Trans-Mississippi Department
| Trans-Mississippi Department | |
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| Active | 1862–1865 |
| Disbanded | May 26, 1865 |
| Country |  Confederate States |
| Branch |  Army |
| Type | Territorial department |
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The Trans-Mississippi Department was a territorial department of the Confederate States Army that embraced Arkansas, Louisiana west of the Mississippi, Texas (including New Mexico and Arizona), and the Indian Territory.[1] It was the last department to surrender to Federal forces at the end of the American Civil War.
History
[edit]The Trans-Mississippi Department was established pursuant to War Department General Orders No. 39, dated May 26, 1862,[1] with headquarters at Little Rock, Arkansas. On April 24, 1863, the department moved to Shreveport, Louisiana, where it remained before finally relocating to Houston, Texas, on May 18, 1865.[2]
Commanding officers
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- Brigadier-General Paul O. Hébert (May 26, 1862 – June 20, 1862)
- Major-General John B. Magruder (assigned June 20, 1862, but did not accept)
- Major-General Thomas C. Hindman (June 20, 1862 – July 16, 1862)
- Lieutenant-General Theophilus H. Holmes (July 30, 1862 – February 9, 1863)
- General E. Kirby Smith (March 7, 1863 – April 19, 1865)
- Lieutenant-General Simon Bolivar Buckner (April 19, 1865 – April 22, 1865)
- General E. Kirby Smith (April 22, 1865 – May 26, 1865)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Confederate States of America. War Department. (1862). Report of the Secretary of War. Richmond. p. 31. Retrieved February 19, 2025 – via Internet Archive.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Confederate States of America. Army. Trans-Mississippi Dept. (1865). General orders. Shreveport, La. p. 96. Retrieved February 19, 2025 – via Internet Archive.
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Further reading
[edit]- Baker, T. Lindsay, ed. (2007). "Chapter 6: Collapse of the Confederacy". Confederate Guerrilla: The Civil War Memoir of Joseph M. Bailey. Civil War in the West. Fayetteville: The University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 978-1-55728-838-7. OCLC 85018566. OL 8598848M.
- Jones, Terry (2002). Historical Dictionary of the Civil War. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. p. 785. ISBN 9780810841123.
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Categories:
- Trans-Mississippi Department
- 1862 establishments in Arkansas
- 1865 disestablishments in Texas
- History of Houston
- History of Shreveport, Louisiana
- Military history of Little Rock, Arkansas
- Military units and formations established in 1862
- Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
- Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War