The District of New Mexico was a military district of the United States Army in the Territory of New Mexico that existed from 1865 to 1890.Records of United States Army Continental Commands, 1821-1920, 393.5 RECORDS OF DISTRICTS 1841-1920 The District of Arizona and the District of New Mexico replaced the Department of New Mexico from June 27, 1865.
The District of New Mexico was subordinate to the Military Division of the Pacific from June 27, 1865 - July 1866. It was subordinate to the Department of the Missouri, from 1866 to 1890.Records of United States Army Continental Commands, 1821-1920, 393.4 RECORDS OF DISTRICTS 1841-1920
Commanders Brigadier General, James Henry Carleton, June 27, 1865 - July 1866 Lt. Colonel, James Henry Carleton, July 1866 - March 27, 1867 Carlton was promoted to Lt. Colonel of the 4th U.S. Cavalry when he was dismissed from the Volunteer Army. Lt. Colonel, George Sykes, March 27 to April 11, 1867, Lt. Colonel, George W. Getty, April 11, 1867 - January 11, 1871 Colonel Gordon Granger, April 29, 1871 - June 1, 1873 ?, June 1, 1873 - October 31, 1875 Cullums Register 1573, George Crook from penelope.uchicago.edu accessed October 5, 2018. Lt. Col. - Bgd. Gen. George Crook, Department of Arizona, June 4, 1871, to Mar. 22, 1875 Colonel Gordon Granger, October 31, 1875 - January 10, 1876 Colonel Edward Hatch, January 10, 1876 - October 30, 1881 Colonel Ranald Slidell Mackenzie, October 30, 1881 - November 22, 1882, Colonel David Sloane Stanley, November 22, 1882 - February 21, 1883 Brig. Gen. Ranald Slidell Mackenzie, February 21 to October 27, 1883 Colonel David Sloane Stanley, October 27, 1883 - May 1, 1884 ?, May 1, 1884 - November 6, 1884 Cullums Register 1573, George Crook from penelope.uchicago.edu accessed October 5, 2018. Bgd. Gen. George Crook, Department of Arizona, September 4, 1882 to Apr. 11, 1886, being in the field against hostile Indians, Apr. 2 to June 23, 1883, Apr. to Aug., 1884, and May 28, 1885, to Mar., 1886, — of the Department of the Platte, Apr. 28, 1886, to May 5, 1888. Colonel Peter Tyler Swaine, November 6, 1884 - March 2, 1885 Cullums Register, Vol. II, p.494, #1559, Peter T. Swaine ?, March 2, 1885 - November 26, 1888 Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Department of Arizona, Apr. 11, 1886 - November 26, 1888 Colonel Eugene Asa Carr, November 26, 1888 - Sept. 1, 1890.
Posts in the District of New Mexico The following is a list of posts occupied by the U. S. Army and Union Army in the district at various times during the existence of the District of New Mexico.Welcher, p. 120. Post of Albuquerque (1846–1867), at Albuquerque Fort Marcy (1846–1867, 1875-1894), Santa Fe Camp Tecolate, (1850-1860, 1870?), Tecolote Fort Union (1851–1894), near Watrous Camp Magoffin (1854, 1863–1865), near Alto Fort Craig (1854–1885), 32 miles south of Socorro. Fort Stanton (1855–1896), near Capitan Fort Fauntleroy (1860-1861), Fort Lyon (1861-1862), Fort Wingate, (1868-1918), near Gallup Los Pinos Depot/Station, Camp at Peralta, or Camp Peralta (1862–1866), at Peralta Fort Sumner (1862–1869), at Fort Sumner Fort Wingate, or Fort El Gallo, (1862–1868), San Rafael Fort Bascom (1863–1870), 10 miles north of Tucumcari. Fort Cummings (1863–1873), Camp at Fort Cummings (1880 - 1884) and (1886) at Cooke's Spring Fort McRae (1863–1876), below Ojo del Muerto in McRae Canyon, west of Engle Fort Selden (1865–1877), at Paraje de Robledo, now Radium Springs Camp Lincoln (1865-1866), near Fort Union Fort Lowell (1866-1869), near Tierra Amarilla Camp at Baird's Ranch, (1866), near Albuquerque
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