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Trans-Mississippi Department
Part of the Confederate States Army / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Trans-Mississippi Department was a geographical subdivision of the Confederate States Army comprising Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, western Louisiana, Arizona Territory and the Indian Territory; i.e. all of the Confederacy west of the Mississippi River. It was the last military department to surrender to United States forces in 1865.
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