Department_of_Texas

Department of Texas

Department of Texas

US Army organization


The Department of Texas was a military department of the United States Army that existed from 1850 to 1861, and again from 1865 to 1866, from 1870 to 1913 and during the First World War. It was subordinate to the Military Division of the Missouri.

Commanders

First creation
  • Brevet Major General Persifor Frazer Smith, 1850 to 1856
  • Colonel Albert Sidney Johnston, April 1, 1856, to May 18, 1857
  • Brevet Major General David E. Twiggs, May 18, 1857, to February 19, 1861
  • Lt. Colonel Washington Seawell, December 10, 1859, to February 6, 1860. (temporary or acting)
  • Colonel Robert E. Lee, February 6, 1860, to December 12, 1860. (temporary or acting)
  • Colonel Carlos A. Waite, February 19, 1861. to April 23, 1861, when the officers of the U.S. Army's Department of Texas are all taken as prisoners of war at the department's headquarters in San Antonio, Texas.
Second creation
Third creation
Fourth creation

References

  • "Records of United States Army Continental Commands, 1821-1920".

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