GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 118. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant General's Office, 
Washington, June. 27, 1865. 
The President directs that the United States be divided into Military 
Divisions and subdivided into Military Departments, as follows: 
1. The Department of the East, Major General Joseph Hooker to 
command, to embrace the New England States, New York, and New 
Jersey. Headquarters at New York city. 
2. The Middle Department, Major General W. S. Hancock to com- 
mand, to embrace the States of West Virginia, Maryland, (except the 
counties of Montgomery, that part of Anne Arundel lying south of the 
Annapolis and Elk Ridge Railroad, and excluding the city of Annapolis, 
Prince George's, Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's,) the county of 
Loudon, and the Shenandoah Valley as far south as and including 
Rockingham county, in Virginia, the States of Delaware and Pennsyl- 
vania. Headquarters at Baltimore. 
3. The Department of Washington, Major General C. C. Augur to 
command, to embrace the District of Columbia, the counties of Mont- 
gomery, that part of Anne Arundel lying south of the Annapolis and 
Elk Ridge Railroad, and including the city of Annapolis, Prince 
George's, Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's, in Maryland, and Alexan- 
dria and Fairfax counties, in Virginia. Headquarters at Washington. 
4. The Department of the Ohio, Major General E. O. C. Ord to 
command, to embrace the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Michi- 
gan. Headquarters at Detroit. 
5. The Department of the Tennessee, Major General George Stone- 
man to command, to embrace the State of Tennessee. Headquarters 
at Knoxville. 
6. The Department of Kentucky, Major General John M. Palmer 
to command, to embrace the State of Kentucky, and Jeffersonville and 
New Albany, in Indiana. Headquarters at Louisville. 
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7. The Department of the Missouri, Major General John Pope to 
command, to embrace the States of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Mis- 
souri, and Kansas, and the Territories of Colorado, Utah, Nebraska, 
Dakota, and Montana. Headquarters at Fort Leavenworth. 
8. The Department of Virginia, Major General Alfred H. Terry 
to command, to embrace the State of Virginia, excepting Alexandria, 
Fairfax, and Loudon counties, and the Shenandoah Valley as far south 
as and including Rockingham county. Headquarters at Richmond. 
9. The Department of North Carolina, Major General J. M. Scho- 
field to command, to embrace the State of North Carolina. Head- 
quarters at Raleigh. 
10. The Department of South Carolina, Major General Q. A. Gill- 
more to command, to embrace the State of South Carolina. Headquar- 
ters at Hilton Head. 
11. The Department of Georgia, Major General James B. Steedman 
to command, to embrace the State of Georgia, Headquarters at 
Augusta. 
12. The Department of Florida, Major General John G. Foster to 
command, to embrace the State of Florida. Headquarters at Talla- 
hassee. 
13. The Department of Mississippi, Major General II. W. Slocum 
to command, to embrace the State of Mississippi. Headquarters at 
Vicksburg. 
14. The Department of Alabama, Major General C. R. Wood to 
command, to embrace the State of Alabama. Headquarters at Mobile. 
15. The Department of Louisiana, Major General E. R. S. Canby 
to command, to embrace the State of Louisiana. Headquarters at 
New Orleans. 
16. The Department of Texas, Major General H. G. Wright to 
command, to embrace the State of Texas. Headquarters at Galveston. 
17. The Department of Arkansas, Major General J. J. Reynolds to 
command, to embrace the State of Arkansas and the Indian Territory. 
Headquarters at Little Rock. 
18. The Department of the Columbia, Brigadier General G. Wright 
to command, to embrace the State of Oregon and Territories of Wash- 
ington and Idaho. Headquarters at Fort Vancouver. 
19. The Department of California, Major General Irvin McDowell 
to command, to embrace the States of California and Nevada, and Ter- 
ritories of New Mexico and Arizona. Headquarters at San Francisco. 3 
Divisions. 
1. The Military Division of the Atlantic, Major General George G. 
Meade to command, to embrace the Department of the East, Middle 
Department, Department of Virginia, Department of North Carolina, 
and Department of South Carolina. Headquarters at Philadelphia. 
2. The Military Division of the Mississippi, Major General W. T. 
Sherman to command, to embrace the Department of the Ohio, De- 
partment of the Missouri, and Department of Arkansas. Headquarters 
at St. Louis. 
3. The Military Division of the Gulf, Major General P. H. Sheridan 
to command, to embrace the Department of Mississippi, Department of 
Louisiana, Department of Texas, and Department of Florida. Head- 
quarters at New Orleans. 
4. The Military Division of the Tennessee, Major General G. H. 
Thomas to command, to embrace the Department of the Tennessee, 
Department of Kentucky, Department of Georgia, and Department of 
Alabama Headquarters at Nashville. 
5. The Military Division of the Pacific, Major General H. W. Hal- 
leck to command, to embrace the Department of the Columbia and 
Department of California. Headquarters at San Francisco. 
All officers hereby assigned will proceed, on receipt of this order, to 
take command of their respective Departments or Military Divisions. 
All officers relieved by this order will, on being relieved by the 
proper officer, report, by letter, to the Adjutant General for orders. 
By order of the President of the United States : 
E. D. TOWNSEND, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 
Official: 
[Corrected copy.] 
Assistant Adjutant General.