Department of the West (Union Army)

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Union Army department military administrative district

The Department of the West (Union Army) was a major early Civil War administrative and military command responsible for Union operations across much of the trans-Mississippi West.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Department of the West (Union Army) canonical	1
Western Department (when held by Albert Sidney Johnston, de facto general-level command)	1

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Union Army department ⓘ military administrative district ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Department of the West NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Arkansas (parts) ⓘ Dakota Territory (parts) NERFINISHED ⓘ Illinois (parts) ⓘ Indian Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ Iowa (parts) ⓘ Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Minnesota (parts) NERFINISHED ⓘ Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ New Mexico Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ Trans-Mississippi West NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dissolved	1861 ⓘ
follows	Western Department (U.S. Army prewar command) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	district commands within its territory ⓘ
hasRole	administration of Union military operations west of the Mississippi River ⓘ defense of key Western lines of communication ⓘ organization of volunteer and regular troops in the trans-Mississippi region ⓘ
headquartersLocation	St. Louis, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ
historyNote	created to coordinate scattered Western posts and forces at the start of the Civil War ⓘ its breakup reflected the growing complexity of Union operations in the West ⓘ
inception	1861 ⓘ
location	Trans-Mississippi Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Army ⓘ
notableCommander	Brigadier General Samuel R. Curtis NERFINISHED ⓘ Brigadier General William S. Harney NERFINISHED ⓘ Major General John C. Frémont NERFINISHED ⓘ
operationalPeriod	early American Civil War ⓘ
partOf	Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
reasonForDissolution	reorganization of Union commands in the West ⓘ
replacedBy	Department of Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Department of New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Department of the Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ
subordinateTo	Union Army high command NERFINISHED ⓘ United States War Department NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

John C. Frémont → commanded → Department of the West (Union Army) ⓘ

General (Confederate States Army) → commanded → Department of the West (Union Army) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Department (when held by Albert Sidney Johnston, de facto general-level command)