War Department

The War Department was a pre-War department of the United States government.

Background
After the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865, the War Department offered a $100,000 reward for any information that would lead to the capture of his murderer, John Wilkes Booth, or his accomplices. Edwin Stanton is mentioned as the Secretary of War on the John Wilkes Booth wanted poster.

As the highest ranking surviving member of the Army at Mariposa Military Base after the Great War, Roger Maxson was in command. He was thus able to issue commands to the rest of his men, which would stand unless they made contact with a proper representative of the War Department.

Appearances
The War Department is mentioned in Fallout and Fallout 3.

Behind the scenes

 * The real world War Department was responsible for the operation and maintenance of the United States Army until 1947.
 * The Department of War would have been mentioned in Van Buren, the canceled Fallout 3 project by Black Isle Studios.