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Senate Executive Journal --SATURDAY, July 14, 1866.

Journal of the executive proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America, February 13, 1866 to July 28, 1866
SATURDAY, July 14, 1866.

The following messages were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Cooper, his secretary:

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Alexander W. Randall, of Wisconsin, to be Postmaster-General, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of William Dennison.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, D. C., July 14, 1866.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate S. R. Howlett, of Idaho, to be secretary of the Territory of Idaho, in the place of Horace C. Gilson, removed.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, 14th July, 1866.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Charles A. Harrington to be deputy postmaster at Albion, in the county of Orleans and State of New York.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, D. C., July 14th, 1866.

To the Senate of the United States:

A commission having been granted during the recess of the Senate to Joseph B. Upham, reappointed, as collector of the customs for the district of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, I now nominate him to the same.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, July 12th, 1866.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the officers named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, July 9th, 1866.

War Department,
Washington, July 9th, 1866.

Sir: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force:

To be major-generals by brevet.
• Brigadier-General R. P. Buckland, of the United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

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• Brigadier-General James S. Robinson, of the United States Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Brigadier-General R. H. G. Minty, colonel of the Tenth Michigan Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brigadier-General Joseph E. Hamblin, of the United States Volunteers, for conspicuous gallantry at the battle of Sailor's Creek, Va., to date from April 5, 1865.
• Brigadier-General Oliver Edwards, of the United States Volunteers, for conspicuous gallantry at the battle of Sailor's Creek, Va., to date from April 5, 1865.
• Brevet Brigadier-General H. H. Heath, colonel of the Seventh Iowa Cavalry, for meritorious services during the war, and particularly for gallant and meritorious services on the frontier while operating against hostile Indians, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Brigadier-General Henry E. Maynadier, colonel of the Fifth United States Infantry (Volunteers), for distinguished services on the frontier while operating against hostile Indians, and accomplishing much toward bringing about a peace with late hostile tribes, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Brigadier-General George H. Nye, colonel of the Twenty-ninth Maine Veteran Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brigadier-General Joseph R. Slack, of the United States Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the field during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brigadier-General Oliver P. Gooding, of the United States Volunteers, for gallant conduct in the assaults on the enemy's works at Port Hudson, La., in 1863, and for gallant and distinguished conduct throughout the Red River campaign in 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.

I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,

E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the officers named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, July 9th, 1866.

War Department,
Washington, July 9th, 1866.

Sir: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force:

To be brigadier-generals by brevet.
• Colonel John P. S. Gobin, of the Forty-seventh Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Colonel O. H. Payne, of the One hundred and twenty-fourth Ohio Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

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• Colonel J. M. Clough, of the Eighteenth New Hampshire Volunteer, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Colonel William H. Raynor, of the Fifty-sixth Ohio Volunteers, for distinguished and gallant services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Colonel A. L. Harris, of the Seventy-fifth Ohio Volunteers, for distinguished and gallant services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Colonel Samuel Walker, lieutenant-colonel of the Sixteenth Kansas Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious conduct during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Colonel James Ketner, major of the Sixteenth Kansas Volunteers, for meritorious and gallant services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Colonel John M. Waite, major of the Eighth Illinois Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Colonel Edward McGarry, of the Second California Cavalry, for gel lent and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Colonel Charles Francis Adams, jr., of the Fifth Massachusetts Cavalry, for distinguished gallantry and efficiency at the battles of Secessionville, South Mountain, and Antietam, and for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Colonel John O'Dowd, of the One hundred and eighty-first Ohio Volunteers, for gallant conduct in the defense of Murfreesboro, Tenn., at the attack of General Hood's forces during the siege of Nashville, and for highly meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Colonel Langhorne Wister, of the One hundred and fiftieth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for distinguished gallantry at the battle of Gettysburgs Pa., also for gallant conduct at the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Va., and for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Colonel R. P. Hutchins, lieutenant-colonel of the Ninety-fourth Ohio Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Colonel David Thompson, lieutenant-colonel of the Eighty-second Ohio Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Colonel John Mansfield, of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Colonel George T. Shaffer, lieutenant-colonel of the Twenty-eighth Michigan Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battles before Atlanta and at Wise's Fork, in North Carolina, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Colonel Isaac S. Bangs, of the Eighty-first United States Colored Troops, for meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Colonel Henry Boynton, of the Eighth Maine Volunteers, for meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Colonel Isaac Dyer, of the Fifteenth Maine Volunteers, for meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Colonel Francis Heath, of the Nineteenth Maine Volunteers, for meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Colonel Francis E. Pinto, of the Thirty-second New York Volunteers, for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Colonel Rush O. Hawkins, of the Ninth New York Volunteers, for meritorious and valuable services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

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• Brevet Colonel Francis N. Walker, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for gallant conduct at the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., and for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Colonel E. B. Grubb, of the Thirty-seventh New Jersey Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Colonel John L. Otis, of the Tenth Connecticut Volunteers, for gallantry at the crossing of James River, Va., June 20, 1864, and at the battle of Flusser's Mill and Deep Run, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
• Colonel O. C. Risdon, of the Fifty-third United States Colored Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services in the battles of Rich Mountain, West Virginia; Middle Creek, E. Ky.; Tazeville, E. Tenn.; Arkansas Post, Chicasaw. Port Gibson, Champion Hill, Big Black Bridge, and the siege of Vicksburg, Miss., to date from March 13, 1865.
• Colonel Henry E. Maynadier, of the Fifth United States Infantry (Volunteers), for gallant and meritorious services during the war, and particularly while commanding mortar flotilla under Admiral Foote, U. S. Navy, during operations upon Island No. 10, and other rebel forts on the Mississippi River, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Colonel William Sanborn, lieutenant-colonel of the Twenty-second Michigan Volunteers, for conspicuous gallantry and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Colonel D. Remick, commissary of subsistence of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services as chief commissary of the 4th Army Corps, and afterwards of the Army of the Tennessee during the campaigns of Atlanta, Savannah, and the Carolinas, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Colonel H. W. Barry, of the Eighth United States Colored Heavy Artillery, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,

E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the officers named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, July 9th, 1866.

War Department,
Washington, July 9th, 1866.

Sir: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force:

To be colonels by brevet.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Frank M. Drew, major of the Fifteenth Maine Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Lieutenant-Colonel John T. Burris, of the Tenth Kansas Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to dare from March 13, 1865.

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• Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Walker, of the Sixteenth Kansas Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel James Ketner, major of the Sixteenth Kansas Volunteers, for meritorious and gallant services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John M. Waite, major of the Eighth Illinois Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel A. H. Bowen, major of the Sixth United States Colored Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel F. R. Hassler, major of the Thirteenth New York Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Lieutenant-Colonel L. C. Skinner, of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Lieutenant-Colonel John Conover, of the Eighth Kansas Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Lieutenant-Colonel George E. Wagner, of the Eighth United States Colored Troops, for gallant conduct at the battle of Olustee, Fla., and for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Lieutenant-Colonel R. P. Hutchins, of the Ninety-fourth Ohio Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Lieutenant-Colonel David Thomson, of the Eighty-second Ohio Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Lieutenant-Colonel George W. Taggart, of the Fourteenth West Virginia Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel S. Porter, of the Eleventh Pennsylvania Reserves, for meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Lieutenant-Colonel George T. Shaffer, of the Twenty-eighth Michigan Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battles before Atlanta, and at Wise's Fork, in North Carolina, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Russell Hastings, of the Twenty-third Ohio Volunteers, for meritorious services during the war, and particularly for conspicuous gallantry in 1864, in the campaigns in the Valley of Virginia, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John J. Elwell, assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services in the Quartermaster's Department during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John C. Burton, major of the Thirteenth Indiana Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel R. B. Bontecon, surgeon of the United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Adolph Schwartz, major of the Second Illinois Light Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Dickinson, major and assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for gallantry and good conduct at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 13, 1865.

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• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel J. E. Jacobs, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John W. Frazee, major of the One hundred and nineteenth United States Colored Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Lyman J. Hissong, of the Fifth United States Colored Heavy Artillery, for meritorious services at the battle of Milliken's Bend, La., to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George Armstrong, major of the First Nebraska Cavalry, for meritorious services in the field on the frontier while inspector-general of the district of Nebraska, in operations against hostile Indians, in the summer of 1865, to date from August 1, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Q. Lewis, captain of the Eleventh Ohio Veteran Volunteer Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious conduct in the field while operating against hostile Indians on the frontier in the summer of 1865, to date from August 1, 1865.
• Lieutenant-Colonel William Sanborn, of the Twenty-second Michigan Volunteers, for conspicuous gallantry at the battle of Chickamauga, Ga., to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George B. Cadwallader, assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and efficient services in the Quartermaster's Department, to date from November 1, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George M. Barnard, jr., captain of the Eighteenth Massachusetts Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of Fredericksburg, Va., and Gettysburg, Pa., and for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Wickham Hoffman, major and assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,

E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the officers named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, July 11, 1866.

War Department,
Washington, July 11, 1866.

Sir: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officers for appointment by brevet in the Regular Army of the United States:

To be colonels by brevet.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Edwin B. Babbitt, deputy quartermaster-general United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Hiram Leonard, deputy paymaster-general United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

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• Lieutenant-Colonel John N. Macomb, of the Corps of Engineers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Roberts, of the Fourth Regiment United States Artillery, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Robert A. Wainwright, of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful services in the Ordnance Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Nathan W. Brown, deputy paymaster-general United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas A. McParlin, surgeon, United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Israel C. Woodruff, of the Corps of Engineers United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Engineer Department during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George E. Cooper, surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas G. Baylor, captain of the Ordnance Department, United States Army, for meritorious services in the recent campaigns of Atlanta, Savannah, and the Carolinas, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin Alvord, paymaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph A. Haskin, major of the Third Regiment United States Artillery, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore T. S. Laidley, major of the Ordnance Department, United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Ordnance Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Eugene H. Abadie, surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Josiah Simpson, surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William J. Sloan, surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William S. King, surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel James Simons, surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Robert Murray, surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis A. Edwards, surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to (late from March 13, 1865.

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• Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Ebenezer Swift, surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Campbell, surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph B. Brown, surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Robert O. Abbott, surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Moore, surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John McL. Taylor, major and commissary of subsistence United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in his department during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Beekman Du Barry, major and commissary of subsistence United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Macfeely, major and commissary of subsistence United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant Colonel William F. Raynolds, major of the Corps of Engineers United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Henry M. Black, major of the Seventh Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel James G. Benton, major of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Ordnance Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas L. Casey, major of the Corps of Engineers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph H. Eaton, paymaster United States Army, for meritorious and valuable services as assistant to the paymaster-general, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel James B. Sinclair, first lieutenant of the Fourteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John S. Mason, of the United States Army and major of the Seventeenth Regiment United States Infantry for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from, March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William E. Merrill, of the United States Army and captain of the Corps of Engineers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore S. Bowers, major and assistant adjutant-general United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Rufus Saxton, captain and assistant, quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

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• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel B. Holabird, captain and assistant-quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Judson D. Bingham, captain and assistant-quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John G. Chandler, captain and assistant-quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Charles G. Sawtelle, captain and assistant-quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Silas Crispin, captain of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Ordnance Department during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George Bell, captain and commissary of subsistence United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Michael P. Small, captain and commissary of subsistence United States Army, for meritorious services in the Subsistence Department, during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert M. Enos, captain and assistant-quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George B. Dandy, captain and assistant quartermaster United States Army, for gallant and meritorious services at the capture of Fort Gregg, Virginia, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Bliss, captain and assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William W. McKim, captain and assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel James M. Warner, captain of the Eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Lieutenant-Colonel William H. Sidell, of the Tenth Regiment United States Infantry, for meritorious and faithful services in the recruitment of the armies of the United States, to date from March 30, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel James T. Ghiselin, surgeon United States Army, for meritorious services during the campaign from Winchester to Appomattox Court-House, Virginia, to date from April 9, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Elmer Otis, major of the First Regiment United States Cavalry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from April 15, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Charles P. Kingsbury, major of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from September 25, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George Thom, major of the Corps of Engineers United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from November 3, 1865.
• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Augustus H. Seward, paymaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Pay Department during the war, to date from November 11, 1865.

I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,

E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the officers named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, July 11th, 1866.

War Department,
Washington, July 11th, 1866.

Sir: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officers for promotion by brevet in the Regular Army of the United States:

To be lieutenant-colonels by brevet.
• Surgeon Madison Mills, of the United States Army, for meritorious services during the campaign and siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to date from November 29, 1864.
• Surgeon Burton Randall, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon Adam N. McLaren, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Benjamin Alvord, paymaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Samuel Woods, paymaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Joseph A. Haskin, of the Third Regiment United States Artillery, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Theodore T. S. Laidley, of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Ordnance Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Cary H. Fry, paymaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon Eugene H. Abadie, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon Charles H. Laub, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Franklin E. Hunt, paymaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon Josiah Simpson, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon William J. Sloan, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon William S. King, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon James Simons, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Daniel McClure, paymaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Thomas M. Winston paymaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon Levi H. Holden, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon Richard H. Coolidge, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

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• Surgeon Charles C. Keeney, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon Robert Murray, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon John F. Head, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon Lewis A. Edwards, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon John F. Hammond, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Augustus H. Seward, paymaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Robert A. Kinzie, paymaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major George L. Febiger, paymaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon Elisha J. Baily, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon Ebenezer Swift, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon Glover Perin, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon Peter G. S. Ten Broeck, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon John Campbell, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major David Taggart, paymaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Adam D. Stewart, paymaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Henry C. Pratt, paymaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon Joseph B. Brown, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major John A. Whitall, paymaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon Alexander B. Hasson, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Simeon Smith, paymaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Charles T. Larned, paymaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major George Thom, of the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon Robert O. Abbott, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon David L. Magruder, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon Horace R. Wirtz, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon Charles Page, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

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• Surgeon Charles Sutherland, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon Basil Norris, of the United States Army, for meritorious services in the campaign and siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon Edward P. Vollum, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon John Moore, of the United States Army, for gallant and meritorious services during the Atlanta campaign, to date from September 1, 1864.
• Surgeon Andrew K. Smith, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon Richard H. Alexander, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon Joseph R. Smith, of the United States Army, for superior ability and excellent management of the affairs of his department, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon James T. Ghiselin, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from MarCh 13, 1865.
• Surgeon John F. Randolph, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon Bernard J. D. Irwin, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon Anthony Heger, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major John McL. Taylor, commissary of subsistence United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Beckman Du Barry, commissary of subsistence United States Army, for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Robert Macfeely, commissary of subsistence United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon Charles T. Alexander, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon Bennett A. Clements, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major John D. Hurtz, of the Corps of Engineers United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Engineer Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major William F. Raynolds, of the Corps of Engineers United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Anderson D. Nelson, of the First Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and efficient services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Henry M. Black, of the Seventh Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon Lewis Taylor, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

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• Major Thomas C. English, of the Fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major James G. Benton, of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Ordnance Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Thomas L. Casey, of the Corps of Engineers United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Henry E, Maynadier, of the Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Edward Wright, paymaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major John P. Brua, paymaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Joseph H. Eaton, paymaster United States Army, for meritorious and valuable service in the Pay Department during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major William R. Smedberg, captain of the Fourteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major William N. Dennison, first lieutenant of the Second Regiment United States Artillery, for good conduct and gallant services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major J. B. M. Potter, paymaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Samuel N. Benjamin, captain of the Second Regiment United States Artillery, for good conduct and gallant services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Thomas S. Dunn, captain of the Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major John McNutt, of the Ordnance Department, United States Army, for faithful services in the Ordnance Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Theophilus F. Rodenbough, captain of the Second Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major James B. Sinclair, first lieutenant of the Fourteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major John S. Mason, of the Seventeenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major William E. Merrill, captain of the Corps of Engineers United States Army, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon J. C. McKee, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Theodore S. Bowers, assistant adjutant-general United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Hyatt C. Ransom, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

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• Brevet Major Asher R. Eddy, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Rufus Saxton, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Samuel B. Holabird, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1866.
• Brevet Major Judson D. Bingham, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Oscar A. Mack, captain of the Thirteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and distinguished services at the battle of Murfreesboro', Tennessee, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major William G. Rankin, captain of the Thirteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Henry C. Hodges, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major John G. Chandler, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Charles G. Sawtelle, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Charles W. Thomas, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Julian McAllister, captain of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Ordnance Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Stephen V. Benét, captain of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Ordnance Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Silas Crispin, captain of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Ordnance Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major George Bell, commissary of subsistence United States Army, for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Hajor Michael P. Small, commissary of subsistence United States Army, for meritorious services in his department during the war to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Herbert M. Enos, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1365.
• Brevet Major Elisha E. Camp, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Francis Wister, captain of the Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Moses B. Walker, captain of the Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

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• Brevet Major Thomas Wilson, commissary of subsistence United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major John Tillson, captain of the Nineteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major George B. Dandy, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for gallant and meritorious services in action at Deep Bottom, Virginia, to date from August 14, 1864.
• Brevet Major Sheldon Sturgeon, captain of the First Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Elias B. Carling, captain and assistant quartermaster United States Army, for valuable and faithful services as chief quartermaster of the Cavalry of the Military Division of the Mississippi, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Edmund C. Bainbridge, captain of the Fifth Regiment United States Artillery, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Elijah D. Brigham, commissary of subsistence United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Thomas J. Treadwell, captain of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Ordnance Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Alexander Bliss, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Luther H. Pierce, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major William W. McKim, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major James M. Warner, captain of the Eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major John B. Johnson, captain of the Sixth Regiment United States Cavalry, for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Frederick W. Schaurte, first lieutenant of the Second Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Richard I. Dodge, of the Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, for meritorious and faithful services in the recruitment of the armies of the United States, to date from March 30, 1865.
• Brevet Major William W. Swan, captain of the Seventeenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Five Forks, Virginia, to date from April 1, 1865.
• Brevet Major John B. Parke, captain of the Seventeenth Regiment United States Infantry, for, gallant and meritorious conduct at Fort Steedman and in the assault on Fort Sedgwick, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.
• Brevet Major Walter S. Franklin, captain of the Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, for meritorious services at the capture of Petersburg, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.

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• Brevet Major John C. Bates, captain of the Eleventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the recent operations resulting in the fall of Richmond, Virginia, and the surrender of the insurgent army under General Robert E. Lee, to date from April 9, 1865.
• Brevet Major Franklin Harwood, captain of the Corps of Engineers United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the recent operations resulting in the fall of Richmond, Virginia, and the surrender of the insurgent army under General Robert E. Lee, to date from April 9, 1865.
• Brevet Major George L. Gillespie, captain of the Corps of Engineers United States Army, for gallant and meritorious services in the campaign from Winchester to Appamattox Court-House, Virginia, to date from April 9, 1865.
• Brevet Major George Gibson, jr., captain of the Eleventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the recent operations resulting in the fall of Richmond, Virginia, and the surrender of the insurgent army under General Robert E. Lee, to date from April 9, 1865.
• Brevet Major Edward Haight, captain of the Sixteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for meritorious services during the war, to date from May 5, 1865.
• Brevet Major J. G. C. Lee, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from July 31, 1865.
• Major Charles P. Kingsbury, of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from September 25, 1865.
• Brevet Major William B. Lane, captain of the Third Regiment United States Cavalry, for faithful and meritorious services in connection with the mustering out of service and disbanding of the Volunteer Army of the United States, to date from November 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major William Silvey, captain of the first Regiment United States Artillery, for faithful and meritorious services in connection with the mustering out of service and disbanding of the Volunteer Army of the United States, to date from November 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Charles C. Pomeroy, captain of the Eleventh Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services in connection with the mustering out of service and disbanding of the Volunteer Army of the United States, to date from November 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Henry A. Ellis, captain of the Seventeenth Regiment United States infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from November 24, 1865.
• Brevet Major James M. Moore, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from November 24, 1865.

I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,

E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.

To the President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the officers named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, July 9th, 1866.

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War Department,
Washington, July 9th, 1866.

Sir: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force:

To be lieutenant-colonels by brevet.
• Brevet Major Charles A. Clark, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Rappahannock Station, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Fred. W. Gilbreth, aide-de-camp, for gallant and meritorious conduct during the campaigns of Atlanta, Savannah, and the Carolinas, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Joseph Mathewson, of the Eighteenth Connecticut Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major A. H. Nixen, captain of the Eighty-fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Alexander R. Nininger, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for meritorious service during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Frank M. Drew, of the Fifteenth Maine Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major James Ketner, of the Sixteenth Kansas Volunteers, for meritorious and gallant services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Charles H. Price, captain of the Fourth United States Colored Troops, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major D. J. Downing, captain of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major John L. Hurst, of the Third West Virginia Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major G. W. Wells, captain of the First New York Dragoons, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Henry Rockafeller, captain of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant conduct at the battle of Bull Run, Va., and for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major F. R. Hassler, of the Thirteenth New York Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Thomas Wright, of the Thirty-first United States Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from November 7, 1865.
• Major James S. Porter, of the Fifteenth Iowa Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Additional Paymaster Daniel M. Adams, United Volunteers, for faithful services in the Pay Department, to date from June 7, 1866.
• Brevet Major G. B. Clarke, captain of the First United States Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of Gettysburg, Pa., and the Wilderness, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major E. Sparrow Purdy, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

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• Major William Gramm, of the Seventh West Virginia Cavalry, for faithful and efficient services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon S. P. Bryan, of the Twelfth West Virginia Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Lot Bowen, of the Third West Virginia Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon A. J. Willey, of the Seventh Iowa Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Thomas B. Hunt, assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from July 28, 1865.
• Brevet Major George F. Foote, captain of the Fourteenth Michigan Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Reuben L. Nye, of the Thirty-sixth Ohio Volunteers, for meritorious services throughout the war and particularly for gallant conduct in the Shenandoah Valley during the campaign of 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major John C. Benton, of the Thirteenth Indiana Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major H. C. Blackman, captain of the Forty-second United States Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon C. M. Chalfant, of the One hundred and seventh United States Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from June 18, 1866.
• Additional Paymaster C. W. Wingard, United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious conduct, to date from June 15, 1866.
• Additional Paymaster J. S. Walker, United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious conduct, to date from June 15, 1866.
• Additional Paymaster T. H. Halsey, United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious conduct, to date from June 15, 1866.
• Additional Paymaster J. A. Brodhead, United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious conduct, to date from June 15, 1866.
• Brevet Major Augustus C. Paul, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Spottsylvania, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major E. J. Robinson, commissary of subsistence of Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the field, and for faithful service in the Subsistence Department during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Adolph Schwartz, of the Second Illinois Light Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major H. E. Lord, commissary of subsistence of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from June 16, 1866.
• Brevet Major James R. Del Vecchio, assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and efficient services in the Quartermaster's Department, to date from May 31, 1866.
• Brevet Major Dennis H. Williams, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for uniform gallantry and meritorious conduct during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Holly Skinner, assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

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• Major Joseph Dickinson, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of Williamsburg, Va., and Antietam, Md., to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Hubert S. Brown, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, and for faithful services in the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major John W. Frazee, of the One hundred and nineteenth United States Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major A. Ramsey Nininger, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Robert Wilson, of the Fifth United States Colored Heavy Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Fort Donelson, Tenn,, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Daniel Cornwell, of the Fifth United States Colored Heavy Artillery, for meritorious services, to date from March 13. 1865.
• Brevet Major Stuart Barnes, assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Edward B. Blasland, of the Thirty-third Massachusetts Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Wauhatchie, Tenn., to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major Wickham Hoffman, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for gallant services in the Red River campaign, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Jeremiah D. Chauncey, captain of the Sixteenth United States Colored Infantry, for gallant services during the campaign in East Tennessee, and for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Major George Armstrong, of the First Nebraska Veteran Cavalry, for distinguished and meritorious services in the field on the frontier, while inspector-general of the district of Nebraska, and in operations against hostile Indians in the summer of 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon George W. Corey, of the Twelfth Missouri Cavalry, for meritorious services and Faithful performance of duty while on expedition against hostile Indians in Dakota, Montana, and Nebraska Territories in the summer campaign of 1865, to date from August 1, 1865.
• Brevet Major John Q. Lewis, captain of the Eleventh Ohio Veteran Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious conduct in the field while operating against hostile Indians on the frontier in the summer of 1865, to date from August 1, 1865.
• Brevet Major George M. Bailey, captain of the Fifth United States Infantry (Volunteers), for gallant and meritorious conduct in the field while operating against hostile Indians on the frontier near Powder River, D. T., to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Royal L. Westbrook, assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services while in the performance of his duties at frontier posts in Territories of Colorado, Nebraska, and Dakota in 1864 and 1865, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major Henry W. Creamer, captain of the Seventh Iowa Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious conduct while operating against hostile Indians during the campaign of the summer of 1865 and while on the Powder River expedition under General Connor, to date from August 1, 1865.

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• Major Francis Moore, of the Sixty-fifth United States Colored Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major J. J. McDermid, assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major James P. Low, assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and efficient services during the war and for marked ability in the discharge of the duties which devolved upon him during his administration of the affairs of office of chief quartermaster and disbursing officer of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major H. H. Gregg, captain of the Thirteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, for distinguished bravery in command of his company in the engagements of the 2d Cavalry Division of the Army of the Potomac with the enemy's cavalry at Hawes's Shop, Va., May 28, 1864, and at St. Mary's Church, Va., June 24, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major John S. Bliss, captain of the Sixth-seventh New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the march of General Sherman Upon Atlanta and at the battle of Rocky Face Ridge, before Dalton, at Resaca, Adairsville, and at New Hope Church, Georgia, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Major A. C. Voris, commissary of subsistence of Volunteers, for meritorious and gallant services in the field, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Surgeon Henry A. Martin, of the United States Volunteers, for meritorious and gallant services, to date from March 13, 1865.

I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,

E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.

To the President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the officers named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, July 11th, 1866.

War Department,
Washington, July 11, 1866.

Sir: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officers for appointment by brevet in the regular Army of the United States:

To be majors by brevet.
• Captain Hyatt C. Ransom, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Asher R. Eddy, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Rufus Sexton, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

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• Captain Samuel B. Holabird, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date front March 13, 1865.
• Captain Judson D. Bingham, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Oscar A. Mack, of the Thirteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant services at the battle of Carnifax Ferry, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Alfred E. Latimer, of the Eleventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain George Gibson, jr., of the Eleventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant conduct at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain John M. Goodhue, of the Eleventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain William G. Rankin, of the Thirteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Henry C. Hodges, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain John G. Chandler, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Charles G. Sawtelle, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Charles W. Thomas, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Julian McAllister, of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Ordnance Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Stephen V. Benét, of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Ordnance Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Silas Crispin, of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Ordnance Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain George Bell, commissary of subsistence United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain A. Parker Porter, commissary of subsistence United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Michael P. Small, commissary of subsistence United States Army, for meritorious services in the Subsistence Department during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Thomas C. Sullivan, commissary of subsistence United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Herbert M. Enos, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

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• Captain Elisha E. Camp, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Francis Wister, of the Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., to date from May 3, 1863.
• Captain Henry R. Putnam, of the Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the riots in New York City in July, 1863, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Moses B. Walker, of the Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Thomas Wilson, commissary of subsistence United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Lynde Catlin, of the Fifteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain John Tillson, of the Nineteenth Regiment United States Infantry, fox gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain John H. Knight, of the Eighteenth United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain George B. Dandy, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for gallant and meritorious services at the siege of Fort Wagner, S. C., to date from September 6, 1863.
• Captain Leslie Smith, of the First Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Sheldon Sturgeon, of the First Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Charles O. Howard, of the Eighteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for most gallant and valuable services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain William C. Ide, of the Thirteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Henry B. Bristol, of the Fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services in New Mexico, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain William H. Bell, commissary of subsistence United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in New Mexico, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Elias B. Carling, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for valuable and faithful services as chief quartermaster of the cavalry of the Military Division of the Mississippi, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Edmund C. Bainbridge, of the Fifth Regiment United States Artillery, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Samuel T. Cushing, commissary of subsistence United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

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• Captain Elijah D. Brigham, commissary of subsistence United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Francis J. Crilly, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Augustus G. Robinson, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Francis J. Shunk, of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Ordnance Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Thomas T. Treadwell, of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Ordnance Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain James M. Whittemore, of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for meritorious services in the Ordnance Department during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Adelbert R. Buffiington, of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Ordnance Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Thomas C. Bradford, of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Ordnance Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Richard M. Hill, of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Ordnance Department, to date front March 13, 1865.
• Captain Edward G. Bush, of the Tenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Alexander Bliss, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Joseph D. Carney, of the Seventeenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Thomas H. Carpenter, of the Seventeenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain David Krause, of the Fourteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Henry W. Janes, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Benjamin T. Hutchins, of the Sixth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date March 13, 1865.
• Captain Austin C. Woolfolk, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain John B. Shinn, of the Third Regiment United States Artillery, for arduous and meritorious services in successfully bringing his battery across the Yuma and Gila deserts and for faithful services in New Mexico, to date from March 13, 1865.

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• Captain John Jackson, of the Seventh Regiment United States Infantry: for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Luther H. Pierce, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain William W. McKim, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 137 1865.
• Captain James M. Moore, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain William A. Elderkin, commissary of subsistence United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war to date from March 13. 1865.
• Brevet Captain John H. Calef, first lieutenant of the Second Regiment United States Artillery, for good conduct and gallant services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Charles B. Throckmorton, of the Fourth Regiment United States Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Benjamin F. Rittenhouse, first lieutenant of the Fifth Regiment United States Artillery, for good conduct and gallant services daring the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain August Thieman, first lieutenant of the Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant services in battle on the Weldon Railroad, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain John R. Edie, jr, of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Ordnance Department and in the field, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain James M. Warner, of the Eighth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Edward R. Parry, of the Eleventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain William C. Cuyler, first lieutenant of the Third Regiment United States Artillery, for good conduct and gallant services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Samuel C. Greene, of the Fifteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for meritorious services in the Subsistence Department daring the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Edward C. Woodruff, of the Seventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Valentine H. Stone, first lieutenant of the Fifth Regiment United States Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain John B. Johnson, of the Sixth Regiment United States Cavalry, for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Edward W. Whittemore, of the Seventeenth Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Joseph H. Bill, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

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• Brevet Captain De Witt C. Peters, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Charles H. Alden, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Warren Webster, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain John Vansant, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Charles O. Byrne, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Abel F. Mechem, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Clinton Wagner, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Joseph P. Wright, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Charles C. Gray, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain William C. Spencer, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Francis L. Town, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Dallas Bache, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Blancowe E. Fryer, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain John H. Frantz, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Webster Lindsley, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Charles E. Goddard, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Philip C. Davis, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Joseph S. Smith, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Charles I. Wilson, assistant surgeon United States Army, for highly meritorious and distinguished services in his department

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  in twelve engagements in the Shenandoah Valley, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.

• Brevet Captain James F. Weeds, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Charles B. White, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain George M. Sternberg, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain H. Lawrence Sheldon, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Joseph J. Woodward, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Edward S. Dunster, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Elias J. Marsh, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Thomas C. Brainerd, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Morris J. Asch, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Henry S. Schell, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Charles K. Winne, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Joseph E. Semple, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain William H. Forwood, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Ely McClellan, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Charles A. McCall, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain William R. Ramsey, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Charles R. Greenleaf, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Johnson V. D. Middleton, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

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• Brevet Captain William Thomson, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain John Bell, assistant, surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain John H. Janeway, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain, Henry A. Du Bois, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Henry C. Parry, assistant surgeon Unified States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Samuel M. Horton, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain John C. G. Happersett, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Alfred A. Woodhull, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain William A. Bradley, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain George P. Jaquett, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain John S. Billings, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Samuel Adams, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Phineas S. Conner, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Thomas G. McKenzie, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain William M. Notson, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Edward De W. Breneman, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain George M. McGill, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain William E. Waters, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Joseph R. Gibson, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

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• Brevet Captain Cyrus Bacon, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during, the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Samuel H. Horner, assistant surgeon United, States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain John A. Darling, first lieutenant Second Regiment United States Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain George L. Porter, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain David L. Huntington, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain John W. Williams, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Justus M. Brown, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Charles S. De Graw, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Andrew H. Smith, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Van Buren Hubbard, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Thomas McMillin, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Edward Brooks, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Charles C. Lee, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Samuel H. Orton, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain John W. Brewer, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from, March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain John Brooke, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain William H. Gardner, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Francis H. Parker, first lieutenant of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Ordnance Department and in the field, to date from March 13, 1865.

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• Brevet Captain Harvey E. Brown, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain James T. Calhoun, assistant surgeon United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Frederick W. Schaurte, first lieutenant of the Second Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain George W. McKee, first lieutenant of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for efficient and valuable services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Andrew N. Damrell, first lieutenant Corps of Engineers United States Army, for meritorious services in the battles before Nashville, Tenn., to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain William B. Lane, of the Third Regiment United States Cavalry, for meritorious and faithful services in the recruitment of the armies of the United States, to date from March 30, 1865.
• Captain William Silvey, of the First Regiment United States Artillery, for meritorious and faithful services in the recruitment of the armies of the United States, to date from March 30, 1865.
• Captain James McMillan, of the Second Regiment United States Infantry, for meritorious and faithful services in the recruitment of the armies of the United States, to date from March 30, 1865.
• Captain May H. Stacey, of the Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the campaign terminating with the surrender of the insurgent army under General Robert E. Lee, to date from April 9, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Richard H. Pond, first lieutenant of the Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services during the campaign terminating with the surrender of the insurgent army under General Robert E. Lee, to date from April 9, 1865.
• Captain Frank P. Muhlenberg, of the Thirteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services connected with the recruitment of the armies of the United States, to date from April 21, 1865.
• Captain Samuel A. Russell, of the Seventh Regiment United States Infantry, for meritorious services during the war, to date from April 22, 1865.
• Captain Edward Haight, of the Sixteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for meritorious services during the war, to date from May 5, 1865.
• Captain Jesse Fulmer, of the Fifteenth Regiment of Infantry, for gallant services at the battle of Stone River, Tenn., to date from June 7, 1865.
• Captain Charles C. Pomeroy, of the Eleventh Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services in the recruitment of the armies of the United States, to date from June 22, 1865.
• Captain J. G. C. Lee, assistant quartermaster United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from July 31, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Frank Stanwood, first lieutenant of the Third Regiment United States Cavalry, for meritorious services during the war, to date from August 1, 1865.
• Captain Charles H. Fletcher, of the First Regiment United States Infantry, for meritorious services in the recruitment of the armies of the United States, to date from October 18, 1865.

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• Brevet Captain John Cusack, first lieutenant of the First Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from October 28, 1865.
• Captain Robert H. Porter, of the Fourteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from November 4, 1865.
• Captain William H. Nash, commissary of subsistence United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Subsistence Department during the war, to date from November 17, 1865.

I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,

E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the officers named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, July 9, 1866.

War Department,
Washington, July 9th, 1866.

Sir: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force:

To be majors by brevet.
• Captain William W. Deane, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers for faithful and meritorious services, to date from June 4th, 1866.
• Captain Charles T. Watson, assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from June 4, 1866.
• Captain S. B. Eaton, of the 124th Ohio Vols., for distinguished services during the war, to (late from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Ambrose G. Bierce, of the 9th Indiana Vols., for distinguished services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Charles A. Clark, assistant adjutant-general of Vols., for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of St. Mary's Heights, Va., to date from March 13, 1865,
• Captain David Gordon, of the 181st Ohio Vols., for distinguished and gallant services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain A. H. Nixon, of the 84th Pa. Vols., for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Alexander R. Nininger, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Bayley B. Brown, of the 10th V. R. C., for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain William F. Bradley, 1st lieutenant and adjutant of the 4th Michigan Volunteers, for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 15, 1865.
• Captain Julius S. Clark., of the 80th U. S. Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Charles H. Price, of the 4th U. S. Colored Troops, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

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• Captain Charles P. Oyler, of the 124th U. S. Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Jacob A. Remley, 1st lieut. of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain J. E. Mallette, 1st lieut. and adjutant of the 81st New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Cold Harbor, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Samuel T. McMorran, of the 66th Ohio Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain John T. Latham, 1st lieut. of the 1st West Virginia Light Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Jacob W. Heavner, of the 3d West Virginia Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain James B. Thompson, of the 190th Pa. Vols., for gallant and meritorious conduct throughout the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain G. W. Wells, of the 1st New York Dragoons, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Henry Rockafeller, of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant conduct at the battle of Ball Run, Va., and for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Louis Souther, adjutant of the Tenth Illinois Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain S. R. Washer, adjutant of the Eighth Kansas Volunteers, for gallant conduct at the battles of Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, the Atlanta campaign, Franklin, and Nashville, and for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain J. Q. Baird, of the Sixty-sixth Ohio Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain N. J. Rogers, of the Fifteenth Iowa Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Job Throckmorton, of the Fifteenth Iowa Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Romulus L. Hanks, of the Fifteenth Iowa Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain E. J. Woodward, of the Sixty-second United States Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain F. F. B. Coffin, of the Sixty-second United States Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Frank E. Lombard, of the Sixty-second United States Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from January 19, 1866.
• Captain Henry R. Parsons, of the Sixty-second United States Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from January 19, 1866.

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• Captain Frank E. Little, of the One hundred and seventh United States Colored Troops, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from, March 13, 1865.
• Captain F. W. Watkins, of the One hundred and seventh, United States Colored Troops, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Waldo P. Goff, of the One hundred and seventh United States Colored Troops, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain James M. Ropes, of the Second California Cavalry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain G. B. Clarke, of the First United States Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of Gettysburg, Pa., and the Wilderness, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain George A. Manning, of the Second Massachusetts Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from May 15, 1865.
• Captain Louis Livingston, aide-de-camp, for gallant and meritorious conduct at the battles of Antietam and South Mountain, Md., to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Rodney Dexter, of the Fourth New York Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services daring the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Louis Krughoff, of the Forty-ninth Illinois Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain John Wilcox, of the Seventh Iowa Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Warren Cowles, of the Two hundred and eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, for meritorious services, to date from June 2, 1865.
• Captain George F. Foote, of the Fourteenth Michigan Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Bvt. Captain Thomas M. Turner, first lieutenant and regimental quartermaster of the Thirty-sixth Ohio Volunteers, for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Reuben L. Nye, of the Thirty-sixth Ohio Volunteers, for meritorious services throughout the war, and particularly for gallant conduct in the Shenandoah Valley during the campaign of 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain H. C. Blackman, of the Forty-second United States Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain John P. Short, of the Sixteenth Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain James T. Baker, of the One hundred and seventy, fourth New York Volunteers, for valuable and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Hampden Waldron, of the Fifth United States Veteran Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from June 18, 1866.
• Captain J. S. McClintock, commissary of subsistence of Volunteers, for faithful services in the Subsistence Department, to date from May 7, 1866.
• Captain James O. Churchill assistant quartermaster of Volunteers? for faithful services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

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• Captain Joseph R. Hughes, commissary of subsistence of Volunteers, for faithful services in the Subsistence Department, to date from May 16, 1866.
• Captain George W. Cushing, assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Augustus C. Paul, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of the Wilderness, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Alpheus L. Greene, first lieutenant and adjutant of the Twenty-ninth Maine Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain J. S. McEwan, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain James R. Del Vecchio, assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and efficient services in the Quartermaster's Department, to date from May 31, 1866.
• Captain Dennis H. Williams, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for uniform gallantry and meritorious conduct during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Holly Skinner, assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain George E. Dayton, of the Thirty-fifth New Jersey Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain W. F. Spurgin, of the One hundredth United States Colored Troops, for special gallantry at Johnsonville, in November, 1864, and at Nashville, Tenn., December 16, 1864, and for faithful and meritorious services in the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain William J. White, of the Fifth United States Colored Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Hubert S. Brown, assistant adjutant general of Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, and for faithful services in the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Reynold Kalmbach, of the Fifth United States Colored Heavy Artillery, for meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Stuart Eldridge, first lieutenant of the Sixty-fourth United States Colored Troops, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Benjamin F. Redlon, of the Twenty-ninth Maine Veteran Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Granville Blake, of the Twenty-ninth Maine Veteran Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Almon C. Pray, of the Twenty-ninth Maine Veteran Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Augustus W. Wiggin, assistant surgeon of the Fifth United States Colored Heavy Artillery, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

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• Captain Aaron V. Lambert, of the Fifth United States Colored Heavy Artillery, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain James H. Johnson, of the Fifth United States Colored Heavy Artillery, for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Leon Cuvillier, of the Fifty-fifth New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the siege of Yorktown, Va., and at the battles of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Stuart Barnes, assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Jeremiah D. Chauncey, of the Sixteenth United States Colored Infantry, for gallant services during the campaign in East Tennessee, and for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain John W. McClure, assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for meritorious services in the field, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Everett S. Throop, of the Sixth Ohio Volunteers, for Meritorious services in the field, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Henry F. Temple, of the Twenty first Kentucky Volunteers, for meritorious services in the field, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain John Q. Lewis, of the Eleventh Ohio Veteran Volunteer Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious conduct in the field while operating against hostile Indians on the frontier in the summer of 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain George M. Bailey, of the Fifth United States Infantry (Volunteers), for gallant and meritorious conduct in the field while operating against hostile Indians on the frontier near headwaters of Cheyenne River, D. T., to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Royal L. Westbrook, assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious conduct while lieutenant of the First Colorado Veteran Cavalry and engaged in the Territory of Utah and frontier of California in 1862, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Henry W. Creamer, of the Seventh Iowa Cavalry, for distinguished and meritorious services in the field on the frontier against hostile Indians during the years of 1863 and 1861, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain James M. Marshall, of the Fifth United States Infantry (Volunteers), for gallant and meritorious conduct in the field while operating against hostile Indians on the frontier near Powder River, D. T., and for the faithful performance of his duties during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet Captain Levi W. Harmon, first lieutenant of the Twenty-ninth Maine Veteran Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain J. W. Palmer, of the Sixty-fifth United States Colored Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services daring the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Alexander D. Bailie, of the Sixty-fifth United States Colored Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain John L. Frost, of the Sixty-fifth United States Colored Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

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• Captain Albert F. Hunt, of the Sixty-fifth United States Colored Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain J. J. McDermid, assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain James P. Low, assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and efficient services during the war and for marked ability in the discharge of the duties which devolved upon him during his administration of the affairs of office of chief quartermaster and disbursing officer of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands in the States of South Carolina and Georgia, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Joseph O'Neil, of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant conduct at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., and for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain H. H. Gregg, of the Thirteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, for particular gallantry and good conduct in an engagement of the 2d Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac, with the enemy's cavalry and infantry on the 12th of October, 1863, at Sulphur Springs, Virginia, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain John S. Bliss, of the Sixty-seventh New York VolUnteers, for gallant and distinguished services at the storming of the Marye Heights, at the battle of Salem Heights, and other operations of the Chancellorsville campaign, and also at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., and for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain J. Edward Carpenter, of the Eighth Pennsylvania Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious conduct at the battles of Deep Run, Ream's Station, and on the Vaughn Road, near Strasburg, Va., to date from March 13, 1863.
• Captain Charles Grisson, of the Twenty-sixth Michigan Volunteers, for meritorious and gallant services in the field, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Alfred O. Hitchcock, of the Fifty-seventh Massachusetts Volunteers, for meritorious and gallant services in the field, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain N. S. Wood, of the Fourth New York Heavy Artillery, for meritorious and gallant services in the field, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Captain Theodore Price, of the Fourth New York Heavy Artillery, for meritorious and gallant services in the field, to date from March 13, 1865.

I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,

E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the officers named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, July 9th, 1866.

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War Department,
Washington, July 9th, 1866.

Sir: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force:

To be captains by brevet.
• Brevet First Lieutenant, James J. Doyle, second lieutenant of the Second Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• First Lieutenant William F. Bradley, adjutant of the Fourth Michigan Volunteers, for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• First Lieutenant S. Walter Reynolds, of the Fourth United States Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• First Lieutenant Jacob A. Remley, of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, to date from March 13, 1865.
• First Lieutenant J. E. Mallette, adjutant of the Eighty-first New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Coal Harbor, Virginia, to date from March 13, 1865.
• First Lieutenant John T. Latham, of the First West Virginia Light Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• First Lieutenant H. T. Knox, of the Second United States Colored Cavalry, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from May 15, 1865.
• Lieutenant Louis Souther, adjutant of the Tenth Illinois Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• First Lieutenant S. R. Washer, adjutant of the Eighth Kansas Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious conduct at the battles of Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, the Atlanta campaign, Franklin, and Nashvile, and for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet First Lieutenant Wesley Markwood, second lieutenant of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Champion Hill, Miss., to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet First Lieutenant A. W. McKillip, second lieutenant of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
• First Lieutenant James A. Shotwell, of the Sixty-second United States Colored Troops, for meritorious services, to date from March 1, 1866.
• First Lieutenant Charles Kautrener, of the Sixty-second United States Colored Troops, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from May 13, 1865.
• First Lieutenant Martin Robinson, of the Sixty-second United States Colored Troops, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• First Lieutenant William J. Worden, of the Sixty-second United States Colored Troops, for meritorious services, to date from March 1, 1866.
• First Lieutenant Edward Eolich, of the Sixty-second United States Colored Troops, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from January 19, 1866.

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• First Lieutenant John N. Gott, of the Sixty-second United States Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 31, 1866.
• First Lieutenant Jacob Franzman, of the Sixty second United States Colored Troops, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 1, 1866.
• Brevet First Lieutenant John K. Dorrance, second lieutenant Of the Seventh Rhode Island Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services, especially at the battle of Petersburg, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
• First Lieutenant M. R. Throp, adjutant of the Second United States Veteran Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• First Lieutenant W. J. Midler, of the Third United States Colored Artillery, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from April 30, 1866.
• First Lieutenant J. F. Young, adjutant of the Sixty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, for meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet First Lieutenant Edward B. Rossiter, second lieutenant of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of South Mountain, Md., and Fredericksburg, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
• First Lieutenant Thomas M. Turner, regimental quartermaster of the Thirty-sixth Ohio Volunteers, for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• First Lieutenant Alpheus L. Greene, adjutant of the Twenty-ninth Maine Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• First Lieutenant Charles E. Bonn, of the First Rhode Island Light Artillery, for bravery and good conduct in the field, to date from March 13, 1865.
• First Lieutenant Nathan Appleton, of the Fifth Massachusetts Battery, for gallant and meritorious conduct at the battle on Virginia Central Railroad, to date from March 13, 1865.
• First Lieutenant Joseph A. Dean, regimental quartermaster of the Fifth United States Colored Heavy Artillery, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• First Lieutenant Stuart Eldridge, of the Sixty-fourth United States Colored Troops, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• First Lieutenant Charles B. Fillebrown, of the Twenty-ninth Maine Veteran Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• First Lieutenant John O. Kidder, of the Twenty-ninth Maine Veteran Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• First Lieutenant Charles C. Graham, of the Twenty-ninth Maine Veteran Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• First Lieutenant Samuel E. Hunt, of the Twenty-ninth Maine Veteran Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• First Lieutenant George B. Coburn, of the Twenty-ninth Maine Veteran Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Assistant Surgeon Henry C. Colton, of the Twenty-ninth Maine Veteran Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

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• Assistant Surgeon Augustus W. Wiggin, of the Fifth United States Colored Heavy Artillery, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet First Lieutenant Frank A. Page, second lieutenant of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Brevet First Lieutenant Lorenzo D. Stacy, second lieutenant of the Twenty-ninth Maine Veteran Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• First Lieutenant William E. Crofts, of the Fifty-fifth New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the siege of Yorktown, Va., and at the battles of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, White Oak Swamp, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
• Lieutenant James M. Marshall, of the Fifth United States Infantry (Volunteers), for gallant and meritorious conduct in the field while operating agains thostile Indians on the frontier near headwaters of Cheyenne, D. T., to date from March 13, 1865.
• First Lieutenant Levi W. Harmon, of the Twenty-ninth Maine Veteran Volnnteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• First Lieutenant Charles H. Jumber, of the Twenty-ninth Maine Veteran Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Lieutenant Benjamin C. Cook, of the Twenty-fourth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant conduct at the battles before Richmond, and at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., and for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Lieutenant Alexander Sweeney, of the One hundred and fortieth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for meritorious and gallant services in the field, to date from March 13, 1865.

I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,

E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the officers named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Army of the United States, as pro posed by the Secretary of War.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, July 11, 1866.

War Department,
Washington, July 11th, 1866.

Sir: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named officers for appointment by brevet in the Regular Army of the United States:

• To be captains by brevet.
  • First Lieutenant Jacob H. Smyser, of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Ordnance Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Joseph P. Wright, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

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  • Assistant Surgeon Charles C. Gray, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon William C. Spencer, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Francis L. Town, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Dallas Bache, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Blencowe E. Fryer, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon John H. Frantz, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Webster Lindsley, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Charles E. Goddard, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Philip C. Davis, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Joseph S. Smith, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Charles I. Wilson, of the United States Army, for meritorious and distinguished services in the battles of Todd's Tavern and Yellow Tavern Va., and other engagements on the Peninsula, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon James F. Weeds, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Charles B. White, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon George M. Sternberg, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon H. Lawrence Sheldon, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Joseph J. Woodward, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Edward S. Dunster, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Elias J. Marsh, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Thomas C. Brainerd, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

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  • Assistant Surgeon Morris J. Asch, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Henry S. Schell, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Charles K. Winne, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Joseph E. Semple, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon William H. Forwood, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Ely McClellan, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon William R. Ramsey, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Charles R. Greenleaf, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Johnson V. D. Middleton, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon William Thomson, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon John Bell, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Henry A. Dubois, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services daring the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Henry C. Parry, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Samuel M. Horton, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon John C. G. Happersett, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Alfred A. Woodhull, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon William A. Bradley, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon George P. Jacquett, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • First Lieutenant Joseph G. Ramsay, of the Second Regiment United States Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

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  • First Lieutenant James Henton, of the Fourteenth Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 13, 1865.
  • First Lieutenant Frank Stanwood, of the Third Regiment United States Cavalry, for coolness, energy, and skill in battle, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon John S. Billings, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Phineas S. Conner, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Thomas G. McKenzie, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Burgeon Edward De W. Breneman, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Burgeon William E. Waters, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Burgeon Joseph R. Gibson, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Cyrus Bacon, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Samuel H. Horner, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • First Lieutenant John A. Darling, of the Second Regiment United States Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon George L. Porter, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon David L. Huntington, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Justus M. Brown, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Charles S. De Graw, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Andrew H. Smith, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Van Buren Hubbard, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from march 13, 1865.
  • First Lieutenant Clifton Conly, of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Ordnance Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Thomas McMillin, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

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  • Assistant Surgeon Edward Brooks, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Charles C. Lee, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Samuel H. Orton, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon John W. Brewer, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865
  • Assistant Surgeon John Brooke, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon William H. Gardner, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • First Lieutenant Francis H. Parker, of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Orddnance Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • First Lieutenant Joseph P. Farley, of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Ordnance Department during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • First Lieutenant Jasper Myers, of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Ordnance Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Harney E. Brown, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon James T. Calhoun, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Edward J. Darken, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon William E. Whitehead, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • First Lieutenant Frederick W. Schaurte, of the Second Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services daring the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • First Lieutenant Isaac Arnold, of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • First Lieutenant James H. Rollins, of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Ordnance Departnent, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • First Lieutenant George W. McKee, of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for efficient and valuable services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • First Lieutenant Frank H. Phipps, of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Ordnance Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • First Lieutenant Charles F. Rockwell, of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for meritorious services in the Ordnance Department during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

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  • Assistant Surgeon Edward Cowles, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Michael Hillary, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • First Lieutenant Edwin L. Garvin, of the First Regiment United States Artillery, for good conduct and gallant services during the Wary to date from March 13, 1865.
  • First Lieutenant George D. Ramsay, jr., of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for meritorious services in the Ordnance Department during the wary to date from March 13, 1865.
  • First Lieutenant Oscar H. Nealy, of the Eleventh Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Edward Curtis, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon Elliott Coues, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon William F. Buchanan, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Assistant Surgeon John H. Kinsman, of the United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • First Lieutenant George A. Rowley, of the Second Regiment United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 13, 1865.
  • First Lieutenant John H. Smith, of the Second Regiment United States Artillery, for gallant and faithful services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • First Lieutenant James W. Cuyler, of the Corps of Engineers United States Army, for faithful and efficient services during the wary to date from March 13, 1865.
  • First Lieutenant Oswald H. Ernst, of the Corps of Engineers United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • First Lieutenant Andrew N. Damrell, of the Corps of Engineers United States Army, for meritorious services at the battle of Franklin, Tenn., to date from March 13, 1865.
  • First Lieutenant James M. Lancaster, of the Third Regiment United States Artillery, for good conduct and gallant services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • First Lieutenant Otho E. Mechaelis, of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March, 13, 1865.
  • Brevet First Lieutenant Martin L. Poland, second lieutenant of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from December 14, 1865.
  • First Lieutenant James R. Kemble, of the Third Regiment United States Cavalry, for meritorious and faithful services in the recruitment of the armies of the United States, to date from March 30, 1865.
  • Brevet First Lieutenant William Prince, second lieutenant of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for gallant and distinguished services, to date from March 31, 1865.
  • First Lieutenant David E. Porter, of the First Regiment United States Artillery, for meritorious services in the campaign against the

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    rebel army of Northern Virginia, commencing in front of Petersburg Va., March 29, 1865, and ending April 9, 1865, to date from April 9, 1865.

  • First Lieutenant Charles B. Phillips, of the Corps of Engineers United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services during the recent operations resulting in the fall of Richmond, Va., and the surrender of the insurgent army under General Robert E. Lee, to date from April 9, 1865,
  • First Lieutenant Alfred B. Taylor, of the Fifth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious conduct during the campaign terminating with the surrender of the insurgent army under General Robert E. Lee, to date from April 9, 1865.
  • Brevet First Lieutenant William H. Churchill, second lieutenant of the Fifth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious conduct during the campaign terminating with the surrender of the insurgent army under General Robert E. Lee, to date from April 9, 1865.
  • First Lieutenant Charles A. Curtis, of the Fifth Regiment United States Infantry, for meritorious services during the war, to date from September 27, 1865.
  • First Lieutenant John Cusack, of the First Regiment United States Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from October 28, 1865.
• To be first lieutenants by brevet.
  • Second Lieutenant William S. Smoot, of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services in the Ordnance Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
  • Second Lieutenant Martin L. Poland, of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from December 14, 1865.
  • Second Lieutenant William Prince, of the Ordnance Department United States Army, for gallant and distinguished services, to date from March 31, 1865.
  • Second Lieutenant William H. Churchill, of the Fifth Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the campaign terminating with the surrender of the resurgent army under General Robert E. Lee, to date from April 9, 1865.

I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,

E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.

To the President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the officers named in the accompanying communication for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, July 9th, 1866.

War Department,
Washington, July 9th, 1866.

Sir: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force:

To be first lieutenants by brevet.
• Second Lieutenant James J. Doyle, of the Second Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

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• Second Lieutenant S. P. Curtis, of the Sixteenth Kansas Cavalry, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Second Lieutenant Wesley Markwood, of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Champion Hill, Miss., to date from March 13, 1865.
• Second Lieutenant A. W. McKillip, of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
• Second Lieutenant William P. Hagadorn, of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Second Lieutenant Edward B. Rossiter, of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of South Mountain, Md., and Fredericksburg, Virginia, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Second Lieutenant Gilbert V. Bangs, of the Twenty-ninth Maine Veteran Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Second Lieutenant James Gillespie, of the Twenty-ninth Maine Veteran Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Second Lieutenant Henry M. Smith, of the Twenty-ninth Maine Veteran Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Second Lieutenant Charles H. Pettengill, of the Twenty-ninth Maine Veteran Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Second Lieutenant Nathan H. Landers, of the Twenty-ninth Maine Veteran Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Second Lieutenant Charles B. Thacher, of the Fifth United States Colored Heavy Artillery, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Second Lieutenant Lloyd T. Patterson, of the Fifth United States Colored Heavy Artillery, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Second Lieutenant Criddleton T. Johnson, of the Fifth United States Colored Heavy Artillery, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
• Second Lieutenant Frank A. Page, of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Lee's Mills, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.
• Second Lieutenant Lorenzo D. Stacy, of the Twenty-ninth Maine Veteran Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,

E. M. STANTON.
Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

In compliance with the request of the Senate of the 12th instant, I transmit herewith its resolution declining to consent to the appointment of Albert B. Sloanaker to be collector of internal revenue for the first collection district of Pennsylvania.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Washington, D. C., July 14, 1866.

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The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nominations of Alexander W. Randall and Charles A. Harrington be referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads.

Ordered, That the nomination of S. R. Howlett be referred to the Committee on Territories.

Ordered, That the nomination of Joseph B. Upham be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Ordered, That the nomination of R. P. Buckland and others, John P. S. Gobin and others, Frank M. Drew and others, Edwin B. Babbitt and others, Madison Mills and others, Charles A. Clark and others, Hyatt C. Ransom and others, William M. Deane and others, James J. Doyle and others, Jacob H. Smyser and others, James J. Doyle, be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.

Mr. Sherman, from the Committee on Finance, to whom were referred, the 10th instant, the nominations of W. M. Hamilton, James A. Greason, Garland C. Brodhead, Joseph A. Hay, John M. Glover, and T. T. Crittenden, reported the same without recommendation.

Mr. Chandler, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred, the 13th instant, the nomination of John P. Foster, reported favorably thereon.

Whereupon

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination.

Mr. Chandler, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred, the 28th of June, the nomination of Marshal B. Culpepper, reported favorably thereon.

On motion by Mr. Chandler,

Ordered, That the Secretary be directed to request the President of the United States to return to the Senate the resolution advising and consenting to the appointment of Wm. G. McCandlass to be collector of internal revenue for the twenty-third collection district of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Chandler submitted the following motion for consideration: That the resolution that the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of William G. McCandlass be reconsidered.

On motion by Mr. Wade,

Ordered, That the Secretary be directed to request the President of the United States to return to the Senate the resolution advising and consenting to the appointment of Leonard A. Harris, of Cincinnati, Ohio, to be collector of internal revenue for the first collection district, State of Ohio.

Mr. Wade submitted the following motion for consideration: That the resolution that the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Leonord A. Harris be reconsidered.

On motion by Mr. Sherman,

Ordered, That the Secretary be directed to request the President of the United States to return to the Senate the resolution advising and consenting to the appointment of Samuel F. Cary, of Cincinnati, to be collector of internal revenue for the second collection district of Ohio.

Mr. Sherman submitted the following motion for consideration: That the resolution that the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Samuel F. Cary be reconsidered.

The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of William H. Carouth, W. W. Belknap, Lorenzo Thomas, and others (except P. G. Wood, who was confirmed the 23d of April), Wm. Maynadier and others

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(for brevet promotion in the U. S. Army), Marcus D. L. Simpson and others (for brevet promotion in the U. S. Army), Morris S. Miller and others (for promotion in the Army of the U. S.), Elisha H. Ludington, Charles H. Crane, Martin Burke, Irvin McDowell, and others (to be maj. gen'ls by brevet in the U. S. Army), Samuel P. Heintzelman and others (for brevet promotion in the U. S. Army), Edward R. S. Canby and others (for brevet promotion in the Army of the U. S.), Henry W. Benham and others (for brevet promotion in the Army of the U. S.), James B. Rickets and others (for brevet promotion in the Army of the U. S.), and Truman Seymour and others (for promotion by brevet in the Army of the U. S.); and

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively.

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