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Journal of the Confederate Congress --TUESDAY, May 24, 1864.

Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 [Volume 4]
TUESDAY, May 24, 1864.

OPEN SESSION.

Mr. Hill presented the credentials of the Hon. Herschel V. Johnson, elected a Senator by the general assembly of the State of Georgia for the term of six years from and after the 18th day of February,

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1864; which were read, and the oath prescribed by the Constitution having been administered to Mr. Johnson, he took his seat in the Senate.

Mr. Sparrow presented resolutions of the general assembly of the State of Louisiana in relation to the further prosecution of the war; which were read.

Ordered, That they lie upon the table and be printed.

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

Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed a bill (H. R. 106) to increase the compensation of the noncommissioned officers and privates of the Army of the Confederate States; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.

Mr. Semmes presented a resolution of the general assembly of the State of Louisiana relative to claims against the Confederate Government; which was read.

Ordered, That it lie upon the table and be printed.

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

Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of causing officers of the Quartermaster's and Commissary's Departments to be detailed or assigned to the duty of auditing and paying claims of the citizens of Louisiana for all property impressed by order of officers in the Confederate service and for hire of teams or negroes.

Mr. Barnwell presented the memorial of citizens of the town of Beaufort, in the State of South Carolina, praying to be relieved from the payment of taxes imposed by the tax bill of 1864; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Barnwell, from the Committee on Finance, reported

A bill (S. 44) to authorize certificates of indebtedness to be given for property purchased or impressed and for transportation, and to provide for payment of the interest on said certificates in specie; which was read the first and second times and ordered to be placed upon the Calendar and printed.

On motion by Mr. Barnwell,

Ordered, That the communication from the Secretary of the Treasury recommending certain changes in the impressment laws be printed.

Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the joint resolution (H. R. 7) to prevent restrictions upon the right of members of Congress to visit sick and wounded officers and soldiers in hospitals, reported it with the recommendation that it ought not to pass.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the said resolution; and no amendment being proposed, it was reported to the Senate.

On the question,

Shall the resolution be read a third time?

It was determined in the negative.

So the resolution was rejected.

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

Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 43) to regulate the pay of a general assigned to duty at the seat of government under the provisions of the act approved March 25, 1862, reported it without amendment.

Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom

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was referred the bill (S. 24) to authorize the appointment of additional officers of artillery for ordnance duties, reported it without amendment.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the said bill; and no amendment being proposed, 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.

Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 23) to provide for the appointment of additional military storekeepers in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States, reported it with an amendment.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the said bill; and the reported amendment having been agreed to, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendment was concurred in.

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

The said bill was read the third time.

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

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

Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 35) concerning agents of the Press Association of the Confederate States, reported it with amendments.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the said bill; and the reported amendments having been agreed to, the bill was reported to the Senate and the amendments were concurred in.

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

The said bill was read the third time.

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

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

On motion by Mr. Sparrow,

Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of J. S. Thrasher.

Mr. Brown, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury on the subject, reported

A joint resolution (S. 8) directing the settlement of the claim of Zedekiah McDaniel and Francis M. Ewing for destroying the Federal gunboat Cairo, by means of a torpedo;
which was read the first and second times and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and no amendment being proposed, it was reported to the Senate.

Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time.

The said resolution was read the third time.

On the question,

Shall the resolution now pass?

It was determined in the affirmative,
• Yeas ... 19
• Nays ... 0

On motion by Mr. Brown,

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

Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Baker, Brown, Burnett, Caperton, Dortch, Graham, Henry, Hill, Hunter, Jemison, Johnson of Georgia, Johnson of Missouri, Maxwell, Mitchel, Orr, Semmes, Simms, Sparrow, and Watson.

So it was

Resolved, That the resolution 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 (H. R. 8) to authorize the judge of the district court for the northern district of Georgia to change the place of holding said court; and

On motion by Mr. Hill,

Ordered, That the bill, together with the report of the Committee on the Judiciary (No. 2) thereon, be recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Hill submitted the following motion for consideration:

Ordered, That the vote on passing the bill (S. 35) concerning agents of the Press Association of the Confederate States be reconsidered.

The bill (H. R. 106) to increase the compensation of the noncommissioned officers and privates of the Army of the Confederate States was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

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

Mr. President: The President of the Confederate States, on yesterday, approved and signed the following acts and joint resolution:

• S. 5. An act to provide passports for Senators and Representatives in Congress when traveling in the Confederate States;
• S. 11. An act to extend the franking privilege; and
• S. 3. Joint resolution of thanks to Missouri officers and soldiers in the Confederate service east of the Mississippi River.

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

The Senate resumed the consideration of the resolution submitted by Mr. Sparrow yesterday, instructing the Committee on the Judiciary to inquire into the expediency of reporting a bill for the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus after the expiration of the present law, and of providing by said bill that the said suspension shall continue until the close of the next session of Congress; and

The resolution was agreed to.

On motion by Mr. Orr,

The Senate resolved into executive session.

The doors having been opened,

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 15) to authorize the payment of the actual and necessary expenses of naval officers while traveling under orders.

On motion by Mr. Sparrow, to amend the bill by striking out "naval," line 2, and inserting after "officers," in the same line, the words of the Army and Navy; "by inserting after Navy," line 3, the words "or War," and by inserting after "Navy," line 3, the words "or the Secretary of War,"

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It was determined in the affirmative.

On motion by Mr. Brown, to amend the bill by inserting at the end thereof the words "and that the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy, at the commencement of each session, shall report to Congress a copy of all the bills paid under this act, and specify the items in each case, together with the certificate of the officer rendering the account,"

It was determined in the affirmative.

On motion by Mr. Brown, to amend the bill by adding thereto the following proviso:
Provided, That no officer shall receive the benefit of this act who is traveling under orders issued at his own solicitation,

It was determined in the affirmative.

On motion by Mr. Orr, to amend the bill by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting:

That officers of the Army and Navy, while traveling under orders of the War or Navy Department, shall be allowed transportation in kind for themselves and their personal baggage,

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 and the title was amended.

Resolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be "An act to furnish transportation to officers of the Army and Navy while traveling under orders."

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

On motion by Mr. Orr.

The Senate adjourned.

EXECUTIVE SESSION.

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

Executive Department, Richmond, May 23, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Brig. Gen. B. R. Johnson, of Tennessee, to be major-general in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

War Department, Richmond, May 21, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of Brig. Gen. B. R. Johnson, of Tennessee, to be major-general in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America for duty with General Beauregard, to take rank from May 21, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

The message was read.

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

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Executive Department, Richmond, May 23, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

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

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

No. 4 ½]War Department, Richmond, May 4, 1864.

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

Assistant commissaries--captains.
• J. H. French, of Texas, to take rank from February 19, 1864.
• Thomas N. Minter, of Texas, to take rank from February 19, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

The message was read.

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

Executive Department, Richmond, May 23, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

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

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

No. 13.]Confederate States of America, War Department,
Richmond, May 8, 1864.

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

Adjutants--first lieutenants.
• William A. S. Taylor, of Virginia, to be adjutant Sixty-first Virginia Regiment, vice Lieutenant Wright, died, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• L. Flournoy, of Louisiana, to be adjutant Eleventh Louisiana Battalion, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• A. C. Hill, of Texas, to be adjutant Thirty-first Texas Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieutenant Taylor, resigned, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• C. N. Welshaus, of Missouri, to be adjutant Eighth Missouri Regiment, vice Lieutenant Kingsland, resigned, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• A. M. Barnes, of Arkansas, to be adjutant Thirty-third Arkansas Regiment, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• George A. Blain, of Texas, to be adjutant Seventh Texas Regiment, vice Lieutenant Douglas, promoted, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• R. M. Harkness, of Alabama, to be adjutant Thirty-sixth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieutenant Hatch, resigned, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• Charles P. Roberts, of Georgia, to be adjutant Second Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• G. C. Greenway, of Virginia, to be adjutant Forty-fifth Virginia Battalion, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• Virgil V. Moore, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Second Mississippi Regiment, Partisan Rangers, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• W. J. Sparks, of Texas, to be adjutant Tenth Texas Cavalry Regiment, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• J. P. Butler, of Louisiana, to be adjutant First Louisiana Artillery Regiment, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• Thomas Barrow, of Georgia, to be adjutant Twenty-ninth Georgia Cavalry Battalion, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• William P. Pillans, of South Carolina, to be adjutant Fifth Florida Cavalry Battalion, to rank from February 19, 1864.

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• William K. Davis, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Fourth Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• James D. Easley, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Tenth Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• W. R. Garrett, of Virginia, to be adjutant Eleventh Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• M. D. Smallman, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• J. C. Judkins, of Alabama, to be adjutant Fifty-seventh Alabama Regiment, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• Daniel E. Brown, of South Carolina, to be adjutant Fourteenth South Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant Ready, cashiered, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• Charles R. Harris, of Alabama, to be adjutant Twenty-eighth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieutenant Lea, resigned, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• Robert L. Parrish, of Virginia, to be adjutant Forty-sixth Virginia Cavalry Battalion, to rank from February 26, 1864.
• Edwd. H. Davis, of North Carolina, to be adjutant Seventeenth North Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant Elliott, resigned, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• John A. Lewis, of Kentucky, to be adjutant Ninth Kentucky Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieutenant Cox [Jones?], dismissed, to rank from March 8, 1864.
• V. Hewitt, of Kentucky, to be adjutant Sixth Kentucky Cavalry Regiment, vice lieutenant Buchanan, promoted, to rank from February 29, 1864.
• George W. Hunt, of Kentucky, to be adjutant Fifth Kentucky Regiment, vice Lieutenant Johnson. resigned, to rank from March 16, 1864.
• Thomas D. Gregory, of Tennessee, to be adjutant First Tennessee Regiment, vice Lieutenant Watson, died, to rank from March 10, 1864.
• Alex. B. Moore, of Virginia, to be adjutant Eighth Virginia Regiment, vice Lieutenant Hutchison, promoted, to rank from March 8, 1864.
• R. S. Harrison, of Virginia, to be adjutant Thirteenth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieutenant Nash, promoted, to rank from March 30, 1864.
• W. T. Walke, of Virginia, to be adjutant Thirty-ninth Virginia Cavalry Battalion, vice Lieutenant Wise, jr., declined, to rank from March 30, 1864.
• P. W. Arrington, of North Carolina, to be adjutant Thirtieth North Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant Carter, dropped, to rank from April 2, 1864.
• W. L. McGaughy, of Alabama, to be adjutant Fifth Alabama Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieutenant Wrenn, promoted, to rank from April 4, 1864.
• Alfred Holmes, of South Carolina, to be adjutant Twenty-fourth South Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant Palmer, died, to rank from April 4, 1864.
• Albert B. Allen, of Missouri, to be adjutant Eighth Missouri Cavalry Regiment, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• McH. Whitaker, of Mississippi, to be adjutant First Regiment Engineer Troops, to rank from April 5, 1864.
• E. J. Darby, of Missouri, to be adjutant Third Missouri Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieutenant Biser, killed, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• George Connar, of Louisiana, to be adjutant Second Louisiana Regiment, vice Lieutenant Kearney, resigned, to rank from April 10, 1864.
• J. T. Tannehill, of Alabama, to be adjutant Fifty-third Alabama Regiment, vice Lieutenant Snodgrass, promoted, to rank from April 10, 1864.
• F. Philips, of Florida, to be adjutant Sixth Florida Regiment, vice Lieutenant Ely, promoted, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• T. Reynolds, of Louisiana, to be adjutant Fifth Louisiana Regiment, vice Lieutenant Beach, died, to rank from April 12, 1864.
• C. H. Gordon, of Georgia, to be adjutant Thirtieth Georgia Cavalry Battalion, to rank from April 12, 1864.
• A. McGlashan, of Georgia, to be adjutant Fiftieth Georgia Regiment, vice Lieutenant Roberds, killed, to rank from April 12, 1864.
• James W. Mitchell, of Mississippi, to be adjutant Fifteenth Mississippi Regiment, vice Lieutenant Binford, resigned, to rank from April 15, 1864.
• S. G. Turner, of Georgia, to be adjutant Nineteenth Georgia Regiment, vice Lieutenant Johnson, killed, to rank from February 20, 1864.
• Frank Jones, of Georgia, to be adjutant Cobb's (Georgia) Legion, vice Lieutenant Church, promoted, to rank from April 15, 1864.
• J. R. McIntosh, of Mississippi, to be adjutant Twenty-fourth Mississippi Regiment, to rank from April 15, 1864.
• W. P. McGowen, of Texas, to be adjutant Fifth Texas Regiment, vice Lieutenant Kerr, promoted, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• Robert E. Garnier, of Louisiana, to be adjutant First Louisiana Regiment Volunteers, vice Lieutenant Kenna, killed, to rank from April 23, 1864.

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• Thomas H. Gibson, of Georgia, to be adjutant Forty-eighth Georgia Regiment, vice Lieutenant Cumming, died, to rank from April 23, 1864.
• D. R. W. McIver, of South Carolina, to be adjutant Twenty-first South Carolina Regiment, to rank from April 23, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

The message was read.

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

Executive Department, Richmond, May 24, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

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

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

No. 14.]War Department Richmond, May 9, 1864.

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:

Major.
• W. G. Calahan, of Georgia, to be major Eighteenth Georgia Regiment, to rank from March 19, 1864.

Captains.
• Virgil Weaver, of Virginia, to be captain Company H, Sixth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• Stark A. Sutton, of North Carolina, to be captain Company F, Forty-fifth North Carolina Regiment, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• W. E. Stitt, of North Carolina, to be captain Company B, Forty-third North Carolina Regiment, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• A. E. Richards, of Virginia, to be captain Company B, Forty-third Virginia Battalion, Partisan Rangers, to rank from April 6, 1864.
• H. B. Bicksler, of Virginia, to be captain Company I, Eighth Virginia Regiment, to rank from March 6, 1864.
• John M. Robinson, of North Carolina, to be captain Company B, Thirty-eighth North Carolina Regiment, to rank from April 13, 1864.
• Lewis Harman, of Virginia, to be captain Company I, Twelfth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, to rank from March 6, 1864.
• William Dunovant, of South Carolina, to be captain Company C, Seventeenth South Carolina Regiment, to rank from April 29, 1864.
• Fred W. Airey, of Louisiana, to be captain Company H, Twentieth Louisiana Regiment, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• R. L. Keen, of Louisiana, to be captain Company I, Twentieth Louisiana Regiment, to rank from February 19, 1864.

First lieutenants.
• John W. Carter, of Virginia, to be first lieutenant Thomson's battery, to rank from April 23, 1864.
• Adolph P. Webre, of Louisiana, to be first lieutenant Company G, Twentieth Louisiana Regiment, to rank from February 19, 1864.

Second lieutenants.
• H. D. Thompson, of Missouri, to be second lieutenant Company G, First Missouri Regiment, to rank from March 3, 1864,
• Ed. M. Poe, of South Carolina, to be second lieutenant Company H, Fifteenth South Carolina Regiment, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• Jesse W. Avant, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant Phillips Legion, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• James W. Jordan, of Virginia, to be second lieutenant Company H, Third Virginia Cavalry Regiment, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• W. W. Kirkland, of South Carolina, to be second lieutenant Company E, Fifteenth South Carolina Regiment, to rank from February 19, 1864.

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• K. Taylor; of Virginia, to be second lieutenant Company I, Eighth Virginia Regiment, to rank from April 6, 1864.
• R. A Shotwell, of Virginia, to be second lieutenant Company I, Eighth Virginia Regiment, to rank from April 6, 1864.
• Ind. C. Francis, of Virginia, to be second lieutenant Company A, Eighth Virginia Regiment, to rank from April 6, 1864.
• Festus King, of Virginia, to be second lieutenant Carter's battery, to rank from April 6, 1864.
• Charles J. Harper, of Louisiana, to be second lieutenant Company K, Twentieth Louisiana Regiment, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• Andrew Kreutz, of Louisiana, to be second lieutenant Company C, Twentieth Louisiana Regiment, to rank from February 19, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

The message was read.

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

Executive Department, Richmond, May 23, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

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

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

NO. 5.]War Department, Richmond, May 4, 1864.

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 JANUARY 22, 1862.
• Brigadier-general.
  • E. P. Alexander, of Georgia, to take rank from February 26, 1864.
• Colonels.
  • Thomas H. Carter, of Virginia, to take rank from February 27, 1864.
  • Hilary P. Jones, of Virginia, to take rank from February 27, 1864.
  • Melancthon Smith, of Mississippi, to take rank from February 20, 1864.
• Lieutenant-colonels.
  • James Dearing, of Virginia, to take rank from February 27, 1864.
  • Frank Huger, of South Carolina, to take rank from February 27, 1864.
  • C. M. Braxton, of Virginia, to take rank from February 27, 1864.
  • W. J. Pegram, of Virginia, to take rank from February 27, 1864.
  • D. G. McIntosh, of South Carolina, to take rank from February 27, 1864.
  • W. T. Poague, of Virginia, to take rank from February 27, 1864.
  • R. A. Hardaway, of Alabama, to take rank from February 27, 1864.
  • Charles Richardson, of Virginia, to take rank from February 27, 1864
  • L. Hoxton, of Virginia, to take rank from February 21, 1864.
  • Felix H. Robertson, of Texas to take rank from February 22, 1864.
  • S. C. Williams, of Georgia, to take rank from February 23, 1864.
• Majors.
  • W. E. Cutshaw, of Virginia, to take rank from February 27, 1864.
  • T. C. Jordan, of Virginia, to take rank from February 27, 1864.
  • M. B. Miller, of Louisiana to take rank from February 27, 1864.
  • Robert M. Stribling, of Virginia, to take rank from February 27, 1864.
  • R. C. M. Page, of Virginia, to take rank from February 27, 1864.
  • David Watson, of Virginia, to take rank from February 27, 1864.

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  • Joseph McGraw, of Maryland, to take rank from February 27, 1864.
  • M. Johnson, of Virginia, to take rank from February 27, 1864.
  • George Ward, of Mississippi, to take rank from February 27, 1864.
  • V. Maurin, of Louisiana, to take rank from February 27, 1864.
  • M. N. Moorman, of Virginia, to take rank from February 27, 1864.
  • R. P. Chew, of Virginia, to take rank front February 27, 1864.
  • W. H. Caskie, of Virginia, to take rank from April 9, 1864.
  • J. H. Pratt, of Texas, to take rank from February 19, 1864.
  • R. Cobb, of Kentucky, to take rank from February 22, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

The message was read.

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

Executive Department, Richmond, May 23, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

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

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

No. 17.]War Department, Richmond, May 10, 1864.

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

ENGINEER TROOPS, UNDER ACT APPROVED MARCH 20, 1863.
• First Regiment--Colonel.
  • T. M. R. Talcott, of Virginia, to take rank from April 1, 1864.
• Lieutenant-colonel.
  • W. W. Blackford, of Virginia, to lake rank from April 1, 1864.
• Major.
  • Peyton Randolph, of Virginia, to take rank from April 1, 1864.
• Captains.
  • J. M. Baldwin, of Texas, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
  • J. J. Conway, of Alabama, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
  • John Bradford, of Florida, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
  • W. R. Johnson, of Virginia, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
  • G. C. Dickinson, of Virginia, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
  • H. T. Douglas, of Virginia, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
  • H. C. Derrick, of the District of Columbia, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
  • T. M. Topp, of Mississippi, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
  • W. Ballard Bruce, of Virginia, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
• First lieutenants.
  • W. G. Williamson, of Virginia, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
  • S. H. Brown, of Virginia, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
  • H. H. Harris, of Virginia, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
  • G. P. C. Rumbough, of Tennessee, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
  • E. N. Wise, of Virginia, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
  • C. W. Babbitt, of Alabama, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
  • T. J. Moncure, of Virginia, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
  • R. M. Sully, of Virginia, to take rank from March 29, 1864.

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• Second lieutenants.
  • R. H. Griffin, of Texas, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
  • D. S. Hessey, of Delaware, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
  • R. W. Peatross, of Virginia, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
  • W. A. Gordon, of the District of Columbia, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
  • J. H. Gilmer, of Virginia, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
  • William Glenn, of Kentucky, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
  • D. P. Woodruff, of Alabama, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
  • C. M. Bolton, of Virginia, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
  • C. F. Smith, of the District of Columbia, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
  • C. E. Young, of Virginia, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
  • John M. Hood, of Maryland, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
  • J. J. Norwood, of North Carolina, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
  • C. Maupin, of Virginia, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
  • E. B. Meade, of Virginia, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
  • John S. Mason, of Virginia, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
  • C. M. Davis, of Florida, to take rank from March 29, 1864.
• First battalion--Lieutenant-colonel.
  • Henry T. Douglas, of Virginia, to take rank from April 1, 1864.
• Major.
  • R. P. Rowley, of Arkansas, to take rank from April 1, 1864.
• Captains.
  • William Freret, of Louisiana, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • W. R. De Voe, of Texas, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • R. M. Venable, of Virginia, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • R. C. Slaughter, of Arkansas, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • M. G. Howe, of Texas, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • A. M. Williams, of Louisiana, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
• First lieutenants.
  • J. H. Haney, of Arkansas, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • John Mhoon, of Missouri, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • J. L. Bartlett, of Texas, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • D. E. Crossland, of Texas, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • W. J. Ratliff, of Texas, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
• Second lieutenants.
  • E. H. Wells, of Louisiana, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • H. W. W. Reynolds, of Mississippi to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • J. F. Ferguson, of Alabama, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • M. H. Smith, of Texas, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • Jos. Seay, of Virginia, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • E. Sandcliff, of Texas, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • A. Turnbull, of Canada, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
• Third Regiment--Lieutenant-colonel.
  • S. W. Presstman, of Virginia, to take rank from April 1, 1864.
• Major.
  • J. W. Green, of Georgia, to take rank from April 1, 1864.
• Captains.
  • R. C. McCalla, of Tennessee, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • H. N. Pharr, of Kentucky, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • A. W. Gloster, of Mississippi, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • E. Winston, of Tennessee, to take rank from April 30, 1864.

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  • W. T. Hart, of Georgia, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • W. A. Ramsey, of Tennessee, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • Robert L. Cobb, of Kentucky, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
• First lieutenants.
  • T. S. Newcomb, of Kentucky, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • G. R. Margrave, of Tennessee, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • J. S. Morrison, of Tennessee, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • M. M. Long, of the District of Columbia, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • James J. Davies, of Georgia, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
• Second lieutenants.
  • James B. Perkins, of Georgia, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • Charles R. Boyd, of Virginia, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • W. D. Printz, of Tennessee, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • M. F. Maury, of Tennessee, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • P. W. Semmes, of Louisiana, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • W. G. Halyburton, of Virginia, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • Hervey O. Minor, of Virginia, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • J. W. Chalmers, of Virginia, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • M. Huston, of Tennessee, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • Charles Foster, of Georgia, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • Edward Malone, of Virginia, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • W. R. Campbell, of Mississippi, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
  • Thomas E. Marble, of Mississippi, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
• Second Regiment--Captains.
  • W. A. C. Jones, of Alabama, to take rank from March 31, 1864.
  • L. Hutchinson, of Alabama, to take rank from April 1, 1864.
  • J. W. McAlpin, of Georgia, to take rank from April 30, 1864.
• First lieutenant
  • R. A. O'Hea, of Mississippi, to take rank from April 30, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc

The message was read.

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

Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the nominations of D. G. Purse, to be military store- keeper of engineers, with rank of captain of infantry; J. B. Sale, to be military secretary, colonel of cavalry; Towson Ellis, Francis S. Parker; to be aids-de-camp, majors of cavalry; Robert Strange, to be aid-de-camp, with the rank of major; B. D. Fry, John McCausland, Thomas M. Scott, to be brigadier-generals, 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 nominations of the President.

The Senate resumed the consideration of the nomination of P. N.

Lynch, to be special commissioner of the Confederate States to the States of the Church; and

After debate,

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

Mr. Mitchel submitted the following motion for consideration:

That the vote on agreeing to the resolutions submitted by Mr. Hill, from the Committee on the Judiciary (on the 23d instant), in relation to nominations continued or postponed from one session of the Senate to another be reconsidered.

On motion by Mr. Brown,

The Senate resolved into open legislative session.

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