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On July 28, 1864, the U.S. War Department issued General Orders, No. 237 appointing Lew Wallace to command the 8th Army Corps.

On July 30, 1864, the U.S. War Department issued General Orders, No. 238, appointing Oliver O. Howard to command the Army and Department of the Tennessee, Henry Slocum to replace Joseph Hooker as commander of the 20th Army Corps, and David Stanley to command the 4th Army Corps.

On December 2, 1863, Confederate General Braxton Bragg issued General Orders, No. 24, announcing that Lieutenant General William J. Hardee was replacing him as commander of the Army of Tennessee.

On August 7, 1864, the U.S. War Department issued orders to create a consolidated Union force in the Shenandoah Valley under the command of Major General Philip Sheridan. The order also expanded the Department of the Ohio.

On August 30, 1864, the U.S. War Department issued General Orders, No. 248, replacing David Hunter with George Crook as commander of the Department of West Virginia.

On September 15, 1864, the U.S. War Department issued General Orders, No. 256, announcing numerous appointments, promotions, resignations, and casualties. This is an extract of changes affecting the ranks of major general and brigadier general.

On September 21, 1864, the U.S. War Department issued General Orders, No. 259, appointing Philip H. Sheridan as commander of the Middle Military Division.

On March 15, 1862, the U.S. War Department issued General Orders, No. 26 announcing the creation of the Department of the South commanded by Major General David Hunter.

On September 28, 1864, the U.S. War Department issued General Orders, No. 263, announcing that Joseph Hooker was replacing Samuel P. Heintzelman as commander of the Northern Department.

Major General Ambrose E. Burnside issued General Orders No. 27 on March 25, 1863, taking command of the Department of the Ohio.

On May 21, 1864, Major General Franz Sigel issued General Orders, No. 27 (Department of West Virginia) announcing that Major General David Hunter was replacing him as department commander.

On January 22, 1864, the U.S. War Department issued General Orders, No. 28, replacing Major General John M. Schofield with Major General William S. Rosecrans as commander of the Department of the Missouri.

On November 14, 1864, the U.S. War Department issued General Orders, No. 282, announcing the resignation of George B. McClellan and the appointment of Philip H. Sheridan as Major General.

On December 2, 1864, the U.S. War Department issued General Orders, No. 294, announcing that Grenville M. Dodge had replaced William S. Rosecrans as commander of the Department of the Missouri.

On February 6, 1865, Samuel Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector General (CSA) issued General Orders, No. 3 announcing that Robert E. Lee was appointed General-in-Chief of the Confederate Armies.

On January 14, 1865, the U.S. War Department issued General Orders, No. 3, announcing that William T. Sherman and the officers and soldiers of his command, had received the Thanks of Congress for their gallant conduct in their movement through Georgia.

Issued by the U.S. War Department on June 6, 1861, General Orders No. 30 extended the Department of the Ohio to include the State of Missouri.

On September 25, 1861, Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston issued General Orders, No. 31, creating the 2nd Corps of the Army of the Potomac.

On September 18, 1863, the US War Department issued General Orders, No. 316, 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.

On April 4, 1862, the U.S. War Department issued General Orders, No. 34, creating the Department of the Shenandoah, under the command of Nathaniel P. Banks, and also defining George B. McClellan's command.