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Journal of the Confederate Congress --MONDAY, December 12, 1864.

Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 [Volume 4]
MONDAY, December 12, 1864.

OPEN SESSION.

Mr. Baker (by leave) introduced

A bill (S. 134) to increase the maximum rates of compensation allowed to railroad companies for the transportation of the mails of the Confederate States;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads.

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

Resolved, That the Committee on Finance be instructed to inquire into the expediency and propriety of making a more liberal exemption of the property of soldiers from taxation; and whether property and effects necessary to the support of soldiers' families ought not to be exempted entirely from taxation, and the deficiency thus created in the revenue supplied by an increased tax on the property of those who remain at home.

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

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be instructed to inform the Senate what disposition has been made of the machinery implements, and other appendages of the mint and assay office at Charlotte, North Carolina; and whether, in his opinion, the work of coining and assaying gold and silver may not be resumed thereat without further delay.

Mr. Barnwell, from the Committee on Finance, who had been instructed by a resolution of the Senate to inquire into the subject, reported

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A bill (S. 135) to provide for the remission of the penalty for nondelivery of tithes of bacon due in the year 1864;
which was read the first and second times and ordered to be placed upon the Calendar.

Mr. Barnwell, from the Committee on Finance, reported

A bill (S. 136) to provide funds to meet a deficiency in the appropriation to pay the officers and employees of the War Department; 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 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.

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

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

• H. R. 266. An act to amend post route No. 1649, in the State of Georgia;
• H. R. 268. An act for the relief of Sarah A. Heiskell, wife of the Hon. Joseph B. Heiskell, a Representative from the State of Tennessee; and
• H. R. 270. An act to provide for the printing ordered by either House of Congress.

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.

On motion by Mr. Hill,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of the resolution submitted by Mr. Hill on the 25th of November, inquiring into the expediency of reporting a bill increasing the salaries of the judges of the district courts of the Confederate States.

Mr. Garland, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred the bill (S. 130) to authorize newspapers to be mailed to soldiers free of postage, 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.

The bill (H. R. 270) to provide for the printing ordered by either House of Congress received this day from the House of Representatives for concurrence 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 pass to a third reading.

The said bill was read the third time.

Resolved, That it pass.

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

The residue of the bills received this day from the House of Representatives for concurrence were severally read the first and second times; and

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Ordered, That the bill numbered 266 be referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, and that the bill numbered 268 be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

The Senate resumed the consideration of the motion submitted by Mr. Sparrow on the 25th of November, that the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the resolution submitted by Mr. Orr on the 15th of November, inquiring whether the late order, No. 77, Adjutant and Inspector General's Department, revoking the details of all men between 18 and 45, requires any modification by legislation to preserve the producing and industrial interests of the country; and

The motion was agreed to.

So it was

Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the said resolution.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 129) to provide for the employment of free negroes and slaves to work upon fortifications and perform other labor connected with the defenses of the country.

On motion by Mr. Hunter, to amend the bill by inserting at the end of the fourth section the following:
But when the slaves in any locality, or of any person or persons, have been or shall be exempted by the laws or regulations of any State from impressment to labor on the fortifications or other public works of the Confederate States, then the said slaves shall not be impressed for any purpose whatever by the authorities of the Confederate States: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to exempt any State from furnishing its fair quota of slaves for the purposes herein specified, and according to the provisions of this act,

It was determined in the affirmative.

On motion by Mr. Sparrow, to amend the bill by inserting at the end of the fourth section the following proviso:
Provided further, That in each case care be taken to allow each owner a credit for all male slaves between the ages aforesaid heretofore impressed, or impressed under this act, or hired to the Government, who are still in service, or who may have died or been lost while in service,

It was determined in the affirmative.

On motion by Mr. Garland, to amend the bill by inserting after "district," section 4, line 23, the following:
And in case the laws of the States provide for contributions of slaves to the public service, the Secretary of War and the general commanding the Trans-Mississippi Department shall conform to the rules prescribed in those laws, as far as practicable, for the apportionment of the contribution among the owners of slaves; and if the governors of the States will undertake to fulfill the requisition to be made upon any State, the Secretary of War shall proceed to collect the quota by means of such requisition: Provided, however, That if from any cause the contribution be not supplied within the term of thirty days from the date of the same, the Secretary of War may proceed to collect the number unsupplied by impressments, to be made by such Confederate officers or agents as he may appoint for that purpose, having reference in such impressments to the principle of equality before specified, and to securing the industrial pursuits of the community from embarrassment,

It was determined in the negative.

On motion by Mr. Graham, to amend the bill by inserting at the end of the fourth section the following proviso:
Provided further, That all slaves impressed as hereinbefore provided shall be held at labor and service as aforesaid for a term not more than twelve months at any one time, except with the consent of the owner,

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It was determined in the affirmative.

No further amendment being made, 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.

The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution submitted by Mr. Orr on the 8th instant, providing for an adjournment of the two Houses of Congress from Tuesday, the 20th instant, to Monday, the 10th [9th] of January next; and the resolution having been amended so as to read as follows, viz:

Resolved (the House of Representatives concurring), That the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, on adjourning their respective Houses on Saturday, the twenty-fourth instant, do adjourn them to meet again on Tuesday, the twenty-seventh instant.

On the question to agree thereto,

It was determined in the negative.

So the resolution as amended was rejected.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (S. 106) to repeal in part an act to regulate the destruction of property, under military necessity, and to provide for the indemnity thereof, approved March 17, 1862; and

On motion by Mr. Walker,

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

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (H. R. 224) to punish certain frauds on the Confederate Government, including larceny and embezzlement of property of the Government; and no amendment being proposed, it was reported to the Senate.

Ordered, That it pass to a third reading.

The said bill was read the third time.

Resolved, That it pass.

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

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the bill (H. R. 214) to define and punish conspiracy against the Confederate States; and

On motion by Mr. Graham,

Ordered, That the further consideration of the bill be postponed until to-morrow.

On motion by Mr. Simms,

Ordered, That the Hon. H. C. Burnett have leave of absence from the sessions of the Senate until Wednesday next.

On motion by Mr. Sparrow,

The Senate resolved into executive session.

The doors having been opened

On motion by Mr. Hill,

The Senate adjourned.

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EXECUTIVE SESSION.

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

Confederate States of America, Executive Department,
Richmond, December 10, 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 (for promotion) to the grades affixed to their names, respectively.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

No. 55.]Confederate States of America, War Department,
Richmond, December 7, 1864.

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

Surgeons.
• Asst. Surg. W. A. McPheeters, of Mississippi, to be surgeon, to rank from September 29, 1862.
• Asst. Surg. J. S. McDonough, of Tennessee, to be surgeon, to rank from February 10, 1863.
• Asst. Surg. C. A. Rice, of Mississippi, to be surgeon, to rank from February 20, 1863.
• Asst. Surg. Robert Duncan, of Missouri, to be surgeon, to rank from March 31, 1863.
• Asst. Surg. A. A. Lawrance, of Texas, to be surgeon, to rank from May 14, 1863.
• Asst. Surg. John M. Lawing, of North Carolina, to be surgeon, to rank from July 31, 1863.
• Asst. Surg. W. R. McCreight, of Louisiana, to be surgeon, to rank from August 7, 1863.
• Asst. Surg. William S. Fowler, of Texas, to be surgeon, to rank from August 22, 1863.
• Asst. Surg. William J. Cocke, of Texas, to be surgeon, to rank from September 7, 1863.
• Asst. Surg. J. L. Pressley, of South Carolina, to be surgeon, to rank from October 1, 1863.
• Asst. Surg. M. A. Brown, of Missouri, to be surgeon, to rank from November 7, 1863.
• Asst. Surg. Junius Terry, of Missouri, to be surgeon, to rank from December 14, 1863.
• Asst. Surg. Thomas B. Elkin, of Mississippi, to be surgeon, to rank from March 31, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. A. T. Gordon, of Virginia, to be surgeon, to rank from April 9, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. Richard Boyd, of Virginia, to be surgeon, to rank from April 9, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. Elvis McCrory, of Mississippi, to be surgeon, to rank from April 11, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. William H. Dulaney, of Maryland, to be surgeon, to rank from April 11, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. Thomas S. Young, of Virginia, to be surgeon, to rank from April 12, 1864.
• Asst, Surg. A. S. Murphy, of Alabama, to be surgeon, to rank from April 13, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. John De Butts, of Maryland, to be surgeon, to rank from April 15, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. Charles Duffy, jr., of North Carolina, to be surgeon, to rank from April 14, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. E. W. Thomason, of Louisiana, to be surgeon, to rank from April 15, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. W. X. Moseley, of Mississippi, to be surgeon, to rank from April 15, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. Calhoun Sams, of South Carolina, to be surgeon, to rank from April 16, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. J. C. W. Steger, of Alabama, to be surgeon, to rank from April 18, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. Caleb Toxey, of Alabama, to be surgeon, to rank from April 18, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. William Toxey, of Alabama, to be surgeon, to rank from April 20, 1864.

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• Asst. Surg. John R. Leigh, of Virginia, to be surgeon, to rank from April 29, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. William A. Blount, of North Carolina, to be surgeon, to rank from April 30, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. Z. T. Murphy, of Alabama, to be surgeon, to rank from April 30, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. Lucien Hall, of Virginia, to be surgeon, to rank from April 30, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. John H. Gibbs, of Mississippi, to be surgeon, to rank from May 2, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. J. W. Leftwich, of Virginia, to be surgeon, to rank from May 4, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. James F. Davis, of North Carolina, to be surgeon, to rank from May 9, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. C. D. Owens, of North Carolina, to be surgeon, to rank from May 11, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. J. P. Humphreys, of Kentucky, to be surgeon, to rank from May 12, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. D. W. Booth, of Mississippi, to be surgeon, to rank from May 17, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. Jos. Yates, of South Carolina, to be surgeon, to rank from May 18, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. H. R. Branham, of Mississippi, to be surgeon, to rank from May 24, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. A Monteiro, of Virginia, to be surgeon, to rank from June 7, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. Jos. B. Brock, of Virginia, to be surgeon, to rank from June 14, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. M. J. De Rosset, of North Carolina, to be surgeon, to rank from June 23, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. C. L. Garnett, of Virginia, to be surgeon, to rank from June 27, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. John S. Wilson, of Georgia, to be surgeon, to rank from June 30, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. J. C. Abernathy, of Alabama, to be surgeon, to rank from July 13, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. James B. Clifton, of North Carolina, to be surgeon, to rank from July 16, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. W. McC. Piggott, of Virginia, to be surgeon, to rank from July 16, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. H. J. Parramore, of Georgia, to be surgeon, to rank from July 16, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. Frank Spencer, of Maryland, to be surgeon, to rank from July 18, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. Simon Baruch, of South Carolina, to be surgeon, to rank from July 18, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. James J. Knott, of Georgia, to be surgeon, to rank from July 19, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. Charles S. Carter, of Virginia, to be surgeon, to rank from July 20, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. Isaiah J. Roberts, of Texas, to be surgeon, to rank from July 20, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. Nelson G. West, of Virginia, to be surgeon, to rank from July 21, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. John S. Stoney, of South Carolina, to be surgeon, to rank from July 22, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. W. A. Thompson, of Kentucky, to be surgeon, to rank from July 27, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. James S. Herron, of Florida, to be surgeon, to rank from August 13, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. J. E. Ferguson, of Virginia, to be surgeon, to rank from August 23, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. John T. Jones, of Virginia, to be surgeon, to rank from August 20, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. B. C. Harrison, of Virginia, to be surgeon, to rank from August 24, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. William M. Swann, of Virginia, to be surgeon, to rank from August 30, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. William H. Taylor, of Virginia, to be surgeon, to rank from August 31, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. William W. Gaither, of North Carolina, to be surgeon, to rank from September 2, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. R. Murdoch, of Maryland, to be surgeon, to rank from September 3, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. T. B. Wilkerson, of North Carolina, to be surgeon, to rank from September 6, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. A. V. Doak, of Mississippi, to be surgeon, to rank from September 14, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. Benjamin S. Barnes, of Alabama, to be surgeon, to rank from September 14, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. Jos M. Meggett, of South Carolina, to be surgeon, to rank from September 19, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. T. R. Trotter, of Mississippi, to be surgeon, to rank from September 19, 1864.
• Asst. Surg. B. St. G. Tucker, of Virginia, to be surgeon, to rank from September 21, 1864.

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• Asst. Surg. Arthur Brogden, of Maryland, to be surgeon, to rank from September 30, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, December 10, 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 grades affixed to their names, respectively.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

No. 54.War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, December 7, 1864.

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

Surgeons.
• Thomas C. McNeill, of Tennessee, to rank from September 19, 1863.
• Thomas H. Turner, of Arkansas, to rank from September 26, 1863.
• William D. Fisher, of Texas, to rank from September 28, 1863.
• G. Dowell, of Texas, to rank from September 28, 1863.
• C. E. R. King, of Texas, to rank from January 16, 1864.
• J. A. Throckmorton, of Texas, to rank from January 16, 1864.
• R. G. Turner, of Texas, to rank from January 29, 1864.
• William Henderson, of England, to rank from February 5, 1864.
• Jasper Butler, of Mississippi, to rank from May 3, 1864.
• D. H. Williams, of Alabama, to rank from May 31, 1864.
• F. T. Miles, of South Carolina, to rank from April 4, 1864.
• C. Ganahl, of Texas, to rank from October 4, 1861.
• John G. Pepper, of Tennessee, to rank from December 15, 1862.
• G. Holland, of Texas, to rank from December 20, 1862.
• J. P. Clopton, of Georgia, to rank from February 17, 1863.
• W. J. Goodman, of Texas, to rank from August 7, 1863.
• J. T. Turner, of Cherokee Nation, to rank from August 7, 1863.
• W. B. Bonsal, of Mississippi, to rank from August 13, 1863.
• H. P. Becton, of Texas, to rank from August 22, 1863.
• J. P. Hewey, of Texas, to rank from August 25, 1863.
• W. P. Riddell, of Texas, to rank from October 8, 1863.
• W. D. Kelley, of Texas, to rank from October 12, 1863.
• D. T. Iglehart, of Texas, to rank from December 22, 1863.
• S. C. Oliver, of Texas, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• W. W. McIver, of Texas, to rank from February 29, 1864.
• E. W. Britton, of Texas, to rank from March 3, 1864.
• W. Thompson, of Arkansas, to rank from July 7, 1864.
• T. S. Means, of Florida, to rank from September 12, 1864.
• J. H. Trippe, of Texas, to rank from September 16, 1864.

Assistant surgeons.
• A. L. East, of Louisiana, to rank from February 24, 1863.
• L. Henley, of Virginia, to rank from September 4, 1863.
• E. H. Smith, of Texas, to rank from October 1, 1863.
• C. K. Duncan, of Alabama, to rank from December 1, 1863.
• John D. Parsons, of Texas, to rank from December 12, 1863.
• Thomas C. Foster, of Texas, to rank from January 1, 1863.
• A. H. McFall, of Texas, to rank from January 4, 1864.
• Thomas J. Haley, of Texas, to rank from January 13, 1864.
• J. M. Wellborn, of Arkansas, to rank from January 15, 1864.
• J. J. Whitmore, of Arkansas, to rank from January 27, 1864.
• J. R. Westbrook, of Tennessee, to rank from February 5, 1864.
• William W. Newton, of Arkansas, to rank from March 2, 1864.
• E. A. Sheppey, of Louisiana, to rank from March 3, 1864.

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• Samuel L. Lewis, of Kentucky, to rank from March 10, 1864.
• E. Thigpen, of Louisiana, to rank from March 21, 1864.
• William Watt, of Texas, to rank from March 24, 1864.
• George H. Case, of Louisiana, to rank from March 31, 1864.
• E. Lee Wager, of Virginia, to rank from April l, 1864.
• E. Strudwick, of Alabama, to rank from April 1, 1864.
• W. G. Lomax, of South Carolina, to rank from April 1, 1864.
• J. E. Douthit, of North Carolina, to rank from April 1, 1864.
• James A. Johnston, of Virginia, to rank from April 4, 1864.
• William C. Day, of Virginia, to rank from April 4, 1864.
• Robert E. Dennis, of South Carolina, to rank from April 5, 1864.
• C. W. Trueheart, of Texas, to rank from April 5, 1864.
• T. L. Matthews, of Mississippi, to rank from April 6, 1864.
• W. H. Robertson, of Tennessee, to rank from April 6, 1864.
• M. R. Denman, of Mississippi, to rank from April 7, 1864.
• James Long, of South Carolina, to rank from April 9, 1864.
• S. D. G. Niles, of Mississippi, to rank from April 14, 1864.
• M. L. Goodlett, of South Carolina, to rank from April 14, 1864.
• George A. Penny, of South Carolina, to rank from April 15, 1864.
• J. W. Strudwick, of Alabama, to rank from April 16, 1864.
• E. F. Raymond, of Virginia, to rank from April 18, 1864.
• William H. Murray, of Maryland, to rank from April 19, 1864.
• James Haley, of Mississippi, to rank from April 20, 1864.
• Samuel D. Moses, of Tennessee, to rank from April 21, 1864.
• L. W. Smith, of Mississippi, to rank from April 25, 1864.
• Henry R. Thorp, of North Carolina, to rank from April 29, 1864.
• John C. Harrison, of Virginia, to rank from April 30, 1864.
• David P. Jewett, of Kentucky, to rank from May 1, 1864.
• James M. Calhoun, of Mississippi, to rank from May 2, 1864.
• A. F. Clayton, of Mississippi, to rank from May 3, 1864.
• David Curry, of Georgia, to rank from June 7, 1864.
• Joseph H. Johnson, of Georgia, to rank from June 8, 1864.
• William G. Freeman, of North Carolina, to rank from June 8, 1864.
• John G. Lea, of North Carolina, to rank from June 9, 1864.
• S. Hubbell, of Texas, to rank from June 9, 1864.
• R. B. P. Harris, of Mississippi, to rank from June 11, 1864.
• James W. Harrison, of Tennessee, to rank from June 13, 1864.
• P. B. Dandridge, of Mississippi, to rank from July 4, 1864.
• W. M. Boroughs, of Alabama, to rank from July 5, 1864.
• J. W. Clements, of Georgia, to rank from July 9, 1864.
• P. H. Brown, of Alabama, to rank from July 11, 1864.
• G. G. Osborne, jr., of Alabama, to rank from July 12, 1864.
• A. G. Bradley, of Virginia, to rank from July 13, 1864.
• R. Y. Dwight, of South Carolina, to rank from July 14, 1864.
• G. O. Brosnahan, of Florida, to rank from July 18, 1864.
• J. W. Clement, of Alabama, to rank from July 22, 1864.
• H. Drennan, of South Carolina, to rank from July 26, 1864.
• B. F. Walton, of Tennessee, to rank front July 26, 1864.
• E. C. Hughes, of Texas, to rank from July 27, 1864.
• William R. Burgess, of South Carolina, to rank from July 27, 1864.
• H. M. Pinkhard, of Virginia, to rank from August 2, 1864.
• James W. Davis, of Virginia, to rank from August 4, 1864.
• J. S. Vallandingham, of Ohio, to rank from August 11, 1864.
• Benjamin F. Few, of South Carolina, to rank from August 12, 1864.
• William T. Bell of Virginia, to rank from August 12, 1864.
• C. McK. Burkhalter, of South Carolina, to rank from August 12, 1864.
• Thomas D. Hall, of Alabama, to rank from August 13, 1864.
• L. W. Shepherd, of Alabama, to rank from August 15, 1864.
• A. R. Rowzie, of Virginia, to rank from August 15, 1864.
• W. H. Dickerson, of Kentucky, to rank from August 16, 1864.
• E. L. Bardwell, of Georgia, to rank from August 16, 1864.
• W. B. Almon, of Nova Scotia, to rank from August 17, 1864.
• J. M. H. Ruff, of South Carolina, to rank from August 20, 1864.
• W. H. Bunch, of Tennessee, to rank from August 23, 1864.
• J. F. Baggott, of South Carolina, to rank from August 25, 1864.
• P. L. Horn, of South Carolina, to rank from August 27, 1864.
• Thomas W. Pierce, of Arkansas, to rank from August 29, 1864.
• C. M. Lowe, of Tennessee, to rank from January 28, 1863.

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• J. L. Abrahams, of Alabama, to rank from February 17, 1863.
• J. W. Jackson, of Louisiana, to rank from August 1, 1863.
• J. F. Griffin, of Louisiana, to rank from August 4, 1863.
• H. M. Protho, of Louisiana, to rank from August 8, 1863.
• M. P. Vernon, of Louisiana, to rank from August 9, 1863.
• W. M. Clements, of Texas, to rank from August 13, 1863.
• G. B. Burton, of Texas, to rank from August 13, 1863.
• O. H. Seeds, of Texas, to rank from August 14, 1863.
• J. R. Percy, of Mississippi, to rank from August 15, 1863.
• W. M. Hamilton, of Texas, to rank from August 25, 1863.
• M. J. Birdsong, of Arkansas, to rank from August 26, 1863.
• H. L. Rugely, of Texas, to rank from October 10, 1863.
• T. M. Blakemore, of Texas, to rank from October 12, 1863.
• R. G. Lane, of Texas, to rank from October 14, 1863.
• G. H. Bailey, of Texas, to rank from October 26, 1863.
• R. C. White, of Texas, to rank from October 31, 1863.
• A. M. Davidson, of Louisiana, to rank from December 3, 1863.
• J. T. Barton, of Texas, to rank from December 10, 1863.
• W. Kennedy, of Missouri, to rank from December 16, 1863.
• J. M. Frazer, of Missouri, to rank from December 17, 1863.
• P. Jordan, of Texas, to rank from December 23, 1863.
• W. R. McMillan, of Texas, to rank from February 2, 1864.
• T. T. Williamson, of Texas, to rank from February 2, 1864.
• E. A. Pye, of Texas, to rank from February 5, 1864.
• B. W. Bristow, of Texas, to rank from February 8, 1864.
• J. A. Blanchard, of Louisiana, to rank from February 11, 1864.
• J. W. Lockhart, of Texas, to rank from February 12, 1864.
• R. C. Watson, of Texas, to rank from February 19, 1864.
• W. J. Moffitt, of Texas, to rank from February 20, 1864.
• E. W. Rogers, of Texas, to rank from February 24, 1864.
• R. Linthicum, of Arkansas, to rank from February 25, 1864.
• G. H. Worsham, of Texas, to rank from March 17, 1864.
• J. T. Earnest, of Tennessee, to rank from April 7, 1864.
• U. J. Thweatt, of Texas, to rank from April 9, 1864.
• H. M. Jones, of Texas, to rank from April 14, 1864.
• W. H. Cooke, of Virginia, to rank from May 3, 1864.
• R. M. Bostwick, of Tennessee, to rank from May 5, 1864.
• G. S. Seymour, of Georgia, to rank from May 6, 1864.
• J. Berry, of North Carolina, to rank from May 6, 1864.
• L. H. Tigner, of Georgia, to rank from May 14, 1864.
• W. S. Hancock, of Virginia, to rank from May 24, 1864.
• G. H. Peets, of Mississippi, to rank from June 20, 1863.
• T. S. Wilson, of South Carolina, to rank from July 7, 1864.
• A. E. Wall, of Mississippi, to rank from July 13, 1864.
• R. L. Knox, of Mississippi, to rank from July 14, 1864.
• G. P. Coggeshall, of South Carolina, to rank from July 20, 1864.
• C. B. Stone, of South Carolina, to rank from July 28, 1864.
• S. E. Lewis, of the District of Columbia, to rank from July 29, 1864.
• D. E. Connor, of South Carolina, to rank from September 1, 1864.
• T. Chacheré, of Louisiana, to rank from September 5, 1864.
• W. S. Whaley, jr., of South Carolina, to rank from September 6, 1864.
• W. E. Bondurant, of Mississippi, to rank from September 13, 1864.
• D. P. Lagrone, of South Carolina, to rank from September 14, 1864.
• N. M. Cluck, of Tennessee, to rank from September 16, 1864.
• B. F. Crowell, of Alabama, to rank from September 19, 1864.
• J. S. Pursley, of Georgia, to rank from September 19, 1864.
• J. P. Hamer, of Mississippi, to rank from September 19, 1864.
• C. G. Stovall, of Mississippi, to rank from September 20, 1864.
• J. O'Brien, of North Carolina, to rank from September 23, 1864.
• W. M. Taggart, of South Carolina, to rank from September 26, 1864.
• G. A. Hogg, of Tennessee, to rank from September 26, 1864.
• D. P. January, of Louisiana, to rank from September 27, 1864.
• R. T. Hurt, of Virginia, to rank from September 28, 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 messages were read.

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

On motion by Mr. Hill,

The Senate resolved into open legislative session.

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