryland
23 July 1863-26 April 1865
Gilman Marston 23 July 1863-2 April 1864
Edward Winslow Hinks 3 April 1864-19 April 1864
Alonzo Granville Draper 20 April 1864-7 July 1864
James Barnes 7 July 1864-26 April 1865
23 July 1863: The District of St Mary’s was established under the War Department, comprising St Mary’s county in Maryland, detached from the Department of the Potomac.
2 December 1863: The District of St Mary’s transferred from the War Department to the Department of Virginia and North Carolina. It comprised the county of St Mary’s in Maryland and the Point Lookout prison camp.
7 July 1864: The District of St Mary’s transferred from the Department of Virginia and North Carolina to the Department of Washington.
26 April 1865: The District of St Mary’s was discontinued.
District of North Carolina #1
14 August 1863-21 October 1864
John James Peck 14 August 1863-3 January 1864
Innis Newton Palmer 4 January 1864-4 February 1864
John James Peck 5 February 1864-24 April 1864
Innis Newton Palmer 25 April 1864-21 October 1864
14 August 1863: The District of North Carolina was established in the Department of Virginia and North Carolina, comprising the former District of Albemarle, District of the Pamlico, District of Beaufort, and the Defences of New Bern, each of which transferred the District of North Carolina. The District of Albemarle was renamed the Sub-District of Albemarle and transferred from the Department of Virginia and North Carolina to the District of North Carolina. The District of the Pamlico was renamed the Sub-District of the Pamlico and transferred from the Department of Virginia and North Carolina to the District of North Carolina. The District of Beaufort was renamed the Sub-District of Beaufort and transferred from the Department of Virginia and North Carolina to the District of North Carolina. The Defences of New Bern transferred from the Department of Virginia and North Carolina to the District of North Carolina.
5 March 1864: The Defences of New Bern was renamed as the Sub-District of New Bern in the District of North Carolina.
19 April 1864: The Sub-District of Albemarle was discontinued.
21 October 1864: The Sub-District of New Bern transferred from the District of North Carolina to the Department of Virginia and North Carolina. The Sub-District of Beaufort North Carolina transferred from the District of North Carolina to the Department of Virginia and North Carolina. The District of North Carolina was discontinued.
Sub-District of Albemarle, North Carolina
14 August 1863-19 April 1864
Henry Walton Wessels 14 August 1863-19 April 1864
14 August 1863: The Sub-District of Albemarle was established in the District of North Carolina. It comprised the renamed District of Albemarle transferred from the Department of North Carolina.
19 April 1864: The Sub-District of Albemarle in the District of North Carolina was discontinued.
Sub-District of Beaufort, North Carolina #1
14 August 1863-31 October 1864
Charles Adam Heckman 14 August 1863-10 October 1863
James Jourdan 11 October 1863-26 June 1864
Thomas Jonathan Coffin Amory 27 June 1864-6 October 1864
James Stewart 7 October 1864-31 October 1864
14 August 1863: The Sub-District of Beaufort North Carolina was established in the District of North Carolina. It comprised the renamed Sub-District of Beaufort North Carolina transferred from the Department of North Carolina.
21 October 1864: The Sub-District of Beaufort North Carolina transferred from the District of North Carolina to the Department of Virginia and North Carolina.
Sub-District of the Pamlico, North Carolina
14 August 1863-1 May 1864
Orson E Moulton temporary 14 August 1863-7 September 1863
Josiah Pickett 8 September 1863-25 October 1863
Joseph Miller McChesney 26 October 1863-10 March 1864
Edward Harland 11 March 1864-1 May 1864
14 August 1863: The Sub-District of the Pamlico was established in the District of North Carolina from the District of the Pamlico.
1 May 1864: The Sub-District of the Pamlico was discontinued.
Lehigh District Pennsylvania
20 August 1863-1 December 1864
Franz Sigel 20 August 1863-9 November 1864
Thomas Scott Mather 9 November 1864-1 December 1864
20 August 1863: Lehigh District was established in the Department of the Susquehanna, comprising the counties of Berks, Lehigh, Schuylkill, Northampton, Carbon, Monroe, Luzerne, and Columbia counties in Pennsylvania.
1 December 1864: Lehigh District was discontinued.
District of Virginia #1
21 August 1863-23 September 1863
Henry Morris Naglee 21 August 1863-23 September 1863
21 August 1863: The District of Virginia was established in the Department of Virginia and North Carolina, comprising the territory around Fort Monroe, Camp Hamilton, Newport News, Yorktown, Suffolk, Portsmouth, and Norfolk.
23 September 1863: The District of Virginia was discontinued, and its territory was transferred to the District of Yorktown.
Sub-District of Yorktown, Virginia
21 August 1863-23 September 1863
Isaac Jones Wistar 21 August 1863-223 September 1863
21 August 1863: The Sub-District of Yorktown was established in the District of Virginia.
23 September 1863: The Sub-District of Yorktown was discontinued, and renamed as the District of Yorktown in the Department of Virginia and North Carolina.
District of Indiana #2
11 September 1863-16 November 1863
John Smith Simonson 11 September 1863-16 November 1863
11 September 1863: The District of Indiana was established in the Department of the Ohio, comprising the state of Indiana from the discontinued District of Indiana and Michigan.
16 November 1863: The District of Indiana was discontinued.
District of Yorktown, Virginia #2
23 September 1863-17 May 1864
Isaac Jones Wistar 23 September 1863-21 December 1863
Robert Mayhew West temporary 22 December 1863-21 January 1864
Isaac Wistar Jones 22 January 1864-15 February 1864
Robert Mayhew West temporary 16 February 1864-7 March 1864
Isaac Jones Wistar 8 March 1864-20 April 1864
William Farrar Smith 21 April 1864-3 May 1864
Joseph Bradford Carr 4 May 1864-17 May 1864
23 September 1863: The District of Yorktown was re-established in the Department of Virginia and North Carolina.
17 May 1864: The District of Yorktown was discontinued.
District of Baton Rouge, Louisiana #1
8 October 1863-6 August 1864
Philip St George Cooke 8 October 1863-1 May 1864
Henry Warner Birge 2 May 1864-14 May 1864
William Plummer Benton 15 May 1864-30 May 1864
Fitz-Henry Warren 31 May 1864-12 June 1864
William Plummer Benton 13 June 1864-6 August 1864
8 October 1863: The District of Baton Rouge was established in the Department of the Gulf, comprising the territory around Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
6 August 1864: The District of Baton Rouge was discontinued, and re-designated as the Sub-District of Baton Rouge in the District of Baton Rouge and Port Hudson, in the Department of the Gulf.
Sub-District of North Central Kentucky
6 November 1863-1 December 1863
Speed Smith Fry 6 November 1863-1 December 1863
6 November 1863: The Sub-District of North Central Kentucky was established in the District of Kentucky, comprising the territory around Camp Nelson, Kentucky.
1 December 1863: The Sub-District of North Central Kentucky was discontinued.
Sub-District of Eastern Kentucky
6 November 1863-1 December 1863
George W Gallup 6 November 1863-1 December 1863
6 November 1863: The Sub-District of Eastern Kentucky was established in the District of Kentucky, comprising the renamed District of Eastern Kentucky.
1 December 1863: Sub-District of Eastern Kentucky was discontinued.
Sub-District of South Central Kentucky
6 November 1863-1 December 1863
Edward Henry Hobson 6 November 1863-1 December 1863
6 November 1863: The Sub-District of Southern Central Kentucky was established in the District of Kentucky, comprising the vicinity of Munfordville, Kentucky.
1 December 1863: The Sub-District of South Central Kentucky was discontinued.
Sub-District of Somerset, Kentucky
6 November 1863-1 December 1863
Theophilus Toulmin Garrard 6 November 1863-1 December 1863
6 November 1863: The Sub-District of Somerset was established in the District of Kentucky, comprising the vicinity of Somerset, Kentucky.
1 December 1863: The Sub-District of Somerset was discontinued.
District of Nashville, Tennessee
10 November 1863-30 May 1864
Lovell Harrison Rousseau 10 November 1863-30 May 1864
10 November 1863: The District of Nashville was established in the Department of the Cumberland. It included the defences of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, the Nashville & Northwestern Railroad, the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad as far as the Duck River, the Nashville & Columbia Railroad, and Nashville, Clarksville, McMinnville, and Fort Donelson.
30 May 1864: The District of Nashville was discontinued, and its territory was incorporated into the District of Tennessee.
District of the Clinch, Tennessee
21 November 1863-4 April 1864
Orlando Bolivar Willcox 24 November 1863-17 January 1864
Theophilus Toulmin Garrard 17 January 1864-4 April 1864
21 November 1863: The District of the Clinch was established in the Department of the Ohio, comprising the vicinity of Cumberland Gap.
4 April 1864: The District of the Clinch was discontinued.
District of Northern Arkansas (or Northeastern Arkansas)
30 November 1863-1 June 1864
Robert Ramsey Livingston 30 November 1863-1 June 1864
30 November 1863: The District of Northern Arkansas also known as the District of Northeastern Arkansas was established in the Department of the Missouri. It comprised the territory around Batesville, Arkansas.
6 January 1864: The District of Northern Arkansas transferred from the Department of the Missouri to the Department of Arkansas. It comprised the territory around Batesville and Devall’s Bluff, Arkansas.
1 June 1864: The District of Northern Arkansas was discontinued.
District of Currituck, North Carolina
11 December 1863-18 January 1865
James Hewitt Ledlie 11 December 1863-15 February 1864
Samuel Henry Roberts 16 February 1864-18 January 1865
11 December 1863: The District of Currituck was established in the Department of Virginia and North Carolina, comprising Pungo, Currituck Court House, Coinjack, and Northwest Landing on the border of Virginia and North Carolina.
18 January 1865: The District of Currituck was discontinued.
District of Middle Tennessee #1
16 December 1863-14 February 1864
Jacob Ammen 16 December 1863-14 February 1864
16 December 1863: The District of Middle Tennessee was established in the Department of the Ohio, comprising parts of Kentucky and Tennessee south of the Cumberland River and between the roads from Carthage to Clinton, Tennessee, and thence to Point Isabel, Kentucky.
14 February 1864: The District of Middle Tennessee was discontinued.
District of the Border, Kansas
1 January 1864-30 January 1865
Thomas Ewing 1 January 1864-5 January 1864
William Russell Jones 6 January 1864-30 January 1865
1 January 1864: The District of the Border transferred from the Department of the Missouri to the Department of Kansas, comprising the state of Kansas north of the 38 parallel and the two western tiers of counties in Missouri north of the 38 parallel and south of the Missouri River..
30 January 1865: The District of the Border was discontinued.
District of the Frontier, Kansas #2
6 January 1864-23 February 1864
John Milton Thayer 6 January 1864-23 February 1864
6 January 1864: The District of the Frontier Kansas was established after the transfer of part of the District of the Frontier from the Department of the Missouri to the Department of Kansas. It comprised Fort Smith and the Indian Territory.
23 February 1864: The District of the Frontier Kansas was discontinued, and incorporated into the District of the Frontier in the Department of Arkansas.
District of Indiana #3
12 January 1864-27 June 1865
John Smith Simonson 12 January 1864-23 May 1864
Henry Beebe Carrington 23 May 1864-25 August 1864
Alvin Peterson Hovey 25 August 1864-27 June 1865
12 January 1864: The District of Indiana was established in the Northern Department. It comprised the state of Indiana.
27 June 1865: The District of Indiana was discontinued.
Northern District of the South #2
13 January 1864-27 June 1865
Alfred Howe Terry 15 January 1864-24 April 1864
Alexander Schimmelfennig 25 April 1864- 1 September 1864
Rufus Saxton 2 September 1864-2 October 1864
Eliakim Parker Scammon 3 October 1864-25 October 1864
Edward Elmer Potter 26 October 1864-13 November 1864
John Porter Hatch 14 November 1864-27 November 1864
Edward Needles Hallowell 28 November 1864-7 December 1864
Alexander Schimmelfennig 8 December 1864-25 February 1865
John Porter Hatch 26 February 1865-27 June 1865
13 January 1864: The Northern District was re-established in the Department of the South. It comprised the territory from Charleston Harbour to Saint Helena Sound, South Carolina.
27 June 1865: The Northern District of the Department of the South was discontinued.
District of Hilton Head, South Carolina
15 January 1864-13 May 1865
Truman Seymour 15 January 1863-5 February 1864
Joshua Blackwood Howell 6 February 1864-25 April 1864
William Watts Davis 26 April 1864-12 May 1864
William Birney 13 May 1864-1 June 1864
John Porter Hatch 2 June 1864-31 July 1864
Edward Elmer Potter 1 August 1864-25 October 1864
Philip Perry Brown 26 October 1864-31 October 1864
Edward Elmer Potter 1 November 1864-27 November 1864
Philip Perry Brown 28 November 1864-23 December 1864
Milton Smith Littlefield 24 December 1864-31 December 1864
Philip Perry Brown 1 January 1865-21 February 1865
Milton Smith Littlefield 22 February 1865-13 May 1865
15 January 1863: The District of Hilton Head was established in the Department of the South. It comprised Hilton Head, Seabrook, and Saint Helena Islands in South Carolina, and Tybee Island and Fort Pulaski, Georgia.
13 May 1865: The District of Hilton Head was discontinued, and its territory was transferred to the District of Port Royal.
District of Cairo, Illinois #3
25 January 1864-1 May 1864
Hugh Thompson Reid 25 January 1864-19 March 1864
Mason Brayman 19 March 1864-29 April 1864
Henry Prince 29 April 1864-1 May 1864
25 January 1864: The District of Cairo was established in the Department of the Tennessee, comprising the vicinity of Cairo, Illinois. Cairo, Illinois, transferred from the Northern Department to the District of Cairo in the Department of the Tennessee.
1 May 1864: The District of Cairo was discontinued.
District of West Florida #1
1 February 1864-12 September 1864
Alexander Asboth 1 February 1864-12 September 1864
1 February 1864: The District of West Florida was established in the Department of the South, comprising the vicinity of Pensacola, Florida from the discontinued District of Pensacola.
17 May 1864: The District of West Florida transferred from the Department of the South to the Department of the Gulf.
12 September 1864: The District of West Florida was discontinued and renamed the Sub-District of West Florida in the Department of the Gulf.
District of Florida
7 February 1864-27 June 1865
Truman Seymour 7 February 1864-27 March 1864
John Porter Hatch 28 March 1864-19 April 1864
William Birney 20 April 1864-12 May 1864
George Henry Gordon 13 May 1864-1 June 1864
William Birney 2 June 1864-28 July 1864
William Henry Noble temporary 29 July 1864-3 August 1864
John Porter Hatch 4 August 1864-13 November 1864
Eliakim Parker Scammon 14 November 1864-6 April 1865
Benjamin Chew Tilghman 7 April 1865-18 April 1865
Israel Vogdes 19 April 1865-27 June 1865
7 February 1864: The District of Florida was established in the Department of the South, comprising the territories of Florida occupied by Federal troops.
3 June 1865: The District of Florida transferred from the Department of the South to the Department of the Gulf. It comprised the state of Florida.
27 June 1865: The District of Florida was discontinued, and its territory was transferred to the Department of Florida.
District of the Frontier, Arkansas #2
23 February 1864-1 February 1865
James Gilpatrick Blunt 23 February 1864-18 May 1864
John Milton Thayer 19 May 1864-1 February 1865
23 February 1864: The District of the Frontier in the Department of Arkansas was established.
1 February 1865: The District of the Frontier in the Department of Arkansas was discontinued.
District of Colorado Territory #2
28 February 1864-28 March 1865
John Milton Chivington 28 February 1864-3 January 1865
Thomas Moonlight 4 January 1865-30 January 1865
John Milton Chivington 30 January 1865-28 March 1865
28 February 1864: The District of Colorado Territory was re-established in the Department of Kansas, comprising the Colorado Territory.
30 January 1865: The District of Colorado Territory transferred from the Department of Kansas to the Department of the Missouri.
28 March 1865: The District of Colorado Territory was discontinued, and its territory was incorporated into the District of the Plains.
District of North Kansas
28 February 1864-27 May 1865
Thomas Alfred Davies 28 February 1864-27 March 1865
Robert Byington Mitchell 28 March 1865-27 May 1865
28 February 1864: The District of North Kansas was established in the Department of Kansas. It comprised the territory north of the Kansas River, and Sokey Hill Fork, Kansas.
30 January 1865: The District of North Kansas transferred from the Department of Kansas to the Department of the Missouri.
27 May 1865: The District of North Kansas was discontinued.
District of South Kansas
28 February 1864-3 June 1865
Thomas Jefferson McKean 28 February 1864-31 August 1864
George Sykes 1 September 1864-9 October 1864
James Gilpatrick Blunt 10 October 1864-30 October 1864
Thomas Alfred Davies 31 October 1864-21 November 1864
James Gilpatrick Blunt 22 November 1864-3 June 1865
28 February 1864: The District of South Kansas was established in the Department of Kansas. It comprised Kansas south of the Kansas River and Smoky Hill Fork.
30 January 1865: The District of South Kansas transferred from the Department of Kansas to the
Department of the Missouri.
22 April 1865: The District of South Kansas transferred from the Department of the Missouri to the Department of Arkansas. It comprised the vicinity of Fort Gibson, Indiana Territory.
3 June 1865: The District of South Kansas was discontinued.
Sub-District of New Bern, North Carolina
5 March 1864-21 October 1864
Innis Newton Palmer 5 March 1864-24 April 1864
Thomas Jonathan Coffin Amory 25 April 1864-2 May 1864
Edward Harland 3 May 1864-21 October 1864
5 March 1864: The Sub-District of New Bern was established in the District of North Carolina comprising the former Defences of New Bern transferred from the Department of North Carolina.
21 October 1864: The Sub-District of New Bern transferred from the District of North Carolina to the Department of Virginia and North Carolina.
District of East Tennessee
10 April 1864-17 March 1865
Jacob Ammen 10 April 1864-3 January 1865
Vacant 4 January 1865-17 January 1865
Davis Tillson 17 January 1865-9 March 1865
George Stoneman 9 March 1865-17 March 1865
10 April 1864: The District of East Tennessee was established in the Department of the Ohio, comprising the territory around Knoxville, Tennessee.
17 January 1865: The District of East Tennessee transferred from the Department of the Ohio to the Department of the Cumberland.
17 March 1865: The District of East Tennessee was discontinued.
District of Vicksburg, Mississippi
20 April 1864-22 June 1865
Henry Warner Slocum 20 April 1864-19 August 1864
Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh Dana 19 August 1864-27 September 1864
Morgan Lewis Smith 27 September 1864-28 November 1864
Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh Dana 28 November 1864-7 December 1864
Cadwallader Colden Washburn 8 December 1864-10 February 1865
Morgan Lewis Smith 11 February 1865-22 June 1865
20 April 1864: The District of Vicksburg was established in the Department of the Tennessee, extending from the mouths of the Arkansas and Tallahatchie Rivers along the Mississippi to the boundary of the Department of the Gulf.
28 November 1864: The District of Vicksburg, comprising the posts of Vicksburg, Natchez, and Davis Bend, transferred from the Department of the Tennessee to the Department of the Mississippi.
3 January 1865: The territories east and west of the Mississippi River north of the Red River and south of the 32 parallel were detached from the District of Vicksburg and assigned to the District of Natchez.
5 June 1865: The District of Vicksburg transferred from the Department of the Mississippi to the Department of the Gulf.
22 June 1865: The District of Vicksburg was discontinued.
District of Beaufort, South Carolina
25 April 1864-13 May 1865
Rufus Saxton 25 April 1864-22 January 1865
Edward Elmer Potter 23 January 1865-13 May 1865
25 April 1864: The District of Beaufort South Carolina was established in the Department of the South, comprising the vicinity of Beaufort, South Carolina.
13 May 1865: The District of Beaufort South Carolina was discontinued, and its territory transferred to the District of Port Royal.
District of Carrollton, Louisiana
1 May 1864-27 June 1865
Nelson B Bartram 1 May 1864-30 September 1864
Nelson Viall 1 October 1864-31 March 1865
William S Mudgett 1 April 1865-27 June 1865
1 May 1864: The District of Carrollton was established in the Department of the Gulf, comprising the territory around Carrollton, Camp Parapet, De Sair, Fort Banks, Kennerville, Jeffersonville, and Pass Manchac, Louisiana.
11 February 1865: The District of Carrollton transferred to the Southern District of Louisiana.
27 June 1865: The District of Carrollton was discontinued.
District of Little Rock, Arkansas
11 May 1864-4 February 1865
Eugene Asa Carr 11 May 1864-4 February 1865
11 May 1864: The District of Little Rock was established in the Department of Arkansas, comprising the posts of Little Rock, Lewisburg, and Pine Bluff.
4 February 1865: The District of Little Rock in the Department of Arkansas was discontinued.
District of Morganza, Louisiana
22 May 1864-27 June 1865
William Hemsley Emory 22 May 1864-15 June 1864
Joseph Jones Reynolds 16 June 1864-4 July 1864
Michael Kelly Lawler 5 July 1864-29 October 1864
George Francis McGinnis 30 October 1864-22 November 1864
Daniel Ullmann 23 November 1864-25 February 1865
Henry William Fuller 26 February 1865
Edmund Jackson Davis 27 February 1865-1 March 1865
Thomas Jefferson McKean 2 March 1865-26 April 1865
William Henry Dickey 27 April 1865-27 June 1865
22 May 1864: The District of Morganza was established in the Department of the Gulf.
11 February 1865: The District of Morganza transferred to the Northern District of Louisiana.
27 June 1865: The District of Morganza was discontinued.
District of Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia
24 May 1864-25 February 1865
Franz Sigel 24 May 1864-7 July 1864
Albion Parris Howe 7 July 1864-8 August 1864
Max Weber 8 August 1864-15 August 1864
John Dunlap Stevenson 15 August 1864-21 February 1865
William Henry Seward 21 February 1865-25 February 1865
20 May 1864: The District of Harper’s Ferry was established in the Department of West Virginia, comprising the line of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad from Monocacy to Hancock, Maryland.
25 February 1865: The District of Harper’s Ferry was discontinued.
District of Eastern Virginia
27 May 1864-24 August 1865
George Foster Shepley 27 May 1864-11 February 1865
George Henry Gordon 11 February 1865-24 August 1865
27 May 1864: The District of Eastern Virginia was established in the Department of Virginia and North Carolina.
18 January 1865: The District of Eastern Virginia transferred from the Department of Virginia and North Carolina to the Department of Virginia.
27 April 1865: The Sub-District of the Peninsula was established in the District of Eastern Virginia.
25 May 1865: The Sub-District of the Peninsula transferred from the District of Eastern Virginia to the District of Fort Monroe.
24 August 1865: The District of Eastern Virginia was discontinued.
District of Tennessee
30 May 1864-28 February 1865
Lovell Harrison Rousseau 30 May 1864-28 February 1865
30 May 1864: The District of Tennessee was established in the Department of the Cumberland, comprising the Defences of Louisville & Nashville Railroad, the Nashville & Northwestern Railroad, and the former District of Nashville, Tennessee.
28 February 1865: The District of Tennessee was discontinued, and its territory was transferred to the District of Middle Tennessee.
District of Northern Alabama
2 June 1864-27 June 1865
Robert Seamen Granger 2 June 1864-27 June 1865
2 June 1864: The District of Northern Alabama was established in the Department of the Cumberland, comprising the vicinity of Decatur, Huntsville, and Stevenson, Alabama, and Pulaski in Tennessee.
27 June 1865: The District of Northern Alabama transferred to the Department of Alabama.
10 September 1865: The District of Northern Alabama was discontinued.
District of Etowah, Georgia
15 June 1864-20 June 1865
James Blair Steedman 15 June 1864-29 November 1864
Thomas Francis Meagher 29 November 1864-5 January 1865
James Blair Steedman 5 January 1865-20 June 1865
15 June 1864: The District of Etowah was established in the Department of the Cumberland, comprising the vicinity of Bridgeport in Alabama, Cleveland and Chattanooga in Tennessee, and Rome and Allatoona in Georgia.
20 June 1865: The District of Etowah was discontinued.
District of the Monongahela, Pennsylvania
27 June 1864-27 June 1865
Thomas Algeo Rowley 27 June 1864-29 December 1864
Greenlief P Davis 29 December 1864-27 June 1865
27 June 1864: District of the Monongahela was established in the Department of the Susquehanna, comprising the state of Pennsylvania west of Laurel Hill and Columbiana, Belmont, and Jefferson counties in Ohio.
1 December 1864: The District of the Monongahela transferred from the Department of the Susquehanna to the Department of Pennsylvania. It consisted of the state of Pennsylvania west of laurel Hill and the counties of Columbiana, Belmont, and Jefferson in Ohio.
27 June 1865: The District of the Monongahela was discontinued.
District of California
1 July 1864-27 June 1865
George Wright 1 July 1864-27 June 1865
1 July 1864: The District of California was established in the Department of the Pacific, comprising the state of California.
27 June 1865: The District of California was discontinued.
District of the Brandywine, Pennsylvania
31 July 1864-7 August 1864
George Cadwalader 31 July 1864-18 August 1864
31 July 1864: The District of Brandywine was established in the Department of the Susquehanna, comprising the territory between the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Susquehanna River and Dauphine, Lancaster, Chester, Delaware, Bucks, Philadelphia, and Montgomery counties, Pennsylvania.
18 August 1864: The District of Brandywine was discontinued.
District of the Upper Arkansas
2 August 1864-10 July 1865
James Gilpatrick Blunt 2 August 1864-13 October 1864
Benjamin S Henning temporary 14 October 1864-21 December 1864
James Hobart Ford 22 December 1864-10 July 1865
2 August 1864: The District of the Upper Arkansas was established in the Department of Kansas. It comprised the territory westward from Fort Riley, Kansas, to Fort Lyon, Colorado Territory.
30 January 1865: The District of the Upper Arkansas transferred from the Department of Kansas to the Department of the Missouri. It was bounded by north-south lines through Fort Riley and Fort Lyon, on the south by the Indian Territory and on the north by the 92 parallel.
22 April 1865: Fort Lyon, Colorado Territory, transferred from the District of the Plains transferred to the District of the Upper Arkansas.
10 July 1865: The District of the Upper Arkansas was discontinued.
District of Baton Rouge and Port Hudson, Louisiana
6 August 1864-13 February 1865
Francis Jay Herron 6 August 1864-29 October 1864
William Plummer Benton 30 October 1864-25 December 1864
George Leonard Andrews 26 December 1864-13 February 1865
6 August 1864: The District of Baton Rouge and Port Hudson was established in the Department of the Gulf to comprise the territories of Baton Rouge, Plaquemine, Gaines Landing, Pass Manchac, De Sair, and Port Hudson, Louisiana. The Sub-District of Baton of Baton Rouge was established in the District of Baton Rouge and Port Hudson. The Sub-District of Port Hudson was established in the District of Baton Rouge and Port Hudson.
13 February 1865: The Sub-District of Baton Rouge was discontinued, and its territory was transferred to the District of Baton Rouge and Port Hudson. The Sub-District of Port Hudson was discontinued, and its territory was transferred to the District of Baton Rouge and Port Hudson. The District of Baton Rouge and Port Hudson was discontinued, and divided into the District of Baton Rouge and the District of Port Hudson.
Sub-District of Baton Rouge, Louisiana
6 August 1864-13 February 1865
William Plummer Benton 6 August 1864-2 October 1864
William Jennings Landram 3 October 1864-2 December 1864
Joseph Bailey 3 December 1864-13 February 1865
6 August 1864: The Sub-District of Baton Rouge was established in the District of Baton Rouge and Port Hudson.
13 February 1865: The Sub-District of Baton Rouge was discontinued, and its territory was transferred to the District of Baton Rouge.
Sub-District of Port Hudson, Louisiana
6 August 1864-13 February 1865
George Leonard Andrews 6 August 1864-25 December 1864
Charles Wilson Drew 26 December 1864-13 February 1865
6 August 1864: The Sub-District of Port Hudson was established in the District of Baton Rouge and Port Hudson from the District of Port Hudson.
13 February 1865: The Sub-District of Port Hudson was discontinued, and renamed the District of Port Hudson.
District of Illinois #2
13 August 1864-27 June 1865
Halbert Eleazer Paine 13 August 1864-10 September 1864
John Cook 10 September 1864-27 June 1865
13 August 1864: The District of Illinois was re-established in the Northern Department, comprising the state of Illinois.
27 June 1865: The District of Illinois was discontinued.
Juniata District, Pennsylvania
6 September 1864-27 June 1865
Orris Sanford Ferry 6 September 1864-16 December 1864
Charles Hale Morgan 16 December 1864-27 June 1865
6 September 1864: Juniata District was established in the Department of the Susquehanna, comprising the line of the Williamsport & Elmira Railroad, along the Susquehanna River to the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Maryland State Line; Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, and York counties and the Laurel Hill mountains extending north to Johnstown.
1 December 1864: Juniata District transferred from the Department of the Susquehanna to the Department of Pennsylvania.
27 June 1865: Juniata District was discontinued.
District of West Florida and South Alabama
12 September 1864–17 March 1865
Gordon Granger 12 September 1864–17 March 1865
12 September 1864: The District of West Florida and South Alabama was established in the Department of the Gulf, comprising the territories of Mobile Bay and Pensacola, Florida. The Sub-District of West Florida was established in the District of West Florida and South Alabama.
1 March 1865: The District of West Florida and South Alabama transferred from the Department of the Gulf to the direct control of the Military Division of West Mississippi.
17 March 1865: The Sub-District of West Florida was discontinued, and its territory was assigned to the District of West Florida. The District of West Florida and South Alabama was discontinued. Its territory transferred from the Military Division of West Mississippi to the Department of the Gulf and was divided between the District of West Florida and the District of South Alabama.
Sub-District of West Florida
12 September 1864-17 March 1865
Alexander Asboth 12 September 1864-26 September 1864
Joseph Bailey 27 September 1864-24 November 1864
Thomas Jefferson McKean 25 November 1864-14 February 1865
Alexander Asboth 15 February 1865-17 March 1865
12 September 1864: The Sub-District of West Florida was established in the District of West Florida and South Alabama.
17 March 1865: The Sub-District of West Florida was discontinued, and its territory was incorporated into the District of West Florida.
District of Northern New York
14 September 1864-27 June 1865
John Cleveland Robinson 14 September 1864-27 June 1865
14 September 1864: The District of Northern New York was established in the Department of the East, comprising Albany, Sacket’s Harbor, Ogdensburg, and Champlain, New York.
27 June 1865: The District of Northern New York was discontinued.
District of Michigan
1 October 1864-27 June 1865
Bennett Hoskin Hill 1 October 1864-27 June 1865
1 October 1864: The District of Michigan was established in the Northern Department. It comprised the state of Michigan.
27 June 1865: The District of Michigan was discontinued.
Sub-District of Beaufort, Virginia and North Carolina
21 October 1864-18 January 1865
James Stewart 21 October 1864-18 January 1865
21 October 1864: The Sub-District of Beaufort North Carolina transferred from the District of North Carolina to the Department of Virginia and North Carolina.
18 January 1865: The Sub-District of Beaufort North Carolina transferred from the Department of Virginia and North Carolina to the Department of Virginia.
Sub-District of New Bern, Virginia and North Carolina
21 October 1864-18 January 1865
Edward Harland 21 October 1864-31 January 1865
21 October 1864: The Sub-District of New Bern transferred from the District of North Carolina to the Department of Virginia and North Carolina.
18 January 1865: The Sub-District of New Bern transferred from the Department of Virginia and North Carolina to the Department of Virginia.
District of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1 December 1864-15 June 1865
George Cadwalader 1 December 1864-16 December 1864
Orris Sanford Ferry 16 December 1864-15 June 1865
1 December 1864: The District of Philadelphia was established in the Department of Pennsylvania. It comprised Philadelphia and the counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties of Pennsylvania.
15 June 1865: The District of Philadelphia was discontinued.
District of Natchez, Mississippi
3 January 1865-3 June 1865
John Wynn Davidson 3 January 1865-3 June 1865
3 January 1865: The District of Natchez was established in the Department of the Mississippi, comprising the territories east and west of the Mississippi River north of the Red River, and south of the 32 parallel. It was detached from the District of Vicksburg.
3 June 1865: The District of Natchez was discontinued.
District of Savannah, Georgia
18 January 1865-27 June 1865
Cuvier Grover 18 January 1865-11 February 1865
Henry Warner Birge 12 February 1865-4 June 1865
Stewart Lyndon Woodford 5 June 1865-22 June 1865-22 June 1865
Henry Warner Birge 23 June 1865-27 June 1865
18 January 1865: The District of Savannah was established in the Department of the South. It comprised the occupation forces in Savannah, Georgia.
5 June 1865: The District of Savannah was extended to include the counties of Chatham, Bryan, Effingham, Bulloch, Emanuel, and Screven in Georgia.
27 June 1865: The District of Savannah was discontinued.
Sub-District of Beaufort, Virginia
18 January 1865-31 January 1865
James Stewart 18 January 1865-31 January 1865
18 January 1865: The Sub-District of Beaufort North Carolina transferred from the Department of Virginia and North Carolina to the Department of Virginia.
31 January 1865: The Sub-District of Beaufort North Carolina transferred from the Department of Virginia to the District of North Carolina.
Sub-District of New Bern, Virginia
18 January 1865-31 January 1865
Edward Harland 18 January 1865-31 January 1865
18 January 1865: The Sub-District of New Bern transferred from the Department of Virginia and North Carolina to the Department of Virginia.
31 January 1865: The Sub-District of New Bern was discontinued, and its territory was transferred to the District of North Carolina.
District of North Carolina #2
31 January 1865-1 March 1865
Innis Newton Palmer 31 January 1865-1 March 1865
31 January 1865: The District of North Carolina was re-established in the Department of North Carolina. It comprised the territories of New Bern, Roanoke Island, Beaufort, and Roanoke.
1 March 1865: The District of North Carolina was discontinued.
District of Virginia #2
31 January 1865-31 December 1865 and continuing
Edward Otho Cresap Ord 31 January 1865-31 December 1865
31 January 1865: The District of Virginia was re-established in the Department of Virginia.
Sub-District of Beaufort, North Carolina #2
31 January 1865-25 February 1865
Charles Adam Heckman 14 August 1863-10 October 1863
James Jourdan 11 October 1863-26 June 1864
Thomas Jonathan Coffin Amory 27 June 1864-6 October 1864
James Stewart 7 October 1864-25 February 1865
31 January 1865: The Sub-District of Beaufort North Carolina transferred from the Department of Virginia to the District of North Carolina.
25 February 1865: The Sub-District of Beaufort North Carolina was discontinued, and renamed as the District of Beaufort NC.
Northern District of Louisiana
9 February 1865-17 May 1865
Francis Jay Herron 9 February 1865-27 June 1865
9 February 1865: The Northern District of Louisiana was established in the Department of the Gulf.
11 February 1865: The District of Morganza transferred to the Northern District of Louisiana.
13 February 1865: The District of Baton Rouge was re-established and transferred to the Northern District of Louisiana. The District of Port Hudson was re-established and transferred to the Northern District of Louisiana in the Department of the Gulf.
27 June 1865: The District of Morganza was discontinued.
27 June 1865: The District of Baton Rouge transferred from the Department of the Gulf to the Department of Louisiana.
27 June 1865: The Northern District of Louisiana was discontinued.
District of Western Kentucky #3
10 February 1865-21 May 1865
Solomon Meredith 10 February 1865-21 May 1865
10 February 1865: The District of Western Kentucky was re-established in the Department of Kentucky.
21 May 1865: The District of Western Kentucky was discontinued.
Southern District of Louisiana
11 February 1865-27 June 1865
Thomas West Sherman 11 February 1865-27 June 1865
11 February 1865: The Southern District of Louisiana was established. The District of Carrollton transferred to the Southern District of Louisiana. The District of La Fourche transferred to the Southern District of Louisiana.
27 June 1865: The District of Carrollton was discontinued. The District of La Fourche was discontinued. The Southern District of Louisiana was discontinued.
District of Baton Rouge, Louisiana #2
13 February 1865-17 July 1865
Joseph Bailey 13 February 1865-10 March 1865
Edmund Jackson Davis 11 March 1865-17 March 1865
John Giles Fonda 18 March 1865-22 March 1865
Michael Kelly Lawler 23 March 1865-29 May 1865
John Giles Fonda 30 May 1865-17 July 1865
13 February 1865: The District of Baton Rouge was established in the Department of the Gulf from the renamed Sub-District of Baton Rouge.
17 May 1865: The District of Baton Rouge was subordinated to the Northern District of Louisiana.
17 July 1865: The District of Baton Rouge was discontinued.
District of Port Hudson, Louisiana #2
13 February 1865-24 June 1865
Charles Wilson Drew 13 February 1865-19 February 1865
Cyrus Hamlin 20 February 1865-24 June 1865
13 February 1865: The District of Port Hudson was re-established in the Northern District of Louisiana in the Department of the Gulf.
24 June 1865: The District of Port Hudson was discontinued.
District of Beaufort, North Carolina #2
25 February 1865-6 July 1865
Jacob Dolson Cox 25 February 1865-18 March 1865
Innis Newton Palmer 18 March 1865-1 June 1865
Charles Jackson Paine 1 June 1865-6 July 1865
25 February 1865: The District of Beaufort was re-established in the Department of North Carolina, comprising the former Sub-District of Beaufort North Carolina. It included all posts north of Port Macon, North Carolina.
6 July 1865: The District of Beaufort North Carolina was discontinued.
District of Middle Tennessee #2
28 February 1865-27 June 1865
Lovell Harrison Rousseau 28 February 1865-27 June 1865
28 February 1865: The District of Middle Tennessee was re-established in the Department of the Cumberland, comprising the region of Middle Tennessee, including Murfreesboro, Tullahoma, Decherd, Kingston Springs, Hartsville, Carthage, Clarksville, and Nashville, Tennessee, and Athens and Bridgeport, Alabama.
27 June 1865: The District of Middle Tennessee was discontinued.
District of Wilmington, North Carolina
1 March 1865-20 September 1865
Joseph Roswell Hawley 1 March 1865-23 June 1865
John Worthington Ames 23 June 1865-20 September 1865
1 March 1865: The District of Wilmington was established in the Department of North Carolina. It comprised Wilmington, North Carolina, and the territory around, including the locations occupied by XVIII Corps North Carolina “Army of the Ohio”.
20 September 1865: The District of Wilmington was discontinued.
District of Arizona #2
7 March 1865-21 July 1865
John Sanford Mason 7 March 1865-21 July 1865
7 March 1865: The District of Arizona was re-established in the Department of the Pacific, to comprise the Arizona Territory.
27 June 1865: The District of Arizona transferred from the Department of the Pacific to the Department of California.
21 July 1865: The District of Arizona was discontinued.
District of South Alabama
17 March 1865-17 May 1865
Thomas Kilby Smith 17 May 1865-27 June 1865
17 March 1865: The District of South Alabama was established in the Department of the Gulf from part of the District of West Florida and South Alabama.
17 May 1865: The District of South Alabama was discontinued, and its territory was incorporated into the District of Alabama.
District of West Florida #2
17 March 1865-27 June 1865
Alexander Asboth 17 March 1865-27 June 1865
17 March 1865: The District of West Florida was re-established in the Department of the Gulf.
3 June 1865: The District of West Florida was discontinued, and its territory was incorporated in the District of Florida.
District of Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland
24 March 1865-1 August 1865
John Reese Kenly 24 March 1865-5 June 1865
John Moulder Wilson 5 June 1865-1 August 1865
24 March 1865: The District of Delaware and the Eastern Shore was established in the Middle Department. It included the territory formerly in the discontinued District of Delaware and the District of the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
1 August 1865: The District of Delaware and the Eastern Shore was discontinued.
District of Lynchburg, Virginia
25 March 1865-13 July 1865
John Irvin Gregg 25 March 1865-13 July 1865
25 March 1865: The District of Lynchburg was established in the Department of Virginia. It comprised the counties of Nelson, Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, Appomattox, Pittsylvania, Henry, and Patrick counties of Virginia.
13 July 1865: The District of Lynchburg was discontinued.
District of Bonnet Carré, Louisiana
27 March 1865-27 June 1865
Charles Everett 27 March 1865-31 March 1865
James J Byrne 1 April 1865-27 June 1865
27 March 1865: The District of Bonnet Carré was established in the Department of the Gulf. It comprised the territory between Bayou Manchac and Kennerville, Louisiana, west of New Orleans.
27 June 1865: The District of Bonnet Carré was discontinued.
District of the Plains (Utah, Colorado, and Nebraska)
28 March 1865-25 May 1865
Patrick Edward Connor 28 March 1865-25 May 1865
28 March 1865: The District of the Plains was established in the Department of the Missouri. It incorporated the territory of the District of Utah, the District of Colorado, and the District of Nebraska Territory.
22 April 1865: Fort Lyon, Colorado Territory, transferred from the District of the Plains to the District of the Upper Arkansas.
25 May 1865: The District of the Plains was discontinued.
District of Annapolis, Maryland
1 April 1865-19 July 1865
Frederic Dummer Sewall 1 April 1865-19 July 1865
1 April 1865: The District of Annapolis was established in the Middle Department. It comprised the territory around Annapolis, Maryland, and Camp Parole.
19 July 1865: The District of Annapolis was discontinued.
District of the Peninsula, Virginia
13 April 1865-27 April 1865
Benjamin Chambers Ludlow 13 April 1865-27 April 1865
13 April 1865: The District of the Peninsula was established in the Department of Virginia. It comprised the territory between the York and James Rivers.
27 April 1865: The District of the Peninsula was discontinued, and renamed the Sub-District of the Peninsula in the District of Eastern Virginia.
Sub-District of the Peninsula, Virginia
19 April 1865-29 August 1865
Benjamin Chambers Ludlow 27 April 1865-29 August 1865
27 April 1865: The Sub-District of the Peninsula was established in the District of Eastern Virginia from the District of the Peninsula. It was bounded in the north by the York and Pamunkey Rivers, in the east by the Chesapeake Bay, in the south by the James River, and in the west by the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad.
25 May 1865: The Sub-District of the Peninsula transferred from the District of Eastern Virginia to the District of Fort Monroe. It was redefined to include the counties of Mathews, Gloucester, New Kent, King William, Charles City, James City, York, Warwick, and Elizabeth City in Virginia, except for Fort Monroe.
29 August 1865: The Sub-District of the Peninsula was discontinued.
District of the Northern Neck, Virginia
26 April 1865-18 May 1865
Nelson Bowman Sweitzer 26 April 1865-18 May 1865
26 April 1865: The District of the Northern Neck was established in the Department of Washington. It comprised the territory between the Potomac and Rappahannock rivers and south of the Fredericksburg & Aquia Railroad.
18 May 1865: The District of the Northern Neck was discontinued and its territory was transferred to the District of Washington.
District of Patuxent, Virginia
26 April 1865-18 May 1865
Henry Horatio Wells 26 April 1865-18 May 1865
26 April 1865: The District of Patuxent was established in the Department of Washington. It comprised the territory between the Potomac and Patuxent of Piscataway Creek.
18 May 1865: The District of Patuxent was discontinued.
District of Port Royal, South Carolina
13 May 1865-27 June 1865
Edward Elmer Potter 13 May 1865-27 June 1865
13 May 1865: The District of Port Royal was established in the Department of the South. It comprised the territories formerly in the District of Beaufort and the District of Hilton Head.
27 June 1865: The District of Port Royal was discontinued.
District of Alabama
17 May 1865-27 June 1865
Andrew Jackson Smith 17 March 1865-17 May 1865
17 May 1865: The District of Alabama was established in the Department of the Gulf, and comprised the state of Alabama.
3 June 1865: The Sub-District of Mobile was established in the District of Alabama. It comprised the territory around Mobile, Alabama.
27 June 1865: The Sub-District of Mobile was discontinued, and incorporated into the Department of Alabama. The District of Alabama was discontinued, and incorporated into the Department of Alabama.
District of Mississippi
17 May 1865-27 June 1865
Peter Joseph Osterhaus 17 May 1865-27 June 1865
Henry Warner Slocum 27 June 1865-16 September 1865 interim 18 September 1865
Peter Joseph Osterhaus 16 September 1865-27 June 1865
17 May 1865: The District of Mississippi was established in the Department of Gulf, comprising the state of Mississippi transferred from the Department of the Mississippi.
27 June 1865: The state of Mississippi transferred from the Department of the Gulf to the Department of Mississippi. The District of Mississippi was discontinued, and its territory was incorporated into the Department of Mississippi.
District of Fort Monroe, Virginia
21 May 1865-31 December 1865 and continuing
Nelson Appleton Miles 21 May 1865-31 December 1865
21 May 1865: The District of Fort Monroe was established in the Department of Virginia. It comprised Fort Monroe and the counties of Accomac and Northampton.
25 May 1865: The Sub-District of the Peninsula transferred from the District of Eastern Virginia to the District of Fort Monroe. It was redefined to include the counties of Mathews, Gloucester, New Kent, King William, Charles City, James City, York, Warwick, and Elizabeth City in Virginia (except for Fort Monroe).
District of the Nottoway, Virginia
22 May 1865-1 August 1865
George Lucas Hartsuff 22 May 1865-1 August 1865
22 May 1865: The District of the Nottoway was established in the Department of Virginia. It comprised the counties south of Petersburg.
25 May 1865: The Sub-District of The Blackwater was established in the District of the Nottoway. It comprised the counties of Sussex, Surrey, Greenville, Brunswick, Dinwiddie, and Price George in Virginia. The Sub-District of Roanoke was established in the District of the Nottoway. It comprised the counties of Mecklenburg, Lunenburg, Prince Edward, Nottoway, Charlotte, and Halifax in Virginia. The Sub-District of the Appomattox was established in the District of Nottoway in the Department of Virginia. It comprised the counties of Chesterfield, Amelia, Powhatan, Cumberland, and Buckingham in Virginia.
1 August 1865: The Sub-District of The Blackwater transferred from the District of the Nottoway to the Department of Virginia. The Sub-District of the Appomattox transferred from the District of the Nottoway to the Department The District of the Nottoway was discontinued.
District of Henrico, Virginia
25 May 1865-27 June 1865
Marsena Rudolph Patrick 25 May 1865-9 June 1865
John Wesley Turner 9 June 1865-31 December 1865
25 May 1865: The District of Henrico was established in the Department of Virginia, to comprise Henrico County, Virginia.
13 July 1865: Manchester County, Virginia, was added to the District of Henrico.
Sub-District of the Appomattox, Virginia
25 May 1865-11 August 1865
Charles Henry Smith 25 May 1865-11 August 1865
25 May 1865: The Sub-District of the Appomattox was established and subordinated to the District of Nottoway in the Department of Virginia. It comprised the counties of Chesterfield, Amelia, Powhatan, Cumberland, and Buckingham in Virginia.
1 August 1865: The Sub-District of the Appomattox transferred from the District of the Nottoway to the Department of Virginia.
11 August 1865: The Sub-District of the Appomattox was discontinued.
Sub-District of the Blackwater, Virginia
25 May 1865-19 September 1865
Gilbert Hunt McKibbin 25 May 1865-19 September 1865
25 May 1865: The Sub-District of the Blackwater was established and subordinated to the District of the Nottoway in the Department of Virginia. It comprised the counties of Sussex, Surrey, Greenville, Brunswick, Dinwiddie, and Price George in Virginia.
1 August 1865: The Sub-District of The Blackwater transferred from the District of the Nottoway to the Department of Virginia.
19 September 1865: The Sub-District of The Blackwater was discontinued.
Sub-District of the Rappahannock, Virginia
25 May 1865-16 July 1865
Edwin Vose Sumner Jr May 25-16 July 1865
25 May 1865: The Sub-District of the Rappahannock was established in the Department of Virginia. It comprised the counties of Middlesex, King and Queen, Essex, Caroline, Spotsylvania, and Orange in Virginia.
16 July 1865: The Sub-District of the Rappahannock was discontinued, and its territory was incorporated into the District of Northeastern Virginia.
Sub-District of Roanoke, Virginia
25 May 1865-16 July 1865
Edward Ferrero 25 May 1865-16 July 1865
25 May 1865: The Sub-District of Roanoke was established in the District of the Nottoway. It comprised the counties of Mecklenburg, Lunenburg, Prince Edward, Nottoway, Charlotte, and Halifax in Virginia.
16 July 1865: The Sub-District of Roanoke was discontinued.
Sub-District of the South Anna, Virginia
25 May 1865-31 December 1865 and continuing
Alvin Coe Voris May 25-31 December 1865
25 May 1865: The Sub-District of the South Anna was established in the Department of Virginia. It comprised the counties of Hanover, Louisa, Albemarle, Goochland, Fluvanna, and Greene in Virginia.
District of East Louisiana
29 May 1865-27 June 1865
Michael Kelly Lawler 29 May 1865-27 June 1865
29 May 1865: The District of East Louisiana was established in the Department of the Gulf.
27 June 1865: The District of East Louisiana was discontinued and its territory was incorporated into the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Sub-District of Mobile, Alabama
3 June 1865-27 June 1865
Christopher Columbus Andrews 3 June 1865-11 June 1865
Thomas Kilby Smith 12 June 1865-27 June 1865
3 June 1865: The Sub-District of Mobile was established in the District of Alabama. It comprised the territory around Mobile, Alabama.
27 June 1865: The Sub-District of Mobile was discontinued, and incorporated into the Department of Alabama.
District of Northern Georgia
5 June 1865-27 June 1865
Edward Leslie Molineux 5 June 1865-27 June 1865
5 June 1865: The District of Northern Georgia was established in the Department of the South. It comprised the territory around Augusta and along the upper Savannah River.
27 June 1865: The District of Northern Georgia was discontinued.
District of Southern Georgia
5 June 1865-27 June 1865
Cuvier Grover 5 June 1865-27 June 1865
5 June 1865: The District of Southern Georgia was established in the Department of the South. It comprised the state of Georgia south of the northern boundaries of Liberty, Tattnall, Montgomery, Laurens, Pulaski, Dooly, Sumter, Webster, and Stewart counties.
27 June 1865: The District of Southern Georgia was discontinued.
District of Charleston, South Carolina
23 June 1865-27 June 1865
John Porter Hatch 23 June 1865-27 June 1865
23 June 1865: The District of Charleston was established in the Department of the South. It comprised Charleston, Colleton, Orangeburg, Lexington, Barnwell, and Richland districts counties of South Carolina.
27 June 1865: The District of Charleston was discontinued.
District of Eastern South Carolina
23 June 1865-27 June 1865
George Lafayette Beal 23 June 1865-27 June 1865
23 June 1865: The District of Eastern South Carolina was established in the Department of the South. It consisted of Horry, Georgetown, Marion, Williamsburg, Marlboro, Darlington, Sumter, Kershaw, and Chesterfield districts counties.
27 June 1865: The District of Eastern South Carolina was discontinued.
District of Western South Carolina
23 June 1865-27 June 1865
Charles Henry Van Wyck 23 June 1865-27 June 1865
23 June 1865: The District of Western South Carolina was established in the Department of the South. It consisted of Lancaster, Fairfield, Chester, York, Union, Newberry, Edgefield, Abbeville, Laurens, Spartanburg, Greenville, Anderson, and Pickens districts counties.
27 June 1865: The District of Western South Carolina was discontinued.
Eastern District of Louisiana
27 June 1865-26 July 1865
Thomas West Sherman 27 June 1865-26 July 1865
27 June 1865: The Eastern District of Louisiana was established in the Department of Louisiana, comprising the state of Louisiana east of the Mississippi River, the region between the Mississippi and the Atchafalaya and the ports from Brashear to New Iberia to Washington, Louisiana.
26 July 1865: The Eastern District of Louisiana was discontinued.
Western District of Louisiana
27 June 1865-20 July 1865
John Parker Hawkins 27 June 1865-20 July 1865
27 June 1865: The Western District of Louisiana was established in the Department of Louisiana. It comprised the part of Louisiana west of the Mississippi River.
20 July 1865: The Western District of Louisiana was discontinued.
Northern District of Mississippi
27 June 1865-31 December 1865 and continuing
Peter Joseph Osterhaus 27 June 1865-31 December 1865
27 June 1865: The Northern District of Mississippi was established in the Department of Mississippi. It comprised the vicinity of Jackson, and all counties east and north of the city.
Southern District of Mississippi
27 June 1865-31 December 1865 and continuing
John Wynn Davidson 27 June 1865-31 December 1865
27 June 1865: The Southern District of Mississippi was established in the Department of Mississippi. It comprised all counties south of the northern lines of Claiborne, Copiah, Lawrence, Covington, Jones, and Wayne counties in Mississippi.
Western District of Mississippi
27 June 1865-31 December 1865 and continuing
Joseph Adalmorn Maltby 27 June 1865-31 December 1865
27 June 1865: The Western District of Mississippi was established in the Department of Mississippi. It comprised Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington, Yazoo, Issaquena, and Warren counties.
Central District of Texas
27 June 1865-20 July 1865
David Sloane Stanley 27 June 1865-20 July 1865
27 June 1865: The Central District of Texas was established in the Department of Texas. It comprised the region between the Nueces River and the Brazos and Navasota Rivers.
20 July 1865: The Central District of Texas was discontinued.
Eastern District of Texas
27 June 1865-20 July 1865
Joseph Anthony Mower 27 June 1865-20 July 1865
27 June 1865: The Eastern District of Texas was established in the Department of Texas. It comprised the region east of the Brazos and Navasotas Rivers.
20 July 1865: The Eastern District of Texas was discontinued.
Western District of Texas
27 June 1865-20 July 1865
Frederick Steele 27 June 1865-20 July 1865
27 June 1865: The Western District of Texas was established in the Department of Texas. It comprised the state of Texas west of the Nueces River.
20 July 1865: The Western District of Texas was discontinued.
District of Greensboro, North Carolina
6 July 1865-31 December 1865 and continuing
Samuel Powhatan Carter 6 July 1865-31 December 1865
6 July 1865: The District of Greensboro was established in the Department of North Carolina. The district extended over 22 counties in central North Carolina, around Greensboro.
District of New Bern, North Carolina
6 July 1865-31 December 1865 and continuing
Charles Jackson Paine 6 July 1865-31 December 1865
6 July 1865: The District of New Bern was re-established in the Department of North Carolina. It comprised the counties of Hertford, Bertie, Martin, Pitt, Greene, Lenoir, Jones, and Onslow and all counties east of them in North Carolina.
District of West North Carolina
6 July 1865-1 October 1865
Thomas Tinsley Heath 6 July 1865-1 October 1865
6 July 1865: The District of West North Carolina was established in the Department of North Carolina. It comprised the territory around Morganton, North Carolina.
October 1 19865: The District of West North Carolina was discontinued.
District of Raleigh, North Carolina
6 July 1865-31 December 1865 and continuing
Adelbert Ames 6 July 1865-31 December 1865
6 July 1865: The District of Raleigh was established in the Department of North Carolina. It comprised the vicinity of Raleigh and Goldsboro, North Carolina.
District of Missouri #2
10 July 1865-22 August 1865
James Alexander Williamson 10 July 1865-21 July 1865
Thomas Church Haskell Smith 21 July 1865-22 August 1865
10 July 1865: The District of Missouri was established in the Department of the Missouri. It consisted of the territories previously in the District of St Louis, the District of Central Missouri, and the District of Rolla.
22 August 1865: The District of Missouri was discontinued.
District of Northeastern Virginia
10 July 1865-31 December 1865 and continuing
Charles Devens 10 July 1865-31 December 1865
10 July 1865: The District of Northeastern Virginia was established in the Department of Virginia. It comprised the counties of Loudon, Prince William, Fauquier, Stafford, Rappahannock, Culpeper, Madison, King George, Westmoreland, Northumberland, Richmond, and Lancaster in Virginia.
District of Southwestern Virginia
13 July 1865-31 December 1865 and continuing
Newton Martin Curtis 13 July 1865-31 December 1865
13 July 1865: The District of Southwestern Virginia was established in the Department of Virginia. It comprised 31 counties in southwestern Virginia around Lynchburg.
District of Western New York
14 September 1865-31 December 1865 and continuing
Alexander Samuel Diven 14 September 1865-31 December 1865
14 September 1865: The District of Western New York was established in the Department of the East. It comprised Elmira, Rochester, Fort Ontario, Fort Niagara, and Fort Porter counties in New York.
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