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Army of the Shenandoah
A force belonging to the Middle Military Division, organized for
Major-General P. H. Sheridan, in August, 1864, in order to drive
Lieutenant-General Early from the Shenandoah valley.
It consisted of the Sixth Corps from the Army of the Potomac, and a detachment of the Nineteenth Corps, Army of the Gulf.
There was also a cavalry corps made up of two divisions of the cavalry of the Army of the Potomac.
With it acted the troops of the Department of West Virginia, a force created from the Eighth Corps (Middle Department), and sometimes called the Army of West Virginia, under the command of
Major-General George Crook.
Major-General Wright of the Sixth Corps had charge of the Army of the Shenandoah for a few days in October, 1864, and
Major-General A. T. A. Torbert assumed the command in February, 1865, when
Sheridan rejoined the Army of the Potomac with the cavalry.
Army of the Frontier
The field forces in
Missouri and
Kansas were organized into the Army of the Frontier on October 12, 1862.
It was commanded by
Major-Generals J. M. Schofield and
F. J. Herron, and by
Major-General James G. Blunt temporarily.
It was very active during its existence, and fought many minor engagements in the
Southwest, including
Clark's Mill, Missouri, and
Prairie Grove, Arkansas, and the capture of
Van Buren, Arkansas.
The army went out of existence June 5, 1863, and its troops were scattered among the districts in
Tennessee and
Missouri.
was born in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1837, and gave up his business career in
Iowa to go to the front as lieutenant-colonel of an Iowa regiment.
He served in the Army of the Southwest, and was captured at
Pea Ridge after conduct that brought him great praise and a medal of honor.
He was given a division of the Army of the Frontier, which he commanded at
Prairie Grove.
From March to June, 1863, he was, as major-general of volunteers, at the head of the army itself.
Later, as division commander of the Thirteenth Corps, he was present at the
fall of Vicksburg, and also held command in
Texas and at
Port Hudson.
He received the surrender of the Confederate forces west of the
Mississippi in May, 1865.
He resigned from the service in June, 1865, and practised law in New Orleans and New York.
He died January 8, 1902.
was born in
Trenton, Maine, in 1826, and became a physician.
He settled in
Kansas, where he became prominent for his work in the anti-slavery movement.
He went to the
Civil War as lieutenant-colonel and was made brigadier-general of volunteers in April, 1862.
He was placed at the head of the Department of Kansas on May 5, 1862, and when that department was merged in that of
Missouri, on September 19th, he was given a division in the Army of the Frontier.
On December 7th, his division and that of
Brigadier-General F. J. Herron checked, at
Prairie Grove, Arkansas, the advance of
Major-General Hindman into
Missouri.
Blunt was senior officer in command of both divisions in the battle.
From June, 1863 to January, 1864, he was at the head of the District of the Frontier, that army having been broken up. From October, 1864, to the end of the war he commanded the District of South Kansas.
He died in
Washington, D. C., July 25, 1881.
Army of the Mountain Department
Created March 11, 1862, from the Department of Western
Virginia.
On March 29th,
Brigadier-General Rosecrans turned over the troops therein to
Major-General John C. Fremont.
This force co-operated with
Banks and
McDowell against ‘
Stonewall’
Jackson in the Shenandoah valley, and its principal engagements were those at
McDowell and
Cross Keys.
On June 26, 1862, the Mountain Department became the First Corps, Army of Virginia.
