District of Arizona was a subordinate district of the
Department of New Mexico
The Department of New Mexico was a Department (United States Army), department of the United States Army during the mid-19th century. It was created as the 9th Department, a geographical department, in 1848 following the successful conclusion of th ...
territory created on August 30, 1862 and transferred to the
Department of the Pacific
The Department of the Pacific or Pacific Department was a major command ( Department) of the United States Army from 1853 to 1858. It replaced the Pacific Division, and was itself replaced by the Department of California and the Department of O ...
in March 1865.
District of Arizona (Dept. of New Mexico) commanders
Headquarters at
Franklin, Texas
Franklin is a city and the county seat of Robertson County, Texas, United States. It is within the Brazos Valley on the cusp of East and Central Texas. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 1,614.
Geography
Franklin lies near the ...
, then
Mesilla Post until 1864.
*
James H. Carleton
James Henry Carleton (December 27, 1814 – January 7, 1873) was an officer in the US Army and a Union general during the American Civil War. Carleton is best known as an Indian fighter in the Southwestern United States.
Biography
Carleton wa ...
– August 30, 1862 – September 5, 1862
*
Joseph R. West – September 5, 1862 – January 29, 1864
*
George W. Bowie – January 29, 1864 – November 1864
* Joseph R. Smith – November 1864 – December 8, 1864
District of Arizona (Dept. of the Pacific) commanders
Headquarters
Prescott, Arizona
Prescott ( ) is a city in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. According to the 2020 Census, the city's population was 45,827. The city is the county seat of Yavapai County.
In 1864, Prescott was designated as the capital of the Arizona T ...
*
John S. Mason – March 7, 1865 – July 27, 1865
On July 27, 1865 the
Military Division of the Pacific The Military Division of the Pacific was a major command ( Department) of the United States Army during the late 19th century.
Formation
On July 27, 1865 the Military Division of the Pacific was created under Major General Henry W. Halleck, replaci ...
was created under
Major General
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Henry W. Halleck
Henry Wager Halleck (January 16, 1815 – January 9, 1872) was a senior United States Army officer, scholar, and lawyer. A noted expert in military studies, he was known by a nickname that became derogatory: "Old Brains". He was an important par ...
, replacing the Department of the Pacific, consisting of the
Department of the Columbia
The Department of the Columbia was a major command ( Department) of the United States Army during the 19th century.
Formation
On July 27, 1865 the Military Division of the Pacific was created under Major General Henry W. Halleck, replacing the Dep ...
and the expanded
Department of California
The Department of California was an administrative department of the United States Army. The Department was created in 1858, replacing the original Department of the Pacific, and it was ended by the reorganizations of the Henry L. Stimson Plan i ...
, that absorbed the District of Southern California and that consisted of the States of
California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
and
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...
and the
District of New Mexico
The District of New Mexico was a military district of the United States Army in the Territory of New Mexico that existed from 1865 to 1890. The District of Arizona and the District of New Mexico replaced the Department of New Mexico from June 27 ...
in the
Territory of New Mexico
The Territory of New Mexico was an organized incorporated territory of the United States from September 9, 1850, until January 6, 1912. It was created from the U.S. provisional government of New Mexico, as a result of '' Nuevo México'' becoming ...
and District of Arizona in the
Territory of Arizona
The Territory of Arizona (also known as Arizona Territory) was a territory of the United States that existed from February 24, 1863, until February 14, 1912, when the remaining extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of ...
.
Arizona remained a district until it became the
Department of Arizona
The Department of Arizona was a military department of the United States Army that existed from 1870 to 1893. It was subordinate to the Military Division of the Pacific The Military Division of the Pacific was a major command ( Department) of the ...
under the
Military Division of the Pacific The Military Division of the Pacific was a major command ( Department) of the United States Army during the late 19th century.
Formation
On July 27, 1865 the Military Division of the Pacific was created under Major General Henry W. Halleck, replaci ...
on April 15, 1870. Colonel George Stoneman transitioned from district to department commander, serving until June 4, 1871. The new department consisted of Arizona Territory and California south of a line from the northwest corner of Arizona to Point Conception so as to include most of
Southern California
Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and Cultural area, cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. It includes the Los Angeles metropolitan area, the second most po ...
.
District of Arizona (Military Division of the Pacific) commanders
* Major
John S. Mason – March 7, 1865 – April 30, 1866
* Lt. Col.
Henry D. Wallen – June 10 – August 11, 1866
* Colonel
Charles S. Lovell
Charles Swain Lovell was an American military officer and Brevet Brigadier General who commanded a brigade during several major battles of the American Civil War.
Biography
Lovell was born on February 13, 1811, in Hull, Massachusetts. He would e ...
– August 11, 1866 – October 12, 1867
Charles S. Lovell
from fortwiki.com, accessed July 23, 2018.
* Colonel Thomas L. Crittenden
Thomas Leonidas Crittenden (May 15, 1819 – October 23, 1893) was a lawyer, politician, and Union general during the American Civil War.
Early life
Crittenden was born in Russellville, Kentucky, the son of U.S. Senator John J. Crittenden, who ...
– October 12, 1867 – August 29, 1868
* Colonel Thomas C. Devin – August 29, 1868 – August 16, 1869
* Colonel George Stoneman
George Stoneman Jr. (August 8, 1822 – September 5, 1894) was a United States Army cavalry officer and politician who served as the fifteenth Governor of California from 1883 to 1887. He was trained at West Point, where his roommate was Stonewall ...
– August 16, 1869 – May 3, 1870
Posts
* Fort Buchanan – 1856–1861, 1862
* Fort Breckenridge – 1857–1861, Fort Stanford 1862, Camp Wright 1865, Camp Grant – 1865–1873
* Fort Mojave
Fort Mohave was originally named Camp Colorado when it was established on April 19, 1859 by Lieutenant Colonel William Hoffman during the Mohave War. It was located on the east bank of the Colorado River, at Beale's Crossing, near the head of ...
– 1858–1861, 1863–1890
* Fort Tucson
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– 1860–1862
** Tucson Armory – 1862–1864
* Fort Barrett
Fort Barrett was a temporary Earthworks (archaeology), earthwork built by the United States Army's California Column in 1862 during the American Civil War. It was located in the Pima Villages two miles from the Gila River nearby Casa Blanca, Arizo ...
– 1862
* Fort Bowie
Fort Bowie was a 19th-century outpost of the United States Army located in southeastern Arizona near the present day town of Willcox, Arizona. The remaining buildings and site are now protected as Fort Bowie National Historic Site.
Fort Bowi ...
– 1862–1894
* Mission Camp, near Nogales – 1862
* Fort Tubac – 1862–1865, 1866–1868
* Camp La Paz – September 1863 – 1864, sub post of Fort Mohave between Olive City and La Paz, Arizona
La Paz (Yavapai: Wi:hela) was a short-lived early gold mining town along on the western border of current-day La Paz County, Arizona. The town grew quickly after gold was discovered nearby in 1862. ''La Paz'', Spanish for ''peace'', was chosen as t ...
.
* Camp at Bear Spring – 1863–1864
* Fort Cerro – 1863 – ?
* Fort Canby – 1863–1864
* Camp Clark – 1863–1864
** Fort Whipple – 1864–1869
* Camp Pomeroy – 1863
* Camp on the Colorado River, Camp Colorado – 1864–1871, near Parker Parker may refer to:
Persons
* Parker (given name)
* Parker (surname)
Places Place names in the United States
*Parker, Arizona
*Parker, Colorado
* Parker, Florida
* Parker, Idaho
* Parker, Kansas
* Parker, Missouri
* Parker, North Carolina
*Park ...
* Fort Verde
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– 1864–1866
* Yuma Depot – 1864–1891
* Post at Calabasas 1865, Fort Mason
Fort Mason, in San Francisco, California originated as a coastal defense site during the American Civil War. The nucleus of the property was owned by John C. Frémont and disputes over compensation by the United States continued into 1968. In 188 ...
– 1865–1866, Camp McKee 1866 in Rio Rico, Arizona
Rio Rico is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States. The population was 18,962 at the 2010 census. The Rio Rico CDP replaced the former CDP's of Rio Rico Northwest, Rio Rico Nor ...
* Camp Cameron – 1866–1867, in Madera Canyon
* Camp Alexander – 1867, 12 miles up river from Fort Mohave at a crossing on the Colorado River.
* Camp Willow Grove
Camp may refer to:
Outdoor accommodation and recreation
* Campsite or campground, a recreational outdoor sleeping and eating site
* a temporary settlement for nomads
* Camp, a term used in New England, Northern Ontario and New Brunswick to descri ...
– 1867–1869, south of Valentine
* Camp Devin, renamed Camp Toll Gate until 1870, Camp Hualpai – 1869–1873, near Paulden
See also
* California in the American Civil War
California's involvement in the American Civil War included sending gold east to support the war effort, recruiting volunteer combat units to replace regular U.S. Army units sent east, in the area west of the Rocky Mountains, maintaining and bu ...
* New Mexico Territory in the American Civil War
The New Mexico Territory, comprising what are today the U.S. states of New Mexico and Arizona as well as the southern portion of Nevada, played a small but significant role in the Trans-Mississippi theater of the American Civil War, trans-Mis ...
* Arizona Territory in the American Civil War
References
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Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...
Arizona, District of
California in the American Civil War
Arizona in the American Civil War
Pacific Coast Theater of the American Civil War
1862 establishments in the United States