Records of United States Army Continental Commands, 1821-1920
(Record Group 393) 1817-1940 (bulk 1817-1920), 9,676 cu. ft.
http://gopher.nara.gov:70/0/inform/guide/300s/rg393.txt
[PART 1 of 4]

393.1 ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY

Finding Aids: Elaine Everly, Alice Haynes, Maizie Johnson, Sarah Powell, Harry
Schwartz, John Scroggins, Aloha South, and Evelyn Wade, comps., Preliminary
Inventory of the Records of United States Army Continental Commands, 1821-1920,
PI 172 (1973), Volume 1, Geographical Divisions and Departments and Military
(Reconstruction) Districts; Volume 2, Polyonymous Successions of Commands,
1861-70; Volume 3, Geographical Districts and Subdistricts; and Volume 4,
Military Installations, 1821-81; and National Archives microfiche edition of
preliminary inventories, which includes PI 172, vols. 1-4, and additional vol.
5, otherwise unpublished, covering records of army posts.

Related Records:

Records of U.S. Army Commands, 1784-1821, RG 98. 
Records of U.S. Army Commands, 1942-, RG 338. 
Records of U.S. Army Coast Artillery Districts and Defenses, 1901-1942, RG 392.
Records of U.S. Army Continental Commands, 1920-1942, RG 394.

RECORD TYPES           RECORD LOCATIONS          QUANTITIES
Textual Records        Washington Area         9,660 cu. ft.
Maps and Charts        College Park              672 items
Arch/engrg Plans       College Park            3,000 items
Still Pictures         College Park              145 images

393.2 RECORDS OF DIVISIONS  1837-1907, 1911-13, 719 lin. ft.

Textual Records: Letters sent and received, with registers and indexes;
endorsements; telegrams; issuances; reports; returns; records of staff officers;
field records; and other records of the:

Military Division of the Atlantic, 1865-66, and subordinate or related commands,
including Department of the Carolinas, 1866; Department of the East, 1865-66;
Middle Military Department, 1866; Department of North Carolina, 1865-66;
Department of South Carolina, 1865-66; and Department of Virginia, 1865-66.

Division of the Atlantic, 1868-91, and subordinate or related commands,
including Department of the East, 1868-73; Department of the East, 1877-91;
Department of the Lakes, 1868-73; Department of Washington, 1868-69; Department
of Virginia, 1870; Department of the South, 1876-83; Department of the Gulf,
1877-78; and 1st Military District, 1869-70.

Atlantic Division, 1903-7, and subordinate or related commands, including
Department of the East, 1903-7; and Department of the Gulf, 1904-7.

Central Division, 1911-13, and subordinate or related commands, including
Departments of the Lakes, Missouri, and Texas, 1911-13.

Eastern Division, 1837-42, and subordinate or related commands, including 7th
Military Department, 1837-41.

Eastern Division, 1844-48, and subordinate or related commands, including 5th
Military Department, 1844-48; and 8th Military Department, 1844-46.

Eastern Division, 1848-53, and subordinate or related commands, including 1st
Military Department, 1848-53; 2d Military Department, 1848-51; 3d-4th Military
Departments, 1848-53; Fort Constitution, NH, 1848-53; and Fort Washington, MD,
1851-53.

Eastern Division, 1911-13, and subordinate or related commands, including
Departments of the East and the Gulf, 1911-13.

Military Division of the Gulf, 1865-66, and subordinate or related commands,
including Department of Florida, 1865-66; Department of Louisiana, 1865-66;
Department of Mississippi, 1865; Department of Texas, 1865-66; and Southern
Division of Louisiana, 1865.

Military Division of the Gulf, 1881, and subordinate or related commands,
including Departments of Arkansas and Texas, 1881.

Military Division of the James, 1865, and subordinate or related commands,
including Departments of North Carolina and Virginia, 1865.

Middle Military Division, 1864-65, and subordinate or related commands,
including Middle Department, 1864-65; Department of Pennsylvania, 1864-65;
Department of the Susquehanna, 1864; Department of Washington, 1864-65; and
Department of West Virginia, 1864-65.

Military Division of the Mississippi, 1863-66, and subordinate or related
commands, including 19th Army Corps, 1864; Department of Arkansas, 1865-66;
Department of the Cumberland, 1863-65; Department of the Missouri, 1865-66;
Department of North Carolina, 1865; Department of the Ohio, 1863-65; Department
of the Ohio, 1865-66; Department of the Platte, 1866; and Department of the
Tennessee, 1863-64. 

Military Division of the Missouri, 1865, and subordinate or related commands,
including Departments of Arkansas, the Missouri, and the Northwest, 1865.

Military Division of the Missouri, 1866-91, and subordinate or related commands,
including Department of Arkansas, 1866-67; Department of Dakota, 1866-91;
Department of the Missouri, 1866-91; Department of the Platte, 1867-91; and
Department of Texas, 1871-80.

Northern Division, 1904-7, and subordinate or related commands, including
Departments of Dakota, the Lakes, and the Missouri, 1904-7.

Pacific Division, 1848-53. 

Division of the Pacific, 1865-66, and subordinate or related commands, including
Departments of California and the Columbia, 1865-66; Districts of Arizona,
California, the Humboldt, Nevada, and Southern California, 1865-66; and Southern
Subdistrict of the Gila, 1865-66.

Division of the Pacific, 1869-91, and subordinate or related commands, including
Department of Alaska, 1868-70; Departments of Arizona, California, and the
Columbia, 1870-91; Districts of Arizona and the Humboldt, 1869-70; and
Subdistrict of Southern Arizona, 1869-70.

Pacific Division, 1904-7, and subordinate or related commands, including
Departments of California and the Columbia, 1904-7. 

Division of the Potomac, 1861.

Division of the South, 1869-76, and subordinate or related commands, including
Department of the Cumberland, 1869-70; Department of the Gulf, 1871-75;
Department of Louisiana, 1869-70; Department of the South, 1869-76; Department
of Texas, 1870-71; 4th Military District, 1869-70; District of Baton Rouge,
1876; and 1st Subdistrict of Georgia, 1870-71.

Military Division of the Southwest, 1865.

Southwestern Division, 1904-7, and subordinate or related commands, including
Departments of Colorado and Texas, 1904-7.

Military Division of the Tennessee, 1865-67, and subordinate or related
commands, including Departments of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, the
South, and Tennessee, 1865-66; Department of the Cumberland, 1866; and District
and Subdistrict of Tennessee, 1866.

Division of West Mississippi, 1864-65, and subordinate or related commands,
including Department of Arkansas, 1864-65; Department of the Gulf, 1864-65;
Department of Mississippi, 1865; Department of the Missouri, 1864-65; and U.S.
Forces, Barrancas, FL, Blakeley, AL, and Northern Alabama, 1865.

Western Division, 1837-42, and subordinate or related commands, including 1st
Military Department, 1837-42; 2d Military Department, 1837-42; and 7th Military
Department, 1841-42.

Western Division, 1844-48, and subordinate or related commands, including 2d and
3d Military Departments, 1844-48.

Western Division, 1848-53, and subordinate or related commands, including 5th
Military Department, 1848-52; 6th Military Department, 1848-53; 7th Military
Department, 1848-53; 8th Military Department, 1848-49, 1851-53; and 9th Military
Department, 1849-53.

Western Division, 1911-13, and subordinate or related commands, including
Departments of California and the Columbia, 1911-13.

Microfilm Publications: M1466, M1495.

Maps (67 items): Military Divisions of the Gulf, the Mississippi, the Missouri,
and the Tennessee; and the Northern and Pacific Divisions, 1859-1907 (43 items).
Oversize map enclosures from the special file of letters received, Military
Division of the Missouri, 1863-65 (24 items). SEE ALSO 393.17.

393.3 RECORDS OF NUMBERED DEPARTMENTS  1817-21, 1837-53, 41 lin. ft.

Textual Records: Letters sent and received, with registers; endorsements;
telegrams; issuances; reports; records of staff officers; field records; and
other records of the 1st Military Department, 1837-43, 1848, 1850-53; 2d
Military Department, 1837-51; 3d Military Department, 1842-48, 1850-53; 4th
Military Department, 1842-53; 5th Military Department, 1842-52; 6th Military
Department, 1848-53; 7th Military Department, 1837-42, 1848-53; 8th Military
Department, 1820-21, 1842-46, 1851-53; 9th Military Department, 1842-45,
1849-53, including posts at Albuquerque, NM, 1850-53, and Fort Marcy, NM,
1852-53; 10th Military Department, 1846-51; consolidated 1st and 3d Military
Departments, 1817-19; consolidated 1st, 3d, and 4th Military Departments,
1819-21; consolidated 1st and 2d Military Departments, 1848-49; consolidated 1st
and 3d Military Departments, 1849-50; consolidated 3d and 4th Military
Departments, 1848; and consolidated 5th and 6th Military Departments, 1848.

Microfilm Publications: M210, M1102, M1302.

==== SCROOTS Mailing List ====