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Department of the Missouri was a division of the United States Army that functioned through the American Civil War and the Indian Wars afterwards. The Civil War is by far the most common term for this conflict; see Naming the American Civil War. ...
Combatants Native Americans USA Indian Wars is the name used by historians in the United States to describe a series of conflicts between the United States and Native American peoples (Indians) of North America. ...
Civil War
The division followed the reorganization and breakup the Department of the West on November 9, 1861, after Abraham Lincoln fired John C. Frémont when he would not rescind his order emancipating the slaves of Missouri and imposing martial law on the state. David Hunter served briefly as the last commander Department of the West. Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was an American politician who served as the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party. ...
John C. Frémont John Charles Frémont (January 21, 1813 – July 13, 1890), born John Charles Fremon, was an American military officer, explorer, the first candidate of the Republican Party for the office of President of the United States, and the first Presidential candidate of a major party to...
David Hunter David Hunter (July 21, 1802 – February 2, 1886) was a Union general in the American Civil War. ...
It included Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois, and Kentucky west of the Cumberland River and later Kansas. Its first general was Henry Wager Halleck. Henry Wager Halleck (1815 - 1872) was an American soldier and politician. ...
Indian Wars In 1865 at the end of the war it was renamed the Division of Missouri (however widespread usage continued to call it the Department of the Missouri). It was headquartered in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The Division of Missouri was restored in 1866 as the Indian Wars began and it was to oversee all the famous incidents and battles of the war including Custer's Last Stand. Components of it which evolved in various reorganizations ultimately included: In 1827, Colonel Henry Leavenworth established a post on the bluffs overlooking the western bank of the Missouri River to protect the fur trade, safeguard commerce on the Santa Fe Trail and maintain the peace among the inhabitants. ...
Battle of the Little Bighorn Conflict Black Hills War, Indian Wars Date June 25, 1876 Place Near the Little Bighorn River, Big Horn County, Montana Result Substantial Native American victory The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also called Custers Last Stand, was an engagement between a Lakota-Northern Cheyenne...
- Department of Dakota - Minnesota, Montana, Northakoa and parts of Idaho and South Dakota and the Yellowstone portion of Wyoming).
- Department of the Missouri - Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Indian Territory and Territory of Oklahoma
- Department of the Platte - Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming (except Yellowstone), Territory of Utah
- Department of Texas - Texas
Commanders
Civil War Henry Wager Halleck (1815 - 1872) was an American soldier and politician. ...
For John Schofield, the recipient of a Victoria Cross see John Schofield (VC). ...
William Starke Rosecrans (September 6, 1819 - March 11, 1898), nicknamed Old Rosy, served as an American military officer. ...
Indian Wars (overall for the Division) William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. ...
Philip Sheridan Philip Henry Sheridan (March 6, 1831 – August 5, 1888), a military man and one of the great generals in the American Civil War. ...
For John Schofield, the recipient of a Victoria Cross see John Schofield (VC). ...
Alfred Howe Terry (November 10, 1827 _ December 16, 1890) was a military commander of the Dakota Territory from 1866 to 1869 and again from 1872 to 1886. ...
Portrait of George Crook George Crook (September 8, 1828 – March 21, 1890) was a career U.S. Army officer, most noted for his distinguished service during the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. ...
Nelson Appleton Miles (August 8, 1839 – May 15, 1925) was an American soldier who served in the American Civil War, Indian Wars, and the Spanish-American War. ...
External links - Missouri Capitol Hill website
- Missouri Capitol Hill on Division of Missouri
References - The Civil War Day by Day: An Almanac, 1861-1865, by E.B. Long With Barbara Long 1985 De Capo Press, ISBN 0-306-80255-4, page 138
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