The Patriot Resource: Continental Army Command Timeline

Timeline of Continental Army Departmental Command Changes

1778
January 5 - Alexander Scammell becomes Adjutant General.
March 2 - Nathanael Greene:becomes Quartermaster General.
March 16 - Alexander McDougall becomes commander of the Hudson Highlands Department.
April 17 - John Stark becomes commander of the Northern Department.
May 20 - Horatio Gates becomes commander of the Hudson Highlands Department.
May 26 - Lachlan McIntosh becomes commander of the Western Department.
September 25 - Benjamin Lincoln becomes commander of the Southern Department.
October 19 - Edward Hand becomes commander of the Northern Department.
November 7 - Thomas Mifflin resigns as Quartermaster General leaving the post vacant.
November 20 - James Clinton becomes commander of the Northern Department.
November 24 - Alexander McDougall becomes commander of the Hudson Highlands Department.

1779
March 5 - Daniel Brodhead becomes commander of the Western Department.
November - The Eastern (New England) Department is discontinued.
November 27 - William Heath becomes commander of the Hudson Highlands Department.

1780
February 21 - Robert Howe becomes provisional commander of the Hudson Highlands Department.
June 13 - Horatio Gates becomes commander of the Southern Department.
June 21 - Alexander McDougall becomes commander of the Hudson Highlands Department.
August 3 - Benedict Arnold becomes commander of the Hudson Highlands Department.
August 5 - Timothy Pickering becomes Quartermaster General.
September 25 - George Washington assumes command of the Hudson Highlands Department.
September 28 - Alexander McDougall becomes commander of the Hudson Highlands Department.
October 5 - Nathanael Greene becomes commander of the Hudson Highlands Department.
October 17 - William Heath becomes commander of the Hudson Highlands Department.
October 17 - Nathanael Greene becomes commander of the Southern Department.

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