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Creation Date

1864-06-20

Dissolution Date

1884-06-05

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Organization

"Bureau of Military Justice" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/O00010605, (accessed April 11, 2025).

KYR-0001-004-0941
KYR-0001-004-0939

Established June 20, 1864 to receive, revise, report on, and record the proceedings of courts-martial, military commissions, and courts of inquiry of the armies of the United States. Judge Advocate General (U.S.A.) serves as head of Bureau. Combined with the Corps of Judge Advocates of the Army to form the Judge Advocate General's Department on July 5, 1884.

War Department. Bureau of Military Justice. 1864-1884, Organization Authority Record, NARA, (accessed May 2, 2019).

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