PREVIOUS

NEXT

NEW SEARCH

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

Journal of the Confederate Congress --TUESDAY, February 2, 1864

Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 [Volume 3]
TUESDAY, February 2, 1864

OPEN SESSION.

The President pro tempore laid before the Senate a series of resolutions tossed by a meeting of the noncommissioned officers and privates of Company B, Twentieth Artillery Battalion Alabama Volunteers, declaring that they had reenlisted for the war, and requesting the passage of an act granting to all three-years men, upon their reenlisting for the war, the privilege of reelecting their field and company officers; which were read.

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

Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 198) to provide for the organization of a bureau of polytechnics for the examination, experiment, and application of warlike inventions, reported it without amendment.

Ordered, That it be printed.

On motion by Mr. Sparrow,

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

• S. 162. A bill to provide additional remuneration for noncommissioned officers and privates serving in the Army of the Confederate States;
• S. 202. A bill to punish absence from the Army; and

Memorial of Alfred T. Mann and others, of the Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the State of Georgia, praying the passage of a law authorizing commissaries and quartermasters to sell rations and forage to all duly accredited missionaries in the Army at the rates at which they are issued to officers, and allowing each army chaplain to draw forage for one horse.

Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the following joint resolutions:

• H. R. 19. Joint resolution of thanks to Captain Odlum, Lieutenant Dowling, and the men under their command; and

---

Page 655 | Page image



• H. R. 23. Joint resolution of thanks to General Beauregard and the officers and men of his command for their defense of Charleston, S. C.; reported them severally, without amendment.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the joint resolutions (H. R. 19. H. R. 23) last mentioned; and no amendment being proposed, they were severally reported to the Senate.

Ordered, That they pass to a third reading.

The said resolutions were severally read the third time.

Resolved, That they pass.

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

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

Mr. President: The Speaker of the house of Representatives having signed sundry enrolled bills and an enrolled joint resolution, I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of their President.

The House of Representatives have passed joint resolutions of the Senate of the following titles:

• S. 27. Joint resolution of thanks to North Carolina troops; and
• S. 28. Joint resolution of thanks to the troops from the State of Louisiana in the Army of Tennessee.

And they have passed bills of the following titles; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate:

• H. R. 105. An act to provide an invalid corps;
• H. R. 106. An act to allow commissioned officers of the Army rations and the privilege of purchasing clothing from the Quartermaster's Department; and
• H. R. 107. An act to increase the efficiency of the Army by the employment of free negroes and slaves in certain cases [capacities].

The bills (H. R. 105, H. R. 106, H. R. 107) last mentioned were severally read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

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

• S. 212. A bill to amend the acts of April 1, 1862, and September 23, 1862;
• S. 213. A bill to amend an act entitled "An act to provide and organize engineer troops to serve during the war," approved March 20, 1863; and
• S. 214. A bill to repeal an act entitled "An act to authorize the President to confer temporary rank and command, for service with volunteer troops, on officers of the Confederate Army," approved May 21, 1861;

On motion by Mr. Semmes,

The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.

The doors having been opened,

On motion by Mr. Orr,

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the joint resolution (H. R. 8) of thanks to Col. Thomas G. Lamar and the officers and men engaged in the defense of Secessionville, communicated to the Senate from the House of Representatives at the last session for concurrence; and no amendment being proposed, it was reported to the Senate.

Ordered, That it pass to a third reading.

The said resolution was read the third time.

Resolved, That it pass.

Page 656 | Page image

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

On motion by Mr. Semmes,

The Senate adjourned.

SECRET SESSION.

Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 100) to continue in the service, for the war, all the troops now in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States, reported it with amendments.

On motion by Mr. Sparrow,

Ordered, That the bill and amendments be printed.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (H. R. 92) to tax, fund, and limit the currency.

On motion by Mr. Reade, to reconsider the vote on agreeing to the following amendment, viz:

Insert the following independent section:

• Sec. --. That the tax imposed by this act on Treasury notes deposited, whether generally or specially, with any corporation or person, and not withdrawn before the first of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, shall be deemed and taken as a tax on the amount of said notes as the property of the depositor: Provided, That tiffs provision shall not apply to any bank which refuses to accept, between now and the first day of April next, Treasury notes at par for all debts contracted subsequently to the fifteenth of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and prior to the passage of this act,

It was determined in the negative.

On motion by Mr. Semmes, from the Committee on Finance, to amend the bill by inserting the following independent section:

• Sec. --. That until the first day of August, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four, all the Treasury notes of the old issue not bearing interest may be funded at the option of the holder, at par, in registered stock, payable at the expiration of twenty years, and bearing interest at the rate of three per cent per annum, payable annually,

It was determined in the affirmative,
• Yeas ... 17
• Nays ... 3

On motion by Mr. Semmes,

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

Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Baker, Caperton, Clay, Dortch, Henry, Hunter, Jemison, Johnson of Georgia, Johnson of Missouri, Maxwell, Orr, Phelan, Reade, Semmes, Simms, Sparrow, and Wigfall.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Clark, Haynes, and Oldham.

No further amendment being made, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendments made as in Committee of the Whole were concurred in.

On the question,

Shall the amendments be engrossed and the bill read a third time?

It was determined in the negative,
• Yeas ... 10
• Nays ... 11

On motion by Mr. Semmes,

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

Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Caperton, Dortch, Henry, Hunter, Maxwell, Phelan, Reade, Semmes, Sparrow, and Wigfall.

Page 657 | Page image

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Baker, Burnett, Clark, Clay, Haynes, Jemison, Johnson of Georgia, Johnson of Missouri, Oldham, Orr, and Simms.

On motion by Mr. Wigfall, the last-mentioned vote was reconsidered.

An amendment being proposed by Mr. Haynes,

On motion by Mr. Reade, that the bill, together with the proposed amendment, be recommitted to the Committee on Finance,

It was determined in the negative.

On motion by Mr. Wigfall,

Ordered, That the bill with the amendment proposed by Mr. Haynes be recommitted to a select committee of five members.

The Senate proceeded, by ballot, to the appointment of the said committee; and

Mr. Hunter (chairman), Mr. Oldham, Mr. Simms, Mr. Orr, and Mr. Semmes were appointed.

On motion by Mr. Burnett,

The Senate resolved into executive session.

EXECUTIVE SESSION.

The Senate resumed the consideration of the nomination of Richard S. Ewell, to be lieutenant-general; and

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

Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the nominations of E. S. Ready, John F. Andrews, Oscar M. Watkins, T. W. Radcliffe, and J. J. Daniels, to be majors, reported, with the recommendation that all of said nominations be confirmed.

The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and

On motion by Mr. Clay,

Ordered, That the further consideration of said nominations be postponed till to-morrow.

Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the nominations of Richard R. Goode, James Theus Taylor, Theophilus Caillouch, Pierre Durel, Samuel Brown Maney, John Grammer, jr., Joseph Leonard Estarge, Benjamin Franklin Eppes, William Campbell Gilson, Ira Williams, William Benjamin Day, John Wilson Glenn, Robert B. Smith, John Richard Crain, Vincent O. King, Jesse W. Johnson, Walter T. Adair, George Tebault, J. W. Sears, Theodore Parker, Jeremiah R. Haldeman, John F. Y. Paine, Rhesa W. Read, Lee M. Alexander, Octavius Alexander, Thomas A. Lonergan, James Steel Fish, John M. Bronaugh, Charles Henry Taber, Hugh Stockdell, Edward G. Porcher, Stiles Kennedy, Caleb Winfrey, Hugh C. McCall, Samuel Muller, John S. Buist, Herman Baer, Hugh G. McClarty, Lewis H. Orme, Thomas M. Blackwell, John B. Oden, Oscar C. Brothers, John S. Fletcher, and Charles D. Lewis, to be surgeons; William Spottswood Smith, Obadiah V. Garnett, James Jefferson Flake, Benjamin Warren Glover, John Jenkins Tobin, John Russell Pickett, Charles E. Allen, David Hall Billieu, Melton Oliver Stribbling, William Ray McCreight, Frank Rainey, Thomas B. Greenwood, Hugh Gordon Jackson, Charles Marshall Erwin, Charles Hooks Harris, Franklin J. Geiger, John B. Holmes, Thomas Buchanan, Thomas B. Williams, William Moore Wilson, John McDonald, William F.

Page 658 | Page image

Smith, Edward Chaffers, Emmett A. Drewry, James Layne, Alfred S. Patrick, Philip W. Anderson, Edward T. Terrell, William Bellinger, W H B Goodwin, Henry V. Weeden, John Henry Ruddell, John Caldwell Calhoun, Jos. Sanford Simmons, William R. Caldwell, Dunklin Pierce, Moses K. Harrison, Robert H. Oakman, Andrew J. Beale, Abel B. Wallace, Rufus J. Murphy, Richard H. Parker, George Alex. Owen, Randolph Holden, James Palmer Cain, Jett Thomas West, William Craig Moore, Jesse M. Westmoreland, James Purcell, Alex. S. Johnson, William Z. Bedon, Daniel Flud, Ed. Manley Royall, Harford M. Cumming, Nicholas W. Draper, John Allen Owens, Henry Rossignol, Thomas Terrell Dismukes, Richard C. Richardson, Edward Francis Allston, Thomas D. Whiteside, Andrew H. Read, Francis P. Wellford, George Frost Mellen, Robert B. Richardson. C. G. Smither, Lewis A. Boswell, George W. Thomas, William H. Walker, Napoleon B. Nevitt, Robert C. McCann, James Madison Simmons, John Wesley Spillman, Robert Joseph Parham, John Robert Fleming, Charles J. Ingersoll, Sydney P. Kennedy, Charles J. F. Meriwether, Richard H. Randolph, William Henry Babcock, Richard A. Christian, Andrew S. Cameron, James Edwin Hines, John W. Collier, Joseph Terry Dismukes, John Lawrence Ancrum, John Crews Pelot, William H. Baxley, Matthew Calvert, Manrice A. Moore, Chandler M. Pope, Philip S. Kirk, Beverly C. Cook, Thomas J. Teague, James M. Sloan, George Washington Tribble, Thomas Eskridge Lysias B. Chilton Conrad Wall, John Barkley Evans, William Wood Hall, Henry Jasper Winn, Lorenzo White, Henry L. Williams, Cary B. Blackburn, Edward Pollard, George Francis Thornton, B. Mayfield, Renley S. Butler, M. J. D. Dantzler, Eugene B. Rochelle, Julian C. Feild, Felix W. Littlejohn, George G. Duggins, William E. Dailey, Benjamin F. Meadows, Albert M. Walls, Thomas F. Henderson, William Thomas Ward, Lewis B. Mitchell, Albert B. Clanton, and William E. Franklin, to be assistant surgeons, reported, with the recommendation that all of said nominations be confirmed.

The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and in concurrence therewith, it was

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

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

Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, February 1, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Maj. Gen. John B. Hood, of Texas, to be lieutenant-general in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 30, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the Domination of Maj. Gen. John B. Hood, of Texas, to be lieutenant-general in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, to take rank from September 20, 1863.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

Page 659 | Page image

The message was read.

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

Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, February 1, 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.

No. 34.]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 28, 1864.

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

ASSISTANT ADJUTANTS-GENERAL.
• Captains.
  • C. I. Harvie, of Virginia, to take rank from January 8, 1864.
  • W. L. London, of North Carolina, to take rank from January 6, 1864.
  • C. A. Withers, of Kentucky, to take rank from January 6, 1864.
  • A. H. Harris, of Louisiana, to take rank from January 13, 1864.
  • Warwick Hough, of Missouri, to take rank from January 9, 1864.
  • Thomas Boyd Edelin, of Maryland, to take rank from January 13, 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.

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

Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, February 1, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate J. J. Bradford, of Georgia, to be major in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 30, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of J. J. Bradford, of Georgia, to be major Thirty-seventh Georgia Regiment, in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America (an original vacancy), to take rank from May 6, 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.

Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, February 1, 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.

No. 4.]War Department, Confederate States of America,
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:

Page 660 | Page image

QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT,
• Lieutenant-colonels.
  • A. J. Smith, of Virginia, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • A. H. Cole, of Florida, to rank from November 30, 1863.
  • M. B. McMicken, of Florida, to rank from November 30, 1863.
• Majors.
  • N. R. Fitzhugh, of Virginia, to rank from May 11, 1863.
  • G. McKendree, of Virginia, to rank from May 19, 1863.
  • N. O. Tilton, of Georgia, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • W. D. Peck, of South Carolina, to rank from January 1, 1862.
  • C. L. Randolph, of Tennessee, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • F. P. Beck, of Louisiana, to rank from May 30, 1863.
  • John Crawford, of Arkansas, to rank from June 9, 1863.
  • E. B. Branch, of Virginia, to rank from May 14, 1863.
  • R. J. Echols, of North Carolina, to rank from May 14, 1863.
  • John C. Peay, of Arkansas, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • J. Hamilton, of Mississippi, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • J. R. Arnold, of Texas, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • William Bacon, of Georgia, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • J. B. E. Sloan, of South Carolina, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • R. C. Saunders, of Virginia, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • E. Bradford, of Virginia, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • C. C. Yonge, of Florida, to rank from August 13, 1863.
  • B. P. Roy, of Tennessee, to rank from September 30, 1862.
  • J. H. Henshaw, of Louisiana, to rank from June 18, 1863.
  • W. H. Moore, of Tennessee, to rank from June 1, 1863.
  • J. D. Whitford, of North Carolina, to rank from June 9, 1863.
  • Fern M. Wood, of Virginia, to rank from June 6, 1863.
  • E. W. Herndon, of North Carolina, to rank from July 8, 1863.
  • C. V. Cosby, of Virginia, to rank from June 18, 1863.
  • J. H. Screven, of South Carolina, to rank from July 15, 1863.
  • John W. Bell, of Virginia, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • E. L. Hord, of Tennessee, to rank from April 6, 1863.
  • S. C. Muldon, of Alabama, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • H. M. Davenport, of Georgia, to rank from July 30, 1863.
  • T. A. Burke, of Georgia, to rank from August 1, 1863.
  • John Webb, of Kentucky, to rank from June 24, 1863.
  • J. E. Mason, of Texas, to rank from October 27, 1862.
  • John B. Neal, of North Carolina, to rank from July 23, 1863.
  • T. B. Beall, of Mississippi, to rank from August 27, 1863.
  • M. McCarthy, of Alabama, to rank from August 22, 1863.
  • H. B. Adams, of Texas, to rank from September 19, 1863.
  • Thomas S. Smith, of Louisiana, to rank from July 15, 1863.
  • P. H. Woodward, of Virginia, to rank from September 18, 1863.
  • J. D. Richardson, of Virginia, to rank from September 28, 1863.
  • E. B. Fort, of Mississippi, to rank from August 21, 1863.
  • W. L. McConnico, of Tennessee, to rank from October 17, 1863.
  • J. M. Hottel, of Texas, to rank from September 18, 1863.
  • A. H. Galloway, of North Carolina, to rank from October 25, 1863.
  • G. S. Atkins, of Tennessee, to rank from October 23, 1863.
  • B. D. Williams, of North Carolina, to rank from October 7, 1863.
  • Thomas J. Jenkins, of Virginia, to rank from October 25, 1863.
  • John Hughes, of North Carolina, to rank from November 21, 1863.
  • W. E. Clarke, of Virginia, to rank from October 1, 1863.
  • William H. Miller, of Virginia, to rank from November 20, 1863.
  • T. W. Coles, of Alabama, to rank from November 16, 1863.
  • S. R. Chisman, of Virginia, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • Kensey Johns, of Texas, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • J. Livingston, of Louisiana, to rank from June 2, 1863.
  • A. E. Lassalle, of Louisiana, to rank from May 28, 1863.
  • J. G. Michaeloffsky, of Alabama, to rank from July 6, 1863.
  • H. S. Routh, of Louisiana, to rank from June 24, 1863.
  • C. M. Smith, of Virginia, to rank from July 6, 1863.
  • R. P. Archer, of Virginia, to rank from July 6, 1863.

  ---

  Page 661 | Page image
  
  

  • E. McMahon, of Virginia, to rank from July 20, 1863.
  • S. F. Power, of Mississippi, to rank from August 17, 1863.
  • H. F. Springer, of Louisiana, to rank from September 4, 1863.
  • H. Pendleton, of Virginia, to rank from September 7, 1863.
  • E. Powell, of Virginia, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • A. M. Paxton, of Mississippi, to rank from October 2, 1863.
  • J. W. Young, of Mississippi, to rank from September 23, 1863.
  • C. F. Moore, of Mississippi, to rank from September 23, 1863.
  • James L. McCluer, of Missouri, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • C. S. Wallach, of Virginia, to rank from August 27, 1863.
  • W. G. Ferguson, of Virginia, to rank from October 23, 1863.
  • W. G. Bentley of Virginia, to rank from October 23, 1863.
  • T. C. Fearn, of Mississippi, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • S. Hillyer, of Georgia, to rank from October 31, 1863.
  • E. Taylor, of Virginia, to rank from November 14, 1863.
  • C. McGivern, of Alabama, to rank from June 1, 1862.
  • J. P. Horback, of Tennessee, to rank from November 25, 1863.
  • E. C. White, of Maryland, to rank from November 20, 1863.
  • E. H. Ewing, of Mississippi, to rank from December 3, 1863.
• Captains.
  • T. C. Robertson, of Louisiana, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • W. J. Lynham, jr., of Virginia, to rank from May 12, 1863.
  • W. M. Armstrong, of Texas, to rank from April 23, 1863.
  • M. V. Moore, of North Carolina, to rank from December 2, 1862.
  • C. F. Bahnson, of North Carolina, to rank from January 1, 1863.
  • S. Y. Caldwell, of Tennessee, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • F. G. Rocke, of Virginia, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • Joseph Brown, of Tennessee, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • W. P. M. Ashley, of Georgia, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • D. A. Parker, of North Carolina, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • F. C. Malain, of Louisiana, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • John Frizzell, of Tennessee, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • James Clayton, of Tennessee, to rank from February 25, 1862.
  • B. C. Henry, of Georgia, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • J. R. Mordecai, of South Carolina, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • H. P. Richmond, of Georgia, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • W. A. Wilburn, of Arkansas, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • J. C. Graham, of Alabama, to rank from May 14, 1863.
  • J. M. Pickens, of South Carolina, to rank from February 26, 1863.
  • Y. E. Keirolf, of Tennessee, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • Eugene Bohen, of Virginia, to rank from May 12, 1863.
  • J. Clayton, of Missouri, to rank from April 12, 1862.
  • T. H. Brame, of North Carolina, to rank from May 12, 1863.
  • W. E. Peirce, of North Carolina, to rank from May 26, 1863.
  • W. B. Jones, of Virginia, to rank from May 30, 1863.
  • J. B. King, of Virginia, to rank from June 2, 1863.
  • G. C. Sebastian, of Mississippi, to rank from June 3, 1863.
  • J. M. Wilson, of Tennessee, to rank from May, 16, 1863.
  • J. R. Miller, of Tennessee, to rank from April 30, 1863.
  • John J. White, of Virginia, to rank from May 15, 1863.
  • H. A. Stubbs, of Mississippi, to rank from May 21, 1863.
  • D. Behen, jr., of Arkansas, to rank from November 5, 1862.
  • J. M. Bliss, of Arkansas, to rank from November 14, 1862.
  • J. W. Bassert, of Arkansas, to rank from July 29, 1862.
  • Daniel Jones, of Alabama, to rank from May 14, 1863.
  • S. T. Cocke, of Tennessee, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • T. P. Lockhart, of Mississippi, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • T. W. Dinkins, of South Carolina, to rank from June 26, 1863.
  • James S. Oden, of Louisiana, to rank from June 5, 1863.
  • J. M. Powell, of South Carolina, to rank from March 4, 1863.
  • George P. Erwin, of North Carolina, to rank from May 16, 1863.
  • A. W. Dunn, of Virginia, to rank from June 3, 1863.
  • R. W. Mayrant, of Alabama, to rank from May 27, 1863.
  • T. M. Fulton, of Georgia, to rank from March 10, 1863.
  • W. O. Hagerty, of Alabama, to rank from May 13, 1863.

  ---

  Page 662 | Page image
  
  

  • R. B. Munford, of Virginia, to rank from June 5, 1863.
  • E. C. Green, of South Carolina, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • O. P. Meares, of North Carolina, to rank from May 23, 1863.
  • John Maguire, of Alabama, to rank from June 18, 1863.
  • H. J. Oattis, of Georgia, to rank from June 15, 1863.
  • D. Lotspeich, of Tennessee, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • T. F. Bell, of Missouri, to rank from January 20, 1863.
  • G. Elgin, of Missouri, to rank from June 24, 1862.
  • S. T. Fagan, of Alabama, to rank from June 6, 1863.
  • N. Moores, of Kentucky, to rank from June 4, 1863.
  • J. A. Yarbrough, of Tennessee, to rank from January 25, 1863.
  • William Johnston, of Kentucky, to rank from June 20, 1863.
  • Charles J. White, of Georgia, to rank from January 27, 1863.
  • James Fitz James, of Virginia, to rank from June 23, 1863.
  • William J. Malone, of Virginia, to rank from June 24, 1863.
  • H. Bondurant, of Louisiana, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • J. D. Tulloss, of Virginia, to rank from June 25, 1863.
  • E. F. Pearson, of Missouri, to rank from January 8, 1863.
  • George E. Price, of Virginia, to rank from June 21, 1863.
  • W. G. Toomer, of North Carolina, to rank from June 20, 1863.
  • S. S. Walker, of South Carolina, to rank from July 4, 1863.
  • C. Reese, jr., of Alabama, to rank from June 13, 1863.
  • E. R. Peabody, of Georgia, to rank from June 19, 1863.
  • S. Putney, of Virginia, to rank from June 25, 1863.
  • W. W. Lester, of Mississippi, to rank from July 6, 1863.
  • J. W. Wallace, of South Carolina, to rank from July 6, 1863.
  • G. H. Gregory, of Virginia, to rank from May 29, 1863.
  • T. H. Williams, of Georgia, to rank from May 7, 1863.
  • J. V. McNamee, of South Carolina, to rank from May 13, 1863.
  • W. H. Cook, of Mississippi, to rank from July 13, 1863.
  • J. B. Sullivan, of South Carolina, to rank from January 21, 1863.
  • W. D. Bacon, of Georgia, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • M. F. Gonzales, of Florida, to rank from June 1, 1863.
  • J. Miltenberger, of Louisiana, to rank from July 16, 1863.
  • W. F. Erskine, of Tennessee, to rank from September 26, 1863.
  • W. E. Weaver, of North Carolina, to rank from July 2, 1863.
  • J. H. Wright, of Georgia, to rank from July 9, 1863.
  • S. C. Painter, of Virginia, to rank from May 19, 1863.
  • Tench Schley, of Mississippi, to rank from May 31, 1863.
  • J. S. Hamilton, of Tennessee, to rank from April 6, 1863.
  • B. S. James, of South Carolina, to rank from January 31, 1863.
  • J. L. Keith, of Georgia, to rank from June 24, 1863.
  • C. A. Poelnitz, of Alabama, to rank from June 12, 1863.
  • F. Wolf, of Tennessee, to rank from July 31, 1863.
  • R. F. Cook, of Mississippi, to rank from June 1, 1863.
  • Albion Martin, of Virginia, to rank from August 1, 1863.
  • W. W. Doss, of Mississippi, to rank from July 20, 1863.
  • B. E. Etheridge, of Arkansas, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • Charles C. Sims, of Georgia, to rank from August 8, 1863.
  • S. L. Bracey, of Mississippi, to rank from July 18, 1863.
  • J. M. Pender, of Georgia, to rank from July 9, 1863.
  • J. K. Murphree, of Alabama, to rank from February 12, 1863.
  • John G. Clark, of Georgia, to rank from August 1, 1863.
  • F. E. Bridge, of Louisiana, to rank from July 31, 1863.
  • W. H. Stiles, of Georgia, to rank from August 17, 1863.
  • E. H. Barnett, of Virginia, to rank from August 7, 1863.
  • B. C. Willis, of Alabama, to rank from May 22, 1863.
  • Frank Potts, of Virginia, to rank from August 1, 1863.
  • R. C. Osbourne, of Virginia, to rank from August 6, 1863.
  • H. Finley, of Kentucky, to rank from August 26, 1863.
  • J. B. Ritchey, of Tennessee, to rank from July 31, 1863.
  • J. S. Westbrook, of Georgia, to rank from August 4, 1863.
  • E. J. Hamilton, of Virginia, to rank from August 6, 1863.
  • C. Leftore, of Arkansas, to rank from June 27, 1863.
  • S. H. Everitt, of North Carolina, to rank from July 31, 1863.
  • R. P. Hunter, of Tennessee, to rank from July 15, 1863.
  • W. P. Golightly, of Alabama, to rank from August 8, 1863.

  ---

  Page 663 | Page image
  
  

  • T. Hunter, jr., of Virginia, to rank from September 4, 1863.
  • F. M. Harney, of Louisiana, to rank from May 19, 1863.
  • H. C. Robards, of Arkansas, to rank from September 7, 1863.
  • Thomas A. Dodson, of Alabama to rank from March 5, 1863.
  • Chr. Fr. Krull, of Louisiana, to rank from February 1, 1863.
  • Charles S. Davis, of South Carolina, to rank from September 4, 1863.
  • George E. Macon, of Alabama, to rank from July 1, 1863.
  • J. P. Dickinson, of Alabama, to rank from September 8, 1863.
  • John H. Thomas, of Georgia, to rank from September 1, 1863.
  • William H. Rogers, of Virginia, to rank from September 16, 1863.
  • C. T. Benniss, of Louisiana, to rank from July 17, 1863.
  • C. G. Paleske, of Virginia, to rank from September 19, 1863.
  • J. P. Ford, of Texas, to rank from September 18, 1863.
  • W. W. Vaught, of Mississippi, to rank from September 19, 1863.
  • E. McIntosh, of South Carolina, to rank from August 26, 1863.
  • N. S. Adams, of Missouri, to rank from August 12, 1863.
  • J. A. Grayson, of Arkansas, to rank from October 3, 1863.
  • E. Harvey, of North Carolina, to rank from September 24, 1863.
  • John D. Brooks, of Virginia, to rank from September 16, 1863.
  • John M. Burr, of Virginia, to rank from October 6, 1863.
  • D. L. Cohen, of Alabama, to rank from October 6, 1863.
  • George W. Thomas, of Georgia, to rank from September 29, 1863.
  • John W. Faust, of Arkansas, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • A. Stephens, of Alabama, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • James B. White, of Missouri, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • J. G. McElroy, of North Carolina, to rank from September 17, 1863.
  • Alex. M. Earle, of Virginia, to rank from September 26, 1863.
  • W. K. Hyer, of Alabama, to rank from July 22, 1863.
  • Martin V. Moore, of North Carolina, to rank from August 3, 1863.
  • A. G. Smith, of Kentucky, to rank from August 13, 1863.
  • J. H. Johnson, of Florida, to rank from September 12, 1863.
  • C. Thomas, of Tennessee, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • J. Law Hoof, of Virginia, to rank from October 2, 1863.
  • W. P. Anderson, of Georgia, to rank from October 20, 1863.
  • S. M. May, of Georgia, to rank from September 25, 1863.
  • C. C. Hammock, of Georgia, to rank from October 13, 1863.
  • John S. Claghorn, of Georgia, to rank from October 1, 1863.
  • Clay Rice, of Tennessee, to rank from October 19, 1863.
  • W. E. Frankland, of Virginia, to rank from October 27, 1863.
  • C. L. Thompson, of Georgia, to rank from October 19, 1863.
  • F. A. Henry, of Mississippi, to rank from August 24, 1863.
  • J. T. Williams, of Tennessee, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • W. M. Simpson, of Missouri, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • T. L. Airey, of Louisiana, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • J. P. Phillips, of Georgia, to rank from June 25, 1863.
  • Elias L. Rivers, of South Carolina, to rank from September 26, 1863.
  • Willis S. Stone, of Tennessee, to rank from July 31, 1863.
  • John F. Allen, of Virginia, to rank from October 31, 1863.
  • B. F. Stewart, of Missouri, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • R. C. Sims, of Texas, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • G. T. Rankin, of Mississippi, to rank from June 1, 1863.
  • V. L. Hopson, of Virginia, to rank from October 24, 1863.
  • H. W. Rives, of Alabama, to rank from October 25, 1863.
  • W. C. Jordan, of North Carolina, to rank from May 27, 1863.
  • N. A. Stuart, of Virginia, to rank from November 16, 1863.
  • William J. White, of North Carolina, to rank from November 4, 1863.
  • J. M. Nicholson, of Virginia, to rank from November 8, 1863.
  • James B. Sugg, of Tennessee, to rank from November 26, 1863.
  • A. T. Roane, of Mississippi, to rank from November 2, 1863.
  • H. T. Owens, of Mississippi, to rank from November 11, 1863.
  • J. S. Northington, of North Carolina, to rank from November 14, 1863.
  • A. Hobday, of Virginia, to rank from June 24, 1863.
  • J. P. McCulloch, of Texas, to rank from August 29, 1863.
  • F. M. Johnston, of Georgia, to rank from September 24, 1863.
  • D. L. Hopkins, of Virginia, to rank from October 2, 1863.
  • T. J. Lynch, of Texas, to rank from May 10, 1863.
  • G. D. Spurrier, of Maryland, to rank from June 24, 1861.

  ---

  Page 664 | Page image
  
  

  • W. P. Warfield, of Mississippi, to rank from October 13, 1863.
  • R. V. Gaines, of Virginia, to rank from October 1, 1863.
  • E. W. Davis, of Georgia, to rank from October 17, 1863.
  • George E. Taylor, of Virginia, to rank from October 19, 1863.
  • John F. Cage, of Tennessee, to rank from October 16, 1863.
  • J. W. Balfour, of Mississippi, to rank from October 16, 1863.
  • John Dobbin, of Texas, to rank from October 28, 1863.
  • J. McLaughlin, of Tennessee, to rank from May 2, 1863.
  • T. M. Robinson, of North Carolina, to rank from October 22, 1863.
  • J. A. Anderson, of Georgia, to rank from October 18, 1863.
  • Jos. L. Thomas, of Missouri, to rank from July 24, 1863.
  • J. R. Bryan, jr., of Virginia, to rank from November 14, 1863.
  • H. F. Cook, of Mississippi, to rank from November 21, 1863.
  • S. Fairbanks, of Florida, to rank from November 21, 1863.
  • C. A. Manlove, of Mississippi, to rank from November 21, 1863.
  • E. G. Williams, of Mississippi, to rank from November 21, 1863.
  • R. R. Randolph, of Mississippi, to rank from November 21, 1863.
  • George A. Cuyler, of Georgia, to rank from November 25, 1863.
  • John Lightfoot, of Virginia, to rank from November 19, 1863.
  • L. B. Mitchell, of Mississippi, to rank from November 25, 1863.
  • H. C. Thorburn, of Virginia, to rank from December 2, 1863.
  • John G. Beckham, of Virginia, to rank from December 3, 1863.
  • W. B. Davison, of Georgia, to rank from December 1, 1863.
  • E. M. Bacon, of Texas, to rank from May 26, 1863.
  • J. E. Peebles, of Alabama, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • James Farley, of Alabama, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • B. J. Curry, of Alabama, to rank from June 6, 1863.
  • John D. Brandon, of Alabama, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • J. L. Cunningham, of Alabama, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • R. Manning, of Alabama, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • T. C. Clark, of Alabama, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • J. F. Craft, of Georgia, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • T. A. Gilham, of Georgia, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • A. B. McEachin, of Georgia, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • A. Dickinson, of Georgia, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • W. F. Holden, of Georgia, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • R. K. Hines, of Georgia, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • T. L. Macon, of Georgia, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • F. L. Dancy, of Florida, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • H. D. Brigham, of Louisiana, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • R. A. Burnes, of Tennessee, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • W. D. Tapp, of Tennessee, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • G. N. Eakin, of Tennessee, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • W. J. Gordon, of Mississippi, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • W. J. Bryant, of Mississippi, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • F. F. Freeman, of Mississippi, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • J. M. Phipps, of Mississippi, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • B. F. Jones, of Mississippi, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • F. H. Quitman, of Mississippi, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • B. W. Taylor, of Arkansas, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • J. K. P. Pritchard, of Arkansas, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • E. W. Parker, of Arkansas, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • William Cooke, of Texas, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • John S. Sellers, of Texas, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • R. G. Harper, of Texas, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • W. B. Wall, of Texas, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • J. F. Cooper, of Georgia, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • John Kennedy, of South Carolina, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • C. A. Mallory, of South Carolina, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • M. Glover, of South Carolina, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • O. F. Simpson, of South Carolina, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • Julius F. Coit, of South Carolina, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • S. M. Finger, of North Carolina, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • Charles R. King, of North Carolina, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • J. A. Stewart, of North Carolina, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • J. H. Bryan, of North Carolina, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • L. Hilliard, of North Carolina, to rank from June 16, 1863.

  ---

  Page 665 | Page image
  
  

  • J. M. McGowan, of North Carolina, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • L. L. Marks, of Virginia, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • R. C. Saunders, of Virginia, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • John W. Jones, of Virginia, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • W. G. Cazenove, of Virginia, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • Orlando Smith, of Virginia, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • G. H. Fitzwilson, of Virginia, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • L. M. Wilson, of Virginia, to rank from June 16, 1863.
  • C. C. Macmurdo, of Virginia, to rank from May 14, 1863.
  • W. Van Benthuysen, of Louisiana, to rank from June 24, 1863.
  • D. Pender, of North Carolina, to rank from July 2, 1863.
  • John Brannon, of Virginia, to rank from July 9, 1863.
  • V. Q. Johnson, of Tennessee, to rank from July 14, 1863.
  • J. H. D. Smoot, of Virginia, to rank from July 20, 1863.
  • James H. Bull, of Florida, to rank from July 20, 1863.
  • C. H. Rhett, of South Carolina, to rank from August 6, 1863.
  • A. S. Fletcher, of Alabama, to rank from September 19, 1863.
  • A. S. Garnett, of Virginia, to rank from September 8, 1863.
  • J. K. Vance, of South Carolina, to rank from August 20, 1863.
  • S. S. Kirkland, of North Carolina, to rank from October 13, 1863.
  • Henry C. Hart, of Alabama, to rank from October 27, 1863.
  • R. Montgomery, of Louisiana, to rank from November 11, 1863.
  • J. P. Smith, of Louisiana, to rank from November 11, 1863.
  • G. J. Sumner, of Virginia, to rank from November 21, 1863.
  • P. P. Barbour, of Virginia, to rank from August 6, 1863.
  • James Sowers, of Virginia, to rank from August 6, 1863.
  • John H. Stout, of Virginia, to rank from August 6, 1863.
  • J. P. Bridger, of North Carolina, to rank from September 11, 1863.
  • R. C. Macmurdo, of Virginia, to rank from July 1, 1863.
  • B. Morgan, of Texas, to rank from May 30, 1863.
  • R. D. Gribble, of Louisiana, to rank from May 2, 1863.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

The message was read.

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

On motion by Mr. Semmes,

The Senate resolved into open legislative session.

PREVIOUS SECTION .. NEXT SECTION .. NAVIGATOR

PREVIOUS

NEXT

NEW SEARCH