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Journal of the Confederate Congress --FRIDAY, January 22, 1864.

Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 [Volume 3]
FRIDAY, January 22, 1864.

OPEN SESSION.

Mr. Orr presented the credentials of the Hon. Edwin G. Reade, appointed a Senator by the executive of the State of North Carolina, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of the Hon. George Davis; which were read, and the oath prescribed by the Constitution was administered to Mr. Reade, and he took his seat in the Senate.

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. 95. A bill for the relief of taxpayers in certain cases; and
• H. R. 96. A bill to authorize the issue of certificates for interest on the fifteen million loan.

The bills (H. R. 95, H. R. 96) last mentioned were read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Jemison presented the memorial of John B. Read, of the State of Alabama, praying compensation for the use, by the Army and Navy of the Confederate States, of the "Read shell;" which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

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

Resolved, That the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate be instructed to pay, out of the contingent fund of the Senate, to P. Kean, a sum not exceeding seven hundred and sixty-six dollars, in compensation of his services for superintending the printing, and reading and correcting the proof sheets of the testimony taken before the joint committee "to investigate the management of the Navy Department under its present head."

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Mr. Phelan (by leave) introduced the following bills:

• S. 199. A bill to amend an act entitled "An act to organize military courts to attend the Army of the Confederate States in the field, and to define the powers of said courts," approved October 9, 1862; and
• S. 200. A bill to confer additional powers upon courts-martial and military courts;

Mr. Brown (by leave) introduced

A bill (S. 201) to increase the compensation of the Commissioner of Patents;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Patents.

Mr. Sparrow (by leave) introduced

A bill (S. 202) to punish absence from the Army;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

On motion by Mr. Semmes,

Ordered, That the Committee on Finance have leave to sit during the sessions of the Senate.

Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 91) to fix the rank, pay, and allowances of adjutants of regiments and independent battalions, reported it with the recommendation that it ought not to pass.

On motion by Mr. Clark,

Ordered, That when the Senate adjourn it be to Monday next.

Mr. Caperton, from the committee, reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled a bill and joint resolution of the following titles:

• H. R. 81. An act to prevent the procuring, aiding, and assisting persons to desert from the Army of the Confederate States, and for other purposes; and
• H. R. 21. Joint resolution in relation to the war.

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

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (H. R. 79) to prohibit dealing in the paper currency of the enemy; and no further amendment being made, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendment was concurred in.

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

The said bill as amended was read the third time.

Resolved, That it pass with an amendment.

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

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the following bills:

• S. 192. A bill to regulate the allowance of traveling expenses of officers of the Navy and others traveling under orders;
• S. 150. A bill to limit and define the term of office of the Secretary or principal officer of each of the Executive Departments, established by the several acts entitled "An act to organize the Department of

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  State," "An act to establish the Treasury Department," "An act to establish the War Department," "An act to establish the Navy Department," "An act to establish the Post-Office Department," "An act to organize and establish an executive department, to be known as the Department of Justice," all of which acts were approved February 21, 1861;

• S. 171. A bill for the establishment and regulation of territorial commands in the Army; and
• S. 174. A bill to authorize the issue of certain bonds for payment to the Alabama and Florida Railroad Company, of the State of Florida; and

Ordered, That the further consideration of the said bills be postponed until to-morrow.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 180) to provide for the investigation and settlement of the transactions and accounts of quartermasters, commissaries, contractors, and other financial and disbursing officers, agents, and employees of the Confederate States.

On motion by Mr. Hill, to amend the bill by striking out the ninth section, as follows:

• Sec. 9. This act shall take effect from its passage, and all laws militating against its provisions are repealed,

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 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.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 187) declaring persons owing military service to the Confederate States, and who seek to avoid such service by removing beyond the control and jurisdiction of said States, alien enemies, and subjecting their property to confiscation; and

After debate,

On motion by Mr. Clark,

The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.

The doors having been opened,

On motion by Mr. Maxwell,

The Senate adjourned.

SECRET SESSION.

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

Mr. President: The President of the Confederate States has notified the House of Representatives that on the 19th instant he approved and signed an act (H. R. 86) to provide for holding elections for Representatives in the Congress of the Confederate States from the State of Missouri.

On motion by Mr. Clark,

Ordered, That the injunction of secrecy be removed from the proceedings of the Senate on the bill (H. R. 86) last mentioned.

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 20, 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 15, 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. Edwards, of Georgia, to be colonel Forty-seventh Georgia Regiment, vice Col. G. W. M. Williams, deceased, to rank from August 30, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. George H. Jones, of Georgia, to be colonel Twenty-second Georgia Regiment, vice Colonel Wasden, killed, to rank from November 14, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. Martin H. Cofer, of Kentucky, to be colonel Sixth Kentucky Regiment, vice Col. J. H. Lewis, promoted, to rank from September 30, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. W. R. Peck, of Louisiana, to be colonel Ninth Louisiana Regiment, vice Col. L. A. Stafford, promoted, to rank from October 8, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. B. Timmons, of Texas, to be colonel Waul's Legion, vice Col. T. N. Waul, promoted, to rank from September 18, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. Robert W. Pitman, of Tennessee, to be colonel Thirteenth Tennessee Regiment, vice Col. A. J. Vaughan, jr., promoted, to rank from November 18, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. William A. Feeney, of Mississippi, to be colonel Forty-second Mississippi Regiment, vice Col. H. Moseley, resigned, to rank from December 18, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. R. W. Withers, of Virginia, to be colonel Forty-second Virginia Regiment, vice Col. A. J. Deyerle, resigned, to rank from November 27, 1863.

Lieutenant-colonels.
• Maj. Thomas H. Watkins, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Fifty-second Virginia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. J. D. H. Ross, resigned, to rank from December 19, 1863.
• Maj. John J. Hodges, of Louisiana, to be lieutenant-colonel Ninth Louisiana Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. W. R. Peck, promoted, to rank from October 8, 1863.
• Maj. Thomas W. Thompson, of Kentucky, to be lieutenant-colonel Fourth Kentucky Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. J. A. Adair, resigned, to rank from August 31, 1863.
• Maj. William L. Clarke, of Kentucky, to be lieutenant-colonel Sixth Kentucky Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. M. H. Cofer, promoted, to rank from September 30, 1863.
• Maj. Beverly L. Dyer, of Tennessee, to be lieutenant-colonel Thirteenth Tennessee Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. R. W. Pitman, promoted, to rank from November 18, 1863.
• Maj. E. T. Stackhouse, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Eighth South Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Hoole, killed, to rank from September 18, 1863.
• Maj. E. Warfield, of Arkansas, to be lieutenant-colonel Second Arkansas Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Harvey, deceased, to rank from September 30, 1863.
• Maj. John W. Dawson, of Tennessee, to be lieutenant-colonel One hundred and fifty-fourth Tennessee Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Magevney, promoted, to rank from August 30, 1862.
• Maj. Jack Wharton, of Texas, to be lieutenant-colonel Sixth Texas Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. J. S. Griffith, resigned, to rank from August 14, 1863.
• Maj. C. W. Heiskell, of Tennessee, to be lieutenant-colonel Nineteenth Tennessee Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. B. F. Moore, killed, to rank from November 25, 1863.
• Maj. Andrew M. Nelson, of Mississippi, to be lieutenant-colonel Forty-second Mississippi Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. W. A. Feeney, promoted, to rank from December 18, 1863.

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• Maj. Samuel H. Saunders, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Forty-second Virginia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. R. W. Withers, promoted, to rank from November 27, 1863.
• Maj. William A. Feeney, of Mississippi, to be lieutenant-colonel Forty-second Mississippi Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. H. Moseley, promoted, to rank from July 18, 1863.

Majors.
• Capt. Charles J. Moffett, of Georgia, to be major Second Georgia Battalion, vice Maj. G. W. Ross, killed, to rank from August 2, 1863.
• Capt. W. J. Pfohl, of North Carolina, to be major Twenty-first North Carolina Regiment, vice Maj. A. Miller, killed, to rank from August 2, 1863.
• Capt. John D. Lilley, of Virginia, to be major Fifty-second Virginia Regiment, vice Major Watkins, promoted, to rank from December 19, 1863.
• Capt. Jos. H. Millett, of Kentucky, to be major Fourth Kentucky Regiment, vice Maj. T. W. Thompson, promoted, to rank from August 31, 1863.
• Capt. W. Jerry Crook, of Tennessee, to be major Thirteenth Tennessee Regiment, vice Maj. B. L. Dyer, promoted, to rank from November 18, 1863.
• Capt. Wilson Harper, of Virginia, to be major Twenty-fifth Virginia Regiment, vice Maj. R. D. Lilley, promoted, to rank from August 20, 1863.
• Capt. E. G. Brasher, of Arkansas, to be major Second Arkansas Regiment, vice Maj. E. Warfield, promoted, to rank from September 30, 1863.
• Capt. M. M. Patrick, of Tennessee, to be major One hundred and fifty-fourth Tennessee Regiment, vice Maj. J. W. Dawson, promoted, to rank from August 30, 1863.
• Capt. P. F. Ross, of Texas, to be major Sixth Texas Cavalry Regiment, vice Maj. J. Wharton, promoted, to rank from August 14, 1863.
• Capt. J. M. Hancock, of North Carolina, to be major Second North Carolina Battalion, vice Major Andrews, promoted, to rank from June 6, 1863.
• Capt. Andrew M. Nelson, of Mississippi, to be major Forty-second Mississippi Regiment, vice Major Feeney, promoted, to rank from July 18, 1863.
• Capt. Robert W. Locke, of Mississippi, to be major Forty-second Mississippi Regiment, vice Maj. A. M. Nelson, promoted, to rank from December 18, 1863.
• Capt. Samuel H. Saunders, of Virginia, to be major Forty-second Virginia Regiment, vice Maj. H. Lane, deceased, to rank from November 30, 1862.
• Capt. J. M. Richardson, of Virginia, to be major Forty-second Virginia Regiment, vice Maj. S. H. Saunders, promoted, to rank from November 27, 1863.
• Capt. James G. Deaderick, of Tennessee, to be major Nineteenth Tennessee Regiment, vice Major Heiskell, promoted, to rank from November 25, 1863.
• Capt. John Westcott, of Florida, to be major Second Florida Battalion, vice Major Brevard, promoted, to rank from June 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, --, 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 16, 1864.

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

Surgeons.
• Richard R. Goode, of Kentucky, to rank from May 8, 1863.
• James Theus Taylor, of South Carolina, to rank from June 29, 1863.
• Theophilus Caillouch, of Louisiana, to rank from June 30, 1863.
• Pierre Durel, of Louisiana, to rank from July 20, 1863.
• Samuel Brown Maney, of Tennessee, to rank from July 26, 1863.

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• John Grammer, jr., of Virginia, to rank from August 26, 1863.
• Jos. Leonard Estarge, of Louisiana, to rank from August 27, 1863.
• Benjamin Franklin Eppes, of Virginia, to rank from August 28, 1863.
• William Campbell Gilson, of Mississippi, to rank from September 22, 1863.
• Ira Williams, of Virginia, to rank from October 1, 1863.
• William Benjamin Day, of Virginia, to rank from October 1, 1863.
• John Wilson Glenn, of Louisiana, to rank from October 5, 1863.
• Robert B. Smith, of Missouri, to rank from October 8, 1863.
• John Richard Crain, of Texas, to rank from November 14, 1863.
• Vincent O. King, of Mississippi, to rank from February 12, 1863.
• Jesse W. Johnson, of Missouri, to rank from June 8, 1863.
• Walter T. Adair, of Cherokee Nation, to rank from April 16, 1863.
• George Tebault, of Texas, to rank from May 11, 1863.
• J. W. Sears, of Alabama, to rank from February 9, 1863.
• Theodore Parker, of Georgia, to rank from January 6, 1863.
• Jeremiah R. Haldeman, of Texas, to rank from March 7, 1863.
• John F. Y. Paine, of Louisiana, to rank from June 28, 1862.
• Rhesa W. Read, of Texas, to rank from June 2, 1863.
• Lee M. Alexander, of Missouri, to rank from June 23, 1863.
• Octavius Alexander, of Missouri, to rank from June 23, 1863.
• Thomas A. Lonergan, of Missouri, to rank from May 16, 1863.
• James Steel Fish, of Georgia, to rank from July 30, 1863.
• John M. Bronaugh, of Texas, to rank from October 15, 1862.
• Charles Henry Taber, of South Carolina, to rank from August 14, 1863.
• Hugh Stockdell, of Virginia, to rank from August 27, 1863.
• Edward G. Porcher, of South Carolina, to rank from September 8, 1863.
• Stiles Kennedy, of Maryland, to rank from September 18, 1863.
• Caleb Winfrey, of Missouri, to rank from September 17, 1863.
• Hugh C. McCall, of Alabama, to rank from September 29, 1863.
• Samuel Muller, of South Carolina, to rank from October 10, 1863.
• John S. Buist, of South Carolina, to rank from October 31, 1863.
• Herman Baer, of South Carolina, to rank from October 6, 1863.
• Hugh G. McClarty, of Texas, to rank from October 12, 1863.
• Lewis H. Orme, of Arkansas, to rank from October 15, 1863.
• Thomas M. Blackwell, of Mississippi, to rank from October 23, 1863.
• John B. Oden, of Virginia, to rank from November 26, 1863.
• Oscar C. Brothers, of Mississippi, to rank from November 20, 1863.
• John S. Fletcher, of Tennessee, to rank from July 15, 1862.
• Charles D. Lewis, of Louisiana, to rank from May 4, 1863.

Assistant surgeons.
• William Spottswood Smith, of Tennessee, to rank from May 6, 1863.
• Obadiah V. Garnett, of Kentucky, to rank from May 6, 1863.
• James Jefferson Flake, of Alabama, to rank from May 7, 1863.
• Benjamin Warren Glover, of South Carolina, to rank from June 29, 1863.
• John Jenkins Tobin, of Texas, to rank from June 10, 1863.
• John Russell Pickett, of Arkansas, to rank from July 17, 1863.
• Charles E. Allen, of Louisiana, to rank from July 1, 1863.
• David Hall Billieu, of Louisiana, to rank from July 21, 1863.
• Melton Oliver Stribbling, of Georgia, to rank from July 29, 1863.
• William Ray McCreight, of Alabama, to rank from July 29, 1863.
• Frank Rainey, of Alabama, to rank from July 31, 1863.
• Thomas B. Greenwood, of Texas, to rank from July 25, 1863.
• Hugh Gordon Jackson, of South Carolina, to rank from August 3, 1863.
• Charles Marshall Erwin, of Alabama, to rank from August 6, 1863.
• Charles Hooks Harris, of Alabama, to rank from August 8, 1863.
• Franklin J. Geiger, of South Carolina, to rank from August 8, 1863.
• John B. Holmes, of South Carolina, to rank from August 10, 1863.
• Thomas Buchanan, of Tennessee, to rank from August 11, 1863.
• Thomas B. Williams, of South Carolina, to rank from August 18, 1863.
• William Moore Wilson, of Missouri, to rank from August 23, 1863.
• John McDonald, of North Carolina, to rank from August 31, 1863.
• William F. Smith, of South Carolina, to rank from May 20, 1863.
• Edward Chaffers, of Virginia, to rank from August 4, 1863.
• Emmett A. Drewry, of Virginia, to rank from August 4, 1863.
• James Layne, of Virginia, to rank from August 5, 1863.

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• Alfred S. Patrick, of Virginia, to rank from August 7, 1863.
• Philip W. Anderson, of Virginia, to rank from August 19, 1863.
• Edward T. Terrell, of Texas, to rank from August 26, 1863.
• William Bellinger, of Florida, to rank from August 31, 1863.
• W. H. B. Goodwin, of Virginia, to rank from August 31, 1863.
• Henry V. Weeden, of --, to rank from September 4, 1863.
• John Henry Ruddell, of Georgia, to rank from September 9, 1863.
• John Caldwell Calhoun, of South Carolina, to rank from September 14, 1863.
• Jos. Sanford Simmons, of Alabama, to rank from September 15, 1863.
• William R. Caldwell, of South Carolina, to rank from September 19, 1863.
• Dunklin Pierce, of Alabama, to rank from September 21, 1863.
• Moses K. Harrison, of Mississippi, to rank from September 26, 1863.
• Robert H. Oakman, of Georgia, to rank from September 26, 1863.
• Andrew J. Beale, of Kentucky, to rank from September 30, 1863.
• Abel B. Wallace, of Georgia, to rank from September 30, 1863.
• Rufus J. Murphy, of Mississippi, to rank from September 19, 1863.
• Richard H. Parker, of North Carolina, to rank from September 12, 1863.
• George Alexander Owen, of Virginia, to rank from September 16, 1863.
• Randolph Holden, of Virginia, to rank from September 23, 1863.
• James Palmer Cain, of South Carolina, to rank from October 2, 1863.
• Jett Thomas West, of Georgia, to rank from October 5, 1863.
• William Craig Moore, of Georgia, to rank from October 5, 1863.
• Jesse M. Westmoreland, of South Carolina, to rank from October 6, 1863.
• James Purcell, of South Carolina, to rank from October 6, 1863.
• Alexander S. Johnson, of Georgia, to rank from October 8, 1863.
• William Z. Bedon, of Mississippi, to rank from October 12, 1863.
• Daniel Flud, of South Carolina, to rank from October 13, 1863.
• Edward Manley Royall, of South Carolina, to rank from October 13, 1863.
• Harford M. Cumming, of Georgia, to rank from October 16, 1863.
• Nicholas W. Draper, of Alabama, to rank from October 17, 1863.
• John Allen Owens, of South Carolina, to rank from October 20, 1863.
• Henry Rossignol, of Georgia, to rank from October 21, 1863.
• Thomas Terrell Dismukes, of Tennessee, to rank from October 26, 1863.
• Richard C. Richardson, of Louisiana, to rank from October 27, 1863.
• Edward Francis Allston, of South Carolina, to rank from October 28, 1863.
• Thomas D. Whiteside, of South Carolina, to rank from October 28, 1863.
• Andrew H. Read, of Alabama, to rank from October 28, 1863.
• Francis P. Wellford, of Virginia, to rank from October 3, 1863.
• George Frost Mellen, of Mississippi, to rank from October 5, 1863.
• Robert B. Richardson, of Virginia, to rank from October 9, 1863.
• C. G. Smither, of Mississippi, to rank from October 9, 1863.
• Lewis A. Boswell, of Mississippi, to rank from October 29, 1863.
• George W. Thomas, of Georgia, to rank from October 29, 1863.
• William H. Walker, of Louisiana, to rank from October 30, 1863.
• Napoleon B. Nevitt, of Maryland, to rank from October 30, 1863.
• Robert C. McCann, of Mississippi, to rank from October 6, 1863.
• James Madison Simmons, of Mississippi, to rank from October 10, 1863.
• John Wesley Spillman, of Mississippi, to rank from October 14, 1863.
• Robert Jos. Parham, of Mississippi, to rank from October 16, 1863.
• John Robert Fleming, of North Carolina, to rank from October 16, 1863.
• Charles J. Ingersoll, of Mississippi, to rank from October 20, 1863.
• Sydney P. Kennedy, of Mississippi, to rank from October 22, 1863.
• Charles J. F. Meriwether, of Mississippi, to rank from October 22, 1863.
• Richard H. Randolph, of Florida, to rank from November 3, 1863.
• William Henry Babcock, of Florida, to rank from November 13, 1863.
• Richard A. Christian, of Virginia, to rank from November 28, 1863.
• Andrew S. Cameron, of South Carolina, to rank from November 2, 1863.
• James Edwin Hines, of Florida, to rank from November 7, 1863.
• John W. Collier, of Georgia, to rank from November 17, 1863.
• Jos. Terry Dismukes, of Georgia, to rank from November 20, 1863.
• John Lawrence Ancrum, of South Carolina, to rank from November 21, 1863.
• John Crews Pelot, of Florida, to rank from November 21, 1863.
• William H. Baxley, of Georgia, to rank from November 23, 1863.
• Matthew Calvert, of Alabama, to rank from November 24, 1863.
• Maurice A. Moore, of South Carolina, to rank from November 25, 1863.
• Chandler M. Pope, of Alabama, to rank from November 27, 1863.
• Philip S. Kirk, of South Carolina, to rank from November 27, 1863.

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• Beverly C. Cook, of Georgia, to rank from November 28, 1863.
• Thomas J. Teague, of South Carolina, to rank from November 30, 1863.
• James M. Sloan, of South Carolina, to rank from November 30, 1863.
• George Washington Tribble, of Mississippi, to rank from July 18, 1863.
• Thomas Eskridge, of Mississippi, to rank from August 5, 1863.
• Lysias B. Chilton, of Kentucky, to rank from July 25, 1863.
• Conrad Wall, of Alabama, to rank from August 1, 1863.
• John Barkley Evans, of Kentucky, to rank from August 1, 1863.
• William Wood Hall, of Mississippi, to rank from November 14, 1863.
• Henry Jasper Winn, of Alabama, to rank from November 19, 1863.
• Lorenzo White, of Mississippi, to rank from November 30, 1863.
• Henry L. Williams, of Alabama, to rank from November 11, 1863.
• Cary B. Blackburn, of Kentucky, to rank from July 2, 1863.
• Edward Pollard, of Virginia, to rank from October 28, 1863.
• George Francis Thornton, of Alabama, to rank from February 5, 1863.
• B. Mayfield, of Virginia, to rank from May 4, 1863.
• Renley S. Butler, of Florida, to rank from February 16, 1863.
• M. J. D. Dantzler, of South Carolina, to rank from February 16, 1863.
• Eugene B. Rochelle, of Texas, to rank from February 13, 1863.
• Julian C. Feild, of Arkansas, to rank from June 27, 1863.
• Felix W. Littlejohn, of Texas, to rank from June 20, 1863.
• George G. Duggins, of Missouri, to rank from April 29, 1863.
• William E. Dailey, of Texas, to rank from September 16, 1863.
• Benjamin F. Meadows, of Georgia, to rank from September 25, 1863.
• Albert M. Walls, of Arkansas, to rank from July 1, 1862.
• Thomas F. Henderson, of Alabama, to rank from October 17, 1863.
• William Thomas Ward, of Mississippi, to rank from October 19, 1863.
• Lewis B. Mitchell, of Arkansas, to rank from October 19, 1863.
• Albert B. Clanton, of Mississippi, to rank from October 19, 1863.
• William E. Franklin, of Missouri, to rank from October 22, 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:

Richdmond, January 20, 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 4, 1864.

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

COMMISSARY DEPARTMENT.
• Commissaries--majors.
  • Samuel J. Alexander, of Tennessee, to take rank from December 1, 1863.
  • T. B. Hutchison, of Virginia, to take rank from December 3, 1863.
  • A. E. Love, of Mississippi, to take rank from November 10, 1863.
  • William W. Thornton, of Virginia, to take rank from December 19, 1863.
  • D. J. Wedge, of Louisiana, to take rank from November 16, 1863.
  • A. H. McCleish, of Texas, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • W. M. Dunn, of Kentucky, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • R. W. N. Noland, of Virginia, to take rank from September 20, 1863.
  • S. T. Stuart, of Virginia, to take rank from September 21, 1863.

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• Assistant commissaries--captains.
  • Jos. Palmer, of Florida, to take rank from December 9, 1863.
  • C. W. West, of Georgia, to take rank from October 5, 1863.
  • J. H. Demund, of Georgia, to take rank from October 5, 1863.
  • Rufus L. Moss, of Florida, to take rank from December 12, 1863.
  • Charles S. Taylor, of Virginia, to take rank from December 10, 1863.
  • Thomas A. Long, of North Carolina, to take rank from December 18, 1863.
  • M. D. Wilcox, of Kentucky, to take rank from October 14, 1863.
  • O. B. Fish, of Alabama, to take rank from October 14, 1863.
  • J. S. Carpenter, of Kentucky, to take rank from October 14, 1863.
  • B. S. Justice, of Missouri, to take rank from October 14, 1863.
  • R. M. Ligon, of Mississippi, to take rank from October 14, 1863.
  • G. W. Kendall, of Louisiana, to take rank from October 14, 1863.
  • J. H. Behan, of Louisiana, to take rank from October 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.

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

Richmond, January 20, 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 6, 1864.

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

QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT.
• Quartermaster--lieutenant-colonel.
  • F. W. Sims, of Georgia, to take rank from December 19, 1863.
• Quartermasters--majors.
  • E. G. Richardson, of Tennessee, to take rank from December 1, 1863.
  • W. G. Vardell, of South Carolina, to take rank from November 13, 1863.
  • J. C. Green, of Virginia, to take rank from December 9, 1863.
  • W. C. Butler, of Missouri, to take rank from December 12, 1863.
  • G. F. Maynard, of Virginia, to take rank from December 8, 1863.
  • Alexander McVoy, of Maryland, to take rank from December 8, 1863.
  • E. H. Janney, of Virginia, to take rank from December 15, 1863.
  • A. Warren, of Tennessee, to take rank from December 21, 1863.
  • W. B. Wright, of Texas, to take rank from December 12, 1863.
  • T. W. Radcliffe, of South Carolina, to take rank from December 12, 1863.
• Assistant quartermasters--captains.
  • M. Pertle, of Tennessee, to take rank from July 1, 1863.
  • John Skippington, of Tennessee, to take rank from August 27, 1863.
  • Thomas W. Bass, of Tennessee, to take rank from August 29, 1863.
  • A. S. Reid, of Georgia, to take rank from November 16, 1863.
  • Henry L. Jones, of Kentucky, to take rank from December 2, 1863.
  • Robert F. Dennis, of Virginia, to take rank from December 8, 1863.
  • James D. Harden, of North Carolina, to take rank from December 10, 1863.
  • William Stevens, of Louisiana, to take rank from May 8, 1863.

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  • W. A. Eliason, of North Carolina, to take rank from December 14, 1863.
  • A. A. McGregor, of Alabama, to take rank from June 1, 1863.
  • William A. Pugh, of North Carolina, to take rank from December 15, 1863.
  • Isaac B. Grainger, of North Carolina, to take rank from November 8, 1863.
  • J. R. Flippin, of Tennessee, to take rank from October 21, 1863.
  • Miller Turney, of Tennessee, to take rank from December 1, 1862.
  • F. M. Hull, of Georgia, to take rank from December 7, 1863.
  • R. B. McAfee, of Georgia, to take rank from July 20, 1863.
  • James E. Pratt, of Arkansas, to take rank from May 2, 1863.
  • William H. Brannon, of Georgia, to take rank from August 29, 1863.
  • W. D. Waples, of Alabama, to take rank from December 2, 1863.
  • John F. Gruber, of Louisiana, to take rank from December 19, 1863.
  • F. C. Englesing, of Mississippi, to take rank from July 6, 1862.
  • M. P. Pegram, of North Carolina, to take rank from June 1, 1863.
  • John H. Barnett, of Georgia, to take rank from December 3, 1863.
  • A. W. Cochrane, of Georgia, to take rank from December 3, 1863.
  • Thomas A. Foster, of Georgia, to take rank from December 3, 1863.
  • A. M. Sloan, of Georgia, to take rank from December 3, 1863.
  • Isaac McConnel, of Georgia, to take rank from December 3, 1863.
  • E. A. Nunnally, of Georgia, to take rank from December 3, 1863.
  • J. F. Patterson, of Georgia, to take rank from December 3, 1863.
  • J. A. Pattillo, of Georgia, to take rank from December 3, 1863.
  • H. T. Mattox, of Georgia, to take rank from December 3, 1863.
  • W. T. Thurman, of Georgia, to take rank from December 3, 1863.
  • D. M. McDonald, of Missouri, to take rank from May 2, 1862.
  • E. L. Wharton, of Texas, to take rank from May 3, 1863.
  • P. F. Hammond, of South Carolina, to take rank from January 4, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

The message was read.

On motion by Mr. Caperton,

The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of Robert F. Dennis and W. A. Eliason, to be assistant quartermasters, with the rank of captain; and

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

On motion by Mr. Burnett, that the residue of the nominations contained in said message be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs,

The yeas were 7 and the nays 5.

The number of Senators voting not constituting a quorum of the Senate,

On motion by Mr. Hill,

The Senate resolved into open legislative session.

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