Fort Bliss Commanders, 1849-1993

Commander Dates
Major Jefferson Van Horne 1849-1851
Lieut. Colonel E. B. Alexander 1855
Lieut. Colonel John B. Magruder 1855
Major James Longstreet 1855
Major T. H. Holmes 1856
Lieut. Colonel Isaac V. D. Reeves 1857-1859
Major T. H. Holmes 1859
Captain W. L. Elliot 1859
Captain E. G. Walker 1859
First Lieut. Colonel Thomas K. Jackson 1860-1861
Lieut. Colonel Isaac V. D. Reeves 1861
Lieut. Colonel John R. Baylor (Texas) 1861
Brigadier General Henry H. Sibley (Confederacy) 1861-1862
Brigadier General James H. Carleson (Union) 1862-1863
Major Wialliam McMullen 1863
Colonel George W. Bowie 1864
Major Joseph Smith 1865
Captian David H. Brotherton 1865-66
Major Willian R. Gerhart 1866
Captain E. C. Mason 1866-1868
Major H. C. Merriam 1869
Captain F. M. Crandall 1870
Captain C. Bentzoni 1871
Captain F. M. Cox 1872-1874
Major Z. R. Bliss 1875-1876
Major N. W. Osbourne 1878-1880
Captain H. R. Brinkerhoff 1881
Captain O. W. Bollock 1862-1863
Major J. F. Fletcher 1883
Major H. S. Hawkins 1884-1885
Captain Gregory Bsrrett 1886
Colonel M. M. Blunt 1887
Captain E. P. Ewers 1888
Colonel N. W. Osbourne 1889-1890
Major J. Henton 1892
Colonel H. M. Lazellw 1893
Captain W. H. McLaughlin 1893-1894
Colonel D. Parker 1895
Colonel D. D. van Valzah 1896-1898
Lieut. N. F. McClure 1898
Major Churchill Towles 1898
Captain Joseph F. Nichols 1898-1899
Captain S. L. Woodward 1899
Caption H. R. H. Loughborough 1899-1901
Captain F. M. Caldwell 1901
Lieut. Colonel H. H. Adams 1901-1902
Lieut. Colonel C.P. Terrett 1902
Lieut. Colonel H. L. Haskell 1902
Lieut. Colonel H. S. Foster 1903-1904
Captain H. M. Dickman 1904
Major Ammon A. Augur 1904-1906
Major J. M. T. Partello 1906
Colonel R. W. Hoyt 1906-1907
Captain S. Burkhardt, Jr 1907
Captain J. F. Huston 1907-1910
Captain A. C. Sharpe 1910
Captain E. F. Glenn 1910-1912
Colonel E. Z. Steever 1912
Colonel Frank West 1912-1913
Colonel Joseph Gerrard 1914
Bridgadier General Hugh Scott 1914
Bridgadier General John J. Pershing 1914-1916
Bridgadier General George Bell 1916
Colonel William D. Beach 1917
Colonel George T. Langhorne 1917
Colonel Edward Anderson 1917-1918
Bridgadier General Robert L. Howze 1918
Bridgadier General James Hornbrook 1918
Major General Robert L. Howze 1918-1925
Bridgadier General Joseph C. Castner 1925-1926
Bridgadier General Edwin D., Winans 1926-1927
Bridgadier General George V. H. Mosley 1928-1929
Bridgadier General George Barnhart 1930
Bridgadier General Walker C. Short 1930-1932
Bridgadier General Walter C. Short 1930-1932
Major General Frank McCoy 1933
Bridgadier General Hamilton Hawkins 1936
Bridgadier General Ben Lear 1937
Bridgadier General Kenyon Joyce 1938
Bridgadier General Robert C. Richardson, Jr. 1939-1941
Major General Innis P. Swift 1941
Colonel Frederick D. Griffith 1941-1942
Colonel Edgar B. Taulbee 1942
Colonel M. H. Tomlinson 1943
Colonel John K. Brown 1944-1945
Colonel Frank L. Whittaker 1945
Colonel George Foster 1945
Colonel Robert H. van Volkenburgh 1946
Major General John L. Homer 1946-1950
Major General John T. Lewis 1950-1952
Bridgadier General F. L. Hayden 1952
Lieut General Stanley R. Mickelsen 1952-1954
Major General Paul W. Rutledge 1954-1956
Major General robert J. Wood 1956-1957
Major General Sam C. Russell 1957-1961
Major General Marshall S. Carter 1961-1962
Bridgadier General Stephen M. Mellnik 1962
Major General Tom V. Stayton 1962-1965
Major General George T. Powers 1965-1967
Major General George V. Underwood, Jr. 1967-1968
Major General Richard T. Cassidy 1968-1971
Major GeneralRaymond L. Shoemaker 1971-1973
Major General C. J. LeVan 1973-1976
Major General Robert J. Lunn 1976-1977
Major General John J. Koehler, Jr. 1977-1979
Major General John B. Oblinger, Jr. 1979-1982
Major General James P. Maloney 1982-1985
Major General Donald R. Infante 1985-1989
Bridgadier General Jay Gardner 1989-1989
Major General Donald M. Lionetti 1989-1991
Major General John H. Little 1991-1993
Major General James J. Cravens 1993