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second, military, district, army, five, temporary, administrative, units, department, that, existed, american, south, district, stipulated, reconstruction, acts, during, reconstruction, period, following, american, civil, included, territories, north, south, c. The Second Military District of the U S Army was one of five temporary administrative units of the U S War Department that existed in the American South The district was stipulated by the Reconstruction Acts during the Reconstruction period following the American Civil War 1 It included the territories of North and South Carolina and acted as the de facto military government of those states while a new civilian government was being re established 2 3 It was headquartered in Charleston South Carolina 4 Originally commanded by Major General Daniel Sickles after his removal by President Andrew Johnson on August 26 1867 Brigadier General Edward Canby took over command until both states were readmitted in July 1868 Map of the five Reconstruction military districts First Military District Second Military District Third Military District Fourth Military District Fifth Military DistrictIts successor was the Department of the South 2 Label from a map held at 2nd Military District HQSee also editReconstruction military districts First Military District Virginia Third Military District Georgia Alabama and Florida Fourth Military District Arkansas and Mississippi Fifth Military District Texas and Louisiana References edit Vergun David 150 years ago Army takes on peacekeeping duties in post Civil War South U S Army Retrieved 24 April 2022 a b Full Organization Authority Record War Department Second Military District 03 11 1867 07 28 1868 U S National Archives Retrieved 2013 04 03 Landmark Legislation The Reconstruction Act of 1867 United States Senate Retrieved 1 November 2021 General Orders No 11 University of South Carolina Retrieved 25 April 2022 nbsp nbsp This article relating to the history of the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Second Military District amp oldid 1195936750, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
