- Department of the Missouri (Indian Wars)
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Department of the Missouri was a sub division of the Department of the Missouri of the United States Army that functioned through the Indian Wars. In 1865 at the end of the Civil War the Department of the Missouri was renamed the Division of the Missouri (however widespread usage continued to call it the Department of the Missouri). A new Department of the Missouri of the Division of the Missouri was formed in 1866 and ultimately included the Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Indian Territory, and Territory of Oklahoma.
Contents
Commanders
Department of the Missouri(Indian Wars )
- Winfield Scott Hancock(1866–1867)
- Philip Sheridan (1867–1869)
- John Pope (1870–1883)
- Christopher Columbus Augur (1883–1885)
- Nelson Appleton Miles (1885–1886)
- Thomas Howard Ruger (1886)
- Orlando Bolivar Willcox (1886–1887)
- --- (1887–1891)
Department of Missouri Camps, Forts and Posts
Arkansas
Kansas
- Bear Creek Redoubt(1870–1878)
- Big Creek Station(1865–1867)+
- Carlysle Station (1865–1866)+
- Camp Caldwell (1884–1885)
- Camp Crawford (1868)
- Crisfield Post (1885)
- Camp Drywood (1871)
- Camp Grierson (1866)
- Camp Hoffman (1867)
- Camp Kirwin (1865)
- Camp Ogallah (1867)
- Camp Pliley (1869 - 1870?)
- Camp Wichita (1868–1869)
- Chalk Bluffs Station(1865–1867)+
- Castle Rock Creek Station(1865–1867)+
- Cimarron Redoubt(1870–1876)
- Cimarron Springs Station (1864–1873)
- Fort Aubrey (1865–1866)
- Fort Bissell (1873–1878)
- Fort Coon (1868)
- Fort Dodge(1865–1882)
- Fort Downer or Downer's Station (1867–1868)
- Fort Harker (1866–1872)
- Fort Hays(1865–1889)
- Fort Jewell(1870)
- Fort Larned (1859–1878)
- Fort Leavenworth (1827–present)
- Fort Lincoln(1861–1879)
- Fort Lookout(1866 - 1870's)
- Fort Monument(1865–1868)
- Fort Protection (1885)
- Fort Riley (1853–present)
- Post of Southeastern Kansas (1869–1873)
- Fort Solomon(1864–1865)
- Fort Montgomery(1861–1869)
- Fort Wallace (1865–1882)
- Fort Zarah(1864–1869)
- Grinnell Springs Station(1865–1867)+
- Henshaw's Station(1865–1867)+
- Lookout Station or Fort Lookout (1866–1868)
- Monument Springs Post (1865–1867)
- Pond Creek Station(1865–1866)+
- Russell Springs Station (1865–1866)+
- New Kiowa Post (1885)
- Smoky Hill Station(1865–1867)+
- + Army fortified Butterfield Stage stations along the Smoky Hill River route.
Missouri
- St. Louis Arsenal (1827–1904)
- Jefferson Barracks (1826–1871, 1894–1946)
Indian Territory and Territory of Oklahoma
- Camp Alice (1883)
- Camp Auger (1873–1874)
- Camp Beach or Fort Beach or Fort Otter or Camp Otter (1874)
- Camp Chilocco (1885)
- Camp Guthrie (1889–1891)
- Camp Oklahoma (1889)
- Camp Price (1889)
- Camp at Purcell (1889)
- Camp Robinson (1871)
- Camp Rockwell (1888)
- Camp Russell (1884–1886)
- Camp Wade or Camp at Kingfisher (1889)
- Cantonment on the North Fork of the Canadian River (1879–1882, 1885)
- Fort Arbuckle (1851–1870)
- Fort Cobb (1859–1862, 1868–1869)
- Camp Davidson (1878–1882)
- Fort Gibson (1824–1901)
- Fort Reno (1875–1948)
- Fort Sill (1869–present)
- Depot on the North Fork Canadian River and Camp Supply (1868–1878)
- Fort Supply (1878–1894)
- Sewell's Stockade (1870's)
- Sheridan's Roost (1870)
References
- Raphael P. Thian, Notes Illustrating the Military Geography of the United States, 1813-1880 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1881; reprinted Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1979).
- Francis Paul Prucha, A Guide to the Military Posts of the United States, 1789-1895 (Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1964).
Categories:- 1866 in the United States
- Military units and formations of the United States Army
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