Department of the Lakes

The Department of the Lakes was a military department of the United States Army that existed from 1866 to 1873 and again from 1898 to 1913. It was subordinate to the Military Division of the Atlantic and comprised posts in the Midwestern United States as the successor to the Northern Department and the Department of the Ohio.[1]

## Commanders

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### First creation

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* Bvt. Major General Joseph Hooker, August 23, 1866, to June 1, 1867
* Brigadier General John Pope, January 13, 1868, to April 30, 1870
* Bvt. Major General Philip St. George Cooke May 6, 1870, to Oct. 29, 1873

### Second creation

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* Brigadier General Joseph Wheeler, June 18 to Sept. 10, 1900.
* Brigadier General Elwell Stephen Otis, October 29, 1900 to March 25, 1902.
* Brigadier General Frederick Dent Grant, January 15, 1904 to September 28, 1904.
* Major General Frederick Dent Grant, November 12, 1908, to July 23, 1910.
* Major General Charles L. Hodges, July 24, 1910 to March 13, 1911.[2]
* Brigadier General Ralph Wilson Hoyt, 1911.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Records of United States Army Continental Commands, 1821-1920".
2. ^ Pitcher, William L. (June 30, 1911). Annual Report of the Department of the Lakes. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of War. p. 55 – via Google Books.
3. ^ "Brig. Gen. Hoyt Weds Nurse. Commander of Department of Lakes, 62, Married to Miss Harbold, 32" (PDF). The New York Times. October 11, 1911. Retrieved 2015-04-13. "Following a romance that began not so very long ago in St. Paul, Brig. Gen. Ralph Wilson Hoyt, U.S.A., Commander of the Department of the Lakes, and Miss Cora McKeever Harbold of Dillsburg, York County, Penn., a trained nurse, were married this afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Richardson, 423 Wister Street, Germantown. ..."

Formations of the Union army

Independent
departments|

* Department of the East: District of Central New York
* District of Massachusetts
* District of Western New York

* Department of the Pacific: District of Arizona
* District of Humboldt
* District of Oregon
* District of California
* District of Southern California
* District of Utah

* Department of the Potomac

* Department of the South: District of Florida
* District of Hilton Head
* District of North Carolina
* District of Savannah
* Northern District (Charleston)

* Department of Virginia and North Carolina: District of Eastern Virginia
* District of North Carolina

Middle Military
Division|

* Middle Department: Department of Rappahannock
* Department of Shenandoah
* Mountain Department
* District of Baltimore
* District of Eastern Shore

* Department of Pennsylvania: Department of the Monongahela
* Department of the Susquehanna

* Department of Washington: District of Alexandria
* District of Saint Mary's
* District of Washington
* District of Annapolis

* Department of West Virginia: District of Harper's Ferry
* Kanawha District

Military Division
of the
Mississippi|

* Cavalry Corps of the Military Division of the Mississippi

* Department of the Cumberland: District of the Etowah
* District of Middle Tennessee
* District of Northern Alabama
* District of West Tennessee

* Department of the Ohio: District of East Tennessee
* Department of Kentucky
* District of Cairo
* District of Western Kentucky

* Northern Department: District of Indiana
* District of Illinois
* District of Michigan

Military Division
of West
Mississippi|

* Department of Arkansas: District of Eastern Arkansas
* District of the Frontier
* District of Little Rock

* Department of the Gulf: District of Baton Rouge and Port Hudson
* District of Carrollton
* District of Key West and Tortugas
* District of La Fourche
* District of West Florida and South Alabama

* Department of Kansas: District of Colorado
* District of Nebraska
* District of North Kansas
* District of South Kansas
* District of Upper Arkansas

* Department of Missouri: District of Central Missouri
* District of North Missouri
* District of Rolla
* District of Saint Louis
* District of Southwest Missouri

* Department of New Mexico: District of Arizona

* Department of the Northwest: District of Iowa
* District of Minnesota
* District of Wisconsin
* District of Dakota

Field armies|

* Army of Arkansas
* Army of the Border
* Army of the Cumberland
* Army of the Frontier
* Army of Georgia
* Army of the Gulf
* Army of the James
* Army of Kentucky
* Army of the Mississippi
* Army of the Ohio
* Army of the Potomac
* Army of the Shenandoah
* Army of the Southwest
* Army of the Tennessee
* Army of Virginia
* Army of West Mississippi
* Army of West Virginia

Army corps|

* First Army Corps
* Second Army Corps
* Third Army Corps
* Fourth Army Corps
* Fifth Army Corps
* Sixth Army Corps
* Seventh Army Corps
* Eighth Army Corps
* Ninth Army Corps
* 10th Army Corps
* 11th Army Corps
* 12th Army Corps
* 13th Army Corps
* 14th Army Corps
* 15th Army Corps
* 16th Army Corps
* 17th Army Corps
* 18th Army Corps
* 19th Army Corps
* 20th Army Corps
* 21st Army Corps
* 22d Army Corps
* 23d Army Corps
* 24th Army Corps
* 25th Army Corps
* Cavalry Corps