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Journal of the Confederate Congress --WEDNESDAY, March 25, 1863.

Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 [Volume 3]
WEDNESDAY, March 25, 1863.

OPEN SESSION.

Mr. Barnwell (by Leave) introduced

A bill (S. 94) to establish the form of fifty-cent Treasury notes;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Mr. Barnwell, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was recommitted the bill (S. 67) to declare the mode of paying salaries to officers in foreign parts, reported it with an amendment.

The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 67) last mentioned; which was again read the second time and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and the reported amendment having been agreed to, 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.

Mr. Barnwell, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (S. 90) to continue in force an act entitled "An act to authorize a loan and the issue of Treasury notes; and to prescribe the punishment for forging the same, and for forging certificates of stock and bonds," approved May 16, 1861, reported it with an amendment.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 90) last mentioned; and the reported amendment having been agreed to, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendment wits concurred in.

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

The said bill was read the third time and the title was amended.

Resolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be "An act relative to certain bonds and Treasury notes issued under the provisions of the act approved sixteenth May, eighteen hundred and sixty-one."

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

Mr. Barnwell, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

Resolved, That the President be requested to cause estimates to be made by the several heads of Departments of the amount necessary to be appropriated for the service of the Government until the first day of January next, and communicate the same to the Senate.

Mr. Barnwell, from the Committee on Finance, submitted a scheme for taxation; which was ordered to be printed.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 43) for the relief of the Brunswick and Albany Railroad Company; and the reported amendment having been amended, on the motion of Mr. Johnson of Georgia, by inserting after the word "therefore," in the sixth line, the words "to preserve the said railroad from being broken up or destroyed," was agreed to, and 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 proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 4) to regulate the action of the Secretary of the Navy upon the decisions of naval general courts-martial; and

On motion by Mr. Maxwell,

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Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until Monday next.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 41) to amend the several acts prescribing the mode of publishing the laws and resolutions of the Confederate States.

On motion by Mr. Sparrow, to amend the bill by striking out "two," section 1, line 6, and inserting "four,"

It was determined in the affirmative.

No further amendment being proposed, 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.

On motion by Mr. Barnwell,

The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.

The doors having been opened,

Mr. Phelan submitted the following motion for consideration:

Ordered, That the vote on passing the bill (S. 93) to provide tobacco for the Army be reconsidered.

On motion by Mr. Phelan,

Ordered, That the Secretary request the return from the House of Representatives of the bill (S. 93) last mentioned.

On motion by Mr. Hill,

The Senate adjourned.

SECRET SESSION.

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

Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed a bill (H. R. 18) to lay taxes for the common defense and carry on the Government of the Confederate States, in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.

The bill (H. R. 18) communicated this day from the House of Representatives for concurrence was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Finance.

On motion by Mr. Barnwell,

Ordered, That it be printed.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the joint resolution (S. 2) relative to the plan of retaliation proposed in the President's message.

After debate,

On motion by Mr. Phelan, that the resolution lie upon the table,

It was determined in the negative.

The reported amendment having been agreed to, the resolution was reported to the Senate and the amendment was concurred in.

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

The said resolution 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 proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 82) to authorize retaliation on the enemy for violations of the usages of civilized warfare during the present war.

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On motion by Mr. Phelan, to amend the bill by striking out, section 1, line 7, the words "or of those under the protection,"

It was determined in the negative.

On motion by Mr. Sparrow, to amend the bill by inserting after "mulattoes," section 2, line 3, "who are slaves,"

On motion by Mr. Orr,

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:

Richmond, March 25, 1863.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Lieut. Col. C. C. Henderson, of Tennessee, to be colonel Fifth Confederate Regiment, to rank March 11, 1862.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

War Department, Richmond, March 24, 1863.

The President.

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

Colonel.
• Lieut. Col. C. C. Henderson, of Tennessee, to be colonel Fifth Confederate Regiment, vice Col. L. M. Walker, appointed brigadier-general, to rank March 11, 1862.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

The message was read.

The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of C. C. Henderson, to be colonel; and

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

Richmond, March 25, 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.

War Department, Richmond, February 9, 1863.

The President.

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

• Maj. E. Willis, of Georgia, to be colonel Twelfth Georgia Regiment, January 22, 1863, vice Lieut. Col. W. A. Hawkins, resigned, and Col. Z. T. Conner, dismissed by court-martial.
• Lieut. Col. J. M. Perrin, of South Carolina, to be colonel First South Carolina Rifle Regiment, November 12, 1862, vice Col. J. W. Livingston, resigned.
• Lieut. Col. J. D. Mathews, of Georgia, to be colonel Thirty-eighth Georgia Regiment, December 13, 1862, vice Col. George W. Lee, resigned.
• Lieut. Col. Jos. Walker, of South Carolina, to be colonel Palmetto Sharp-shooters, July 22, 1862, vice Col. F. W. Kilpatrick, declined.
• Lieut. Col. J. A. Washington, of North Carolina, to be colonel Fiftieth North Carolina Regiment, December 31, 1862, vice Col. M. D. Craton, resigned.
• Lieut. Col. J. K. Edmondson, of Virginia, to be colonel Twenty-seventh Virginia Regiment, November 19, 1862, vice Col. A. J. Grigsby, resigned.
• Lieut. Col. R. M. Powell, of Texas, to be colonel Fifth Texas Regiment, November 1, 1862, vice Col. J. B. Robertson, appointed brigadier-general.

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• Lieut. Col. F. W. M. Holliday, of Virginia, to be colonel Thirty-third Virginia Regiment, February 1, 1862, vice Col. E. G. Lee, resigned.
• Lieut. Col. John R. Towers, of Georgia, to be colonel Eighth Georgia Regiment, December 16, 1862, vice Col. L. M. Lamar, appointed judge military court.
• Lieut. Col. J. H. S. Funk, of Virginia, to be colonel Fifth Virginia Regiment, August 29, 1862, vice Col. W. S. H. Baylor, killed at Manassas.
• Capt. J. T. Lofton, of Georgia, to be colonel Sixth Georgia Regiment, September 30, 1862, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Newton and Major Tracy, killed at the battle of Sharpsburg, and Col. A. H. Colquitt, appointed brigadier-general.
• Maj. J. J. Norton, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel First South Carolina Rifle Regiment, November 12, 1862, vice Lieut. Col. J. M. Perrin, promoted.
• Maj. S. D. Thruston, of North Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Third North Carolina Regiment, December 10, 1862, vice Lieut. Col. E. Savage, resigned.
• Maj. John W. Goss, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Palmetto Sharp-shooters, July 22, 1862, vice Lieut. Col. Joseph Walker, promoted.
• Maj. George Wortham, of North Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Fiftieth North Carolina Regiment, December 31, 1862, vice Lieut. Col. James A. Washington, promoted.
• Maj. John Ashford, of North Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Thirty-eighth North Carolina Regiment, January 14, 1863, vice Lieut. Col. R. F. Armfield, resigned.
• Maj. A. Spangler, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Thirty-third Virginia Regiment, February 1, 1863, vice Lieut. Col. F. W. M. Holliday, promoted.
• Maj. R. W. Turner, of Louisiana, to be lieutenant-colonel Nineteenth Louisiana Regiment, July 17, 1862, vice Lieut. Col. W. P. Winans, promoted.
• Maj. James H. May, of Arkansas, to be lieutenant-colonel Fourth Arkansas Regiment, November 4, 1862, vice Lieut. Col. H. G. Bunn, promoted.
• Maj. K. Bryan, of Texas, to be lieutenant-colonel Fifth Texas Regiment, November 1, 1862, vice Lieut. Col. R. M. Powell, promoted.
• Maj. J. M. Fielder, of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Fourteenth Georgia Regiment, November 8, 1862, vice Lieut. Col. W. A. Harris, resigned.
• Maj. D. M. Shriver, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Twenty-seventh Virginia Regiment, November 19, 1862, vice Lieut. Col. J. Carpenter, declined.
• Maj. H. J. Williams, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Fifth Virginia Regiment, August 29, 1862, vice Lieut. Col. J. H. S. Funk, promoted.
• Capt. W. C. Cleveland, of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Sixth Georgia Regiment, September 30, 1862, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Newton and Major Tracy, killed at Sharpsburg.
• Capt. M. McR. McLauchlin, of North Carolina, to be major Thirty-eighth North Carolina Regiment, January 14, 1863, vice Maj. J. Ashford, promoted.
• Capt. G. Huston, of Virginia, to be major Thirty-third Virginia Regiment, February 1, 1863, vice Maj. A. Spangler, promoted.
• Capt. J. P. Brown, of Tennessee, to be major Fifty-ninth Tennessee Regiment, January 12, 1863, vice Maj. C. M. Alexander, deceased.
• Capt. J. B. McColloch, of Arkansas, to be major Fourth Arkansas Regiment, November 4, 1862, vice Maj. J. H. May, promoted.
• Capt. J. C. Rogers, of Texas, to be major Fifth Texas Regiment, November 1, 1862, vice Maj. K. Bryan, promoted.
• Capt. J. H. Gibson, of Alabama, to be major Sixteenth Alabama Battalion, August 5, 1862, vice Major Alexander, killed at Baton Rouge.
• Capt. C. D. Anderson, of Georgia, to be major Sixth Georgia Regiment, September 30, 1862, vice Major Tracy, killed at Sharpsburg.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

The message was read.

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

Richmond, March 25, 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.

War Department, Richmond, March 23, 1863.

The President.

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

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• ASSISTANT ADJUTANTS-GENERAL.
  • Majors.
    • E. G. Lee, of Virginia, to be major, ordered to report for duty to Brig. Gen. G. J. Rains, to rank February 1, 1863.
    • R. Channing Price, of Virginia, for duty with Maj. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, to rank March 1, 1863.
    • Alfred Hoffman, of Virginia, to be major, for duty with Maj. Gen. I. R. Trimble, to rank February 2, 1863.
    • W. Duncan McKim, of Virginia, to be major, for duty with Maj. Gen. I. R. Trimble, to rank February 2, 1863.
    • J. F. Girault, of Louisiana, to be major, for duty with Maj. Gen. M. L. Smith, to rank February 21, 1863.
  • Captains.
    • J. P. Johnson, of Arkansas, to be captain, ordered to report for duty to General Johnston, to rank March 21, 1863.
    • St. Jules Rondot, of France, to be captain, for duty with Gen. R. E. Lee, February 17, 1863.
    • Charles J. Mastin, of Kentucky, to be captain, for duty with Maj. Gen. J. C. Breckinridge, February 26, 1863.
    • Emile P. Guillet, of Louisiana, to be captain, for duty with Brig. Gen. D. W. Adams, October 12, 1862.
    • S. A. Moreno, of Georgia, to be captain, for duty with Brig. Gen. J. K. Jackson, February 2, 1863.
    • John A. Barksdale, of Mississippi, to be captain, for duty with Brig. Gen. W. Barksdale, February 25, 1863.
    • W. N. Worthington, of Virginia, to be captain, for duty with Brig. Gen. B. H. Robertson, February 18, 1863.
    • A. H. Patton, of Virginia, to be captain, for duty with Brig. Gen. W. T. Wofford, February 17, 1863.
    • John J. Reese, of Tennessee, to be captain, for duty with Brig. Gen. A. E. Jackson, February 9, 1863.
    • J. R. Fellows, of Arkansas, to be captain, for duty with Brig. Gen. W. N. R. Beall, February 18, 1863.
    • William M. Magenis, of Tennessee, to be captain, for duty with Brig. Gen. John H. Morgan, December 1, 1862.
    • H. W. Feilden, of Louisiana, to be captain, for duty with Gen. G. T. Beauregard, February 23, 1863.
    • C. B. Duffield, of Virginia, to be captain, ordered to report to Brigadier-General Rains, Chief of Conscript Bureau, February 20, 1863.
    • A. N. Mills, of Texas, to be captain, for duty with Brig. Gen. W. R. Scurry, November 10, 1862.
  • Adjutants, with the rank of first lieutenant.
    • Charles H. Stebbins, of Florida, to be adjutant Third Florida Regiment, to rank February 11, 1863.
    • T. E. Richardson, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Forty-seventh Tennessee Regiment, to rank December 16, 1861.
    • S. A. Cowley, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Forty-second Tennessee Regiment, to rank October 9, 1862.
    • Luther C. May, of Georgia, to be adjutant Thomas' Legion, to rank September 29, 1862.
    • H. M. Smith, of Virginia, to be adjutant Sixty-second Virginia Regiment, to rank February 26, 1863.
    • Henry R. Symons, of Georgia, to be adjutant Twenty-second Georgia Battalion, to rank February 22, 1863.
    • Gus. Heerlein, of Georgia, to be adjutant Thirty-sixth Georgia Regiment, to rank February 11, 1863.
    • Frank Baltzell, of Florida, to be adjutant Second Florida Battalion, to rank February 17, 1863.
    • R. C. Hammet, of Virginia, to be adjutant Fifty-fourth Virginia Regiment, to rank February 24, 1863.
    • G. E. Manigault, of South Carolina, to be adjutant Fourth South Carolina Regiment Cavalry, to rank February 25, 1863.

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    • R. A. Quillian, of Georgia, to be adjutant Fifty-second Georgia Regiment, to rank December 17, 1862.
    • William D. Barnes, of Florida, to be adjutant Second Florida Regiment Cavalry, to rank February 22, 1863.
    • B. C. Bouldin, of Virginia, to be adjutant Fourteenth Virginia Regiment, to rank February 24, 1863.
    • W. W. Hailes, of Mississippi, to be adjutant Thirty-seventh Mississippi Regiment Cavalry, to rank February 14, 1863.
    • E. J. Mastin, of Arkansas, to be adjutant Eighth Arkansas Regiment, to rank February 23, 1863.
    • William D. Chipley, of Kentucky, to be adjutant Ninth Kentucky Regiment, to rank March 1, 1863.
    • E. B. Ward, of Virginia, to be adjutant Sixteenth Virginia Regiment, to rank February 24, 1863.
    • J. E. Shaw, of Georgia, to be adjutant Seventh Georgia Regiment, to rank February 24, 1863.
    • W. Marriner, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Twelfth Tennessee Battalion, to rank November 17, 1862.
  • Aids-de-camp, with the rank of first lieutenant.
    • McH. Howard, of Virginia, to Maj. Gen. I. R. Trimble, February 1, 1863.
    • Frederick R. Blake, of North Carolina, to Brig. Gen. T. L. Clingman, February 25, 1863.
    • Richard T. Morrison, of Missouri, to Maj. Gen. S. Price, September 7, 1862.
    • Benjamin F. Taylor, of North Carolina, to Brig. Gen. R. Ransom, jr., March 5, 1863.
• ARTILLERY OFFICERS, UNDER ACT APPROVED JANUARY 22, 1862.
  • Colonel.
    • Lieut. Col. R. L. Walker, of Virginia, to be colonel of artillery, to be assigned to duty by Gen. R. E. Lee, to rank March 14, 1863.
  • Lieutenant-colonels.
    • Maj. R. Snowden Andrews, of Maryland, to be lieutenant-colonel of artillery, to be assigned to duty by Gen. R. E. Lee, August 9, 1862.
    • Maj. J. J. Garnett, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel of artillery, to be assigned to duty by Gen. R. E. Lee, March 2, 1863.
    • Maj. D. Kemper, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel of artillery, to be assigned to duty by Gen. R. E. Lee, March 2, 1863.
    • Maj. William Nelson, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel of artillery, to be assigned to duty by Gen. R. E. Lee, March 2, 1863.
    • Maj. Thomas H. Carter, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel of artillery, to be assigned to duty by Gen. R. E. Lee, March 2, 1863.
    • Maj. H. P. Jones, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel of artillery, to be assigned to duty by Gen. R. E. Lee, March 2, 1863.
    • Maj. John Pelham, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel of artillery, to be assigned to duty by Gen. R. E. Lee, March 2, 1863.
  • Majors.
    • W. E. Burnet, of Georgia, to be major of artillery, to be assigned to duty by Maj. Gen. D. H. Maury, November 4, 1862.
    • Capt. J. W. Anderson, of Tennessee, to be major of artillery, to be assigned to duty by Maj. Gen. C. L. Stevenson, January 28, 1863.
    • Capt. John P. W. Read, of Georgia, to be major of artillery, to be assigned to duty by Gen. R. E. Lee, March 2, 1863.
    • Capt. Frank Huger, of South Carolina, to be major of artillery, to be assigned to duty by Gen. R. E. Lee, March 2, 1863.
    • Capt. John Lane, of Georgia, to be major of artillery, to be assigned to duty by Gen. R. E. Lee, March 2, 1863.
    • Capt. C. M. Braxton, of Virginia, to be major of artillery, to be assigned to duty by Gen. R. E. Lee, March 2, 1863.
    • Capt. W. J. Pegram, of Virginia, to be major of artillery, to be assigned to duty by Gen. R. E. Lee, March 2, 1863.

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    • Capt. J. W. Latimer, of Virginia, to be major of artillery, to be assigned to duty by Gen. R. E. Lee, March 2, 1863.
    • Capt. J. B. Brockenbrough, of Virginia, to be major of artillery, to be assigned to duty by Gen. R. E. Lee, March 2, 1863.
    • Capt. D. G. McIntosh, of Georgia, to be major of artillery, to be assigned to duty by Gen. R. E. Lee, March 2, 1863.
    • Capt. William T. Poague, of Virginia, to be major of artillery, to be assigned to duty by Gen. R. E. Lee, March 2, 1863.
• OFFICERS APPOINTED TO RAISE TROOPS, UNDER ACT APPROVED OCTOBER 11, 1862.
  • Captains.
    • T. D. Armesy, of Virginia, to be captain, to raise a company in district of northwest Virginia, occupied by the enemy, February 11, 1863.
    • Frank Waters, of Kentucky, to be captain, to raise a company in Kentucky, February 2, 1863.
    • Jonathan G. Riley, of Virginia, to be captain, to raise a company in district of northwest Virginia, occupied by the enemy, February 16, 1863.
    • Robert C. Wood, of Missouri, to be captain, to raise a company in Missouri, February 27, 1863.
    • J. H. Haymaker, of Missouri, to be captain, to raise a company in Missouri, February 27, 1863.
    • William R. Samuels, of Missouri, to be captain, to raise a company in Missouri, February 27, 1863.
    • N. L. Norton, of Missouri, to be captain, to raise a company in Missouri, February 27, 1863.
    • William P. Clarkson, of Missouri, to be captain, to raise a company in Missouri, February 27, 1863.
    • R. H. Carter, of Missouri, to be captain, to raise a company in Missouri, February 27, 1863.
    • David T. Copher, of Missouri, to be captain, to raise a company in Missouri, February 27, 1863.
    • William T. Payne, of Missouri, to be captain, to raise a company in Missouri, February 27, 1863.
    • Nath. P. Kunkel, of Missouri, to be captain, to raise a company in Missouri, February 27, 1863.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

The message was read.

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

On motion by Mr. Hill,

The Senate resolved into open legislative session.

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