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Journal of the Confederate Congress --FRIDAY, January 8, 1864.

Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 [Volume 3]
FRIDAY, January 8, 1864.

OPEN SESSION.

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

Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed, by the required constitutional vote of two-thirds, a bill (H. R. 87) appropriating $100,000 for the use and benefit of the Cherokee Nation; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed an enrolled bill, I am directed to bring it to the Senate for the signature of their President.

The President pro tempore laid before the Senate resolutions of the general assembly of the State of Georgia, expressive of the determination of Georgia to prosecute the present war with the utmost vigor and energy; which were read.

Ordered, That they lie upon the table and be printed.

The bill (H. R. 87) communicated this day from the House of Representatives for concurrence was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

On motion by Mr. Sparrow,

The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.

The doors having been opened,

Mr. Caperton, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled

A bill (H. R. 83) to authorize the cancellation of certain Confederate States bonds, and the substitution of others for them.

The President pro tempore having signed the enrolled bill last reported to have been examined, it was delivered to the Secretary of the Senate and by him forthwith presented to the President of the Confederate States for his approval.

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

Richmond, Va., January 7, 1864.

To the Senate and House of Representatives:

I herewith transmit for your consideration a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting an estimate of the amount "necessary for the payment of interest on the removal and subsistence fund due to the Cherokee Indians in North Carolina."

I recommend an appropriation of the sum specified for the purpose indicated.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

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The message was read.

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

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

Richmond, Va., January 7, 1864.

To the Senate and House Representatives:

I herewith transmit for your information a communication from the Secretary of War, covering copies of several additional reports of military operations.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

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. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:

Richmond, Va., January 8, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

I herewith transmit for your information a communication from the Secretary of War, covering copies of the "report of Gen. J. E. Johnston, of his operations in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana," and of the "report of Lieut. Gen. J. C. Pemberton, of the battles of Port Gibson, Baker's Creek, and the siege of Vicksburg," to which is appended a copy of correspondence of the Department with him relative to some points of the report which were thought to require explanation.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

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. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:

Richmond, Va., January 7, 1864.

To the Senate and House of Representatives:

I herewith transmit for your information a communication from the Secretary of War, covering copies of several additional reports of military operations.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

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. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:

Richmond, Va., January 7, 1864.

To the Senate and House of Representatives:

I herewith transmit for your information a communication from the Secretary of War, covering a copy of the report of Brig. Gen. R. S. Ripley, "of operations from August 21 to September 10, 1863."

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

The message was read.

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

On motion by Mr. Sparrow,

The Senate adjourned.

SECRET SESSION.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 158) to organize forces to serve during the war.

The question being on agreeing to the amendment proposed to the bill by Mr. Dortch, viz:

Strike out, section 1, line 3, the word "sixteen" and insert "eighteen,"

After debate,

On motion by Mr. Clark,

The Senate resolved into executive session.

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EXECUTIVE SESSION.

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

Richmond, January 7, 1864.

To the Senate:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Attorney-General, I hereby nominate James O. Fuqua, to be marshal for the district of Louisiana.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Department of Justice,
Richmond, January 6, 1864.

The President.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend James O. Fuqua for appointment as marshal of the district of Louisiana.

Your obedient servant,GEO. DAVIS,
Attorney-General.

The message was read.

The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of James O. Fuqua, to be marshal for the district of Louisiana; and it was

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

The Senate resumed the consideration of the nomination of William Johnston, to be assistant quartermaster, with the rank of captain; and it was

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

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

Richmond, January 8, 1864.

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, January 2, 1864.

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

Assistant adjutant-general--captain.
• Joseph Kelly, of Missouri, to take rank from October 5, 1862.

Adjutants--first lieutenants.
• W. H. H. Thomas, of Missouri, for duty with Twelfth Missouri Regiment, to take rank from October 24, 1862.
• Edward Warburg, of Louisiana, for duty with Sixteenth Missouri Regiment, to take rank from November 1, 1862.
• S. M. Morrison, of Missouri, for duty with Pindall's Battalion Sharpshooters, to take rank from December 15, 1862.

Brigade quartermaster--major.
• P. J. Pindall, of Missouri, to take rank from January 2, 1863.

Assistant quartermasters--captains.
• Cyrus Black, of Missouri, to take rank from October 24, 1862.
• E. L. Grigsby, of Missouri, to take rank from December 7, 1862.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

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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, January 8, 1864.

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, January 2, 1864.

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

Colonels.
• Lieut. Col. A. C. Pickett, of Arkansas, to be colonel Tenth Missouri Regiment, vice Colonel Steen, killed, to rank from December 7, 1862.
• Lieut. Col. Simon P. Burns, of Missouri, to be colonel Eleventh Missouri Regiment, vice Colonel Hunter, resigned, to rank from March 24, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. L. M. Lewis, of Missouri, to be colonel Sixteenth Missouri Regiment, vice Colonel Caldwell, resigned, to rank from March 24, 1863.

Lieutenant-colonels.
• Maj. Willis M. Ponder, of Missouri, to be lieutenant-colonel Twelfth Missouri Regiment, to rank from October 22, 1862.
• Maj. W. M. Moore, of Missouri, to be lieutenant-colonel Tenth Missouri Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Pickett, promoted, to rank from December 7, 1862.
• Maj. Thomas H. Murray, of Missouri, to be lieutenant-colonel Eleventh Missouri Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Burns, promoted, to rank from March 24, 1863.
• Maj. P. W. H. Cumming, of Missouri, to be lieutenant-colonel Sixteenth Missouri Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis, promoted, to rank from March 24, 1863.

Majors.
• Capt. S. Harris, of Missouri, to be major Tenth Missouri Regiment, vice Major Moore, promoted, to rank from December 7, 1862.
• Capt. James Phillips, of Missouri, to be major Eleventh Missouri Regiment, vice Major Murray, promoted, to rank from March 24, 1863.
• Capt. J. P. Herrell, of Missouri, to be major Sixteenth Missouri Regiment, vice Major Cumming, promoted, to rank from March 24, 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, January 5, 1864.

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, for distinguished valor and skill:

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Colonels.
• W. D. Robison, of Tennessee, to be colonel Second Tennessee Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• James R. Hagood, of South Carolina, to be colonel First South Carolina Regiment, to rank from November 16, 1863.

Lieutenant-colonels.
• J. E. Shelley, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Tenth Alabama Regiment, to rank from July 9, 1863.
• W. J. Hale, of Tennessee, to be lieutenant-colonel Second Tennessee Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• M. L. Kirkpatrick, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Fifty-first Alabama Regiment, to rank from August 12, 1863.

Majors.
• James Gardner, of Georgia, to be major Twenty-seventh Georgia Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• G. W. Day, of Tennessee, to be major Twelfth Tennessee Cavalry Battalion, to rank from August 4, 1863.
• Edward Y. Clarke, of Georgia, to be major Sixteenth Georgia Battalion, Partisan Rangers, to rank from September 3, 1863.
• Samuel L. Bishop, of Louisiana, to be major Twentieth Louisiana Regiment, to rank from July 7, 1863.
• James T. Weaver, of North Carolina, to be major Sixtieth North Carolina Regiment, to rank from October 27, 1863.

Captains.
• James F. Fambro, of Georgia, to be captain Company E, Second Georgia Cavalry Regiment, to rank from June 30, 1863.
• George W. Booth, of Alabama, to be captain First Maryland Battalion Cavalry, to rank from September 25, 1863.
• William B. Turner, of --, to be captain Smith's Battery of Artillery, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• John S. McElderry, of --, to be captain Company II, Eighth Confederate Regiment, to rank from August 1, 1863.

First lieutenants.
• D. P. Oglesby, of Georgia, to be first lieutenant Company D, Seventeenth Georgia Battalion, to rank from May 13, 1863.
• E. H. Powell, of Alabama, to be first lieutenant Company K, Twelfth Alabama Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• George W. Bedell, of Alabama, to be first lieutenant Company E, First Alabama Cavalry Regiment, to rank from June 1, 1863.
• Samuel D. Buck, of Virginia, to be first lieutenant Company H, Thirteenth Virginia Regiment, to rank from May 20, 1863.
• J. W. Lapsley, of Alabama, to be first lieutenant Company E, Fifty-first Alabama Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• J. S. Semple, of Alabama, to be first lieutenant Company I, Fifty-first Alabama Regiment, to rank from July 13, 1863.
• J. H. H. Figgat, of Virginia, to be first lieutenant Company F, Twelfth Virginia Regiment, to rank from August 29, 1863.
• Robert A. Bright, of Virginia, to be first lieutenant Company B, Fifty-third Virginia Regiment, to rank from October 3, 1863.

Second lieutenants.
• R. J. Jordan, of Virginia, to be second lieutenant Company F, Twenty-first Virginia Regiment, to rank from May 20, 1863.
• M. L. Hudgins, of Virginia, to be second lieutenant Company F, Twenty-first Virginia Regiment, to rank from May 20, 1863.
• H. N. Clark, of Florida, to be second lieutenant Company G, Fourth Florida Regiment, to rank from April 26, 1863.
• J. S. Addison, of Florida, to be second lieutenant Company G, Fourth Florida Regiment, to rank from April 25, 1863.

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• H. H. McCrady, of Virginia, to be second lieutenant Company D, Fourth Virginia Regiment, to rank from May 22, 1863.
• Drury Lacy, of Virginia, to be second lieutenant Company I, Twenty-third Virginia Regiment, to rank from May 21, 1863.
• William A. Ryan, of Alabama, to be second lieutenant Company E, Eighth Alabama Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• J. W. Norwood, of Alabama, to be second lieutenant Company A, Third Alabama Cavalry Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• D. E. Bates, of Alabama, to be second lieutenant Jeff. Davis Artillery, to rank from January 20, 1863.
• G. C. Foresinger, of Virginia, to be second lieutenant Company I, Thirty-sixth Virginia Regiment, to rank from May 22, 1863.
• C. Berkeley, of Virginia, to be second lieutenant McClanahan's battery, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• O. I. Youmans, of South Carolina, to be second lieutenant Company C, Second South Carolina Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• I. J. Horn, of Alabama, to be second lieutenant Company D, Twelfth Alabama Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• J. O. Patten, of Alabama, to be second lieutenant Company I, Twelfth Alabama Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• B. F. O'Neal, of Alabama, to be second lieutenant Company K, Twelfth Alabama Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• M. S. Stringfellow, of Virginia, to be second lieutenant Company A, Thirteenth Virginia Regiment, to rank from May 20, 1863.
• J. A. Walker, of Virginia, to be second lieutenant Company K, Forty-fifth Virginia Regiment, to rank from June 1, 1863.
• W. S. Williamson, of North Carolina, to be second lieutenant Company A, Thirteenth North Carolina Regiment, to rank from May 20, 1863.
• J. N. Williamson, of North Carolina, to be second lieutenant Company A, Thirteenth North Carolina Regiment, to rank from May 21, 1863.
• John W. Glenn, of North Carolina, to be second lieutenant Company H, Twenty-third North Carolina Regiment, to rank from May 22, 1863.
• L. E. Wright, of--, to be second lieutenant First Battery Artillery, Hardee's Corps, to rank from May 26, 1863.
• Joe Turner, of Texas, to be second lieutenant Company K, Fifth Texas Regiment, to rank from June 8, 1863.
• E. Borland, of Virginia, to be second lieutenant Company E, Sixth Virginia Regiment, to rank from May 30, 1863.
• L. L. Ducat, of Louisiana, to be second lieutenant Company C, Seventh Louisiana Regiment, to rank from June 2, 1863.
• J. W. De Roope, of Alabama, to be second lieutenant Company D, Seventh Alabama Regiment, to rank from June 11, 1863.
• Benjamin K. Cocke, of Virginia, to be second lieutenant Company B, Forty-fourth Virginia Regiment, to rank from June 11, 1863.
• H. W. Fullenwider, of North Carolina, to be second lieutenant Company E, Twenty-third North Carolina Regiment, to rank from May 21, 1863.
• R. A. McClellan, of Alabama, to be second lieutenant Company C, Seventh Alabama Regiment, to rank from June 11, 1863.
• W. M. Lawson, of Virginia, to be second lieutenant Company H, First Virginia Regiment, to rank from June 29, 1863.
• N. H. Farley, of Virginia, to be second lieutenant Company I, Sixtieth Virginia Regiment, to rank from June 25, 1863.
• H. M. Cooper, of Alabama, to be second lieutenant Company C, Third Alabama Regiment, to rank from June 26, 1863.
• M. C. Toms, of North Carolina, to be second lieutenant Company A, Sixtieth North Carolina Regiment, to rank from July 1, 1863.
• W. T. White, of North Carolina, to be second lieutenant Company K, Sixtieth North Carolina Regiment, to rank from July 1, 1863.
• R. G. Burgess, of England, to be second lieutenant Massenburg's battery, to rank from July 17, 1863.
• L. S. Peyton, of Virginia, to be second lieutenant Company C, Sixtieth Virginia Regiment, to rank from July 23, 1863.
• F. G. Obenchain, of Virginia, to be second lieutenant Botetourt Battery, to rank from May 18, 1863.
• A. S. Murphy, of Louisiana, to be second lieutenant Company C, First Louisiana Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• A. J. Cross, of Alabama, to be second lieutenant Company D, Fifty-first Alabama Regiment, to rank from July 25, 1863.

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• F. A. Buhrman, of Virginia, to be second lieutenant Company F, Sixtieth Virginia Regiment, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• J. H. Du Bose, of Alabama, to be second lieutenant Company I, Fifty-first Alabama Regiment, to rank from August 4, 1863.
• J. Cummings, of Louisiana, to be second lieutenant Company B, Fourteenth Louisiana Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from August 29, 1863.
• H. Davis, of Alabama, to be second lieutenant Company F, Twentieth Alabama Regiment, to rank from September 1, 1863.
• George W. Orear, of Missouri, to be second lieutenant Barret's battery, to rank from September 2, 1863.
• T. W. Carwile, of South Carolina, to be second lieutenant Company A, Fourteenth South Carolina Regiment, to rank from September 24, 1863.
• P. M. Peed, of Virginia, to be second lieutenant Company I, Ninth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, to rank from October 5, 1863.
• W. A. Mickler, of South Carolina, to be second lieutenant Company B, Second South Carolina Cavalry Regiment, to rank from October 15, 1863.
• S. L. Blackwell, of North Carolina, to be second lieutenant Company F, Sixteenth North Carolina Regiment, to rank from October 22, 1863.
• H. Carter, of Louisiana, to be second lieutenant Company E, First Louisiana Cavalry Regiment, to rank from October 27, 1863.
• W. H. Hiett, of Alabama, to be second lieutenant Company C, Second Battalion Alabama Legion, to rank from October 13, 1863.
• J. W. Harrell, of South Carolina, to be second lieutenant Company A, Fourteenth South Carolina Regiment, to rank from November 5, 1863.
• W. F. Durisoe, of South Carolina, to be second lieutenant Company D, Fourteenth South Carolina Regiment, to rank from November 5, 1863.
• R. G. Shaw, of Florida, to be second lieutenant Company E, Fourth Florida Regiment, to rank from November 9, 1863.
• J. W. Hughes, of Virginia, to be second lieutenant Company K, Forty-fourth Virginia Regiment, to rank from November 9, 1863.
• A. C. Hargrove, of--, to be second lieutenant Lumsden's battery, to rank from November 12, 1863.
• J. D. Read, of Mississippi, to be second lieutenant Company K, Forty-fifth Mississippi Regiment, to rank from November 13, 1863.
• C. R. Smith, of Alabama, to be second lieutenant Company C, Fifty-first Alabama Regiment, to rank from November 19, 1863.
• W. W. Courtney, of Tennessee, to be second lieutenant Company D, Thirty-second Tennessee Regiment, to rank from November 4, 1863.
• B. C. Washington, of Virginia, to be second lieutenant Company B, Twelfth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, to rank from December 5, 1863.

I am, sir, very 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, January 6, 1864.

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.

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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:

Signal officers--second lieutenants.
• Charles H. Cawood, of Virginia, to take rank from June 26, 1863.
• Edward S. Ruggles, of Texas, to take rank from August 19, 1863.
• W. C. Schley, of Maryland, to take rank from November 3, 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, January 5, 1864.

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:

Major-generals.
• Brig. Gen. R. E. Rodes, of Alabama, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• Brig. Gen. H. Heth, of Virginia, to rank from May 24, 1863.
• Brig. Gen. R. Ransom, of North Carolina, to rank from May 26, 1863.
• Brig. Gen. A. P. Stewart, of Tennessee, to rank from June 2, 1863.
• Brig. Gen. W. H. T. Walker, of Georgia, to rank from May 23, 1863.
• Brig. Gen. Stephen D. Lee, of South Carolina, to rank from August 3, 1863.
• Brig. Gen. William Smith, of Virginia, to rank from August 12, 1863.
• Brig. Gen. C. M. Wilcox, of Tennessee, to rank from August 3, 1863.
• Brig. Gen. Wade Hampton, of South Carolina, to rank from August 3, 1863.
• Brig. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, of Virginia, to rank from August 3, 1863.
• Brig. Gen. Howell Cobb, of Georgia, to rank from September 9, 1863.
• Brig. Gen. John A. Wharton, of Texas, to rank from November 10, 1863.
• Brig. Gen. William T. Martin, of Mississippi, to rank from November 10, 1863.
• Brig. Gen. N. B. Forrest, of Tennessee, to rank from December 4, 1863.

Brigadier-generals.
• Col. J. W. Whitfield, of Texas, to rank from May 9, 1863.
• Col. J. B. Gordon, of Alabama, to rank from May 7, 1863.
• Col. James A. Walker, of Virginia, to rank from May 15, 1863.
• Col. John M. Jones, of Virginia, to rank from May 15, 1863.
• Col. J. W. Frazer, of Mississippi, to rank from May 19, 1863.
• Col. Thomas Green, of Texas, to rank from May 20, 1863.
• Col. John Adams, of Tennessee, to rank from December 29, 1862.
• Col. J. S. Marmaduke, of Missouri, to rank from November 15, 1862.
• Col. Matt W. Ransom, of North Carolina, to rank from June 13, 1863.
• Col. A. M. Scales, of North Carolina, to rank from June 13, 1863.
• Col. D. H. Cooper, of Mississippi, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• Col. H. H. Walker, of Virginia, to rank from July 1, 1863.
• Col. Francis M. Cockrell, of Missouri, to rank from July 18, 1863.
• Col. J. P. Major, of Louisiana, to rank from July 21, 1863.
• Col. O. F. Strahl, of Tennessee, to rank from July 28, 1863.
• Col. S. W. Ferguson, of Mississippi, to rank from July 23, 1863.
• Col. L. L. Lomax, of Virginia, to rank from July 23, 1863.

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• Col. L. S. Baker, of North Carolina, to rank from July 23, 1863.
• Col. P. D. Roddey, of Alabama, to rank from August 3, 1863.
• Col. T. P. Dockery, of Arkansas, to rank from August 10, 1863.
• Col. Eppa Hunton, of Virginia, to rank from August 9, 1863.
• Col. B. G. Humphreys, of Mississippi, to rank from August 12, 1863.
• Col. H. B. Davidson, of Tennessee, to rank from August 18, 1863.
• Col. Henry W. Allen, of Louisiana, to rank from August 19, 1863.
• Col. Cullen A. Battle, of Alabama, to rank from August 20, 1863.
• Col. W. W. Kirkland, of North Carolina, to rank from August 29, 1863.
• Col. Goode Bryan, of Georgia, to rank from August 29, 1863.
• Col. M. C. Butler, of South Carolina, to rank from September 1, 1863.
• Col. W. C. Wickham, of Virginia, to rank from September 1, 1863.
• Col. Robert D. Johnston, of North Carolina, to rank from September 1, 1863.
• Col. William A. Quarles, of Tennessee, to rank from August 25, 1863.
• Col. A. W. Reynolds, of Virginia, to rank from September 14, 1863.
• Col. A. Perrin, of South Carolina, to rank from September 10, 1863.
• Col. T. N. Waul, of Texas, to rank from September 18, 1863.
• Col. E. W. Pettus, of Alabama, to rank from September 18, 1863.
• Col. A. L. Long, of Virginia, to rank from September 21, 1863.
• Col. H. R. Jackson, of Georgia, to rank from September 21, 1863.
• Col. Wirt Adams, of Mississippi, to rank from September 25, 1863.
• Col. G. C. Wharton, of Virginia, to rank from July 8, 1863.
• Col. James B. Gordon, of North Carolina, to rank from September 28, 1863.
• Col. James A. Smith, of Tennessee, to rank from September 30, 1863.
• Col. Joseph H. Lewis, of Kentucky, to rank from September 30, 1863.
• Col. M. P. Lowrey, of Mississippi, to rank from October 4, 1863.
• Col. L. A. Stafford, of Louisiana, to rank from October 8, 1863.
• Col. Thomas L. Rosser, of Texas, to rank from September 28, 1863.
• Col. Edward Higgins, of Louisiana, to rank from October 29, 1863.
• Col. P. M. B. Young, of Georgia, to rank from September 28, 1863.
• Col. John T. Morgan, of Alabama, to rank from November 16, 1863.
• Col. J. H. Kelly, of Alabama, to rank from November 16, 1863.
• Maj. W. Y. C. Humes, of Tennessee, to rank from November 16, 1863.
• Col. C. C. Wilson, of Georgia, to rank from November 16, 1863.
• Col. J. J. Finley, of Florida, to rank from November 16, 1863.
• Col. J. H. Clanton, of Alabama, to rank from November 16, 1863.
• Col. A. J. Vaughan, of Tennessee, to rank from November 18, 1863.
• Col. George B. Hodge, of Kentucky, to rank from November 20, 1863.
• Col. R. V. Richardson, of Tennessee, to rank from December 1, 1863.

Aids-de-camp, with the rank of first lieutenant.
• John G. Mason, of Virginia, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• R. H. Goldsborough, of Virginia, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• J. W. Hutchinson, of Alabama, to rank from May 12, 1863.
• T. H. Johnston, of Virginia, to rank from May 14, 1863.
• J. Adair Murray, of Texas, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• George B. Hannah, of Virginia, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• S. S. Caddall, of Virginia, to rank from May 23, 1863.
• John E. Johnson, of Virginia, to rank from May 25, 1863.
• George W. McPhail, of Virginia, to rank from May 28, 1863.
• W. L. Wofford, of Georgia, to rank from May 25, 1863.
• A. J. Hanson, of Georgia, to rank from May 24, 1863.
• James B. Grant, of Georgia, to rank from May 6, 1863.
• James T. Brown, of Virginia, to rank from June 8, 1863.
• E. M. Hudson, of Virginia, to rank from June 23, 1863.
• W. C. Smedes, of Mississippi, to rank from June 26, 1863.
• W. M. Shepard, of Alabama, to rank from June 23, 1863.
• L. P. Dodge, of Arkansas, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• Robert P. Walker, of Virginia, to rank from July 7, 1863.
• J. Compton French, of Louisiana, to rank from May 29, 1863.
• B. Ridley, jr., of Tennessee, to rank from June 2, 1863.
• G. D. Lamar, of Mississippi, to rank from May 23, 1863.
• A. Montgomery, of North Carolina, to rank from June 23, 1863.
• S. F. Chipley, of Kentucky, to rank from June 24, 1863.
• John S. Fairly, of South Carolina, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• Fred. W. Smith, of Virginia, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• W. E. Huger, of South Carolina, to rank from May 2, 1863.

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• W. C. Cage, of Mississippi, to rank from July 19, 1863.
• W. C. McCarty, of Texas, to rank from May 13, 1863.
• W. B. Ragan, of Alabama, to rank from August 3, 1863.
• Hanson Thomas, of Alabama, to rank from August 1, 1863.
• Howell Cobb, jr., of Georgia, to rank from August 19, 1863.
• John J. Dupuy, of Virginia, to rank from August 5, 1863.
• M. G. Hudson, of Alabama, to rank from August 3, 1863.
• R. T. Fulgham, of North Carolina, to rank from July 23, 1863.
• Andrew Dunn, of Virginia, to rank from August 24, 1863.
• Henry C. Searcy, of Mississippi, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• John A. Tomlinson, of Mississippi, to rank from August 17, 1863.
• Hugh Kerr, of Virginia, to rank from September 8, 1863.
• John S. Jones, of Virginia, to rank from August 9, 1863.
• John Taylor, of Virginia, to rank from September 11, 1863.
• C. Minnegerode, of Virginia, to rank from September 16, 1863.
• B. W. Dudley, of Kentucky, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• William B. Meares, of North Carolina, to rank from July 1, 1863.
• J. H. Townshend, of Maryland, to rank from September 9, 1863.
• C. R. Godwin, of Georgia, to rank from September 29, 1863.
• James Hunter, of Virginia, to rank from September 10, 1863.
• Randolph Ridgely, of Virginia, to rank from September 3, 1863.
• Henry R. Shorter, of Alabama, to rank from September 15, 1863.
• Thomas Taylor, of South Carolina, to rank from September 22, 1863.
• Ashton Johnson, of Missouri, to rank from October 7, 1863.
• Pope Barrow, of Georgia, to rank from October 11, 1863.
• Theodore F. Davidson, of North Carolina, to rank from May 9, 1863.
• G. A. Hayward, of Mississippi, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• Albert Stoddard, of North Carolina, to rank from October 21, 1863.
• A. J. Hall, of Mississippi, to rank from October 4, 1863.
• D. E. Myers, of Kentucky, to rank from August 1, 1863.
• James R. Yerger, of Mississippi, to rank from July 1, 1863.
• P. B. Winston, of Virginia, to rank from October 23, 1863.
• William D. Gale, of Mississippi, to rank from October 28, 1863.
• Hugh H. Colquitt, of Georgia, to rank from September 22, 1863.
• D. S. Terry, jr., of Texas, to rank from July 19, 1863.
• James R. Curell, of Louisiana, to rank from July 13, 1863.
• O. N. Butler, of South Carolina, to rank from September 1, 1863.
• W. A. M. Patton, of Virginia, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• John M. Jones, of Georgia, to rank from September 28, 1863.
• Henry C. McKay, of Kentucky, to rank from September 30, 1863.
• R. A. Wise, of Virginia, to rank from November 23, 1863.
• Waller R. Bullock, of Kentucky, to rank from November 20, 1863.
• R. S. Abercrombie, of Alabama, to rank from November 16, 1863.
• R. O. Arrington, of Virginia, to rank from November 16, 1863.
• E. J. Martin, of Missouri, to rank from July 1, 1863.
• J. F. Johnston, of North Carolina, to rank from November 17, 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.

Confederate States of America, Executive Department,
Richmond, January 6, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

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.

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Confederate States of America, 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:

Surgeons.
• Samuel A. Duval, of Texas, to take rank from May 15, 1863.
• Samuel P. Hobgood, of Georgia, to take rank from January 19, 1863.
• Charles R. Mason, of Mississippi, to take rank from February 6, 1863.
• J. Brown Baxley, of South Carolina, to take rank from March 2, 1863.
• H. N. Hollifield, of Georgia, to take rank from March 2, 1863.
• John J. Gravatt, of Virginia, to take rank from December 23, 1863.
• John H. Pottenger, of Maryland, to take rank from December 18, 1862.
• W. Samuel Scott, of Virginia, to take rank from January 1, 1863.
• Brodie S. Herndon, of Virginia, to take rank from November 28, 1862.
• Paul S. Carrington, of Louisiana, to take rank from February 14, 1863.
• William Selden, of Virginia, to take rank from March 16, 1863.
• R. F. Hereford, of Louisiana, to take rank from October 10, 1862.
• William C. McCaleb, of Mississippi, to take rank from June 14, 1862.
• L. Lindsay, of Tennessee, to take rank from August 27, 1862.
• T. Westmoreland, of Tennessee, to take rank from January 7, 1862.
• Henry Hanslow, of Missouri, to take rank from September 27, 1862.
• C. R. Norman, of Mississippi, to take rank from November 4, 1862.
• Jonathan J. Jones, of Arkansas, to take rank from December 17, 1862.
• Adolphus L. Patten, of Texas, to take rank from December 8, 1862.
• Joseph R. Beauchamp, of Texas, to take rank from December 11, 1862.
• Henry S. Bacon, of Florida, to take rank from September 3, 1862.
• John T. Kilby, of Virginia, to take rank from January 13, 1863.
• Edward H. Pritchett, of Alabama, to take rank from February 28, 1863.
• George W. Heagy, of Virginia, to take rank from February 19, 1863.
• John I. Davis, of Maryland, to take rank from January 19, 1863.
• James F. Fryar, of Tennessee, to take rank from April 17, 1862.
• John D. Smith, of Tennessee, to take rank from December 8, 1862.
• Henry A. Schell, of Tennessee, to take rank from December 9, 1862.
• George B. Heard, of Georgia, to take rank from December 10, 1862.
• Joshua Gore, of Kentucky, to take rank from October 7, 1862.
• Benjamin T. Marshall, of Kentucky, to take rank from September 29, 1862.
• John L. Dismukes, of Kentucky, to take rank from November 10, 1862.
• Joel Hall, of Mississippi, to take rank from May 6, 1862.
• George W. Burton, of Tennessee, to take rank from September 29, 1862.
• John B. Jackson, of Kentucky, to take rank from September 29, 1862.
• Alexander Erskine, of Tennessee, to take rank from November 16, 1862.
• Hamilton Griflin, of Kentucky, to take rank from January 26, 1862.
• William Singleton, of Kentucky, to take rank from February 17, 1863.
• William Aills, of Mississippi, to take rank from August 24, 1862.
• T. W. Bedford, of Kentucky, to take rank from September 29, 1862.
• Lewis C. Pynchon, of Alabama, to take rank from December 3, 1862.
• Benjamin F. Dickinson, of Tennessee, to take rank from October 30, 1862.
• Samuel F. Turner, of Arkansas, to take rank from November 28, 1862.
• George N. Webb, of Kentucky, to take rank from November 27, 1862.
• Jesse G. Core, of Tennessee, to take rank from November 26, 1862.
• William J. Byrne, of Kentucky, to take rank from November 26, 1862.
• William F. Beard, of Kentucky, to take rank from November 26, 1862.
• Albert R. Erskine, of Alabama, to take rank from November 25, 1862.
• Thomas W. Foster, of Kentucky, to take rank from October 1, 1862.
• Robert S. Wendel, of Tennessee, to take rank from November 25, 1862.
• Henry H. Clayton, of Tennessee, to take rank from June 4, 1862.
• Erasmus D. Eiland, of Alabama, to take rank from November 11, 1862.
• John C. Nicholson, of Alabama, to take rank from November 1, 1862.
• John W. Gulick, of Texas, to take rank from August 1, 1862.
• Hugh G. Smith, of Kentucky, to take rank from September 14, 1862.
• P. Brown Scott, of Kentucky, to take rank from May 1, 1862.
• James McC. Greene, of Mississippi, to take rank from January 4, 1863.
• James M. Jackson, of Tennessee, to take rank from January 3, 1863.
• H. Lee Parsons, of Arkansas, to take rank from September 1, 1862.
• John B. Newton, of Virginia, to take rank from December 29, 1862.

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• M. N. Fleming, of Virginia, to take rank from December 29, 1862.
• Robert Lebby, jr., of South Carolina, to take rank from February 27, 1863.
• E. M. Jenkins, of South Carolina, to take rank from February 23, 1863.
• William S. Lee, of Florida, to take rank from February 20, 1863.
• C. C. Abernathy, of Tennessee, to take rank from December 3, 1862.
• John H. Erskine, of Tennessee, to take rank from November 29, 1862.
• F. S. S. McMahon, of Alabama, to take rank from August 23, 1862.
• Rawlings Young, of Virginia, to take rank from July 24, 1862.
• J. V. Childress, of Mississippi, to take rank from July 14, 1862.
• Thomas P. Bailey, of South Carolina, to take rank from November 26, 1862.
• James Guild, jr., of Alabama, to take rank from November 26, 1862.
• James B. Cowan, of Mississippi, to take rank from November 25, 1862.
• Richard D. Stevenson, of Kentucky, to take rank from November 21, 1862.
• John F. Kennedy, of Mississippi, to take rank from March 1, 1863.
• George C. Catlett, of Missouri, to take rank from November 28, 1862.
• Benjamin D. Lay, of Mississippi, to take rank from September 16, 1862.
• James L. Cunningham, of Alabama, to take rank from November 27, 1862.
• Thomas S. Foster, of Missouri, to take rank from January 6, 1863.
• John T. Marable, of Tennessee, to take rank from November 13, 1861.
• William T. Sawyer, of Alabama, to take rank from February 10, 1863.
• William H. Cooper, of Tennessee, to take rank from July 12, 1862.
• O. P. Langworthy, of Louisiana, to take rank from June 1, 1862.
• M. J. Bolan, of Georgia, to take rank from December 19, 1862.
• Francis L. Parker, of South Carolina, to take rank from January 31, 1863.
• George E. Trescott, of South Carolina, to take rank from January 28, 1863.
• John G. Dudley, of South Carolina, to take rank from January 24, 1863.
• Oscar F. Baxter, of Virginia, to take rank from January 22, 1863.
• Frank A. Walke, of Virginia, to take rank from January 5, 1863.
• Joseph B. Stovall, of South Carolina, to take rank from January 3, 1863.
• James R. Bratton, of South Carolina, to take rank from January 2, 1863.
• Jackson Chambliss, of Louisiana, to take rank from January 1, 1863.
• T. J. La F. De Yampert, of Georgia, to take rank from December 30, 1862.
• J. Edward Hall, of Maryland, to take rank from December 24, 1862.
• John G. Boatright, of Virginia, to take rank from December 12, 1862.
• John C. Mercer, of Virginia, to take rank from September 17, 1862.
• George W. Graves, of Alabama, to take rank from December 3, 1862.
• T. F. Duncan, of Alabama, to take rank from January 23, 1863.
• Archibald Taylor, of Virginia, to take rank from November 14, 1862.
• John W. Ashby, of Virginia, to take rank from February 13, 1863.
• R. S. J. Peebles, of Virginia, to take rank from July 22, 1862.
• Jesse P. Hope, of Virginia, to take rank from March 11, 1863.
• Thomas R. Micks, of Louisiana, to take rank from March 15, 1863.
• F. W. Roddey, of Virginia, to take rank from February 17, 1863.
• James L. Fite, of Tennessee, to take rank from February 27, 1863.
• Jacob M. Dennis, of Virginia, to take rank from February 27, 1863.
• Edwin D. Newton, of Georgia, to take rank from February 19, 1863.
• W. Henry Sheild, of Virginia, to take rank from February 16, 1863.
• T. C. Hill, of Alabama, to take rank from February 12, 1863.
• Benjamin F. Brown, of South Carolina, to take rank from February 7, 1863.
• William H. Baptist, of Alabama, to take rank from February 5, 1863.
• A. G. Emory, of Alabama, to take rank from January 26, 1863.
• John G. Trevilian, of Virginia, to take rank from January 26, 1863.
• Tazewell Tyler, of Virginia, to take rank from January 26, 1863.
• Robert M. Terrill, of Virginia, to take rank from January 25, 1863.
• Harold Snowden, of Virginia, to take rank from January 19, 1863.
• Samuel P. Johnson, of Florida, to take rank from January 15, 1863.
• Edward Reeves, of Virginia, to take rank from January 13, 1863.
• George T. Harrison, of Virginia, to take rank from January 12, 1863.
• Robert H. Jordan, of South Carolina, to take rank from January 12, 1863.
• Augustus A. Lyon, of Mississippi, to take rank from January 10, 1863.
• James W. Hines, of Virginia, to take rank from January 9, 1863.
• Walter H. Drane, of Georgia, to take rank from January 6, 1863.
• Andrew Ewing, of Texas, to take rank from January 2, 1863.
• William O. Hudson, of Alabama, to take rank from January 2, 1863.
• Benjamin Franklin, of Tennessee, to take rank from February 25, 1863.
• J. J. Simkins, of Virginia, to take rank from October 13, 1862.
• John Parks, of Virginia, to take rank from November 13, 1862.

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• G. W. Broach, of Mississippi, to take rank from October 2, 1862.
• James A. Bizzell, of North Carolina, to take rank from November 17, 1862.
• James P. Bryan, of North Carolina, to take rank from August 8, 1862.
• D. Port Smythe, of Texas, to take rank from July 6, 1862.
• Holmes Steele, of Florida, to take rank from December 15, 1862.
• W. E. Weatherly, of Louisiana, to take rank from November 26, 1862.
• A. B. Flint, of Texas, to take rank from November 20, 1862.
• John W. Keyes, of Alabama, to take rank from November 5, 1862.
• Samuel H. Langdon, of North Carolina, to take rank from September 27, 1861.
• William C. Boon, of Missouri, to take rank from October 4, 1862.
• L. McR. Gregorie, of South Carolina, to take rank from February 13, 1863.
• R. B. Hanahan, of South Carolina, to take rank from March 30, 1863.
• Somervill Burke, of Mississippi, to take rank from April 24, 1863.
• Jerome Cochran, of Mississippi, to take rank from June 9, 1862.
• R. V. Leach, of Virginia, to take rank from July 24, 1862.
• Alex. Hunter, of Tennessee, to take rank from June 1, 1863.
• Thomas B. Ward, of Virginia, to take rank from November 7, 1862.
• Charles E. Bellamy, of Mississippi, to take rank from May 7, 1863.
• Thomas B. Lane, of Virginia, to take rank from March 19, 1863.
• Robert C. Foster, of Georgia, to take rank from January 17, 1863.
• T. H. B. Williams, of Mississippi, to take rank from April 23, 1863.
• R. T. De Aragon, of Tennessee, to take rank from April 20, 1863.
• Robert P. Hunt, of Louisiana, to take rank from February 3, 1863.
• J. T. Hill, of Louisiana, to take rank from February 25, 1863.
• William W. Lambdin, of Arkansas, to take rank from March 7, 1863.
• James Huston, of Mississippi, to take rank from March 7, 1863.
• James M. Hoyle, of Mississippi, to take rank from March 12, 1863.
• William H. Sanders, of Alabama, to take rank from March 6, 1863.
• Francis L. Frost, of South Carolina, to take rank from March 7, 1863.
• George L. Kirby, of North Carolina, to take rank from August 15, 1862.
• Lewis E. Gott, of District of Columbia, to take rank from March 9, 1863.
• Solomon Secord, of Canada, to take rank from March 10, 1863.
• W. H. Daughtry, of North Carolina, to take rank from January 25, 1863.
• Philip B. Baker, of Virginia, to take rank from March 14, 1863.
• Arthur R. Barry, of Maryland, to take rank from March 16, 1863.
• Francis T. Fry, of Virginia, to take rank from March 16, 1863.
• James B. Brown, of Georgia, to take rank from March 23, 1863.
• Henry M. Clarkson, of South Carolina, to take rank from March 23, 1863.
• John N. R. Monmonier, of Maryland, to take rank from March 24, 1863.
• Henry W. Waters, of Texas, to take rank from April 7, 1863.
• James Evans, of Arkansas, to take rank from April 8, 1863.
• Andrew Bowie, of Alabama, to take rank from April 9, 1863.
• James J. Winn, of Alabama, to take rank from April 9, 1863.
• W. T. Montgomery, of Maryland, to take rank from April 10, 1863.
• O. R. Horton, of South Carolina, to take rank from April 13, 1863.
• Sampson Pope, of South Carolina, to take rank from January 1, 1863.
• J. St. P. Gibson, of Virginia, to take rank from April 18, 1863.
• H. H. Hunter, of North Carolina, to take rank from April 27, 1863.
• R. L. Taggart, of Mississippi, to take rank from May 1, 1863.
• Joseph Harrison, of Alabama, to take rank from May 4, 1863.
• J. W. Singleton, of Kentucky, to take rank from May 15, 1863.
• Frederic Hunter, of Maryland, to take rank from May 20, 1863.
• J. Curtis Jones, of Texas, to take rank from May 20, 1863.
• Robert J. Bell, of Missouri, to take rank from April 8, 1863.
• Jesse W. Hill, of Mississippi, to take rank from April 6, 1863.
• Russell McCord, of Alabama, to take rank from April 27, 1863.
• Benjamin S. Gillespie, of Kentucky, to take rank from April 27, 1863.
• William F. Robertson, of South Carolina, to take rank from March 9, 1863.
• P. H. Hamilton, of Mississippi, to take rank from March 24, 1863.
• George B. Moffett, of Virginia, to take rank from April 14, 1863.
• E. Sidney Lewis, of Louisiana, to take rank from March 18, 1863.
• Samuel M. Berniss, of Kentucky, to take rank from March 11, 1863.
• William A. Evans, of Mississippi, to take rank from March 11, 1863.
• N. D. Richardson, of Alabama, to take rank from March 6, 1863.
• A. Martin, of Louisiana, to take rank from April 1, 1863.
• James H. Wilson, of Mississippi, to take rank from April 3, 1863.
• Horace M. Darling, of Arkansas, to take rank from June 1, 1861.

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• David R. Fox, of Louisiana, to take rank from April 4, 1863.
• C. K. Caruthers, of Mississippi, to take rank from April 24, 1863.
• James McCauley, of South Carolina, to take rank from April 20, 1863.
• William F. Steuart, of Maryland, to take rank from April 17, 1863.
• S. W. Caldwell, of Tennessee, to take rank from April 27, 1863.
• William J. Mitchell, of Alabama, to take rank from March 21, 1863.
• R. M. Sutfield, of Kentucky, to take rank from April 29, 1863.
• William C. Nichols, of Tennessee, to take rank from March 23, 1862.
• John G. Howard, of Georgia, to take rank from December 24, 1862.
• John E. Holbrook, of South Carolina, to take rank from April 25, 1863.
• James Bolton, of Virginia, to take rank from May 30, 1862.
• Paul C. Yates, of Missouri, to take rank from January 17, 1863.
• N. N. Pumphrey, of Missouri, to take rank from April 8, 1863.
• R. De Jernett, of Texas, to take rank from December 1, 1862.
• Isaac S. Taylor, of Texas, to take rank from November 7, 1862.
• William E. Brock, of Georgia, to take rank from January 7, 1863.
• John R. Ward, of Virginia, to take rank from June 22, 1863.
• Thomas S. Thomson, of South Carolina, to take rank from July 28, 1863.
• W. H. Prioleau, of South Carolina, to take rank from June 19, 1863.
• J. M. Heard, of Mississippi, to take rank from August 18, 1862.
• P. J. McCormick, of Mississippi, to take rank from May 7, 1863.
• John S. Pride, of Tennessee, to take rank from June 10, 1863.
• F. B. Henderson, of Alabama, to take rank from May 8, 1863.
• Charles Witsell, of South Carolina, to take rank from May 15, 1863.
• Junius Michie, of Virginia, to take rank from May 16, 1863.
• John H. Logan, of South Carolina, to take rank from May 18, 1863.
• Robert S. Baldwin, of Virginia, to take rank from May 21, 1863.
• William U. Morris, of Maryland, to take rank from May 23, 1863.
• John Clopton, of Virginia, to take rank from May 27, 1863.
• Carter R. Willson, of Tennessee, to take rank from May 16, 1863.
• William G. Little, of Alabama, to take rank from May 20, 1863.
• John P. McGhee, of Tennessee, to take rank from May 26, 1863.
• Benjamin H. Riggs, of Alabama, to take rank from May 27, 1863.
• Henry J. Warmuth, of Georgia, to take rank from May 22, 1863.
• Thomas R. Wingo, of Tennessee, to take rank from June 3, 1863.
• William D. Tucker, of Tennessee, to take rank from June 9, 1863.
• P. S. Postell, of South Carolina, to take rank from June 5, 1863.
• William A. Mulkey, of Tennessee, to take rank from July 9, 1863.
• D. H. Dungan, of Tennessee, to take rank from July 9, 1863.
• R. McG. Lytle, of Tennessee, to take rank from July 11, 1863.
• William R. Walker, of Arkansas, to take rank from May 1, 1863.
• Alphus Dunlop, of Tennessee, to take rank from August 18, 1862.
• John D. Smith, of Tennessee, to take rank from May 15, 1863.
• T. M. Matthews, of Texas, to take rank from September 15, 1862.
• S. W. Jones, of Arkansas, to take rank from May 20, 1863.
• T. G. Richardson, of Louisiana, to take rank from December 25, 1862.
• John S. Fenner, of Tennessee, to take rank from May 16, 1863.
• James A. Groves, of Virginia, to take rank from August 23, 1862.
• J. G. Thomas, of Mississippi, to take rank from June 28, 1862.
• L. Shackelford, of Mississippi, to take rank from July 1, 1862.
• R. R. Stevenson, of Kentucky, to take rank from May 22, 1862.
• A. B. Snell, of Virginia, to take rank from June 8, 1863.
• R. E. Richardson, of Tennessee, to take rank from July 1, 1862.
• Robert F. Carlin, of Tennessee, to take rank from June 30, 1862.
• William H. Hawkins, of Mississippi, to take rank from April 15, 1862.
• Alfred Hall, of Louisiana, to take rank from May 14, 1863.
• Jos. L. Bevans, of Alabama, to take rank from May 12, 1863.
• P. C. Winn, of Alabama, to take rank from February 2, 1863.
• William C. Dixon, of Louisiana, to take rank from June 29, 1863.
• George A. Cracraft, of Virginia, to take rank from June 13, 1863.
• William R. Johnston, of Louisiana, to take rank from April 13, 1863.
• A. L. Mackay, of Great Britain, to take rank from May 14, 1863.
• John H. Thomson, of Florida, to take rank from June 8, 1863.
• George M. McDowell, of Georgia, to take rank from June 27, 1863.
• E. B. Johnston, of Alabama, to take rank from August 18, 1862.
• John W. Eppes, of Florida, to take rank from July 6, 1863.
• Ambrose W. Hodge, of Tennessee, to take rank from May 9, 1863.
• Thomas H. Hollis, of Texas, to take rank from May 2, 1863.

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• John A. Love, of Mississippi, to take rank from May 1, 1863.
• W. J. Goodman, of Texas, to take rank from July 28, 1862.
• Thomas T. Beall, of Mississippi, to take rank from May 5, 1863.
• Charles B. Talbutt, of Mississippi, to take rank from March 9, 1863.
• Joseph E. Dixon, of Tennessee, to take rank from July 24, 1863.
• Thomas W. Roane, of Tennessee, to take rank from April 22, 1862.
• J. W. King, of Tennessee, to take rank from January 1, 1862.
• Benjamin F. Cross, of Alabama, to take rank from December 20, 1862.
• Julius Johnson, of Tennessee, to take rank from December 11, 1862.
• A. T. Pearsall, of Alabama, to take rank from May 30, 1863.
• James W. Hughes, of Kentucky, to take rank from July 13, 1863.
• John Ward, of Virginia, to take rank from December 18, 1862.
• William H. Galt, of Virginia, to take rank from December 19, 1862.
• David Keller, of Kentucky, to take rank from September 2, 1862.
• David Wade, of Virginia, to take rank from August 22, 1862.
• D. Warren Brickell, of Louisiana, to take rank from October 30, 1862.
• A. B. Brashear, of Louisiana, to take rank from October 14, 1862.
• W. A. Martin, of Alabama, to take rank from October 9, 1862.
• W. V. Aderhold, of Georgia, to take rank from November 21, 1862.

Assistant surgeons.
• George T. Erwin, of Kentucky, to take rank from September 29, 1862.
• Henry B. Malone, of Alabama, to take rank from December 10, 1862.
• William R. Hughes, of Tennessee, to take rank from December 10, 1862.
• Arthur B. Terrell, of Alabama, to take rank from December 10, 1862.
• W. A. Portwood, of Mississippi, to take rank from December 9, 1862.
• F. A. Toomer, of Georgia, to take rank from December 9, 1862.
• W. W. James, of Alabama, to take rank from December 9, 1862.
• Thomas Turner, of Florida, to take rank from December 9, 1862.
• D. George Godwin, of Tennessee, to take rank from December 8, 1862.
• R. Arnold Smith, of Alabama, to take rank from December 8, 1862.
• Jessee Hill, of Tennessee, to take rank from December 8, 1862.
• C. C. Gannaway, of Arkansas, to take rank from October 1, 1862.
• J. Clarence Treadwell, of Arkansas, to take rank from December 8, 1862.
• Arthur L. Foreman, of Kentucky, to take rank from September 29, 1862.
• Oliver C. Kidder, of Tennessee, to take rank from December 8, 1862.
• W. W. Cleaver, of Kentucky, to take rank from December 7, 1862.
• William L. Graves, of Arkansas, to take rank from December 6, 1862.
• W. H. McCord, of Tennessee, to take rank from December 5, 1862.
• L. B. McCrary, of Tennessee, to take rank from December 5, 1862.
• Rufus K. Stevens, of Mississippi, to take rank from December 5, 1862.
• John S. Fenner, of Tennessee, to take rank from December 5, 1862.
• Edwin M. Shepard, of Texas, to take rank from December 4, 1862.
• William G. Drake, of Alabama, to take rank from December 3, 1862.
• P. Henry Wright, of Louisiana, to take rank from December 3, 1862.
• Alfred B. Deloach, of Texas, to take rank from December 3, 1862.
• V. G. Woodhouse, of Mississippi, to take rank from December 3, 1862.
• Alfred Jones, of Tennessee, to take rank from December 2, 1862.
• Frank Atkinson, of Kentucky, to take rank from December 2, 1862.
• Benjamin R. Donelson, of Arkansas, to take rank from November 29, 1862.
• Carter R. Willson, of Tennessee, to take rank from November 7, 1862.
• S. P. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, to take rank from November 21, 1862.
• T. L. Dodge, of Kentucky, to take rank from November 21, 1862.
• Andrew J. Borroum, of Mississippi, to take rank from November 22, 1862.
• John E. Pugh, of Louisiana, to take rank from November 22, 1862.
• Dearing J. Roberts, of Tennessee, to take rank from November 24, 1862.
• James A. Moore, of Alabama, to take rank from November 25, 1862.
• Sanford F. Young, of Mississippi, to take rank from November 25, 1862.
• William A. Cochran, of Alabama, to take rank from November 25, 1862.
• John C. W. Stigel, of Tennessee, to take rank from November 24, 1862.
• William E. Arnold, of Arkansas, to take rank from November 26, 1862.
• W. Reid Hurst, of Georgia, to take rank from November 26, 1862.
• Frank M. Ferrell, of Mississippi, to take rank from November 27, 1862.
• Robert Darrington, of Alabama, to take rank from November 27, 1862.
• Isaac W. Graham, of South Carolina, to take rank from November 27, 1862.
• J. S. Pitts, of Alabama, to take rank from November 27, 1862.

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• William M. Mayes, of Alabama, to take rank from November 28, 1862.
• Aylett C. Raines, of Kentucky, to take rank from August 15, 1862.
• Richard E. Mudd, of Kentucky, to take rank from November 28, 1862.
• A. L. Graves, of Arkansas, to take rank from November 28, 1862.
• John Orlando Scott, of Kentucky, to take rank from February 15, 1862.
• John P. Campbell, of Kentucky, to take rank from September 7, 1862.
• Joseph F. Alsup, of Tennessee, to take rank from May 14, 1862.
• N. B. Moss, of Louisiana, to take rank from October 13, 1862.
• Allen G. Gooch, of Tennessee, to take rank from May 26, 1862.
• John L. Vertress, of Kentucky, to take rank from August 19, 1862.
• Benjamin L. Hester, of Tennessee, to take rank from October 1, 1862.
• Thomas L. B. Brown, of Tennessee, to take rank from May 15, 1862.
• T. J. Mitchell, of Georgia, to take rank from December 3, 1862.
• Fugate Clarke, of Virginia, to take rank from December 20, 1862.
• J. Howard Purefoy, of Alabama, to take rank from December 5, 1862.
• J. Byrd Vann, of Alabama, to take rank from January 21, 1863.
• Jos. C. Hamilton, of Alabama, to take rank from December 5, 1862.
• William C. Rigg, of Kentucky, to take rank from October 5, 1862.
• Joseph C. Beard, of Louisiana, to take rank from December 2, 1862.
• Ignatius D. Thomson, of Virginia, to take rank from December 8, 1862.
• Thomas J. Kinchley, of Georgia, to take rank from December 8, 1862.
• F. Anderson, of South Carolina, to take rank from December 19, 1862.
• John A. Dunn, of Alabama, to take rank from December 19, 1862.
• Javan Bryant, of South Carolina, to take rank from December 30, 1862.
• Hugh W. Caffey, of Alabama, to take rank from December 30, 1862.
• William P. Finley, of Mississippi, to take rank from December 29, 1862.
• Richard O'Leary, of Mississippi, to take rank from December 24, 1862.
• John C. Gregory, of Virginia, to take rank from December 23, 1862.
• Edmund S. Pendleton, of Virginia, to take rank from December 23, 1862.
• Russell Murdoch, of Virginia, to take rank from December 20, 1862.
• N. A. Morgan, of Alabama, to take rank from December 6, 1862.
• Thomas M. Stuart, of South Carolina, to take rank from December 10, 1862.
• Leonidas Crews, of Georgia, to take rank from December 13, 1862.
• W. Pope Riddell, of Alabama, to take rank from February 13, 1862.
• Darby Henagan, of Alabama, to take rank from December 13, 1862.
• John W. Calhoun, of South Carolina, to take rank from December 19, 1862.
• Elihu Toland, of South Carolina, to take rank from December 22, 1862.
• Robert M. Muldrow, of South Carolina, to take rank from January 10, 1863.
• Benjamin L. Seago, of Texas, to take rank from January 13, 1863.
• N. B. Drewry, of Georgia, to take rank from January 21, 1863.
• J. Newton Cheney, of Georgia, to take rank from February 10, 1863.
• J. Henry Bass, of Louisiana, to take rank from February 11, 1863.
• James P. Richardson, of South Carolina, to take rank from February 25, 1863.
• William Duncan, of Georgia, to take rank from January 11, 1863.
• Thomas J. Vance, of Louisiana, to take rank from January 15, 1863.
• Benjamin F. Walker, of South Carolina, to take rank from January 15, 1863.
• A. A. Moore, of South Carolina, to take rank from January 15, 1863.
• W. Lewis Reese, of Georgia, to take rank from January 20, 1863.
• E. Alonzo Ligon, of Alabama, to take rank from January 21, 1863.
• John P. Mushat, of Alabama, to take rank from January 27, 1863.
• W. Green Stephens, of North Carolina, to take rank from January 30, 1863.
• T. Young Aby, of Louisiana, to take rank from January 31, 1863.
• G. L. Strait, of South Carolina, to take rank from February 20, 1863.
• W. E. Pearson, of Alabama, to take rank from May 23, 1863.
• Andrew S. Fox, of Mississippi, to take rank from December 24, 1862.
• John R. Little, of South Carolina, to take rank from January 5, 1863.
• John J. Bozeman, of South Carolina, to take rank from August 1, 1862.
• J. Newton Doyle, of South Carolina, to take rank from January 8, 1863.
• George E. Carleton, of Georgia, to take rank from January 8, 1863.
• W. A. Washington, of Virginia, to take rank from January 9, 1863.
• L. De Witt McMannen, of North Carolina, to take rank from January 10, 1863.
• Robert T. Ellett, of Virginia, to take rank from January 10, 1863.
• Robert G. Holloway, of Virginia, to take rank from January 10, 1863.
• John H. Logan, of South Carolina, to take rank from January 12, 1863.
• William S. Frierson, of Texas, to take rank from January 30, 1863.
• Theodorick M. Shaw, of South Carolina, to take rank from January 13, 1863.
• T. W. Dandridge, of Texas, to take rank from January 13, 1863.

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• Phil. T. Woodson, of Texas, to take rank from January 14, 1863.
• Robert M. Patterson, of South Carolina, to take rank from January 20, 1863.
• Henry R. Christmas, of Mississippi, to take rank from January 21, 1863.
• Abner J. Gupton, of Tennessee, to take rank from February 16, 1862.
• T. M. Logan, jr., of South Carolina, to take rank from April 25, 1862.
• James W. Bennett, of Mississippi, to take rank from August 4, 1862.
• T. Alfred Catchings, of Mississippi, to take rank from September 25, 1862.
• John L. H. Sessum, of Tennessee, to take rank from September 26, 1862.
• L. F. Morehead, of Louisiana, to take rank from October 9, 1862.
• Erasmus D. Moore, of Mississippi, to take rank from October 25, 1862.
• William Wallace Cross, of Louisiana, to take rank from November 10, 1862.
• James Y. Bradfield, of Texas, to take rank from December 23, 1862.
• Jos. Getzweller, of Missouri, to take rank from December 24, 1862.
• Monroe M. Johnson, of Tennessee, to take rank from January 12, 1862.
• Charles H. Burton, of Kentucky, to take rank from January 29, 1863.
• David S. Boyle, of Maryland, to take rank from January 22, 1863.
• Andrew J. Almond, of Virginia, to take rank from January 27, 1863.
• John A. Feild, of Virginia, to take rank from January 27, 1863.
• William W. Coggin, of North Carolina, to take rank from January 28, 1863.
• W. Wyatt Dickie, of Alabama, to take rank from January 29, 1863.
• Lewis L. Newsom, of Florida, to take rank from February 13, 1863.
• W. J. Scull, of Florida, to take rank from February 13, 1863.
• Fielding P. Sloan, of Tennessee, to take rank from March 12, 1863.
• Richard W. I'Anson, of Virginia, to take rank from February 1, 1863.
• Gaines M. Boynton, of Texas, to take rank from December 6, 1862.
• Nicholas H. Boring, of Texas, to take rank from December 10, 1862.
• Robert P. Sweat, of Texas, to take rank from December 16, 1862.
• J. Marshal Lennard, of Alabama, to take rank from January 19, 1863.
• Fleming J. Mathews, of Georgia, to take rank from February 25, 1863.
• John J. A. Smith, of Alabama, to take rank from May 15, 1862.
• Thomas P. Shields, of Virginia, to take rank from February 7, 1863.
• Charles A. Bates, of Alabama, to take rank from February 17, 1863.
• Henry Marriott, of Maryland, to take rank from February 24, 1863.
• T. W. Glocker, of Maryland, to take rank from February 26, 1863.
• John T. McLean, of North Carolina, to take rank from March 3, 1863.
• Carl H. A. Kleinschmidt, of District of Columbia, to take rank from March 3, 1863.
• Charles Gresham, of Virginia, to take rank from March 4, 1863.
• W. Carr Shackleford, of Virginia, to take rank from February 11, 1863.
• Logan H. Robinson, of Virginia, to take rank from February 11, 1863.
• James P. Cooke, of Texas, to take rank from February 12, 1863.
• Robert G. Howard, of Texas, to take rank from February 12, 1863.
• Richard A. Harrell, of Virginia, to take rank from February 13, 1863.
• S. Moore Brown, of South Carolina, to take rank from February 13, 1863.
• Spencer G. Welch, of South Carolina, to take rank from February 14, 1863.
• H. Washington Williams, of Georgia, to take rank from February 14, 1863.
• John L. Cannon, of South Carolina, to take rank from February 14, 1863.
• Walter W. Scott, of Mississippi, to take rank from February 17, 1863.
• Thomas F. Wood, of North Carolina, to take rank from February 18, 1863.
• James T. Wilkins, of Georgia, to take rank from February 19, 1863.
• James S. Stephenson, of Georgia, to take rank from February 19, 1863.
• W. H. H. Cobb, of North Carolina, to take rank from February 20, 1863.
• J. Bryant Stinson, of Alabama, to take rank from February 20, 1863.
• Robert A. Warnock, of Georgia, to take rank from February 21, 1863.
• Elbert C. Schell, of South Carolina, to take rank from February 26, 1863.
• Frank Gale, of Maryland, to take rank from February 26, 1863.
• Richard S. Dunlop, of South Carolina, to take rank from February 27, 1863.
• John H. Hicks, of North Carolina, to take rank from February 28, 1863.
• D. McL. Graham, of North Carolina, to take rank from March 2, 1863.
• Marshall T. Bell, of North Carolina, to take rank from March 10, 1863.
• Lawrence H. Prosser, of Mississippi, to take rank from March 11, 1863.
• Rollins T. Hart, of Mississippi, to take rank from March 6, 1863.
• William S. Nowlin, of Virginia, to take rank from March 6, 1863.
• Abner V. Doak, of Virginia, to take rank from March 7, 1863.
• J. H. Williams, of Tennessee, to take rank from March 12, 1863.
• Moses Richardson, of Georgia, to take rank from March 12, 1863.
• Wright H. Lavender, of Alabama, to take rank from March 12, 1863.
• William H. Clark, of Georgia, to take rank from March 12, 1863.

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• J. Marion Soles, of Alabama, to take rank from March 12, 1863.
• John Lawson Gunter, of Georgia, to take rank from March 12, 1863.
• Benjamin F. Claggett, of Texas, to take rank from March 14, 1863.
• John W. Harrow, of Virginia, to take rank from March 18, 1863.
• George W. La F. Carr, of Alabama, to take rank from March 19, 1863.
• Stephen D. Rowe, of Texas, to take rank from March 23, 1863.
• Lewis Berkeley, of Mississippi, to take rank from March 23, 1863.
• T. B. Bartlett, of Virginia, to take rank from March 28, 1863.
• Charles A. Mitchell, of Alabama, to take rank from March 30, 1863.
• Charles T. Richardson, of Virginia, to take rank from March 30, 1863.
• Thomas J. Love, of Mississippi, to take rank from December 1, 1862.
• Richard S. Napier, of Tennessee, to take rank from December 31, 1862.
• Jos. M. Craig, of Louisiana, to take rank from December 31, 1862.
• Henry A. Gillespie, of Mississippi, to take rank from February 5, 1863.
• Charles O. Helwig, of Mississippi, to take rank from February 5, 1863.
• Alexander L. Hamilton, of Tennessee, to take rank from February 5, 1863.
• A. B. Brookins, of Texas, to take rank from February 10, 1863.
• James B. Gage, of Mississippi, to take rank from February 18, 1863.
• J. Howard De Votie, of Georgia, to take rank from February 21, 1863.
• Henry M. Peeples, of South Carolina, to take rank from February 23, 1863.
• J. Lawson Mapp, of Georgia, to take rank from February 25, 1863.
• I. Davis Thompson, of Maryland, to take rank from October 25, 1862.
• Francis Walker, of Virginia, to take rank from November 20, 1862.
• M. P. Hillyard, of Texas, to take rank from November 20, 1862.
• L. N. Sanders, of Tennessee, to take rank from November 17, 1862.
• John Work, of Texas, to take rank from November 13, 1862.
• N. R. James, of Virginia, to take rank from November 13, 1862.
• W. G. Williams, of Virginia, to take rank from September 8, 1862.
• J. P. Clements, of Georgia, to take rank from November 8, 1862.
• H. S. Bradley, of Georgia, to take rank from November 8, 1862.
• William T. Brewer, of North Carolina, to take rank from April 21, 1862.
• Samuel F. Meeker, of Louisiana, to take rank from November 5, 1862.
• Henry M. Peeples, of North Carolina, to take rank from November 4, 1862.
• George W. Monroe, of Georgia, to take rank from October 25, 1862.
• J. W. Smith, of Kentucky, to take rank from October 16, 1862.
• John S. Peake, of Alabama, to take rank from November 24, 1862.
• John M. Hadley, of North Carolina, to take rank from October 2, 1862.
• R. H. Lewis, of Texas, to take rank from June 17, 1862.
• Joseph L. Alsop, of Tennessee, to take rank from December 18, 1862.
• B. A. Cheek, of North Carolina, to take rank from November 26, 1862.
• Charles W. Timms, of Virginia, to take rank from November 27, 1862.
• A. C. North, of Georgia, to take rank from January 14, 1863.
• John F. Locke, of Missouri, to take rank from December 7, 1862.
• M. A. Brown, of Missouri, to take rank from April 30, 1863.
• Thomas H. Kavanaugh, of Missouri, to take rank from November 10, 1862.
• Jesse E. Thompson, of Arkansas, to take rank from September 15, 1862.
• T. Smith Trice, of Tennessee, to take rank from March 9, 1863.
• J. Chappell Maxwell, of South Carolina, to take rank from March 11, 1863.
• Charles Lesesne, of North Carolina, to take rank from March 11, 1863.
• Jonah Bivens, of Georgia, to take rank from March 13, 1863.
• L. J. Wilson, of Mississippi, to take rank from March 16, 1863.
• Samuel H. Smith, of Georgia, to take rank from March 17, 1863.
• Samuel G. Mobley, of South Carolina, to take rank from March 17, 1863.
• Andrew C. Crombie, of Texas, to take rank from March 25, 1863.
• W. R. Hardy, of Alabama, to take rank from March 30, 1863.
• Jesse R. Fraley, of North Carolina, to take rank from February 19, 1863.
• R. McK. Stribbling, of Virginia, to take rank from March 6, 1863.
• Howell R. Foreman, of Alabama, to take rank from March 6, 1863.
• John M. Borders, of Mississippi, to take rank from March 6, 1863.
• Alexander S. Ashe, of Mississippi, to take rank from March 7, 1863.
• J. T. Chandler, of Mississippi, to take rank from March 9, 1863.
• Charles C. Thornton, of Mississippi, to take rank from March 9, 1863.
• George W. Purnell, of Louisiana, to take rank from March 9, 1863.
• Marion L. Mayo, of Virginia, to take rank from April 2, 1863.
• T. F. Gilliam, of Virginia, to take rank from April 6, 1863.
• Edwin F. de Graffenried, of Georgia, to take rank from April 13, 1863.
• W. L. Scaife, of Georgia, to take rank from April 21, 1863.

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• John R. McDow, of Texas, to take rank from April 7, 1863.
• William P. Green, of South Carolina, to take rank from April 11, 1863.
• William R. Barron, of South Carolina, to take rank from April 22, 1863.
• Jos L. Stephenson, of Georgia, to take rank from April 24, 1863.
• James M. Doby, of Alabama, to take rank from April 30, 1863.
• Isaiah J. Cherry, of Virginia, to take rank from April 14, 1863.
• W. Munroe Bryan, of Alabama, to take rank from April 20, 1863.
• John D. Patton, of South Carolina, to take rank from April 24, 1863.
• C. B. Adams, of South Carolina, to take rank from April 28, 1863.
• W. W. Campbell, of Cherokee, to take rank from April 10, 1863.
• T. Jefferson McKie, of South Carolina, to take rank from April 17, 1863.
• James T. Meek, of South Carolina, to take rank from April 22, 1863.
• William T. Wellborn, of Alabama, to take rank from April 27, 1863.
• Charles E. Dupont, of South Carolina, to take rank from April 29, 1863.
• A. S. Martin, of Virginia, to take rank from April 1, 1863.
• T. James Wilson, of North Carolina, to take rank from April 2, 1863.
• C. T. Ford, of South Carolina, to take rank from April 8, 1863.
• Seaborn R. O'Neal, of Georgia, to take rank from March 4, 1863.
• William M. Mobley, of Alabama, to take rank from March 19, 1863.
• Jacob Huggins, jr., of Alabama, to take rank from March 26, 1863.
• Joel W. Franklin, of Virginia, to take rank from April 4, 1863.
• George W. Howard, of Mississippi, to take rank from April 6, 1863.
• James O. Saunders, of Mississippi, to take rank from April 10, 1863.
• L. Clay Harvey, of Mississippi, to take rank from April 17, 1863.
• Thomas W. Lilley, of Louisiana, to take rank from April 27, 1863.
• Martin V. Thornton, of Mississippi, to take rank from April 1, 1863.
• Henry W. Bassett, of Mississippi, to take rank from April 7, 1863.
• John R. Sims, of Mississippi, to take rank from April 8, 1863.
• John D. Crawford, of Virginia, to take rank from April 11, 1863.
• Richard L. Dunn, of Mississippi, to take rank from April 24, 1863.
• W. P. Parker, of Georgia, to take rank from March 2, 1863.
• W. B. Penn, of Georgia, to take rank from March 9, 1863.
• John R. Hoffman, of Alabama, to take rank from March 18, 1863.
• Miles W. Goldsby, of Louisiana, to take rank from March 24, 1863.
• John C. Booth, of Mississippi, to take rank from April 3, 1863.
• S. G. Luckett, of Mississippi, to take rank from April 6, 1863.
• William H. Credille, of Alabama, to take rank from April 9, 1863.
• John W. Cockerham, of Louisiana, to take rank from April 16, 1863.
• William T. Jordan, of Mississippi, to take rank from April 25, 1863.
• James H. Simmonds, of Mississippi, to take rank from January 10, 1863.
• Thomas J. Turner, of South Carolina, to take rank from March 14, 1863.
• William I. Bull, jr., of South Carolina, to take rank from March 21, 1863.
• Peter F. Fitzgerald, of Mississippi, to take rank from April 1, 1863.
• S. R. Chambers, of Louisiana, to take rank from April 4, 1863.
• Benjamin F. Eads, of Texas, to take rank from April 11, 1863.
• S. Buford, of Mississippi, to take rank from April 21, 1863.
• Jesse C. Houston, of Alabama, to take rank from April 28, 1863.
• John A. Beauchamp, of Kentucky, to take rank from April 29, 1863.
• Andrew J. Hayslett, of Virginia, to take rank from April 4, 1863.
• John E. Blocker, of Georgia, to take rank from April 20, 1863.
• Charles S. Darby, of South Carolina, to take rank from April 21, 1863.
• Hugh W. Tate, of North Carolina, to take rank from April 27, 1863.
• William H. Edmondson, of North Carolina, to take rank from April 27, 1863.
• F. M. Traylor, of Louisiana, to take rank from April 3, 1863.
• David S. Russell, of Virginia, to take rank from April 8, 1863.
• Harris Fisher, of Georgia, to take rank from April 11, 1863.
• John C. Spinks, of Mississippi, to take rank from April 14, 1863.
• Abner E. Arnold, of Louisiana, to take rank from April 9, 1863.
• M. W. Drummond, of South Carolina, to take rank from April 10, 1863.
• John W. Jones, of Georgia, to take rank from April 11, 1863.
• James D. Young, of Georgia, to take rank from April 20, 1863.
• John W. Chamblin, of Virginia, to take rank from April 3, 1863.
• Thomas P. Hereford, of Virginia, to take rank from April 8, 1863.
• John F. Mackey, of South Carolina, to take rank from April 11, 1863.
• R. E. Campbell, of Alabama, to take rank from April 13, 1863.
• R. G. Southall, of Alabama, to take rank from April 4, 1863.
• Charles G. H. Glissman, of Louisiana, to take rank from March 25, 1863.

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• John W. Bowdoin, of Georgia. to take rank from March 9, 1863.
• A. E. Ragland, of Georgia, to take rank from March 16, 1863.
• William M. Wells, of Alabama, to take rank from March 22, 1863.
• W. H. Wyman, of South Carolina, to take rank from March 11, 1863.
• William H. Blair, of Arkansas, to take rank from Marsh 12, 1863.
• John A. Barnett, of Mississippi, to take rank from March 28, 1863.
• T. Jefferson Spurlock, of Mississippi, to take rank from March 28, 1863.
• Calvin N. Silliman, of Mississippi, to take rank from March 30, 1863.
• John C. Snead, of Virginia, to take rank from March 12, 1863.
• A. A. McKittrick, of Mississippi, to take rank from March 28, 1863.
• Daniel E. Byrd, of South Carolina, to take rank from April 6, 1863.
• Walter H. Nardin, of South Carolina, to take rank from April 4, 1863.
• Bolling H. Jackson, of Alabama, to take rank from April 22, 1863.
• W. H. Lipscomb, of Mississippi, to take rank from April 27, 1863.
• Thomas H. Moss, of Arkansas, to take rank from April 30, 1863.
• John C. Wilburn, of Alabama, to take rank from May 5, 1863.
• Samuel R. Williams, of Florida, to take rank from May 13, 1863.
• T. Henry Edwards, of Florida, to take rank from May 18, 1863.
• Rufus H. Kilpatrick, of Alabama, to take rank from May 26, 1863.
• Samuel M. Dold, of Virginia, to take rank from December 4, 1862.
• Alex. M. Fraser, of Georgia, to take rank from April 2, 1863.
• V. O. Thompson, of North Carolina, to take rank from April 3, 1863.
• Leander G. Hunt, of North Carolina, to take rank from April 2, 1863.
• W. F. Robertson, of Florida; to take rank from May 25, 1863.
• T. L. Anderson, of Georgia, to take rank from May 27, 1863.
• D. R. Merritt, of Kentucky, to take rank from August 9, 1862.
• William H. Sherman, of Georgia, to take rank from April 10, 1863.
• James W. McKissack, of Alabama, to take rank from April 21, 1863.
• Thomas E. Whyte, of Alabama, to take rank from April 7, 1863.
• Thomas Z. Offutt, of Maryland, to take rank from April 14, 1863.
• Granville R. Lewis, of Virginia, to take rank from April 16, 1863.
• George M. Willis, of Georgia, to take rank from April 20, 1863.
• Joseph A. Baden, of Maryland, to take rank from April 28, 1863.
• James B. Shepherd, of Virginia, to take rank from April 30, 1863.
• Charles L. Garnett, of Virginia, to take rank from April 10, 1863.
• A. E. Eves, of Virginia, to take rank from April 17, 1863.
• Robert C. Eve, of Georgia, to take rank from April 20, 1863.
• Virginius G. Hitt, of Georgia, to take rank from April 21, 1863.
• James B. Gilkeson, of Virginia, to take rank front April 21, 1863.
• W. B. Watford, of North Carolina, to take rank from April 24, 1863.
• W. J. McMahon, of Alabama, to take rank from April 13, 1863.
• J. Lawrence Strait, of Mississippi, to take rank from May 1, 1863.
• William A. Heard, of Alabama, to take rank front May 14, 1863.
• Andrew T. Rowe, of Georgia, to take rank from May 14, 1863.
• Joseph B. L. Baker, of Georgia, to take rank from May 19, 1863.
• Benjamin F. Rudisill, of Georgia, to take rank from April 3, 1863.
• H. McC. Holmes, of Florida, to take rank from January 22, 1863.
• A. Givens, of Louisiana, to take rank from July 16, 1863.
• Henry C. Ghent, of Alabama, to take rank from May 27, 1863.
• James W. Greene, of Virginia, to take rank from May 25, 1863.
• H. McKennie, of Virginia, to take rank from May 5, 1863.
• Andrew F. Schultze, of Louisiana, to take rank from May 29, 1863.
• Robert V. Reid, of Georgia, to take rank from May 21, 1863.
• W. H. Calvert, of Louisiana, to take rank from June 5, 1863.
• S. R. Hurd, of Louisiana, to take rank from May 29, 1863.
• H. K. Darden, of Virginia, to take rank from June 6, 1863.
• John L. Read, of Virginia, to take rank from May 6, 1863.
• John S. Wilson, of Georgia, to take rank from May 11, 1863.
• Miller A. Woodson, of Texas, to take rank from June 6, 1863.
• John M. Payne, of Florida, to take rank from June 29, 1863.
• D. W. Barton, of South Carolina, to take rank from June 30, 1863.
• Robert S. Greene, of Alabama, to take rank from May 30, 1863.
• William R. Cole, of Georgia, to take rank from June 10, 1863.
• Edward C. James, of Alabama, to take rank from June 10, 1863.
• James B. Mangeine, of Arkansas, to take rank from June 26, 1863.
• James Leffers, of Florida, to take rank from June 29, 1863.
• Thomas J. Warren, of South Carolina, to take rank from June 30, 1863.

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• James V. Johnson, of Arkansas, to take rank from May 26, 1863.
• A. P. Fulkerson, of Missouri, to take rank from May 13, 1863.
• Thomas J. Caldwell, of Mississippi, to take rank from June 26, 1863.
• W. A. Williamson, of Georgia, to take rank from May 20, 1863.
• William U. Morton, of Alabama, to take rank from May 18, 1863.
• William R. Tompkins, of Mississippi, to take rank from May 18, 1863.
• R. J. Young, of Mississippi, to take rank from May 18, 1863.
• Jos. S. Buckner, of Mississippi, to take rank from May 16, 1863.
• William R. Lide, of Alabama, to take rank from May 16, 1863.
• H. C. Sommerville, of Missouri, to take rank from June 3, 1863.
• James W. Wiseman, of North Carolina, to take rank from September 1, 1863.
• Paul A. Barrier, of North Carolina, to take rank from June 20, 1863.
• U. H. Dulany, of Texas, to take rank from June 16, 1863.
• Robert L. Harris, of North Carolina, to take rank from May 29, 1863.
• James M. Pelot, of South Carolina, to take rank from June 24, 1863.
• C. F. Jones, jr., of Louisiana, to take rank from May 21, 1863.
• Peter Binford, of Alabama, to take rank from May 25, 1863.
• A. S. McKeither, of Alabama, to take rank from May 23, 1863.
• David D. Oates, of Tennessee, to take rank from May 22, 1863.
• Elias P. Hester, of Louisiana, to take rank from May 27, 1863.
• Thomas J. Baskett, of Missouri, to take rank from May 25, 1863.
• John T. B. Foard, of Alabama, to take rank from December 18, 1861.
• Robert E. Alexander, of Georgia, to take rank from June 17, 1863.
• Mason W. Smith, of South Carolina, to take rank from June 22, 1863.
• Robert J. Turner, of Tennessee, to take rank from June 10, 1863.
• J. Henry Currey, of Tennessee, to take rank from June 10, 1863.
• William J. Barron, of Tennessee, to take rank from May 27, 1863.
• Lewis S. Freeman, of Tennessee, to take rank from May 26, 1863.
• Robert Davis, of Louisiana, to take rank from June 17, 1863.
• Rufus A. Roberts, of Texas, to take rank from May 27, 1863.
• James W. Hannum, of Tennessee, to take rank from December 1, 1862.
• N. B. Kennedy, of Mississippi, to take rank from February 10, 1863.
• Newton C. Pyles, of Alabama, to take rank from July 11, 1863.
• James J. Crawford, of Virginia, to take rank from June 3, 1863.
• W. McA. Hanna, of Kentucky, to take rank from January 17, 1863.
• O. S. Holmes, of Alabama, to take rank from August 31, 1862.
• John W. Rainey, of Texas, to take rank from June 9, 1863.
• Jasper N. Smith, of Georgia, to take rank from June 10, 1863.
• William H. Banks, of Alabama, to take rank from May 10, 1863.
• John Frost, of Alabama, to take rank from August 31, 1863.
• Jos. P. Carter, of South Carolina, to take rank from July 6, 1863.
• James D. Plunkett, of Tennessee, to take rank from July 29, 1863.
• John T. Parker, of Maryland, to take rank from July 1, 1863.
• E. O. Hodges, of Georgia, to take rank from July 7, 1863.
• Thomas M. Marks, of Louisiana, to take rank from June 3, 1863.
• Harvey O. Milton, of Alabama, to take rank from July 7, 1863.
• William Donnan, of Louisiana, to take rank from May 5, 1863.
• John C. Storey, of Alabama, to take rank from July 18, 1863.
• James H. Goethe, of South Carolina, to take rank from July 24, 1863.
• William T. Spencer, of Louisiana, to take rank from May 8, 1863.
• Charles H. Jordan, of Louisiana, to take rank from May 5, 1863.
• Walter S. Golden, of Missouri, to take rank from July 20, 1863.
• E. L. Connally, of Alabama, to take rank from August 31, 1862.
• Thomas B. Savage, of Alabama, to take rank from August 31, 1862.
• George A. Nicollassen, of Maryland, to take rank from July 14, 1863.
• Lafayette Bonner, of Virginia, to take rank from July 17, 1863.
• O. Becker, of Georgia, to take rank from July 21, 1863.
• Samual G. Compton, of Louisiana, to take rank from July 14, 1863.
• Aug. J. Spencer, of Louisiana, to take rank from May 6, 1863.
• William M. Hoover, of Tennessee, to take rank from December 25, 1862.
• Lewis B. King, of Kentucky, to take rank from April 18, 1863.
• John McC. Lacy, of Arkansas, to take rank from September 19, 1862.
• A. N. Kincannon, of Missouri, to take rank from January 31, 1863.
• A. H. Stearns, of Georgia, to take rank from July 27, 1863.
• Uriah Haynie, of Texas, to take rank from April 26, 1863.
• Solomon P. Greene, of Tennessee, to take rank from June 2, 1863.
• David H. Bryant, of Mississippi, to take rank from May 2, 1863.

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• John T. Melton, of Missouri, to take rank from July 9, 1863.
• Frank M. Dennis, of Georgia, to take rank from July 11, 1863.
• K. Knowlton, of Arkansas, to take rank from May 18. 1863.
• Charles B. Tydings, of Kentucky, to take rank from July 15, 1863.
• James H. Wilkes, of Tennessee, to take rank from July 11, 1863.
• Jos. Lemly, of Louisiana, to take rank from May 12, 1863.
• N. L. Galloway, of Georgia, to take rank from May 16, 1863.
• J. P. Hamer, of Tennessee, to take rank from July 11, 1863.
• Robert D. Gwin, of Tennessee, to take rank from August 15, 1862.
• Henry T. Fox, of Kentucky, to take rank from May 30, 1863.
• A. J. Claiborne, of Louisiana, to take rank from June 1, 1863.
• William P. Casseday, of Texas, to take rank from November 11, 1862.
• A. P. Houston, of Texas, to take rank from November 13, 1862.
• John G. Anderson, of North Carolina, to take rank from October 31, 1862.
• William H. Newell, of Virginia, to take rank from October 24, 1862.
• T. W. Newsome, of Georgia, to take rank from November 7, 1862.
• A. S. Davidson, of Louisiana, to take rank from November 21, 1862.
• A. T. Henry, of North Carolina, to take rank from November 21, 1862.
• Charles J. A. Crockett, of Virginia, to take rank from November 13, 1862.
• D. D. Carter, of Kentucky, to take rank from September 2, 1862.
• Alexander Dunn, of South Carolina, to take rank from December 22, 1862.
• Theodore Parker, of Georgia, to take rank from January 6, 1863.
• W. L. Earout, of Virginia, to take rank from December 20, 1862.
• Charles P. Gordon, of Georgia, to take rank from October 8, 1862.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

The message was react.

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

The Senate resumed the consideration of the nomination of Joseph Wheeler; to be major-general.

After debate,

Mr. Simms demanded the question; which was seconded, and

The question being put,

Will the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Joseph Wheeler, to be major-general?

It was determined in the negative,
• Yeas ... 7
• Nays ... 9

On motion by Mr. Burnett,

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

Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Brown, Henry, Hunter, Johnson of Georgia, Maxwell, Phelan, and Semmes.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Burnett, Caperton, Clark, Johnson of Arkansas, Oldham, Orr, Simms, Sparrow, and Wigfall.

So it was

Resolved, That the Senate do not advise and consent to the appointment of Joseph Wheeler, to be major-general.

On motion by Mr. Johnson of Georgia, that the vote refusing to advise and consent to the appointment of Joseph Wheeler as major-general be reconsidered,

On motion by Mr. Semmes,

The Senate resolved into open legislative session.

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