Department of the East

Department of the East

The Department of the East was a military administrative district established by the U.S. Army on March 5, 1866, with boundaries encompassing all the states east of the Mississippi River. The department was discontinued when the Army's command was reorganized by the 1920 amendment to the 1916 Defense Act.

Headquarters

The headquarters was originally located in leased office space in New York City until 1878 when the War Department relocated all headquarters functions across the country to army posts due to economic considerations. The headquarters was relocated to Fort Columbus, renamed Fort Jay in 1904 on Governors Island in New York Harbor.

Department Commanders

Winfield Scott Hancock
Oliver O. Howard
John Schofield
Leonard Wood
J. Franklin Bell
Nelson Miles


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