Complex sentence: In late 1861, the commander, Department of Georgia, General Alexander Robert Lawton's would transfer to Richmond and on November 5, General Robert E. Lee's assumed command of the newly created "Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida".
Split into simpler sentences: In late 1861, the commander, Department of Georgia, General Alexander Robert Lawton would transfer to Richmond. On November 5, General Robert E. Lee assumed command of the newly created "Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida".