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Journal of the Confederate Congress --TUESDAY, May 31, 1864.

Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 [Volume 4]
TUESDAY, May 31, 1864.

OPEN SESSION.

On motion by Mr. Caperton,

The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.

The doors having been opened,

On motion by Mr. Burnett,

Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the bill (S. 47) to facilitate the settlement of the claims of deceased soldiers.

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

Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed the bill of the Senate (S. 22) to secure the prompt printing of the laws of the Confederate States, with amendments; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.

And they have passed a joint resolution (H. R. 10) of thanks to the Ninth Regiment of Texas Infantry; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.

On motion by Mr. Barnwell,

Ordered, That the Committee on Finance he discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Margaret A. Rice and that it be referred to the Committee on Claims.

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On motion by Mr. Sparrow,

Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of a resolution inquiring into the expediency of so amending the act to organize forces to serve during the war, approved February 17, 1864, as to provide for the exemption from military service of the necessary officers of steamboats engaged in transportation for the Government.

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

A bill (S. 58) to authorize the appointment of quartermasters and assistant quartermasters and commissaries and assistant commissaries in the Provisional Army in certain cases; which was read the first and second times and ordered to be placed upon the Calendar.

On motion by Mr. Hill,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of the resolution inquiring 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.

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

• S. 10. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to aid any State in communicating with and perfecting records concerning its troops," approved 16th February, 1864;
• S. 28. An act to amend an act entitled "An act creating the office of ensign in the Army of the Confederate States;"
• S. 39. An act to amend the several acts in regard to chaplains;
• S. 41. An act to provide for the appointment of a disbursing clerk in the War Department; and
• S. 7. Joint resolution in regard to the exemption of editors and employees of newspapers.

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

Mr. Graham, from the Joint Committee on Impressments, to whom was referred the bill (S. 36) to provide for the impressment of the railroad iron, equipments, and rolling stock of railroads when the same shall become necessary for the public defense, and to make further provisions for the efficient transportation of troops and military supplies, reported it with the recommendation that it ought not to pass.

The joint resolution (H. R. 10) of thanks to the Ninth Regiment of Texas Infantry was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

The Senate proceeded to consider the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 22) to secure the prompt printing of the laws of the Confederate States; and

Resolved, That they concur therein.

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

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration

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of the bill (S. 51) to provide supplies for the Army and to prescribe the mode of making impressments.

On motion by Mr. Walker, to amend the bill by inserting after "section," section 2, line 5, the words
and from the additional impressments authorized by the fifth section of this act: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to repeal or affect the provisions of an act entitled "An act to authorize the impressment of meat for the use of the Army under certain circumstances," approved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.

It was determined in the affirmative.

An amendment having been proposed by Mr. Barnwell,

After debate,

On motion by Mr. Semmes,

The Senate resolved into executive session.

The doors having been opened,

On motion by Mr. Haynes,

The Senate adjourned.

SECRET SESSION.

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

Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed the bill of the Senate (S. 57) to provide for the appointment of officers with temporary rank and command.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed an enrolled bill, I am directed to bring it to the Senate for the signature of their President.

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

A bill (S. 57) to provide for the appointment of officers with temporary rank and command.

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

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

Mr. President: The President of the Confederate States has, to-day, approved and signed an act (S. 57) to provide for the appointment of officers with temporary rank and command.

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

On motion by Mr. Caperton,

Ordered, That the injunction of secrecy be removed from the bill (S. 57) to provide for the appointment of officers with temporary rank and command.

On motion by Mr. Caperton,

The Senate resolved into open legislative session.

EXECUTIVE SESSION.

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

Richmond, Va., May 30, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

I invite your attention to the accompanying communication from the Secretary of the Navy, and, agreeably to his recommendation, hereby nominate the persons named

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upon the annexed list to the offices designated, in the Provisional Navy. In addition to the annexed list there are officers of the Navy now on shore duty, who are deemed eminently qualified to command afloat, and it is not designed by these nominations to bar their future transfer to the Provisional Navy with their relative rank.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Navy Department, Confederate States,
Richmond, May 25, 1864.

The President.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the Provisional Navy under the act of Congress "to create a provisional navy," approved May 1, 1863:

Admiral.
• Franklin Buchanan, of Maryland.

Captains. (To rank from the 13th day of May, 1863.)
• Samuel Barron, of Virginia; Raphael Semmes, of Alabama; John K. Mitchell, of Florida; Thomas J. Page, of Virginia, and Robert F. Pinkney, of Maryland.

Commanders. (To rank from the 13th day of May, 1863.)
• Thomas R. Rootes, of Virginia; Thomas T. Hunter, of Virginia; James W. Cooke, of North Carolina; Isaac N. Brown, of Mississippi; Robert B. Pegram, of Virginia; William L. Maury, of Virginia; John N. Maffitt, of North Carolina; Joseph N. Barney, of Maryland, and William A. Wirt, of Virginia.

Commanders. (To rank from the 4th day of October, 1863.)
• George W. Harrison, of Virginia, and James D. Johnston, of Kentucky.

First lieutenants. (To rank from the 6th day of January, 1864.)
• Washington Gwathmey, of Virginia; John Rutledge, of South Carolina; Joel S. Kennard, of Alabama Charles M. Morris of Georgia John S. Maury, of North Carolina; Charles W. Hays, of Alabama; Charles C. Simms, of Virginia; Julian Myers, of Georgia; Alexander F. Warley, of South Carolina; John W. Bennett, of Mary, land; Jonathan H. Carter, of North Carolina; William H. Parker, of Virginia; J. Pembroke Jones, of Virginia; William H. Murdaugh, of Virginia; John McI. Kell, of Georgia; James H. Rochelle, of Virginia; Robert D. Minor, of Virginia; James I. Waddell, of North Carolina; Joseph Fry, of Florida; Charles P. McGary, of North Carolina; Hunter Davidson, of Virginia; Robert R. Carter, of Virginia; John R. Hamilton, of South Carolina; Oscar F. Johnston, of Tennessee; John R. Eggleston, of Mississippi; Robert T Chapman, of Alabama; William P. A. Campbell of Tennessee; Benjamin P. Loyall, of Virginia; William H. Ward, of Virginia; John W. Dunnington, of Kentucky; Francis E. Shepperd, of North Carolina; Thomas P. Pelot, of South Carolina; William G. Dozier, of South Carolina; William L. Bradford, of Alabama; Hamilton H. Dalton, of Mississippi; William E. Evans, of South Carolina; George S. Shryock, of Kentucky; Thomas K. Porter, of Tennessee; Joseph W. Alexander, of North Carolina; Charles J. Graves, of Georgia; Thomas B. Mills, of Louisiana; William C. Whittle, jr., of Virginia; William A. Kerr, of North Carolina; John Grimball, of South Carolina; Wilburn B. Hall, of Georgia; Samuel W. Averett, of Virginia; Henry B. Claiborne, of Louisiana; George A. Borchert, of Georgia; Hilary Cenas, of Louisiana; Walter R. Butt, of Virginia; W. Warder Pollock, of Maryland; Arthur D. Wharton, of Tennessee; Thomas L. Dornin, of Virginia; Thomas L. Harrison, of Virginia; James L. Hoole, of Alabama; Francis L. Hoge, of Virginia; Edmund G. Read, of Virginia; Charles W. Read, of Mississippi; Sardine G. Stone, of Alabama; Alphonse Barbot, of Louisiana; Robert J. Bowen, of Mississippi; George W. Gift, of Tennessee; Thomas W. W. Davies, of Alabama; Patrick McCarrick, of Virginia;

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  William F. Carter, of Virginia; William H. Wall, of Mississippi; William W. Carnes, of Tennessee; John H. Ingraham, of South Carolina; William Van Comstock, of Louisiana; Richard F. Armstrong, of Georgia; Albert G. Hudgins, of Virginia; Charles K. King, of Virginia; John H. Comstock, of Arkansas; Joseph D. Wilson, of Florida; Julian M. Spencer, of Maryland; James L. Johnson, of Mississippi; Sidney S. Lee, jr., of Virginia; Samuel Barron, jr., of Virginia; E. Canty Stockton, of South Carolina; James McC. Baker, of Florida; John W. Murdaugh, of Virginia; Mortimer M. Benton, of Kentucky; Charles L. Haralson, of Texas; Sidney H. McAdam, of Tennessee; Francis T. Chew, of Missouri; Alexander M. Mason, of District of Columbia; Thomas L. Moore, of North Carolina; Ivey Foreman, of North Carolina; Walter O. Crain, of Louisiana; Joseph Price, of North Carolina; Alexander Grant, of Louisiana; Charles E. Yeatman, of Virginia; Charles B. Oliver, of Virginia; Charles H. Hasker, of Virginia; Francis Watlington, of Florida; John L. Phillips, of Alabama; George H. Arledge, of Florida; Maxwell T. Clarke, of Virginia; John A. Payne, of Alabama; Henry W. Ray, of Louisiana; William E. Hudgins, of Virginia; John F. Ramsay, of England; H. Beverly Littlepage, of Virginia; Lewis R. Hill, of Virginia; Edward J. Means, of South Carolina; Henry Roberts, of Virginia; Richard H. Gayle, of Alabama; Robert C. Foute, of Tennessee; Francis M. Roby, of Mississippi; Henry H. Marmaduke, of Missouri; John Low, of Georgia; Arthur Sinclai jr., of Virginia; William W. Roberts, of North Carolina; Edgar A. Lambert, of Virginia; Otey Bradford, of Virginia; Joseph M. Gardner, of Virginia; Matthew P. Goodwyn, of Virginia; Americus V. Wiatt, of Virginia, and Thomas L. Skinner, of Virginia.

First lieutenant. (To rank from the 8th day of January, 1864.)
• Clarence L. Stanton, of Kentucky.

Second lieutenants.
• Joseph P. Claybrook, of Missouri; William P. Mason, of Virginia; William F. Robinson, of Alabama; John R. Price, of Alabama; David A. Telfair, of North Carolina; Daniel Trigg, of Virginia; Isaac C. Holcomb, of Georgia; William R. Dalton, of Mississippi; Algernon S. Worth, of Virginia; Robert A. Camm, of Virginia; Dabney M. Scales, of Mississippi; John T. Walker, of South Carolina; Samuel S. Gregory, of North Carolina; William W. Read, of Virginia; Richard H. Bacot, of South Carolina; Edward J. McDermott, of Texas; R. B. Larmour, of Maryland; Thomas P. Bell, of Virginia, and James W. Billups, of Virginia.

Masters, in the line of promotion.
• Samuel P. Blanc, of Louisiana; Wyndam R. Mayo, of Virginia; Daniel D. Colcock, of South Carolina; William P. Hamilton, of South Carolina; James C. Long, of Tennessee; Henry L. Vaughan, of Louisiana; James M. Pearson, of Tennessee; Henry S. Cooke, of Virginia; Gale W. Sparks, of Louisiana, and William J. Craig, of Kentucky.

Paymasters.
• Felix Senac, of Florida; James O. Moore, of North Carolina; Richard Taylor, of Virginia, and James E. Armour, of Alabama.

Assistant paymasters.
• Douglas F. Forrest, of Virginia; Leslie E. Brooks, of Alabama; John S. Banks, of Florida; John J. McPherson, of South Carolina; M. M. Seay, of Tennessee; George H. O'Neal, of Florida; William B. Micon, of Virginia; Wilson G. Richardson, of Mississippi; Perry M. De Leon, of South Carolina; Adam Tredwell, of North Carolina; Edward McKean, of Louisiana; Dewitt C. Seymour, of Georgia; Simeon B. Reardon, of Arkansas; William H. Chase, of Georgia; H. E. McDuffie, of Louisiana; William M. Ladd, of Missouri; Sterling L. Barksdale, of Mississippi; Sidney S. Nicholas, of Virginia; Charles W. Keim, of Texas; William E. Deacon, of Louisiana; T. G. Ridgely, of Missouri; John M. Pearl, of Tennessee; Levi M. Tucker, of Kentucky; C. Lucian Jones, of Georgia; Willis B. Cobb, of Kentucky; John F. Wheless, of Tennessee; Marshall L. Sothoron, of Maryland; Marsden Bellamy, of North Carolina; Basil M. Heriot, of South Carolina, and Norton Kent Adams, of Alabama.

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Surgeons.
• J. W. B. Greenhow, of Georgia; William D. Harrison, of Virginia; William F. Carrington, of Virginia; Charles H. Williamson, of Virginia; Arthur M. Lynah, of South Carolina; Daniel B. Conrad, of Virginia; Francis L. Gait, of Georgia; William M. Page, of Virginia; H. W. M. Washington, of Virginia, and Algernon S. Garnett, of Virginia.

Passed assistant surgeons.
• Frederic Garretson, of Virginia; J. W. Sandford, of North Carolina; Thomas J. Charlton, of Georgia; Charles E. Lining, of South Carolina; Marcellus P. Christian, of Virginia; Robert J. Freeman, of Virginia; Bennett W. Green, of Virginia; James W. Herty, of Georgia; James E. Lindsey, of North Carolina, and Osborn S. Iglehart, of Maryland.

Assistant surgeons.
• Charles M. Morfit, of Maryland; T. Barlow Ford, of Georgia; R. R. Gibbes, of South Carolina; Edwin G. Booth, of Virginia; Thomas Emory, of Maryland; William Mason Turner, of Virginia; John De Bree, of Virginia; Marcellus Ford, of Virginia; W. W. Graves, of North Carolina; W. J. Addison, of Maryland; N. C. Edmunds, of Virginia; S.S. Herrick, of Mississippi; N.M. Read, of Maryland; John Leyburn, of Texas; Robert C. Powell, of Kentucky; R. C. Bowles, of Kentucky; John P. Lipscomb, of North Carolina; William C. Jones, of Arkansas; William Sheppardson, of Alabama; C. M. Parker, of Mississippi; C. Wesley Thomas, of Kentucky; Henry B. Melvin, of District of Columbia; William S. Stoakley, of North Carolina; William W. Griggs, of North Carolina; Joseph S. Tipton, of Georgia; George B. Weston, of South Carolina; George N. Halstead, of Arkansas; James V. Cook, of Louisiana; James O. Grant, of Kentucky; Pike Brown, of South Carolina; Henry G. Land, of Texas; G. W. Claiborne, of North Carolina; James M. Hicks, of Mississippi; Joel G. King, of North Carolina; Daniel E. Ewart, of South Carolina; Edward Caire, of Louisiana; Jeptha V. Harris, of Mississippi; Luther R. Dickinson, of Missouri; John B. Rutherford, of Mississippi; George A. Foote, of North Carolina; Nathaniel K. Henderson, of Florida; James W. Belvin, of Arkansas; Watkins L. Warren, of North Carolina; Robert Kuykendall, of South Carolina; James G. Thomas, of North Carolina; Walter E. Bondurant, of Mississippi; James E. Moyler, of Arkansas; Frederick Peck, of Alabama; Hugh S. Paisley, of Alabama; John E. Duffel, of Louisiana; James G. Boxley, of Georgia, and Edmund Goldsborough, of Maryland.

Chief engineers. (To rank from the 4th day of October, 1863.)
• Michael Quinn, of Virginia, and J. Charles Schroeder, of Virginia.

I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,

S. R. MALLORY,
Secretary of the Navy.

The message was read.

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

Richmond, May 30, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of the Navy, I hereby nominate the persons named upon the annexed list to the offices designated.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Navy Department, Richmond, May 30, 1864.

The President.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the Provisional Navy in addition to those recommended in my letter of the 25th instant:

Second lieutenant.
• Richard S. Floyd, of Tennessee, to rank next after Joseph P. Claybrook.

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Master, in the line of promotion.
• George D. Bryan, of South Carolina, to rank next after Samuel P. Blanc.

I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,

S. R. MALLORY,
Secretary of the Navy.

The message was read.

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

Executive Department, Richmond, May 31, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate the officers in the accompanying list to be adjutants, with the rank of first lieutenants, in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

No.26]War Department,Richmond, May 30, 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 M. Cravens, of Arkansas, to be adjutant Twenty-first Arkansas Regiment, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• John L. Hammond, of Georgia, to be adjutant Sixty-third Georgia Regiment, vice Lieutenant Mallory, resigned, to rank from May 6, 1864.
• W. J. Van de Graaff, of Mississippi, to be adjutant Thirty-first Mississippi Regiment, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• J. L. Lockwood, of Alabama, to be adjutant Twenty-second Alabama Regiment, vice Lieutenant Smith, resigned, to rank from May 4, 1864.
• John W. Johnson, of Mississippi, to be adjutant First Mississippi Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieutenant Beasley, killed, to rank from May 4, 1864.
• David L. Sweatman, of Mississippi, to be adjutant Twenty-ninth Mississippi Regiment, vice Lieutenant Campbell, died, to rank from May 6, 1864.
• George W. Orton, of Arkansas, to be adjutant Seventeenth Arkansas Regiment, vice Lieutenant Brown, declined, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• W. W. Zimmerman, of Virginia, to be adjutant Seventeenth Virginia Regiment, vice Lieutenant Bryant, promoted, to rank from May 4, 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 31, 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.24War Department, Richmond, May 30, 1864.

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

Aids-de-camp--first lieutenants.
• W. Perrin Kemp, of Virginia, to take rank from May 24, 1864.
• J. L. Bostick, of Tennessee, to take rank from February 19, 1864.
• William H. Hardy, of Tennessee, to take rank from April 1, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

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The message was read.

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

Executive Department, Richmond, May 31, 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. 15.]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:

Colonels.
• W. G. Swanson, of Alabama, to be colonel Sixty-first Alabama Regiment (formed of independent companies), to rank from April 11, 1864.
• Robert White, of Virginia, to be colonel Twenty-third Virginia Cavalry Regiment (his battalion (Forty-first Virginia) being increased), to rank from April 28, 1864.
• O. M. Dantzler, of South Carolina, to be colonel Twenty-second South Carolina Regiment, the officers entitled to promotion waiving their claims, to rank from April 29, 1864.

Lieutenant-colonels.
• J. McAnerney, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Third Battalion Forces Local Defense, Richmond, Va. (battalion being increased), to rank from April 20, 1864.
• C. T. O'Ferrall, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Twenty-third Virginia Regiment Cavalry (battalion being increased), to rank from April 28, 1864.

Majors.
• N. Stallworth, of Alabama, to be major Twenty-third Alabama Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from March 14, 1864.
• F. H. Calmese, of Virginia, to be major Twenty-third Virginia Regiment Cavalry (battalion being increased), to rank from April 28, 1864.

Captains.
• R. C. M. Sale, of Virginia, to be captain Company I, Fourth Virginia Artillery, the officers entitled to promotion waving their claims, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• A. L. De Rosset, of North Carolina, to be captain Company B, Second North Carolina Battalion, Troops Local Defense, the officers entitled to promotion waving their claims, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• J. R. S. Gilliland, of North Carolina, to be captain Company D, Sixtieth North Carolina Regiment, the officers entitled to promotion waving their claims, to rank from February 19, 1864.

First lieutenants.
• C. Carrington, of Virginia, to be first lieutenant Company H, Third Virginia Cavalry Regiment, the Officers entitled to promotion having declined to appear before an examining board, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• Charles D. Lee, of Virginia, to be first lieutenant Company I, Fifty-seventh Virginia Regiment, the officers entitled to promotion found incompetent, to rank from February 19, 1864.

Second lieutenants.
• Wensley Hobby, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant Company D, Fifty-fourth Georgia Regiment, the officer elected found incompetent, to rank from March 24, 1864.
• Robert L. Cooper, of South Carolina, to be second lieutenant, First South Carolina Artillery Regiment, to rank from March 7, 1864.
• T. M. S. Rhett, of South Carolina, to be second lieutenant, First South Carolina Regiment (enlisted men), to rank from March 10, 1864.
• George M. Stoney, of South Carolina, to be second lieutenant, First South Carolina Regiment (enlisted men), to rank from March 8, 1864.
• T. A. Quattlebaum, of South Carolina, to be second lieutenant, First South Carolina Regiment (enlisted men), to rank from March 9, 1864.

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• L. Bowie, of South Carolina, to be second lieutenant, First South Carolina Artillery Battalion, to rank from March 15, 1864.
• E. S. Ogden, of Louisiana, to be second lieutenant, First Louisiana Artillery Regiment, to rank from April 19, 1864.
• Robert M. Scott, of Louisiana, to be second lieutenant, First Louisiana Artillery Regiment, to rank from April 20, 1864.
• John D. McIntyre, of Louisiana, to be second lieutenant, First Louisiana Artillery Regiment, to rank from April 21, 1864.
• E. J. O'Brien, of Louisiana, to be second lieutenant, First Louisiana Artillery Regiment, to rank from April 22, 1864.
• S. P. Norris, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant Company B, First Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from April 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.

Executive Department, Richmond, May 31, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederation States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Maj. D. E. Scruggs, of--, to be lieutenant-colonel Second Battalion Forces Local Defense, Richmond, Va., in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

War Department, Richmond, May 28, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of Maj. D. E. Scruggs, of --, to be lieutenant-colonel Second Battalion Forces Local Defense, Richmond, Va., in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America (the battalion having been increased to seven companies).

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 30, 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. 25.]War Department, Richmond, May 30, 1864.

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

Brigadier-generals.
• Col. James Conner, of South Carolina, to be a brigadier-general, under act approved October 13, 1862, report to Gen. R. E. Lee for duty, to rank from date of confirmation.
• Lieut. Col. Rufus Barringer, of North Carolina, to be a brigadier-general, report to Gen. R. E. Lee for duty, to rank from date of confirmation.

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 31, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Stephen Chalaron, of Louisiana, to be first lieutenant, Niter and Mining Corps, in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

War Department, Richmond, May 30, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of Stephen Chalaron, of Louisiana, to be first lieutenant, Niter and Mining Corps, in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, vice Lieut. E. F. Smith, resigned, to rank from May 2, 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 31, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Isham Harrison, of Mississippi, to be colonel Sixth Mississippi Cavalry Regiment, in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

War Department, Richmond, May 28, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of Isham Harrison, of Mississippi, to be colonel Sixth Mississippi Cavalry Regiment in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America (this regiment having been formed, by order of Maj. Gen. S. D. Lee, of independent companies), to rank from December 24, 1863.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON, Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

The message was read.

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

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

Executive Department, Richmond, May 31, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Maj. Gen. J. A. Early, of Virginia, to temporary rank of lieutenant-general in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, under act approved May 30, 1864.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

War Department, Richmond, May 31, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of Maj. Gen. J. A. Early, of Virginia, to temporary rank of lieutenant-general in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, under act approved May 30, 1864 (to command Ewell's Corps), to date from confirmation.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

Executive Department, Richmond, [May 31,] 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Col. James B. Terrill, of Virginia, to temporary rank of brigadier-general in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States, under act approved May 30, 1864.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

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War Department, Richmond, May 31, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of Col. James B. Terrill, of Virginia, to temporary rank of brigadier-general in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, under act approved May 30, 1864 (to command Pegrams's brigade, Army of Northern Virginia), to date from confirmation.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

The messages were read.

The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of J. A. Early, to temporary rank of lieutenant-general, under act approved May 30, 1864, and of James B. Terrill, to temporary rank of brigadier-general, under act approved May 30, 1864; and

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

Mr. Brown, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the nomination of Everard T. Eggleston, to be second lieutenant in the Marine Corps, reported, with a recommendation that said nomination be confirmed.

The Senate proceeded to the consideration of said report; and in concurrence therewith, it was

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

Mr. Hill, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the nomination of James H. Patterson, to be district attorney of the Confederate States for the eastern district of Arkansas, reported, with the recommendation that said nomination be confirmed.

The Senate proceeded to the consideration of said report; and in concurrence therewith, it was

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

On motion by Mr. Semmes,

The Senate resolved into open legislative session.

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