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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875

Journal of the Confederate Congress --FRIDAY, March 28, 1862.

Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 [Volume 2]
FRIDAY, March 28, 1862.

OPEN SESSION.

The President laid before the Senate a communication from Shelton C. Davis, clerk of the senate of Virginia, transmitting a resolution of that body, tendering to the Senate of the Confederate States the use of their chamber after their adjournment.

The communication having been read,

Mr. Orr submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

Resolved, That the thanks of the Senate of the Confederate States are respectfully returned to the senate of Virginia for the tender of their chamber for the use of the Confederate States Senate, after the adjournment of the general assembly of Virginia.

The President having signed the bill reported by the committee on yesterday to have been truly enrolled, viz: A bill (H. R. --) to fix the times for holding the Confederate court for the northern district of Georgia, it was delivered to the Secretary, and by him forthwith presented to the President for his approbation.

On motion by Mr. Baker,

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The vote on the passing of the bill (S. 29) to amend the several acts in relation to the pay of chaplains in the Army was reconsidered.

On motion by Mr. Baker,

The vote on the engrossment of the same was also reconsidered.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 29) last mentioned; and

On motion by Mr. Baker, to amend the bill by striking out the word "eighty," in the third line of the first section, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "one hundred," and to further amend by striking out all after the word "with," in the fourth line of the same section, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "with the rank of captain."

On motion by Mr. Wigfall,

Ordered, That the bill and amendments be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. Clay presented the memorial of citizens of Jackson County, Ala., praying some action of Congress to prevent a draft of the militia in said county; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 1) to legalize the organization of certain companies in Tennessee, reported it with an amendment.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 1) last mentioned, and the reported amendment, as amended on motion by Mr. Burnett, was agreed to; and no further amendment being made, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendment was concurred in.

Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time.

The said bill was read the third time, and the title was amended.

Resolved, That this bill pass, and that the title thereof be "An act to recognize the organization of certain military companies."

Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.

The President laid before the Senate a device for a Confederate States flag; which was referred to the Committee on Flag and Seal.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (H. R. --) to authorize the President to increase his personal staff; and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate.

Ordered, That it pass to a third reading.

The said bill was read the third time.

Resolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid.

Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives thereof.

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Lamar:

Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed the following resolution:

"Resolved (the Senate concurring), That the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate adjourn their respective Houses on Monday, the seventh day of April, anne Domini, eighteen hundred and sixty-two."

The bill (H. R. --) to fix the compensation of the President of the Confederate States was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Finance.

The Senate proceeded to consider their amendment, disagreed to by the House of Representatives, to the resolution (H. R. --) relating

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to the manner of paying members of the Provisional Congress the arrearages of their pay and mileage; and

On motion by Mr. Orr,

Resolved, That the Senate insist on their said amendment, disagreed to by the House, and ask a conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses.

On motion,

Ordered, That the committee of conference on the part of the Senate be appointed by the President; and

Mr. Orr, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Clark were appointed.

Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives accordingly.

On motion by Mr. Orr,

The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.

The doors being opened,

On motion by Mr. Clay,

The Senate adjourned until to-morrow morning at 12 o'clock.

SECRET SESSION.

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Lamar:

Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed a bill (H. R. --) making appropriations for the support of the Government from April 1 to November 30, 1862, and for objects hereinafter mentioned; also

A bill (H. R. --) to provide further means for the support of the Government; In which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the Senate.

The two bills (H. R. --, --) this day received from the House of Representatives for concurrence were severally read the first and second times.

Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on Finance.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the joint resolution (H. R. --) authorizing the President to send additional commissioners to foreign countries, and for other purposes.

After debate,

On motion by Mr. Orr,

Ordered, That it lie on the table.

On motion by Mr. Henry, that the vote by which the Senate declared, on yesterday, that they had not constitutional jurisdiction of the subject embraced in the bill (S. 8) to repeal an act entitled "An act to provide revenue from commodities imported from foreign countries," other laws imposing duties on imports, be reconsidered,

On motion by Mr. Haynes,

The Senate resolved into executive session.

EXECUTIVE SESSION.

The following message was received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:

Executive Department,
Richmond, March 27, 1862.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

I nominate the officers on the accompanying list to the rank affixed to their names, respectively, agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

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Confederate States of America, War Department,

Richmond, March 22, 1862.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America:

• THIRD ARKANSAS REGIMENT, PROVISIONAL ARMY.
  • Colonel.
    • Van H. Manning, to take rank March 11, 1862, Arkansas.
  • Lieutenant-colonel.
    • William H. Tebbs, to take rank March 11, 1862, Arkansas.
  • Major.
    • J. H. Capers, to take rank March 11, 1862, Arkansas.
• FOURTEENTH LOUISIANA REGIMENT, PROVISIONAL ARMY.
  • Colonel.
    • R. W. Jones, to take rank February 19, 1862, Louisiana.
  • Lieutenant-colonel.
    • Z. York, to take rank February 19, 1862, Louisiana.
  • Major.
    • David Zable, to take rank February 19, 1862, Louisiana.
• TWENTY-EIGHTH MISSISSIPPI REGIMENT, PROVISIONAL ARMY.
  • Colonel.
    • P. B. Starke, to take rank February 24, 1862, Mississippi.
  • Lieutenant-colonel.
    • S. W. Ferguson, to take rank February 24, 1862, Mississippi.
  • Major.
    • Edward P. Jones, to take rank February 24, 1862, Mississippi.
• THIRTY-SIXTH TENNESSEE REGIMENT, PROVISIONAL ARMY.
  • Colonel.
    • R. J. Morgan, to take rank February 26, 1862, Tennessee.
  • Lieutenant-colonel.
    • John N. Dunn, to take rank February 26, 1862, Tennessee.
  • Major.
    • W. A. Camp, to take rank February 26, 1862, Tennessee.
• FIFTH ALABAMA BATTALION, PROVISIONAL ARMY.
  • Lieutenant-colonel.
    • William D. Chadick, to take rank February 26, 1862, Alabama.

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• THIRTEENTH GEORGIA REGIMENT, PROVISIONAL ARMY.
  • Colonel.
    • Marcellus Douglass, to take rank February 1, 1862, Georgia.
  • Lieutenant-colonel.
    • James M. Smith, to take rank February 1, 1862, Georgia.
  • Major.
    • John H. Baker, to take rank February 1, 1862, Georgia.
• SECOND ARKANSAS CAVALRY REGIMENT, PROVISIONAL ARMY.
  • Major.
    • William Gipson, to take rank January 26, 1862, Arkansas.
• SECOND ARKANSAS REGIMENT, PROVISIONAL ARMY.
  • Major.
    • E. Warfield, to take rank January 6, 1862, Arkansas.
• TENTH VIRGINIA BATTALION, PROVISIONAL ARMY.
  • Major.
    • Benjamin F. Bradley, to take rank March 13, 1862, Virginia.
• TWENTY-SIXTH ALABAMA REGIMENT, PROVISIONAL ARMY.
  • Colonel.
    • E. A. O'Neal, to take rank from confirmation, Alabama.
• FIRST ALABAMA REGIMENT, PROVISIONAL ARMY.
  • Colonel.
    • I. G. W. Steedman, to take rank, etc., March 4, 1862, Alabama.
• EIGHTH VIRGINIA CAVALRY REGIMENT, PROVISIONAL ARMY.
  • Lieutenant-colonel.
    • Henry Fitzhugh, to take rank March 22, 1862, Virginia.
• FOURTH ARKANSAS REGIMENT, PROVISIONAL ARMY.
  • Lieutenant-colonel.
    • Samuel Ogden, to take rank February 27, 1862, Arkansas.
• FIRST REGIMENT LOUISIANA ARTILLERY, PROVISIONAL ARMY.
  • Second lieutenants.
    • Thomas P. B. Ryan, to take rank March 20, 1862, Louisiana.
    • Robert Bruce, to take rank March 22, 1862, Louisiana.
  • Brigade quartermasters, with the rank of major.
    • George W. Grice, Virginia; J. M. Thomson, Mississippi; Clement Young, --; Alexander W. Vick, Tennessee; G. V. Young, Tennessee; L. F. Johnston, Alabama; Joseph H. Pendleton, Virginia.

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  • Assistant quartermasters, with the rank of captain.
    • J. G. Dent, Tennessee; L. S. McGwier, Georgia; Robert H. Smith, Mississippi; Henry E. Cate, Tennessee; Belton Mickle, Louisiana; A. Smith Jordan, North Carolina; J. J. Waggoner, Virginia; H. H. Epping, Georgia; C. H. Williams, Mississippi; Horace L. Robards, North Carolina; Rufus P. McClain, Tennessee; M. H. Stephens, Tennessee; J. E. Roberts, Arkansas; D. H. Thomas, Arkansas; Henry H. McCune, Missouri; Charles A. Watkins, Missouri; Joshua Dear, Missouri; J. G. Michaeloffsky, Alabama.
  • Brigade commissaries, with the rank of major.
    • Clinton McClarty, Kentucky; Robert Tannahill, Virginia; Ferdinand Molloy, --; M. M. Copeland, --; William B. Stanard, Virginia; W. W. Guy, Tennessee; H. H. Chalmers, Mississippi.
  • Assistant commissaries, with the rank of captain.
    • J. D. Witherspoon, South Carolina; William H. Whitehead, Georgia; R. A. Howard, --; Isaac N. Barnett, Tennessee; Simon Myers, Mississippi; Edward Miles, Louisiana; John P. Campbell, Tennessee; David Urquhart, Louisiana; T. W. Tansill, Virginia; Samuel Donald, Louisiana; C. T. Patin, Louisiana; Thomas E. Gregg, South Carolina; F. O. H. White, Alabama; V. H. Claiborne, Virginia; William M. Priest, Missouri; Lynch Turner, Missouri; Andrew S. Justice, Missouri; J. Henry Graybill, Virginia; John W. Fraley, Texas; Henry T. Hall, Georgia.
  • Chaplains.
    • Archibald Gould, Florida; W. E. Cameron, Alabama; Antoine de Chaignon, Louisiana; William M. Dodson, Missouri; G. W. Rogers, Missouri; Julius P. Faison, North Carolina; J. C. Brown, Virginia; W. C. Dunlap, Georgia.
  • Adjutants, with the rank of first lieutenant.
    • Elias E. Whitner, to take rank January 1, 1862, Florida.
    • Thomas W. Cumming, to take rank March 18, 1862, Georgia.
    • D. C. A. Moses, to take rank February 1, 1862, Alabama.
    • E. P. Dandridge, to take rank March 18, 1862, Virginia.
    • John L. Hopkins, to take rank February 26, 1862, Tennessee.
    • C. B. Porter, to take rank March 10, 1862, Virginia.
    • Grimke Rhett, to take rank March 19, 1862, South Carolina.
    • J. P. Dillingham, to take rank March 22, 1862, North Carolina.
    • John S. Mosby, to take rank February 17, 1862, Virginia.
    • David Lewis, to take rank February 17, 1862, Florida.
    • Charles W. Pullins, to take rank January 20, 1862, Missouri.
    • John M. Poteat, to take rank February 17, 1862, North Carolina.
    • Miles M. Cowles, to take rank February 17, 1862, North Carolina.
    • John J. Fitzpatrick, to take rank February 17, 1862, Mississippi.
    • Joseph J. Guyton, to take rank February 17, 1862, Mississippi.
  • Assistant adjutants-general, with the rank of captain.
    • H. W. Walter, to take rank March 19, 1862, Louisiana.
    • Charles E. Marshall, to take rank March 19, 1862, Kentucky.
    • John M. Stansifer, to take rank March 19, 1862, Kentucky.
    • W. H. Sellers, to take rank March 19, 1862, Texas.
    • Charles Wood, to take rank March 15, 1862, Virginia.
    • E. E. Portlock, jr., to take rank March 20, 1862, Virginia.
    • William B. Pendleton, to take rank March 22, 1862, Virginia.
  • Aids-de-camp, with the rank of first lieutenant.
    • A. Claxton Sorrel, to take rank March 18, 1862, --.
    • J. I. Middleton, jr., to take rank March 20, 1862, South Carolina.
    • Louis G. Young, to take rank March 22, 1862, North Carolina.
    • John M. Smith, to take rank March 22, 1862, Arkansas.
    • Charles Marshall, to take rank March 22, 1862, Virginia.
    • J. Lyle Clarke, to take rank March 20, 1862, Maryland.

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• ARTILLERY.
  • Majors.
    • R. C. Taylor, to take rank March 18, 1862, Virginia.
    • R. L. Walker, to take rank March 20, 1862, Virginia.
• ENGINEERS.
  • First lieutenant.
    • Walter G. Turpin, to take rank March 22, 1862, Virginia.

I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

J. P. BENJAMIN,
Acting Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

The message was read.

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

On motion by Mr. Clay,

The Senate resolved into open legislative session.

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