List of Department Commanders
| Department | Commander | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian | Richard Montgomery | December 9, 1775 |
| David Wooster | December 31, 1775 (acting) | |
| Charles Lee | February 17, 1776 (declined) | |
| John Thomas | March 6, 1776 | |
| John Sullivan | June 1, 1776 | |
| Horatio Gates | June 17, 1776 | |
| Eastern | George Washington | June 16, 1775 |
| Artemas Ward | April 4, 1776 | |
| William Heath | March 20, 1777 | |
| Horatio Gates | November 7, 1778 | |
| Northern | Philip Schuyler | June 25, 1775 |
| Horatio Gates | August 19, 1777 | |
| John Stark | April 17, 1778 | |
| Edward Hand | October 19, 1778 | |
| James Clinton | November 20, 1778 | |
| John Stark | June 25, 1781 | |
| William Alexander | October 15, 1781 | |
| John Stark | November 21, 1781 | |
| William Alexander | August 29, 1782 | |
| Highlands | William Heath | November 12, 1776 |
| Alexander McDougall | December 21, 1776 | |
| Israel Putnam | May 12, 1777 | |
| Alexander McDougall | March 16, 1778 | |
| Horatio Gates | May 20, 1778 | |
| Alexander McDougall | November 24, 1778 | |
| William Heath | November 27, 1779 | |
| Robert Howe | February 21, 1780 (acting) | |
| Alexander McDougall | June 21, 1780 | |
| Benedict Arnold | August 3, 1780 | |
| George Washington | September 25, 1780 (acting) | |
| Alexander McDougall | September 28, 1780 | |
| Nathanael Greene | October 5, 1780 | |
| William Heath | October 17, 1780 | |
| John Paterson | May 11, 1781 (acting) | |
| Alexander McDougall | June 24, 1781 | |
| William Heath | January 18, 1782 | |
| Henry Knox | August 24, 1782 | |
| Middle | George Washington | February 27, 1776 |
| Western | Edward Hand | April 10, 1777 |
| Lachlan McIntosh | May 26, 1778 | |
| Daniel Brodhead | March 5, 1779 | |
| William Irvine | September 24, 1781 | |
| Southern | Charles Lee | March 1, 1776 |
| Robert Howe | September 9, 1776 | |
| Benjamin Lincoln | September 25, 1778 | |
| Horatio Gates | June 13, 1780 | |
| Nathanael Greene | October 31, 1780 | |
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