Department of the Lakes explained

The Department of the Lakes was a military department of the United States Army that existed from 1866 to 1873 and again from 1898 to 1913. It was subordinate to the Military Division of the Atlantic and comprised posts in the Midwestern United States as the successor to the Northern Department and the Department of the Ohio.^[1]

Commanders

First creation

• Bvt. Major General Joseph Hooker, August 23, 1866, to June 1, 1867
• Brigadier General John Pope, January 13, 1868, to April 30, 1870
• Bvt. Major General Philip St. George Cooke May 6, 1870, to Oct. 29, 1873

Second creation

• Brigadier General Joseph Wheeler, June 18 to Sept. 10, 1900.
• Brigadier General Elwell Stephen Otis, October 29, 1900 to March 25, 1902.
• Brigadier General Frederick Dent Grant, January 15, 1904 to September 28, 1904.
• Major General Frederick Dent Grant, November 12, 1908, to July 23, 1910.
• Major General Charles L. Hodges, July 24, 1910 to March 13, 1911.^[2]
• Brigadier General Ralph Wilson Hoyt, 1911.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Records of United States Army Continental Commands, 1821-1920.
2. Book: Pitcher, William L. . June 30, 1911 . Annual Report of the Department of the Lakes . Washington, DC . U.S. Department of War . 55 . Google Books.
3. News: Brig. Gen. Hoyt Weds Nurse. Commander of Department of Lakes, 62, Married to Miss Harbold, 32 . Following a romance that began not so very long ago in St. Paul, Brig. Gen. Ralph Wilson Hoyt, U.S.A., Commander of the Department of the Lakes, and Miss Cora McKeever Harbold of Dillsburg, York County, Penn., a trained nurse, were married this afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Richardson, 423 Wister Street, Germantown. ... . . October 11, 1911 . 2015-04-13 .