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The Missouri, US Army Department Nov 9, 1861 - after Jun 25, 1865

Operations to Control Missouri, Jun 5, 1861 - Dec 31, 1861
Kentucky Confederate Offensive , Sep 18, 1861 - Dec 17, 1861
Fredericktown, engagement, Oct 21, 1861
Springfield, action, Oct 25, 1861
Belmont, battle, Nov 7, 1861
US Dept. of The Missouri created Minnesota Missouri Illinois and Iowa transferred from the Western Dept. Wisconsin included Western Kentucky transferred from Dept. of the Cumberland, Nov 9, 1861
Henry W. Halleck Commander, Nov 9, 1861 - Mar 11, 1862
Rowletts Station, action, Dec 17, 1861

Roans Tan Yard, action, Jan 8, 1862
US Penetration up the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers, Feb 2, 1862 - Apr 7, 1862
Fort Henry, battle, Feb 6, 1862
Western Tennessee transferred from US Dept. of the Ohio to Dept. of The Missouri, Feb 6, 1862
Pea Ridge Campaign , Feb 9, 1862 - Mar 8, 1862
Fort Donelson, siege, Feb 12, 1862 - Feb 16, 1862
Fort Donelson, surrender, Feb 16, 1862
Pea Ridge, battle, Mar 6, 1862 - Mar 8, 1862
US Dept. of The Mississippi created merging Depts. Of Kansas The Missouri and The Ohio, Mar 11, 1862
Iuka, engagement, Sep 19, 1862
US Dept. of The Missouri recreated Missouri transferred from Dept. of the Mississippi Dept. of the Mississippi discontinued Kansas transferred from Dept. of Kansas Dept. of Kansas discontinued, Sep 19, 1862
Iuka and Corinth Operations , Sep 19, 1862 - Oct 5, 1862
Samuel R. Curtiss Commander, Sep 19, 1862 - May 13, 1863
Newtonia, engagement, Sep 30, 1862
Corinth, battle, Oct 3, 1862 - Oct 4, 1862
Hatchies Bridge, battle, Oct 5, 1862
Nebraska transferred from US Dept. of the Northwest to Dept. of The Missouri Colorado included in Dept. of the Missouri, Oct 11, 1862
Old Fort Wayne, battle, Oct 22, 1862
Operations against Vicksburg, Oct 31, 1862 - Jan 10, 1863
Clarks Mill, battle, Nov 7, 1862
Cane Hill, engagement, Nov 28, 1862
Prairie Grove Campaign , Nov 28, 1862 - Dec 7, 1862
Prairie Grove, battle, Dec 7, 1862
Marmaduke’s First Expedition into Missouri, Dec 31, 1862 - Jan 25, 1863

Springfield, battle, Jan 8, 1863
Hartville, battle, Jan 9, 1863 - Jan 11, 1863
Marmaduke’s Second Expedition into Missouri, Apr 17, 1863 - May 2, 1863
Cape Girardeau, battle, Apr 26, 1863
John M. Schofield Commander, May 13, 1863 - Jan 22, 1864
Cabin Creek, battle, Jul 1, 1863 - Jul 2, 1863
Honey Springs, battle, Jul 17, 1863
Advance on Little Rock , Aug 1, 1863 - Oct 25, 1863
Lawrence, massacre, Aug 21, 1863
Devils Backbone, battle, Sep 1, 1863
Bayou Forche, battle, Sep 10, 1863
Baxter Springs, battle, Oct 6, 1863
Arkansas Post, battle, Oct 9, 1863 - Oct 11, 1863
Pine Bluff, action, Oct 25, 1863

US Dept. of Kansas recreated Kansas Nebraska and Colorado Transferred from Dept. of the Missouri, Jan 1, 1864
US Dept. of Arkansas created Arkansas except Fort Smith transferred from Dept. of The Missouri, Jan 6, 1864
William S. Rosecrans Commander, Jan 22, 1864 - Dec 2, 1864
US Dept. of The Missouri assigned to Division of WEST MISSISSIPPI, May 27, 1864
Price’s Missouri Expedition, Aug 29, 1864 - Oct 30, 1864
Fort Davidson, battle, Sep 27, 1864
Glasgow, action, Oct 15, 1864
Lexington, action, Oct 19, 1864
Little Blue River, action, Oct 21, 1864
Independence, action, Oct 22, 1864
Byrams Ford, battle, Oct 22, 1864 - Oct 23, 1864
Westport, engagement, Oct 23, 1864
Newtonia, engagement, Oct 28, 1864
Grenville M. Dodge Commander, Dec 2, 1864 - after Jun 25, 1865

US Dept. of Kansas discontinued absorbed by Dept. of the Missouri, Jan 30, 1865
US Division of THE MISSOURI created including Depts. Of The Missouri and Dept. of the Northwest, Jan 30, 1865
Montana and Western Dakota transferred from US Dept. of The Northwest to Dept. of the Missouri, Feb 17, 1865