General Orders, No. 143 (Department No. 2, CSA, 1862), TextOn November 7, 1862, Confederate General Braxton Bragg issued General Orders, No. 143, resuming his command of the Army of the Mississippi.
General Orders, No. 144 (U.S. War Department, 1864), TextOn April 4, 1864, the U.S. War Department issued General Orders, No. 144, announcing several major changes to the U.S. Army corps command structure as ordered by President Abraham Lincoln.
General Orders, No. 15 (CSA, 1861), TextOn October 22, 1861, the Confederate War Department issued General Orders, No. 15 creating the Department of Northern Virginia, commanded by General Joseph E. Johnston.
General Orders, No. 15 (Headquarters of the Army, 1861), TextOn August 17, 1861, Lieutenant General Winfield Scott issued General Orders, No. 15 (Headquarters of the Army) announcing the creation of the Department of the Potomac commanded by Major General George B. McClellan.
General Orders, No. 151 (Department No. 2, CSA, 1862), TextOn November 20, 1862, Confederate General Braxton Bragg issued General Orders, No. 151, re-designating the Army of the Mississippi as the Army of Tennessee.
General Orders, No. 159 (U.S. War Department, 1862), TextOn October 16, 1862, the U.S. War Department created the Department of the Tennessee and placed Ulysses S. Grant in charge of the new department.
General Orders, No. 168 (U.S. War Department, 1862), TextIssued by the U.S. War Department on October 24, 1862, General Orders Number 168, reestablished the Department of the Cumberland and created the 14th Army Corps, which was also known as the Army of the Ohio.
General Orders, No. 17 (Department of Northern Virginia - CSA, 1862), TextOn January 30, 1862, General Joseph E. Johnston issued General Orders, No. 17, announcing that General P. G. T. Beauregard had been transferred out of the Department of Northern Virginia.
General Orders, No. 17 (U.S. War Department, 1864), TextOn January 12, 1864, the U.S. War Department issued General Orders, No. 17, placing Major General Samuel P. Heintzelman in charge of the newly created Northern Department.
General Orders, No. 178 (U.S. War Department, 1864), TextOn April 23, 1864, the U.S. War Department issued General Orders, No. 178 appointing Major General Frank P. Blair to command the 17th Army Corps with the Army of the Tennessee.
General Orders, No. 18 (Headquarters of the Army, 1861), TextOn October 24, 1861, the U.S. War Department issued General Orders, No. 18 replacing Major General John C. Fremont with Major General David Hunter as commander of the Western Department, by direction of President Abraham Lincoln.
General Orders, No. 181 (U.S. War Department, 1862), TextOn November 1, 1862, the US War Department issued General Orders, No. 181, announcing wholesale appointments to fill the ranks of general officers for the volunteer army. This is a transcript of the appointments to the ranks of major general and brigadier general.
General Orders, No. 182 (U.S. War Department, 1862), TextOn November 5, 1862, the U.S. War Department issued General Orders, No. 182, replacing Major General George B. McClellan with Major General Ambrose E. Burnside as commander of the Army of the Potomac.
General Orders, No. 184 (Army of the Potomac, 1862), TextOn November 14, 1862, Major General Ambrose E. Burnside issued General Order No. 184 (Army of the Potomac) dividing the Army of the Potomac into three "grand divisions."
General Orders, No. 184 (U.S. War Department, 1862), TextOn November 8, 1862, the U.S. War Department issued General Orders No. 184, naming Major General Nathaniel P. Banks as commander of the Department of the Gulf.
General Orders, No. 19 (Headquarters of the Army, 1861), TextOn November 1, 1861, Major General George B. McClellan issued General Orders, No. 19 (Headquarters of the Army) announcing that he was assuming command of the Armies of the United States.
General Orders, No. 19 (U.S. War Department, 1861), TextOn May 9, 1861, the US Department of War issued General Orders, No. 19, altering the boundaries of the Department of the Ohio.
General Orders, No. 192 (U.S. War Department, 1864), TextOn May 7, 1864, the U.S. War Department issued General Orders No. 192, creating the Division of West Mississippi, Edward Canby commanding.
General Orders, No. 194 (U.S. War Department, 1863), TextOn June 27, 1863, the U.S. War Department issued General Orders No. 194 replacing Joseph Hooker with George G. Meade as commander of the Army of the Potomac.
General Orders, No. 199 (U.S. War Department, 1864), TextOn May 16, 1864, the U.S War Department issued General Orders, No. 119, announcing that Major General Horatio G. Wright, U.S. Volunteers, was assigned to the command of 6th Army Corps.