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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 --WEDNESDAY, December 30, 1863.

Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 [Volume 3]
WEDNESDAY, December 30, 1863.

OPEN SESSION.

Mr. Hill presented a resolution of the general assembly of the State of Georgia, affirming the right of all soldiers who went from Georgia through the agency of the State to elect their regimental, battalion, and company officers; which was read.

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

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On motion by Mr. Semmes,

Ordered, That the Hon. Edward Sparrow be excused for his absence from the sessions of the Senate, on account of sickness.

Mr. Phelan presented the following resolutions of the legislature of the State of Mississippi; which were severally read, viz:

• A resolution in relation to repealing that portion of the conscript law authorizing substitution in the Army; and
• A resolution in relation to the practicability of using negro men in the armies of the Confederate States as teamsters, nurses, and pioneer corps.

Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and printed.

Mr. Phelan presented a resolution of the legislature of the State of Mississippi in relation to the appointment of an agent or agents, on the part of the Confederate States, to visit the different portions of the State of Mississippi, for the purpose of auditing, adjusting, and paying off certificates and receipts given persons therein for provisions and other property impressed and used by order of Confederate States officers, and to pay off the amounts due the families or legal heirs of deceased soldiers; which was read.

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Claims and printed.

Mr. Phelan (by leave) introduced

A bill (S. 170) to provide for the auditing and payment of certain claims in the State of Mississippi;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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

Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed bills of the following titles; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate:

• H. R. 79. A bill to prohibit dealing in the paper currency of the enemy; and
• H. R. 80. A bill to continue in force an act entitled "An act to provide for the compensation of certain persons therein named," approved May 1, 1863.

The bills received this day from the House of Representatives for concurrence were severally read the first and second times.

Ordered, That the bill numbered 79 be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and the bill numbered 80 to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. Hill, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 75) to amend an act to regulate impressments, approved March 26, 1863, and to repeal an act amendatory thereof, approved April 27, 1863, reported it with amendments.

On motion by Mr. Hill,

Ordered, That the bill and amendments be printed.

On motion by Mr. Hill,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of the following subjects:

• S. 157. A bill to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate impressments," approved March 26, 1863; and

A resolution inquiring if any and what additional legislation is necessary to protect the rights of citizens against the arbitrary unjust and needless impressment of precisions under the orders from the Commissary-General, and whether additional efficiency in that department may not be secured by increased energy, industry, and effort by officials to make purchases for the subsistence of the Army.

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On motion by Mr. Hill,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of a resolution inquiring into the expediency of so amending existing laws as that assessments, under the tax laws, of produce and property, shall conform to the schedule of prices fixed by the commissioners in the respective States under the impressment act, and that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Hill, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 78) providing for filling vacancies of Delegates to Congress in certain Indian nations, reported it without amendment.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill last mentioned; and no amendment being proposed, 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.

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

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 161) to repeal an act entitled "An act to regulate the destruction of property under military necessity, and to provide for the indemnity thereof," and no amendment being proposed, it was reported to the Senate.

On the question,

Shall the bill be engrossed and read a third time?

• It was determined in the affirmative,
• Yeas ... 10
• Nays ... 6

On motion by Mr. Phelan,

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,

Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Baker, Caperton, Clark, Henry, Hunter, Jemison, Johnson of Georgia, Johnson of Arkansas, Maxwell, and Phelan.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Brown, Davis, Dortch, Hill, Orr, and Semmes.

So it was

Ordered, That this bill be engrossed and read a third time.

The said bill was read the third time.

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

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

A message from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:

Mr. President: The President of the Confederate States, on the 28th instant, approved and signed an act (S. 142) to prevent the enlistment or enrollment of substitutes in the military service of the Confederate States.

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

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (H. R. 76) to put an end to the exemption from military service of those who have heretofore furnished substitutes.

On motion by Mr. Maxwell, to amend the bill by adding thereto the following:
Nor shall it affect any person who is now actually employed in the cultivation or in superintending the cultivation of his farm or plantation, or the farm or plantation

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of another, unless his substitute has deserted, or is between eighteen and forty-five years of age: Provided, There is no other white male person on such farm or plantation managing, or capable of managing, the cultivation of the same,

After debate,

On motion by Mr. Orr, that the Senate resolve into executive session,

It was determined in the negative.

On the question to agree to the amendment proposed by Mr. Maxwell,

It was determined in the negative.

On motion by Mr. Semmes, to amend the bill by adding thereto the following additional section:

• Sec. 2. That all persons who were liable to military service under the provisions of the acts commonly called the conscript laws, passed in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and who have obtained exemption from military service by reason of having furnished substitutes, not liable to military service, shall be repaid a fair proportion of any sum of any consideration of money paid by them to their substitutes, under rules to be prescribed by the Secretary of War: Provided, That such repayment shall be made in no case where the substitute has deserted, or where the substitute, after being furnished has become liable to military service, or where he has been received in violation of the law or regulations of the War Department,

It was determined in the negative,
• Yeas ... 10
• Nays ... 10

On motion by Mr. Johnson of Arkansas,

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,

Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Baker, Clay, Davis, Hill, Hunter, Johnson of Georgia, Johnson of Arkansas, Maxwell, Orr, and Semmes.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Brown, Caperton, Clark, Dortch, Henry, Jemison, Phelan, Simms, Sparrow, and Wigfall.

So the amendment was not agreed to.

On motion by Mr. Orr, to amend the bill by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting:

That all principals who were liable to conscription under the several laws of Congress, and who have furnished substitutes since the nineteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, whose substitutes were not exempt from conscription, or who have since, or hereafter may become liable to conscription, and all principals who have furnished substitutes since the eighth day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, who were under the age of eighteen years, or who were furnished in any partisan corps, or in any company not fully organized and received by the War Department, and all principals who have since the twentieth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, furnished substitutes, and the services of such substitutes have been or hereafter may be lost from any cause other than the casualties of war, are hereby declared liable to military service in the armies of the Confederate States, and shall be immediately enrolled and placed in said service.

• Sec. 2. That all principals claiming exemption by reason of having furnished substitutes, in addition to exhibiting exemption papers, shall be required to prove to the satisfaction of the enrolling officer that he in not embraced within either of the provisions of the first section of this act,

It was determined in the negative,
• Yeas ... 5
• Nays ... 15

On motion by Mr. Orr,

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,

Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Baker, Hill, Johnson of Georgia, Maxwell, and Orr.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Brown, Caperton, Clark, Clay, Davis, Dortch, Henry, Hunter, Jemison, Johnson of Arkansas, Phelan, Semmes, Simms, Sparrow, and Wigfall.

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So the amendment was not agreed to.

On motion by Mr. Wigfall, to amend the bill by striking out of the enacting clause the words "do, therefore" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "of America do,"

It was determined in the affirmative.

No further amendment being made, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendment was concurred in.

Ordered, That the bill pass to a third reading.

The said bill as amended was read the third time.

On the question.

Shall the bill now pass?

It was determined in the affirmative,
• Yeas ... 17
• Nays ... 2

On motion by Mr. Brown,

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,

Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Brown, Caperton, Clark, Clay, Davis, Dortch, Henry, Hill, Hunter, Jemison, Johnson of Arkansas, Maxwell, Phelan, Semmes, Simms, Sparrow, and Wigfall.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Johnson of Georgia and Orr.

So it was

Resolved, That this bill pass, with an amendment.

Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House or Representatives in the amendment.

On motion by Mr. Clark,

Ordered, That the Hon. Waldo P. Johnson have leave of absence from the sessions of the Senate until Monday next.

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

Richmond, Va., December 28, 1863.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

I herewith transmit a communication from the Secretary of State, covering a copy of that portion of his correspondence referred to in my message of the 7th instant, which has not been previously submitted.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

The message was read.

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

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

Richmond, Va., December 28, 1863.

To the Senate and House of Representatives:

I herewith transmit a communication from the Secretary of War, covering copies of additional reports of military operations of the year 1862, which should have accompanied the report of Gen. R. E. Lee, submitted for your information on the 24th instant.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

The message was read.

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

On motion by Mr. Clay,

The Senate resolved into executive session.

The doors having been opened,

On motion by Mr. Clark,

The Senate adjourned.

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EXECUTIVE SESSION.

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

Richmond, December 28, 1863.

To the Senate:

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

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

War Department, Richmond, December 8, 1863.

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

NITER AND MINING CORPS.
• Lieutenant-colonel.
  • I. M. St. John, of Georgia, to take rank from May 28, 1863.
• Majors.
  • Richard Morton, of Virginia, to take rank from May 28, 1863.
  • Isaac Read, of Missouri, to take rank from May 29, 1863.
• Captains.
  • F. H. Smith, of Kentucky, to take rank from May 28, 1863.
  • R. H. Temple, of Virginia, to take rank from May 29, 1863.
  • T. J. Finnie, of Tennessee, to take rank from May 30, 1863.
  • William Gabbett, of Georgia, to take rank from June 1, 1863.
  • John Ellicott, of Maryland, to take rank from June 2, 1863.
  • James F. Jones, of Virginia, to take rank from June 3, 1863.
• First lieutenants.
  • R. C. Morton, of Virginia, to take rank from May 28, 1863.
  • J. H. Matthews, of Mississippi, to take rank from May 29, 1863.
  • H. F. Reardon, of Virginia, to take rank from May 30 1863.
  • B. A. Stovall, of Georgia, to take rank from June 1, 1863.
  • J. W. Pearce, of District of Columbia, to take rank from June 2, 1863.
  • R. L. Sprigg, of Virginia, to take rank from June 3, 1863.
  • Edward Harrison, of Louisiana, to take rank from June 4, 1863.
  • R. A. Higgason, of Texas, to take rank from June 6, 1863.
  • J. Triplett Smith, of California, to take rank from June 5, 1863.
  • John R. Hale, of Texas, to take rank from August 19, 1863.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
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.

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

Richmond, December 28, 1863.

To the Senate:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Lieut. Col. E. B. White, of South Carolina, to be colonel of artillery, Provisional Army Confederate States,

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

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War Department, Richmond, December 28, 1863.

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

ARTILLERY OFFICER, UNDER ACT APPROVED JANUARY 22, 1862.
• Colonel.
  • Lieut. Col. E. B. White. of South Carolina, to be colonel of artillery, to rank from date of confirmation.

I have the honor to be, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
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.

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

Richmond, December 28, 1863.

To the Senate:

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

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

War Department, Richmond, December 8, 1863.

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

Adjutants, with the rank of first lieutenant.
• W. R. Holcombe, of Alabama, to be adjutant Ninth Alabama Regiment to rank from May 2, 1863.
• W. D. Hardy, of South Carolina, to be adjutant Fifth South Carolina Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• M. R. Campbell, of Mississippi, to be adjutant Forty-eighth Mississippi Regiment, to rank from May 16, 1863.
• Oliver S. Porter, of Georgia, to be adjutant Cobb's (Georgia) Legion, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• Matt. E. Manly, of North Carolina, to be adjutant Forty-fourth North Carolina Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• James B. Johnson, of Florida, to be adjutant Fifth Florida Regiment, to rank from May 25, 1863.
• David S. Goodloe, of Mississippi, to be adjutant Eighteenth Mississippi Regiment, to rank from May 25, 1863.
• G. C. Conner, of Georgia, to be adjutant Sixty-first Georgia Regiment, to rank from May 3, 1863.
• Charles Edwards, of Virginia, to be adjutant Thirty-fourth Virginia Battalion, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• R. J. Reid, of Florida, to be adjutant Second Florida Regiment, to rank from May 10, 1863.
• R. T. Harris, of Alabama, to be adjutant Ninth Alabama Battalion, to rank from May 16, 1863.
• Daniel B. Hatch, of Missouri, to be adjutant Fourth Missouri Cavalry Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• S. M. Howard, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Twenty-seventh Tennessee Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• William E. Beasley, of Mississippi, to be adjutant First Mississippi Cavalry Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• W. F. Miller, of Tennessee. to be adjutant Thirty-fifth Tennessee Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.

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• Green L. White, of Arkansas, to be adjutant Twenty-fourth Arkansas Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• William A. Pugh, of North Carolina, to be adjutant Twelfth North Carolina Battalion, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• Crenshaw Hall, of Alabama, to be adjutant Second Battalion, Hilliard's Legion, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• T. H. Colcock, of South Carolina, to be adjutant Third South Carolina Cavalry Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• W. Hemmingway, of Arkansas, to be adjutant Twelfth Arkansas Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• Charles W. Lewis, of Arkansas, to be adjutant Twenty-third Arkansas Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• T. S. Warren, of Virginia, to be adjutant Fifty-first Virginia Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• John A. Matthias, of Georgia, to be adjutant Phillips Legion, to rank from May 12, 1863.
• S. B. Clowney, of South Carolina, to be adjutant First South Carolina Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• A. L. Peel, of Mississippi, to be adjutant Nineteenth Mississippi Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• H. G. Gwyn, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Twenty-third Tennessee Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• Thomas W. Miller, of Mississippi, to be adjutant Thirty-fourth Mississippi Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• Volney Ellis, of Texas, to be adjutant Twelfth Texas Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• Alex. W. Loving, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Twelfth Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• William H. Keller, of Alabama, to be adjutant Forty-seventh Alabama Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• A. C. Bailey, of Virginia, to be adjutant Eighth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• George P. Brown, of Alabama, to be adjutant Tenth Alabama Regiment, to rank from May 22, 1863.
• George M. Wright, of Arkansas, to be adjutant Twenty-sixth Arkansas Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• B. McFarland, of Mississippi, to be adjutant Forty-first Mississippi Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• A. F. Claywell, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Sixteenth Tennessee Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• L. F. Bakewell, of Georgia, to be adjutant Twenty-first Georgia Regiment, to rank from June 4, 1863.
• Lovic Pierce, jr., of Georgia, to be adjutant Fifteenth Georgia Regiment, to rank from May 13, 1863.
• B. F. Chastain, of Georgia, to be adjutant Sixth Georgia Cavalry Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• Henry H. Way, of Georgia, to be adjutant Fifty-fourth Georgia Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• T. A. Jeffords, of South Carolina, to be adjutant Fifth South Carolina Cavalry Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• James H. Merrimon, of North Carolina, to be adjutant Seventh North Carolina Battalion, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• R. N. Harris, of Alabama, to be adjutant Twenty-seventh Alabama Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• J. D. S. Newell, of Louisiana, to be adjutant Fifteenth Louisiana Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• Jesse B. Pye, of Georgia, to be adjutant Twenty-seventh Georgia Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• Henry H. Dinkins, of North Carolina, to be adjutant Forty-ninth North Carolina Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• John A. Jones, of Georgia, to be adjutant Ninth Georgia Regiment, to rank from June 4, 1863.
• J. O. Waddell, of Georgia, to be adjutant Twentieth Georgia Regiment, to rank from June 4, 1863.
• Lawrence Baker, of Georgia, to be adjutant Fifty-third Georgia Regiment, to rank from June 8, 1863.
• A. C. Hickey, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Twenty-sixth Tennessee Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1803.

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• W. B. L. Reagan, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Sixteenth Tennessee Battalion, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• H. B. Tompkins, of Alabama, to be adjutant Thirty-ninth Alabama Regiment, to rank from June 1, 1863.
• James J. Searcy, of Missouri, to be adjutant Ninth Missouri Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• Jedediah Waldo, of Missouri, to be adjutant Eighth Missouri Battalion, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• W. G. Kisling, of Virginia, to be adjutant Tenth Virginia Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• J. T. Keesee, of Virginia, to be adjutant Third Virginia Battalion, Troops Local Defense, to rank from July 2, 1863.
• John W. Pearson, of North Carolina, to be adjutant Seventh North Carolina Regiment, to rank from June 22, 1863.
• E. Bertus, of Louisiana, to be adjutant Twentieth Louisiana Regiment, to rank from June 9, 1863.
• J. B. Fitzpatrick, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Seventeenth Tennessee Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• Brice A. Wilson, of Alabama, to be adjutant Sixteenth Alabama Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• J. P. Williams, of North Carolina, to be adjutant Eighth North Carolina Battalion, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• James A. Byrd, of Georgia, to be adjutant Sixty-fourth Georgia Regiment, to rank from June 19, 1863.
• R. B. Peebles, of North Carolina, to be adjutant Thirty-fifth North Carolina Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• John J. Winston, of Alabama, to be adjutant Eighteenth Alabama Regiment, to rank from June 10, 1863.
• John T. Gregory, of North Carolina, to be adjutant Twelfth North Carolina Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• W. McR. Jordan, of Florida, to be adjutant Third Florida Battalion, to rank from June 1, 1863.
• Robert T. Hubard, of Virginia, to be adjutant Third Virginia Cavalry Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• W. R. Bedell, of Georgia, to be adjutant Forty-sixth Georgia Regiment, to rank from June 17, 1863.
• E. Bourges, of --, to be adjutant Fourteenth Confederate Cavalry Regiment, to rank from July 16, 1863.
• John R. Youree, of Georgia, to be adjutant Fourth Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from May 4, 1863.
• John A. G. Hiatt, of Virginia, to be adjutant Sixty-fourth Virginia Regiment, to rank from June 15, 1863.
• Richard Ferguson, of Virginia, to be adjutant Eighteenth Virginia Regiment, to rank from June 29, 1863.
• W. A. Hopson, of Georgia, to be adjutant Sixty-second Georgia Regiment, to rank from June 7, 1863.
• George Dawson, of Florida, to be adjutant Seventh Florida Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• Samuel Wilson, of Virginia, to be adjutant Tenth Virginia Battalion Artillery, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• Henry S. Figures, of Alabama, to be adjutant Forty-eighth Alabama Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• J. T. S. Reid, of Virginia, to be adjutant for duty with Colonel Thorburn, commanding artillery, Wilmington, N. C., to rank from May 4, 1863.
• L. N. Davies, of Virginia, to be adjutant Fortieth Virginia Battalion Cavalry, to rank from July 15, 1863.
• S. W. Wardlaw, of South Carolina, to be adjutant Cavalry Battalion, Holcombe Legion, to rank from July 24, 1863.
• Henry Hudnall, of Virginia, to be adjutant Twelfth Virginia Battalion, to rank from July 19, 1863.
• Thomas H. Allen, of North Carolina, to be adjutant Tenth North Carolina Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• James H. Williams, of Georgia, to be adjutant. Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 29, 1863.
• Rufus Brittain, of Virginia, to be adjutant Twenty-ninth Virginia Regiment, to rank from June 20, 1863.
• W. W. Alexander, of Virginia, to be adjutant Forty-sixth Virginia Regiment, to rank from July 13, 1863.

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• Thomas B. Cook, of Kentucky, to be adjutant Fifth Kentucky Regiment, to rank from July 12, 1863.
• M. S. Cleveland, of Alabama, to be adjutant Eighth Alabama Regiment, to rank from July 28, 1863.
• William F. Price, of Virginia, to be adjutant Forty-eighth Virginia Regiment, to rank from July 30, 1863.
• Orville Ewing, of North Carolina, to be adjutant Sixtieth North Carolina Regiment, to rank from March 4, 1863.
• Richard W. Freeman, of Georgia, to be adjutant Forty-fourth Georgia Regiment. to rank from August 8, 1863.
• Thomas W. Hoffman, of Virginia, to be adjutant Thirty-first Virginia Regiment, to rank from July 17, 1863.
• William F. Ogden, of Louisiana, to be adjutant Seventh Louisiana Regiment, to rank from August 2, 1863.
• John L. Blain, of Texas, to be adjutant First Texas Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from July 16, 1863.
• G. J. Buchanan, of Mississippi, to be adjutant First Mississippi Regiment, to rank from August 31, 1863.
• Edward A. Martin, of North Carolina, to be adjutant Eleventh North Carolina Regiment, to rank from August 18, 1863.
• William M. Smith, of South Carolina, to be adjutant First South Carolina Battalion, to rank from August 12 1863.
• J. C. Small, of Kentucky, to be adjutant Third Kentucky Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• D. D. Walton, of Texas, to be adjutant Eighteenth Texas Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• Benjamin M. Smith, of Virginia, to be adjutant Twentieth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, to rank from August 14, 1863.
• James F. Grier, of Georgia, to be adjutant Fifty-fifth Georgia Regiment, to rank from September 9, 1863.
• Joel W. Marshall, of Virginia, to be adjutant Fourteenth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, to rank from August 10, 1863.
• W. S. Sawrie, of Arkansas, to be adjutant Second Arkansas Regiment, to rank from August 19, 1863.
• J. A. Robertson, of Alabama, to be adjutant Sixth Alabama Cavalry Regiment, to rank from August 19, 1863.
• E. J. Kursheedt, of Louisiana, to be adjutant Washington Artillery Battalion, to rank from August 10, 1863.
• Lot M. Jones, of Mississippi, to be adjutant Third Mississippi Regiment, to rank from August 1, 1863.
• D. C. Green, of Alabama, to be adjutant Twentieth Alabama Battalion Artillery, to rank from May 16, 1863.
• Francis A. Boyle, of North Carolina, to be adjutant Thirty-second North Carolina Regiment, to rank front June 7, 1863.
• John C. Anderson, of South Carolina, to be adjutant Thirteenth South Carolina Regiment, to rank from September 10, 1863.
• D. R. Dunlap, of Alabama, to be adjutant Third Alabama Regiment, to rank from September 2, 1863.
• D. Rankin, of --, to be adjutant Second Virginia Battalion, Troops Local Defense, to rank from June 18, 1863.
• B. H. Eppes, jr., of --, to be adjutant First Virginia Battalion, Troops Local Defense, to rank from August 17, 1863.
• L. J. Gaines, of Missouri, to be adjutant Second Missouri Cavalry Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• Allan Talbott, of Virginia, to be adjutant Fourth Virginia Battalion, Troops Local Defense, to rank from September 17, 1863.
• B. McMullen, of Texas, to be adjutant Fifth Virginia Battalion, Troops Local Defense, to rank from August 15, 1863.
• J. J. Evans, of Mississippi, to be adjutant Eleventh Mississippi Regiment, to rank from August 25, 1863.
• John A. R. Imboden, of Virginia, to be adjutant Forty-first Virginia Battalion Cavalry, to rank from October 5, 1863.
• R. Lindsay, of Missouri to be adjutant Eleventh Missouri Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• W. G. Newman, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Twenty-third Tennessee Battalion, to rank from May 2, 1863.

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• Robert T. Penick, of Missouri, to be adjutant Tenth Missouri Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• H. C. Bradford, of Alabama, to be adjutant Fifty-fifth Alabama Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• C. C. Wertenbaker, of Virginia, to be adjutant Nineteenth Virginia Regiment, to rank from July 24, 1863.
• Robert B. Hurt, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Fifty-fifth Tennessee Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• John F. Waller, of Mississippi, to be adjutant Twelfth Mississippi Battalion, to rank from September 18, 1863.
• Thomas Gaillard, of Alabama, to be adjutant Forty-second Alabama Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• William L. Faison, of North Carolina, to be adjutant Sixty-first North Carolina Regiment, to rank from September 25, 1863.
• N. T. Johnson, of Georgia, to be adjutant Twelfth Georgia Battalion, to rank from September 28, 1863.
• L. Mitchell, of North Carolina, to be adjutant Forty-sixth North Carolina Regiment, to rank from September 29, 1863.
• J. W. Kendall, of Kentucky, to be adjutant Tenth Kentucky Cavalry Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• W. W. Jackson, of Georgia, to be adjutant Thirty-sixth Georgia Regiment, to rank from June 21, 1863.
• W. T. Charles, of Alabama, to be adjutant Seventh Alabama Cavalry Regiment, to rank from July 22, 1863.
• Augustus Owen, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Seventeenth Tennessee Battalion Cavalry, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• S. C. De Bruhl, of Georgia, to be adjutant Fifty-seventh Georgia Regiment, to rank from August 31, 1863.
• John G. Gittings, of Virginia, to be adjutant Nineteenth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, to rank from October 14, 1863.
• W. L. Le Conte, of Georgia, to be adjutant Sixty-sixth Georgia Regiment, to rank from October 13, 1863.
• William H. Laughter, of Virginia, to be adjutant Eighteenth Virginia Battalion, to rank from October 3, 1863.
• James D. Vaughan, of --, to be adjutant First Virginia Battalion Cavalry, Troops Local Defense, to rank from October 17, 1863.
• William L. Peters, of Arkansas, to be adjutant First Chickasaw Regiment, to rank from September 25, 1863.
• C. W. Graves, of Mississippi, to be adjutant Fourteenth Mississippi Battalion, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• Irving Root, of Texas, to be adjutant Eleventh Texas Cavalry Regiment, to rank from May 15, 1863.
• Henry E. Allen, of Louisiana, to be adjutant Thirty-first Louisiana Regiment, to rank from September 1, 1863.
• John W. Barry, of Louisiana, to be adjutant First Louisiana Cavalry Regiment, to rank from October 10, 1863.
• James O. Owens, of Florida, to be adjutant Sixth Florida Battalion, to rank from October 6, 1863.
• L. R. Stark, of South Carolina, to be adjutant Tenth South Carolina Regiment, to rank from October 10, 1863.
• S. D. Davies, of Virginia, to be adjutant Forty-seventh Virginia Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• W. J. Milner, of Alabama, to be adjutant Thirty-third Alabama Regiment, to rank from October 14, 1863.
• Michael M. McGee, of Arkansas, to be adjutant Second Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• J. A. August, of Virginia, to be adjutant Fifteenth Virginia Regiment, to rank from October 26, 1863.
• Benjamin L. Perry, of North Carolina, to be adjutant Fifty-eighth North Carolina Regiment, to rank from October 13, 1863.
• E. A. Warren, of Arkansas, to be adjutant Eleventh Arkansas Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• G. W. Anderson, of North Carolina, to be adjutant Thirteenth North Carolina Regiment, to rank from October 23, 1863.
• Samuel S. Owen, of Mississippi, to be adjutant Second Mississippi Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.

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• M. T. Bass, of Georgia, to be adjutant Fifty-ninth Georgia Regiment, to rank from October 15, 1863.
• F. S. Findlay, of Virginia, to be adjutant Fifty-first Virginia Regiment, to rank from October 20, 1863.
• A. R. Greigg, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Twenty-fifth Tennessee Regiment, to rank from September 26, 1863.
• William R. White, of Arkansas, to be adjutant First Arkansas Regiment, to rank from October 7, 1863.
• John M. Farris, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Fifteenth Tennessee Regiment, to rank from September 26, 1866.
• B. W. Arnold, of Virginia, to be adjutant Fourteenth Virginia Regiment, to rank from October 22, 1863.
• F. Philips, of Florida, to be adjutant First Florida Cavalry Regiment, to rank from September 3, 1863.
• John S. Tutt, of Arkansas, to be adjutant Sixteenth Arkansas Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• W. P. McCarty, of Virginia, to be adjutant Thirteenth Virginia Battalion Artillery, to rank from October 26, 1863.
• O. P. Sydenstricker, of Virginia, to be adjutant Sixtieth Virginia Regiment, to rank from October 22, 1863.
• C. W. Wyatt, of Virginia, to be adjutant Twenty-second Virginia Cavalry Regiment, to rank from November 16, 1863.
• T. F. Powell, of North Carolina, to be adjutant Twenty-third North Carolina Regiment, to rank from July 1, 1863.
• G. W. Smitheal, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Fifty-first Tennessee Regiment, to rank from July 1, 1863.
• B. F. Parker, of Florida, to be adjutant Fourth Florida Battalion, to rank from October 31, 1863.
• Thomas B. Fowler, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Second Tennessee Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• William French, of Mississippi, to be adjutant Tenth Mississippi Regiment, to rank from September 16, 1863.
• Edwin P. Starr, of Georgia, to be adjutant Eighteenth Georgia Battalion, to rank from November 9, 1863.
• S. G. Worth, of North Carolina, to be adjutant Nineteenth North Carolina Regiment, to rank from November 7, 1863.
• B. F. Smith, of Alabama, to be adjutant Fifth alabama Battalion, to rank from November 14, 1863.
• Charles A. Raine, of Virginia, to be adjutant Twenty-third Virginia Regiment, to rank from June 1, 1863.
• Charles C. Ivey, of Alabama, to be adjutant Thirty-second Alabama Regiment, to rank from July 12, 1863.
• Thomas E. Winn, of Georgia, to be adjutant Sixteenth Georgia Battalion, Partisan Rangers, to rank from October 8, 1863.
• C. D. Waters, of Louisiana, to be adjutant Ninth Louisiana Regiment, to rank from November 12, 1863.
• J. R. Rogers, of Kentucky, to be adjutant Third Kentucky Cavalry Battalion, to rank from November 15, 1863.
• George Millard, of Louisiana, to be adjutant Twenty-second Louisiana Regiment, to rank from September 1, 1863.
• C. B. Paslay, of Florida, to be adjutant Seventh Florida Regiment, to rank from August 7, 1863.
• A. T. Stennis, of Mississippi, to be adjutant Fifth Mississippi Regiment, to rank from November 14, 1863.
• J. G. Clarke, of Mississippi, to be adjutant Wirt Adams' Cavalry, to rank from November 14, 1863.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
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. Clark,

The Senate resolved into open legislative session.

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