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Journal of the Confederate Congress --THURSDAY, April 30, 1863.

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Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 [Volume 3]
THURSDAY, April 30, 1863.

OPEN SESSION.

On motion by Mr. Semmes,

Ordered, That G. W. Wang have leave to withdraw his memorial.

On motion by Mr. Oldham,

Ordered, That the President appoint an additional member on the

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Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Offices and Post-Roads to serve during the remainder of the present session; and

Mr. Johnson of Georgia was appointed.

Mr. Hunter presented the petition of Lewis Porter, praying the passage of an act authorizing the issue of duplicates for certain coupon bonds destroyed by the public enemy.

Ordered, That it lie upon the table.

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

Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed Senate bills of the following titles:

S. 79. An act for the benefit of certain claimants for postal services;
S. 119. An act to declare Treasury notes and bonds, inclosed in boxes for transportation by the Treasury Department, mailable matter, and to regulate the rates of postage;
S. 126. An act to provide for the compensation of certain persons therein named; and
S. 118. An act to authorize the establishment of express mails.

The last named with an amendment; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.

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

H. R. 68. An act to provide for the election of members of Congress for certain districts of the State of Louisiana; and
H. R. 69. An act authorizing the detail of men for service in the Engineer Department.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed sundry enrolled bills, I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of their President.

Mr. Wigfall (by leave) introduced

A bill (S. 140) to authorize the President to appoint officers in the Niter Bureau and in the engineer troops during the recess of the Senate;
which was read the first and second times and considered as in Committee of the Whole.

On motion by Mr. Semmes, to amend the bill by inserting at the end of the first section the words
And the commissions of the officers so appointed shall expire at the end of the next session of the Senate, unless the same be confirmed,

It was determined in the affirmative.

No further amendment being made, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendment was concurred in.

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

The said bill was read the third time.

Resolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid.

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

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

S. 87. An act to regulate the supplies of clothing to enlisted men of the Navy during the war;
S. 96. An act to increase the pay of masters' mates in the Navy;
S. 104. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to appoint clerks to the commandant and quartermaster of the Marine Corps;
S. 108. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate impressments," approved March 26, 1863;
S. 128. An act to authorize the appointment of a chief constructor in the Navy, and to fix the pay; and

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S. 134. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act recognizing the existence of war between the United States and the Confederate States, and concerning letters of marque, prizes and prize goods,' approved May sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one," approved May 21, 1861, and numbered 170 of the acts of the second session of the Provisional Congress of 1861.

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

The Senate resumed the consideration of the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 73) to provide and organize a general staff for armies in the field, to serve during the war; and

The question being on agreeing to the motion submitted by Mr. Wigfall on yesterday, that the Senate disagree to the amendments of the House of Representatives to the said bill, and ask a conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon,

Mr. Wigfall withdrew the said motion,

When it was

Resolved, That the Senate concur in the amendments of the House of Representatives to the said bill.

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

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

H. R. 1. Joint resolution of thanks to General Wheeler and the officers and men of his command;
H. R. 6. Joint resolution of thanks to Gen. John H. Morgan, officers and men of his command; and
H. R. 14. Joint resolution of thanks to Brig. Gen. N. B. Forrest and the officers and men under his command;

reported them severally without amendment.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the joint resolutions (H. R. 1, H. R. 6, H. R. 14) last mentioned; and no amendment being made, they were 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.

Mr. Wigfall, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the amendment of the Senate, disagreed to by the House of Representatives, to the bill (H. R. 14) to prevent fraud in the Quartermaster's and Commissary's Departments, and the obtaining under false pretense transportation for private property, reported thereon.

On motion by Mr. Wigfall,

Resolved, That the Senate insist on their amendment to the said bill, disagreed to by the House of Representatives, and ask a conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon.

On motion by Mr. Wigfall,

Ordered, That the committee of conference on the part of the Senate be appointed by the President; and

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Mr. Wigfall, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, and Mr. Davis were appointed.

Ordered, That the Secretary inform the thereof.

Mr. Wigfall, from the Committee referred the bill (H. R. 35) to reorganize and the medical branch of the military service, reported recommendation that it ought not to pass.

Mr. Wigfall, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 120) to regulate the rank of officers of the Provisional Corps of Artillery on ordnance duty, reported it without amendment.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 120) last mentioned; and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate.

Ordered, That it 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. 127) to amend an act entitled "An act to provide a staff and clerical force for any general who may be assigned by the President to duty at the seat of government," approved March 25, 1862; and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate.

Ordered, That it 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 bill (H. R. 65) to create a provisional navy of the Confederate States was read the first and second times and considered as in Committee of the Whole.

On motion by Mr. Barnwell, that the further consideration of the bill be postponed until the first Monday in December next,

It was determined in the negative.

No amendment being made, the bill was reported to the Senate.

Ordered, That it pass to a third reading.

The said bill was read the third time.

On the question,

Shall the bill now pass?

It was determined in the affirmative,

Yeas ... 14
Nays ... 4

On motion by Mr. Brown,

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

Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Brown, Caperton, Clark, Davis, Henry, Hunter, Johnson of Arkansas, Maxwell, Oldham, Orr, Peyton, Phelan, Semmes, and Simms.

Those who voted in the negative are.

Messrs. Barnwell, Burnett, Clay, and Johnson of Georgia.

So it was

Resolved, That this bill pass.

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

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

Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed a bill (H. R. 70) in relation to the receipt of counterfeit Treasury notes by public officers; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed sundry enrolled bills, i am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of their President.

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

S. 90. An act relative to certain bonds and Treasury notes issued under the provisions of the act approved May 16, 1861;
H. R. 20. An act to allow commutation for clothing to the militia in actual service of the Confederate States;
H. R. 30. An act to punish forgery and counterfeiting;
H. R. 34. An act concerning fees of district attorneys; and
H. R. 13. Joint resolution to establish a seal for the Confederate States.

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

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (H. R. 28) to increase the pay of all noncommissioned officers and privates in the Army of the Confederate States.

On motion by Mr. Clay, to amend the bill by inserting at the end of the first section the following proviso:
Provided, That said sum shall only be payable at the close of the present war, when the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to issue bonds or registered stock, to the amount of increased pay then due, payable at any time after the expiration of ten years, bearing interest at the rate of six per cent, payable half-yearly, which said bonds or stock he shall cause to be delivered to the several States of this Confederacy in proportion to the average number of troops furnished by each to the Confederate Government for the prosecution of the war, that they may apply the amounts delivered to them, respectively, to the use of indigent, sick, or wounded soldiers, and of the indigent families of deceased soldiers, as the legislature of each State shall deem proper,

Mr. Johnson of Arkansas demanded the question; which was not seconded.

On the question to agree to the amendment proposed by Mr. Clay,

After debate,

On motion by Mr. Barnwell, that the further consideration of the bill be postponed until the first Monday in December next,

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

The question being put,

It was determined in the affirmative,

Yeas ... 9
Nays ... 8

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. Barnwell, Burnett, Clark, Clay, Davis, Maxwell, Oldham, Orr, and Wigfall.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Caperton, Henry, Hunter, Johnson of Georgia, Johnson of Arkansas, Phelan, Semmes, and Simms.

So it was

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Ordered, That the further consideration of this bill be postponed until the first Monday in December next.

The Senate proceeded to consider the amendment of the House of Representatives to their amendment to the bill (H. R. 3) to repeat certain clauses of an act entitled "An act to exempt certain persons from military service," etc., approved October 11, 1862; and

Resolved, That they concur therein.

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

Mr. Semmes, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 67) to provide for holding elections for Representatives in the Congress of the Confederate States in the State of Tennessee, reported it without amendment.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration o[ the bill (H. R. 67) last mentioned; and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate.

Ordered, That it pass to a third reading.

The said bill was read the third time.

Resolved, That it pass.

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

The bill (H. R. 68) to provide for the election of members of Congress for certain districts of the State of Louisiana was read the first and second times and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate.

Ordered, That it pass to a third reading.

The said bill was read the third time.

Resolved, That it pass.

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

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (H. R. 55) to provide for the appointment of military storekeepers in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States; and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate.

Ordered, That it pass to a third reading.

The said bill was read the third time.

Resolved, That it pass.

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

The Senate proceeded to consider the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 13) in relation to the public printing; and

Resolved, That they concur therein.

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

The bill (H. R. 66) to change the place of holding the district court for the western district of Texas was read the first and second times and considered as in Committee of the Whole: and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate.

Ordered, That it pass to a third reading.

The said bill was read the third time.

Resolved, That it pass.

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

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On motion by Mr. Barnwell, and by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That 300 copies of the act entitled "An act to lay taxes for the common defense and carry on the Government of the Confederate States," and of the act entitled "An act for the assessment and collection of taxes," be printed for the use of the Senate.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 139) for the relief of William Bowles, Richard M. Bowles, and others; and

On motion by Mr. Barnwell,

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

Mr. Johnson of Arkansas, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 41) to provide for the payment of the interest on the removal and subsistence fund due the Cherokee Indians in North Carolina, reported it with amendments.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (H. R. 41) last mentioned; and the reported amendments having been agreed to, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendments were concurred in.

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

The said bill as amended was read the third time.

Resolved, That it pass with amendments.

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

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

Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed bills and joint resolutions of the following titles; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate:

H. R. 71. An act to facilitate the detection of frauds in the Commissary and Quartermaster's Departments;
H. R. 72. An act to prevent the sale, exchange, or other disposition of the Treasury notes, bonds, etc., issued under the authority of the United States, etc.;
H. R. 16. Joint resolution of thanks to Gen. G. T. Beauregard and the officers and men of his command for the repulse of the ironclad fleet of the enemy from the harbor of Charleston on the 7th of April, 1863;
H. R. 17. Joint resolution of thanks to Maj. Oscar M. Watkins and the officers and men under his command; and
H. R. 18. Joint resolution of thanks to Maj. J. L. Brent and the officers and soldiers under his command for their gallantry in capturing the Federal gunboat Indianola.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed sundry enrolled bills, I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of their President.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 138) to amend an act entitled "An act to better provide for the sick and wounded of the Army in hospitals," approved September 27, 1862.

On motion by Mr. Simms, to amend the bill by inserting after "places," section 1, line 9, the word "used," and by inserting after "field," in the same line, the words "as hospitals,"

It was determined in the affirmative.

On motion by Mr. Simms, to amend the bill by inserting at the end of the first section the following proviso:
Provided, That twenty-five cents for each ration so commuted shall not be drawn or appropriated until the Secretary of War shall deem the same necessary to purchase suitable supplies for the use of the sick and disabled of the Army,

It was determined in the affirmative.

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

On motion by Mr. Barnwell, that the further consideration of the bill be postponed until the first Monday in December next,

It was determined in the negative,

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. Semmes,

The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.

The doors having been opened,

On motion by Mr. Hunter,

Ordered, That the Senate take a recess until 7 o'clock p.m.

7 O'CLOCK P. M.

The following bills, received from the House of Representatives for concurrence, were severally read the first and second times:

H. R. 64. An act to provide for placing in the military service of the Confederate States citizens of the United States residing or sojourning within the limits of the Confederate States; and
H. R. 69. An act authorizing the detail of men for service in the Engineer Department.

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

The bill (H. R. 70) in relation to the receipt of counterfeit Treasury notes by public officers was read the first and second times and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate.

Ordered, That it pass to a third reading.

The said bill was read the third time.

Resolved, That it pass.

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

The bill (H. R. 71) to facilitate the detection of frauds in the Commissary and Quartermaster's Departments was read the first and second times; and

On motion by Mr. Hunter.

Ordered, That it lie upon the table.

The following joint resolutions were severally read the first and second times and considered as in Committee of the Whole:

H. R. 16. Joint resolution of thanks to Gen. G. T. Beauregard and the officers and men of his command for the repulse of the ironclad fleet of the enemy from the harbor of Charleston on the 7th of April, 1863; and
H. R. 17. Joint resolution of thanks to Maj. Oscar M. Watkins and the officers and men under his command;

And no amendment being made, they were 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.

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The bill (H. R. 72) to prevent the sale, exchange, or other disposition of the Treasury notes, bonds, etc., issued under the authority of the United States, etc., received this day from the House of Representatives for concurrence, was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

The joint resolution (H. R. 18) of thanks to Maj. J. L. Brent and the officers and soldiers under his command for their gallantry in capturing the Federal gunboat Indianola was read the first and second times; and

On motion by Mr. Clay,

Ordered, That it lie upon the table.

The Senate proceeded to consider their amendments, disagreed to by the House of Representatives, to the bill (H. R. 15) for the establishment and equalization of the grade of officers of the Navy of the Confederate States, and for other purposes; and

On motion by Mr. Semmes,

Ordered, That they lie upon the table.

The Senate proceeded to consider the amendment of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 19) to amend an act to organize the clerical force of the Treasury Department, disagreed to by the Senate and insisted on by the House; and

On motion by Mr. Barnwell,

Resolved, That the Senate recede from their disagreement to the said amendment.

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

The Senate proceeded to consider the amendment of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 116) to authorize the Secretary of War to purchase or lease real estate, disagreed to by the Senate and insisted on by the House; and

On motion by Mr. Semmes,

Resolved, That the Senate recede from their disagreement to the said amendment.

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

The Senate proceeded to consider the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 118) to authorize the establishment of express mails; and

Resolved, That they concur therein.

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

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

S. 56. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to organize military courts to attend the Army of the Confederate States in the field, and to define the powers of said courts," approved October 9, 1862;
S. 62. An act to pay officers, noncommissioned officers, and privates not legally mustered into the service of the Confederate States for services actually performed;
S. 68. An act to abolish all ports of delivery in the Confederate States;
S. 74. An act to amend an act entitled "An act for the establishment and organization of a general staff for the Army of the Confederate States of America," approved February 26, 1861;

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S. 81. An act to provide for the payment of certain North Carolina troops from the time of their enlistment;
S. 88. An act in relation to the custody of persons charged with offenses against the Confederate States;
S. 107. An act to provide for the transfer of persons serving in the Army to the Navy;
H. R. 49. An act regulating the granting of furloughs and discharges in hospitals;
H. R. 26. An act for the assessment and collection of taxes;
H. R. 59. An act to continue and amend the third section of an act supplementary to an act concerning the pay and allowance due to deceased soldiers, approved February 15, 1862, and to provide for the prompt settlement of claims for arrearages of pay, allowance, and bounty due deceased officers and soldiers; and
H. R. 10. Joint resolution to provide for the payment of certain accounts of the acting quartermaster and other officers of the Indian troops.

A message from the President of the Confederate States, by Mr. B. N. Harrison, his Secretary:

Mr. President: The President of the Confederate States has to-day approved and signed the following acts:

S. 87. An act to regulate the supplies of clothing to enlisted men of the Navy during the war;
S. 96. An act to increase the pay of masters' mates in the Navy;
S. 104. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to appoint clerks to the commandant and quartermaster of the Marine Corps;
S. 108. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate impressments," approved March 26, 1863;
S. 128. An act to authorize the appointment of a chief constructor in the Navy, and to fix the pay; and
S. 134. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act recognizing the existence of war between the United States and the Confederate States, and concerning letters of marque, prizes and prize goods,' approved May sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one," approved May 21, 1861, and numbered 170 of the acts of the second session of the Provisional Congress of 1861.

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

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

Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed a bill (H. R. 73) to establish certain post routes therein named; in which they concurrence of the Senate.

They have receded from their disagreement to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 14) to prevent fraud in the Quartermaster's and Commissary's Departments, and the obtaining under false pretense transportation for private property.

And they have concurred in the amendment of the Senate to the joint resolution (H. R. 13) to establish a seal for the Confederate States.

The President of the Confederate States has notified the House of Representatives that, on the 28th instant, he approved and signed an act (H. R. 44) for the relief of John Prosser Tabb;

And that on the 29th instant he approved and signed the following acts:

H. R. 40. An act to prescribe the rates of postage on newspapers, periodicals, books, and transient and other matter, and to repeal in part the second section of the act approved May 13, 1861, to amend an act to prescribe the rates of postage in the Confederate States of America, and for other purposes, approved February 23, 1861;
H. R. 46. An act for the relief of Lieut. Thomas Kirtland;

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H. R. 48. An act allowing hospital accommodations to sick and wounded officers;
H. R. 58. An act to admit free of duty all machinery for the manufacture of cotton or wool, or necessary for carrying on any of the mechanic arts; and
H. R. 60. An act to declare the meaning and extend the provisions of an act entitled "An act to increase the pay of certain officers and employees in the executive and legislative departments," approved October 13, 1862.

And that he has to-day approved and signed an act (H. R. 20) to allow commutation for clothing to the militia in actual service of the Confederate States.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed sundry enrolled bills and enrolled joint resolutions, I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of their President.

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

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

On motion by Mr. Clay,

The Senate adjourned.

SECRET SESSION.

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

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

Mr. Semmes, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 63) to aid the several Departments in the investigation of accounts, reported it with the recommendation that it ought not to pass.

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

A bill (S. 130) supplementary to an act to provide for the funding and further issue of Treasury notes.

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

Mr. Semmes, from the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the joint resolution (S. 2) relative to the plan of retaliation proposed in the President's message, reported

That they recommend that the Senate agree to the amendment of the House of Representatives, amended so as to read as follows:

"Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States of America, in response to the message of the President transmitted to Congress at the commencement of the present session, That, in the opinion of Congress, the commissioned officers of the enemy ought not to be delivered to the authorities of the respective States, as suggested in the said message; but all captives taken by the Confederate forces ought to be dealt with and disposed of by the Confederate Government.

"2. That, in the judgment of Congress, the proclamations of the President of the United States, dated, respectively, September 22, 1862, and January 1, 1863, and the other measures of the Government of the United States and of its authorities, commanders, and forces, designed or tending to emancipate slaves in the Confederate States, or to abduct such slaves, or to incite them to insurrection, or to employ negroes in war against the Confederate States, or to overthrow the institution of African slavery and bring on a servile war in these States, would, if successful, produce atrocious consequences, and they are inconsistent with the spirit of those usages which in modern warfare prevail among civilized nations. They may, therefore, be properly and lawfully repressed by retaliation.
"3. That in every case wherein, during the present war, any violation of the laws or usages of war among civilized nations shall be or has been done and perpetrated

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by those acting under the authority of the Government of the United States, on the persons or property of citizens of the Confederate States, or of those under the protection or in the land or naval service of the Confederate States, or of any State of the Confederacy, the President of the Confederate States is hereby authorized to cause full and ample retaliation to be made for every such violation in such manner and to suck extent as he may think proper.
"4. That every white person, being a commissioned officer, or acting as such, who during the present war shall command negroes or mulattoes in arms against the Confederate States, or who shall arm, train, organize, or prepare negroes or mulattoes for military service against the Confederate States, or who shall voluntarily aid negroes or mulattoes in any military enterprise attack, or conflict in such service, shall be deemed as inciting servile insurrection, and shall, if captured, be put to death, or be otherwise punished, at the discretion of the court.
"5. Every person being a commissioned officer or acting as such in the service of the enemy who shall, during the present war, excite, attempt to excite, or cause to be excited a servile insurrection or who shall incite or cause to be incited a slave to rebel shall, if captured, be put to death or be otherwise punished, at the discretion of the court.
"6. Every person charged with an offense punishable under the preceding resolutions shall, during the present war, be tried before the military court attached to the army or corps by the troops of which he shall have been captured or by such othermilitary court as the President may direct and in such manner and under such regulations as the President shall prescribe; and, after conviction, the President may commute the punishment in such manner and on such terms as he may deem proper.
"7. All negroes and mulattoes who shall be engaged in war or be taken in arms against the Confederate States or shall give aid or comfort to the enemies of the Confederate States shall, when captured in the Confederate States, be delivered to the authorities of the State or States in which they shall be captured, to be dealt with according to the present or future laws of such State or States."

And that the title of the resolution be amended so as to read "Joint resolutions on the subject of retaliation."

The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and

Resolved, That they concur therein.

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

On motion by Mr. Semmes,

Ordered, That the injunction of secrecy be removed from the proceedings of the Senate on the joint resolution (S. 2) on the subject of retaliation, when the same shall have been approved and signed by the President.

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

S. 61. An act to authorize the President to contract for the construction and equipment of vessels for the Navy abroad; and
S. 133. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to make appropriations for ironclad and other war steamers, steam engines, and other supplies contracted for abroad."

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

Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed the bill of the Senate (S. 112) to facilitate transportation for the Government.

On motion by Mr. Oldham,

The Senate resolved into executive session.

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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 Department,
Richmond, April 30, 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, April 29, 1863.

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

Colonel.

Lieut. Col. Jos. H. Ham, of Virginia, to be colonel Sixteenth Virginia Regiment, vice Col. C. A. Crump, killed September 1, 1862.

Lieutenant-colonels.

Maj. William R. Hardy, of Arkansas, to be lieutenant-colonel Twenty-fourth Arkansas Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. T. M. Whittington, resigned December 1, 1862.
Maj. R. O. Whitehead, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Sixteenth Virginia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. F. D. Holladay, resigned March 16, 1863.
Maj. James Aiken, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Thirteenth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. W. H. Betts, resigned January 14, 1863.
Maj. W. L. Moody, of Texas, to be lieutenant-colonel Seventh Texas Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. H. B. Granbury, promoted August 29, 1862.

Majors.

Capt. J. T. Smith, of Alabama, to be major Thirteenth Alabama Regiment, vice Maj. James Aiken, promoted January 14, 1863.
Capt. J. C. Timberlake, of Virginia, to be major Fifty-third Virginia Regiment, vice Maj. R. W. Martin, promoted March 5, 1863.
Capt. K. M. Van Zandt, of Texas, to be major Seventh Texas Regiment vice Maj. W. L. Moody, promoted August 29, 1862.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson davis,
President, etc.

Confederate States of America, Executive Department,
Richmond, April 30, 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, April 27, 1863.

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

Adjutants, with the rank of first lieutenant.

J. L. McCaskill, of Mississippi, for duty with the Eighth Mississippi Regiment, to rank from April 2, 1863.
C. T. Bannerman, of Texas, for duty with Sixth Texas Battalion Cavalry, to rank from March 1, 1863.
John H. Parr, of Virginia, for duty with Seventh Virginia Regiment, to rank from March 1, 1863.

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B. H. Nash, of Virginia, for duty with Forty-first Virginia Regiment, to rank from April 8, 1863.
Robert W. Jones, of Arkansas, for duty with Twentieth Arkansas Regiment, to rank from March 21, 1863.
J. Whit Thomas, of Alabama. for duty with Sixth Alabama Regiment, to rank from April 11, 1863.
J. H. Welborn, of North Carolina, for duty with Twenty-second North Carolina Regiment, to rank from April 7, 1863.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

Confederate States of America, Executive Department,
Richmond, April 30, 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, April 27, 1863.

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

Assistant quartermasters with the rank of captain.

William B. Calhoun, of Arkansas, for duty with First Battalion Arkansas Cavalry, to rank front July 19, 1862.
G. L. Harris, of Tennessee, for duty with Fifty-fifth Tennessee Regiment, to rank from March 1, 1863.
John R. Suddurth, of North Carolina, for duty with Thirty-third North Carolina Regiment, to rank from April 3. 1863.
A. J. Whitlock, of Georgia, for duty with Twenty-first Georgia Regiment, to rank from April 8, 1863.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

Confederate States of America, Executive Department,
Richmond, April 30, 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, April 27, 1863.

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

Captain.

First Lieut. B. H. Hardee, of Georgia, to be captain, First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, vice Capt. A. Shaaff, promoted January 20, 1863.

First lieutenant.

Second Lieut. H. Herrmann, of Georgia, to be first lieutenant, First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, vice First Lieut. B. H. Hardee, promoted January 20, 1863.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

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Confederate States of America, Executive Department,
Richmond, April 30, 1863.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Thomas Hardeman, of Georgia, to be major, as commandant of camp of instruction, Macon, Ga.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Confederate States of America, War Department,
Richmond, April 27, 1863.

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

COMMANDANT OF CAMP OF INSTRUCTION, UNDER ACT APPROVED OCTOBER 8, 1862.

- Thomas Hardeman, of Georgia, for duty as commandant of camp of instruction, Macon, Ga., to rank from March 26, 1863.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.\

Confederate States of America,
Richmond, April 30, 1863.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate the officers on the annexed list to the rank affixed to their names, respectively.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Confederate States of America, War Department,
Richmond, April 27, 1863.

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

Second lieutenants.

W. F. Colcock, of South Carolina, to be second lieutenant, First South Carolina Regiment (enlisted men), to rank from April 20, 1863.
C. W. Godfrey, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant, First Georgia Regiment (enlisted men), to rank from April 20, 1863.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis.
President, etc.

Confederate States of America, Executive Department,
Richmond, Va., April 30, 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, April 27, 1863.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, for distinguished valor and skill:

Second lieutenants.

L. Gustine, of Louisiana, to be second lieutenant Company B, Twenty-fifth Louisiana Regiment, to rank from April 5, 1863.
J. H. Prater, of Louisiana, to be second lieutenant Company C, Twenty-fifth Louisiana Regiment, to rank from April 5, 1863.

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John C. Singleton, of Kentucky, to be second lieutenant Company G, Sixth Kentucky Cavalry Regiment, To rank from March 20, 1863.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

Confederate States of America, Executive Department,
Richmond, April 30, 1863.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate the officers on the annexed list to the rank affixed to their names, respectively.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

War Department, Richmond, April 17, 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.

Charles B. Moore, of Arkansas, for duty with Brig. Gen. D. McRae's brigade, to rank from February 14, 1863.
W. A. Rayburn, of Mississippi, for duty with Brig. Gen. E. C. Walthall's brigade, to rank from February 12, 1863.

Assistant quartermaster, with the rank of captain.

James J. Villepigue, of South Carolina, for duty with Second South Carolina Regiment, to rank from November 18, 1863.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

Richmond, April 30, 1863.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate the officers on the annexed list to the rank affixed to their names, respectively.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Richmond, April 17, 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:

ASSISTANT ADJUTANTS-GENERAL.

- James W. McConaughey, of Arkansas, to be captain, for duty with Brig. Gen. D. McRae's brigade, February 14, 1863.
- E. T. Sykes, of Mississippi, to be captain, for duty with Brig. Gert. E. C. Walthall, February 12, 1863.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

The messages were severally read.

The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations therein contained; and

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to their appointment, agreeably to their respective nominations by the President.

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Richmond, April 30, 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, April 15, 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:

Brigade quartermasters, with rank of major.

Thomas Shumate, of Virginia, for duty with Brig. Gen. J. D. Imboden's brigade, to rank from January 28, 1863.
John T. Sibley, of South Carolina, for duty with Brig. Gen. S. D. Lee's brigade, to rank from February 1, 1863.
Daniel N. Speer, of Georgia, for duty with Brig. Gen. A. R. Lawton's brigade, to rank from November 28, 1862.
John F. Womack, of Texas, for duty with Brig. Gen. E. Greer's brigade, to rank from November 15, 1862.

Assistant quartermasters, with rank of captain:

James R. Ward, of Virginia, for duty with Sixteenth Virginia Regiment, March 2, 1863.
R. C. Shorter, of Georgia, for duty with Seventeenth Georgia Regiment, March 3, 1863.
E. J. MacGavock, of Tennessee, for duty with Tenth Tennessee Regiment, February 1, 1863.
James E. Blair, of Virginia, for duty with Nineteenth Virginia Regiment, January 1, 1863.
A. D. Abrahams, of Georgia, for duty with Fort-first Georgia Regiment, June 6, 1862.
Samuel Hunter, of Georgia, for duty with Second Georgia Battalion, March 23, 1862.
A. J. Wolf, of Arkansas, for duty with Fourteenth Arkansas Regiment, May 16, 1862.
Hiram R. Lott, of Mississippi, for duty with First Mississippi Regiment Artillery, January 10, 1863.
Fletcher Austin, of Arkansas, for duty with Twenty-seventh Arkansas Regiment, July 14, 1862.
L. D. Holloway, of Kentucky, for duty with Fifth Kentucky Cavalry Regiment March 14, 1863.
B. L. Dyer, of Tennessee, for duty with Thirteenth Tennessee Regiment, June 5, 1862.
E. Scanlan, of Arkansas, for duty with Choctaw Battalion, March 1, 1863.
John H. Gibboney, of Virginia, for duty at Wytheville, Va., March 19, 1863.
E. T. Henry, of Mississippi, for duty at Jackson, Miss., January 26, 1863.
Todd Hall, of Kentucky, for duty with Third Kentucky Battalion Cavalry, November 29, 1862.
W. G. Gray, of Georgia, for duty with First Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, March 1, 1863.
R. L. McCaughrin, of South Carolina, for duty with Fourteenth South Carolina Regiment, March 23, 1863.
W. P. Webb, of North Carolina, for duty with Fifty-fifth North Carolina Regiment, March 10, 1863.
A. F. Flowers, of Texas, for duty with Sixteenth Texas Regiment, March 14, 1863.
C. A. Durham, of North Carolina, for duty with Forty-ninth North Carolina Regiment, March 1, 1863.
W. H. Rhea, of Tennessee, for duty with Second Tennessee Regiment, June 1, 1862.
N. C. MacDuffie, of South Carolina, for duty with Twenty-first South Carolina Regiment, March 21, 1863.
T. D. Kingsbury, of Arkansas, for duty at Arkadelphia, Ark., March 20, 1863.
George Taylor, of Arkansas, for duty at Washington, Ark., March 20, 1863.
J. S. Ives, of North Carolina, for duty with Twelfth North Carolina Battalion, Partisan Rangers, September 30, 1862.
S. R. Proctor, of South Carolina, for duty at Florence, S. C., February 16, 1863.
E. B. Whitfield, of Arkansas, for duty with Eleventh Arkansas Regiment, October 1, 1862.

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E. J. Felder, of South Carolina, for duty with Second South Carolina Regiment Artillery, February 1, 1862.
C. D. Sullivan, of Arkansas, for duty with Second Arkansas Regiment, July 1, 1862.
F. C. Sollee, of Florida, for duty with First Florida Battalion, February 18, 1863.
James Long, of Texas, for duty at Paris, Tex., April 4, 1863.
F. Barksdale, of Mississippi, for duty with Sixteenth Mississippi Regiment, March 16, 1863.
T. R. Franklin, jr., of Texas, for duty with Twenty-sixth Texas Cavalry Regiment, February 1, 1863.
G. G. Westcott, of Virginia, for duty with Carter's Battalion Artillery, March 23, 1863.
R. M. McClellan, of Mississippi, for duty with Jeff. Davis Legion, November 1, 1862.
Z. B. Garrison, of Texas, for duty with Fourteenth Texas Cavalry Regiment, March 16, 1863.
W. Matheson, of Arkansas, for duty with Seventeenth Arkansas Regiment, January 1, 1863.
J. B. Briggs, of Tennessee, for duty with Fourth Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, February 19, 1863.
F. Siebert, of Texas, for duty with Third Texas Regiment, January 18, 1863.
Archibald Hughes, of Tennessee, for duty with Forty-first Tennessee Regiment, November 1, 1862.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

The message was read.

On motion by Mr. Wigfall,

Ordered, That the nomination of T. R. Franklin, jr., lie on the table.

The Senate proceeded to consider the residue of the nominations contained in the message; and

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

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

Richmond, April 30, 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, April 27, 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:

Artillery officers, under act approved April 21, 1862.

George W. Anderson, of Georgia, to be major of artillery, ordered to report to General Beauregard, April 22, 1863.
R. E. Graves, of Tennessee, to be major of artillery, ordered to report to Gen. J. C. Breckinridge, March 29, 1863.
F. H. Robertson, of Texas, to be major of artillery, ordered to report to Gen. B. Bragg, April 23, 1863.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

The message was read.

Ordered, That the nomination of F. H. Robertson be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of George W. Anderson and R. E. Graves, to be majors of artillery; and

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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:

Richmond, Va., April 30, 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, Va., April 29, 1863.

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

Brigade commissaries, with the rank of major.

William J. Sykes, of Tennessee, for duty with Gen. W. B. Bate's brigade, to rank from October 14, 1862.
David A. Jones, of Virginia, for duty with Gen. J. R. Jones' brigade, to rank from October 14, 1862.
L. H. Oliver, of Arkansas, for duty with Gert. J. E. Rains' (late) brigade, to rank from October 14, 1862.
G. V. Rambaut, jr., of Virginia, for duty with Gem N. B. Forrest's brigade, to rank from October 14, 1862.
H. C. Wood, of Alabama, for duty with Gen. S. A. M. Wood's brigade, to rank from October 14, 1862.
L. Ellenburg, of Arkansas, for duty with Gen. St. J. R. Liddell's brigade, to rank from October 14, 1862.
H. Evans, of Kentucky, for duty with Gen. Tom. Taylor's brigade, to rank from October 31, 1862.
A. J. Dade, of Virginia, for duty with Gen. W. H. F. Lee's brigade, to rank from October 30, 1862.
H. H. Haynie, of Texas, for duty with Gen. W. R. Scurry's brigade, to rank from October 14, 1862.
C. R. Railey, of Louisiana, for duty with Gen. D. W. Adams' brigade, to rank from October 14, 1862.
W. J. McMahon, of Tennessee, for duty with Gen. J. C. Vaughn's brigade, to rank from November 5, 1862.
S. H. King, of Mississippi, for duty with Gen. P. Smith's brigade, to rank from October 27, 1862.
T. P. Weakley, of Texas, for duty with Col. F. M. Walker, commanding brigade, to rank from October 14, 1862.
S. R. Harrison, of Mississippi, for duty with Gen. J. R. Davis' brigade, to rank from November 1, 1862.
J. S. Hayes, of Virginia, for duty with Gen. J. R. Cooke's brigade, to rank from November 9, 1862.
J. B. Morgan, of Georgia, for duty with Gen. A. H. Colquitt's brigade, to rank from November 11, 1862.
T. S. Barton, of Virginia, for duty with Gen. H. Heth's brigade, to rank from October 27, 1862.
W. B. Warwick, of Virginia, for duty with Gen. Fitz. Lee's brigade, to rank from November 8, 1862.
A. R. H. Ranson, of Virginia, for duty with Gen. J. Pegram's brigade, to rank from November 19, 1862.
J. H. F. Mayo, of Virginia, for duty with Gen. A. Cumming's brigade, to rank from November 3, 1862.
J. G. Connelley, of Arkansas, for duty with Gen. J. F. Fagan's brigade, to rank from November 5, 1862.
R. S. Gage, of North Carolina, for duty with Gen. T. L. Clingman's brigade, to rank from November 27, 1862.
H. B. Whitfield, of Mississippi, for duty with Gen. W. E. Baldwin's brigade, to rank from November 12, 1862.
S. H. Mulherrin, of Arkansas, for duty with Gen. E. McNair's brigade, to rank from November 1, 1862.
R. C. Williams, of Florida, for duty with Gen. W. G. M. Davis' brigade, to rank from November 11, 1862.

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J. G. Richardson, of Alabama, for duty with Gen. F. T. Nicholls' brigade, to rank from October 14, 1862.
Aug. J. Byrd, of Texas, for duty with Col. W. H. Parsons, commanding brigade, to rank from October 14, 1862.
B. G. Thomas, of Kentucky, for duty with Gen. A. Buford's brigade, to rank from December 11, 1862.
R. H. Simmons, of Texas, for duty with Gen. J. A. Wharton's brigade, to rank from November 18, 1862.
W. P. Elliott, of Kentucky, for duty with Gert. J. H. Morgan's brigade, to rank from October 14, 1862.
B. F. Evans, of South Carolina, for duty with Gen. M Gregg's brigade, to rank from December 5, 1862.
W. P. Hollingsworth, of Alabama, for duty with General Tracy's brigade, to rank from November 3, 1862.
John E. Bacon, of Florida, for duty with Gen. W. S. Walker's brigade, to rank from December 17, 1862.
G. B. Dyer, of South Carolina, for duty with Gen. S. D. Lee's brigade, to rank from November 29, 1862.
S. Simons, of South Carolina, for duty with Gen. J. H. Trapier's brigade, to rank from December 4, 1862.
I. H. Earle, of Texas, for duty with Gen. H. E. McCulloch's brigade, to rank from December 13, 1862.
W. A. Shephard, of Virginia, for duty with Gen. R. A. Pryor's brigade, to rank from December 30, 1862.
J. K. P. Campbell, of Arkansas, for duty with General Churchill's brigade, to rank from December 2, 1862.
C. D. Brown, of Alabama, for duty with Gen. A. Gracie's brigade, to rank from December 14, 1862.
J. A. Johnston, of Virginia, for duty with Gen. R. B. Garnett's brigade, to rank from December 1, 1862.
J. Hockenhull, of Georgia, for duty with Gen. G. T. Anderson's brigade, to rank from October 14, 1862.
J. S. Mouton, of Louisiana, for duty with Gen. A. Mouton's brigade, to rank from October 14, 1862.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

Richmond, April 30, 1863.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate the officers on the annexed list to the ranks affixed to their names, respectively.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

War Department, Richmond, April 23, 1863.

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.

- E. H. Cummins, of Virginia, for duty with Maj. Gen. D. H. Maury, to rank from November 4, 1862.
- D. W. Flowerree, of Virginia, for duty with Maj. Gen. D. H. Maury, to rank from November 4, 1862.
- G. B. Cooke, of Virginia, for duty with Maj. Gen. Samuel Jones, to rank from December 9, 1862.
- Samuel Hale, of Virginia, for duty with Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early, to rank from January 21, 1863.
- E. S. Binford, of Georgia, for duty with Maj. Gen. Jos. Wheeler, to rank from January 1, 1863.
- W. F. Mastin, of Kentucky, for duty with Maj. Gen. S. B. Buckner, to rank from January 26, 1863.
- J. K. Dixon, of Arkansas, for duty with Maj. Gen. P. R. Cleburne, to rank from January 25, 1863.
- C. Benham, of Arkansas, for duty with Maj. Gen. P. R. Cleburne, to rank from December 13, 1862.

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- J. A. Engelhard, of North Carolina, for duty with Gert. W. D. Pender's brigade, to rank from December 29, 1862.
- H. P. Pratt, of Tennessee, for duty with Lieut. Gen. E. K. Smith, to rank from October 14, 1862.
- H. W. Hand, of Arkansas, for duty with Gen. A. Rust's brigade, to rank from January 5, 1863.
- J. L. Sandford, of Kentucky, for duty with Gen. H. Marshall's brigade, to rank from December 27, 1862.
- T. J. Portis, of Alabama, for duty with Gen. J. Adams' brigade, to rank from January 11, 1863.
- R. M. Sims, of North Carolina, for duty with Gen. M. Jenkins' brigade, to rank from January 1, 1863.
- W. C. Yancey, of Tennessee, for duty with Gen. W. B. Bate's brigade, to rank from November 17, 1862.
- Charles S. West, of Virginia, for duty with Maj. Gen. J. B. Magruder, to rank from December 26, 1862.
- A. Tappan, of Arkansas, for duty with Gen. J. C. Tappan's brigade, to rank from January 26, 1863.
- G. B. Johnston, of North Carolina, for duty with Gen. J. H. Lane's brigade, to rank from January 19, 1863.
- W. B. Pittman, of Missouri, for duty with Gen. M. E. Green's brigade, to rank from January 25, 1863.
- L. Trousdale, of Tennessee, for duty with Gen. M. J. Wright's brigade, to rank from January 20, 1863.
- G. Moorman, of Tennessee, for duty with Gen. W H. Jackson's brigade, to rank from January 6, 1863.
- J. N. Galleher, of Kentucky, for duty with Maj. Gen. S. B. Buckner, to rank from January 26, 1863.
- R. A. Hatcher, of Tennessee, for duty with Gen. A. P. Stewart's brigade, to rank from February 3, 1863.
- T. B. Sykes, of Kentucky, for duty with Gen. L. Tilghman's brigade, to rank from January 8, 1863.
- P. Haxall, of Virginia, for duty with Gen. B. H. Robertson's brigade, to rank from January 25, 1863.
- W. T. Watson, of Arkansas, for duty with Gen. F. C. Armstrong's brigade, to rank from January 23, 1863.
- E. F. Travis, of Alabama, for duty with Gen. Z. C. Deas' brigade, to rank from January 11, 1863.
- W. A. King, of Arkansas, for duty with Gen. L. E. Polk's brigade, to rank from December 16, 1862.
- E. H. Barnwell, of Florida, for duty with Gen. W. S. Walker's brigade, to rank from February 3, 1863.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

Confederate States of America, War Department,
Richmond, April 27, 1863.

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.

- John W. Daniel, of Virginia, for duty with Maj. Gen. J. A. Early, to rank from March 24, 1863.
- Jos. Vaulx, jr., of Tennessee, for duty with Maj. Gen. B. F. Cheatham, to rank from October 14, 1862.
- F. B. Berkeley, of Virginia, for duty with Brig. Gen. J. D. Imboden, to rank from January 28, 1863.
- R. A. Chambers, of Alabama, for duty with Brig. Gem James Cantey, to rank from February 28, 1863.
- R. A. Hatcher, of Tennessee, for duty with Brig. Gen. A. P. Stewart, to rank from January 23, 1863.
- H. M. Pollard, of Missouri, for duty with Brig. Gen. M. E. Green, to rank from October 20, 1862.
- T. W. Hunt, of Georgia, for duty with Lieut. Gen. W. J. Hardee, to rank from December 31, 1862.
- S. Winthrop, of England, ordered to report to Gen. R. E. Lee, to rank from March 28, 1863.
- B. E. Benton, of Texas, for duty with Brig. Gen. H. E. McCulloch, to rank from January 1, 1863.
- Thomas W. Hall, of Texas, for duty with Brig. Gen. J. Gregg, to rank from February 27, 1863.
- S. A. Willson, of Texas, for duty with Brig. Gen. E. Greer, to rank from April 1, 1863.
- R. J. Benton, of Virginia for duty with Brig. Gen. E. F. Paxton, to rank from March 28, 1863.
- S. J. Benning, of Georgia, for duty with Brig. Gen. H. L. Benning, to rank from January 17, 1863.
- H. J. Cheney, of Tennessee, for duty with Brig. Gen. J. C. Brown, to rank from October 14, 1862.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

Richmond, April 30, 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 ranks affixed to their names, respectively.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

War Department, Richmond, April 29, 1863.

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

COMMANDANTS OF CAMPS OF INSTRUCTION AND ENROLLING OFFICERS, UNDER ACT APPROVED OCTOBER 8, 1862.

- Charles S. Hardee, of Georgia, for duty as commandant of camp of instruction, Decatur, Ga., to rank from October 16, 1862.
- William C. Price, of Missouri, for duty in establishing camp of instruction, Missouri line, to rank from December 3, 1862.
- C. D. Melton, of South Carolina, for duty as enrolling officer, State of South Carolina.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

Richmond, April 30, 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, April 16, 1863.

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

Brigade commissaries, with the rank of major.

John Waddell, of Missouri, for duty with Brig. Gen. D.M. Frost's brigade, to rank from November 1, 1862.
E. W. Halliday, of Mississippi, for duty with Brig. Gen. L. Tilghman's brigade, to rank from October 14, 1862.

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W. M. Lock, of Virginia, for duty with Brig. Gen. J. D. Imboden's brigade, to rank from January 28, 1863.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency the President.

Richmond, April 30, 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 28, 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:

Brigade commissaries, with the rank of major.

A. H. Willie, of Texas, for duty with Brig. Gen. John Gregg's brigade, January 25, 1863.
J. C. Griffis, of Georgia, for duty with Brig. Gen. W. T. Wofford's brigade, February 17, 1863.
F. Henderson, of Tennessee, for duty with Brig. Gen. A. E. Jackson's brigade, February 9, 1863.
T. A. Hamilton, of Tennessee. for duty with Brig. Gen. J. B. Robertson's brigade, February 1, 1863.
R. H. Downman, of Virginia, for duty with Brig. Gen. B. H. Robertson's brigade, January 25, 1863.
H. H. Chalmers, of Mississippi, for duty with Brig. Gen. J. R. Chalmers' brigade, January 31, 1863.
A. N. Auguste, of Arkansas. for duty with Brig. Gen. J. C. Tappan's brigade, February 6, 1863.
A. B. Wardlaw, of South Carolina, for duty with Brig. Gen. S. McGowan's brigade, February 10, 1863.
James D. Maney, of Tennessee, for duty with Brig. Gen. George Maney's brigade, October 14, 1862.
W. S. Ballard, of Georgia, for duty with the late Brigadier-General Toombs' brigade, March 6, 1863.
H. A. Higley, of Tennessee. for duty with Brig. Gen. W. W. Mackall's brigade, February 2, 1863.
Taz. Thompson, of Virginia, for duty with Brig. Gen. J. S. Williams' brigade, February 22, 1863.
W. G. Merrick, of Missouri for duty with the late Brig. Gen. H. Little's brigade, October 14, 1862.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

Richmond, April 30, 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, April 30, 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:

Assistant commissaries, with the rank of captain.

John Q. St. Clair, of Texas, for duty at Tyler, Tex., January 1, 1863.
George G. Gregg, of Texas, for duty at Marshall. Tex., April 1, 1863.
G. S. Cecil, of Tennessee, for duty at Jonesboro, Tenn., March 18, 1863.
C. P. King, of Arkansas, for duty at Arkadelphia, Ark. (in charge of salt works), October 14, 1862.

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R. T. Cook, of Arkansas, for duty at Arkadelphia, Ark., October 14, 1862,
C. N. Roberts, of Arkansas, for duty at Little Rock, Ark., October 14, 1862.
J. T. Fisher, of Arkansas for duty at Jacksonport, Ark., October 14, 1862.
A. M. Ward, of Arkansas, for duty at Clarksville, Ark., October 14, 1862.
A. J. Smith, of Tennessee, for duty at Knoxville, Tenn. (obtaining hospital supplies), March 18, 1863.
John H. Nelson, of Mississippi, for duty at Vicksburg, Miss., February 10, 1863.
William E. De Mill, of North Carolina, for duty at Greenville, N. C., April 13, 1863.
S. D. Stockman, of Tennessee. for duty at Tullahoma, Tenn., October 14, 1862.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

The messages were severally read.

The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations therein contained; and

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

Mr. Wigfall, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the nomination of M. M. Parsons, to be brigadier-general, reported, with the recommendation that said nomination be confirmed.

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

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

Mr. Wigfall, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the nomination of M. L. Smith, to be major-general, reported, with the recommendation that said nomination be confirmed.

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

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

Mr. Oldham, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred the nomination of E. M. Burton, to be postmaster at Montgomery, Ala., reported the same.

The Senate proceeded to consider said nomination; and

On motion by Mr. Clay,

Ordered, That the nomination of E. M. Burton for postmaster at Montgomery. Ala., be continued until the next session of Congress for the further consideration of the Senate.

On motion by Mr. Oldham,

Ordered, That the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads be discharged from the further consideration of the message of the President of the 25th instant, announcing the removal of certain postmasters.

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

Richmond, April 30, 1863.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate the officers on the annexed list to the ranks affixed to their names, respectively.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

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War Department, Richmond, April 17, 1863.

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

Brigade commissaries, with the rank of major.

James R. Upshaw, of Arkansas, for duty with Brig. Gen. D. McRae's brigade, to rank from February 14, 1863.
John A. Hooper, of Mississippi, for duty with Brig. Gen. E. C. Walthall's brigade, to rank from February 12, 1863.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

Richmond, April 30, 1863.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Col. A. M. Manigault, of South Carolina, for promotion, as brigadier-general in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States. to rank from April 26, 1863.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

War Department, Richmond, April 27, 1863;

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

Brigadier-general.

Col. A. M. Manigault, of South Carolina, to be brigadier-general, to command the Fourth Brigade, Withers' division, to rank from April 26, 1863.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

Richmond, April 30, 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, April --, 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.

William Barnewall, jr., of Tennessee, for duty with Brig. Gen. W. W. Mackall's brigade, to rank from February 2. 1863.
H. Carrington Watkins. of Virginia, for duty with Wise's brigade, to rank from February 23, 1863.

Assistant quartermasters, with the rank of captain.

Thomas B. Gowan, of Georgia, for duty with the Fifth Georgia Cavalry Regiment, to rank from February 15. 1863.
R. M. Gaines, jr., of --, for duty with Maj. C. E. Carr, to take rank from March 2, 1863.
W. P. Watts, of Alabama, for duty with the Twenty-ninth Alabama Regiment, to tank from February 10, 1863.
George J. Rogers, of Virginia, for duty with the Forty-first Virginia Regiment, to rank from February 1, 1863.
J. G. Parish, of Virginia. for duty with the Forty-ninth Virginia Regiment, to rank from March 5, 1863.
Ira J. McGinnis, of Virginia, for duty with the Thirty-fourth Virginia Cavalry Battalion, to rank from March 1, 1863.

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Charles J. Campbell, of Tennessee, for duty with the Fourth Tennessee Regiment, to rank from January 22, 1863.
S. F. Pennington, of Louisiana, for duty with the Seventeenth Louisiana Regiment, to rank from February 13, 1863.
Robert A. Tilden, of Virginia, for duty with the Sixty-second Virginia Regiment, to rank from February 26, 1863.
Ignatius W. Dorsey, of Maryland, for duty with the First Maryland Cavalry Battalion, to rank from February 26. 1863.
Pryor Reynolds, of North Carolina, for duty with the Forty-sixth North Carolina Regiment, to rank from February 28, 1863.
Henry A. Newman, of Georgia, for duty with the Forty-third Georgia Regiment, to rank from February 6, 1863.
W. N. Norwood, of Texas, for duty with the Fifth Texas Regiment, to rank from January 1, 1863.
William G. Thomas, of Texas. for duty at camp of instruction, Tyler, Tex., to rank from January 9, 1863.
George Center, of Florida, for duty with the Second Florida Cavalry Regiment, to rank from February 22, 1863.
H. K. Cochran, of Virginia, for duty with the Fourteenth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, to rank from February 24, 1863.
A. B. Redding, of Georgia, for duty with the Thirty-first Georgia Regiment, to rank from February 20, 1863.
J. G. Blount, of North Carolina, for duty at Fort St. Philip, N. C., to rank from March 19, 1863.
Thomas M. Folkes, of Mississippi, for duty with the Forty-eighth Mississippi Regiment, to rank from February 25, 1863.
Thomas H. Bostick, of Tennessee, for duty with the Thirty-fourth Tennessee Regiment, to rank from February 26. 1863.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

His Excellency the President.

The messages were severally read.

The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations contained therein; and

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

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

Richmond, Va., April 30, 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, April 24, 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.

George P. Collins, of North Carolina, for duty with Brigadier-General Pettigrew's brigade, to rank from October 14, 1862.
E. W. Baylor, of Kentucky, for duty with Brig. Gen. J. K. Duncan's brigade, to rank from October 14, 1862.
R. W. Sanders, of Louisiana, for duty with Brig. Gen. A. Mouton's brigade, to rank from October 14, 1862.
Edward P. Tyree, of Tennessee, for duty with Brig. Gen. W. B. Bate's brigade, to rank from October 14, 1862.
James Bruce, of Virginia, for duty with Brig. Gen. J. R. Jones' brigade, to rank from October 14, 1862.
Joseph H. Finks, of Missouri, for duty with Brig. Gen. D. M. Frost's brigade to rank from October 15, 1862.

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D. H. Wood, of Virginia, to report for duty to Quartermaster-General as Chief of Transportation at Richmond, to rank from October 14. 1862.
Martin Walt, of Virginia, for duty with Brig. Gen. S. A. M. Wood's brigade, to rank from October 14, 1862.
A. L. Landis, of Tennessee, for duty with Brigadier-General Liddell's brigade, to rank from October 14, 1862.
Charles Waite, of Virginia, for duty with Brig. Gen. W. H. F. Lee's brigade, to rank from October 30, 1862.
John T. Roberts, of Louisiana, for duty with Brig. Gen. Tom Taylor's brigade, to rank from October 14, 1862.
E. H. Ezell, of Georgia, for duty with Brigadier-General Leadbetter's brigade, to rank from October 14, 1862.
W. H. Scruggs, of Alabama, for duty with Brig. Gen. E. M. Law's brigade, to rank from November 1, 1862.
H. Hammond, of South Carolina, for duty with Brigadier-General Gregg's (now McGowan's) brigade, to rank from October 14, 1862.
M. H. Stephens, of Tennessee, for duty with Brigadier-General Vaughn's brigade, to rank from November 5, 1862.
E. A. Beecher, of Tennessee, for duty with Brig. Gen. P. Smith's brigade, to rank from October 28, 1862.
James S. Reid, of Mississippi, for duty with Brig. Gen. J. R. Davis' brigade, to rank from November 1, 1862.
R. N. Ely, of Georgia, for duty with Brigadier-General Colquitt's brigade, to rank from November 11, 1862.
G. W. Crane, of Virginia, for duty with Brigadier-General Heth's brigade, to rank from October 27, 1862.
W. M. Stone, of Virginia, for duty with Brig. Gen. J. G. Walker's brigade, to rank from November 11, 1862.
J. B. Ford, of Arkansas, for duty with Brig. Gen. D. McRae's brigade, to rank from October 14, 1862.
Thomas C. Clarke, of Alabama, for duty with Col. A. W. Reynolds' brigade, to rank from November 10, 1862.
Simeon Hart, of Texas, to report for duty to Quartermaster-General, to rank from November 14, 1862.
T. Hawkins, of Arkansas, for duty with Brigadier-General Cleburne's brigade, to rank from October 14, 1862.
E. L. Stainback, of Virginia, for duty with Brigadier-General Pegram's brigade, to rank from November 19, 1862.
J. D. Thomas, of Arkansas, for duty with Brig. Gen. L. M. Walker's brigade, to rank from October 14, 1862.
J. R. Braithwaite, of Virginia, for duty with Brigadier-General Paxton's brigade, to rank from October 14, 1862.
J. L. Hubard, of Virginia, for duty with Brig. Gen. B. H. Robertson's brigade, to rank from November 22, 1862.
G. R. R. Dunn, of Virginia, for duty with Colonel McCausland, commanding brigade, to rank from November 14, 1862.
Wiley B. Ector, of Texas, for duty with Brigadier-General Ector's brigade, to rank from November 4, 1862.
John C. Maynard, of Virginia, for duty with Col. J. C. Shields, commanding conscripts, to rank December 12, 1862.
B. T. Duval, of Arkansas, for duty with Brigadier-General Fagan's brigade, to rank from November 5, 1862.
J. Vernoy, of Georgia, for duty with Brigadier-General Trimble's (late) brigade, to rank from November 22, 1862.
W. H. Elstner, of Arkansas, for duty with Brig. Gen. E. McNair's brigade, to rank from November 1, 1862.
W. E. Gibbs, of Arkansas, for duty with Colonel Shaver, commanding brigade, to rank from October 15, 1862.
Robert S. Morris, of Tennessee, for duty with Second Brigade, Second Division, Army of the West, to rank from October 15, 1862.
A. G. Scott, of Mississippi, for duty with Brig. Gen. W. E. Baldwin's brigade, to rank from October 28, 1862.
W. M. Cargill, of Kentucky, for duty with Col. A. P. Thompson, commanding brigade, to rank from December 1, 1862.
Robert R. Wood, of Tennessee, for duty with late Brig. Gen. J. E. Rains' brigade, to rank from November 21, 1862.
C. H. Westfelt, of Alabama, for duty with Brigadier-General Gracie's brigade, to rank from November 15, 1862.

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W. G. Clemons, of Georgia, for duty with Brig. Gen. A. Cumming's brigade, to rank from November 18, 1862.
Benjamin A. Botts, of Texas, for duty with Brig. Gen. J. A. Wharton's brigade, to rank from November 18, 1862.
A. L. Land, of Virginia, for duty with Brigadier-General Mahone's brigade, to rank from November 25, 1862.
F. J. Percher, of South Carolina, for duty with Brig. Gen. W. S. Walker's brigade, to rank from November 25, 1862.
H. K. Daniel, of Georgia, for duty with Brig. Gen. George Doles' brigade, to rank from December 1, 1862.
J. W. Spratley, of Louisiana, for duty with Brig. Gen. F. Gardner's brigade, to rank from October 15, 1862.
John D. Keiley, jr., of Virginia, for duty with Brigadier-General Pryor's brigade, to rank from December 30, 1862.
R. H. Turner, of Virginia, for duty with Brig. Gen. M. D. Corse's brigade, to rank from December 17, 1862.
Clay Drewry, of Virginia, for duty with Brig. Gen. R. Ransom's brigade, to rank from December 31, 1862.
A. M. Bryan, of Georgia, for duty with Brig. Gen. J. K. Jackson's brigade, to rank from December 10, 1862.
A. M. Erwin, of North Carolina, for duty with Brigadier-General Clingman's brigade, to rank from December 7, 1862.
J. E. McElrath, of Alabama, for duty with Brig. Gen. E. D. Tracy's brigade, to rank from December 11, 1862.
W. B. Jolly, of Tennessee, for duty with Brig. Gen. A. P. Stewart's brigade, to rank from October 14, 1862.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency the President.

The message was read.

The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of B. T. Duval, to be quartermaster, with the, rank of major; and

Resolved, That the Senate do not advise and consent to his appointment.

The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the residue of the nominations contained in the message; and

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

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

Richmond, April 30, 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, April 30, 1863.

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

Assistant quartermasters, with the rank of captain.

T. G. Pollock, of Louisiana, for duty with Gen. Robert E. Lee, to rank October 14, 1862.
F. F. Montgomery, of Louisiana, for duty with Fourteenth Louisiana Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
William D. Wood, of Kentucky, for duty with Second Kentucky Cavalry Battalion, to rank October 14, 1862.
Thomas H. Skidmore, of Texas, for duty with Ninth Texas Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
Jos. S. Thompson, of Mississippi, for duty with Twenty-third Mississippi Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.

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John Eells, of Virginia, for duty with Fifth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
W. B. Ragland, of Arkansas, for duty with Twenty-fourth Arkansas Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
J. H. Jones, of South Carolina, for duty with Nineteenth South Carolina Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
William Mauldin, of South Carolina, for duty with Hampton Legion, to rank October 14, 1862.
Henry R. Fort, of Georgia, for duty with Third Georgia Cavalry Battalion, to rank October 14, 1862.
John E. C. Hedrick, of Louisiana, for duty with Thirteenth Louisiana Battalion, to rank October 14, 1862.
Thomas H. Lake, of Alabama, for duty with Fortieth Alabama Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
George Weightman, of Louisiana, for duty with Twenty-ninth Louisiana Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
R. P. Bessent, of North Carolina. for duty with Forty-second North Carolina Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
George E. Cockran, of North Carolina, for duty with Sixty-third North Carolina Regiment, to rank October 18, 1862.
John Abney, of Texas, for duty with Thirtieth Texas Cavalry Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
James B. Stafford, of North Carolina, for duty with Forty-third North Carolina Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
John W. Barclay, of Missouri, for duty with First Missouri Cavalry Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
D. H. Lewellyn, of Kentucky, for duty with Second Kentucky Cavalry Regiment, Partisan Rangers, to rank October 14, 1862.
R. R. Wood, of Georgia, for duty with Forty-second Georgia Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
Theodore Carter, of Tennessee, for duty with Twentieth Tennessee Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
J. T. Smith, of Mississippi, for duty with Ninth Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank October 14, 1862.
A. R. Carmichael, of Alabama, for duty with Thirteenth Alabama Battalion, to rank October 14, 1862.
Daniel N. Speer, of Georgia, for duty with Sixtieth Georgia Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
R. A. Terrell, of Texas, for duty with Twelfth Texas Cavalry Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
James F. Forbes, of Virginia, for duty with Ninth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, to rank October 24, 1862.
W. S. Phillips, of Kentucky, for duty with Fourth Kentucky Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
J. W. Perrin, of South Carolina, for duty with First South Carolina Rifle Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
B. F. Herr, of Missouri, for duty with Sixth Missouri Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
Eli J. Shelton, of Texas, for duty with Burnett's (Texas) Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank October 14, 1862.
W. C. Scott, of Virginia, for duty with Lieutenant-Colonel Walker. commanding artillery, Maj. Gen. A. P. Hill's division, to rank October 14, 1862.
E. D. Frost, of South Carolina, for duty with Fifteenth South Carolina Battalion Artillery, to rank October 14, 1862.
L. W. Trafton, of Kentucky, for duty with Tenth Kentucky Regiment, Partisan Rangers, to rank November 1, 1862.
Jesse M. Powers, of Georgia, for duty with Eighteenth Georgia Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
J. L. McManus, of Mississippi, for duty at camp of instruction. Brookhaven, Miss., to rank October 14, 1862.
W. A. Patton, of North Carolina, for duty with Sixtieth North Carolina Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
John P. Dickinson, of Alabama, for duty with Fifty-third Alabama Regiment, Partisan Rangers, to rank November 5, 1862.
B. F. Burton, of Georgia, for duty with Fifty-ninth Georgia Regiment, to rank November 5, 1862.
W. S. Sharpe, of South Carolina, for duty with Second South Carolina Rifle Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.

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J. T. Scott, of Alabama, for duty with Forty-fifth Alabama Regiment, to rank October 16, 1862.
Robert W. Lamb, of North Carolina, for duty with Thirty-sixth North Carolina Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
R. C. Snead, of Alabama, for duty with Fourteenth Alabama Battalion, to rank October 31, 1862.
A. C. Herndon, of Louisiana, for duty with First Louisiana Cavalry Regiment, to rank October 28, 1862.
Robert P. Crockett, of Tennessee, for duty with Eighteenth Tennessee Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
J. I. Middleton, of South Carolina, for duty with Fifteenth South Carolina Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
James C. Wooten, of Tennessee, for duty with Forty-eighth Tennessee Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
Samuel Stradley, of South Carolina, for duty with Sixteenth South Carolina Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
Samuel E. Norton, of Alabama, for duty with First Alabama Cavalry Regiment, to rank November 14, 1862.
Joel Shrewsbury, of Virginia, for duty with Fifty-ninth Virginia Regiment, to rank November 1, 1862.
J. A. Howell, of Tennessee, for duty with Twenty-sixth Tennessee Regiment, to rank October 15, 1862.
J. S. Panchen, of Georgia, for duty with Third Georgia Battalion, to rank November 7, 1862.
Alfred H. Belo, of North Carolina, for duty with Fifty-fifth North Carolina Regiment, to rank November 1. 1862.
H. U. McKinney, of Kentucky, for duty with Eighth Kentucky Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
E. S. Hoskins, of Mississippi, for duty with Thirty-eighth Mississippi Regiment, to rank October 14. 1862.
William M. Dunn, of Virginia, for duty with Thirty-sixth Virginia Regiment, to rank November 12, 1862.
Benjamin S. Hacker, of Missouri, for duty with First Missouri Regiment, to rank October 26, 1862.
John F. Hodges, of South Carolina, for duty with Holcombe Legion, to rank October 16, 1862.
Isaac A. Read, of Louisiana, for duty with Sixth Louisiana Regiment, to rank November 18, 1862.
William Davidson, of Virginia, for duty with First Virginia Cavalry Regiment, to rank November 20, 1862.
F. M. Ironmonger, of Virginia, for duty with Sixteenth Virginia Regiment, to rank November 6, 1862.
W. F. Moore, of Virginia, for duty with Fifty-first Virginia Regiment, to rank November 1, 1862.
W. J. Vankirk, of Missouri, for duty with Fifth Missouri Cavalry Battalion, to rank November 1, 1862.
Joseph J. Cox, of North Carolina, for duty with Thirty-first North Carolina Regiment, to rank October 16, 1862.
William L. Cherry, of North Carolina, for duty with Forty-fourth North Carolina Regiment, to rank November 27. 1862.
George T. Atkins, of Kentucky, for duty with Fourth Kentucky Cavalry Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
Troup Butler, of Georgia, for duty at camp of instruction, Decatur, Ga., to rank November 21, 1862.
L. L. Persons, of Georgia, for duty with Fifty-fifth Georgia Regiment, to rank November 16, 1862.
E. L. Hord, of Tennessee, for duty with Twelfth Tennessee Battalion, Partisan Rangers, to rank October 14, 1862.
George Allen, of Tennessee. for duty with Third Tennessee Regiment, to rank November 14, 1862.
P. W. Shearer, of Mississippi, for duty with Forty-fifth Mississippi Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
E. M. Ware, of Virginia, for duty with Fifth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
William K. Moore, of Georgia, for duty with Twenty-third Georgia Battalion, to rank November 21, 1862.
J. L. Anderson, of Tennessee, for duty at camp of instruction, Knoxville, Tenn., to rank December 1, 1862.

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O. G. Ginley, of Arkansas, for duty with Fifth Confederate Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
H. Cleveland, of Georgia, for duty with Fifty-seventh Georgia Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
Thomas Berry, of Alabama, for duty with Thirty-first Alabama Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
William H. Miller, of Virginia, for duty with Twenty-seventh Virginia Battalion, to rank December 2, 1862.
John Wood, of Louisiana, for duty with Washington Artillery Battalion, to rank December 1, 1862.
A. Stephens, of Alabama, for duty with Sixteenth Alabama Battalion. to rank October 14, 1862.
Fred. Read, of Virginia, for duty with Twenty-sixth Virginia Battalion, to rank November 12, 1862.
A. G. Shephard, of Alabama, for duty with Thirty-eighth Alabama Regiment, to rank November 18, 1862.
Job M. Morgan, of Tennessee, for duty with Twenty-eighth Tennessee Regiment, to rank November 12, 1862.
James W. Lawson, of South Carolina, for duty with Third South Carolina Cavalry Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
John T. Purvis, of Louisiana, for duty with First Louisiana Artillery Regiment, to rank November 17, 1862.
John A. Harrick, of Arkansas, for duty with Twenty-fifth Arkansas Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
T. J. Tunstall, of North Carolina, for duty with Forty-first North Carolina Regiment, to rank November 19, 1862.
Floyd Ford, of Arkansas, for duty with Tenth Arkansas Regiment, to rank October 29, 1862.
J. R. McDonald, of Texas, for duty with Tenth Texas Regiment, to rank October 21, 1862.
S. S. Semmes, of Louisiana, for duty with First Louisiana Regiment, to rank December 1, 1862.
A. L. Steele, of Texas, for duty with Eighth Texas Cavalry Regiment, to rank November 18, 1862.
J. E. Rogers, of Mississippi, for duty with First Mississippi Regiment, Partisan Rangers, to rank October 14, 1862.
E. J. Dawson, of Georgia, for duty with Twenty-second Georgia Battalion, to rank November 28, 1862.
T. W. Neely, of South Carolina, for duty with Colonel Anderson, commanding river batteries, to rank December 2, 1862.
James Hamilton, of Mississippi, for duty with Fourteenth Mississippi Regiment, to rank November 1, 1862.
H. W. McElives, of Tennessee, for duty with Sixteenth Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, to rank November 1, 1862.
T. Towson Smith, of Virginia, for duty with Eighth Virginia Regiment, to rank December 2, 1862.
J. H. Beck, of Texas, for duty with Fifth Texas Cavalry Regiment. to rank November 11, 1862.
George S. Seton, of Florida, for duty with Third Florida Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
John Gatlin, of North Carolina, for duty with Fifty-second North Carolina Regiment, to rank December 1, 1862.
John D. Flautt, of Tennessee, for duty with Third Tennessee Regiment, to rank October 21, 1862.
C. A. Duncan, of Kentucky, for duty with Third Kentucky Regiment, to rank November 20, 1862.
R. W. Adams, of Georgia, for duty with Forty-second Georgia Regiment. to rank November 26, 1862.
S. F. Grisamore, of Louisiana, for duty with Eighteenth Louisiana Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
Edward Hopkins, of Georgia, for duty with First Georgia Regiment, to rank October 24, 1862.
D. Carmichael, of Alabama, for duty with First Alabama Regiment, to rank October 26, 1862.
Lewis Hyer, of Florida, for duty with First Florida Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
George W. Davis, of Virginia, for duty with Thirty-second Virginia Battalion, to rank December 7, 1862.

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William A. Carter, of Virginia, for duty with Forty-eighth Virginia Regiment, to rank December 27, 1862.
James M. Chancellor, of Virginia, for duty with Ninth Virginia Battalion, to rank December 28, 1862.
J. A. Welch, of Virginia, for duty with Thirteenth Virginia Battalion, to rank December 12, 1862.
Thomas A. Hestor, of Texas, for duty with Whitfield's (Texas) Legion, to rank October 14, 1862.
Porter Bibb, jr., of Alabama, for duty with Fourth Confederate Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
John B. Nelson, of North Carolina, for duty with Sixty-fourth North Carolina Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
John C. Eastons, of Texas, for duty with Twenty-second Texas Cavalry Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
George M. Jones, of Missouri, for duty with Third Missouri Cavalry Regiment, to rank November 13, 1862.
James Rogers, of North Carolina. for duty with Thirty-fifth North Carolina Regiment, to rank December 1, 1862.
J. Bartholomew, of Arkansas. for duty with Third Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, to rank December 6, 1862.
William C. Ford, of Missouri for duty with Second Missouri Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
T. R. Trammell, of Georgia, for duty with Eleventh Georgia Regiment, to rank November 17, 1862.
Omar H. Paull, of Georgia, for duty with Tenth Confederate Regiment, to rank December 13, 1862.
R. S. Ashby, of Virginia, for duty with Seventh Virginia Cavalry Regiment, to rank December 13, 1862.
Thomas J. Kent, of Mississippi, for duty with Thirty-sixth Mississippi Regiment; to rank October 14, 1862.
Howard Tinsley, of Georgia, for duty with Fourth Georgia Regiment, to rank December 26, 1862.
C. H. Jones, of Arkansas, for duty with Twelfth Arkansas Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
Burwell Boykin, of Alabama, for duty with Third Alabama Cavalry Regiment, to rank December 29, 1862.
T. W. Radcliffe, of Virginia, for duty with Colonel Preston, commanding conscripts, to rank November 26, 1862.
J. J. McGinnis, of Texas, for duty with Third Texas Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
J. N. Lipscomb, of South Carolina, for duty with Second South Carolina Cavalry Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
Henry Sanford, of Tennessee, for duty with Fifty-first Tennessee Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
John H. Jarnagan, of Georgia, for duty with Third Confederate Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
William P. Baughn, of Texas, for duty with Fifteenth Texas Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
L. L. Varnadoe, of Georgia, for duty with Twentieth Georgia Battalion, to rank October 14, 1862.
J. B. Jett, of Virginia, for duty with Fifty-fifth Virginia Regiment, to rank December 26, 1862.
M. Hanley, of Louisiana, for duty with Thirteenth Louisiana Regiment to rank October 14, 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.

The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of T. G. Pollock as assistant quartermaster, with the rank of captain, therein contained.

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

The Senate proceeded to consider the residue of the nominations therein contained; and

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

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

Richmond, April 30, 1863.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate the officers on the annexed list to the rank affixed to their names, respectively.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

War Department, Richmond, April 27, 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.

A. S. Cabell, of Texas, for duty with Brig. Gen. W. Steele's brigade, to rank February 16, 1863.
G. D. Spurrier, of Maryland, for duty in Pay Department, Army of Northern Virginia, to rank April 11, 1863.

Assistant quartermasters, with the ranks of captain.

S. J. Shaw, of Louisiana, for duty with Twenty-second Louisiana Regiment, to rank February 24, 1863.
S. Huguenin, of South Carolina, for duty with First South Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank April 7, 1863.
W. A. Violet, of Louisiana, ordered to report for duty to Lieut. Col. W. A. Broadwell, to rank April 2, 1863.
W. C. Black, of Louisiana, ordered to report for duty to Lieut. Col. W. A. Broadwell, to rank April 2, 1863.
Thomas M. Hewitt, of Virginia, for duty with Battalion A, Artillery, First Corps Army of Northern Virginia, to rank April 23, 1863.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

The message was read.

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

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

Richmond, April 30, 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, April 30, 1863.

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

Assistant commissaries, with the rank of captain.

E. A. Williams, of Virginia, report for duty to Commissary-General, October 24, 1862.
M. P. Taylor, of North Carolina, for duty at Fayetteville, N. C., October 14, 1862.
D. M. Womack, of Mississippi, for duty at camp of instruction, Brookhaven, Miss., October 14, 1862.
J. S. H. Rainey, of Arkansas, for duty at Camden, Ark., October 14, 1862.
A. Crawford, of Louisiana, for duty at Tangipahoa, La., October 14, 1862.
James B. Schooler, of Tennessee, for duty at camp of instruction, Knoxville, Tenn., October 28, 1862.

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J. E. Caldwell, of Tennessee, for duty at Knoxville, Tenn., November 15, 1862.
P. T. Yeatman, of Virginia, for duty at Chaffin's Bluff, Va., November 17, 1862.
H. Cranton, of Georgia, for duty at camp of instruction. Decatur, Ga., November 21, 1862.
J. A. Blake, of Tennessee, for duty at camp of instruction, McMinnville, Tenn., November 23, 1862.
G. W. Rives, of Tennessee, for duty at Waverly, Tenn., November 24, 1862.
N. W. Schenck, of Louisiana, report for duty to Commissary-General, January 8, 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.

The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of E. A. Williams, J. S. H. Rainey, and N. W. Schenck, to be assistant commissaries, with the rank of captain, therein contained.

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

The Senate proceeded to consider the residue of the nominations contained in said message; and

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

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

Richmond, April 30, 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, April 23, 1863.

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.

- Benjamin S. Ewell, of Virginia ordered to report for duty to Gen J. E. Johnston, November 24, 1862.
- William M. Wadley, of Louisiana, for duty as inspector of railroad transportation, November 29, 1862.
- John S. Preston, of South Carolina, for inspection duty in the State of South Carolina, November 13, 1862.
- J. R. Waddy, of Virginia, for duty with Lieutenant General Pemberton, November 22, 1862.
- Charles J. Faulkner, of Virginia, for duty with Lieutenant-General Jackson (vice Major Paxton, appointed brigadier-general), November 15, 1862.
- T. F. Sevier, of Louisiana, for duty with Lieut. Gen. L. Polk, December 12, 1862.
- Edward Murray, of Virginia, for duty with Gen. R. E. Lee, December 30, 1862.
- Gustavus A. Henry, of Tennessee, for duty with Major-General McCown, October 14, 1862.
- A. J. Dickinson, of Louisiana, for duty with Maj. Gen. J. B. Magruder, October 14, 1862.
- James B. Eustis, of Louisiana, for duty with Maj. Gen. J. B. Magruder, October 15, 1862.
- J. A. Buckner, of Kentucky, for duty with Maj. Gen. J. C. Breckinridge, October 15, 1862.
- Charles H. Lee, of Virginia, for duty with Gen. S. Cooper, October 27, 1862.
- J. G. Devereux, of Louisiana, for duty with Maj. Gen. M. L. Smith, November 4, 1862.
- Ellison L. Costin, of Georgia, for duty with Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws, October 20, 1862.
- William J. Saunders, of Louisiana, for duty with Gen. G. T. Beauregard, November 11, 1862.
- W. H. Sellers, of Texas, for duty with Maj. Gen. J. B. Hood, November 5, 1862.
- E. H. Cunningham, of Texas. for duty with Maj. Gen. J. B. Hood, November 5, 1862.
- Charles Pickett, of Virginia, for duty with Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett, October 14, 1862.
- Walter Harrison, of Virginia, for duty with Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett, October 14, 1862.
- L. A. Maclean, of Missouri, for duty with Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, October 15, 1862.
- Graham Daves, of North Carolina, for duty with Maj. Gen. S. G. French, November 5, 1862.
- W. B. Myers, of Virginia, for duty with Maj. Gen. W. W. Loring, October 14, 1862.
- A. P. Mason, of Virginia, for duty with Gen. J. E. Johnston, December 2, 1862.
- John Ingram, of Tennessee, for duty with Maj. Gen. B. F. Cheatham, November 12, 1862.
- Stephen Croom, of Alabama. for duty with Maj. Gen. J. H. Forney, November 21, 1862.
- R. J. Wingate, of Kentucky, for duty with Maj. Gen. A. P. Hill, November 18, 1862.
- H. M. Clark, of Missouri, for duty with Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, October 14, 1862.
- A. C. Avery, of North Carolina, for duty with Maj. Gen. D. H. Hill, December 5, 1862.
- A. S. Pendleton, of Virginia, for duty with Lieut. Gen. T. J. Jackson, December 4, 1862.
- R. P. Duncan, of South Carolina, for duty with Maj. Gen. R. H. Anderson, December 4, 1862.
- James Wilson, of Kentucky, for duty with Maj. Gen. J. C. Breckinridge, December 11, 1862.
- T. O. Chestney, of Maryland, for duty with Maj. Gen. Arnold Elzey, December 20, 1862.
- R. W. Memminger, of South Carolina, for duty with Lieut. Gen. J. C. Pemberton, December 29, 1862.
- John J. Reeve, of Virginia, for duty with Maj. Gen. C. L. Stevenson, October 14, 1862.
- O. S. Palmer, of Alabama, for duty with Brig. Gen. S. A. M. Wood, October 14, 1862.
- Benjamin S. Johnson, of Arkansas, for duty with Brig. Gen. T. J. Churchill, October 14, 1862.
- Samuel J. C. Moore, of Virginia, for duty with Brig. Gen. J. R. Jones, October 14, 1862.
- William M. Hammond, of North Carolina, for duty with Brig. Gen. Junius Daniel, October 21, 1862.
- J. P. Strange, of Tennessee, for duty with Brig. Gen. N. B. Forrest, October 14, 1862.
- G. A. Williams, of Missouri, for duty with Brig. Gen. St. J. R. Liddell, October 14, 1862.
- W. T. Robins, of Virginia, for duty with Brig. Gen. W. H. F. Lee, October 30, 1862.
- John T. Scott, of Arkansas, for duty with Brig. Gen. M. M. Parsons, October 30, 1862.
- D. C. Jenkins, jr., of Louisiana, for duty with Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn, October 31, 1862.
- W. H. Whitner, of Florida, for duty with Brig. Gen. R. A. Pryor, October 14, 1862.
- Henry T. Stanton, of Kentucky, for duty with Brig. Gen. John S. Williams, October 14, 1862.
- W. H. Quincy, of South Carolina, for duty with Brig. Gen. M. Jenkins, November 4, 1862.
- M. W. Cluskey, of Tennessee, for duty with Brig. Gen. Preston Smith, October 27, 1862.
- A. W. Slayback, of Missouri, for duty with Brig. Gen. M. E. Green, October 14, 1862.
- William A. Percy, of Missouri, for duty with Brig. Gen. S. S. Bowen, October 14, 1862.
- Thomas F. Henry, of Tennessee, for duty with the late General Rains' brigade, November 4, 1862.
- L. R. Terrell, of Alabama, for duty with Brig. Gen. E. M. Law, October 14, 1862.
- P. B. Hooe, of Virginia, for duty with Brig. Gen. M. D. Corse, November 4, 1862.
- Charles H. Phinizy, of Georgia, for duty with Brig. Gen. A. Cumming, October 30, 1862.
- L. G. Aldrich, of Mississippi, for duty with Brig. Gen. J. E. Slaughter, October 29, 1862.
- Charles D. Myers, of North Carolina, for duty with Maj. Gen. S. G. French, November 5, 1862.
- C. A. De Russy, of Texas, for duty with Brig. Gen. J. A. Wharton, October 14, 1862.
- Peyton N. Page, of North Carolina, for duty with Brig. Gen. G. J. Rains, October 14, 1862.
- J. L. Cunningham, of Alabama, for duty with Brig. Gen. E. D. Tracy, November 3, 1862.
- Henry Robinson, of Virginia, for duty with Maj. Gen. W. W. Loring, October 14, 1862.
- Thomas M. Crowder, of Kentucky, for duty with Brig. Gen. A. Buford, December 4, 1862.
- C. F. Linthicum, of Maryland, for duty with Brig. Gen. R. B. Garnett, November 4, 1862.
- Wyatt C. Thomas, of Arkansas, for duty with Brig. Gen. J. F. Fagan, November 5, 1862.
- Henry Goldthwaite, of Alabama, for duty with Maj. Gen. J. H. Forney, November 21, 1862.
- John B. Major, of Mississippi, for duty with Brig. Gen. W. G. M. Davis, November 11, 1862.
- Francis L. Price, of Virginia, for duty with Brig. Gen. J. B. Robertson, November 12, 1862.
- Louis Bush, of Louisiana, for duty with Brig. Gen. A. Mouton, November 7, 1862.
- H. A. Butler, of Missouri, for duty with Brig. Gen. J. R. Cooke, November 11, 1862.
- James W. Benoit, of Mississippi, for duty with Brig. Gen. W. E. Baldwin, October 28, 1862.
- R. E. Foote, of Arkansas, for duty with Brig. Gen. E. McNair, November 1, 1862.
- M. L. Bell, of Arkansas, for duty with Brig. Gen. J. S. Roane, October 14, 1862.
- Charles C. Hardwick, of Georgia, for duty with Brig. Gen. G. T. Anderson, November 5, 1862.
- James Mitchel, of Virginia, for duty with Gen. R. E. Lee, December 20, 1862.
- S. H. Buck, of Arkansas, for duty with Maj. Gen. P. R. Cleburne, December 20, 1862.
- F. T. Snead, of Georgia for duty with Brig. Gen. George Doles, November 1, 1862.
- T. F. Wilson, of Louisiana, for duty with Maj. Gen. F. Gardner, October 14, 1862.
- Edward O. Guerrant, of Kentucky, for duty with Brig. Gen. H. Marshall, December 20, 1862.
- Harvey E. Jones, of Alabama, for duty with Brig. Gen. A. Gracie, jr., November 4, 1862.
- J. L. Smith, of Maryland, for duty with Maj. Gen. Arnold Elzey, December 2, 1862.
- Douglas Walworth, of Mississippi, for duty with Brig. Gen. W. T. Martin, January 8, 1863.
- G. G. Grattan, of Georgia, for duty with Brig. Gen. A. H. Colquitt, December 19, 1862.
- William Elliott, of South Carolina, for duty with Brig. Gen. S. D. Lee, January 5, 1863.
- John C. Rutherford, of Georgia, for duty with Brig. Gen. Howell Cobb, January 10, 1863.
- William W. Gordon, of Georgia, for duty with Brig. Gen. H. W. Mercer, December 30, 1862.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

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The message was read.

The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of William M. Wadley and John S. Preston, to be assistant adjutants-general, with the ranker colonel, and the nomination of John T. Scott, to be assistant adjutant-general, with the rank of captain, therein contained.

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

The Senate proceeded to consider the residue of the nominations contained in said message; and

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

Mr. Wigfall, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the nominations of A. M. Rutledge, to be major of artillery for ordnance duty; E. Higgins, to be colonel of artillery; A. B. Rhett, Stephen Elliott, to be majors of artillery; C. H. Stevens, A. J. Hutchins, W. A. Witcher, E. Waggaman, David Lent, F. H. Gantt, to be colonels; Ellison Capers. E. Mashburn, J. H. Neal, E. J. Magruder, M. H. Blanford, W. S. Rankin, W. Baya, A. C. Izard, to be lieutenant-colonels; James F. Waddell, J. R. B. Burtwell, W. M. Hardy, John L. Phillips, J. W. Hooper, A. Shaaff, G. O. Dawson, A. Miller, W. R. Moore, T. E. Clarke, E. A. Nash, I. Hardeman, Beverly Mathews, J. C. Denis, St. L. Dupeire, to be majors; William N. Nelson, W. W. Porter, J. J. Dillard, Samuel B. Waters, W. W. Swarm, to be captains; J. R. Allen, Thomas Goldthwaite, to be first lieutenants; B. H. Cody, J. M. Lauderdale, D. L. Etheridge, to be second lieutenants (for distinguished valor and skill); Robert W. Haynes, Samuel B. Davis, L. C. Haskell, D. F. Holland, M. Pointer, A. F. Woolley, W. R. Bond, W. K. Armistead, H. H. Johnston, to be aids-de-camp, with the rank of first lieutenant; David Urquhart, to be assistant adjutant-general, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel; J. Stoddard Johnston, to be assistant adjutant-general, with the rank of major; John King, Lemuel P. Conner, J. B. Cummins, to be assistant adjutants-general, with the rank of captain; Hugh L. Clay, to be lieutenant-colonel, and John Withers and E. A. Palfrey, to be majors in the Adjutant-General's Department, 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.

Mr. Wigfall, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the nomination of J. C. Johnston, to be major, reported, with the recommendation that it lie on the table.

The Senate proceeded to consider said report; and

Resolved, That the nomination of J. C. Johnston lie on the table.

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

Richmond, April 30, 1863.

To the President of the Senate of the Confederate States:

I nominate the persons named in the annexed letter of the Secretary of the Navy, agreeably to his recommendation.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

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Navy Department, Richmond, April 28, 1863.

The President.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the Navy, under the act of Congress approved April 21, 1862:

Assistant surgeons.

Edwin G. Booth, Virginia; S. S. Herrick, Mississippi; Thomas Emory, Maryland; John Leyburn, Texas; Robert T. Baldwin, Virginia; Robert C. Powell, Kentucky; William Mason Turner, Virginia; Henry Stone, Louisiana; John De Bree, jr., Virginia; John C. Harrison, Texas; Marcellus Ford, Virginia; John P. Lipscomb, North Carolina; W. W. Graves, Alabama; William C. Jones. Arkansas: W. J. Addison, Maryland; Henry Christmas, Mississippi; N. C. Edmunds, Virginia; William Sheppardson, Alabama; N. M. Read, Maryland; R. C. Bowles, Kentucky; now in the service as assistant surgeons for the war.
C. M. Parker, Mississippi; C. Wesley Thomas, Kentucky; Henry B. Melvin, District of Columbia; William S. Stoakley, North Carolina; William W. Griggs, North Carolina; Joseph S. Tipton, Georgia.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,S. R. MALLORY,
Secretary of the Navy.

The message was read.

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

On motion by Mr. Clay,

The Senate resolved into open legislative session.

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