WASHINGTON, March 29. – A military department, to be called
the Middle Department, and to consist of the States of New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, and the eastern portion of Maryland, and Virginia, and
the counties of Cecile, Hartford, Baltimore and Annarundell, has been
created. Maj. Gen. Dix, U. S.
Volunteers, is appointed to the command, headquarters to be at Baltimore.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye,
Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, April 5, 1862, p. 4
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