Department of the Platte
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The Department of the Platte was a military administrative district established by the U.S. Army March 5, 1866, with boundaries encompassing Iowa, Nebraska, Dakota Territory, Utah Territory and a small portion of Idaho. With headquarters in Omaha, the district commander oversaw the army's role initially along the Overland route (or Oregon Trail) to Salt Lake City, then later the construction route of the Union Pacific Railroad. The district also included the Montana road (or Bozeman Trail) through eastern Wyoming. The district was discontinued when the Army's command was reorganized in 1898.
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[edit] Headquarters
The Headquarters of the Department of the Platte was located in downtown Omaha, Nebraska for many years. When the headquarters was transferred to Fort Omaha in 1878, the building it was located in was found unsuitable, and the headquarters were again transferred downtown.[1]
[edit] Department Commanders
- Brigadier General Philip St. George Cooke, 5 Mar 1866
- Major General Christopher C. Augur, 23 Jan 1867
- Brigadier General Edward Ord, 18 Nov 1871
- Brigadier General George Crook, 27 Apr 1875
- Brigadier Oliver O. Howard, 5 Sept 1882
- Colonel John Gibbon, 6 Mar 1884 (temporary)
- Brigadier General Oliver O. Howard, 25 Oct 1884
- Brigadier General George Crook, 28 April 1886
- Brigadier General John R. Brooke, 1888
- Brigadier General John J. Coppinger, 17 Mar 1895
[edit] Military Garrisons
Idaho
Nebraska
- Further information: Forts in Nebraska
- Fort Robinson
- Omaha Quartermaster Depot
- Fort Hartsuff
- Fort McPherson
- Fort Niobrara
- North Platte Station
- Fort Omaha, aka Omaha Barracks
- Camp Sheridan
- Sidney Barracks
- Fort Kearny
Utah
- Fort Cameron
- Fort Douglas
- Fort Duchesne
Wyoming
- Fort Bridger
- Camp Brown; later renamed Fort Washakie
- Cheyenne Depot
- Fort Fetterman
- Fort Laramie
- Fort Reno
- Fort D. A. Russell
- Fort Sanders
- Camp Stambaugh
- Fort Fred Steele
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Mattes, M.J. (1998) Indians, Infants, and Infantry: Andrew and Elizabeth Burt on the Frontier. University of Nebraska Press. p. 298.
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