Department of the Pacific

Department of the Pacific
For the United States Marine Corps' Department of the Pacific, refer to the article Department of the Pacific (USMC).

The Department of the Pacific was a major command (Department) of the United States Army during the 19th century.

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Formation

The Department of the Pacific was first organized on October 31, 1853, at San Francisco, California, taking over from the previous Pacific Division. The department reported directly to the headquarters of the Army in Washington, D.C. It oversaw the military affairs in the country west of the Rocky Mountains (California, Oregon Territory, and Washington Territory), except for the Utah Territory and the Territory of New Mexico east of the 110th meridian west, (thus including most of modern Arizona and southern Nevada).

On September 2, 1854, the headquarters was moved to Benicia Barracks, in Benicia, California. In January 1857, the headquarters again returned to San Francisco.

On January 14, 1858, the Utah Territory was placed within the Department.

Commander of the Department of the Pacific

Posts in the Department of the Pacific

Disbandment

On September 13, 1858, the Department of the Pacific was disbanded, replaced by two new departments: the Department of California and the Department of Oregon. The Department of California included the territory west of the Rockies, the Umpqua and Rogue River districts in Oregon, Utah and New Mexico. The Department of Oregon included the Oregon and Washington Territories.

Reborn in the Civil War

During the American Civil War the army again reorganized, and on January 15, 1861, the independent Department of the Pacific was reconstituted by consolidating the Departments of California and Oregon. The first commander of the new Department of the Pacific was Colonel (Brevet Brigadier General) Albert Sidney Johnston who was later to become a prominent General in the Confederate Army.[11]

Civil War Commanders

Districts

The Department of the Pacific had six subordinate military districts by the end of its existence:

Reorganized out of existence

On July 27, 1865 the Military Division of the Pacific was created under Major General Henry W. Halleck, replacing the Department of the Pacific, consisting of the Department of the Columbia that now consisted of the State of Oregon and the Territories of Washington and Idaho and the expanded Department of California that now consisted of the States of California and Nevada and the Territory of New Mexico and Territory of Arizona.[12]

Remade for the Philippine Expedition

On 30 May 1898, Gen. Wesley Merritt established in San Francisco the Headquarters, US Expeditionary Forces and Department of the Pacific for the campaign to support Adm. Dewey's forces in the Philippines during the Spanish American War.[13]

At the end of March 1900 the complexities involved in dealing with the guerrillas and governing the islands led to the transformation of what had been the Department of the Pacific into the Philippine Department with four geographical departments, each of which was, in turn, divided into military districts. This step brought an end to the VIII Corps.[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ California Historical Landmark #615
  2. ^ The California State Military Museum; Historic California Posts: Fort Bragg (Camp Bragg)
  3. ^ The California State Military Museum, Historic California Posts: Roop's Fort (Fort Defiance, Lassen County)
  4. ^ The California State Military Museum; Historic California Posts: San Diego Barracks(Including New San Diego Depot)
  5. ^ The California State Military Museum, Historic California Posts: Camp Burton
  6. ^ The California State Military Museum, Historic California Posts: Fort Crook
  7. ^ THE HISTORICAL MARKER DATABASE, Fort Crook, Near Fall River Mills in Shasta County, California
  8. ^ Located in Klamath, California.California Historic Landmark #544
  9. ^ Historic California Posts: Fort Ter-Waw
  10. ^ The California State Military Museum; Historic California Posts: Camp at Pardee's Ranch
  11. ^ David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001
  12. ^ Military Division of the United States After The Civil War, GENERAL ORDERS No. 118.
  13. ^ Stephen D. Coats, Gathering at the Golden Gate: Mobilizing for the war in the Philippines (Ft. Leavenworth, KS: Combat Studies Institute, 2006)
  14. ^ The Army Medical Department 1865-1917: Campaigns of the New Empire

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