US Army Corps of Engineers North Atlantic Division Civil Works boundaries map

The North Atlantic Division of the

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is one of the eight permanent divisions within the Corps. Made up of roughly 3,500 employees in six districts and a

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headquarters, the North Atlantic Division is a major subordinate command and serves to integrate the capabilities of its six districts. They plan, design and build for the

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and

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in the northeastern states and

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, develop and manage water resources, and protect and restore the environment. They also work for other international, federal, state and local customers and agencies. Division headquarters are at 302 John Warren Avenue in

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. The division is responsible for six subordinate engineer districts with headquarters in Concord, Massachusetts, New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Norfolk and Wiesbaden, Germany. Following the

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, rapid increases in civil works construction requirements to support economic growth drove the Army Corps of Engineers to establish many new engineer districts to manage the work. The Corps' national headquarters needed an intermediate level of command and control to manage the districts, so it created several division headquarters including the Northeast Division based in New York City in November 1888. The Corps of Engineers reorganized in 1929 to reduce division headquarters and merged the Eastern Division with the Northeast Division, forming the North Atlantic Division. During

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while working out of its headquarters at

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, the division was responsible for coordinating all military construction in Europe. It also provided staff members and administrative support to the newly created Manhattan District's construction of nuclear bomb, which was code named the

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because the district and division's offices being initially co-located. The division commanding general is Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Milhorn, who is directly responsible to the

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. Within the authorities delegated, the division commander directs and supervises the individual district commanders. The division commander also serves as the federal representative on the

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, Susquehanna River Basin Commission and the

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Engineer Districts

*New England *New York *Philadelphia, Pennsylvania *Baltimore, Maryland *Norfolk, Virginia * U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District

List of Commanders

*COL John Lloyd, 2022 - *MG Thomas Tickner, 2020 - 2022 *MG Jeffrey Milhorn, 2018 – 2020 *MG William H. Graham, Jr. 2015 – 2018 *MG Kent D. Savre, 2012 – 2015 *BG Peter A. DeLuca, 2009 – 2011 *LTG Todd T. Semonite, 2006 – 2009 *LTG William T. Grisoli, 2005 – 2006 *MG Merdith W. B. Temple, 2002 – 2005 *BG M. Stephen Rhoades, 1999 – 2002 *LTG Jerry L. Sinn, 1997 – 1999 *MG Milton Hunter 1994 - 1997 *BG Paul Chinen, 1992-1994 *BG C Brown 1989-1992 *MG James W. van Loben Sels, 1988-1989 *MG Charles Williams, 1986-1988 *BG Paul F. Kavanaugh, 1984-1986 *BG Thomas Sands, 1981-1984 *MG Bennett L. Lewis, 1979-1981 *MG James Allen Johnson, 1977-1979 *MG James Kelly, 1974-1977 *MG Richard H. Groves, 1971-1974 *MG Charles M. Duke, 1968-1971 *BG Francis P. Koisch, 1966-1968 *LTG David Stuart Parker, 1965-1966 *BG John Dalrymple, 1962-1965 *BG Thomas H. Lipscomb, 1959-1962 *BG Clarence Renshaw, 1954-1959 *BG Benjamin B. Talley, 1952-1954 *COL Frederick Frech, 1950-1952 *BG George J. Nold, 1948-1949 *BG Beverly C. Dunn, 1946-1948 *COL Charles L. Hall, 1945-1946 *COL Albert H. Burton, 1944-1945 *BG John Neal Hodges, 1940-1944 eployed to North Africa 21 May 1942 – 22 Sep 1943*MG Francis Bowditch Wilby, 1938-1939 *COL Edmund I. Daly, 1937-1938 *MG

Ernest Dichmann Peek Ernest Dichmann Peek (November 19, 1878 – April 22, 1950) was a major general in the United States Army, who commanded the 9th Corps Area at the beginning of World War II. Biography Peek was born on November 19, 1878, in Oshkosh, Wisconsi ...

, 1936-1937 *COL George R. Spalding, 1935-1936 *COL Gustave Lukesh, 1935-1935 *COL James A. Woodruft, 1934-1935 *COL George M. Hoffman, 1931-1934 *COL William J. Barden, 1928-1931 [During Barden's command, the Northeast Division was merged with the Eastern Division and renamed the North Atlantic Division, part of major reorganization of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers early in the Herbert Hoover administration] Northeast Division commanders *COL Herbert Deakyne, 1925-1926 *COL William B. LaDue, 1924-1925 and 1926-1927 *COL Henry C. Newcomer, 1922-1924 *COL Eden Everett Winslow, 1921-1922 *COL James C. Sanford, 1920-1921 *BG William C. Langfitt, 1919-1920 *BG

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, 1917-1919 *BG William T. Rossell, 1917-1918 *COL Frederic Vaughan Abbot, 1913-1917 *MG

William Murray Black William Murray Black (December 8, 1855 – September 24, 1933) was career officer in the United States Army, noted for his ability to organize and train young engineers. Biography file:111-SC-8466 - NARA - 55177452-cropped.jpg, left, Major gener ...

, 1909-1913 *COL John G.D. Knight, 1907-1909 *COL Amos Stickney, 1906-1907 *COL Charles R. Sutter, 1901-1906 *COL G.L. Gillespie, 1897-1901 *BG

John Moulder Wilson John Moulder Wilson (October 8, 1837 – February 1, 1919) was a Union Army officer and later served as Chief of Engineers as well as serving as Superintendent of the United States Military Academy from 1889–1893. He was a recipient of the Me ...

, 1895-1897 *BG

Henry Larcom Abbot Henry Larcom Abbot (August 13, 1831 – October 1, 1927) was a military engineer and career officer in the United States Army. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and was appointed brevet brigadier general of volunteers f ...

, 1888-1895

References

External links

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