Department of Dakota

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Active 1866–1911 Branch United States Army		Country United States Headquarters Fort Snelling, Saint Paul
Type administrative district Part of Division of the Missouri Notable commanders Alfred Terry, Winfield Scott Hancock Similar United States Army, Department of the Platte, United States Volunteers

A subdivision of the Division of the Missouri, the Department of Dakota was established by the United States Army on August 11, 1866 to encompass all military activities and forts within Minnesota, Dakota Territory and Montana Territory. The Department of Dakota was initially headquartered at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and then moved to St.Paul in March 1867. The department was discontinued in 1911.

Commanders

Brevet Major General Alfred H. Terry, (Sept. 18, 1866-May 17, 1869)

Major General Winfield S. Hancock, (May 17, 1869-Jan. 2, 1873)

Brigadier General Alfred H. Terry, (Jan. 2, 1873–1886)

Major General Thomas Howard Ruger (1886–1891)

Minnesota

Fort Ridgely (1853–67)

Fort Ripley (1849–77)

Fort Snelling (1819–1994)

Montana

Fort Assinniboine (1879–1911)

Fort Benton (1869–81)

Camp Cooke (1866–70)

Fort Custer (1877–98)

Fort Ellis (1867–86)

Fort Keogh (1876–1924)

Camp Lewis (1874)

Fort Logan (1869–80)

Fort Maginnis (1880–90)

Camp Merritt (1890)

Fort Missoula (1877–1918, 1921–1947)

Camp Poplar River (1880–93)

Camp Porter (1880–81)

Fort Shaw (1867–91)

North Dakota

Fort Abercrombie (1858–77)

Fort Abraham Lincoln (1872–91)

Cantonment Badlands (1879–83)

Fort Berthold (1864–67)

Fort Buford (1866–95)

Camp Hancock (1872–77)

Fort Pembina (1870–95)

Fort Ransom (1867–72)

Fort Rice (1864–78)

Fort Seward (1872–77)

Fort Stevenson (1867–83)

Fort Totten (1867–90)

Fort Yates (1874–1903)

South Dakota

Fort Bennett (1870–91)

Fort Dakota (1865–69)

Post at Grand River Agency (1870–75)

Fort Hale (1870–84)

Fort Meade (1878- )

Fort Randall (1856–1892)

Fort Sisseton (1876–89)

Fort Sully (1863–66)

Fort Thompson (1864–71)

Fort Wadsworth 1864-76

Post at Whetstone Agency 1870-72

Wyoming

(Wyoming Territory became attached to the Department of the Platte on July 25, 1868)

Fort Bridger 1858-1878, 1880–1890

Fort Caspar 1855-1867

Fort Fetterman 1867-1882

Fort Halleck 1862-1866

Fort LaClede 1863-1869

Fort Laramie or Fort John 1849-1890

Fort McKinney 1876-1894

Fort Phil Kearny 1866-1868

Fort Rawlins 1868-?

Fort Reno 1865-1868

Fort Robinson 1874-1948

Fort David A. Russell 1867-1948

Fort Sanders 1866-1882

Fort Fred Steele 1868-1886

Fort Washakie 1878-1913

Fort Yellowstone 1886-1918

References

Department of Dakota Wikipedia

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