District of Arizona was a subordinate district of the Department of New Mexico territory created on August 30, 1862 and transferred to the Department of the Pacific in March 1865.
District of Arizona (Dept. of New Mexico) commanders
Headquarters at Franklin, Texas, then Mesilla Post until 1864.
James H. Carleton August 30, 1862 - September 5, 1862
Joseph R. West September 5, 1862 - January 29, 1864
George W. Bowie January 29, 1864 - November, 1864
Joseph R. Smith November, 1864 - December 8, 1864
District of Arizona (Dept. of the Pacific) commanders
Headquarters Prescott, Arizona
John S. Mason March 7, 1865 - July 27, 1865
On July 27, 1865 the Military Division of the Pacific was created under Major General Henry W. Halleck, replacing the Department of the Pacific, consisting of the Department of the Columbia and the expanded Department of California, that absorbed the District of Southern California and that consisted of the States of California and Nevada and the District of New Mexico in the Territory of New Mexico and District of Arizona in the Territory of Arizona.
Arizona remained a district until it became the Department of Arizona under the Military Division of the Pacific on April 15, 1870. Colonel George Stoneman transitioned from district to department commander, serving until June 4, 1871. The new department consisted of Arizona Territory and California south of a line from the northwest corner of Arizona to Point Conception so as to include most of Southern California.
District of Arizona (Military Division of the Pacific) commanders
Major John S. Mason, March 7, 1865 - April 30, 1866
Lt. Col. Henry D. Wallen, June 10 to Aug. 11, 1866
Colonel Charles S. Lovell, August 11, 1866 - October 12, 1867
Colonel Thomas L. Crittenden, October 12, 1867 - August 29, 1868
Colonel Thomas C. Devin, August 29, 1868 - August 16, 1869
Colonel George Stoneman, August 16, 1869 - May 3, 1870
Fort Buchanan, 1856–1861, 1862
Fort Breckenridge 1857–1861, Fort Stanford 1862, Camp Wright 1865, Camp Grant 1865-1873
Fort Mojave 1858–1861, 1863–1890
Fort Tucson 1860-1862
Tucson Armory 1862-1864
Fort Barrett, 1862
Fort Bowie, 1862–1894
Mission Camp, near Nogales, 1862
Fort Tubac, 1862–1865, 1866–1868
Camp La Paz, September 1863 – 1864, sub post of Fort Mohave between Olive City and La Paz, Arizona.
Camp at Bear Spring, 1863–1864
Fort Cerro 1863 - ?
Fort Canby, 1863–1864
Camp Clark, 1863–1864
Fort Whipple 1864-1869
Camp on the Colorado River, Camp Colorado 1864 - 1871, near Parker
Camp Pomeroy, 1863
Fort Verde 1864 - 1866
Yuma Depot 1864 - 1891
Camp Alexander (Arizona Territory), 1867, between Fort Mohave and a stage station at Beale's Springs.
Camp Willow Grove, 1867 - 1869, south of Valentine
Camp Devin, renamed Camp Toll Gate until 1870, Camp Hualpai, 1869 - 1873, near Paulden
