Organization of the Confederate Armies

Organization of the Confederate Armies (Arranged by date of inception and entity name, then by size of organization, largest to smallest: DEPARTMENT and DISTRICT or ARMY and CORPS.)
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CONFEDERATE MILITARY SERVICE
A ± denotes an officer who died in combat or while in service. A † denotes a change in rank or status. A • denotes a temporary assignment.
STATE/CONFEDERATE CIVIL SERVICE
(S) Secession Convention Delegate (C) Confederate Cabinet/Executive Branch Officer (P) Provisional Confederate Congressman (1^st) 1^st Confederate Congressman (2^nd) 2^nd Confederate Congressman
DATE ORGANIZED	DEPARTMENT / DISTRICT / ARMY / CORPS	COMMANDERS (Dates of assignment in parentheses.)
February 1861	DEPARTMENT OF LOUISIANA*	Maj. Gen. Braxton Bragg* (22 February 1861-07 March 1861) *(Louisiana State Militia.) Col. Paul Octave Hébert• (16 April 1861-17 April 1861)
	Alternately known as Army of Louisiana. 22 February 1861: Embraced various state militia around New Orleans, Louisiana.* 17 April 1861: Merged into Military District of Louisiana.
March 1861	FORCES IN AND NEAR CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA	Brig. Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (06 March 1861-27 May 1861) Col. Richard Heron Anderson•† (27 May 1861-21 August 1861) †(Promoted: Brig. Gen., 19 July 1861.)
	03 March 1861: Brig. Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (28 May 1818-20 February 1893) was instructed to take command at Charleston, South Carolina, receive troops into service of the Confederacy, and to organize the defenses of Charleston Harbor. 21 March 1861: Extended to embrace the coast of South Carolina from Beaufort to Georgetown. 21 August 1861: Merged into Department of South Carolina.
	FORCES IN AND NEAR PENSACOLA, FLORIDA	Brig. Gen. Braxton Bragg† (11 March 1861-22 October 1861) †(Promoted: Maj. Gen., 12 September 1861.)
	07 March 1861: Brig. Gen. Braxton Bragg (22 March 1817-26 September 1876) was assigned command of troops in and near Pensacola, Florida. 22 October 1861: Re-designated Army of Pensacola.
April 1861	DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS	Col. Earl Van Dorn† (21 April 1861-04 September 1861) †(Promoted: Brig. Gen., 05 June 1861.) Col. Henry Eustace McCulloch• (04 September 1861-18 September 1861) Brig. Gen. Paul Octave Hébert (18 September 1861-20 August 1862)
	11 April 1861: Col. (later Brig. Gen.) Earl Van Dorn (17 September 1820-07 May 1863) was assigned to the state of Texas for the purpose of organizing troops, posts and other lines of defense, and to prevent actions by remaining Federal garrisons. 24 May 1861: Two lines for the defense of Texas' western frontiers established. The first, extended from the Red River to the junction of the North and Main Conchas. The second, from Fort Inge to Fort Bliss. 02 October 1861: Military District of Galveston created. 03 January 1862: Military District of Houston created. 10 February 1862: Divided into Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. Eastern District embraced the area between the northern and eastern boundaries of the state, the eastern shore of Galveston Bay, and left bank of the Trinity River to its intersection with the Cross Timbers region at Alton, then following the boundary of the Cross Timbers to the Red River. All other parts of Texas constituted Western District. 25 February 1862: Military District of Galveston and Military District of Houston re-designated Military Sub-District of Galveston and Military Sub-District of Houston. Military Sub-District of the Rio Grande created. 26 May 1862-20 August 1862: Subsection of Trans-Mississippi Department. 03 June 1862: Military Sub-District of Galveston merged into Military Sub-District of Houston. 20 August 1862: Merged into District of Texas.
	MILITARY DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA	Maj. Gen. David Emanuel Twiggs (17 April 1861-27 May 1861)
	17 April 1861: Embraced the city and defenses of New Orleans, Louisiana. 27 May 1861: Merged into Department No. 1.
	MILITARY DISTRICT OF SAVANNAH	Brig. Gen. Alexander Robert Lawton(C) (17 April 1861-26 October 1861)
	26 October 1861: Merged into Department of Georgia.
	FORCES IN AND ABOUT HARPER'S FERRY, VIRGINIA	Maj. Gen. Kenton Harper* (18 April 1861-28 April 1861) (Virginia State Militia.) Col. Thomas Jonathan Jackson (28 April 1861-24 May 1861) *(Virginia State Militia.) Brig. Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston (24 May 1861-15 June 1861)
	18 April 1861: Virginia militia under Maj. Gen. Kenton Harper (1801-25 December 1867) took possession of Harper's Ferry, Virginia following the Federal evacuation of the city and burning of its armory. 15 June 1861: Harper's Ferry evacuated. 20 June 1861: Troops previously of this command were re-organized as Army of the Shenandoah.
	DEPARTMENT OF ALEXANDRIA*	Brig. Gen. Philip St. George Cocke* (21 April 1861-21 May 1861) *(Virginia State Militia.) Brig. Gen. Milledge Luke Bonham(1^st) (21 May 1861-02 June 1861) Brig. Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (02 June 1861-20 June 1861)
	Alternately known as the Alexandria Line, and Potomac Department. 21 April 1861: Embraced Alexandria, Virginia and troops in the vicinity.* 24 May 1861: Alexandria occupied by Federal troops. 10 June 1861: Revised to embrace troops in the Virginia counties of Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William. 20 June 1861: Troops previously of this command were re-organized as Army of the Potomac.
	DEPARTMENT OF FREDERICKSBURG*	Brig. Gen. Daniel Ruggles* (22 April 1861-05 June 1861) *(Virginia State Militia.) Brig. Gen. Theophilus Hunter Holmes† (05 June 1861-22 October 1861) †(Promoted: Maj. Gen., 07 October 1861.)
	Alternately known as the Potomac Line. 22 April 1861: Embraced troops along the line of the Potomac River, extending from Mount Vernon south to the mouth of the Rappahannock River.* 22 October 1861: Merged into Department of Northern Virginia and re-designated Aquia District.
	MILITARY AND NAVAL FORCES OF VIRGINIA	Maj. Gen. Robert Edward Lee† (23 April 1861-01 August 1861) (Virginia State Militia.) †(Appointed: Brig. Gen., P.A.C.S., 14 May 1861. Promoted: Gen., 14 June 1861.)
	23 April 1861: Embraced all military and naval forces of the state of Virginia. 10 May 1861: Maj. Gen. Robert Edward Lee's (19 January 1807-12 October 1870) authority was extended over Confederate forces operating in Virginia. 08 June 1861: Virginia State Troops were transferred to the authority of the Confederate States. 01 August 1861: Lee assumed supervisory command of troops operating in Western (now West) Virginia.
	FORCES IN AND ABOUT NORFOLK, VIRGINIA	Brig. Gen. Walter Gwynn* (26 April 1861-23 May 1861) *(Virginia State Militia.) Brig. Gen. Benjamin Huger† (23 May 1861-15 October 1861) †(Promoted: Maj. Gen., 07 October 1861.)
	26 April 1861: Brig. Gen. Walter Gwynn (22 February 1802-06 February 1882) was assigned command of troops in and about, Norfolk, Virginia. 15 October 1861: Re-designated Department of Norfolk.
	FORCES IN AND ABOUT RICHMOND, VIRGINIA	Maj. Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston•* (26 April 1861-08 May 1861) *(Virginia State Militia.) Col. John Bankhead Magruder (08 May 1861-21 May 1861)
	26 April 1861: Maj. Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston (03 February 1807-21 March 1891) was assigned command of troops in and about Richmond, Virginia. 21 May 1861: Ceased to exist in subsequent records.
May 1861	FORCES IN THE KANAWHA VALLEY	Col. Christopher Quarles Tompkins* (23 May 1861-06 June 1861) *(Virginia State Militia.) Brig. Gen. Henry Alexander Wise, Sr.(S) (06 June 1861-12 August 1861)
	03 May 1861: Col. Christopher Quarles Tompkins (04 August 1813-28 May 1877) was assigned command of troops in Virginia's Kanawha Valley. 12 August 1861: Troops previously of this command were re-organized as Army of the Kanawha.
	DEPARTMENT OF THE PENINSULA*	Col. John Bankhead Magruder† (21 May 1861-12 April 1862) †(Promoted: Brig. Gen., 17 June 1861. Promoted: Maj. Gen., 07 October 1861.)
	Alternately known as the Hampton Line, District of Yorktown, and Army of the Peninsula. 21 May 1861: Embraced the troops and area of military operations on the line to Hampton, Virginia, including defenses at and near Jamestown Island, Williamsburg, and Yorktown.* 26 August 1861: Extended to embrace the Virginia counties of Gloucester, Matthews, and Middlesex. 18 September 1861: Extended to embrace the Virginia counties of King and Queen, King William, Prince George, and Surry. 12 April 1862: Merged into Department of Northern Virginia.
	DEPARTMENT NO. 1	Maj. Gen. David Emanuel Twiggs (31 May 1861-07 October 1861) Maj. Gen. Mansfield Lovell (18 October 1861-25 June 1862)
	27 May 1861: Embraced the state of Louisiana and the southern parts of Alabama and Mississippi, including Fort Morgan. 14 October 1861: Revised to include the state of Louisiana and the southern part of Mississippi not contained in Department No. 2. 26 May 1862: Following the loss of New Orleans, boundaries were revised include the state of Mississippi south of the thirty-third parallel, west of the Pascagoula and Chickasawha Rivers, and Louisiana east of the Mississippi River. 25 June 1862: Merged into Department No. 2.
June 1861	ARMY OF THE NORTHWEST*	Brig. Gen. Robert Seldon Garnett± (08 June 1861-13 July 1861) Brig. Gen. Henry Rootes Jackson• (14 July 1861-20 July 1861) Brig. Gen. William Wing Loring (20 July 1861-09 February 1862)
	Alternately known as Northwestern Army. 08 June 1861: Brig. Gen. Robert Seldon Garnett (16 December 1819-13 July 1861) was assigned command of troops operating in Northwestern Virginia.* 09 February 1862: Following the disastrous Western (now West) Virginia Campaign, a harsh winter, and with low morale among its troops, this command was disbanded. The majority of its troops were absorbed into Maj. Gen. Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson's (21 January 1824-10 May 1863) Valley District.
	ARMY OF THE POTOMAC	Brig. Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (20 June 1861-20 July 1861) Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston (20 July 1861-22 October 1861)
	20 June 1861: Embraced troops previously of Department of Alexandria. 20 June 1861: First Corps formed, Brig. Gen. (later Gen.) Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (28 May 1818-20 February 1893) commanding. 20 July 1861: Army of the Shenandoah merged into Army of the Potomac under immediate command of Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston (03 February 1807-21 March 1891). 21 July 1861: Claiming lesser knowledge of the ground and dispositions, Johnston defers to Beauregard in the actual field command of troops in the Battle of First Manassas (21 July 1861). 25 September 1861: Second Corps formed, Maj. Gen. Gustavus Woodson Smith(C) (30 November 1821-24 June 1896) commanding. 22 October 1861: Merged into Department of Northern Virginia.
	FIRST CORPS, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC	Brig. Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard† (20 June 1861-22 October 1861) †(Promoted: Gen., 21 July 1861.)
	20 June 1861: First Corps formed, Brig. Gen. (later Gen.) Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (28 May 1818-20 February 1893) commanding. 22 October 1861: Merged into Department of Northern Virginia.
	ARMY OF THE SHENANDOAH	Brig. Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston† (20 June 1861-20 July 1861) †(Promoted: Gen., 04 July 1861.)
	20 June 1861: Embraced troops previously stationed in and near Harper's Ferry. 20 July 1861: Merged into Army of the Potomac under immediate command of Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston (03 February 1807-21 March 1891).
July 1861	DEPARTMENT NO. 2*	Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk (13 July 1861-15 September 1861) Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston± (15 September 1861-06 April 1862) Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (06 April 1862-17 June 1862) Gen. Braxton Bragg (17 June 1862-24 October 1862) Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk• (24 October 1862-03 November 1862) Gen. Braxton Bragg (03 November 1862-25 July 1863)
	Alternately known as Western Department. 04 July 1861: Embraced the part of Alabama north of the Tennessee River, beginning at Waterloo and running east with the river to Decatur, and also the part of Alabama lying north of the Memphis & Charleston Railroad from Decatur to Stevenson, together with the part of Tennessee west and south of the Tennessee River; the river counties of Arkansas and Mississippi, including Corinth, Mississippi, and the area adjacent thereto, and extending to Eastport on the Tennessee River; the river parishes of Louisiana north of the Red River, and the part of Arkansas, besides the river counties mentioned above, lying north and east of the White and Black Rivers. 02 September 1861: Extended to embrace the state of Arkansas and all military operations in Missouri.* 10 September 1861: Extended to embrace the states of Arkansas and Tennessee and the part of Mississippi west of the New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern & Central Railroad; also the military operations in Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, and the Indian Territory immediately west of Arkansas and Missouri. 26 May 1862: Extended south to the thirty-third parallel, east of the Mississippi River, and along that parallel to the eastern boundary of Alabama. 25 June 1862: Revised to include the part of this department's former limits east of the Mississippi River, and also the former limits of Department No. 1. The eastern boundary was extended to the line of railroad from Chattanooga via Atlanta to West Point, on the Chattahoochee River, then down the Chattahoochee and Apalachicola Rivers to the Gulf of Mexico. 29 June 1862: Revised to include the states of Alabama and Mississippi and the part of Louisiana east of the Mississippi River; as well as part of Georgia and Florida, west of the Chattahoochee and Apalachicola Rivers. 18 July 1862: Revised to include Alabama, Mississippi, East Louisiana, and the part of Florida west of the Chattahoochee and Apalachicola Rivers. 30 January 1863: Extended to embrace the line of railroad from Chattanooga to West Point, Georgia, with the towns, villages and stations on it, including the post of Atlanta, and as much adjacent territory as necessary for military purposes. 08 June 1863: Extended to embrace all of Tennessee west of Department of East Tennessee. 25 July 1863: Extended to embrace Department of East Tennessee and re-designated Department of Tennessee.
	UPPER DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS	Brig. Gen. William Joseph Hardee (22 July 1861-October 1861) Col. Solon Borland (05 November 1861-10 January 1862)
	Subsection of Department No. 2. 25 June 1861: Embraced the part of Arkansas lying west of the White and Black Rivers and north of the Arkansas River to the Missouri line. 10 January 1862: Merged into Trans-Mississippi District.
	DISTRICT OF EAST TENNESSEE	Brig. Gen. Felix Kirk Zollicoffer (26 July 1861-10 November 1861) Col. Danville Leadbetter†(C) (10 November 1861-09 March 1862) †(Promoted: Brig. Gen., 27 February 1862.)
	10 November 1861: With Brig. Gen. Felix Kirk Zollicoffer (19 May 1812-19 January 1862) in process of invading Southeastern Kentucky, Col. Danville Leadbetter(C) (26 August 1811-26 September 1866) was placed in charge of this district to ensure communication lines and rail transportation remained open. 08 December 1861: Maj. Gen. George Bibb Crittenden (20 March 1812-27 November 1880) superseded Zollicoffer's command of troops, but Leadbetter retained control of this district. 09 March 1862: Re-designated Department of East Tennessee.
August 1861	ARIZONA TERRITORY	Lt. Col. John Robert Baylor*(2^nd) (01 August 1861-14 December 1861) *(Territorial Governor.) Brig. Gen. Henry Hopkins Sibley (14 December 1861-04 May 1862)
	01 August 1861: After the passage of Arizona's Ordinance of Secession in March, and a "friendly" invasion by troops under Lt. Col. John Robert Baylor(2^nd) (27 July 1822-06 February 1894) in July, Baylor became the Confederate Territorial Governor. 14 December 1861: Brig. Gen. Henry Hopkins Sibley (25 May 1816-23 August 1886) assumed command of troops on the upper Rio Grande, and in Arizona and New Mexico Territories which were thereafter designated Army of New Mexico. 04 May 1862: Following a failed campaign in Arizona and New Mexico, Sibley began a slow withdrawal to Texas. 20 August 1862: Merged into Trans-Mississippi Department.
	ARMY OF THE KANAWHA	Brig. Gen. John Buchanan Floyd (12 August 1861-December 1861)
	12 August 1861: Embraced troops in Western (now West) Virginia in the area around Lewisburg. 25 September 1861: After a great deal of infighting and power struggles between long standing political rivals and former Virginia Governors, Brig. Gen. John Buchanan Floyd (01 June 1806-26 August 1863) and Brig. Henry Alexander Wise, Sr.(S) (03 December 1806-12 September 1876), Wise was transferred. December 1861: Months of poor execution of orders and blaming his defeats on his supervisory commander, Gen. Robert Edward Lee (19 January 1807-12 October 1870), led to the dissolution of this command and the transfer of Floyd to Central Army of Kentucky.
	DEPARTMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA	Brig. Gen. Richard Caswell Gatlin (20 August 1861-15 March 1862) Brig. Gen. Joseph Reid Anderson• (19 March 1862-24 March 1862) Maj. Gen. Theophilus Hunter Holmes (25 March 1862-16 July 1862) Maj. Gen. Daniel Harvey Hill (17 July 1862-18 August 1862) Brig. Gen. Samuel Gibbs French† (19 August 1862-01 April 1863) †(Promoted: Maj. Gen., 31 August 1862.) Maj. Gen. Daniel Harvey Hill (01 April 1863-14 July 1863) Maj. Gen. William Henry Chase Whiting (14 July 1863-23 September 1863) Maj. Gen. George Edward Pickett (23 September 1863-19 April 1864) Gen. Braxton Bragg (17 November 1865-23 November 1864) Maj. Gen. William Henry Chase Whiting• (23 November 1864-17 December 1864) Gen. Braxton Bragg (17 December 1864-09 April 1865)
	19 August 1861: Embraced the coastal defenses of the state of North Carolina. 26 November 1861: Revised to include Roanoke Island. 22 January 1862: Roanoke Island was belatedly placed under authority of Department of Norfolk, before falling under Federal control. 01 June 1862: After months of losing territory, and key cities and installations to Federal operation successes, forces in Eastern Virginia and North Carolina were placed under the overall authority of Gen. Robert Edward Lee (19 January 1807-12 October 1870) and Department of Northern Virginia. 21 June 1862: Revised to embrace areas from the Cape Fear River, in North Carolina, to the south bank of the James River, in Virginia, including Drewry's Bluff. 30 June 1862-01 July 1862: Forces originally of this department took part in the Seven Days Campaign (25 June 1862-01 July 1862), most notably in the Battle of Malvern Hill (01 July 1862). Following that campaign, most of these troops were integrated into Army of Northern Virginia in its re-organization of 13 July 1862. Maj. Gen. Daniel Harvey Hill (12 July 1821-24 September 1889) maintained control of a division within that army, and this department (at least on paper), until about 18 August 1862. 19 September 1862-01 April 1863: Subsection of Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia. 01 April 1863: Re-established as a separate department, embracing the state of North Carolina. 28 May 1863: Revised to include areas formerly controlled by Department of Southern Virginia, as far north as to embrace the city of Petersburg and its environs, and including the Appomattox River. 23 April 1864: Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (28 May 1818-20 February 1893) was assigned to this department, and also charged with the defense of Petersburg, Virginia. Upon assuming command, he reprised the designation Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia. 11 November 1864: Re-established to embrace the state of North Carolina, east of the Blue Ridge Mountains. 06 March 1865: Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston (03 February 1807-21 March 1891) was assigned overall command of troops in this department. Gen. Braxton Bragg (22 March 1817-26 September 1876) retained immediate command. 09 April 1865: Troops formerly of this department were consolidated at Smithfield, North Carolina with others from Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida and Army of Tennessee.
	DEPARTMENT OF MIDDLE AND EAST FLORIDA*	Brig. Gen. John Breckinridge Grayson± (21 August 1861-21 October 1861) Col. William Scott Dilworth•(S) (21 October 1861-17 November 1861) Brig. Gen. James Heyward Trapier (17 November 1861-19 March 1862) Col. William Scott Dilworth•(S) (19 March 1862-18 April 1862) Brig. Gen. Joseph Finegan(S) (18 April 1862-04 November 1862)
	Alternately known as Department of Florida. 21 August 1861: Embraced the middle and eastern portions of Florida.* 05 November 1861-14 March 1862: Subsection of Department of South Carolina, Georgia and East Florida. 14 March 1862-08 April 1862: Subsection of Department of South Carolina and Georgia. 14 March 1862: The western boundary was defined as the Choctawhatchee River. 09 April 1862-07 October 1862: Resumed status as a separate department. 07 October 1862-04 November 1862: Subsection of Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. 04 November 1862: Divided into District of East Florida and District of Middle Florida.
	DEPARTMENT OF SOUTH CAROLINA	Brig. Gen. Roswell Sabine Ripley (21 August 1861-05 November 1861)
	21 August 1861: Embraced the state of South Carolina and its coastal defenses. 05 November 1861: Merged into Department of South Carolina, Georgia and East Florida.
September 1861	DISTRICT OF ALABAMA (Department of Alabama and West Florida)	Brig. Gen. Jones Mitchell Withers (12 September 1861-27 January 1862)
	Subsection of Department of Alabama and West Florida. 12 September 1861: Embraced the state of Alabama and the part of Mississippi east of the Pascagoula River. 20 December 1861: Extended westward to embrace Pascagoula Bay and the part of Mississippi east of the Pascagoula River. 27 January 1862: Re-designated Army of Mobile.
	CENTRAL DIVISION OF KENTUCKY	Brig. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner (18 September 1861-28 October 1861)
	Subsection of Department No. 2. 18 September 1861: Embraced the area around Bowling Green, Kentucky and troops in the vicinity. 28 October 1861: Merged into Central Army of Kentucky.
	FIRST DIVISION, DEPARTMENT NO. 2	Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk (21 September 1861-06 March 1862)
	Subsection of Department No. 2. 21 September 1861: Embraced the area beginning at the point on the Tennessee state line crossed by the Memphis & Louisville Railroad, and running along the Henderson & Nashville & Central Alabama Railroad (excluding the city of Nashville); then west along that boundary and the northern boundary of Mississippi to the Mississippi River; then northward along the western bank of the Mississippi River. The northern boundary of this division extended into the state of Kentucky, west of the Cumberland River, as far as found advisable by the division's commander. The commander was charged with the defenses of the Mississippi River from the southern line of this division northward, as far as his troops could occupy. 06 March 1862: Troops previously of this command were re-organized as Army of the Mississippi.
	SECOND CORPS, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC	Maj. Gen. Gustavus Woodson Smith(C) (25 September 1861-22 October 1862)
	25 September 1861: Second Corps formed, Maj. Gen. Gustavus Woodson Smith(C) (30 November 1821-24 June 1896) commanding. 22 October 1861: Merged into Department of Northern Virginia.
	DISTRICT OF THE CAPE FEAR	Brig. Gen. Joseph Reid Anderson (24 September 1861-19 March 1862) Brig. Gen. Samuel Gibbs French (22 March 1862-01 July 1862) Brig. Gen. William Henry Chase Whiting† (14 November 1862-18 April 1864) †(Promoted: Maj. Gen., 28 February 1863.)
	24 September 1861-01 July 1862: Subsection of Department of North Carolina. 24 September 1861: Brig. Gen. Joseph Reid Anderson (16 February 1813-07 September 1892) took command of what is initially called Coast Defenses of North Carolina. 05 October 1861: Brig. Gen. Anderson's command began being referred to as District of the Cape Fear. 21 December 1861: Defined as embracing the coastal areas of North Carolina, not a part of Albemarle District and District of the Pamlico. 22 March 1862: Revised to include the North Carolina counties of Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, New Hanover, Onslow, Robeson and Sampson. 01 July 1862: Brig. Gen. Samuel Gibbs French (22 November 1818-20 April 1910) was called to Petersburg, Virginia, and use of this district's designation ceased. 08 November 1862: Re-established as a separate district for purposes of defending Wilmington and the Cape Fear River region. 18 April 1863-26 September 1863: Subsection of Department of North Carolina. 26 September 1863: Re-established as a separate district for purposes of defending Wilmington and the Cape Fear River region. 18 April 1864: Merged into Department of North Carolina.
	DISTRICT OF THE PAMLICO	Brig. Gen. Daniel Harvey Hill (29 September 1861-16 November 1861) Brig. Gen. Lawrence O'Bryan Branch (16 November 1861-14 March 1862) Brig. Gen. Samuel Gibbs French (18 March 1862-22 March 1862)
	Subsection of Department of North Carolina. 29 September 1861: Embraced the part of North Carolina between Albemarle Sound and the Neuse River, and Pamlico Sound, including those waters. 26 November 1861: Extended to embrace Roanoke Island. 21 December 1861: Revised to include coastal areas between Albemarle District and Bogue Inlet. 17 March 1862: Revised to include the North Carolina counties of Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Edgecombe, Greene, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, Pitt, Wayne and Wilson. 22 March 1862: Brig. Gen. Samuel Gibbs French (22 November 1818-20 April 1910) assumed command of District of the Cape Fear, and use of this district's designation ceased.
October 1861	MILITARY DISTRICT OF GALVESTON	Col. John Creed Moore (02 October 1861-07 December 1861) Col. Ebenezar B. Nichols(S) (07 December 1861-25 February 1862)
	Subsection of Department of Texas. 02 October 1861: Embraced Galveston Island, Virginia Point, adjacent bay coast, and the peninsula of Bolivar. 25 February 1862: Re-designated Military Sub-District of Galveston.
	DEPARTMENT OF ALABAMA AND WEST FLORIDA	Maj. Gen. Braxton Bragg (14 October 1861-28 February 1862) Brig. Gen. Samuel Jones† (28 February 1862-25 March 1862) †(Promoted: Maj. Gen., 10 March 1862.) Col. William L. Powell• (25 March 1862-02 April 1862) Maj. Gen. Samuel Jones (02 April 1862-28 April 1862) Brig. Gen. John Horace Forney (28 April 1862-29 June 1862)
	14 October 1861: Embraced Pensacola, Florida, its coastal areas, and the state of Alabama. 12 December 1861: Extended westward to embrace Pascagoula Bay and the part of Mississippi east of the Pascagoula River. 29 June 1862: Merged into Department No. 2.
	DEPARTMENT OF NORFOLK	Maj. Gen. Benjamin Huger (15 October 1861-12 April 1862)
	15 October 1861: Embraced forces in and about Norfolk, Virginia. 21 December 1861: Extended to embrace the part of North Carolina east of the Chowan River, together with the counties of Tyrrell and Washington. 05 February 1862: Extended to embrace the North Carolina counties of Bertie, Halifax, Hertford, Martin, and Northampton. 22 January 1862: Extended to embrace Roanoke Island. 23 February 1862: Following the loss of Roanoke Island, Albemarle District was deemed supernumerary and absorbed. 12 April 1862: Merged into Department of Northern Virginia.
	DEPARTMENT OF HENRICO	Brig. Gen. John Henry Winder (21 October 1861-05 May 1864)
	21 October 1861: Embraced the county of Henrico, Virginia, including various instruction camps, prisons, hospitals, city, presidential, and prison guards in and about Richmond. 26 March 1862: Extended to embrace the city of Petersburg and the adjoining and surrounding area for ten miles. 05 May 1864: Merged into Department of Richmond.
	DEPARTMENT OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA	Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston (22 October 1861-31 May 1862) Maj. Gen. Gustavus Woodson Smith•(C) (31 May 1862) Gen. Robert Edward Lee (01 June 1862-09 April 1865)
	22 October 1861: Comprised of Aquia District, Potomac District, and Valley District. 12 April 1862: Extended to embrace Department of Norfolk and Department of the Peninsula. 01 June 1862: Extended to embrace the armies in Eastern Virginia and North Carolina. 09 April 1865: Surrendered by authority of Gen. Robert Edward Lee (19 January 1807-12 October 1870) at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
	AQUIA DISTRICT	Maj. Gen. Theophilus Hunter Holmes (22 October 1861-23 March 1862) Maj. Gen. Gustavus Woodson Smith(C) (23 March 1862-18 April 1862)
	Subsection of Department of Northern Virginia. 22 October 1861: Embraced the part of Virginia between Powell's River and the mouth of the Potomac, including the Northern Neck, and the counties (Caroline, Essex, King George, Lancaster, Middlesex, Richmond, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Westmoreland) on either side of the Rappahannock from its mouth to Fredericksburg. 18 April 1862: Troops previously of this command were re-organized into what would later become Army of Northern Virginia.
	POTOMAC DISTRICT	Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (22 October 1861-29 January 1862)
	Subsection of Department of Northern Virginia. 22 October 1861: Embraced the part of Virginia between the Blue Ridge Mountains and the left bank of Powell's River. 18 April 1862: Troops previously of this command were re-organized into what would later become Army of Northern Virginia.
	VALLEY DISTRICT	Maj. Gen. Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson† (22 October 1861-29 December 1862) †(Promoted: Lt. Gen., 10 October 1862.) Brig. Gen. William Edmondson "Grumble" Jones• (29 December 1862-28 May 1863) Maj. Gen. Isaac Ridgeway Trimble (28 May 1863-21 July 1863) Brig. Gen. John Daniel Imboden (21 July 1863-15 December 1863) Maj. Gen. Jubal Anderson Early(S) (15 December 1863-09 March 1864) Brig. Gen. John Daniel Imboden• (09 March 1864-04 May 1864) Maj. Gen. John Cabell Breckinridge•(C) (04 May 1864-13 June 1864) Lt. Gen. Jubal Anderson Early(S) (13 June 1864-29 March 1865) Maj. Gen. Lunsford Lindsay Lomax (29 March 1865-09 April 1865)
	Subsection of Department of Northern Virginia. 22 October 1861: Embraced the part of Virginia between the Blue Ridge and Alleghany Mountains. 09 April 1865: Surrendered by authority of Gen. Robert Edward Lee (19 January 1807-12 October 1870) at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
	ARMY OF PENSACOLA	Brig. Gen. Adley Hogan Gladden• (22 October 1861-27 October 1861) Maj. Gen. Braxton Bragg (27 October 1861-27 January 1862) Brig. Gen. Samuel Jones† (27 January 1862-13 March 1862) †(Promoted: Maj. Gen, 10 March 1862.)
	Subsection of Department of Alabama and West Florida. 22 October 1861: Embraced forces in and near Pensacola, Florida. 13 March 1862: Use of this designation was discontinued. Troops were placed under the control of Col. Thomas Marshall Jones (11 March 1832-07 March 1913) until the city was finally evacuated, 09-12 May 1862.
	DEPARTMENT OF GEORGIA	Brig. Gen. Alexander Robert Lawton(C) (26 October 1861-05 November 1861)
	26 October 1861: Embraced the state of Georgia and its coastal defenses. 05 November 1861: Merged into Department of South Carolina, Georgia and East Florida and re-designated Military District of Georgia.
	CENTRAL ARMY OF KENTUCKY	Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston (28 October 1861-04 December 1861) Maj. Gen. William Joseph Hardee (04 December 1861-23 February 1862) Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston (23 February 1862-29 March 1862)
	Subsection of Department No. 2. 28 October 1861: Comprised of troops formerly of Central Division of Kentucky. 04 December 1861: Area of operations were defined as including the part of Tennessee lying north of the Cumberland River and all of Kentucky lying west of a line drawn due north from the point where the Cumberland River enters Tennessee on the east. 29 March 1862: Merged into Army of the Mississippi under immediate command of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston (02 February 1803-06 April 1862).
November 1861	" DEPARTMENT OF SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA AND EAST FLORIDA*	Gen. Robert Edward Lee (05 November 1861-03 March 1862) Maj. Gen. John Clifford Pemberton (04 March 1862-14 March 1862)
	Alternately known as Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. 05 November 1861: Embraced the coastal defenses of South Carolina, Georgia and East Florida.* 14 March 1862: Re-designated Department of South Carolina and Georgia.
	MILITARY DISTRICT OF GEORGIA	Brig. Gen. Alexander Robert Lawton(C) (05 November 1861-06 June 1862) Brig. Gen. Hugh Weedon Mercer (06 June 1862-24 December 1863) Maj. Gen. Jeremy Francis Gilmer•(C) (24 December 1863-25 May 1864) Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws (25 May 1864-21 December 1864) Maj. Gen. Daniel Harvey Hill (19 January 1865-24 February 1865) Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws (10 April 1865-26 April 1865)
	05 November 1861-14 March 1862: Subsection of Department of South Carolina, Georgia and East Florida. 05 November 1861: Embraced the state of Georgia and its coastal defenses. 14 March 1862-07 October 1862: Subsection of Department of South Carolina and Georgia. 07 October 1862-12 October 1864: Subsection of Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. 28 December 1862: Revised to include the state of Georgia, excluding the defenses of the Apalachicola River and its main effluents. 24 December 1863-25 May 1864: Maj. Gen. Jeremy Francis Gilmer(C) (23 February 1818-01 December 1883) was given temporary control of Third Military District of South Carolina and this district as well. Brig. Gen. Hugh Weedon Mercer (27 November 1808-09 June 1877) retained control of administrative operations at Savannah until 26 April 1864. 25 May 1864: Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws (15 January 1821-24 July 1897) replaced Gilmer as commander of both Third Military District of South Carolina and this district. October 12, 1864: Third Military District of South Carolina was re-designated Fifth Sub-District of South Carolina and remained attached to this district. 21 December 1864: Savannah was evacuated and troops were withdrawn to Hardeeville, South Carolina. 06 January 1865: Re-established with the following boundaries: Commencing at Augusta and running along the Georgia Railroad to Warrenton; then via Sparta and Milledgeville, following the line of the railroad, to the Ocmulgee River, but not including Macon; down the Ocmulgee River to Coffee County, following the western boundary of that county to the Alapaha River, and down that river and the Suwannee River to the Gulf of Mexico. 24 February 1865: Maj. Gen. Daniel Harvey Hill (12 July 1821-24 September 1889) was ordered to move with the bulk of his troops to unite with Army of Tennessee in North Carolina. 10 April 1865: McLaws (15 January 1821-24 July 1897) was re-assigned command of this district. Boundaries were set to embrace as much of Georgia not included in Department of Tennessee and Georgia. 26 April 1865: Surrendered by authority of Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston (03 February 1807-21 March 1891) at Bennett Place, Durham Station, North Carolina.
December 1861	FIRST MILITARY DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA	Col. Arthur Middleton Manigault (10 December 1861-25 March 1862) Col. Robert F. Graham• (25 March 1862-28 May 1862) Brig. Gen. Hugh Weedon Mercer (28 May 1862-06 June 1862) Brig. Gen. William Duncan Smith± (06 June 1862-04 October 1862) Brig. Gen. States Rights Gist• (04 October 1862-16 October 1862) Brig. Gen. Roswell Sabine Ripley (16 October 1862-12 October 1864)
	10 December 1861-14 March 1862: Subsection of Department of South Carolina, Georgia and East Florida. 10 December 1861: Embraced the area from Little River Inlet to the South Santee River. 14 March 1862-07 October 1862: Subsection of Department of South Carolina and Georgia. 25 March 1862: Positions at Georgetown were ordered evacuated. Col. Arthur Middleton Manigault (26 October 1824-17 August 1886) relinquished command of this district to Col. Robert F. Graham (12 November 1833-15 November 1874), who continued the withdrawal to Charleston. 28 May 1862: Troops from former First and Second Military Districts of South Carolina were embraced by this command. 11 July 1862: Revised to include the area from the North Carolina boundary to the Stono River. 07 October 1862-12 October 1864: Subsection of Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. 28 December 1862: Revised to include the works for the defense of the harbor and approaches to the city of Charleston, limited on the east by the South Santee River and on the west by the Stono River and Rantowles Creek. 28 February 1863: Fourth Military District of South Carolina was merged into this district and re-designated Fifth Sub-Division. 22 October 1863: Revised to include Fort Sumter, Sullivan's and Long Islands, and the parishes of Christ Church and St. Thomas. 28 October 1863: Fort Sumter was detached to Fifth Military District of South Carolina. 23 May 1864: Fifth Military District of South Carolina was merged into this district. 12 October 1864: Merged into District of South Carolina and re-designated Second Sub-District of South Carolina.
	SECOND MILITARY DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA	Brig. Gen. Roswell Sabine Ripley (10 December 1861-26 May 1862) Brig. Gen. Hugh Weedon Mercer• (26 May 1862-28 May 1862) Brig. Gen. Nathan George "Shanks" Evans (28 May 1862-19 July 1862) Brig. Gen. Johnson Hagood (19 July 1862-10 July 1863) Col. Hugh Kerr Aiken• (10 July 1863-15 October 1863) Brig. Gen. Beverly Holcombe Robertson (15 October 1863-12 October 1864)
	10 December 1861-14 March 1862: Subsection of Department of South Carolina, Georgia and East Florida. 10 December 1861: Embraced the area from the South Santee River and extending to the Stono River and up Rantowles Creek. 10 December 1861-18 December 1861: For purposes of command, Third Military District of South Carolina was briefly attached to this district. 14 March 1862-07 October 1862: Subsection of Department of South Carolina and Georgia. 28 May 1862: Troops from former First and Second Military Districts of South Carolina were embraced by First Military District of South Carolina. 07 October 1862-12 October 1864: Subsection of Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. 28 December 1862: Embraced the area extending from the western limit of First Military District of South Carolina to the Ashepoo River. 02 December 1863: Extended to embrace the area between the western limits of Sixth Military District of South Carolina and the Combahee and Little Salkehatchie Rivers, and the southern boundary of Barnwell District to the Edisto River. 03 May 1864-12 October 1864: For purposes of command, Sixth Military District of South Carolina was attached to this district. 12 October 1864: Consolidated with Sixth Military District of South Carolina, merged into District of South Carolina, and re-designated Fourth Sub-District of South Carolina.
	THIRD MILITARY DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA	Brig. Gen. Nathan George "Shanks" Evans (18 December 1861-28 May 1862) Col. William Stephen Walker† (28 May 1862-24 December 1864) †(Promoted: Brig. Gen., 30 October 1862.) Maj. Gen. Jeremy Francis Gilmer•(C) (24 December 1863-25 May 1864) Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws (25 May 1864-12 October 1864)
	10 December 1861-14 March 1862: Subsection of Department of South Carolina, Georgia and East Florida. 10 December 1861: Embraced the area between the Stono and Ashepoo Rivers. 10 December 1861-18 December 1861: Briefly attached for purposes of command to Second Military District of South Carolina. 14 March 1862-07 October 1862: Subsection of Department of South Carolina and Georgia. 28 May 1862: Troops from former Third and Sixth Military Districts of South Carolina were embraced by Fourth Military District of South Carolina. 28 May 1862: Troops from former Fourth and Fifth Military Districts of South Carolina were embraced by this command. 19 July 1862: Fourth Military District of South Carolina merged with this district, thereby extending lines to embrace the area from the Ashepoo River to the Savannah River. 07 October 1862-12 October 1864: Subsection of Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. 28 December 1862: Re-defined as limited on the east by Second Military District of South Carolina and on the west by the Savannah River. 24 December 1863-25 May 1864: Maj. Gen. Jeremy Francis Gilmer(C) (23 February 1818-01 December 1883) was given temporary control of Military District of Georgia and this district as well. Brig. Gen. William Stephen Walker (13 April 1822-07 June 1899) retained control of administrative operations at Pocotaligo until 19 April 1864. For the remainder of this period, Brig. Gen. Thomas Jordan (30 September 1819-27 November 1895) was assigned as Walker's replacement. 25 May 1864: Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws (15 January 1821-24 July 1897) replaced Gilmer as commander of both Military District of Georgia and this district. 12 October 1864: Re-designated Fifth Sub-District of South Carolina and remained attached to Military District of Georgia.
	FOURTH MILITARY DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA	Brig. Gen. John Clifford Pemberton† (10 December 1861-03 March 1862) †(Promoted: Maj. Gen., 14 January 1862.) Brig. Gen. Maxcy Gregg(S) (19 March 1862-22 April 1862) Col. Peyton H. Colquitt• (22 April 1862-06 May 1862) Col. William Stephen Walker• (06 May 1862-28 May 1862) Brig. Gen. Thomas Fenwick Drayton (28 May 1862-17 July 1862) Brig. Gen. James Heyward Trapier (06 November 1862-28 February 1863) Brig. Gen. James Heyward Trapier (16 June 1863-12 October 1864)
	10 December 1861-14 March 1862: Subsection of Department of South Carolina, Georgia and East Florida. 10 December 1861: Embraced the area extending from the Ashepoo River to the Port Royal entrance, then through the Colleton River and Ocetee Creek to Ferebeeville. 14 March 1862-19 July 1862: Subsection of Department of South Carolina and Georgia. 19 March 1862: Revised to include the part of the coast of South Carolina between the Ashepoo River and the east bank of the Pocotaligo River. 11 April 1862: Extended as far west as the Coosawhatchie River, including the station at Coosawhatchie, from and below Coosawhatchie Station, bounded by the east bank of the Coosawhatchie River. 22 April 1862-28 May 1862: During this period, Fourth and Fifth Military Districts of South Carolina were subsequently under the command of Col. Peyton H. Colquitt (07 October 1831-21 September 1863) and Col. William Stephen Walker (13 April 1822-07 June 1899). 28 May 1862: Troops from former Fourth and Fifth Military Districts of South Carolina were embraced by Third Military District of South Carolina. 28 May 1862: Troops from former Third and Sixth Military Districts of South Carolina were embraced by this command. 19 July 1862: Merged into Third Military District of South Carolina. 06 November 1862-28 February 1863: Subsection of Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. 06 November 1862: Re-established to embrace the territory east and north of the Santee and South Santee Rivers. 28 December 1862: Re-defined as bound on the southwest by the South Santee River and on the northeast by the boundary line between the states of North and South Carolina. 28 February 1863: Merged into First Military District of South Carolina and re-designated Fifth Sub-Division. 16 June 1863-12 October 1864: Subsection of Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. 16 June 1863: Re-established to embrace all troops in the parishes of St. James and St. Stephen, about Georgetown, and to the North Carolina line. 12 October 1864: Merged into District of South Carolina and re-designated First Sub-District of South Carolina.
	FIFTH MILITARY DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA	Brig. Gen. Thomas Fenwick Drayton (10 December 1861-19 March 1862) Brig. Gen. Daniel Smith Donelson (19 March 1862-10 April 1862) Col. Peyton H. Colquitt• (10 April 1862-06 May 1862) Col. William Stephen Walker• (06 May 1862-28 May 1862) Col. Alfred Rhett (22 October 1863-23 May 1864)
	10 December 1861-14 March 1862: Subsection of Department of South Carolina, Georgia and East Florida. 10 December 1861: Embraced the area between the boundary of Fourth Military District of South Carolina and the Savannah River. 14 March 1862-28 May 1862: Subsection of Department of South Carolina and Georgia. 19 March 1862: The district with boundaries as defined above became Sixth Military District of South Carolina. 19 March 1862: Re-established to embrace the part of the coast of South Carolina between the west bank of the Pocotaligo River and Ocella Creek to Ferebeeville. 22 April 1862-May 28, 1862: During this period, Fourth and Fifth Military Districts of South Carolina were subsequently under the command of Col. Peyton H. Colquitt (07 October 1831-21 September 1863) and Col. William Stephen Walker (13 April 1822-07 June 1899). 28 May 1862: District discontinued. Troops from former Fourth and Fifth Military Districts of South Carolina were embraced by Third Military District of South Carolina. 22 October 1863-23 May 1864: Subsection of Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. 22 October 1863: Re-established to embrace the city of Charleston, including the lines on the Charleston Neck, Fort Ripley, and Castle Pinkney. 28 October 1863: Extended to include Fort Sumter. 23 May 1864: Merged into First Military District of South Carolina.
	ARMY OF NEW MEXICO	Brig. Gen. Henry Hopkins Sibley (14 December 1861-04 May 1862)
	14 December 1862: Embraced troops on the Rio Grande at and above Fort Quitman and in Arizona and New Mexico Territories. 04 May 1862: Following a failed campaign in Arizona and New Mexico Territories, Brig. Gen. Henry Hopkins Sibley (25 May 1816-23 August 1886) began a slow withdrawal to Texas.
	ALBEMARLE DISTRICT*	Brig. Gen. Henry Alexander Wise, Sr.(S) (21 December 1861-23 February 1862)
	Alternately known as Fourth Brigade, Department of Norfolk. Subsection of Department of Norfolk.* 21 December 1861: Embraced the part of North Carolina east of the Chowan River, together with the counties of Tyrrell and Washington. 22 January 1862: Extended to embrace Roanoke Island. 23 February 1862: Following the loss of Roanoke Island, this command was deemed supernumerary and absorbed into Department of Norfolk.
January 1862	MILITARY DISTRICT OF HOUSTON	Col. John Creed Moore (03 January 1862-25 February 1862)
	Subsection of Department of Texas. 03 January 1862: Embraced Houston, Harrisburg, and Sims' Bayou. 25 February 1862: Re-designated Military Sub-District of Houston.
	TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DISTRICT	Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn (29 January 1862-26 May 1862)
	Subsection of Department No. 2. 10 January 1862: Embraced the part of Louisiana north of the Red River, the Indian Territory west of Arkansas, and the states of Arkansas and Missouri, excluding the tract east of the St. Francis River bordering on the Mississippi River, from the mouth of the St. Francis River to Scott County, Missouri. 26 May 1862: Merged into Trans-Mississippi Department.
	ARMY OF MOBILE	Brig. Gen. Jones Mitchell Withers (27 January 1862-05 February 1862) Maj. Gen. Braxton Bragg (05 February 1862-28 February 1862) Col. John Bordenave Villepigue• (28 February 1862-14 March 1862) Maj. Gen. Samuel Jones (14 March 1862-25 March 1862) Col. William L. Powell• (25 March 1862-02 April 1862) Maj. Gen. Samuel Jones (02 April 1862-28 April 1862) Brig. Gen. John Horace Forney (28 April 1862-29 June 1862)
	Subsection of Department of Alabama and West Florida. January 27, 1862: Comprised of troops in and about Mobile and south of it. June 29, 1862: Merged into Department No. 2.
February 1862	DISTRICT OF NORTH ALABAMA*	Brig. Gen. Leroy Pope Walker(C) (10 February 1862-20 February 1862) Brig. Gen. Daniel Ruggles (20 February 1862-06 March 1862) Col. Phillip Dale Roddey† (28 March 1863-August 1863) †(Promoted: Brig. Gen., 03 August 1863.) Maj. Gen. Jones Mitchell Withers (06 February 1864-27 July 1864) Brig. Gen. Daniel Weisiger Adams (01 August 1864-24 September 1864) Brig. Gen. Phillip Dale Roddey (24 September 1864-11 March 1865)
	Alternately known as District of Northern Alabama and Northern District of Alabama. 10 February 1862-25 July 1863: Subsection of Department No. 2.* 10 February 1862: Embraced the area near the upper Tennessee River, including the Memphis & Charleston Railroad and its connections as far as Decatur and its vicinity north and south. 06 March 1862-06 February 1864: Except for the period between 28 March 1863-August 1863, this district ceased to exist in name. However, areas within its former limits were frequently left to the control of Capt. (later Col. and Brig. Gen.) Phillip Dale Roddey's (02 April 1826-20 July 1897) cavalry. 28 January 1864-11 March 1865: Subsection of Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana. 06 February 1864: Embraced all of Alabama lying north of the thirty-second parallel of latitude. 20 August 1864: Revised to include all of Alabama lying north of the railroad running through Columbus, Georgia, and the posts of Cahaba, Demopolis, Montgomery, Opelika, and Selma, Alabama. 24 September 1864: Divided to create District of Central Alabama. 24 September 1864: Revised to include the Alabama counties of DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, and Morgan. 11 March 1865: District abolished and merged into District of Alabama.
	MILITARY SUB-DISTRICT OF GALVESTON*	Col. Ebenezar B. Nichols(S) (25 February 1862-14 May 1862) Col. Joseph J. Cook (14 May 1862-03 June 1862)
	Previously designated Military District of Galveston. 25 February 1862-26 May 1862: Subsection of Department of Texas.* 26 May 1862-03 June 1862: Subdivision of Trans-Mississippi Department. 26 May 1862-03 June 1862: Sub-district of Department of Texas. 03 June 1862: Merged into Military Sub-District of Houston.
	MILITARY SUB-DISTRICT OF HOUSTON*	Col. John Creed Moore (25 February 1862-March 1862) Col. George M. Flournoy(S) (03 June 1862-08 July 1862) Col. Xavier Blanchard Debray (08 July 1862-29 November 1862)
	Previously designated Military District of Houston. 25 February 1862-26 May 1862: Subsection of Department of Texas.* 26 May 1862-29 November 1862: Subdivision of Trans-Mississippi Department. 26 May 1862-20 August 1862: Sub-district of Department of Texas. 03 June 1862: Extended to embrace the Texas counties of Austin, Chambers, Galveston, Harris, Jefferson, and Liberty. 20 August 1862-29 November 1862: Sub-district of District of Texas. 29 November 1862: Merged into District of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.
	MILITARY SUB-DISTRICT OF THE RIO GRANDE	Col. Henry Eustace McCulloch (25 February 1862-24 April 1862) Brig. Gen. Hamilton Prioleau Bee (24 April 1862-29 November 1862)
	25 February 1862-26 May 1862: Subsection of Department of Texas. 25 February 1862: Embraced military posts north, south, and west of San Antonio, including those at Indianola, Saluria, and Victoria. 26 May 1862-29 November 1862: Subdivision of Trans-Mississippi Department. 26 May 1862-20 August 1862: Sub-district of Department of Texas. 20 August 1862-29 November 1862: Sub-district of District of Texas. 29 November 1862: Merged into District of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.
March 1862	ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI	Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (05 March 1862-29 March 1862) Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston± (29 March 1862-06 April 1862) Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (06 April 1862-07 May 1862) Gen. Braxton Bragg (07 May 862-05 July 1862) Maj. Gen. William Joseph Hardee• (05 July 1862-15 August 1862) Gen. Braxton Bragg (15 August 1862-28 September 1862) Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk†• (28 September 1862-07 November 1862) †(Promoted: Lt. Gen., 10 October 1862.) Gen. Braxton Bragg (07 November 1862-20 November 1862)
	Subsection of Department No. 2. 06 March 1862: Organized into First and Second Grand Divisions under Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk (10 April 1806-14 June 1864) and Maj. Gen. Braxton Bragg (22 March 1817-26 September 1876). 29 March 1862: Central Army of Kentucky merged into Army of the Mississippi under immediate command of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston (02 February 1803-06 April 1862). 29 March 1862: Infantry previously contained in Polk's First Grand Division and Bragg's Second Grand Division were designated First and Second Corps. Infantry previously of Central Army of Kentucky was designated Third Corps and placed under the command of Maj. Gen. William Joseph Hardee (12 October 1815-06 November 1873). Finally, a Reserve Corps was formed under Maj. Gen. George Bibb Crittenden (20 March 1812-27 November 1880). 29 April 1862-27 June 1862: United for field action with Army of the West during the Siege of Corinth (30 April 1862-30 May 1862) and the subsequent withdrawal to Tupelo. 15 August 1862: Re-organized into Right and Left Wings under command of Polk and Hardee. 07 November 1862: Right and Left Wings re-designated First and Second Corps. 20 November 1862: Re-organized as Army of Tennessee.
	FIRST GRAND DIVISION, ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI	Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk (06 March 1862-29 March 1862)
	Subdivision Of Department No. 2. 29 March 1862: Central Army of Kentucky merged into Army of the Mississippi under immediate command of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston (02 February 1803-06 April 1862). 29 March 1862: Infantry previously contained in this command were re-designated First Corps, Army of the Mississippi.
	SECOND GRAND DIVISION, ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI	Maj. Gen. Braxton Bragg (06 March 1862-29 March 1862)
	Subdivision of Department No. 2. 29 March 1862: Central Army of Kentucky merged into Army of the Mississippi under immediate command of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston (02 February 1803-06 April 1862). 29 March 1862: Infantry previously contained in this command were re-designated Second Corps, Army of the Mississippi.
	DEPARTMENT OF EAST TENNESSEE	Maj. Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith (09 March 1862-24 August 1862) Maj. Gen. John Porter McCown• (24 August 1862-19 September 1862) Maj. Gen. Samuel Jones• (19 September 1862-20 October 1862) Lt. Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith (20 October 1862-18 November 1862) Brig. Gen. Henry Heth• (18 November 1862-23 December 1863) Lt. Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith (23 December 1862-17 January 1863) Maj. Gen. Daniel Smith Donelson± (17 January 1863-15 April 1863) Maj. Gen. Dabney Herndon Maury (15 April 1863-12 May 1863) Maj. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner (12 May 1863-06 September 1863) Lt. Gen. James Longstreet (08 January 1864-08 March 1864) Maj. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner• (08 March 1864-18 March 1864) Lt. Gen. James Longstreet (18 March 1864-12 April 1864) Maj. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner (12 April 1864-02 May 1864) Brig. Gen. William Edmondson "Grumble" Jones• (02 May 1864-23 May 1864)
	21 March 1862: Embraced Chattanooga and troops in the vicinity. 31 March 1862: Revised to include East Tennessee from the Virginia line as far west as Chattanooga and troops in the vicinity. 03 June 1862: Extended to embrace the part of North Carolina west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and adjoining East Tennessee. 18 July 1862: Extended to embrace the part of Georgia which was north of the railroad leading from Augusta via Atlanta to West Point, and so much of North Carolina as was west of the Blue Ridge Mountains in that state. 16 August 1862-20 October 1862: Maj. Gen. (later Lt. Gen.) Edmund Kirby Smith (16 May 1824-28 March 1893) along with McCown's, Stevenson's and Heth's Divisions of this department, took part in the failed "Heartland Offensive" to gain Kentucky for the Confederacy. Un-officially this force was known as Army of Kentucky. 12 September 1862: Revised to include the part of Tennessee east of the Hiawassee River. 20 November 1862: In the initial organization of Army of Tennessee, troops from this department were considered (at least by Gen. Braxton Bragg (22 March 1817-26 September 1876)) included in that command, and designated (Lt. Gen. Edmund Kirby) Smith's Corps. Non-effectual at the time, this effort to consolidate control and power would reappear later, and is described below. 17 January 1863: Extended to embrace the Virginia counties of Buchanan, Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, and Wise, including Brig. Gen. Humphrey Marshall's (13 January 1812-28 March 1872) command. 08 June 1863: Western limits were defined as: Following the Little Tennessee and Tennessee Rivers to Kingston, then up the Clinch River to the mouth of Emery Creek, up Emery Creek to the Cumberland Mountains, and following the Cumberland Mountains to Cumberland Gap. 25 July 1863: Merged into Department of Tennessee. 06 August 1863: Troops within this department, constituted Third Army Corps, Army of Tennessee and were designated Buckner's Corps. 06 September 1863: Maj. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner (01 April 1823-08 January 1914) evacuated East Tennessee and attached a portion of his troops to Bragg's Army of Tennessee. Those within the section nearest to Department of Western Virginia were relinquished to the control of Maj. Gen. Samuel Jones (17 December 1819-31 July 1887). Until 08 January 1864, that command was frequently referred to as Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee. 20 October 1863: After numerous complaints by Buckner regarding the status of his former command, he was told by the War Department that it was, "...broken up by instructions of the President of the Confederate States, as well as by the occupation of that territory by the enemy. The troops formerly of your command, and now in Virginia constitute, by orders of the President, a part of the forces of Maj. Gen. Samuel Jones." 04 November 1863-08 January 1864: Even though Lt. Gen. James Longstreet (08 January 1821-02 January 1904) commanded troops within the former limits of this department, in name it remained disbanded. 08 January 1864: Re-established, by virtue of Longstreet's seniority and presence in the area. 01 February 1864: Revised to include, on the east, the Virginia counties of Buchanan, Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington and Wise, and the part of North Carolina west of the Blue Ridge Mountains; on the south, the area north of the Little Tennessee River; and on the west, the area east of the Tennessee and Clinch Rivers and Emory’s Creek. 23 May 1864: Brig. Gen. William Edmondson "Grumble" Jones (09 May 1824-05 June 1864) was given temporary command of Department of Southwestern Virginia. Already in control of this department, essentially from this point forward, the two are merged into Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee.
	DEPARTMENT OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA*	Maj. Gen. John Clifford Pemberton* (14 March 1862-29 August 1862) *(From 29 August 1862-23 September 1862, Pemberton remained in temporary control of operations.) Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (24 September 1862-07 October 1864)
	Formerly known as Department of South Carolina, Georgia and East Florida. 14 March 1862: Embraced the coastal defenses of South Carolina and Georgia.* 07 April 1862: Extended to embrace Eastern and Middle Florida as far west as the Choctawhatchee River. 09 April 1862-07 October 1862: Department of Middle and East Florida resumed its status as a separate department. 07 October 1862: Re-designated Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
	ARMY OF THE WEST	Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn (17 March 1862-20 June 1862) Maj. Gen. John Porter McCown• (20 June 1862-27 June 1862) Brig. Gen. Dabney Herndon Maury• (27 June 1862-03 July 1862) Maj. Gen. Sterling Price (03 July 1862-12 October 1862)
	Subsection of Department No. 2. 17 March 1862: Formed from troops in Trans-Mississippi District following the Battle of Pea Ridge (Elkhorn Tavern) (06-08 March 1862). 22 March 1862: Maj. Gen. Sterling Price (20 September 1809-29 September 1907) assumed command of First Division. 29 April 1862-27 June 1862: United for field actions with Army of the Mississippi during the Siege of Corinth (30 April 1862-30 May 1862) and the subsequent withdrawal to Tupelo. 29 April 1862: Comprised of divisions under Maj. Gen. Samuel Jones (17 December 1819-31 July 1887), Price, and Maj. Gen. John Porter McCown (19 August 1815-22 January 1879). 03 June 1862: Jones was replaced by Brig. Gen. Dabney Herndon Maury (21 May 1822-11 January 1900). 12 June 1862-03 July 1862: Brig. Gen. Lewis Henry Little (19 March 1817-19 September 1862) was temporarily in command of Price's Division. 27 June 1862: McCown's Division was ordered from this army to Chattanooga. 03 July 1862: Comprised of divisions under Maury and Brig. Gen. Louis Hébert (13 March 1820-07 January 1901). 28 September 1862: United at Ripley, Mississippi with Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn (17 September 1820-07 May 1863) and a division of District of the Mississippi troops under Maj. Gen. Mansfield Lovell (20 October 1822-01 June 1884). October 12, 1862: Merged into Army of West Tennessee.
	SIXTH MILITARY DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA	Brig. Gen. Thomas Fenwick Drayton (19 March 1862-28 May 1862) Brig. Gen. Henry Alexander Wise, Sr.(S) (22 October 1863-03 May 1864)
	19 March 1862-22 May 1862: Subsection of Department of South Carolina and Georgia. 19 March 1862: Embraced the area between the boundary of Fourth Military District of South Carolina and the Savannah River. 28 May 1862: District Discontinued. Troops from former Third and Sixth Military Districts of South Carolina were embraced by Fourth Military District of South Carolina. 22 October 1863-12 October 1864: Subsection of Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. 22 October 1863: Re-established to embrace the part of St. Andrew's Parish south of the Ashley River and west of Wappoo Cut, and to include the tétes-de-pont at Rantowles Station and the work at Church Flats. 02 December 1863: Extended to embrace all the area to the east bank of the North Edisto River, from the river's mouth to Gioham's Ferry. 03 May 1864-12 October 1864: Attached for purposes of command to Second Military District of South Carolina. 12 October 1864: Consolidated with Second Military District of South Carolina, merged into District of South Carolina and re-designated Fourth Sub-District of South Carolina.
	FIRST CORPS, ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI	Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk (29 March 1862-15 August 1862) Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk (07 November 1862-20 November 1862)
	Subdivision of Department No. 2. 29 March 1862: Formed from infantry previously contained in Polk's First Grand Division. 15 August 1862: Re-organized into Right and Left Wings under command of Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk (10 April 1806-14 June 1864) and Maj. Gen. William Joseph Hardee (12 October 1815-06 November 1873). 07 November 1862: Former Right and Left Wings re-designated First and Second Corps. 20 November 1862: Re-organized as Army of Tennessee.
	SECOND CORPS, ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI	Maj. Gen. Braxton Bragg† (29 March 1862-25 June 1862) †(Promoted: Gen., 06 April 1862.) Maj. Gen. Samuel Jones (25 June 1862-15 August 1862) Lt. Gen. William Joseph Hardee (07 November 1862-20 November 1862)
	Subdivision of Department No. 2. 29 March 1862: Formed from infantry previously contained in Bragg's Second Grand Division. 15 August 1862: Re-organized into Right and Left Wings under command of Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk (10 April 1806-14 June 1864) and Maj. Gen. William Joseph Hardee (12 October 1815-06 November 1873). 07 November 1862: Former Right and Left Wings re-designated First and Second Corps. November 20, 1862: Re-organized as Army of Tennessee.
	THIRD CORPS, ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI	Maj. Gen. William Joseph Hardee (29 March 1862-15 August 1862)
	Subdivision of Department No. 2. 29 March 1862: Formed from infantry previously of Central Army of Kentucky. 15 August 1862: Re-organized into Right and Left Wings under command of Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk (10 April 1806-14 June 1864) and Maj. Gen. William Joseph Hardee (12 October 1815-06 November 1873).
	RESERVE CORPS, ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI	Maj. Gen. George Bibb Crittenden (29 March 1862-31 March 1862) Brig. Gen. John Cabell Breckinridge†(C) (31 March 1862-25 June 1862) †(Promoted: Maj. Gen., 14 April 1862.) Brig. Gen. Jones Mitchell Withers (25 June 1862-15 August 1862)
	Subdivision of Department No. 2. 15 August 1862: Re-organized into Right and Left Wings under command of Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk (10 April 1806-14 June 1864) and Maj. Gen. William Joseph Hardee (12 October 1815-06 November 1873).
May 1862	DEPARTMENT OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA*	Maj. Gen. William Wing Loring (08 May 1862-15 October 1862) Brig. Gen. John Echols (16 October 1862-10 November 1862) Brig. Gen. John Stuart Williams (10 November 1862-)
	Alternately known as Department of Western Virginia. 08 May 1862: Embraced forces operating near Lewisburg, (West) Virginia and Abingdon, Virginia.* 23 May 1864: Brig. Gen. William Edmondson "Grumble" Jones (09 May 1824-05 June 1864) was given temporary command of this department. Already in control of Department of East Tennessee, essentially from this point forward, the two are merged into Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee.
	TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT	Brig. Gen. Paul Octave Hébert• (18 June 1862-30 July 1862) & Maj. Gen. Thomas Carmichael Hindman• (31 May 1862-30 July 1862) Maj. Gen. Theophilus Hunter Holmes† (30 July 1862-07 March 1863) †(Promoted: Lt. Gen., 10 October 1862.) Lt. Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith† (07 March 1863-19 April 1865) †(Promoted: Gen., 19 February 1864.) Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner• (19 April 1865-22 April 1865) Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith (22 April 1865-26 May 1865)
	26 May 1862: Embraced the states of Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, the Indian Territory, and the state of Louisiana west of the Mississippi River. 26 May 1862-30 July 1862: Temporarily divided at the Red River with Brig. Gen. Paul Octave Hébert (12 December 1818-29 August 1880) in control of the area to the south, and Maj. Gen. Thomas Carmichael Hindman (28 January 1828-28 September 1868) in control of the area to the north. 26 May 1865: Surrendered in the name of Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith (16 May 1824-28 March 1893), by authority of Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner (01 April 1823-08 January 1914) at New Orleans, Louisiana.
June 1862	ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA	Gen. Robert Edward Lee (01 June 1862-09 April 1865)
	Subsection of Department of Northern Virginia. Despite the Official Records containing dispatches between 25 February 1862 and 31 May 1862 titled Army of Northern Virginia, Gen. Robert Edward Lee (19 January 1807-12 October 1870) was responsible for permanently assigning that moniker to the main army of the region. It first appears in the actual body of a dispatch on 03 June 1862, which supports this fact. 13 July 1862: Following the Seven Days Campaign (25 June 1862-01 July 1862), Lee re-organized this army into Longstreet's and Jackson's Wings. 06 November 1862: Longstreet's and Jackson's Wings were re-designated First and Second Corps. 30 May 1863: Following the death of Lt. Gen. Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (21 January 1824-10 May 1863), this army was re-organized into three corps. Lt. Gen. James Longstreet (08 January 1821-02 January 1904) retained command of First Corps, Lt. Gen. Richard Stoddert Ewell (08 February 1817-25 January 1872) was assigned Second Corps, and Lt. Gen. Ambrose Powell Hill (09 November 1825-02 April 1865) Third Corps. 02 April 1865: For purposes of command, Third Corps was attached to Longstreet following the death of A.P. Hill. 09 April 1865: Surrendered by authority of Gen. Lee at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
	DEPARTMENT OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND EAST LOUISIANA	Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn (24 June 1862-02 July 1862)
	Subsection of Department No. 2. 26 June 1862: Divided into First, Second, and Third Military Districts. 02 July 1862: Re-designated District of the Mississippi.
	FIRST MILITARY DISTRICT (Department of Southern Mississippi and East Louisiana)	Brig. Gen. Daniel Ruggles (26 June 1862-02 July 1862)
	Subdivision of Department No. 2. Sub-district of Department of Southern Mississippi and East Louisiana. 26 June 1862: Embraced the part of Louisiana east of the Mississippi River, and the Mississippi counties (Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson) lying on the Gulf of Mexico. 02 July 1862: Re-designated First Sub-District, District of the Mississippi.
	SECOND MILITARY DISTRICT (Department of Southern Mississippi and East Louisiana)	Brig. Gen. William Nelson Rector Beall (26 June 1862-02 July 1862)
	Subdivision of Department No. 2. Sub-district of Department of Southern Mississippi and East Louisiana. 26 June 1862: Embraced all the counties of Mississippi below and touching the thirty-second parallel latitude, except the three counties (Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson) on the Gulf of Mexico. 02 July 1862: Re-designated Second Sub-District, District of the Mississippi.
	THIRD MILITARY DISTRICT (Department of Southern Mississippi and East Louisiana)	Brig. Gen. Martin Luther Smith(C) (26 June 1862-02 July 1862)
	Subdivision of Department No. 2. Sub-district of Department of Southern Mississippi and East Louisiana. 26 June 1862: Embraced all the counties of Mississippi lying between the thirty-second and thirty-third parallels latitude. 02 July 1862: Re-designated Third Sub-District, District of the Mississippi.
July 1862	DISTRICT OF THE GULF	Brig. Gen. John Horace Forney† (02 July 1862-14 December 1862) †(Promoted: Maj. Gen., 27 October 1862.) Brig. Gen. William Whann Mackall• (14 December 1862-23 December 1862) Maj. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner (23 December 1862-27 April 1863) Maj. Gen. Dabney Herndon Maury (21 May 1863-23 August 1864) Maj. Gen. Franklin Gardner• (23 August 1864-12 September 1864) Maj. Gen. Dabney Herndon Maury (12 September 1864-28 November 1864) Maj. Gen. Martin Luther Smith•(C) (28 November 1864-12 December 1864) Maj. Gen. Dabney Herndon Maury (12 December 1864-04 May 1865)
	02 July 1862-08 June 1863: Subsection of Department No. 2. 02 July 1862: Embraced the area east of the Pearl River to the Apalachicola River, and as far north as the thirty-second parallel of latitude. 03 November 1862: Extended to the thirty-third parallel. 08 June 1863: Made a separate department and designated Department of the Gulf. 28 January 1864-04 May 1865: Subsection of Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana. 07 February 1864: Re-defined as: Beginning on the west at the mouth of the Pearl River, and running north along that river to the thirty-second parallel of latitude; then along that parallel eastward to its intersection with the Georgia state line; then southward, with the eastern boundary line of Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico. 06 April 1864: The order of 08 June 1863, making this district a separate department was rescinded, effective from 12 August 1863. 08 May 1864: Re-defined as: Beginning on the west at the mouth of the Pearl River, and running north along that river to the thirty-second parallel of latitude; then along that parallel eastward to its intersection with a line drawn from the junction of the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers, to the intersection of the northern boundary of Florida with the Choctawhatchee River; then along that line to the said intersection; then along the Choctawhatchee River and Bay, to the Gulf of Mexico. 04 May 1865: Surrendered by authority of Lt. Gen. Richard Taylor(S) (27 January 1826-12 April 1879) at Citronelle, Alabama.
	DISTRICT OF THE MISSISSIPPI*	Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn (02 July 1862-05 September 1862) Brig. Gen. Daniel Ruggles• (05 September 1862-01 October 1862)
	Previously designated Department of Southern Mississippi and East Louisiana. Subsection of Department No. 2.* 02 July 1862: Embraced all the area west of the Pearl River from its mouth to Jackson, Mississippi and the line of the Mississippi Central Railroad to Grand Junction. 01 October 1862: Merged into Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana.
	FIRST SUB-DISTRICT (District of the Mississippi)	Brig. Gen. Daniel Ruggles (02 July 1862-29 August 1862) Brig. Gen. William Nelson Rector Beall (31 August 1862-01 October 1862)
	Subdivision of Department No. 2. Sub-district of District of the Mississippi. From prior delineations of 26 June 1862: This sub-district embraced the part of Louisiana east of the Mississippi River, and the three Mississippi counties (Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson) lying on the Gulf of Mexico. 01 October 1862: Merged into Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana.
	SECOND SUB-DISTRICT (District of the Mississippi)	Brig. Gen. William Nelson Rector Beall (02 July 1862-01 October 1862)
	Subdivision of Department No. 2. Sub-district of District of the Mississippi. From prior delineations of 26 June 1862: This sub-district embraced all the counties of Mississippi below and touching the thirty-second parallel latitude, except the three counties (Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson) on the Gulf of Mexico. 01 October 1862: Merged into Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana.
	THIRD SUB-DISTRICT (District of the Mississippi)	Brig. Gen. Martin Luther Smith(C) (02 July 1862-01 October 1862)
	Subdivision of Department No. 2. Sub-district of District of the Mississippi. From prior delineations of 26 June 1862: This sub-district embraced all the counties of Mississippi lying between the thirty-second and thirty-third parallels latitude. 01 October 1862: Merged into Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana.
	LONGSTREET'S WING, ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA*	Maj. Gen. James Longstreet† (13 July 1862-06 November 1862) †(Promoted: Lt. Gen., 09 October 1862.)
	Alternately known as Longstreet's Command and Longstreet's Corps. Subdivision of Department of Northern Virginia.* 13 July 1862: Following the Seven Days Campaign (25 June 1862-01 July 1862), Gen. Robert Edward Lee (19 January 1807-12 October 1870) re-organized Army of Northern Virginia into Longstreet's and Jackson's Wings. 06 November 1862: Re-designated First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.
	JACKSON'S WING, ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA*	Maj. Gen. Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson† (13 July 1862-06 November 1862) †(Promoted: Lt. Gen., 10 October 1862.)
	Alternately known as Jackson's Command and Jackson's Corps. Subdivision of Department of Northern Virginia.* 13 July 1862: Following the Seven Days Campaign (25 June 1862-01 July 1862), Gen. Robert Edward Lee (19 January 1807-12 October 1870) re-organized Army of Northern Virginia into Longstreet's and Jackson's Wings. 06 November 1862: Re-designated Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.
	DISTRICT OF THE TENNESSEE	Maj. Gen. Sterling Price (21 July 1862-01 October 1862)
	Subsection of Department No. 2. 21 June 1862: Embraced Northwestern Alabama and all parts of the state of Mississippi north of the thirty-second parallel of latitude and east of the Pearl River and the Mississippi Central Railroad to Grand Junction. 01 October 1862: Merged into Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana.
August 1862
	RIGHT WING, ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI	Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk (15 August 1862-28 September 1862) Maj. Gen. Benjamin Franklin Cheatham• (28 September 1862-07 November 1862)
	Subdivision of Department No. 2. 07 November 1862: Right and Left Wings re-designated First and Second Corps.
	LEFT WING, ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI	Maj. Gen. William Joseph Hardee† (15 August 1862-07 November 1862) †(Promoted: Lt. Gen., 10 October 1862.)
	Subdivision of Department No. 2. 07 November 1862: Right and Left Wings re-designated First and Second Corps.
	ARMY OF KENTUCKY	Maj. Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith† (16 August 1862-20 October 1862) †(Promoted: Lt. Gen., 09 October 1862.)
	16 August 1862-20 October 1862: The above designation was un-officially applied to forces of Department of East Tennessee, specifically McCown's, Stevenson's and Heth's Divisions, which were involved in the failed "Heartland Offensive" to gain Kentucky for the Confederacy.
	DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS	Maj. Gen. Thomas Carmichael Hindman (20 August 1862-30 January 1863) Lt. Gen. Theophilus Hunter Holmes (18 March 1863-24 July 1863) Maj. Gen. Sterling Price• (24 July 1863-25 September 1863) Lt. Gen. Theophilus Hunter Holmes (25 September 1863-11 March 1864) Maj. Gen. Sterling Price (16 March 1864-27 August 1864) Brig. Gen. Thomas James Churchill• (28 August 1864-11 September 1864) Maj. Gen. John Bankhead Magruder (11 September 1864-17 January 1865) Maj. Gen. James Fleming Fagan• (17 January 1865-01 February 1865) Maj. Gen. John Bankhead Magruder (01 February 1865-15 February 1865) Brig. Gen. Mosby Monroe Parsons• (15 February 1865-07 March 1865) Maj. Gen. John Bankhead Magruder (07 March 1865-31 March 1865)
	Subsection of Trans-Mississippi Department. 20 August 1862: Embraced the states of Arkansas, Missouri, and Indian country west thereof. 18 March 1863: Extended to embrace the Indian Territory and Missouri. 19 April 1865: Consolidated with District of West Louisiana into District of Arkansas and West Louisiana.
	DISTRICT OF TEXAS*	Brig. Gen. Paul Octave Hébert (20 August 1862-27 November 1862) Brig. Gen. Hamilton Prioleau Bee• (27 November 1862-29 November 1862)
	Alternately known as District of Texas and Territory of Arizona. Subsection of Trans-Mississippi Department.* 20 August 1862: Embraced the state of Texas and Arizona Territory. 29 November 1862: Re-designated District of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.
	DISTRICT OF WEST LOUISIANA*	Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor†(S) (20 August 1862-10 June 1864) †(Promoted: Lt. Gen., 08 April 1864.) Maj. Gen. John George Walker (10 June 1864-04 August 1864) Maj. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner† (04 August 1864-19 April 1865) †(Promoted: Lt. Gen., 20 September 1864.)
	Alternately known as District of Louisiana. Subsection of Trans-Mississippi Department.* 20 August 1862: Embraced the state of Louisiana west of the Mississippi River. 19 April 1865: Consolidated with District of Arkansas into District of Arkansas and West Louisiana.
	DEFENSES OF RICHMOND	Maj. Gen. Gustavus Woodson Smith(C) (30 August 1862-19 September 1862)
	Subsection of Department of Northern Virginia. 30 August 1862: Embraced the defenses of Richmond and its approaches. 19 September 1862: Merged into Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia.
September 1862	DEPARTMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHERN VIRGINIA*	Maj. Gen. Gustavus Woodson Smith(C) (19 September 1862-07 February 1863) Maj. Gen. Samuel Gibbs French• (17 February 1863-25 February 1863) Lt. Gen. James Longstreet (26 February 1863-01 April 1863) Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (23 April 1864-03 October 1864)
	Alternately known as Department of Virginia and North Carolina. 19 September 1862-01 April 1863: Subsection of Department of Northern Virginia.* 19 September 1862: Embraced areas lying south of the line of operations of Army of Northern Virginia, including Department of North Carolina. 01 April 1863: Prior to Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's (08 January 1821-02 January 1904) abortive Suffolk Campaign (11 April 1863-04 May 1863), this department was essentially disbanded and divided into Department of North Carolina, Department of Richmond, and Department of Southern Virginia. 23 April 1864: Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (28 May 1818-20 February 1893) was assigned to Department of North Carolina, and charged with the defense of Petersburg, Virginia. Upon assuming command, he reprised this former department designation. 23 April 1864: Beauregard defined his area of operations as embracing the state of North Carolina, east of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and the section of Virginia south of the James and Appomattox Rivers. 10 May 1864: Areas near Petersburg, Virginia, formerly under the control of Maj. Gen. George Edward Pickett (28 January 1825-30 July 1875), designated First Military District. 14 May 1864: Extended to embrace the part of Virginia lying south of the James River, including Drewry's Bluff and its defenses. 20 May 1864: Third Military District established, embracing coastal fortifications (notably Forts Anderson, Campbell, Caswell, Fisher, Holmes and Pender), near Wilmington, North Carolina. 26 May 1864: Second Military District established, with headquarters at Goldsborough, North Carolina. 03 October 1864: With Beauregard assigned to the supervisory command of Military Division of the West, this designation gradually ceased to exist. Troops from First Military District fell under the immediate control of Gen. Robert Edward Lee (19 January 1807-12 October 1870) and Department of Northern Virginia. Second and Third Military Districts were later re-established within a revived Department of North Carolina.
	DISTRICT OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE	Maj. Gen. Samuel Jones (27 September 1862-28 October 1862)
	Subsection of Department No. 2. 27 September 1862: Embraced the central part of Tennessee and the part of Alabama north of the Tennessee River. 28 October 1862: With the arrival of Maj. Gen. John Cabell Breckinridge(C) (16 January 1821-17 May 1875), organization of Army of Middle Tennessee began under his direction. Maj. Gen. Samuel Jones (17 December 1819-31 July 1887), simultaneously engaged with command of Department of East Tennessee, left control of the area to Breckinridge, and this district ceased to exist.
October 1862	ARMY OF WEST TENNESSEE	Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn (12 October 1862-07 December 1862)
	Subsection of Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. 16 October 1862: Divided into First and Second Corps under Maj. Gen. Mansfield Lovell (20 October 1822-01 June 1884) and Maj. Gen. Sterling Price (20 September 1809-29 September 1907). 07 December 1862: Re-organized as Army of the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana.
	DEPARTMENT OF MISSISSIPPI AND EAST LOUISIANA	Maj. Gen. John Clifford Pemberton† (14 October 1862-04 July 1863) †(Promoted: Lt. Gen., 10 October 1862.) Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston (04 July 1863-23 December 1863) Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk (23 December 1863-28 January 1864)
	01 October 1862: Embraced the State of Mississippi, the part of Louisiana east of the Mississippi River, and troops in Southern Tennessee. 21 October 1862: Divided into First, Second, and Third Military Districts. 05 January 1863: Fourth Military District created. 09 March 1863: Fifth Military District created. 04 May 1863-04 July 1863: Lt. Gen. John Clifford Pemberton (10 August 1814-13 July 1881) moved department headquarters from Jackson to Vicksburg. 13 May 1863: Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston (03 February 1807-21 March 1891) arrived in Jackson to take supervisory control of this department and assemble a force to assist Pemberton. (See Department of the West.) 08 June 1863: Fourth Military District disbanded. 04 July 1863: Johnston took immediate command of this department following the fall of Vicksburg. 02 September 1863: The division of Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana into districts abolished. 08 December 1863: District of Southwestern Mississippi and East Louisiana created. 23 December 1863: When Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk (10 April 1806-14 June 1864) replaced Johnston, he initially referred to his new command as Department (and Army) of the Southwest. However, this name was not officially recognized by the War Department. 28 January 1864: Merged into Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana.
	DEPARTMENT OF SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA AND FLORIDA*	Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (07 October 1862-20 April 1864) Maj. Gen. Samuel Jones• (20 April 1864-05 October 1864) Lt. Gen. William Joseph Hardee (05 October 1864-09 April 1865)
	Formerly known as Department of South Carolina, Georgia and East Florida and Department of South Carolina and Georgia. 07 October 1862: Embraced the states of South Carolina, Georgia, and the part of Florida east of Apalachicola River.* 04 January 1865: Revised to include the area west of Augusta and Millen, Georgia, including approaches. 06 January 1865: Revised to include the part of Georgia commencing at Augusta, and running along the Georgia Railroad to Warrenton; then, via Sparta and Milledgeville, following the line of railroad, to the Ocmulgee River, but not including Macon; down the Ocmulgee River to Coffee County, following the western boundary of that county to the Alapaha River, and down that river and the Suwannee River to the Gulf of Mexico. 16 February 1865-16 March 1865: This department was under the supervisory control of Military Division of the West. 22 February 1865: Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston (03 February 1807-21 March 1891) was assigned overall command of troops in this department and Department of Tennessee and Georgia. Lt. Gen. William Joseph Hardee (12 October 1815-06 November 1873) retained immediate command. 09 April 1865: Troops formerly of this department were consolidated at Smithfield, North Carolina with others from Department of North Carolina and Army of Tennessee.
	FIRST CORPS, ARMY OF WEST TENNESSEE	Maj. Gen. Mansfield Lovell (16 October 1862-07 December 1862)
	Subdivision of Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. 07 December 1862: Re-organized as Army of the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana.
	SECOND CORPS, ARMY OF WEST TENNESSEE*	Maj. Gen. Sterling Price (16 October 1862-07 December 1862)
	Previously designated Army of the West. Subdivision of Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana.* 07 December 1862: Re-organized as Army of the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana.
	FIRST MILITARY DISTRICT (Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana)	Brig. Gen. Daniel Ruggles (21 October 1862-02 September 1863)
	Subsection of Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. 21 October 1862: Embraced the part of Mississippi east of the Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad and the New Orleans & Jackson Railroad, excluding the three counties (Hancock, Harrison and Jackson) bordering on the Gulf of Mexico. 03 April 1863: Extended to embrace the area east of Fifth Military District comprised of the Mississippi counties of Itawamba, Pontotoc, Tippah, and Tishomingo. 02 September 1863: The division of Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana into districts abolished.
	SECOND MILITARY DISTRICT (Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana)	Brig. Gen. Martin Luther Smith†(C) (21 October 1862-30 December 1862) †(Promoted: Maj. Gen., 04 November 1862.) Maj. Gen. Carter Littlepage Stevenson (30 December 1862-04 May 1863) Maj. Gen. John Horace Forney (04 May 1863-04 July 1863)
	Subsection of Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. 21 October 1862: Embraced the part of Mississippi included between the Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad, the Mississippi River and the Big Black River. 04 May 1863-04 July 1863: Lt. Gen. John Clifford Pemberton (10 August 1814-13 July 1881) moved department headquarters from Jackson to Vicksburg and was in primary control of operations. 04 July 1863: Surrendered by authority of Lt. Gen. Pemberton with the balance of the Vicksburg garrison.
	THIRD MILITARY DISTRICT (Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana)	Brig. Gen. William Nelson Rector Beall (21 October 1862-27 December 1862) Maj. Gen. Franklin Gardner (27 December 1862-06 May 1863) Brig. Gen. William Nelson Rector Beall• (06 May 1863-11 May 1863) Maj. Gen. Franklin Gardner (11 May 1863-09 July 1863)
	Subsection of Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. 21 October 1862: Embraced the part of Mississippi included between the Big Black and Mississippi Rivers and the New Orleans & Jackson Railroad; also the part of Louisiana east of the Mississippi River, together with such counties (Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson) in Mississippi which border on the Gulf of Mexico. 09 July 1863: Surrendered by authority of Maj. Gen. Franklin Gardner (29 January 1823-29 April 1873) with the balance of the Port Hudson garrison.
	ARMY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE	Maj. Gen. John Cabell Breckinridge(C) (28 October 1862-20 November 1862)
	Subsection of Department No. 2. 28 October 1862: Embraced troops in middle Tennessee. 20 November 1862: Merged into First Corps, Army of Tennessee and became Breckinridge's Division.
November 1862	DISTRICT OF EAST FLORIDA	Brig. Gen. Joseph Finegan(S) (04 November 1862-23 February 1864)
	Subsection of Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. 04 November 1862: Embraced the part of Florida east of the Suwannee River. 08 September 1863-30 October 1863: Brig. Gen. Joseph Finegan(S) (17 November 1814-29 October 1885) was temporarily in command of this district and District of Middle Florida. 23 February 1864: Consolidated with District of Middle Florida into District of Florida.
	DISTRICT OF MIDDLE FLORIDA	Brig. Gen. Howell Cobb, Sr.(P) (11 November 1862-08 September 1863) Brig. Gen. Joseph Finegan•(S) (08 September 1863-30 October 1863) Brig. Gen. William Montgomery Gardner (30 October 1863-23 February 1864)
	Subsection of Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. 04 November 1862: Embraced the part of Florida west of the Suwannee River to the Choctawhatchee River. 28 December 1862: Revised to include the part of Florida between the Suwannee and Choctawhatchee Rivers, and all the works for the defense of the Apalachicola River and its main effluents. 08 September 1863-30 October 1863: Brig. Gen. Joseph Finegan(S) (17 November 1814-29 October 1885) was temporarily in command of this district and District of East Florida. 23 February 1864: Consolidated with District of East Florida into District of Florida.
	FIRST CORPS, ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA*	Lt. Gen. James Longstreet (06 November 1862-06 May 1864) Maj. Gen. Richard Heron Anderson†• (07 May 1864-19 October 1864) †(Promoted: Lt. Gen., 31 May 1864.) Lt. Gen. James Longstreet (19 October 1864-09 April 1865)
	Previously known as Longstreet's Wing. Subdivision of Department of Northern Virginia.* 06 November 1862: Longstreet's Wing re-designated First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. 25 February 1863: Detached to Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia. May 1863: Rejoined main body of Army of Northern Virginia. 09 September 1863: Detached to join Army of Tennessee. Upon arrival on the field at Chickamauga (19-21 September 1863), re-designated Longstreet's Corps. 04 November 1863: Detached to operate against Federal forces in East Tennessee. 12 April 1864: Rejoined main body of Army of Northern Virginia. 09 April 1865: Surrendered by authority of Gen. Robert Edward Lee (19 January 1807-12 October 1870) at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
	SECOND CORPS, ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA*	Lt. Gen. Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson± (06 November 1862-02 May 1863) Maj. Gen. Ambrose Powell Hill• (02 May 1863) Maj. Gen. James Ewell Brown Stuart• (02 May 1863-06 May 1863) Maj. Gen. Ambrose Powell Hill†• (06 May 1863-30 May 1863) †(Promoted: Lt. Gen., 24 May 1863.) Lt. Gen. Richard Stoddert Ewell (30 May 1863-29 May 1864) Maj. Gen. Jubal Anderson Early†(S) (29 May 1864-20 December 1864) †(Promoted: Lt. Gen., 31 May 1864.) Maj. Gen. John Brown Gordon (20 December 1864-09 April 1865)
	Previously known as Jackson's Wing. Subdivision of Department of Northern Virginia.* 06 November 1862: Jackson's Wing re-designated Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. 13 June 1864: Detatched to Valley District. 20 December 1864: Rejoined main body of Army of Northern Virginia. 09 April 1865: Surrendered by authority of Gen. Robert Edward Lee (19 January 1807-12 October 1870) at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
	ARMY OF TENNESSEE	Gen. Braxton Bragg (20 November 1862-02 December 1863) Lt. Gen. William Joseph Hardee• (02 December 1863-27 December 1863) Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston (27 December 1863-18 July 1864) Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood† (18 July 1864-23 January 1865) †(Appointed (Temporarily): Gen., 18 July 1864; Appointment Revoked: 16 March 1865.) Lt. Gen. Richard Taylor•(S) (23 January 1865-25 February 1865) Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston (25 February 1865-26 April 1865)
	20 November 1862-25 July 1863: Subsection of Department No. 2. 20 November 1862: Initially organized as three principal corps: Polk's, Hardee's, and Smith's. (For Smith's-Buckner's Corps, see Department of East Tennessee.) 25 July 1863-15 August 1864: Subsection of Department of Tennessee. 19 September 1864-04 November 1863: Longstreet's Corps was attached to Army of Tennessee. (For other events of this corps, see Longstreet's Wing / First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia and Department of East Tennessee.) 19-23 September 1863: In the field at Chickamauga (19-21 September 1863), this army was divided into Right and Left Wings, commanded by Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk (10 April 1806-14 June 1864) and Lt. Gen. James Longstreet (08 January 1821-02 January 1904). 19-23 September 1863: At Chickamauga (19-21 September 1863), Maj. Gen. William Henry Talbot Walker (26 November 1816-22 July 1864) was in control of both his and Liddell's Divisions of D.H. Hill's Corps. That command was referred to as Reserve Corps. 23 September 1863: Right and Left Wings disbanded. Polk and Longstreet resumed control of their previously assigned corps. 23 September 1863: Reserve Corps disbanded. Liddell's Division returned to D.H. Hill's Corps and Walker's Division was temporarily assigned to Polk's Corps. 12 May 1864: United at Resaca, Georgia with Army of the Mississippi (Polk's). 26 July 1864: Following the death of Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk (10 April 1806-14 June 1864) at Pine Mountain, Georgia, Army of the Mississippi (Polk's) was absorbed by this command and re-designated Stewart's Corps, Lt. Gen. Alexander Peter Stewart (02 October 1821-30 August 1908) commanding. 15 August 1864-25 February 1865: Subsection of Department of Tennessee and Georgia. 25 February 1865: No longer the subsection of a department. 16 March 1865: Lt. Gen. Stewart was given temporary field command of infantry and artillery, but Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston (03 February 1807-21 March 1891) retained overall command. Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (28 May 1818-20 February 1893) was made Johnston's second-in-command. 09 April 1865: Consolidated at Smithfield, North Carolina with elements of troops from Department of North Carolina, under Gen. Braxton Bragg (22 March 1817-26 September 1876), and Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, under Lt. Gen. William Joseph Hardee (12 October 1815-06 November 1873). These troops were then re-organized into three corps under Hardee, Stewart, and Lt. Gen. Stephen Dill Lee (22 September 1833-28 May 1908). 26 April 1865: Surrendered by authority of Gen. Johnston at Bennett Place, Durham Station, North Carolina.
	POLK'S-HARDEE'S-CHEATHAM'S CORPS, ARMY OF TENNESSEE*	Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk† (26 November 1862-23 October 1863) †(Suspended (by Bragg): 30 September 863. Formally Transferred: 23 October 1863.) Maj. Gen. Benjamin Franklin Cheatham• (23 October 1863-31 October 1863) Lt. Gen. William Joseph Hardee (31 October 1863-02 December 1863) Maj. Gen. Benjamin Franklin Cheatham• (02 December 1863-27 December 1863) Lt. Gen. William Joseph Hardee (27 December 1863-30 August 1864) Maj. Gen. Patrick Ronayne Cleburne• (31 August 1864-01 September 1864) Lt. Gen. William Joseph Hardee (02 September 1864-28 September 1864) Maj. Gen. Benjamin Franklin Cheatham (28 September 1864-09 April 1865)
	Alternately known as First Corps, Army of Tennessee. 20 November 1862-25 July 1863: Subdivision of Department No. 2.* 25 July 1863-15 August 1864: Subdivision of Department of Tennessee. 17 February 1864-24 February 1864: Infantry of this corps (except Stevenson's Division) was detached to assist Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk (10 April 1806-14 June 1864) in Alabama, but was recalled to rejoin the army's main body at Dalton, Georgia. 15 August 1864-25 February 1865: Subdivision of Department of Tennessee and Georgia. 25 February 1865: No longer the subdivision of a department. 19-21 March 1865: In the absence of Maj. Gen. Benjamin Franklin Cheatham (20 October 1820-04 September 1886), Maj. Gen. William Brimage Bate (07 October 1826-09 March 1905) was temporarily in field command of the portion of this corps engaged in the Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina (19-21 March 1865). 09 April 1865: Consolidated at Smithfield, North Carolina with elements of troops from Department of North Carolina, under Gen. Braxton Bragg (22 March 1817-26 September 1876), and Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, under Lt. Gen. William Joseph Hardee (12 October 1815-06 November 1873). These troops were then re-organized into three corps under Hardee, Lt. Gen. Alexander Peter Stewart (02 October 1821-30 August 1908), and Lt. Gen. Stephen Dill Lee (22 September 1833-28 May 1908).
	HARDEE'S-HILL'S-HOOD'S-LEE'S CORPS, ARMY OF TENNESSEE*	Lt. Gen. William Joseph Hardee (20 November 1862-14 July 1863) Lt. Gen. Daniel Harvey Hill† (19 July 1863-08 November 1863) †(Relieved (by Bragg): 15 October 1863. Formally Replaced: 08 November 1863.) Maj. Gen. John Cabell Breckinridge•(C) (08 November 1863-15 December 1863) Maj. Gen. Thomas Carmichael Hindman (15 December 1863-28 February 1864) Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood (28 February 1864-18 July 1864) Maj. Gen. Carter Littlepage Stevenson• (18 July 1864) Maj. Gen. Benjamin Franklin Cheatham• (19 July 1864-26 July 1864) Lt. Gen. Stephen Dill Lee (26 July 1864-18 December 1864) Maj. Gen. Carter Littlepage Stevenson• (18 December 1864-03 March 1865) Maj. Gen. Daniel Harvey Hill• (03 March 1865-31 March 1865) Lt. Gen. Stephen Dill Lee (31 March 1865-09 April 1865)
	Alternately known as Second Corps, Army of Tennessee. 20 November 1862-25 July 1863: Subdivision of Department No. 2.* 25 July 1863-15 August 1864: Subdivision of Department of Tennessee. 19-23 September 1863: At Chickamauga (19-21 September 1863), Maj. Gen. William Henry Talbot Walker (26 November 1816-22 July 1864) was in control of both his and Liddell's Divisions of D.H. Hill's Corps. That command was referred to as Reserve Corps. 23 September 1863: Liddell's Division returned to D.H. Hill's Corps and Walker's Division was temporarily assigned to Polk's Corps. 15 August 1864-25 February 1865: Subdivision of Department of Tennessee and Georgia. 25 February 1865: No longer the subdivision of a department. 09 April 1865: Consolidated at Smithfield, North Carolina with elements of troops from Department of North Carolina, under Gen. Braxton Bragg (22 March 1817-26 September 1876), and Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, under Lt. Gen. William Joseph Hardee (12 October 1815-06 November 1873). These troops were then re-organized into three corps under Hardee, Lt. Gen. Alexander Peter Stewart (02 October 1821-30 August 1908), and Lt. Gen. Stephen Dill Lee (22 September 1833-28 May 1908).
	DEPARTMENT OF THE WEST*	Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston (04 December 1862-23 December 1863)
	Alternately known as Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston's (03 February 1807-21 March 1891) geographical command. 24 November 1862: Embraced all areas west of the following line to the Mississippi River: Commencing with the Blue Ridge Mountain Range running through the western part of North Carolina, and following the line of said mountains through the northern part of Georgia to the railroad south from Chattanooga; then by that railroad to West Point, and down the west or right bank of the Chattahoochee River to the boundary of Alabama and Florida; following that boundary west to the Choctawhatchee River, and down that river to Choctawhatchee Bay (including the waters of that bay) to the Gulf of Mexico. 29 November 1862: Extended to embrace the city of Atlanta, Georgia.* 13 May 1863-24 July 1863: Johnston assembled "The Army of Relief" in attempt to assist Lt. Gen. John Clifford Pemberton (10 August 1814-13 July 1881) and the besieged Vicksburg garrison. Following the fall of Vicksburg (04 July 1863), the Siege of Jackson (10-16 July 1863), and the subsequent withdrawal to Morton, Mississippi, these troops were placed under the subordinate command of Lt. Gen. William Joseph Hardee (12 October 1815-06 November 1873) and un-officially designated Army of the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. 12 August 1863: Revised to include the region west of the Apalachicola and Chattahoochee Rivers, and west of the Alabama and Georgia State Line, until its intersection with the southeastern corner of Calhoun County, Alabama; then along the southern line to the following tier of counties in Alabama: Blount, Franklin, Calhoun, Lawrence, Morgan, and St. Clair; then along the Alabama and Mississippi state line to the Tennessee River, and along that river to its confluence with the Ohio River. 23 December 1863: Ceased to exist upon Johnston's assignment to command of Army of Tennessee.
	DISTRICT OF TEXAS, NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA*	Maj. Gen. John Bankhead Magruder (29 November 1862-17 August 1864) Brig. Gen. Paul Octave Hébert• (17 August 1864-17 September 1864) Maj. Gen. John George Walker (17 September 1864-04 April 1865) Maj. Gen. John Bankhead Magruder (04 April 1865-26 May 1865)
	Previously designated District of Texas. Subsection of Trans-Mississippi Department.* 29 November 1862: Embraced the state of Texas and troops operating in Arizona and New Mexico Territories. 26 May 1865: Surrendered in the name of Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith (16 May 1824-28 March 1893), by authority of Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner (01 April 1823-08 January 1914) at New Orleans, Louisiana.
December 1862	ARMY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MISSISSIPPI AND EAST LOUISIANA*	Lt. Gen. John Clifford Pemberton (07 December 1862-02 January 1863) Lt. Gen. William Joseph Hardee (24 July 1863-23 October 1863)
	Alternately known as Army of Mississippi (Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana), and Army of the Mississippi (Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana). Subsection of Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana.* 07 December 1862: Embraced troops previously of Army of West Tennessee. 07 December 1862: Divided into First and Second Corps under Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn (17 September 1820-07 May 1863) and Maj. Gen. Sterling Price (20 September 1809-29 September 1907). 21 December 1862: Maj. Gen. William Wing Loring (04 December 1818-30 December 1886) superseded Van Dorn, who began coordinating cavalry of Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. 02 January 1863: First and Second Corps were re-organized as First and Second Divisions under Loring and Price. From this point, use of this designation gradually tapers off. On 23 January 1863, Brig. Gen. John Stevens Bowen (30 October 1830-13 July 1863) temporarily replaced Price, who was transferred at his request to Trans-Mississippi Department on 27 February 1863. Loring's and Bowen's Divisions continued as independent commands within Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. 24 July 1863-23 October 1863: During this period, this designation was loosely applied to troops in Mississippi under the control of Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston (03 February 1807-21 March 1891) which were placed under the subordinate command of Lt. Gen. William Joseph Hardee (12 October 1815-06 November 1873).
January 1863	FOURTH MILITARY DISTRICT (Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana)	Brig. Gen. John Adams (05 January 1863-08 June 1863)
	Subsection of Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. 05 January 1863: Headquartered at Jackson, Mississippi, this command was in control of the department's mounted units. 08 June 1863: Following the evacuation of Jackson, this district was disbanded.
March 1863	FIFTH MILITARY DISTRICT (Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana)	Brig. Gen. James Ronald Chalmers(S) (09 March 1863-27 May 1863) Col. Robert A. McCulloch• (27 May 1863-30 May 1863) Brig. Gen. James Ronald Chalmers(S) (30 May 1863-02 September 1863)
	Subsection of Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. 03 April 1863: Embraced the two upper tiers of counties of the state of Mississippi, bounded on the east by a line running due north and south, and passing through New Albany, and on the west by the Mississippi River. 02 September 1863: The division of Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana into districts abolished.
April 1863	DEPARTMENT OF RICHMOND	Maj. Gen. Arnold Elzey (01 April 1863-25 April 1864) Maj. Gen. Robert Ransom, Jr. (25 April 1864-13 June 1864) Lt. Gen. Richard Stoddert Ewell (13 June 1864-02 April 1865)
	01 April 1863: Embraced the area north of the James River involved in the defense of Richmond. 23 April 1863: Extended to embrace the defenses at Drewry's Bluff and Manchester. 05 May 1864: Extended to embrace Department of Henrico. 02 April 1865: Richmond was evacuated and this district ceased to exist.
	DEPARTMENT OF SOUTHERN VIRGINIA	Maj. Gen. Samuel Gibbs French (01 April 1863-28 May 1863)
	01 April 1863: Embraced the area of Virginia south of the James River and east of Powhatan County. 28 May 1863: Merged into Department of North Carolina.
May 1863	THIRD CORPS, ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA*	Lt. Gen. Ambrose Powell Hill (30 May 1863-08 May 1864) Maj. Gen. Jubal Anderson Early•(S) (08 May 1864-21 May 1864) Lt. Gen. Ambrose Powell Hill± (21 May 1864-02 April 1865) Maj. Gen. Henry Heth• (02 April 1865-09 April 1865)
	Alternately known as A.P. Hill's Corps. Subdivision of Department of Northern Virginia.* 02 April 1865: Following the death of Lt. Gen. Ambrose Powell Hill (09 November 1825-02 April 1865), this corps was attached for purposes of command to Lt. Gen. James Longstreet (08 January 1821-02 January 1904). 09 April 1865: Surrendered by authority of Gen. Robert Edward Lee (19 January 1807-12 October 1870) at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
July 1863	DEPARTMENT OF TENNESSEE*	Gen. Braxton Bragg (25 July 1863-02 December 1863) Lt. Gen. William Joseph Hardee• (02 December 1863-27 December 1863) Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston (27 December 1863-18 July 1864) Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood† (18 July 1864-15 August 1864) †(Appointed (Temporarily): Gen., 18 July 1864; Appointment Revoked: 16 March 1865.)
	Previously designated Department No. 2. July 25, 1863: Embraced the area included in Department of East Tennessee and west of the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina, and a line running south to the Georgia Railroad; then along the lines of railroad, via Atlanta, to West Point, and from that place north to the Tennessee River, and down that river to its mouth. 04 August 1863: Extended to embrace the following counties in Alabama: Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, DeKalb, Franklin, Lawrence, Marshall, Morgan and St. Clair.* 13 February 1864: Re-defined as bounded on the north and east by the western limits of Department of East Tennessee, and a line south from the source of the Little Tennessee River to Greensborough, Georgia; on the south and west by the Georgia Railroad; from that place to Atlanta, Georgia, and the Montgomery & West Point Railroad to West Point, Georgia; and on the west by the eastern and northern limits of Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana. 25 March 1864: Western boundaries were defined as follows: From Gunter’s Landing, on the Tennessee River, in a direct line to Gadsden, on the Coosa River; then down that river to its junction with the Tallapoosa River; then in a direct line to the intersection of the northern boundary of Florida with the Chattahoochee River, and down that river and bay to the Gulf of Mexico. 15 August 1864: Re-designated Department of Tennessee and Georgia.
September 1863	DISTRICT OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA*	Brig. Gen. Robert Brank Vance (16 September 1863-18 November 1863) Col. John Boynton Palmer (18 November 1863-04 December 1863) Brig. Gen. Robert Brank Vance (04 December 1863-14 January 1864) Col. John Boynton Palmer (14 January 1864-20 July 1864) Brig. Gen. James Green Martin (20 July 1864-26 April 1865)
	Alternately known as Western District of North Carolina. 16 September 1863-01 February 1864: Subsection of Department of Tennessee.* 16 September 1863: Embraced all of North Carolina west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. 01 February 1864-12 April 1864: Subsection of Department of East Tennessee. 20 July 1864-26 April 1865: Brig. Gen. James Green Martin (14 February 1819-04 October 1878) was assigned authority over both this district and its reserve forces. As such, he was ordered to report through the commander of Reserve Forces of North Carolina, Lt. Gen. Theophilus Hunter Holmes (13 November 1804-21 June 1880). This awkward and ineffective chain of command was never fully corrected. 26 April 1865: Surrendered by authority of Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston (03 February 1807-21 March 1891) at Bennett Place, Durham Station, North Carolina.
	RIGHT WING, ARMY OF TENNESSEE	Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk (19 September 1863-23 September 1863)
	19-23 September 1863: In the field at Chickamauga (19-21 September 1863), Army of Tennessee was divided into Right and Left Wings, commanded by Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk (10 April 1806-14 June 1864) and Lt. Gen. James Longstreet (08 January 1821-02 January 1904). 23 September 1863: Right and Left Wings disbanded. Polk and Longstreet resumed control of their previously assigned corps.
	LEFT WING, ARMY OF TENNESSEE	Lt. Gen. James Longstreet (19 September 1863-23 September 1863)
	19-23 September 1863: In the field at Chickamauga (19-21 September 1863), Army of Tennessee was divided into Right and Left Wings, commanded by Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk (10 April 1806-14 June 1864) and Lt. Gen. James Longstreet (08 January 1821-02 January 1904). 23 September 1863: Right and Left Wings disbanded. Polk and Longstreet resumed control of their previously assigned corps.
	LONGSTREET'S CORPS, ARMY OF TENNESSEE	Maj. Gen. John Bell Hood• (19 September 1863-23 September 1863) Lt. Gen. James Longstreet (23 September 1863-04 November 1863)
	19 September 1863-04 November 1863: Longstreet's Corps was attached to Army of Tennessee. (For other events of this corps, see Longstreet's Wing / First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia and Department of East Tennessee.)
	RESERVE CORPS, ARMY OF TENNESSEE	Maj. Gen. William Henry Talbot Walker (19 September 1863-23 September 1863)
	19-23 September 1863: At Chickamauga (19-21 September 1863), Maj. Gen. William Henry Talbot Walker (26 November 1816-22 July 1864) was in control of both his and Liddell's Divisions of D.H. Hill's Corps. This command was referred to as Reserve Corps. 23 September 1863: Liddell's Division returned to D.H. Hill's Corps and Walker's Division was temporarily assigned to Polk's Corps.
October 1863	SEVENTH MILITARY DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA	Brig. Gen. William Booth Taliaferro (22 October 1863-28 November 1863) Brig. Gen. Johnson Hagood• (28 November 1863-14 January 1864) Brig. Gen. William Booth Taliaferro (14 January 1864-20 February 1864) Brig. Gen. Johnson Hagood• (20 February 1864-22 March 1864) Brig. Gen. William Booth Taliaferro (22 March 1864-12 October 1864)
	Subsection of Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. 22 October 1863: Embraced the defenses on James Island. 22 October 1863-08 February 1864: Troops in this command were divided into two brigades under Brig. Gen. Johnson Hagood (21 February 1829-04 January 1898) and Brig. Gen. Alfred Holt Colquitt(S) (20 April 1824-26 March 1894). They were sometimes referred to as First and Second Sub-Districts, and also called Eastern and Western Divisions. 08 February 1864-16 April 1864: Colquitt's Brigade was detached to assist Brig. Gen. Joseph Finegan(S) (17 November 1814-29 October 1885) in East Florida. 29 April 1864: Hagood's Brigade was re-assigned to Wilmington, North Carolina, then later joined Army of Northern Virginia. 03 May 1864: Colquitt's Brigade was re-assigned to Army of Northern Virginia. 12 October 1864: Merged into District of South Carolina and re-designated Third Sub-District of South Carolina.
December 1863	DISTRICT OF SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI AND EAST LOUISIANA*	Col. Edward Dillon (08 December 1863-05 March 1864) Brig. Gen. Thomas Hart Taylor (05 March 1864-12 April 1864) Col. John S. Scott (12 April 1864-01 August 1864) Brig. Gen. St. John Richardson Liddell• (02 August 1864-09 August 1864) Brig. Gen. George Baird Hodge(P,1^st) (26 August 1864-03 February 1865)
	Alternately known as District of Southwest Mississippi and East Louisiana. 08 December 1863-28 January 1864: Subsection of Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana.* 08 December 1863: Embraced the area of Southern Mississippi and East Louisiana west of District of the Gulf. 28 January 1864-12 October 1864: Subsection Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana. 02 August 1864: Embraced the area south of a line running due east from Natchez to the Pearl River. 12 October 1864-03 February 1865: Subdivision of Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana. 12 October 1864: Merged into District of Mississippi and East Louisiana and made a sub-district. 12 October 1864: Embraced the part of Mississippi south of the parallel of latitude running through Natchez and not included in District of the Gulf, as well as the part of Louisiana east of the Mississippi River. 29 November 1864: Revised to include the part of Mississippi south of the parallel of latitude running through Natchez and west of the Pearl River, as well as the part of Louisiana east of the Mississippi River. 03 February 1865: Merged into District of South Mississippi and East Louisiana.
January 1864	DEPARTMENT OF ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI AND EAST LOUISIANA	Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk (28 January 1864-09 May 1864) Maj. Gen. Stephen Dill Lee†• (09 May 1864-26 July 1864) †(Promoted: Lt. Gen., 23 June 1864.) Maj. Gen. Dabney Herndon Maury• (26 July 1864-06 September 1864) Lt. Gen. Richard Taylor(S) (06 September 1864-22 November 1864) Maj. Gen. Dabney Herndon Maury• (22 November 1864-12 December 1864) Lt. Gen. Richard Taylor(S) (12 December 1864-04 May 1865)
	28 January 1864: Embraced the states of Alabama, Mississippi and part of Louisiana east of the Mississippi River. 25 March 1864: Eastern boundaries were defined as follows: From Gunter’s Landing, on the Tennessee River, in a direct line to Gadsden, on the Coosa River; then down that river to its junction with the Tallapoosa River; then in a direct line to the intersection of the northern boundary of Florida with the Chattahoochee River, and down that river and bay to the Gulf of Mexico. 08 May 1864: Re-defined as follows: Beginning at the confluence of the Tennessee and Ohio Rivers, then along the Tennessee River to Gunter's Landing; from Gunter's Landing in a direct line to Gadsden, on the Coosa River, then down the Coosa River to its junction with the Tallapoosa River, then in a direct line to the intersection of the northern boundary of Florida with the Choctawhatchee River, and down the Choctawhatchee River and Bay to the Gulf of Mexico, south by the Gulf of Mexico and on the west by the Mississippi River to the mouth of the Ohio River, then up the Ohio River to the mouth of the Tennessee River. 03 October 1864-16 March 1865: This department was under the supervisory control of Military Division of the West. 04 May 1865: Surrendered by authority of Lt. Gen. Richard Taylor(S) (27 January 1826-12 April 1879) at Citronelle, Alabama.
February 1864	DISTRICT OF FLORIDA	Maj. Gen. James Patton Anderson(S,P) (23 February 1864-27 July 1864) Brig. Gen. John King Jackson• (28 July 1864-29 September 1864) Brig. Gen. William Miller (29 September 1864-26 January 1865) Maj. Gen. Samuel Jones (26 January 1865-10 May 1865)
	Subsection of Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. 23 February 1864: Embraced the former District of East Florida and District of Middle Florida. 26 April 1865: Surrendered by authority of Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston (03 February 1807-21 March 1891) at Bennett Place, Durham Station, North Carolina. Actual surrender of troops in this district took place at Tallahassee on 10 May 1865.
March 1864	RESERVE FORCES OF GEORGIA	Maj. Gen. Howell Cobb, Sr.(P) (30 March 1864-20 April 1865)
	20 April 1865: Maj. Gen. Howell Cobb, Sr.(P) (07 September 1815-09 October 1868) and many of the troops under his command were captured at Macon, Georgia. 26 April 1865: Surrendered by authority of Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston (03 February 1807-21 March 1891) at Bennett Place, Durham Station, North Carolina.
April 1864	RESERVE FORCES OF SOUTH CAROLINA	Brig. Gen. James Chesnut, Jr.(S,P,C) (30 April 1864-26 April 1865)
	26 April 1865: Surrendered by authority of Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston (03 February 1807-21 March 1891) at Bennett Place, Durham Station, North Carolina.
May 1864	FIRST MILITARY DISTRICT (Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia)	Brig. Gen. Henry Alexander Wise, Sr.(S) (10 May 1864-14 May 1864) Brig. Gen. Raleigh Edward Colston (15 May 1864-29 May 1864) Brig. Gen. Henry Alexander Wise, Sr.(S) (01 June 1864-03 October 1864)
	Subsection of Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia. 10 May 1864: Areas near Petersburg, Virginia, formerly under the control of Maj. Gen. George Edward Pickett (28 January 1825-30 July 1875), designated First Military District. 12 May 1864: Defined as embracing the area from the Appomattox River running north to Swift Creek. 01 June 1864: Extended to embrace the area between the James and Roanoke Rivers, excluding the defenses immediately around Richmond on the south side of the James River. 02 September 1864: Extended to embrace the area between the James, Roanoke, and Dan Rivers, excluding the defenses immediately around Richmond, on the south side of the James River. 03 October 1864: With Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (28 May 1818-20 February 1893) assigned to the supervisory command of Military Division of the West, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia gradually ceases to exist. Troops from this district fell under the immediate control of Gen. Robert Edward Lee (19 January 1807-12 October 1870) and Department of Northern Virginia.
	ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI (POLK'S)*	Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk± (12 May 1864-14 June 1864) Maj. Gen. William Wing Loring• (14 June 1864-07 July 1864) Lt. Gen. Alexander Peter Stewart (07 July 1864-26 July 1864)
	*Alternately known as Polk's Corps. 12 May 1864: Comprised of troops in the field at Resaca, Georgia that came with Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk (10 April 1806-14 June 1864) from his former command, Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana. 26 July 1864: Following the death of Polk at Pine Mountain, Georgia on 14 June 1864, this command was absorbed by Army of Tennessee and re-designated Stewart's Corps, Lt. Gen. Alexander Peter Stewart (02 October 1821-30 August 1908) commanding.
	RESERVE FORCES OF FLORIDA	Maj. Gen. James Patton Anderson(S,P) (13 May 1864-27 July 1864) Brig. Gen. John King Jackson• (28 July 1864-08 September 1864) Brig. Gen. William Miller (08 September 1864-10 May 1865)
	26 April 1865: Surrendered by authority of Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston (03 February 1807-21 March 1891) at Bennett Place, Durham Station, North Carolina. Actual surrender of troops in District of Florida took place at Tallahassee on 10 May 1865.
	RESERVE FORCES OF VIRGINIA	Brig. Gen. James Lawson Kemper† (16 May 1864-09 April 1865) †(Promoted: Maj. Gen., 19 September 1864.)
	09 April 1865: Surrendered by authority of Gen. Robert Edward Lee (19 January 1807-12 October 1870) at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
	RESERVE FORCES OF ALABAMA	Maj. Gen. Jones Mitchell Withers (18 May 1864-04 May 1865)
	04 May 1865: Surrendered by authority of Lt. Gen. Richard Taylor(S) (27 January 1826-12 April 1879) at Citronelle, Alabama.
	THIRD MILITARY DISTRICT (Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia)	Maj. Gen. William Henry Chase Whiting (20 May 1864-03 October 1864)
	Subsection of Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia. 20 May 1864: Embraced coastal fortifications (notably Forts Anderson, Campbell, Caswell, Fisher, Holmes and Pender), near Wilmington, North Carolina. 03 October 1864: With Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (28 May 1818-20 February 1893) assigned to the supervisory command of Military Division of the West, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia gradually ceases to exist. This district was later re-established within a revived Department of North Carolina.
	SECOND MILITARY DISTRICT (Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia)	Brig. Gen. John Henry Winder (26 May 1864-03 June 1864) Brig. Gen. Laurence Simmons Baker (09 June 1864-03 October 1864)
	Subsection of Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia. 26 May 1864: Established, with headquarters at Goldsborough, North Carolina. 05 June 1864: Defined as embracing Weldon, Goldsborough, Kinston, Plymouth, Washington and other important points in North Carolina. 22 June 1864: Extended to embrace the defensive works on the north bank of the Roanoke River opposite Weldon, North Carolina. 03 October 1864: With Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (28 May 1818-20 February 1893) assigned to the supervisory command of Military Division of the West, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia gradually ceases to exist. This district was later re-established within a revived Department of North Carolina.
	RESERVE FORCES OF NORTH CAROLINA	Lt. Gen. Theophilus Hunter Holmes (28 May 1864-26 April 1865)
	26 April 1865: Surrendered by authority of Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston (03 February 1807-21 March 1891) at Bennett Place, Durham Station, North Carolina.
July 1864	RESERVE FORCES OF MISSISSIPPI	Brig. Gen. William Lindsay Brandon (23 July 1864-04 May 1865)
	23 July 1864: Divided into Eastern and Western Departments. 04 May 1865: Surrendered by authority of Lt. Gen. Richard Taylor(S) (27 January 1826-12 April 1879) at Citronelle, Alabama.
	STEWART'S CORPS, ARMY OF TENNESSEE	Lt. Gen. Alexander Peter Stewart (26 July 1864-28 July 1864) Maj. Gen. Benjamin Franklin Cheatham• (29 July 1864-13 August 1864) Lt. Gen. Alexander Peter Stewart (13 August 1864-16 March 1865) Maj. Gen. Edward Cary Walthall• (16 March 1864-09 April 1865)
	26 July 1864-15 August 1864: Subdivision of Department of Tennessee. 26 July 1864: Comprised of troops previously of Army of the Mississippi (Polk's). 15 August 1864-25 February 1865: Subdivision of Department of Tennessee and Georgia. 25 February 1865: No longer the subdivision of a department. 09 April 1865: Consolidated at Smithfield, North Carolina with elements of troops from Department of North Carolina, under Gen. Braxton Bragg (22 March 1817-26 September 1876), and Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, under Lt. Gen. William Joseph Hardee (12 October 1815-06 November 1873). These troops were then re-organized into three corps under Hardee, Lt. Gen. Alexander Peter Stewart (02 October 1821-30 August 1908), and Lt. Gen. Stephen Dill Lee (22 September 1833-28 May 1908).
August 1864	DISTRICT OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI	Brig. Gen. William Wirt Adams (02 August 1864-03 February 1865)
	02 August 1864-12 October 1864: Subsection of Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana. 02 August 1864: Embraced the area north of a line running due east from Natchez to the Pearl River, and as far north as Grenada. 12 October 1864-03 Februrary 1865: Subdivision of Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana. 12 October 1864: Merged into District of Mississippi and East Louisiana and made a sub-district. 12 October 1864: Embraced the part of Mississippi between the parallels of latitude running through Grenada and Natchez. 29 November 1864: Revised to include the part of Mississippi south of Grenada to Natchez and west of the Mississippi Central Railroad and Pearl River. 18 January 1865-30 January 1865: Briefly merged with District of Northwest Mississippi, Brig. Gen. William Wirt Adams (22 March 1819-01 May 1888) commanding. 03 February 1865: Merged into District of North Mississippi and West Tennessee and District of South Mississippi and East Louisiana.
	DEPARTMENT OF TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA*	Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood† (15 August 1864-23 January 1865) †(Appointed (Temporarily): Gen., 18 July 1864; Appointment Revoked: 16 March 1865.) Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston (25 February 1865-27 March 1865) Maj. Gen. Howell Cobb, Sr.(P) (27 March 1865-20 April 1865)
	Previously designated Department of Tennessee. 15 August 1864: Embraced all of the state of Georgia north and west of the following line: Commencing at Augusta and running along the Augusta & Savannah Railroad to Millen; then along the western boundary lines of the counties of Bulloch and Tattnall; then along the south bank of the Ocmulgee River to the northeast corner of Irwin County; then south to the Florida state line; then along that line to the Apalachicola River. 01 October 1864: Revised to include all of the state of Georgia east of the following line: Commencing at the southwestern boundary between Georgia and Florida on the Apalachicola River; then along the Chattahoochee River north, following the boundary line between Georgia and Alabama to the Tennessee River. 03 October 1864-16 March 1865: This department was under the supervisory control of Military Division of the West.* 20 April 1865: Maj. Gen. Howell Cobb, Sr.(P) (07 September 1815-09 October 1868) and many of the troops under his command were captured at Macon, Georgia. 26 April 1865: Surrendered by authority of Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston (03 February 1807-21 March 1891) at Bennett Place, Durham Station, North Carolina.
	NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI*	Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest (27 August 1864-13 September 1864) Brig. Gen. James Ronald Chalmers•(S) (13 September 1864-12 October 1864) Col. Jules C. Denis• (30 October 1864-06 November 1864)
	Alternately known as District of Northern Mississippi. 27 August 1864-12 October 1864: Subsection of Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana.* 27 August 1864: Embraced all of the state of Mississippi lying north of the Southern Railroad, east of the Mississippi Central Railroad, and north and northeast of District of Central Mississippi. 12 October 1864-29 November 1864: Subdivision of Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana. 12 October 1864: Merged into District of Mississippi and East Louisiana and made a sub-district. 12 October 1864: Embraced the northern part of Mississippi as far south as Grenada. 29 November 1864: Divided into District of Northeast Mississippi and District of Northwest Mississippi.
September 1864	RESERVE FORCES OF TEXAS	Brig. Gen. Jerome Bonaparte Robertson(S) (10 September 1864-25 March 1865) Brig. Gen. Elkanah Brackin Greer (25 March 1865-26 May 1865)
	26 May 1865: Surrendered in the name of Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith (16 May 1824-28 March 1893), by authority of Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner (01 April 1823-08 January 1914) at New Orleans, Louisiana.
	RESERVE FORCES OF ARKANSAS	Brig. Gen. Thomas Pleasant Dockery (22 September 1864-26 May 1865)
	26 May 1865: Surrendered in the name of Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith (16 May 1824-28 March 1893), by authority of Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner (01 April 1823-08 January 1914) at New Orleans, Louisiana.
	DISTRICT OF CENTRAL ALABAMA	Brig. Gen. Daniel Weisiger Adams (24 September 1864-11 March 1865)
	Subsection of Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana. 24 September 1864: District of North Alabama was divided to create this district. 24 September 1864: Embraced the part of Alabama not included in the limits of District of the Gulf or District of North Alabama. Included the posts of Cahaba, Demopolis, Montgomery, Opelika, Selma, Talladega, And Tuscaloosa. 11 March 1865: Merged into District of Alabama.
	RESERVE FORCES OF EAST LOUISIANA	Brig. Gen. George Baird Hodge(P,1^st) (24 September 1864-04 May 1865)
	04 May 1865: Surrendered by authority of Lt. Gen. Richard Taylor(S) (27 January 1826-12 April 1879) at Citronelle, Alabama.
	DISTRICT OF GEORGIA (Department of Tennessee and Georgia)	Maj. Gen. Howell Cobb, Sr.(P) (28 September 1864-27 March 1865)
	Subsection of Department of Tennessee and Georgia. 28 September 1864: Embraced all parts of the state of Georgia within the limits of Department of Tennessee and Georgia, except in areas of operation of Army of Tennessee. 27 March 1865: Maj. Gen. Howell Cobb, Sr.(P) (07 September 1815-09 October 1868) was assigned command of Department of Tennessee and Georgia and this district ceased to exist as a separate entity.
October 1864	MILITARY DIVISION OF THE WEST*	Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (17 October 1864-16 March 1865)
	Alternately known as Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard's (28 May 1818-20 February 1893) geographical command. 03 October 1864: Established to coordinate the movement of troops and department operations in Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana and Department of Tennessee and Georgia.* 16 February 1865: Extended to embrace troops operating in South Carolina. 22 February 1865: Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston (03 February 1807-21 March 1891) was assigned overall command of troops in Department Of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida and Department of Tennessee and Georgia. Beauregard was made Johnston's second-in-command, but retained control of this supervisory position until 16 March 1865.
	DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI AND EAST LOUISIANA	Maj. Gen. Franklin Gardner (06 October 1864-15 January 1865) Maj. Gen. William Thompson Martin• (16 January 1865-30 January 1865) Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest† (30 January 1865-04 May 1865) †(Promoted: Lt. Gen., 28 February 1865.)
	Subsection of Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana. 04 October 1864: Embraced East Louisiana and the part of Mississippi not included in District of the Gulf. 12 October 1864: Embraced the following former districts: District of Central Mississippi, District of Southwestern Mississippi and East Louisiana, and Northern District of Mississippi 29 November 1864: Northern District of Mississippi was divided into District of Northeast Mississippi and District of Northwest Mississippi. 18 January 1865-30 January 1865: District of Central Mississippi was briefly merged with District of Northwest Mississippi, Brig. Gen. William Wirt Adams (22 March 1819-01 May 1888) commanding. 03 February 1865: Former sub-districts were merged into District of North Mississippi and West Tennessee and District of South Mississippi and East Louisiana. 04 May 1865: Surrendered by authority of Lt. Gen. Richard Taylor(S) (27 January 1826-12 April 1879) at Citronelle, Alabama.
	DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA	Maj. Gen. Samuel Jones (12 October 1864-11 January 1865)
	Subsection of Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. 12 October 1864: Embraced all of the state of South Carolina except Fifth Sub-District of South Carolina, which remained attached to Military District Of Georgia. 11 January 1865: Ceased to exist upon Maj. Gen. Samuel Jones' (17 December 1819-31 July 1887) assignment to command of District of Florida.
November 1864	DISTRICT OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI (District of Mississippi and East Louisiana)	Col. Hinchie P. Mabry (29 November 1864-03 February 1865)
	Subdivision of Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana. Sub-district of District of Mississippi And East Louisiana. 29 November 1864: Embraced the part of Mississippi north of the thirty-second parallel and east of the Pearl River. 03 February 1865: Merged into District of North Mississippi and West Tennessee.
	DISTRICT OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI (District of Mississippi and East Louisiana)	Maj. Gen. William Thompson Martin (29 November 1865-18 January 1865)
	Subdivision of Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana. Sub-district of District of Mississippi and East Louisiana. 29 November 1864: Embraced the part of Mississippi north of the parallel running through the southern point of Grenada and west of the Mississippi Central Railroad. 18 January 1865-30 January 1865: Briefly merged with District of Central Mississippi, Brig. Gen. William Wirt Adams (22 March 1819-01 May 1888) commanding. 03 February 1865: Merged into District of North Mississippi and West Tennessee.
February 1865	DISTRICT OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND WEST TENNESSEE (District of Mississippi and East Louisiana)	Brig. Gen. Marcus Joseph Wright (03 February 1865-04 May 1865)
	Subdivision of Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana. Sub-district of District of Mississippi and East Louisiana. 03 February 1865: Embraced part of West Tennessee and all of Mississippi north of the counties of Attala, Holmes, Noxubee, Washington and Winston. 04 May 1865: Surrendered by authority of Lt. Gen. Richard Taylor(S) (27 January 1826-12 April 1879) at Citronelle, Alabama.
	DISTRICT OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND EAST LOUISIANA (District of Mississippi and East Louisiana)	Brig. Gen. William Wirt Adams (03 February 1865-04 May 1865)
	Subdivision of Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana. Sub-district of District of Mississippi and East Louisiana. 03 February 1865: Embraced the former District of Southwestern Mississippi and East Louisiana and all of Mississippi not included in District of North Mississippi and West Tennessee or District of the Gulf. 04 May 1865: Surrendered by authority of Lt. Gen. Richard Taylor(S) (27 January 1826-12 April 1879) at Citronelle, Alabama.
March 1865	DISTRICT OF ALABAMA (Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana)	Brig. Gen. Daniel Weisiger Adams (11 March 1865-04 May 1865)
	Subsection of Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana. 11 March 1865: Embraced the part of Alabama not included in District of the Gulf. 04 May 1865: Surrendered by authority of Lt. Gen. Richard Taylor(S) (27 January 1826-12 April 1879) at Citronelle, Alabama.
April 1865	HARDEE'S CORPS, ARMY OF TENNESSEE (RE-ORGANIZED)	Lt. Gen. William Joseph Hardee (09 April 1865-26 April 1865)
	09 April 1865: Comprised of troops consolidated at Smithfield, North Carolina that were originally from Department Of North Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, and Army of Tennessee. They were then organized into Brown's, Hoke's, and Cheatham's Divisions. 26 April 1865: Surrendered by authority of Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston (03 February 1807-21 March 1891) at Bennett Place, Durham Station, North Carolina.
	STEWART'S CORPS, ARMY OF TENNESSEE (RE-ORGANIZED)	Lt. Gen. Alexander Peter Stewart (09 April 1865-26 April 1865)
	09 April 1865: Comprised of troops consolidated at Smithfield, North Carolina that were originally from Department of North Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, and Army of Tennessee. They were then organized into Loring's, (James Patton) Anderson's, and Walthall's Divisions. 26 April 1865: Surrendered by authority of Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston (03 February 1807-21 March 1891) at Bennett Place, Durham Station, North Carolina.
	LEE'S CORPS, ARMY OF TENNESSEE (RE-ORGANIZED)	Lt. Gen. Stephen Dill Lee (09 April 1865-26 April 1865)
	09 April 1865: Comprised of troops consolidated at Smithfield, North Carolina that were originally from Department of North Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, and Army of Tennessee. They were then organized into D.H. Hill's and Stevenson's Divisions. 26 April 1865: Surrendered by authority of Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston (03 February 1807-21 March 1891) at Bennett Place, Durham Station, North Carolina.
	DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS AND WEST LOUISIANA	Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner (19 April 1865-26 May 1865)
	Subsection of Trans-Mississippi Department. 19 April 1865: Embraced the areas previously contained in District of Arkansas and District of West Louisiana. 26 May 1865: Surrendered in the name of Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith (16 May 1824-28 March 1893), by authority of Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner (01 April 1823-08 January 1914) at New Orleans, Louisiana.