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Journal of the Confederate Congress --MONDAY, December 14, 1863.

Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 [Volume 3]
MONDAY, December 14, 1863.

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OPEN SESSION.

The Hon. James M. Baker, from the State of Florida, attended.

The President pro tempore laid before the Senate the report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

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

Mr. Maxwell (by leave) introduced

A bill (S. 154) to prevent speculation, hoarding, and extortion;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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

Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be directed to inquire into the expediency of modifying the existing tariff laws so as to require the duties on goods

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imported to be assessed and paid on the value thereof, in Confederate currency, at the port or place of importation.

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

Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be directed to inquire into the expediency of regulating foreign trade by a system of licenses, to be issued on such terms and conditions as may secure to the Government the importation of munitions of war and other necessary supplies, thus controlling private enterprise, without, however, depriving it of the stimulus to exertion.

Mr. Brown (by leave) introduced

A bill (S. 155) to protect Senators and Representatives in Congress from annoyance when traveling in the Confederate States;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Clark (by leave) introduced

A bill (S. 156) to increase the pay of certain officers and employees in the executive and legislative departments;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Orr presented the memorial of Robert Y. Jones, praying compensation for taking the census in 1860 in Abbeville district, South Carolina; which was referred to the Committee on Claims.

Mr. Orr presented the memorial of Julius P. Wright, praying compensation for taking the census in 1860 in Edgefield district, South Carolina; which was referred to the Committee on Claims.

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

Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of so amending existing laws as that assessments, under the tax laws, of produce and property shall conform to the schedule of prices fixed by the commissioners in the respective States under the impressment act.

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

Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed the joint resolution of the Senate (S. 16) in relation to the public printing, with an amendment; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.

Mr. Henry (by leave) introduced

A joint resolution (S. 17) in relation to the currency of the Confederate States, and the taxation necessary to redeem it;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Ordered, That the resolution be printed.

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

Richmond, Va., December 11, 1863.

To the Senate and House of Representatives:

I herewith transmit for your consideration a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, covering estimates of the sums needed for the public service among the Indian tribes.

I recommend an appropriation of the amount specified for the purpose indicated.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

The message was read.

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

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

Richmond, Va., December 9, 1863.

To the Senate and House of Representatives:

I herewith transmit a communication from the Secretary of State, covering copies of his correspondence referred to in my message delivered yesterday; and I invite your attention to the reason he gives for withholding them until to-day.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

The message was read.

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

Mr. Johnson of Georgia (by leave) introduced

A bill (S. 157) to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate impressments," approved March 26, 1863;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

The Senate proceeded to consider the amendment of the House of Representatives to the joint resolution (S. 16) in relation to the public printing; and

On motion by Mr. Phelan,

Resolved, That the Senate disagree to the amendment of the House of Representatives to the said resolution and ask a conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon.

On motion by Mr. Phelan,

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

Mr. Phelan, Mr. Burnett, and Mr. Hill were appointed.

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

On motion by Mr. Sparrow,

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

• S. 143. A bill to amend the several acts now in force exempting certain persons from military duty, and for other purposes;
• S. 152. A bill to organize forces to serve during the war; and

A resolution inquiring into the expediency of repealing all laws exempting from military service persons who have furnished substitutes in the Army.

On motion by Mr. Sparrow,

Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of that portion of the resolution submitted by Mr. Orr, on the 9th instant, instructing said committee to make certain inquiries concerning the Commissary Department, which instructs them "to inquire if any and what additional legislation is necessary to protect the rights of citizens against the arbitrary, unjust, and needless impressment of provisions, under the orders from the Commissary-General; and whether additional efficiency in that Department may not be secured by increased energy, industry, and effort, by officials, to make purchases for the subsistence of the Army," and that it be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported

A bill (S. 158) to organize forces to serve during the war;
which was read the first and second times and ordered to be placed upon the Calendar and printed.

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

Ordered, That 150 additional copies of said bill be printed for the use of the Senate.

On motion by Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs,

Ordered, That the report of the Secretary of War be printed.

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

Ordered, That 50 additional copies of said report be printed for the use of the War Department.

Mr. Hill, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (S. 144) to change the time for the assembling of Congress for its next regular session, reported it without amendment.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill last mentioned.

On motion by Mr. Haynes, to amend the bill by striking therefrom the words "fourth Monday of February" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "first Monday in May,"

After debate,

On motion by Mr. Sparrow,

Ordered, That the further consideration of the said bill be postponed until Wednesday next.

Mr. Hill, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (S. 149) to regulate the commencement and sitting of all future sessions of Congress, reported it with the recommendation that it ought not to pass.

On motion by Mr. Sparrow,

The Senate resolved into executive session.

The doors having been opened,

On motion by Mr. Brown,

Ordered, That the President pro tempore appoint a member on the Committee on Naval Affairs, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. Yancey; and

Mr. Jemison was appointed.

On motion by Mr. Orr,

The Senate adjourned.

EXECUTIVE SESSION.

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

Richmond, December 11, 1863.

To the Senate:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Attorney-General ad interim I hereby nominate William Dougherty, to be attorney for the district of Georgia.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Department of Justice, Richmond, December 10, 1863.

To the President.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend that William Dougherty, esq., of Athens, Ga., be appointed Confederate States attorney for the district of Georgia in the place of John C. Nicoll, esq., deceased.

Your obedient servant,WADE KEYES,
Attorney-General ad interim.

The message was read.

On motion by Mr. Hill,

The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of William Dougherty, to be attorney for the district of Georgia; and it was

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

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

Richmond, December 8, 1863.

To the Senate:

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

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Navy Department, Richmond, December 7, 1863.

The President.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following promotions in the Navy, under the second section of the act of April 21, 1862:

Commander.
• First Lieut. John Taylor Wood, of Louisiana, to be promoted for "gallant and meritorious conduct in boarding and capturing with an expedition under his command, on the Rappahannock River on the 23d day of August, 1863, the United States gunboats Satellite and Reliance, mounting two guns each," and to rank from the 23d day of August, 1863.

First Lieutenant.
• Second Lieut. Francis L. Hoge, of Virginia, to be promoted for "gallant and meritorious conduct in the capture of the United States gunboats Satellite and Reliance, on the Rappahannock River on the 23d day of August, 1863, by the expedition under the command of Lieut. John Taylor Wood," and to rank from the 23d day of August, 1863.

Second lieutenants.
• Acting Midshipmen Joseph M. Gardner and Matthew P. Goodwyn, of Virginia, to be promoted for "gallant and meritorious conduct in the capture of the United States gunboats Satellite and Reliance, on the Rappahannock River on the 23d day of August, 1863, by the expedition under the command of Lieut. John Taylor Wood," to rank from the 22d day September, 1863.

I am, with great respect, 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.

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

Richmond, December 8, 1863.

To the Senate:

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

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Navy Department, Richmond, December 7, 1863.

The President.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the Provisional Navy, under the act of May 1, 1863:

Captains.
• Commanders William W. Hunter, of Louisiana; Eben. Farrand, of Florida, and John R. Tucker, of Virginia, of the Regular Navy, to rank from the 13th day of May, 1863.

Commander.
• First Lieut. George T. Sinclair, of Virginia, to rank from the 14th day of May, 1863.

With great respect, your obedient servant,

S. R. MALLORY,
Secretary of the Navy.

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The message was read.

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

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

Richmond, December 8, 1863.

To the Senate:

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

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Navy Department, Richmond, December 7, 1863.

The President.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nomination for appointment in the Navy, under act of April 30, 1863:

Chief constructor.
• Constructor John L. Porter, of Virginia.

With great respect, 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.

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

Richmond, December 8, 1863.

To the Senate:

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

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Navy Department, Richmond, December 7, 1863.

The President.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the Navy, under act of Congress approved December 24, 1861:

Lieutenants for the war.
• Edward C. Stiles, Missouri; John L. Phillips, Alabama; George H. Arledge, Florida; Maxwell T. Clarke, Virginia; John A. Payne, Alabama; Henry W. Ray, Louisiana; William E. Hudgins, Virginia; John F. Ramsay, England; Lewis R. Hill, Virginia; Edward J. Means, South Carolina; Henry Roberts, Virginia; Richard H. Gayle, Alabama; John Low, Georgia; Arthur Sinclair, jr., Virginia; William W. Roberts, North Carolina, vice Lieut. Thomas Arnold, resigned; Edgar A. Lambert, Virginia, vice Lieut. E. F. Gray, who has not accepted; Otey Bradford, Virginia, vice Lieut. Leon Smith, who has not accepted; Americus V. Wiatt, Virginia, vice Lieut. E. W. Fuller, deceased; Thomas L. Skinner, Virginia, vice Lieut. Marshall Brown, resigned.

Assistant surgeons for the war.
• Pike Brown, South Carolina; Henry G. Land, Texas; G. Welborne Claiborne, North Carolina; James M. Hicks, Mississippi; Joel G. King, North Carolina; Daniel E. Ewart, South Carolina; Edward Caire, Louisiana; Jeptha V. Harris, Mississippi; Luther R. Dickinson, Missouri; John B. Rutherford, Mississippi; George A. Foote, North Carolina.

With great respect, 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.

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

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Richmond, December 9, 1863.

To the Senate:

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

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Navy Department, Richmond, December 8, 1863.

The President.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following promotions in the Navy:

Masters, in the line of promotion.
• Passed Midshipmen Joseph P. Claybrook, Missouri; William P. Mason, Virginia; William F. Robinson, Alabama; David A. Telfair, North Carolina; Daniel Trigg, Virginia; Isaac C. Holcomb, Georgia; William R. Dalton, Mississippi; Algernon S. Worth, Virginia; Robert A. Camm, Virginia; Dabney M. Scales, Mississippi; John T. Walker, South Carolina; Samuel S. Gregory, North Carolina; Richard H. Bacot, South Carolina, and Edward J. McDermett, Texas, to be promoted.

With great respect, 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.

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

Richmond, December 9, 1863.

To the Senate:

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

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Navy Department, Richmond, December 7, 1863.

The President.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the Provisional Navy:

Commander.
• First Lieut. William T. Glassell, Alabama, to be promoted for "gallant and meritorious conduct in attempting the destruction of the United States ironclad frigate New Ironsides by torpedo in the harbor of Charleston on the night of the 5th of October, 1863," and to rank from that date.

Chief engineer.
• Acting First Asst. Engineer James H. Tomb, of Florida, to be promoted for "gallant and meritorious conduct in the expedition to attempt the destruction of the United States ironclad frigate New Ironsides in the harbor of Charleston on the night of the 5th of October, 1863, under the command of Lieut. W. T. Glassell," and to rank from that date.

With great respect, 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.

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

Richmond, December 12, 1863.

To the Senate:

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

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

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War Department, Richmond, December 8, 1863.

The President.

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

Colonels.
• Lieut. Col. F. M. Green, of Mississippi, to be colonel Eleventh Mississippi Regiment, vice Col. P. F. Liddell, died of wounds, to rank from September 25, 1862.
• Lieut. Col. J. B. Weems, of Georgia, to be colonel Tenth Georgia Regiment, vice Colonel Cumming, promoted, to rank from October 29, 1862.
• Lieut. Col. William Butler, of South Carolina, to be colonel First South Carolina Regiment (enlisted men), vice Colonel Dunovant, dismissed by court-martial, to rank from November 8, 1862.
• Lieut. Col. J. N. Lightfoot, of Alabama, to be colonel Sixth Alabama Regiment, vice Col. J. B. Gordon, promoted, to rank from May 7, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. John A. Fite, of Tennessee, to be colonel Seventh Tennessee Regiment, vice Col. J. F. Goodner, resigned, to rank from April 8, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. J. W. Caldwell, of Kentucky, to be colonel Ninth Kentucky Regiment, vice Col. T. H. Hunt, resigned, to rank from April 22, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. John D. Barry, of North Carolina, to be colonel Eighteenth North Carolina Regiment, vice Col. T. J. Purdie deceased to rank from May 3, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. D. M. Donnell, of Tennessee, to be colonel Sixteenth Tennessee Regiment, vice Col. J. H. Savage, resigned, to rank from February 20, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. E. Goodwin, of Alabama, to be colonel Thirty-fifth Alabama Regiment, vice Col. J. W. Robertson, resigned, to rank from November 12, 1862.
• Lieut. Col. Y. M. Moody, of Alabama, to be colonel Forty-third Alabama Regiment, vice Col. A. Gracie, promoted, to rank front November 4, 1862.
• Lieut. Col. J. A. Wilson, of Tennessee, to be colonel Twenty-fourth Tennessee Regiment, vice Col. H. L. W. Bratton, deceased, to rank from January 4, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. F. E. Harrison, of South Carolina, to be colonel First South Carolina Rifle Regiment, vice Col. J. M. Perrin, died of wounds, to rank from May 5, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. James Giles, of Virginia, to be colonel Twenty-ninth Virginia Regiment vice Col. A. C. Moore, resigned, to rank from April 10, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. J. C. Higginbotham, of Virginia, to be colonel Twenty-fifth Virginia Regiment, vice Col. George H. Smith, transferred, to rank from January 28, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. C. P. Daniel, of Georgia, to be colonel Fifth Georgia Regiment, vice Col. W. T. Black, killed, to rank from December 31, 1862.
• Lieut. Col. William S. Christian, of Virginia, to be colonel Fifty-fifth Virginia Regiment, vice Col. F. Mallory, killed, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. E. Ball, of Georgia, to be colonel Fifty-first Georgia Regiment, vice Col. W. M. Slaughter, deceased, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. S. B. Pickens, of Alabama, to be colonel Twelfth Alabama Regiment, vice Col. B. B. Gayle, killed, to rank from September 14, 1862.
• Lieut. Col. Jos. H. Hyman, of North Carolina, to be colonel Thirteenth North Carolina Regiment, vice Col. A. M. Scales, promoted, to rank from June 13, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. Washington M. Hardy of North Carolina, to be colonel Sixtieth North Carolina Regiment, vice Col. J. A. McDowell, resigned, to rank from May 14, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. H. Hawkins, of Kentucky, to be colonel Fifth Kentucky Regiment, vice Col. A. J. May, resigned, to rank from November 14, 1862.
• Lieut. Col. R. H. Keeble, of Tennessee, to be colonel Twenty-third Tennessee Regiment, vice Cot. J. F. Neill, appointed on military court, to rank from December 16, 1862.
• Lieut. Col. J. F. Pressley, of South Carolina, to be colonel Tenth South Carolina Regiment, vice Col. A. M. Manigault, promoted, to rank from April 26, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. J. H. King, of Alabama, to be colonel Ninth Alabama Regiment, vice Col. S. Henry, dropped, to rank from March 19, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. G. T. Maxwell, of Florida, to be colonel First Florida Cavalry Regiment, vice Col. W. G. M. Davis, promoted, to rank from November 4, 1862.
• Lieut. Col. S. T. Player, of Georgia, to be colonel Forty-ninth Georgia Regiment, vice Col. J. Rivers, resigned, to rank from June 9, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. R. W. Carter, of Virginia, to be colonel First Virginia Cavalry Regiment, vice Col. J. H. Drake, killed, to rank from July 16, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. B. T. Brockman, of South Carolina, to be colonel Thirteenth South Carolina Regiment, vice Col. O. E. Edwards, deceased, to rank from June 21, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. F. G. Skinner, of Virginia, to be colonel First Virginia Regiment, vice Col. L. B. Williams, killed, to rank from July 3, 1863.

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• Lieut. Col. William White, of Virginia, to be colonel Fourteenth Virginia Regiment, vice Col. J. G. Hodges, killed, to rank from July 3, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. J. J. Phillips, of Virginia, to be colonel Ninth Virginia Regiment, vice Col. J. C. Owens, died of wounds, to rank from July 4, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. Norvell Cobb, of Virginia, to be colonel Forty-fourth Virginia Regiment, vice Col. A. C. Jones, resigned, to rank from June 16, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. S. Z. Ruff, of Georgia, to be colonel Eighteenth Georgia Regiment, vice Col. W. T. Wofford, promoted, to rank from January 17, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. O. S. Holland, of Mississippi, to be colonel Thirty-seventh Mississippi Regiment, vice Col. R. McLain, killed, to rank from October 4, 1862.
• Lieut. Col. Y. L. Royston, of Alabama, to be colonel Eighth Alabama Regiment, vice Col. J. A. Winston, resigned, to rank from June 16, 1862.
• Lieut. Col. J. A. Gilmer, jr., of North Carolina, to be colonel Twenty-seventh North Carolina Regiment, vice Col. R. W. Singletary, resigned, to rank from December 5, 1862.
• Lieut. Col. C. R. Earp, of Texas, to be colonel Tenth Texas Cavalry Regiment, vice Col. M. F. Locke, resigned, to rank from March 20, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. R. G. Earle, of Alabama, to be colonel Second Alabama Cavalry Regiment, vice Col. J. Cunningham, resigned, to rank from May 27, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. W. B. Creasman, of North Carolina, to be colonel Twenty-ninth North Carolina Regiment, vice Col. R. B. Vance, promoted, to rank from March 16, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. F. H. Board, of Virginia, to be colonel Fifty-eighth Virginia Regiment, vice Col. S. H. Letcher, resigned, to rank from October 30, 1862.
• Lieut. Col. W. G. Robinson, of North Carolina, to be colonel Nineteenth North Carolina Regiment, vice Col. S. Williams, killed, to rank from July 23, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. George A. Smith, of Georgia, to be colonel First Confederate Regiment, vice Col. J. B. Villepigue, promoted, to rank from November 25, 1862.
• Lieut. Col. W. N. Brown, of Mississippi, to be colonel Twentieth Mississippi Regiment, vice Col. D. R. Russell, resigned, to rank from August 8, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. J. I. Scales, of Mississippi, to be colonel Thirtieth Mississippi Regiment, vice Col. G. F. Neill, resigned, to rank from June 6, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. A. J. Kellar, of Tennessee, to be colonel Fourth Tennessee Regiment, vice Col. O. F. Strahl, promoted, to rank from July 28, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. A. H. Helvenston, of Alabama, to be colonel Sixteenth Alabama Regiment, vice Col. W. B. Wood, resigned, to rank from June 17, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. S. H. Boyd, of North Carolina, to be colonel Forty-fifth North Carolina Regiment, vice Col. J. H. Morehead, deceased, to rank from June 25, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. P. McGlashan, of Georgia, to be colonel Fiftieth Georgia Regiment, vice Col. W. R. Manning, resigned, to rank from July 31, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. O. R. Funsten, of Virginia, to be colonel Eleventh Virginia Cavalry Regiment, vice Col. L. L. Lomax, promoted, to rank from July 23, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. C. Forsyth, of Alabama, to be colonel Third Alabama Regiment, vice Col. C. A. Battle, promoted, to rank from August 20, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. L. G. Pyles, of Florida, to be colonel Second Florida Regiment, vice Col. E. A. Perry, promoted, to rank from August 28, 1862.
• Lieut. Col. J. A. Campbell, of Mississippi, to be colonel Twenty-seventh Mississippi Regiment, vice Col. T. M. Jones, resigned, to rank from March 26, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. R. H. Dungan, of Virginia, to be colonel Forty-eighth Virginia Regiment, vice Col. T. S. Garnett, died of wounds, to rank from May 3, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. J. H. Neal, of Georgia, to be colonel Nineteenth Georgia Regiment, vice Col. A. J. Hutchins, resigned, to rank from August 20, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. J. H. Higley, of Alabama, to be colonel Fortieth Alabama Regiment, vice Col. A. A. Coleman, resigned, to rank from April 30, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. Jos. N. Brown, of South Carolina, to be colonel Fourteenth South Carolina Regiment, vice Col. A. Perrin, promoted, to rank from September 10, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. A. Forsberg, of Virginia, to be colonel Fifty-first Virginia Regiment, vice Col. G. C. Wharton, promoted, to rank from July 8, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. P. P. Slaughter, of Virginia, to be colonel Fifty-sixth Virginia Regiment, vice Col. W. D. Stuart, died of wounds, to rank from July 30, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. S. D. Russell, of Louisiana, to be colonel Third Louisiana Regiment, vice Col. J. B. Gilmore, resigned, to rank from August 22, 1863.
• Capt. P. C. Flournoy, of Missouri, to be colonel Second Missouri Regiment, vice Col. F. M. Cockrell, promoted, Lieut. Col. P. S. Senteny, deceased, and Maj. T. M. Carter waiving his claims to the colonelcy, to rank from July 20, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. J. R. White, of Tennessee, to be colonel Fifty-third Tennessee Regiment, vice Col. W. H. Wilkes, resigned, to rank from February 25, 1863.

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• Lieut. Col. K. McElroy, of Mississippi, to be colonel Thirteenth Mississippi Regiment, vice Col. J. W. Carter, killed, to rank from July 3, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. James H. Skinner, of Virginia, to be colonel Fifty-second Virginia Regiment, vice Col. M. G. Harman, resigned, to rank from June 6, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. T. J. Lipscomb, of South Carolina, to be colonel Second South Carolina Cavalry Regiment, vice Col. M. C. Butler, promoted, to rank from September 1, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. James B. Terrill, of Virginia, to be colonel Thirteenth Virginia Regiment, vice Col. James A. Walker, promoted, to rank from May 15, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. William Watts, of Virginia, to be colonel Twenty-eighth Virginia Regiment, vice Col. R. C. Allen, killed, to rank from July 3, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. J. C. Gibson, of Virginia, to be colonel Forty-ninth Virginia Regiment, vice Col. William Smith, promoted, to rank from January 31, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. George D. Johnston, of Alabama, to be colonel Twenty-fifth Alabama Regiment, vice Col. J. Q. Loomis, resigned, to rank from September 14, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. James Barr, of Mississippi, to be colonel Tenth Mississippi Regiment, vice Col. R. A. Smith, deceased, to rank from March 10, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. V. H. Taliaferro, of North Carolina, to be colonel Seventh Confederate Cavalry Regiment, vice Col. W. C. Claiborne, resigned, to rank from September 12, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. J. A. Williamson, of Arkansas, to be colonel Second Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, vice Colonel Flanagin, resigned, to rank from November 8, 1862.
• Lieut. Col W. H. Peebles, of Georgia, to be colonel Forty-fourth Georgia Regiment, vice Col. S. P. Lumpkin, died of wounds, to rank from September 11, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. J. L. Miller, of South Carolina, to be colonel Twelfth South Carolina Regiment, vice Col. C. Jones, resigned, to rank from February 27, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. I. N. Hulme, of Tennessee, to be colonel Forty-second Tennessee Regiment, vice Col. W. A. Quarles, promoted, to rank from August 25, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. G. J. Wright, of Georgia, to be colonel Cobb's (Georgia) Legion, vice Col. P. M. B. Young, promoted, to rank from October 9, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. W. L. Duckworth, of Tennessee, to be colonel Seventh Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, vice Col. J. G. Stocks, resigned, to rank from October 8, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. J. E. Murray, of Arkansas, to be colonel Fifth Arkansas Regiment, vice Col. L. Featherston, killed, to rank from September 19, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. N. Berkeley, of Virginia, to be colonel Eighth Virginia Regiment, vice Col. Eppa Hunton, promoted, to rank from August 9, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. John C. Marrast, of Alabama, to be colonel Twenty-second Alabama Regiment, vice Col. Z. C. Deas, promoted, to rank from November 13, 1862.
• Lieut. Col. I. N. Hedgpeth, of Missouri, to be colonel Sixth Missouri Regiment, vice Col. E. Erwin, killed, to rank from June 25, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. J. M. Dedman, of Alabama, to be colonel Twentieth Alabama Regiment, vice Col. E. W. Pettus, promoted, to rank from September 18, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. D. H. Reynolds, of Arkansas, to be colonel First Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, vice Col. R. W. Harper, killed, to rank from September 20, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. R. A. Owens, of tennessee, to be colonel Forty-sixth Tennessee Regiment, vice Col. J. S. Dawson, dropped, to rank from October 21, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. H. D. Lampley, of Alabama, to be colonel Forty-fifth Alabama Regiment, vice Col. E. B. Breedlove, resigned, to rank from October 28, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. W. H. H. Tison, of Mississippi, to be colonel Thirty-second Mississippi Regiment, vice Col. M. P. Lowrey, promoted, to rank from October 4, 1863.
• Maj. J. M. Hughs, of Tennessee, to be colonel Twenty-fifth Tennessee Regiment, the lieutenant-colonel found incompetent for promotion, to rank from July 21, 1862.
• Lieut. Col. R. C. Wood, of Mississippi, to be colonel Wirt Adams' Cavalry, vice Col. Wirt Adams, promoted, to rank from September 25, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. N. N. Davis, of Alabama, to be colonel Twenty-fourth Alabama Regiment, vice Col. William A. Buck, resigned, to rank from June 2, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. W. F. Young, of Tennessee, to be colonel Forty-ninth Tennessee Regiment, vice Col. D. A. Lynn, resigned, to rank from August 26, 1863.

Lieutenant-colonels.
• Maj. W. B. Lowry, of Mississippi, to be lieutenant-colonel Eleventh Mississippi Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. F. M. Green, promoted, to rank from September 25, 1862.
• Maj. T. B. Massie, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Twelfth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. Richard H. Burks, resigned, to rank from March 2, 1863.
• Maj. S. S. Ives, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Thirty-fifth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. E. Goodwin, promoted, to rank from November 12, 1862.

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• Maj. George T. Gordon, of North Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Thirty-fourth North Carolina Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. J. L. McDowell, dismissed, to rank from May 6, 1863.
• Maj. J. C. Wickliffe, of Kentucky, to be lieutenant-colonel Ninth Kentucky Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. J. W. Caldwell, promoted, to rank from April 22, 1863.
• Maj. E. Hufstedler, of Arkansas, to be lieutenant-colonel Twenty-fifth Arkansas Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. T. S. Simington, promoted, to rank from November 10, 1862.
• Maj. S. G. Shepard, of Tennessee, to be lieutenant-colonel Seventh Tennessee Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. J. A. Fite, promoted, to rank from April 8, 1863.
• Maj. S. E. Shannon, of Tennessee, to be lieutenant-colonel Twenty-fourth Tennessee Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. J. A. Wilson, promoted, to rank from January 4, 1863.
• Maj. G. McD. Miller, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel First South Carolina Rifle Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. F. E. Harrison, promoted, to rank from May 5, 1863.
• Maj. J. J. Jolly, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Forty-third Alabama Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. Y. M. Moody, promoted, to rank from December 16, 1862.
• Maj. John F. Iverson, of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Fifth Georgia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. C. P. Daniel, promoted, to rank from December 31, 1862.
• Maj. G. W. Hooper, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Sixth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. A. M. Gordon, killed, to rank from May 7, 1863.
• Maj. Evan Rice, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Fifty-fifth Virginia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. W. S. Christian, promoted, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• Maj. J. W. McGill, of North Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Eighteenth North Carolina Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. F. George, resigned, to rank from May 3, 1863.
• Maj. O. P. Anthony, of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Fifty-first Georgia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. E. Ball, promoted, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• Maj. R. F. Crittenden, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Thirty-third Alabama Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. D. H. Horn, resigned, to rank from August 19, 1862.
• Maj. R. P. Lester, of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Fourteenth Georgia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. J. M. Fielder, deceased, to rank from May 10, 1863.
• Maj. H. A. Rogers, of North Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Thirteenth North Carolina Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. J. H. Hyman, promoted, to rank from June 13, 1863.
• Maj. W. L. Mitchell, of North Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Twenty-second North Carolina Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. C. C. Cole, killed, to rank from May 3, 1863.
• Maj. James M. Ray, of North Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Sixtieth North Carolina Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. W. H. Deaver, resigned, to rank from May 14, 1863.
• Maj. W. G. Rice, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Third South Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel James, killed, to rank from September 14, 1862.
• Maj. W. L. Saunders, of North Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Forty-sixth North Carolina Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. W. A. Jenkins, resigned, to rank from January 21, 1863.
• Maj. H. Ready, of Tennessee, to be lieutenant-colonel Twenty-third Tennessee Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. R. H. Keeble, promoted, to rank from December 16, 1862.
• Maj. J. T. Porcher, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Tenth South Carolina Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. J. F. Pressley, promoted, to rank from April 26, 1863.
• Maj. W. T. Stockton, of Florida, to be lieutenant-colonel First Florida Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. G. T. Maxwell, promoted, to rank from November 4, 1862.
• Maj. G. C. Smith, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Ninth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. E. A. O'Neal, promoted, to rank from March 19, 1863.
• Maj. John A. Jacoway, of Arkansas, to be lieutenant-colonel Thirty-first Arkansas Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. J. F. Johnson, dropped, to rank from March 8, 1863.
• Maj. W. A. Morgan, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel First Virginia Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. R. W. Carter, promoted, to rank from July 16, 1863.
• Maj. Isaac F. Hunt, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Thirteenth South Carolina Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. B. T. Brockman, promoted, to rank from June 21, 1863.
• Capt. Z. L. Watters, of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Eighth Georgia Battalion, vice Lieut. Col. J. T. Reid, died, and Major Hunt, declined, to rank from November 23, 1863.
• Maj. Isaac Hardeman, of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Twelfth Georgia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. M. H. Blanford, resigned, to rank from June 9, 1863.
• Maj. W. W. Rich, of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Cavalry Battalion, Phillips Legion, vice Lieut. Col. Seaborn Jones, resigned, to rank from July 9, 1862.
• Maj. William H. Willis, of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Fourth Georgia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. David R. E. Winn, killed, to rank from July 1, 1863.
• Maj. T. M. Baker, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel First South Carolina Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. J. C. Simkins, killed, to rank from July 18, 1863.

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• Maj. T. J. Hardin, of Mississippi, to be lieutenant-colonel Nineteenth Mississippi Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. W. G. Vaughan, resigned, to rank from July 17, 1863.
• Maj. William P. Moseley, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Twenty-first Virginia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. J. B. Moseley, resigned, to rank from June 10, 1863.
• Maj. Thomas R. Buckner, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Forty-fourth Virginia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. A. C. Jones, resigned, to rank from June 16, 1863.
• Maj. F. H. Langley, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel First Virginia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. F. G. Skinner, promoted, to rank from July 3, 1863.
• Maj. H. A. Herbert, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Eighth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. Y. L. Royston, promoted, to rank from June 16, 1862.
• Maj. John P. West, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Second Alabama Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. James Cunningham, resigned, to rank from May 27, 1863.
• Maj. George F. Whitfield, of North Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Twenty-seventh North Carolina Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. R. W. Singletary, resigned, to rank from December 5, 1862.
• Maj. Samuel J. Winn, of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Sixteenth Georgia Battalion, Partisan Rangers, vice Lieut. Col. F. M. Nix, resigned, to rank from June 11, 1863.
• Maj. D. N. Moody, of Mississippi, to be lieutenant-colonel Twenty-first Mississippi Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. W. L. Brandon, promoted, to rank front August 12, 1863.
• Maj. R. D. Lilley, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Twenty-fifth Virginia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. J. A. Robinson, resigned, to rank from August 20, 1863.
• Maj. John G. Kasey, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Fifty-eighth Virginia Regiment vice Lieut. Col. F. H. Board promoted, to rank from October 30, 1862.
• Maj. James M. Williams, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Twenty-first Alabama Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. C. S. Stewart, killed, to rank from April 30, 1863.
• Maj. Benjamin Morris, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Twenty-ninth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. J. F. Conoley, promoted, to rank from December 9, 1862.
• Maj. G. F. Baucum, of Arkansas, to be lieutenant-colonel Eighth Arkansas Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Wilson, cashiered, to rank from December 22, 1862.
• Maj. Luke W. Finlay, of Tennessee, to be lieutenant-colonel Fourth Tennessee Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. A. J. Kellar, promoted, to rank from July 28, 1863.
• Maj. J. H. McGaughy, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Sixteenth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. A. H. Helvenston, promoted, to rank from June 17, 1863.
• Maj. W. A. Rorer, of Mississippi, to be lieutenant-colonel Twentieth Mississippi Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. W. N. Brown, promoted, to rank from August 8, 1863.
• Maj. John R. Winston, of North Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Forty-fifth North Carolina Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. S. H. Boyd, promoted, to rank from June 25, 1863.
• Maj. W. O. Fleming, of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Fiftieth Georgia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. P. McGlashan, promoted, to rank from July 31, 1863.
• Maj. O. H. Cooke, of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Forty-ninth Georgia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. S. T. Player, promoted, to rank from July 28, 1863.
• Maj. M. D. Ball, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Eleventh Virginia Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. O. R. Funsten, promoted, to rank from July 23, 1863.
• Maj. R. M. Sands, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Third Alabama Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. C. Forsyth, promoted, to rank from August 20, 1863.
• Maj. Robert A. Caskie, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Tenth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. Z. S. McGruder, resigned, to rank from September 11, 1863.
• Maj. D. H. Lee Martz, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Tenth Virginia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. Samuel T. Walker, killed, to rank from May 3, 1863.
• Maj. John T. Jones, of North Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Twenty-sixth North Carolina Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. J. R. Lane, promoted, to rank from July 3, 1863.
• Maj. F. A. Reynolds, of North Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Thirty-ninth North Carolina Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. H. H. Davidson, resigned, to rank from December 29, 1862.
• Maj. John D. Weeden, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Forty-ninth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. W. N. Crump, resigned, to rank from February 27, 1863.
• Maj. Oscar White, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Forty-eighth Virginia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. R. H. Dungan, promoted, to rank from May 3, 1863.
• Maj. Charles L. Haynes, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Twenty-seventh Virginia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. D. M. Shriver, resigned, to rank from September 4, 1863.
• Maj. Edward Croft, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Fourteenth South Carolina Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. J. N. Brown, promoted, to rank from September 10, 1863.

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• Capt. J. B. McRae, of Mississippi, to be lieutenant-colonel Third Mississippi Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. E. A. Peyton, resigned, and Major Dyer declining examination, to rank from August 17, 1863.
• Maj. John P. Wolfe, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Fifty-first Virginia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. A. Forsberg, promoted, to rank from July 8, 1863.
• Maj. John T. Kennedy, of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Sixty-second Georgia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. R. Towns, resigned, to rank from July 24, 1863.
• Maj. T. O. Stone, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Fortieth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. J. H. Higley, promoted, to rank from April 30, 1863.
• Maj. David Pierson, of Louisiana, to be lieutenant-colonel Third Louisiana Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. S. D. Russell, promoted, to rank from August 22, 1863.
• Maj. H. L. Andrews, of North Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Second North Carolina Battalion, vice Lieut. Col. C. E. Shober, resigned, to rank from June 6, 1863.
• Maj. D. G. Cowand, of North Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Thirty-second North Carolina Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. W. T. Williams, resigned, to rank from June 18, 1863.
• Maj. J. S. K. McCutchen, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Thirty-first Virginia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. A. H. Jackson, deceased, to rank from August 1, 1863.
• Maj. W. W. Sillers, of North Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Thirtieth North Carolina Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. J. T. Kell, resigned, to rank from September 3, 1863.
• Maj. Thomas M. Carter, of Missouri, to be lieutenant-colonel Second Missouri Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. P. S. Senteny, deceased, to rank from July 20, 1863.
• Maj. James W. Moss, of Kentucky, to be lieutenant-colonel Second Kentucky Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. James W. Hewitt, killed, to rank from September 20, 1863.
• Maj. William L. Wingfield, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Twenty-eighth Virginia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. W. Watts, promoted, to rank from July 3, 1863.
• Maj. J. D. H. Ross, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Fifty-second Virginia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. James H. Skinner, promoted, to rank from June 6, 1863.
• Maj. Gus. A. Goodman, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Thirteenth Virginia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. James B. Terrill, promoted, to rank from May 15, 1863.
• Maj. Charles B. Christian, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Forty-ninth Virginia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. J. C. Gibson, promoted, to rank from January 31, 1863.
• Maj. J. P. Bane, of Texas, to be lieutenant-colonel Fourth Texas Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. B. F. Carter, died of wounds, to rank from July 21, 1863.
• Maj. Joseph R. Cabell, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Thirty-eighth Virginia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. P. B. Whittle, promoted, to rank from July 21, 1863.
• Maj. A. G. O'Brien, of Mississippi, to be lieutenant-colonel Thirteenth Mississippi Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. J. M. Bradley, deceased, to rank from July 29, 1863.
• Maj. T. D. Claiborne, of --, to be lieutenant-colonel Seventh Confederate Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. V. H. Taliaferro, promoted, to rank from September 12, 1863.
• Maj. James T. Smith, of Arkansas, to be lieutenant-colonel Second Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Williamson, promoted, to rank from November 8, 1862.
• Maj. James W. Beck, of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Forty-fourth Georgia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. W. H. Peebles, promoted, to rank from September 11, 1863.
• Maj. L. McCollum, of Tennessee, to be lieutenant-colonel Forty-second Tennessee Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. I. N. Hulme, promoted, to rank from August 25, 1863.
• Maj. B. S. King, of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Cobb's (Georgia) Legion, vice Lieut. Col. W. G. Delony, deceased, to rank from October 9, 1863.
• Maj. P. V. Green, of Arkansas, to be lieutenant-colonel Fifth Arkansas Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. J. E. Murray, promoted, to rank from September 19, 1863.
• Maj. Charles Guillet, of Louisiana, to be lieutenant-colonel Twentieth Louisiana Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. L. von Zinken, promoted, to rank from July 7, 1863.
• Maj. Edmund Berkeley, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Eighth Virginia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. N. Berkeley, promoted, to rank from August 9, 1863.
• Maj. Charles S. Peyton, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Nineteenth Virginia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. John T. Ellis, killed, to rank from July 3, 1863.
• Maj. W. E. Green, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Fifty-sixth Virginia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. P. P. Slaughter, promoted, to rank from July 30, 1863.
• Maj. B. R. Hart, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Twenty-second Alabama Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. John Weedon, promoted, to rank from September 20, 1863.
• Maj. J. K. McDowell, of Missouri, to be lieutenant-colonel Third Missouri Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. F. L. Hubbell, died of wounds, to rank from May 28, 1863.
• Maj. Stephen Cooper, of Missouri, to be lieutenant-colonel Sixth Missouri Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. I. N. Hedgpeth, promoted, to rank from June 25, 1863.
• Maj. M. T. Porter, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Twentieth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. James M. Dedman, promoted, to rank from September 18, 1863.

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• Maj. W. C. Clifton, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Thirty-ninth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. W. Clark, promoted, to rank from October 12. 1863.
• Maj. James M. Johnson, of Mississippi, to be lieutenant-colonel Thirtieth Mississippi Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. H. A. Reynolds, deceased, to rank from September 22, 1863.
• Maj. L. M. Ramsaur, of Arkansas, to be lieutenant-colonel First Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. D. H. Reynolds, promoted, to rank from September 20, 1863.
• Maj. J. D. Wilson, of Tennessee, to be lieutenant-colonel Forty-sixth Tennessee Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. R. A. Owens, promoted, to rank from October 21, 1863.
• Maj. E. H. Bacon, jr., of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Thirty-second Georgia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. W. H. Pruden, resigned, to rank from October 20, 1863.
• Maj. P. F. Hunley, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Eighteenth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. R. F. Inge, died of wounds, to rank from September 23, 1863.
• Maj. R. H. Abercrombie, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Forty-fifth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. H. D. Lampley, promoted, to rank from October 28, 1863.
• Maj. S. Jones, of Louisiana, to be lieutenant-colonel Twenty-second Louisiana Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Lovell, resigned, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• Maj. Ben. F. Sawyer, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Twenty-fourth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. N. N. Davis, promoted, to rank from June 2, 1863.
• Maj. T. W. Flynt, of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Nineteenth Georgia Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. J. H. Neal, promoted, to rank from June 2, 1863.
• Maj. J. B. Cording, of Tennessee, to be lieutenant-colonel Forty-ninth Tennessee Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. W. A. Straw, cashiered, to rank from October 7, 1863.
• Maj. John B. Herring, of Mississippi, to be lieutenant-colonel Fifth Mississippi Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. W. L. Sykes, killed, to rank from November 10, 1863.
• Maj. James Nelligan, of Louisiana, to be lieutenant-colonel First Louisiana Regiment, vice Lieut. Col. M. Nolan, killed, to rank from July 3, 1863.

Majors.
• Capt. W. S. Basinger, of Georgia, to be major Eighteenth Georgia Battalion, vice Maj. John Screven, transferred, to rank from May 10, 1863.
• Capt. R. O. Reynolds, of Mississippi, to be major Eleventh Mississippi Regiment, vice Maj. W. B. Lowry, promoted, to rank from September 25, 1862.
• Capt. J. W. Carter, of Georgia, to be major Forty-fifth Georgia Regiment, vice Maj. M. R. Rogers, resigned, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• Capt. W. H. Williamson, of Tennessee, to be major Seventh Tennessee Regiment, vice Maj. S. G. Shepard, promoted, to rank from April 8, 1863.
• Capt. C. W. Heiskell, of Tennessee, to be major Nineteenth Tennessee Regiment, vice Maj. R. F. Jarnigan, deceased, to rank from April 14, 1863.
• Capt. J. A. Stewart, of Georgia, to be major Eighteenth Georgia Regiment, vice Maj. Jeff. Johnson, resigned, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• Capt. R. H. Whiteley, of Georgia, to be major Second Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, vice Maj. J. J. Cox, resigned, to rank from March 26, 1863.
• Capt. A. A. Hill, of North Carolina, to be major Forty-eighth North Carolina Regiment, vice Maj. F. L. Wiatt, resigned, to rank from October 20, 1862.
• Capt. A. E. Ashford, of Alabama, to be major Thirty-fifth Alabama Regiment, vice Maj. S. S. Ives, promoted, to rank from November 12, 1862.
• Capt. John L. Knott, of Virginia, to be major Twelfth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, vice Maj. Thomas B. Massie, promoted, to rank from March 2, 1863.
• Capt. L. L. Noles, of Arkansas, to be major Twenty-fifth Arkansas Regiment, vice Maj. J. J. Franklin, resigned, to rank from December 26, 1862.
• Capt. W. C. Fielding, of Tennessee, to be major Twenty-fourth Tennessee Regiment, vice Maj. S. E. Shannon, promoted, to rank from January 4, 1863.
• Capt. A. McLemore, of Mississippi, to be major Twenty-seventh Mississippi Regiment, vice Maj. A. J. Jones, promoted, to rank from March 26, 1863.
• Capt. C. H. Clarke, of Virginia, to be major Fifteenth Virginia Regiment, vice Maj. E. M. Morrison, to rank from January 24, 1863.
• Capt. D. H. Ansley, of Georgia, to be major Fifth Georgia Regiment, vice Maj. John F. Iverson, promoted, to rank from December 31, 1862.
• Capt. C. N. Lawson, of Virginia, to be major Fifty-fifth Virginia Regiment, vice Maj. Evan Rice, promoted, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• Capt. H. M. Dunwody, of Georgia, to be major Fifty-first Georgia Regiment, vice Maj. O. P. Anthony, promoted, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• Capt. Thomas J. Wooten, of North Carolina, to be major Eighteenth North Carolina Regiment, vice Maj, John W. McGill, promoted, to rank from May 3, 1863.

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• Capt. I. F. Culver, of Alabama, to be major Sixth Alabama Regiment, vice Maj. G. W. Hooper, promoted, to rank from May 7, 1863.
• Capt. S. H. McCarver, of Tennessee, to be major Twenty-fifth Tennessee Regiment, vice Maj. W. A. Duncan, resigned, to rank from January 8, 1863.
• Capt. J. H. Dunklin, of Alabama, to be major Thirty-third Alabama Regiment, vice Maj. R. F. Crittenden, promoted, to rank from August 19, 1862.
• Capt. J. J. Pierce, of Alabama, to be major Twenty-fourth Alabama Regiment, vice Maj. Ben. F. Sawyer, promoted, to rank from June 2, 1863.
• Capt. E. B. Withers, of North Carolina, to be major Thirteenth North Carolina Regiment, vice Maj. H. A. Rogers, promoted, to rank from June 13, 1863.
• Capt. W. Lee Russell, of North Carolina, to be major Twenty-second North Carolina Regiment, vice Maj. L. Odell, killed, to rank from May 3, 1863.
• Capt. D. B. Miller, of South Carolina, to be major Third South Carolina Battalion, vice Maj. G. M. Gunnels, resigned, to rank from April 27, 1863.
• Capt. Thomas E. Screven, of South Carolina, to be major Second South Carolina Cavalry Regiment, vice Maj. T. J. Lipscomb, promoted, to rank from June 10, 1863.
• Capt. A. Harman, of Virginia, to be major Fifty-fourth Virginia Regiment, vice Maj. J. S. Deyerle, resigned, to rank from April 27, 1863.
• Capt. J. G. Lowe, of Tennessee, to be major Twenty-third Tennessee Regiment, vice Maj. H. Ready, promoted, to rank from December 16, 1862.
• Capt. John P. Fitzgerald, of Virginia, to be major Twenty-third Virginia Regiment, vice Maj. A. V. Scott, resigned, to rank from June 10, 1863.
• Capt. J. M. White, of South Carolina, to be major Sixth South Carolina Regiment, vice Maj. E. C. McLure appointed enrolling officer, to rank from June 30, 1863.
• Capt. A. Proskaner of Alabama, to be major Twelfth Alabama Regiment, vice Maj. J. C. Goodgame, promoted, to rank from January 14, 1863.
• Capt. J. W. Clark, of Arkansas, to be major Thirty-first Arkansas Regiment, vice Maj. J. M. Morgan, deceased, to rank from September 1, 1862.
• Capt. James C, Davis, of Tennessee, to be major Seventeenth Tennessee Regiment, vice Maj. A. S. Marks, promoted, to rank from June 24, 1863.
• Capt. J. S. Jones, of South Carolina, to be major Twenty-fourth South Carolina Regiment, vice Maj. M. T. Appleby, resigned, to rank front June 11, 1863.
• Capt. J. L. White, of South Carolina, to be major Nineteenth South Carolina Regiment, vice Maj. J. A. Crowder, deceased, to rank from February 14, 1863.
• Capt. T. W. Thompson, of Kentucky, to be major Fourth Kentucky Regiment, vice Maj. Thomas B. Munroe, killed, to rank from April 7, 1863.
• Capt. Edwin A. Nash, of Georgia, to be major Fourth Georgia Regiment, vice Maj. D. R. E. Winn, promoted, to rank from July 1, 1863.
• Capt. J. T. Carson, of Georgia, to be major Twelfth Georgia Regiment, vice Maj. I. Hardeman, promoted, to rank front June 9, 1863.
• Capt. H. Hendrick, of Georgia, to be major Thirtieth Georgia Regiment, vice Maj. J. S. Boynton, promoted, to rank from December 16, 1862.
• Capt. R. De Treville of South Carolina, to be major First South Carolina Regiment (enlisted men), vice Maj. T. M. Baker, promoted, to rank from July 18, 1863.
• Capt. A. D. Kelly, of Virginia, to be major Twenty-first Virginia Regiment, vice Maj. W. P. Moseley, promoted, to rank from June 10, 1863.
• Capt. John P. Emrich, of Alabama, to lie major Eighth Alabama Regiment, vice Maj. H. A. Herbert, promoted, to rank from June 16, 1862.
• Capt. G. W. Taylor, of Alabama, to be major Fourteenth Alabama Regiment, vice Maj. R. A. McCord, deceased, to rank from May 26, 1863.
• Capt. D. W. Anderson, of Virginia, to be major Forty-fourth Virginia Regiment, vice Maj. T. R. Buckner, promoted, to rank from June 16, 1863.
• Capt. G. F. Norton, of Virginia, to be major First Virginia Regiment, vice, Maj. F. H. Langley, promoted, to rank from July 3, 1863.
• Capt. W. G. Pegram, of Mississippi, to be major Thirty-fourth Mississippi Regiment, vice Maj. T. A. Falconer, resigned to rank front February 28, 1863.
• Capt. John N. Carpenter, of Alabama, to be major Second Alabaman Cavalry Regiment, vice Maj. John P. West, promoted, to rank front May 27, 1863.
• Capt. John Sims, of Mississippi, to be major Twenty-first Mississippi Regiment, vice Maj. D. N. Moody, promoted, to rank from August 12, 1863.
• Capt. J. C. Gordon, of --, to be major First Confederate Regiment, vice Maj. J. W. Aderhold, promoted, to rank front November 25, 1862.
• Capt. F. S. Bass, of Texas, to be major First Texan Regiment, vice Maj. Matt. Dale, killed, to rank front September 17, 1862.
• Capt. F. H. Wood, of Arkansas, to be major Twenty-fourth Arkansas Regiment, vice Maj. W. R. Hardy, promoted, to rank from December 1, 1862.

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• Capt. T. McG. Smith, of North Carolina, to be major Forty-fifth North Carolina Regiment, vice Maj. J. R. Winston, promoted, to rank from June 25, 1863.
• Capt. James D. Truss, of Alabama, to be major Tenth Alabama Regiment, vice Maj. James E. Shelley, promoted, to rank from July 9, 1863.
• Capt. F. A. Ashford, of Alabama, to be major Sixteenth Alabama Regiment, vice Maj. J. H. McGaughy, promoted, to rank from June 17, 1863.
• Capt. P. Sheffield, of Georgia, to be major Fiftieth Georgia Regiment, vice Maj. W. O. Fleming, promoted, to rank from July 31, 1863.
• Capt. W. H. Chatfield, of Mississippi, to be major Twentieth Mississippi Regiment, vice Maj. W. A. Rorer, promoted, to rank from August 8, 1863.
• Capt. H. Hampton, of Tennessee, to be major Fourth Tennessee Regiment, vice Maj. L. W. Finlay, promoted, to rank from June 6, 1863.
• Capt. Ben. Desha, of Kentucky, to be major Ninth Kentucky Regiment, vice Maj. J. C. Wickliffe, promoted, to rank from April 22, 1863.
• Capt. A. Watkins, of Arkansas, to be major Eighth Arkansas Regiment, vice Maj. G. F. Baucum, promoted, to rank from December 22, 1862.
• Capt. E. T. Stackhouse, of South Carolina, to be major Eighth South Carolina Regiment, vice Maj. D. McD. McLeod, deceased, to rank from July 5, 1863.
• Capt. John H. Pate, of Georgia, to be major Forty-ninth Georgia Regiment, vice Maj. O. H. Cooke, promoted, to rank from July 28, 1863.
• Capt. R. H. Powell, of Alabama, to be major Third Alabama Regiment, vice Maj. R. M. Sands, promoted, to rank from August 20, 1863.
• Capt. I. G. Coffman, of Virginia, to be major Tenth Virginia Regiment, vice Maj. D. H. Lee Martz, promoted, to rank from May 3, 1863.
• Capt. Thomas A. Street, of Alabama, to be major Forty-ninth Alabama Regiment, vice Maj. John D. Weeden, promoted, to rank from February 27, 1863.
• Capt. R. G. Wright, of Alabama, to be major Twenty-seventh Alabama Regiment, vice Maj. F. McAlexander, promoted, to rank from November 2, 1862.
• Capt. P. F. Frazer, of Virginia, to be major Twenty-seventh Virginia Regiment, vice Maj. D. M. Shriver, resigned, to rank from September 4, 1863.
• Capt. James W. Draughon, of Louisiana, to be major Thirty-first Louisiana Regiment, vice Maj. T. C. Humble, deceased, to rank from January 7, 1863.
• Capt. H. H. Harper, of South Carolina, to be major Fourteenth South Carolina Regiment, vice Maj. E. Croft, promoted, to rank from September 10, 1863.
• Capt. D. P. Graham, of Virginia, to be major Fifty-first Virginia Regiment, vice Maj. John P. Wolfe, promoted, to rank from July 8, 1863.
• Capt. J. S. Richards, of Louisiana, to be major Third Louisiana Regiment, vice Maj. D. Pierson, promoted, to rank from August 22, 1863.
• Capt. E. S. Gulley, of Alabama, to be major Fortieth Alabama Regiment, vice Maj. T. O. Stone, promoted, to rank from April 30, 1863.
• Capt. Henry G. Lewis, of North Carolina, to be major Thirty-second North Carolina Regiment, vice Maj. D. G. Cowand, promoted, to rank from June 18, 1863.
• Capt. C. R. Irving, of Virginia, to be major First Virginia Cavalry Regiment, vice Maj. W. A. Morgan promoted to rank from July 16, 1863.
• Capt. W. F. Carter, of Missouri, to be major Second Missouri Regiment, vice Maj. T. M. Carter, promoted, to rank from July 20, 1863.
• Capt. S. Palmer, of Alabama, to be major Nineteenth Alabama Regiment, vice Maj. J. H. Savage, found incompetent, to rank from September 25, 1863.
• Capt. W. S. Haven, of Arkansas, to be major Twentieth Arkansas Regiment, vice Maj. D. W. Jones, promoted, to rank from January 5, 1863.
• Capt. Philip Lee, of Kentucky, to be major Second Kentucky Regiment, vice Maj. James W. Moss, promoted, to rank from September 20, 1863.
• Capt. H. Bradford, of Florida, to be major First Florida Cavalry Regiment, vice Maj. W. T. Stockton, promoted, to rank from September 7, 1863.
• Capt. W. L. Goldsmith, of Georgia, to be major Fourteenth Georgia Regiment, vice Maj. R. P. Lester, promoted, to rank from May 10, 1863.
• Capt. M. G. Bass, of Georgia, to be major Fifty-ninth Georgia Regiment, vice Maj. B. H. Gee, promoted, to rank from July 10, 1863.
• Capt. M. P. Spessard, of Virginia, to be major Twenty-eighth Virginia Regiment, vice Maj. W. L. Wingfield, promoted, to rank from July 3, 1863.
• Capt. T. H. Watkins, of Virginia, to be major Fifty-second Virginia Regiment, vice Maj. J. D. H. Ross, promoted, to rank from June 6, 1863.
• Capt. B. L. Dyer, of Tennessee, to be major Thirteenth Tennessee Regiment, vice Maj. P. H. Cole, killed, to rank from December 31, 1862.
• Capt. C. T. Crittenden, of Virginia, to be major Thirteenth Virginia Regiment, vice Maj. G. A. Goodman, promoted, to rank from May 25, 1863.

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• Capt. B. S. Proffitt, of North Carolina, to be major Twenty-ninth North Carolina Regiment, vice Maj. W. B. Creasman, promoted, to rank from March 16, 1863.
• Capt. C. M. Winkler, of Texas, to be major Fourth Texas Regiment, vice Maj. J. P. Bane, promoted, to rank from July 21, 1863.
• Capt. P. H. Fitzhugh, of Virginia, to be major Twenty-sixth Virginia Regiment, vice Maj. J. L. Garrett, resigned, to rank from October 15, 1863.
• Capt. W. B. Clement, of Virginia, to be major Tenth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, vice Maj. R. A. Caskie, promoted, to rank from September 25, 1863.
• Capt. G. L. Donald, of Mississippi, to be major Thirteenth Mississippi Regiment, vice Maj. A. G. O'Brien, promoted, to rank from July 29, 1863.
• Capt. James P. Eagle, of Arkansas, to be major Second Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, vice Maj. J. T. Smith, promoted, to rank from November 8, 1862.
• Capt. J. J. Gooding, of South Carolina, to be major Eleventh South Carolina Regiment, vice Maj. A. C. Izard, promoted, to rank from November 27, 1862.
• Capt. Ivey F. Lewis, of Mississippi, to be major Jeff, Davis Legion, vice Maj. W. G. Conner, killed, to rank from July 3, 1863.
• Capt. J. C. Holmes, of North Carolina, to be major Thirtieth North Carolina Regiment, vice Maj. W. W. Sillers, promoted, to rank from September 3, 1863.
• Capt. John C. Key, of Georgia, to be major Forty-fourth Georgia Regiment, vice Maj. James W. Beck, promoted, to rank from September 11, 1863.
• Capt. Benjamin Holmes, of Missouri, to be major Twelfth Missouri Regiment, vice Maj. T. B. Sandford, killed, to rank from July 4, 1863.
• Capt. J. R. Hubbard, of Tennessee, to be major Forty-second Tennessee Regiment, vice Maj. L. McCollum, promoted, to rank from August 25, 1863.
• Capt. J. D. Howard, of Tennessee, to be major Forty-eighth Tennessee Regiment, vice Maj. A. J. Campbell, deceased, to rank from June 16, 1863.
• Capt. E. F. Bookter, of South Carolina, to be major Twelfth South Carolina Regiment, vice Maj. H. C. Davis, promoted, to rank from February 27, 1863.
• Capt. E. A. Howell, of Arkansas, to be major Fifth Arkansas Regiment, vice Maj. P. V. Green, promoted, to rank from September 19, 1863.
• Capt. W. N. Berkeley, of Virginia, to be major Eighth Virginia Regiment, vice Maj. E. Berkeley, promoted, to rank from August 9, 1863.
• Capt. B. Taylor, of Virginia, to be major Nineteenth Virginia Regiment, vice Maj. C. S. Peyton, promoted, to rank from July 3, 1863.
• Capt. T. Smith, of Virginia, to be major Fifty-sixth Virginia Regiment, vice Maj. W. E. Green, promoted, to rank from July 30, 1863.
• Capt. H. T. Toulmin, of Alabama, to be major Twenty-second Alabama Regiment, vice Maj. Benjamin R. Hart, promoted, to rank from September 20, 1863.
• Capt. R. J. Williams, of Missouri, to be major Third Missouri Regiment, vice Maj. J. K. McDowell, promoted, to rank from May 28, 1863.
• Capt. J. Duncan, of Missouri, to be major Sixth Missouri Regiment, vice Maj. S. Cooper, promoted, to rank from June 25, 1863.
• Capt. R. N. Hull,of Georgia, to be major Sixty-sixth Georgia Regiment, vice Maj. J. F. Andrews, declined, to rank from October 8, 1863.
• Capt. J. H. Sikes, of --, to be major Seventh Confederate Regiment, vice Maj. T. D. Claiborne, promoted, to rank from September 12, 1863.
• Capt. M. R. Hall, of Georgia, to be major Forty-eighth Georgia Regiment, vice Maj. J. R. Whitehead, resigned, to rank from July 17, 1863.
• Capt. D. H. Smith, of Alabama, to be major Thirty-ninth Alabama Regiment, vice Maj. W. C. Clifton, promoted, to rank from October 12, 1863.
• Capt. W. T. Holland, of Georgia, to be major Thirty-second Georgia Regiment, vice Maj. E. H. Bacon, promoted, to rank from October 20, 1863.
• Capt. G. S. Laswell, of Arkansas, to be major First Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, vice Maj. L. M. Ramsaur, promoted, to rank from September 20, 1863.
• Capt. S. C. Cooper, of Tennessee, to be major Forty-sixth Tennessee Regiment, vice Maj. J. D. Wilson, promoted, to rank from October 21, 1863.
• Capt. William Lester, of South Carolina, to be major Thirteenth South Carolina Regiment, vice Maj. J. L. Wofford, resigned, to rank from November 4, 1863.
• Capt. F. L. Twitty, of North Carolina, to be major Thirty-fourth North Carolina Regiment, vice Maj. G. M. Clark, killed, to rank from July 1, 1863.
• Capt. R. Randolph, of Virginia, to be major Fourth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, vice Maj. R. E. Utterback, resigned, to rank from September 4, 1863.
• Capt. R. W. Phipps, of Mississippi, to be major Nineteenth Mississippi Regiment, vice Maj. T. J. Hardin, promoted, to rank from October 8, 1863.
• Capt. W. F. Slaton, of Alabama, to be major Thirty-seventh Alabama Regiment, vice Maj. J. P. W. Amerine, promoted, to rank from September 1, 1862.
• Capt. J. A. Lash, of Florida, to be major Fourth Florida Regiment, vice Maj. J. T. Lesley, promoted, to rank from March 16, 1863.

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• Capt. S. Ruffin, of Alabama, to be major Eighteenth Alabama Regiment, vice Maj. P. F. Hunley, promoted, to rank from September 23, 1863.
• Capt. W. J. Hearin, of Alabama, to be major Thirty-eighth Alabama Regiment, vice Maj. O. S. Jewett, killed, to rank from September 20, 1863.
• Capt. G. C. Freeman, of Alabama, to be major Forty-fifth Alabama Regiment, vice Maj. R. H. Abercrombie, promoted, to rank from October 28, 1863.
• Capt. E. H. McDonald, of Virginia, to be major Eleventh Virginia Cavalry Regiment, vice Maj. M. D. Ball, promoted, to rank from July 23, 1863.
• Capt. W. Marks, of Louisiana, to be major Twenty-second Louisiana Regiment. vice Maj. S. Jones, promoted, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• Capt. William Straton, of Virginia, to be major Thirty-fourth Virginia Battalion, vice Maj. V. A. Witcher, promoted, to rank from May 2, 1863.
• Capt. G. M. Ferneyhough, of Virginia, to be major Thirty-fifth Virginia Battalion, vice Maj. E. V. White, promoted, to rank from February 4, 1863.
• Capt. L. J. Bossieux, of Virginia, to be major Twenty-fifth Virginia Battalion, vice Maj. W. M. Elliott, promoted, to rank from July 25, 1863.
• Capt. C. H. Ford, of Virginia, to be major First Virginia Battalion, Troops Local Defense, vice Maj. W. S. Downer, declined, to rank from August 6, 1863.
• Capt. R. C. Smith, of Maryland, to be major First Maryland Battalion Cavalry, vice Maj. Ridgely Brown, promoted, to rank from August 20, 1863.
• Capt. C. W. Mabry, of Georgia, to be major Nineteenth Georgia Regiment, vice Maj. J. W. Hooper, resigned, to rank from June 23, 1863.
• Capt. C. E. Cormier, of Louisiana, to be major First Louisiana Regiment, vice Maj. J. Nelligan, promoted, to rank from July 3, 1863.
• Capt. W. P. Cooper, of Virginia, to be major Thirty-first Virginia Regiment, vice Maj. J. S. K. McCutchen, promoted, to rank from August 1, 1863.

Captains.
• First Lieut. F. D. Blake, of South Carolina, to be captain, First South Carolina Artillery Regiment, vice Capt. W. C. Preston, appointed major of artillery, Provisional Army Confederate States, to rank from April 2, 1863.
• First Lieut. H. R. Lesesne, of South Carolina, to be captain, First South Carolina Artillery Regiment, vice Capt. J. A. Sitgreaves, resigned, to rank from June 5, 1863.
• First Lieut. A. S. Galliard, of South Carolina, to be captain, First South Carolina Artillery Regiment, vice Capt. H. S. Farley, resigned, to rank from June 22, 1863.
• First Lieut. H. D. Twyman, of Georgia, to be captain Company A, First Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, vice Capt. A. Shaaff, promoted, to rank from January 20, 1863.

First lieutenants.
• Second Lieut. W. H. Johnson, of South Carolina, to be first lieutenant, First South Carolina Artillery Regiment, vice Lieut. J. C. Clemson, resigned, to rank from May 28, 1863.
• Second Lieut. E. S. Fickling, of South Carolina, to be first lieutenant, First South Carolina Artillery Regiment, vice Lieut. H. R. Lesesne, promoted, to rank from June 5, 1863.
• Second Lieut. Iredell Jones, of South Carolina, to be first lieutenant, First South Carolina Artillery Regiment, vice Lieut. A. S. Galliard, promoted, to rank from June 22, 1863.
• Second Lieut. J. D. Anthony, of Georgia, to be first lieutenant, First Georgia Regiment (enlisted men), vice Lieut. E. P. Bowdre, promoted, to rank from October 3, 1862.
• Second Lieut. J. R. Du Bose, of Georgia, to be first lieutenant, First Georgia Regiment (enlisted men), vice Lieut. John Howard, promoted, to rank from August 31, 1862.
• Second Lieut. W. A. Williams, of Georgia, to be first lieutenant, First Georgia Regiment (enlisted men), vice Lieut. G. W. Anderson, promoted, to rank from May 21, 1862.
• Second Lieut. T. P. B. Ryan, of Louisiana, to be first lieutenant, First Louisiana Artillery Regiment, vice Lieut. J. H. Stith, deceased, to rank from December 31, 1862.
• Second Lieut. R. Bruce, of Louisiana, to be first lieutenant, First Louisiana Artillery Regiment, vice Lieutenant--, to rank from January 1, 1863.
• Second Lieut. O. La Borde, of South Carolina, to be first lieutenant, First South Carolina Artillery Regiment, vice Lieut. J. S. Bee, deceased, to rank from July 18, 1863.
• Second Lieut. J. S. Heyward, of South Carolina, to be first lieutenant, First South Carolina Artillery Regiment, vice Lieut. E. P. Ravenel, deceased, to rank from July 24, 1863.

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• Second Lieut. H. A. Crane, of Georgia, to be first lieutenant Company A, First Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, vice Lieut. H. D. Twyman, promoted, to rank from January 20, 1863.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

The message was read.

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

On motion by Mr. Sparrow,

The Senate resolved into open legislative session.

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