# Middle Department

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{{Short description|American Civil War-era military district}}
The '''Middle Department''' was an administrative military district created by the [United States War Department](/source/United_States_Department_of_War) early in the [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War) to administer the troops in the [Middle Atlantic states](/source/Mid-Atlantic_States).

The department was created on March 22, 1862 by the [Adjutant General](/source/Adjutant_General)'s Office in [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.)  It combined all Federal troops in the states of [New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey), [Delaware](/source/Delaware), [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania) and the counties of [Anne Arundel](/source/Anne_Arundel_County%2C_Maryland), [Baltimore](/source/Baltimore_County%2C_Maryland), [Cecil](/source/Cecil_County%2C_Maryland), and [Harford](/source/Harford_County%2C_Maryland) in [Maryland](/source/Maryland), with headquarters in [Baltimore, Maryland](/source/Baltimore%2C_Maryland). [Maj. Gen.](/source/Major_general_(United_States)) [John A. Dix](/source/John_Adams_Dix) was designated as its first commander.

The Middle Department was dissolved July 22, 1862, when it was renamed [VIII Corps](/source/VIII_Corps_(Union_Army)).  Although no longer an official organization, the Middle Department designation continued to be used in reference to VIII Corps and the general administrative district that it originally encompassed.

==Commanders==
* Major General John A. Dix - March 22, 1862 to June 9, 1862
* Major General [John E. Wool](/source/John_E._Wool) - June 9, 1862 to July 22, 1862

==See also==
* [VIII Corps](/source/VIII_Corps_(Union_Army))

==References==
* Eicher, John H., and [Eicher, David J.](/source/David_J._Eicher), ''Civil War High Commands'', Stanford University Press, 2001, {{ISBN|0-8047-3641-3}}.
* U.S. War Department, [http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/sources/records/list.cfm ''The War of the Rebellion'']: ''a Compilation of the [Official Records](/source/Official_Records_of_the_American_Civil_War) of the Union and Confederate Armies'', U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.

{{Union Army Formations}}

Category:Military units and formations established in 1862
Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1862
Middle Department
Category:1862 establishments in the United States

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