Military Division of the Mississippi

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Union Army military division major military command

The Military Division of the Mississippi was a major Union Army command in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, overseeing multiple armies in operations against the Confederacy.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Military Division of the Missouri	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Union Army military division ⓘ major military command ⓘ
areaOfResponsibility	parts of the Trans-Mississippi region ⓘ territory between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
contributedTo	Union control of the Western Confederacy ⓘ isolation of the Deep South ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
createdBy	Henry W. Halleck ⓘ surface form: General-in-Chief Henry W. Halleck United States Department of War ⓘ surface form: United States War Department
dissolved	1865 ⓘ
firstCommander	Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
followedBy	Military Division of the Mississippi self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Military Division of the Missouri
hasCommander	George H. Thomas ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Chattanooga ⓘ surface form: Chattanooga, Tennessee Nashville ⓘ surface form: Nashville, Tennessee
inception	1863 ⓘ October 1863 ⓘ
jurisdiction	Western Union armies ⓘ
namedAfter	Mississippi River ⓘ
notableCommander	George H. Thomas ⓘ James B. McPherson ⓘ John Schofield ⓘ surface form: John M. Schofield Oliver Otis Howard ⓘ surface form: Oliver O. Howard Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
notableEvent	Grant’s elevation to overall command in the West ⓘ Sherman’s assumption of command in 1864 ⓘ
opponent	Confederate States Army ⓘ surface form: Confederate Army Confederate States of America ⓘ
oversawOperation	Atlanta Campaign ⓘ Carolinas Campaign ⓘ Chattanooga Campaign ⓘ March to the Sea ⓘ Nashville Campaign ⓘ Relief of Knoxville ⓘ
partOf	Union Army ⓘ
purpose	to coordinate multiple Union armies in the Western Theater ⓘ
result	major Union victories in the Western Theater ⓘ
role	operational coordination of field armies ⓘ strategic command ⓘ
subordinateUnit	Army of the Trans-Mississippi ⓘ surface form: Army of the Arkansas Army of the Cumberland ⓘ Army of the Ohio ⓘ Army of the Tennessee ⓘ
successorCommander	William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
theater	Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carolinas Campaign → commandStructure → Military Division of the Mississippi ⓘ

Sherman’s March to the Sea → commandStructure → Military Division of the Mississippi ⓘ

William Tecumseh Sherman → commanded → Military Division of the Mississippi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Military Division of the Missouri

Military Division of the Mississippi → followedBy → Military Division of the Mississippi self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Military Division of the Missouri

Atlanta Campaign → forceTypeUnion → Military Division of the Mississippi ⓘ