Trans-Mississippi Department
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The Trans-Mississippi Department was a territorial department of the Confederate States Army that included Arkansas, Louisiana west of the Mississippi river, Texas (including what is now New Mexico and Arizona), and the Indian Territory.<ref name="WD">Template:Cite book</ref> It was the last department to surrender to United States forces at the end of the American Civil War.
History
The Trans-Mississippi Department was established pursuant to War Department General Orders No. 39, dated May 26, 1862,<ref name="WD" /> 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Commanding officers
- Brigadier-General Paul O. Hébert (May 26, 1862Template:Spaced ndashJune 20, 1862)
- Major-General John B. Magruder (assigned June 20, 1862, but did not accept)
- Major-General Thomas C. Hindman (June 20, 1862Template:Spaced ndashJuly 16, 1862)
- Lieutenant-General Theophilus H. Holmes (July 30, 1862Template:Spaced ndashFebruary 9, 1863)
- General E. Kirby Smith (March 7, 1863Template:Spaced ndashApril 19, 1865)
- Lieutenant-General Simon Bolivar Buckner (April 19, 1865Template:Spaced ndashApril 22, 1865)
- General E. Kirby Smith (April 22, 1865Template:Spaced ndashMay 26, 1865)
References
Further reading
External links
- 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