A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Journal of the Confederate Congress --FRIDAY, March 6, 1863.
Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 [Volume 3]
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Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 [Volume 3]
FRIDAY, March 6, 1863.
OPEN SESSION.
Mr. Orr presented a memorial of E. W. Walter and others, inspectors at the port of Charleston, S. C., praying for an increase of compensation; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (H. R. 9) to authorize and regulate impressment of private property for the use of the Army and other military purposes.
On the question to agree to the following amendment proposed by Mr. Haynes, as amended, viz:
Strike out all after the enacting clause of the bill and insert:
That when by due diligence private property, essential for the use of the Army of the Confederate States, can not be procured or purchased by the persons hereinafter named, in cases of absolute necessity it may be taken in the following manner:
On motion by Mr. Haynes, to amend the proposed amendment by inserting after the third section the following additional proviso:
Provided further, That said price or value shall be so fixed as to give just compensation, according to quality and quantity, of said articles, and that all forage and subsistence taken after the passage of this act, and before the organization of the board of commissioners, shall be paid for at the prices first fixed by the commissioners under this act: And provided further, That said commissioners shall be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Semmes, to amend the amendment proposed by Mr. Haynes by inserting at the end of the third section, as amended, the following additional proviso:
And provided further, That when the owner or person having control of forage or subsistence taken under this act shall, in consequence of special circumstances affecting the value of the articles taken, deem himself aggrieved by the value assessed in
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the schedule of prices published by the commissioners, he may accept the price allowed by said schedule and appeal to the commissioners for redress as to the excess claimed, and the commissioners are hereby empowered to hear and determine such appeal, and receive testimony in relation thereto, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of War; and in case an excess be allowed by the commissioners on the hearing of such appeal, the amount of such excess shall be paid to the appellant or his legal representatives,
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Semmes, to amend the amendment proposed by Mr. Haynes by striking out the fourth section thereof and inserting:
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Sec. 4. That whenever private property, other than forage or subsistence, shall be taken for public use as aforesaid, the owner or person having control of said property, and the officer or person hereinbefore authorized to take the same, shall each select one disinterested citizen as appraisers from the neighborhood, district, or parish, unconnected with the Army, who shall take an oath that they are not interested in said property or appraisement, and that they will well and truly fix and determine the value thereof and the amount of compensation which may be just. And in case of disagreement between said appraisers, they shall choose a third citizen of said neighborhood, district, or parish, in like manner unconnected with the Army, as an umpire, to decide, under a like oath as aforesaid, the matters in dispute: Provided, That the said appraisers shall have the power, and it is hereby made their duty, to administer to each other all necessary oaths prescribed by this act to the same extent as belongs to any judge or justice of the peace in any State: Provided further, That if the owner or person having the control of said property shall fail or refuse to appoint an appraiser as aforesaid, the officer or person authorized to take the same may appoint both appraisers, who shall proceed to make the appraisement in the manner hereinbefore mentioned, and in case of disagreement, to call in an umpire as aforesaid,
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Henry, to amend the portion of the bill proposed to be stricken out by striking out the third section thereof and inserting:
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Sec. 3. That commissioners shall be appointed in each State, as is hereinafter provided, who shall reside and hold their sessions at some place in that State, to be fixed by the Secretary of War, and who shall hold their offices for one year, and each of them receive an annual salary of ... dollars. One of these commissioners shall be appointed by the President of the Confederate States, and one by the governor of the State for which the board may be constituted, and in case of a difference of opinion between the two in regard to any decision or order to be made by the board, they may call in a third person to decide the matter in dispute, and this person shall receive such compensation, not exceeding ... dollars per diem and reasonable mileage, as the Secretary of War may prescribe; but the whole expenses of the said board shall be defrayed by the Confederate Government. If the governor of any State shall refuse or neglect to appoint such commissioner, within ten days after a request to do so by the President of the Confederate States, then the said President shall appoint three commissioners, whose salaries and term of office shall be such as above prescribed, and who shall exercise the powers herein vested in said board. It shall be the duty of these commissioners to divide the State into one or more appraisement districts at their discretion, and within fifteen days from the organization of said board, to fix the prices of the leading articles of subsistence and forage, and of such things as may be necessary for transportation. These prices shall be fixed and published at periods of two months, successively, from the time of the first action of the board until the conclusion of the war. The prices shall be fixed for the district or districts by ascertaining and declaring, as nearly as may be practicable, a just compensation for the leading articles of forage and subsistence so impressed for the public use. The prices thus fixed for a particular district shall be uniformly given by the Government agents. If there shall be any difference between the person owning property impressed and the impressing agent, in regard to the price to be paid, the person believing himself to be so aggrieved may appeal to the said board, who shall give judgment at once upon the case. But if the appellant produce witnesses, he must pay the expense of their attendance, and nothing herein contained shall prevent the appellant from receiving the price offered and appealing for the excess,
It was determined in the negative.
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On motion by Mr. Haynes, to amend the portion of the bill proposed to be stricken out by striking out the first section thereof and inserting:
That when by due diligence private property, essential for the use of the Army of the Confederate States, can not be procured or purchased by the persons hereinafter named, in cases of absolute necessity it may be taken in the following manner:
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Sec. 2. That said property shall be taken by a bonded quartermaster or commissary, or some person duly authorized by him in writing, which writing shall be exhibited to the owner or person having control of said property at the time and before the said quartermaster or commissary, or the person authorized as aforesaid, shall take the same,
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Haynes, to amend the portion of the bill proposed to be stricken out by striking out the sixth section thereof and inserting:
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Sec. 6. That no officer shall take for the public use, and use and occupy the lands of any citizen of any State, except for posts, depots, ordnance purposes, fortifications, encampments, and battlefields, without his consent; nor take for use and occupation the houses of any citizen, nor quarter officers or troops therein without the consent of the owner, nor take and use his household furniture, except when such houses and furniture shall be absolutely necessary for hospital purposes for the use of the sick and wounded, and when suitable houses and furniture can not be otherwise, in the exercise of due diligence, procured to meet the emergency; which houses and furniture, when taken as aforesaid, shall be protected from injury as much as practicable and delivered up to the owners as soon as the emergency will allow.
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Sec. 7. That a just compensation shall be paid to the owners, agents, or attorneys for the use and occupation of said houses and furniture by the proper disbursing officer, to be fixed by appraisers to be selected and sworn as aforesaid. The officer or surgeon taking said houses and furniture shall give the owner, his agent or attorney, a certificate, as hereinbefore required of quartermasters and commissaries, which shall be in like manner evidence for the owner of the taking of said houses and furniture for the public use, of the use and occupation of the same, and of his right to immediate compensation therefor.
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Sec. 8. That any commissioned or noncommissioned officer or private who shall violate the provisions of this act shall be tried before the military court of the corps to which he is attached, on complaint made by the owner or other person, and on conviction, if an officer, he shall be cashiered and put into the ranks as a private, and if a private he shall suffer such punishment, not inconsistent with military law, as the court may direct,
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Simms, to amend the amendment proposed by Mr. Haynes by inserting at the end of the third section thereof, as amended, the following additional proviso:
And provided further, That any property which shall be taken for the public use under the provisions of this act, which was owned and possessed by a bona fide holder prior to the first day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, shall in no case be taken at a price less than the price paid for the same by the said bona fide holder thereof, unless said property, at the time of such taking, shall actually, in the market, have depreciated in value to a price less than the last price paid for the same,
It was determined in the negative,
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Yeas ... 3
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Nays ... 21
On motion by Mr. Simms,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Caperton, Simms, and Yancey.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Barnwell, Brown, Burnett, Clark, Clay, Davis, Dortch, Haynes, Henry, Hill, Hunter, Johnson of Georgia, Maxwell, Mitchel, Oldham, Orr, Peyton, Phelan, Semmes, Sparrow, and Wigfall.
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On motion by Mr. Wigfall, to amend the amendment proposed by Mr. Haynes by striking out all after the word "That," in the second line of the first section, and inserting:
when any officer in the military service of the Confederate States in command of troops, or charged with the duty of supplying an army, shall impress into the public service any property belonging to a citizen of any of the Confederate States, or to any peaceful resident of the same, such officer shall, before appropriating the same to the public use, cause a valuation and appraisement thereof, upon proof of value, to be made by three or more disinterested citizens, if it can be done without injurious delay, and if the appraisement shall seem just and fair, he shall indorse upon it his approval, if not, he shall indorse on it his reasons for refusing, and deliver the same, together with a receipt for the property impressed, to the owner, his agent or attorney, and as soon as practicable forward a copy of the receipt and appraisement and his indorsement thereon to the head of the Department having charge of the species of property taken. Where an appraisement can not be conveniently made, he shall deliver a receipt to the owner, his agent or attorney, and forward a copy as above directed.
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Sec. 2. That the persons selected to appraise property impressed as provided in the first section, shall in all cases, before acting, take and subscribe an oath that the appraisement they are called upon to make shall be just, and, as near as they can estimate the same, a fair value of the impressed property.
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Sec. 3. Where property is impressed, and after temporary use or service it is returned to the owner, his agent or attorney, the value of such use or service shall be ascertained and acted upon as directed in the foregoing section.
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Sec. 4. That upon the production of the receipt of the officer for property impressed and the valuation of the same, or for the use and service of such when returned to the owner, approved by said officer, it shall be the duty of the proper disbursing officer to pay the amount thereof to the owner of such property, his agent or attorney, as in the case of property duly purchased or hired, and the acceptance of pay from Government shall, in all cases, operate as a release of all claim or right of action against the officer taking the property or ordering it to be done. Where there has been no appraisement in valuation, or where such appraisement and valuation is not approved by the officer taking the property, the claim shall be referred to the proper accounting officer of the Government, to be settled according to the principles of equity and justice.
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Sec. 5. That any officer in the military service of the Confederate States who shall wantonly or oppressively impress or take any property of a citizen of any of the Confederate States, or of a peaceful resident of the same, or who shall do so except when necessary to avert impending danger, or to prosecute successfully important military operations, shall be deemed a trespasser, and held liable for damages as such to any citizen or resident so deprived of his property, to be recovered in any court having jurisdiction in the premises, and shall further be tried before a court-martial or military court, and on conviction shall be dismissed the service,
Mr. Burnett demanded the question; which was seconded, and
The question being put,
It was determined in the negative,
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Yeas ... 12
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Nays ... 12
On motion by Mr. Haynes,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Brown, Burnett, Clark, Clay, Davis, Dortch, Maxwell, Mitchel, Oldham, Phelan, Wigfall, and Yancey.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Barnwell, Caperton, Haynes, Henry, Hill, Hunter, Johnson of Georgia, Orr, Peyton, Semmes, Simms, and Sparrow.
On the question to agree to the amendment proposed by Mr. Haynes, as amended,
Mr. Semmes demanded the question; which was seconded, and
The question being put,
It was determined in the affirmative,
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Yeas ... 14
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Nays ... 10
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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. Barnwell, Burnett, Clay, Davis, Henry, Hill, Hunter, Maxwell, Orr, Peyton, Phelan, Semmes, Sparrow, and Wigfall.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Brown, Caperton, Clark, Dortch, Haynes, Johnson of Georgia, Mitchel, Oldham, Simms, and Yancey.
On motion by Mr. Burnett, that the last-mentioned vote to be reconsidered.
It was determined in the affirmative,
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Yeas ... 14
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Nays ... 9
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. Brown, Burnett, Caperton, Clark, Clay, Haynes, Hunter, Maxwell, Mitchel, Oldham, Phelan, Simms, Wigfall, and Yancey.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Barnwell, Davis, Henry, Hill, Johnson of Georgia, Orr, Peyton, Semmes, and Sparrow.
On motion by Mr. Burnett, the vote on rejecting the amendment proposed by Mr. Wigfall to the amendment proposed by Mr. Haynes, as amended, was also reconsidered.
The Senate proceeded to consider the said amendment last mentioned; and on the question to agree thereto,
It was determined in the affirmative,
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Yeas ... 13
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Nays ... 10
On motion by Mr. Orr,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Messrs. Brown, Burnett, Caperton, Clark, Clay, Davis, Maxwell, Mitchel, Oldham, Phelan, Simms, Wigfall, and Yancey.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Barnwell, Haynes, Henry, Hill, Hunter, Johnson of Georgia, Orr, Peyton, Semmes, and Sparrow.
On motion by Mr. Yancey, to amend the amendment proposed by Mr. Haynes, as amended, by adding thereto the following independent section:
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Sec. --. That no impressment of private property shall be made except in cases where the public peril or danger is imminent and immediate, or the military necessity so urgent as not to admit of delay: Provided, That where the officer disapproves of the valuation made by the appraisers, or none may be made, in such case the party whose property may have been taken may institute suit for the value or damages in any court of the Confederate States, if he shall not be satisfied with the decision of the accounting officer of the Government,
After debate,
On motion by Mr. Davis, that the Senate resolve into executive session,
It was determined in the negative.
On the question to agree to the amendment proposed by Mr. Yancey,
It was determined in the negative,
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Yeas ... 9
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Nays ... 14
On motion by Mr. Haynes,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
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Messrs. Burnett, Caperton, Haynes, Maxwell, Mitchel, Oldham, Peyton, Simms, and Yancey.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Barnwell, Brown, Clark, Clay, Davis, Henry, Hill, Hunter, Johnson of Georgia, Orr, Phelan, Semmes, Sparrow, and Wigfall.
On motion by Mr. Hill, to amend the amendment proposed by Mr. Haynes, as amended, by adding thereto the following independent section:
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Sec. --. That property necessary for the support of the owner and his family, and necessary to carry on his ordinary agricultural and manufacturing business until the harvesting of the next crop, shall not be taken for the public use; to be ascertained by the oath of the appraisers hereinbefore authorized, when the owner and officer can not agree, and the decision of the appraisers shall be binding on the officer,
Mr. Haynes demanded the question; which was seconded, and
The question being put,
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Hill, to amend the amendment proposed by Mr. Haynes, as amended, by adding thereto the following independent section:
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Sec. --. That previous to the first day of October next, no slave laboring on a farm or plantation, exclusively devoted to the production of grain and provisions, shall be taken for the public use without the consent of the owner,
Mr. Haynes demanded the question; which was seconded, and
The question being put,
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Davis, to amend the amendment proposed by Mr. Haynes, as amended, by adding thereto the following independent section:
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Sec. --. That previous to the first day of October next, no slave laboring on a farm or plantation, exclusively devoted to the production of grain and provisions, shall be taken for the public use without the consent of the owner, except in cases of urgent necessity,
It was determined in the affirmative.
On motion by Mr. Orr, that the bill and amendments be recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary,
It was determined in the negative.
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.
The doors having been opened,
On motion by Mr. Phelan,
Ordered, That when the Senate adjourn it be to Monday next.
On motion by Orr,
The Senate adjourned.
SECRET SESSION.
A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Lamar:
Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed a bill of the Senate (S. 11) to provide for the further issue of Treasury notes, and for other purposes, with amendments; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.
The Senate proceeded to consider the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 11) last mentioned; and
On motion by Mr. Barnwell,
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Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on Finance.
On motion by Mr. Sparrow,
The Senate resolved into executive session.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The following messages were received from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:
Confederate States of America, Executive Office,
Richmond, March 5, 1863.
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.
Confederate States of America, War Department,
Richmond, February 27, 1863.
Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for promotions in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America:
Colonels.
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Lieut. Col. J. Q. A. Nadenbousch, of Virginia, to be colonel Second Virginia Regiment, vice Col. L. Botts, died of wounds September 16, 1862.
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Lieut. Col. E. Pendleton, of Louisiana, to be colonel Fifteenth Louisiana Regiment, vice Colonel Nicholls, appointed brigadier-general October 14, 1862.
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Lieut. Col. R. W. MacGavock, of Tennessee, to be colonel Tenth Tennessee Regiment, vice Col. A. Heiman, died November 6, 1862.
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Lieut. Col. Jack Thorington, of Georgia, to be colonel Hilliard's Legion, vice Col. H. W. Hilliard, resigned December 1, 1862.
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Lieut. Col. A. S. Vandeventer, of Virginia, to be colonel Fiftieth Virginia Regiment, vice Col. Thomas Poage, killed January 30, 1863.
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Lieut. Col. James W. Jackson, of Alabama, to be colonel Forty-seventh Alabama Regiment, vice Col. J. M. Oliver, resigned August 21, 1862.
Lieutenant-colonels.
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Maj. R. T. Colston, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Second Virginia Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Nadenbousch, promoted September 16, 1862.
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Maj. Rich. W. Turner, of Louisiana, to be lieutenant-colonel Nineteenth Louisiana Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. W. P. Winans, promoted July 17, 1862.
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Maj. E. M. Feild, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Twelfth Virginia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. F. L. Taylor, died October 3, 1862.
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Maj. James R. Herbert, of Maryland, to be lieutenant-colonel First Maryland Battalion, vice Lieut. Col. B. T. Johnson, transferred October 28, 1862.
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Maj. McG. Goodwyn, of Louisiana, to be lieutenant-colonel Fifteenth Louisiana Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Pendleton, promoted October 14, 1862.
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Maj. Joseph H. Hyman, of North Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Thirteenth North Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Ruffin, appointed presiding judge of military court, December 16, 1862.
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Maj. James H. May, of Arkansas, to be lieutenant-colonel Fourth Arkansas Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Bunn, promoted November 4, 1862.
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Maj. William Grace, of Tennessee, to be lieutenant-colonel Tenth Tennessee Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. R. W. MacGavock, promoted November 6, 1862.
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Maj. J. N. Dorsey, of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Twenty-seventh Georgia Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Stubbs, resigned January 10, 1863.
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Maj. Jos. F. Waring, of Mississippi, to be lieutenant-colonel Jeff. Davis Legion, vice Lieut. Col. W. T. Martin, appointed brigadier-general December 2, 1862.
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Maj. T. V. Walsh, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Holcombe Legion, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Palmer, died December 5, 1862.
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Maj. M. J. Bulger, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Forty-seventh Alabama Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Johnston, resigned September 13, 1862.
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Maj. L. H. N. Salyer, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Fiftieth Virginia Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Vandeventer, promoted January 30, 1863.
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Majors.
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Capt. James W. Newton, of Virginia, to be major Fifth Virginia Regiment, vice Maj. H. J. Williams, promoted August 29, 1862.
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Capt. Loudon Butler, of Louisiana, to be major Nineteenth Louisiana Regiment, vice Maj. R. W. Turner, promoted July 17, 1862.
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Capt. J. R. Lewellen, of Virginia, to be major Twelfth Virginia Regiment, vice Maj. E. M. Feild, promoted October 3, 1862.
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Capt. John C. Van Hook, of North Carolina, to be major Fiftieth North Carolina Regiment, vice Maj. G. Wortham, promoted December 31, 1862.
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Capt. N. A. Isom, of Mississippi, to be major Twenty-ninth Mississippi Regiment, vice Maj. J. B. Morgan, promoted January 25, 1863.
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Capt. J. B. McColloch, of Arkansas, to be major Fourth Arkansas Regiment, vice Maj. J. H. May, promoted November 4, 1862.
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Capt. William G. Conner, of Mississippi, to be major Jeff. Davis Legion, vice Maj. J. F. Waring, promoted December 2, 1862.
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Capt. Evan Rice, of Virginia, to be major Fifty-fifth Virginia Regiment, vice Maj. W. N. Ward, died June 30, 1862.
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Capt. James M. Campbell, of Alabama, to be major Forty-seventh Alabama Regiment, vice Maj. M. J. Bulger, promoted September 13, 1862.
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Capt. L. J. Perkins, of Virginia, to be major Fiftieth Virginia Regiment, vice Maj. L. H. N. Salyer, promoted January 30, 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, March 5, 1863.
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.
Confederate States of America, War Department,
Richmond, February 16, 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.
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Brig. Gen. S. G. French, of Mississippi, to be major-general, to rank August 31, 1862.
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Brig. Gen. John H. Forney, of Alabama, to be major-general, to rank October 27, 1862.
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Brig. Gen. D. H. Maury, of Virginia, to be major-general, to rank November 4, 1862.
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Brig. Gen. M. L. Smith, of Florida, to be major-general, to rank November 4, 1862.
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Brig. Gen. John G. Walker, of Missouri, to be major-general, to rank November 8, 1862.
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Brig. Gen. Arnold Elzey, of Maryland, to be major-general, to rank December 4, 1862.
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Brig. Gen. P. R. Cleburne, of Arkansas, to be major-general, to rank December 13, 1862.
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Brig. Gen. F. Gardner, of Louisiana, to be major-general, to rank December 13, 1862.
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Brig. Gen. D. S. Donelson, of Tennessee, to be major-general, to rank January 17, 1863.
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Brig. Gen. E. Johnson, of Virginia, to be major-general, to rank February 28, 1863.
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Brig. Gen. W. H. C. Whiting, of Mississippi, to be major-general, to rank February 28, 1863.
Brigadier-generals.
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Col. Francis T. Nicholls, of Louisiana, to be brigadier-general, to rank October 14, 1862.
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Lieut. Col. R. H. Chilton, Confederate States Army, of Virginia, to be brigadier-general, to rank October 20, 1862.
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Col. Preston Smith, of Tennessee, to be brigadier-general, to rank October 27, 1862.
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Col. Alfred Cumming, of Georgia, to be brigadier-general, to rank October 29, 1862.
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Col. William S. Walker, of Florida, to be brigadier-general, to rank October 30, 1862.
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Col. Joseph Wheeler, of Georgia, to be brigadier-general, to rank October 30, 1862.
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Col. George Doles, of Georgia, to be brigadier-general, to rank November 1, 1862.
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Col. Carnot Posey, of Mississippi, to be brigadier-general, to rank November 1, 1862.
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Col. M. D. Corse, of Virginia, to be brigadier-general, to rank November 1, 1862.
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Col. G. T. Anderson, of Georgia, to be brigadier-general, to rank November 1, 1862.
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Col. Alfred Iverson, of North Carolina, to be brigadier-general, to rank November 1, 1862.
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Col. James H. Lane, of North Carolina, to be brigadier-general, to rank November 1, 1862.
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Col. E. L. Thomas, of Georgia, to be brigadier-general, to rank November 1, 1862.
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Col. S. D. Ramseur, of North Carolina, to be brigadier-general, to rank November 1, 1862.
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Col. J. R. Cooke, of Maryland, to be brigadier-general, to rank November 1, 1862.
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Col. J. B. Robertson, of Texas, to be brigadier-general, to rank November 1, 1862.
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Maj. E. F. Paxton, of Virginia, to be brigadier-general, to rank November 4, 1862.
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Col. Evander McNair, of Arkansas, to be brigadier-general, to rank November 4, 1862.
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Col. W. G. M. Davis, of Florida, to be brigadier-general, to rank November 4, 1862.
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Col. Archibald Gracie, jr., of Alabama, to be brigadier-general, to rank November 4, 1862.
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Col. W. R. Boggs, of Georgia, to be brigadier-general, to rank November 4, 1862.
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Col. James C. Tappan, of Arkansas, to be brigadier-general, to rank November 5, 1862.
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Col. Dandridge McRae, of Arkansas, to be brigadier-general, to rank November 5, 1862.
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Col. M. Monroe Parsons, of Arkansas, to be brigadier-general, to rank November 5, 1862.
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Col. Stephen D. Lee, of South Carolina, to be brigadier-general, to rank November 6, 1862.
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Col. John Pegram, of Virginia, to be brigadier-general, to rank November 7, 1862.
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Col. John A. Wharton, of Texas, to be brigadier-general, to rank November 18, 1862.
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Col. A. Buford, of Kentucky, to be brigadier-general, to rank September 2, 1862.
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Col. William T. Martin, of Mississippi, to be brigadier-general, to rank December 2, 1862.
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Col. John H. Morgan, of Tennessee, to be brigadier-general, to rank December 11, 1862.
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Lieut. Col. Marcus J. Wright, of Tennessee, to be brigadier-general, to rank December 13, 1862.
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Col. Z. C. Deas, of Alabama, to be brigadier-general, to rank December 13, 1862.
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Col. R. W. Hanson, of Kentucky, to be brigadier-general, to rank December 13, 1862.
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Col. Lucius E. Polk, of Arkansas, to be brigadier-general, to rank December 13, 1862.
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Col. James Cantey, of Alabama, to be brigadier-general, to rank January 8, 1863.
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Col. W. H. Jackson, of Tennessee, to be brigadier-general, to rank January 29, 1862.
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Lieut. Col. Camillus J. Polignac, Confederate States Army, of France, to be brigadier-general, to rank January 10, 1863.
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Col. Alfred E. Jackson, of Tennessee, to be brigadier-general, to rank February 9, 1863.
Aids-de-camp, with the rank of first lieutenant.
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Andrew J. Watt, of Louisiana, September 2, 1862; James H. Bate, of Tennessee, October 14, 1862; Virginius Dabney, of Mississippi, June 25, 1862; Thomas L. Macon, of Louisiana, September 18, 1862; H. M. Stanard, of Virginia, October 14, 1862; B. H. Blanton, of Texas, April 1, 1862; J. L. Bostick, of Tennessee, September 24, 1862; W. W. Wilkins, of Arkansas, September 1, 1862; Thomas J. Beall, of Texas, October 9, 1862; Charles G. Elliott, of North Carolina, August 2, 1862; Jesse W. Sparks, of Texas, September 11, 1862; J. E. Drayton, of South Carolina, September 26, 1862; Charles McCann, of Virginia, September 21, 1862; Samuel J. Corrie, of South Carolina, September 22, 1862; William M. Peyton, of Virginia, September 20, 1862; E. Cunningham, of Virginia, November 4, 1862; John Dunlop, of Virginia, October 29, 1862; George H. Geiger, of Virginia, November 5, 1862; Henry B. Lee, of Virginia, November 8, 1862; C. F. Hampton, of South Carolina, September 30, 1862; Samuel P. Jones, of Georgia, October 27, 1862; R. H. Morrison, jr., of North Carolina,
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October 20, 1862; Lamar Cobb, of Georgia, September 27, 1862; E. Kearney, of Mississippi, October 25, 1862; Alfred M. Erwin, of North Carolina, November 7, 1862; F. B. Rodgers, of Tennessee, October 28, 1862; Hugh F. Patton, of Virginia, November 9, 1862; W. S. Symington, of Virginia, October 10, 1862; J. C. H. Bryant, of Virginia, November 14, 1862; James Battle, of Alabama, October 29, 1862; D. W. Sanders, of North Carolina, November 5, 1862; W. M. Hopkins, of Virginia, November 10, 1862; J. F. Ranson, of Virginia, November 20, 1862; Frank Steiner, of Georgia, November 10, 1862; Charles H. Rundell, of Tennessee, October 11, 1862; William H. Wagner, of South Carolina, November 18, 1862; Henry B. Estes, of Virginia, November 25, 1862; Clifton Walker, of Alabama, November 3, 1862; C. H. Richmond, of North Carolina, November 1, 1862; Alexander Rose, of Georgia, December 2, 1862; R. B. George, of Kentucky, December 4, 1862; Patrick Hamilton, of Mississippi, October 28, 1862; Albert Belding, of Arkansas, November 5, 1862; J. Little Smith, of Alabama, November 21, 1862; T. P. Hampton, of South Carolina, November 8, 1862; Charles M. Davis, of Florida, November 11, 1862; Oscar Lane, of Virginia, September 17, 1862; T. B. Thompson, of Tennessee, September 20, 1862; W. C. Carrington, of Arkansas, November 19, 1862; W. W. Herr, of Kentucky, December 1, 1862; J. A. Shingleur, of Georgia, December 8, 1862; Robert Boggs, of Georgia, December 4, 1862; D. B. Taylor, of Florida, November 22, 1862; Thomas C. Jackson, of Georgia, November 8, 1862; G. S. Worthington, of Florida, November 25, 1862; S. D. Shannon, of South Carolina, December 4, 1862; William McWillie, of Mississippi, December 4, 1862; John G. Scott, of Texas, November 12, 1862; Henry T. Botts, of Virginia, December 26, 1862; G. B. Lamar, of Georgia, December 25, 1862; C. T. Widney, of Virginia, September 25, 1862; E. B. Cherry, of Georgia, November 4, 1862; E. L. Lewis, of Georgia, December 1, 1862; John T. Ector, of Georgia, December 18, 1862; Farrar B. Conner, of Mississippi, January 8, 1863; J. T. Brown, of Tennessee, December 24, 1862; James C. Randle, of Tennessee, December 19, 1862; John S. Smith, of Texas, December 27, 1862.
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 Office,
Richmond, March 5, 1863.
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.
Confederate States of America, War Department,
Richmond, March 2, 1863.
Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America:
Brigade quartermasters, with the rank of major.
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J. L. Sehon, of Tennessee, to be assigned to duty by Quartermaster-General, to rank November 1, 1862.
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H. M. Folsom, of Tennessee, for duty with Brig. Gen. A. E. Jackson's brigade, to rank February 9, 1863.
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J. C. Tappan,a
[Note a: a Corrected to James M. Elliston. See p. 155.]
of Arkansas, for duty with Brigadier-General Tappan's brigade, to rank January 26, 1863.
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G. W. Melton, of South Carolina, for duty with Brig. Gen. B. H. Robertson's brigade, to rank February 21, 1863.
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Thomas J. Scurry, of Texas, for duty with Brig. Gen. W. R. Scurry's brigade, to rank November 10, 1862.
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P. M. Doherty, of Mississippi, for duty with Brig. Gen. W. Barksdale's brigade, to rank February 10, 1863.
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James W. Wilson, of North Carolina, for duty with Brig. Gen. S. D. Ramseur's brigade, to rank February 28, 1863.
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W. B. Richards, of Virginia, to be assigned to duty by Quartermaster-General, to rank January 5, 1863.
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Assistant quartermasters, with the rank of captain.
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James M. Grissim, of Mississippi, for duty with Twelfth Mississippi Battalion, to rank January 27, 1863.
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C. B. Duncan, of Virginia, for duty with Thirty-seventh Virginia Cavalry Battalion, to rank August 2, 1863.
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W. V. Deaderick, of Tennessee, report to Quartermaster-General for duty in East Tennessee, to rank February 16, 1863.
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H. G. Robertson, of Tennessee, report to Quartermaster-General for duty at Carter's Station, East Tennessee, to rank February 16, 1863.
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G. A. Pope, of Tennessee, for duty with Ninth Tennessee Battalion, to rank December 30, 1862.
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John A. Small, of South Carolina, for duty with First South Carolina Cavalry Regiment, to rank February 1, 1863.
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Charles P. Cooper, of Florida, for duty with First Florida Battalion, to rank February 2, 1863.
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Thomas V. Sanford, of Virginia, for duty with Forty-seventh Virginia Regiment, to rank September 15, 1863.
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I. N. Sheppard, of Mississippi, for duty with Forty-sixth Mississippi Regiment, to rank February 11, 1863.
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William H. Briggs, of Georgia, for duty with Fiftieth Georgia Regiment, to rank January 31, 1863.
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W. J. Ferguson, of Arkansas, for duty with Fourth Arkansas Regiment, to rank March 20, 1862.
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John Logan, of Georgia, for duty with Fifty-second Georgia Regiment, to rank December 18, 1862.
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W. C. Scott, of Virginia, for duty with artillery battalion attached to Gen. A. P. Hill's division, to rank January 23, 1863.
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John H. Keyser, of Mississippi, for duty with Tenth Mississippi Battalion, to rank December 26, 1862.
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T. S. Hays, of Tennessee, for duty at Clinton, Tenn., to rank February 21, 1863.
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J. A. Kerby, of Tennessee, for duty with Thirty-seventh Tennessee Regiment, to rank January 17, 1863.
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Clayton Wilson, of Alabama, for duty with Hilliard's Legion, to rank February 16, 1863.
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John A. Preston, of Virginia, for duty with Thirty-seventh Virginia Regiment, to rank January 15, 1863.
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Richard F. Langdon, of North Carolina, for duty with Third North Carolina Regiment, to rank January 29, 1863.
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D. R. Murchison, of North Carolina, for duty with Fifty-fourth North Carolina Regiment, to rank February 4, 1863.
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J. Harris Forbes, of Virginia, for duty with Forty-seventh Virginia Battalion, to rank February 28, 1863.
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Thomas A. Roberts, of Virginia, for duty with Twenty-second Virginia Regiment, to rank November 1, 1862.
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E. H. Lane, of Virginia, for duty with Forty-eight Virginia Battalion, to rank February 21, 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.
Mr. Brown, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred the nominations of W. Winder Pollock, to be first lieutenant; Edward F. Neufville and Albert S. Berry, to be second lieutenants; John W. Murdaugh and William H. Odenheimer, to be lieutenants for the war; William D. Harrison, to be surgeon, reported, with the recommendation that said nominations be confirmed.
The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and in concurrence therewith, it was
Resolved, That the Senate advice and consent to their appointment, agreeably to their respective nominations by the President.
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Mr. Oldham, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom were referred (on the 4th ultimo) the nominations of William Goldsberry, to be postmaster at Newnan, Ga., and James A. Tallman, to be postmaster at Greensboro, Ala., reported, with the recommendation that 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 their respective nominations by the President.
On motion by Mr. Orr,
The Senate resolved into open legislative session.
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