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Journal of the Confederate Congress --WEDNESDAY, December 14, 1864.

Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 [Volume 4]
WEDNESDAY, December 14, 1864.

OPEN SESSION.

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

Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed a bill (H. R. 243) to regulate the pay and mileage of members, and the compensation of officers of the Senate and House of Representatives; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.

The President of the Confederate States has notified the House of Representatives that on the 9th instant he approved and signed an act (H. R. 238) to increase the salary of the judge of the district court for the eastern district of Virginia for a limited time; and that on the 10th instant he approved and signed an act (H. R. 241) to fix the salaries of district judges for a limited time.

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. Walker (by leave) introduced the following bills; which were severally read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary:

• S. 139. Bill to provide for the compensation of persons whose slaves have been lost while in the service of the Confederate States; and
• S. 140. Bill to guard against the improper constructions of the tax laws by the officers charged with the execution of the same.

On motion by Mr. Hill,

Ordered, That John Wadsworth, assistant doorkeeper of the Senate, have leave of absence until Monday, the 16th day of January next.

Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 133) to regulate the impressment of slaves in the State of Virginia, 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 bill; and

On motion by Mr. Sparrow,

Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed indefinitely.

Mr. Baker, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 266) to amend post route No. 1649, in the State of Georgia, reported it without amendment.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the said bill; and

An amendment having been proposed to the bill by Mr. Hill,

After debate,

On motion by Mr. Orr,

Ordered, That the bill and amendment lie upon the table.

Mr. Baker, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred the bill (S. 134) to increase the maximum rates of compensation allowed to railroad companies for the transportation of the mails of the Confederate States, reported it without amendment.

The Senate proceeded, as in Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the said bill; and

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On motion by Mr. Hill,

Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow, and that it be printed.

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 extending to nonresident taxpayers in counties and districts of country now, or which may hereafter be, in the vicinity of the enemy, a longer time than is now allowed by law for the payment of taxes; and whether it will not be proper to allow taxpayers, in all cases where they can not with safety, on account of the proximity of the enemy, visit the counties where they have taxable property for the purpose of paying the taxes, to pay the same to the chief collector of the State.

The bill (H. R. 243) received this day from the House of Representatives for concurrence was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Finance.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the joint resolution (S. 20) relating to the manufacture of railroad iron and to new lines of railroad; and

On motion by Mr. Barnwell, that it be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs,

It was determined in the negative.

No amendment being proposed, the resolution was reported to the Senate.

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

The said resolution was read the third time.

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

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

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

A bill (H. R. 270) to provide for the printing ordered by either House of Congress.

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.

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

Richmond, Va., December 12, 1864.

To the Senate and House of Representatives:

I herewith transmit for your consideration a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the additional amount necessary to be appropriated to meet the estimated expenses of the Department of Justice for the half year ending June 30, 1865.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

The message was read.

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 132) to regulate the supplies of clothing to midshipmen of the Navy.

On motion by Mr. Brown, to amend the bill by inserting before "midshipmen," line 4, the words "passed midshipman and,"

It was determined in the affirmative.

On motion by Mr. Sparrow,

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

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

After debate,

On motion by Mr. Hunter,

The Senate resolved into executive session.

The doors having been opened,

On motion by Mr. Hunter,

The Senate adjourned.

EXECUTIVE SESSION.

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

Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, December 13, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War. I nominate Maj. Gen. S. D. Lee, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-general (under act approved February 17, 1864) in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

No. 58.]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, December 9, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of Maj. Gen. S. D. Lee, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-general (under act approved February 17, 1864) in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, to rank from June 23, 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 13, 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. 59.]War Department, Confederate, States of America,
Richmond, December 9, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America (under acts approved March 6, 1861, and September 18, 1862):

Lieutenant-general.
• Maj. Gen. S. B. Buckner, of Kentucky, to rank from September 20, 1864.

Major-general.
• Brig. Gen. J. L. Kemper, of Virginia, to rank from September 19, 1864.

Brigadier-generals.
• Col. Phil. Cook, of Georgia, to rank from August 5, 1864.
• Col. W. L. Brandon, of Mississippi, to rank from June 18, 1864.
• Col. L. J. Gartrell, of Georgia, to rank from August 22, 1864.
• Col. Basil W. Duke, of Kentucky, to rank from September 15, 1864.

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• Col. P. T. Moore, of Virginia, to rank from September 20, 1864.
• Col. E. G. Lee, of Virginia, to rank from September 20, 1804.
• Col. D. A. Weisiger, of Virginia, to rank from July 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 13, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Col. J. P. Simms, of Georgia, to be brigadier-general in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

No. 63.]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, December 10, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of Col. J. P. Simms, of Georgia, to be brigadier-general in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, to command brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, vice Brigadier-General Bryan, resigned, to rank from December 8, 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 13, 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. 60.]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, December 9, 1864.

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

GENERAL OFFICERS, UNDER ACT APPROVED OCTOBER 13, 1862.
• Major-general.
  • Brig. Gen. William Mahone, of Virginia, to rank from July 30, 1864.
• Brigadier-generals.
  • Col. G. B. Hodge, of Kentucky, to rank from August 2, 1864.
  • Col. W. H. Stevens, of Texas, to rank from August 28, 1864.
  • Col. William MacRae, of North Carolina, to rank from November 4, 1864.
  • Col. W. H. Payne, of Virginia, to rank from November 1, 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 13, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Col. William M. Browne, of Georgia, to be brigadier-general, with temporary rank (under act approved May 31, 1864), in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

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No. 69.]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, December 12, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of Col. William M. Browne, of Georgia, to be brigadier-general (under act approved May 31, 1864), with temporary rank, in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, to command brigade of local troops in Georgia, to rank from November 11, 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 13, 1864.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Col. Robert Bullock, of Florida, to be brigadier-general, with temporary rank (under act approved May 31, 1864), in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

No. 64.]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, December 10, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of Col. Robert Bullock, of Florida, to be brigadier-general, with temporary rank (under act approved May 31, 1864), in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, to command brigade, Army of Tennessee, vice Brigadier-General Finley, disabled, to rank from November 29, 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 13, 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. 57.]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, December 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.
• Percy Roberts, of Mississippi, to be adjutant Third Regiment Engineer Troops (an original vacancy), to rank from June 15, 1862.
• S. McCormick, of South Carolina, to be adjutant First South Carolina Regiment (enlisted men), (an original vacancy), to rank from June 17, 1864.
• M. Myers, of Texas, to be adjutant Second Creek Regiment (an original vacancy), to rank from June 15, 1864.
• H. N. Browne, of South Carolina, to be adjutant Twenty-third South Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant Richardson, promoted, to rank from June 17, 1864.
• Wythe B. Graham, of Virginia, to be adjutant Eighth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieutenant Bailey, dropped, to rank from June 20, 1864.
• Sebron G. Sneed, of Texas, to be adjutant Sixth Texas Regiment, vice Lieutenant Garland, deceased, to rank from June 18, 1864.
• Thomas T. Greene, of Alabama, to be adjutant Sixty-first Alabama Regiment, vice Lieutenant Pollard, relieved, to rank from June 15, 1864.
• J. N. Hays, of Arkansas, to be adjutant First Choctaw and Chickasaw Regiment (an original vacancy), to rank from June 15, 1864.
• Rufus R. Jones, of Texas, to be adjutant Fourteenth Texas Regiment (an original vacancy), to rank from June 15, 1864.
• John L. Stephens, of Alabama, to be adjutant Forty-third Alabama Regiment, vice Lieutenant Henley, resigned, to rank from June 15, 1864.

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• Joseph Hunter, of Missouri, to be adjutant Eighth Missouri Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieutenant Allen, killed, to rank from July 6, 1864.
• Ed. F. Clayton, of Georgia, to be adjutant Twelfth Georgia Battalion Artillery, vice Lieutenant Baker, killed, to rank from July 19, 1864.
• J. A. M. Foute, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Twenty-sixth Tennessee Regiment, vice Lieutenant Hickey, declined, to rank from July 18, 1864.
• T. C. Moore, of Georgia, to be adjutant Fourteenth Georgia Regiment, vice Lieutenant Taliaferro, retired, to rank from July 16, 1864.
• John M. Shuford, of Mississippi, to be adjutant Seventeenth Mississippi Regiment, vice Lieutenant Jones, killed, to rank from July 18, 1864.
• John Oliver, of Mississippi, to be adjutant Sixth Mississippi Cavalry Regiment (an original vacancy), to rank from July 15, 1864.
• R. D. Murphy, of Virginia, to be adjutant First Virginia Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieutenant Freaner, promoted, to rank from June 20, 1864.
• Jack Sutherland, of Texas, to be adjutant Fourth Texas Regiment, vice Lieutenant Brown, deceased, to rank from July 20, 1864.
• Edward N. Everett, of Georgia, to be adjutant Eighteenth Georgia Regiment, vice Lieutenant Patton, promoted, to rank from June 15, 1864.
• C. Marshal Jones, of Virginia, to be adjutant First Virginia Battalion, vice Lieutenant Marsden, deceased, to rank from July 21, 1864.
• McK. Hammett, of Arkansas, to be adjutant Fifth Arkansas Regiment, vice Lieutenant Winston, resigned, to rank from July 28, 1864.
• Lewis B. Noland, of Arkansas, to be adjutant Third Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieutenant Burwell, promoted, to rank from June 15, 1864.
• Roderick Perry, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Nineteenth Tennessee Cavalry Regiment (an original vacancy), to rank from June 15, 1864.
• R. T. Coulter, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Forty-ninth Tennessee Regiment (an original vacancy), to rank from July 29, 1864.
• W. A. Overton, of Kentucky, to be adjutant Second Kentucky Battalion Cavalry (an original vacancy), to rank from July 25, 1864.
• Edward M. Jordan, of North Carolina, to be adjutant Nineteenth North Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant Worth, deceased, to rank from August 3, 1864.
• H. R. Morrison, of Virginia, to be adjutant Twenty-sixth Virginia Battalion (an original vacancy), to rank from August 3, 1864.
• R. D. Kathrens, of Missouri, to be adjutant Seventh Missouri Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieutenant Pike, killed, to rank from July 15, 1864.
• S. C. Sadler, of South Carolina, to be adjutant Twelfth South Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant Smith, promoted, to rank from August 3, 1864.
• S. R. Fant, of South Carolina, to be adjutant Seventeenth South Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant Connor, killed, to rank from August 3, 1864.
• Andrew J. Ross, of Texas, to be adjutant Twenty-second Texas Regiment, vice Lieutenant Holland, killed, to rank from August 2, 1864.
• Reuben E. Jordan, of Alabama, to be adjutant Forty-seventh Alabama Regiment, vice Lieutenant Keller, resigned, to rank from March 3, 1864.
• H. T. Johnson, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Eighteenth Tennessee Cavalry Regiment (an original vacancy), to rank from August 6, 1864.
• W. E. Clayton, of Arkansas, to be adjutant Thirty-sixth Arkansas Regiment, vice Lieutenant Quarles, promoted, to rank from June 15, 1864.
• E. A. Manning, of Kentucky, to be adjutant Twelfth Kentucky Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieutenant Morris, killed, to rank from June 15, 1864.
• A. G. Hawkins, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Twentieth Tennessee Cavalry Regiment (an original vacancy), to rank from June 15, 1864.
• B. F. Cootes, of Virginia, to be adjutant Tenth Virginia Regiment, vice Lieutenant Kisling, deceased, to rank from June 15, 1864.
• J. C. Buffington, of Florida, to be adjutant Tenth Florida Regiment (an original vacancy), to rank from August 12, 1864.
• F. Baltzell, of Florida, to be adjutant Eleventh Florida Regiment (an original vacancy), to rank from August 12, 1864.
• F. M. Bell, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Twenty-first Tennessee Cavalry Regiment (an original vacancy), to rank from June 15, 1864.
• James T. Norris, of Georgia, to be adjutant Ninth Georgia Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieutenant Jones, killed, to rank from August 9, 1864.
• F. S. Johnson, of Georgia, to be adjutant Forty-fifth Georgia Regiment, vice Lieutenant Cherry, promoted, to rank from August 16, 1864.
• John H. Dobbs, of Georgia, to be adjutant Tenth Georgia Regiment, vice Lieutenant Strickland, deceased, to rank from August 16, 1864.
• John H. McKie, of Mississippi, to be adjutant Nineteenth Mississippi Regiment, vice Lieutenant Peel, deceased, to rank from July 30, 1864.

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• Preston J. Key, of Louisiana, to be adjutant Ninth Louisiana Regiment, vice Lieutenant Waters, killed, to rank from August 16, 1864.
• D. R. Patterson, of North Carolina, to be adjutant First Seminole Battalion (an original vacancy), to rank from August 16, 1864.
• Thomas S. McCay, of Mississippi, to be adjutant Seventh Mississippi Battalion (an original vacancy), to rank from February 20, 1863.
• Alex. S. Webb, of North Carolina, to be adjutant Forty-fourth North Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant Manly's commission revoked, to rank from August 17, 1864.
• James A. Conner, of Mississippi, to be adjutant Twenty-sixth Mississippi Regiment, vice Lieutenant Curlee, resigned, to rank from June 15, 1864.
• D. H. Boyles, of Alabama, to be adjutant Fifty-sixth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieutenant Sykes, promoted, to rank from August 24, 1864.
• W. T. Mitchell, of Alabama, to be adjutant Thirty-fifth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieutenant Horne, deceased, to rank from August 25, 1864.
• Thomas W. Clepper, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Thirty-fourth Tennessee Regiment, vice Lieutenant Shane, killed, to rank from August 25, 1864.
• H. Hardy, of Mississippi, to be adjutant Forty-fourth Mississippi Regiment, vice Lieutenant Odom, killed, to rank from August 25, 1864.
• E. J. Perrault, of Mississippi, to be adjutant Sixteenth Mississippi Regiment, vice Lieutenant Lowe, killed, to rank from August 26, 1864.
• H. H. Brogden, of Maryland, to be adjutant Thirty-seventh Virginia Battalion Cavalry, vice Lieutenant Hall, dropped, to rank from September 2, 1864.
• J. F. Wilkerson, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Twelfth Confederate Cavalry Regiment (an original vacancy), to rank from September 21, 1864.
• James A. Wiley, of Mississippi, to be adjutant Second Mississippi Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieutenant Lee, declined, to rank from September 14, 1864.
• A. T. London, of North Carolina, to be adjutant First Regiment North Carolina Reserves (an original vacancy), to rank from September 20, 1864.
• J. W. Childress, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Fiftieth Tennessee Regiment (an original vacancy), to rank from September 21, 1864.
• J. T. Quarles, of Virginia, to be adjutant First Foreign Battalion (an original vacancy), to rank from October 19, 1864.
• F. M. Vance, of Alabama, to be adjutant Twentieth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieutenant Smith, promoted, to rank from October 18, 1864.
• L. Campbell, of Louisiana, to be adjutant Thirteenth Louisiana Regiment, vice Lieutenant Bein, promoted, to rank from September 21, 1864.
• C. E. Grier, of North Carolina, to be adjutant Thirteenth North Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant Anderson, dropped, to rank from October 17, 1864.
• George M. Rose, of North Carolina, to be adjutant Sixty-sixth North Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant Armistead, declined, to rank from October 18, 1864.
• T. E. Pittman, of North Carolina, to be adjutant Twenty-seventh North Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant Knight, killed, to rank from September 27, 1864.
• W. J. Mauldin, of Mississippi, to be adjutant Eleventh Mississippi Regiment, vice Lieutenant Evans, promoted, to rank from September 27, 1864.
• A. D. Simons, of South Carolina, to be adjutant Twenty-seventh South Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant Smith, deceased, to rank from September 27, 1864.
• S. J. Spindle, of Virginia, to be adjutant Twelfth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieutenant Harman, dropped, to rank from September 26, 1864.
• T. E. Davis, of Virginia, to be adjutant Twenty-first Virginia Cavalry Regiment (an original vacancy), to rank from September 24, 1864.
• F. N. Kitchell, of Alabama, to be adjutant Forty-eighth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieutenant Figures, killed, to rank from September 24, 1864.
• Jeff. L. Savage, of Alabama, to be adjutant Thirteenth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieutenant Rentz, deceased, to rank from October 18, 1864.
• John Jameson, of Mississippi, to be adjutant Twentieth Mississippi Regiment, vice Lieutenant Houston, resigned, to rank from October 18, 1864.
• J. C. Bailey, of Kentucky, to be adjutant Fourth Kentucky Regiment, vice Lieutenant Williams, deceased, to rank from September 27, 1864.
• G. W. Cain, of Alabama, to be adjutant Fiftieth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieutenant Buckner, killed, to rank from October 17, 1864.
• H. C. Fallon, of Arkansas, to be adjutant Ninth Arkansas Regiment, vice Lieutenant Dunlop, deceased, to rank from September 27, 1864.
• F. R. Burrus, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Eighteenth Tennessee Regiment, vice Lieutenant Douglass, deceased, to rank from October 17, 1864.
• T. M. Hunt, of Texas, to be adjutant Seventeenth Texas Regiment (an original vacancy), to rank from October 18, 1864.

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• B. F. Murrell, of Arkansas, to be adjutant Thirty-second Arkansas Regiment (an original vacancy), to rank from October 18, 1864.
• W. W. Matthews, of Louisiana, to be adjutant Ninth Louisiana Battalion, Partisan Rangers (an original vacancy), to rank from September 27, 1864.
• James H. Wilkes, of North Carolina, to be adjutant Sixty-second North Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant Haynes, appointed ensign, to rank from September 26, 1864.
• John T. Hall, of Texas, to be adjutant Fourteenth Texas Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieutenant Lane, appointed aid-de-camp, to rank from October 17, 1864.
• G. P. Massingale, of Texas, to be adjutant Whitfield's Legion, vice Lieutenant Spindle, resigned, to rank from October 25, 1864.
• J. H. Cummins, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Ninth Tennessee Regiment (an original vacancy), to rank from October 25, 1864.
• J. A. Martin, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Twenty-ninth Tennessee Regiment, vice Lieutenant Reynolds, resigned, to rank from October 25, 1864.
• E. Harrison, of Florida, to be adjutant Second Florida Regiment, vice Lieutenant Reid, killed, to rank from October 25, 1864.
• N. H. Davis, of South Carolina, to be adjutant Fifteenth South Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant Davis, appointed aid-de-camp, to rank from October 25, 1864.
• F. B. Davidson, of Missouri, to be adjutant Tenth Missouri Cavalry Regiment (an original vacancy), to rank from October 25, 1864.
• James J. Kiddoo, of Georgia, to be adjutant Fifty-first Georgia Regiment, vice Lieutenant West, dropped, to rank from November 2, 1864.
• John Patton, of Mississippi, to be adjutant First Mississippi Regiment Artillery, vice Lieutenant Power, resigned, to rank from November 1, 1864.
• C. Watlington, of Alabama, to be adjutant Eleventh Alabama Regiment, vice Lieutenant Ashe, killed, to rank from November 3, 1864.

I am sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

Executive Department, Richmond, December 13, 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. 61.]War Department, Richmond, December 9, 1864.

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

GENERAL OFFICERS, WITH TEMPORARY RANK, UNDER ACT APPROVED MAY 31, 1864.
• General.
  • Lieut. Gen. J. B. Hood, of Texas, to rank from July 18, 1864.
• Lieutenant-general.
  • Maj. Gen. A. P. Stewart, of Tennessee, to rank from June 23, 1864.
• Major-generals.
  • 1. Brig. Gen. H. D. Clayton, of Alabama, to rank from July 7, 1864.
  • 2. Brig. Gen. John C. Brown, of Tennessee, to rank from August 4, 1864.
  • 3. Brig. Gen. L. L. Lomax, of Virginia, to rank from August 10, 1864.
  • 4. Brig. Gen. T. L. Rosser, of Texas, to rank from November 1, 1864.
• Brigadier-generals.
  • 1. Col. B. T. Johnson, of Maryland, to rank from June 28, 1864.
  • 2. Col. J. C. Carter, of Tennessee, to rank from July 7, 1864.
  • 3. Col. J. T. Holtzclaw, of Alabama, to rank from July 7, 1864.
  • 4. Col. W. F. Brantly, of Mississippi, to rank from July 26, 1864.

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  • 5. Col. R. H. Anderson, of Georgia, to rank from July 26, 1864.
  • 6. Lieut. Col. F. H. Robertson, of Texas, to rank from July 26, 1864.
  • 7. Col. J. H. Sharp, of Mississippi, to rank from July 26, 1864.
  • 8. Col. G. D. Johnston, of Mississippi, to rank from July 26, 1864.
  • 9. Col. T. B. Smith, of Tennessee, to rank from July 29, 1864.
  • 10. Col. William Miller, of Florida, to rank from August 2, 1864.
  • 11. Col. W. H. Young, of Texas, to rank from August 15, 1864.
  • 12. Col. G. W. Gordon, of Tennessee, to rank from August 15, 1864.
  • 13. Col. W. H. Wallace, of South Carolina, to rank from September 20, 1864.
  • 14. Col. C. M. Shelby, of Alabama, to rank from September 17, 1864.
  • 15. Lieut. Col. G. M. Sorrel, of Georgia, to rank from October 27, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

Executive Department, Richmond, December 13, 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. 67.]War Department, Richmond, December 10, 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.
• Willie Barrow, of Louisiana, to be adjutant First Trans-Mississippi Battalion Cavalry (an original vacancy), to rank from September 15, 1864.
• L. T. Everett, of North Carolina, to be adjutant Twenty-third North Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant Powell, deceased, to rank from October 29, 1864.
• A. F. Kinney, of Virginia, to be adjutant Fifty-second Virginia Regiment, vice Lieutenant Galt, deceased, to rank from November 3, 1864.
• R. P. Waring, of North Carolina, to be adjutant Fourth North Carolina Regiment Reserves (an original vacancy), to rank from August 30, 1864.
• J. H. Wooldridge, of Georgia to be adjutant Thirty-first Georgia Regiment (an original vacancy), to rank from August 15, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

Executive Department, Richmond, December 13, 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. 53.]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:

ENGINEER TROOPS.
• Captain.
  • First Lieut. W. G. Williamson, of Virginia, to be captain Company F, First Regiment Engineer Troops, vice Captain Douglas, resigned, to rank from September 28, 1864.
• First lieutenants.
  • Second Lieut. R. H. Griffin, of Texas, to be first lieutenant Company G, First Regiment Engineer Troops (to fill an original vacancy), to rank from September 28, 1864.

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  • Second Lieut. D. S. Hessey, of Delaware, to be first lieutenant Company A, First Regiment Engineer Troops, vice Lieutenant Williamson, promoted captain Company F, 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, Richmond, December 13, 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. 68.]War Department, Richmond, December 10, 1864.

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

ENGINEER TROOPS.
• First lieutenants.
  • Second Lieut. James B. Perkins, of Georgia, to be first lieutenant, Third Regiment Engineer Troops (an original vacancy), to rank from October 1, 1864.
  • Second Lieut. C. R. Boyd, of Virginia, to be first lieutenant, Third Regiment Engineer Troops, vice Lieutenant Long, killed, to rank from October 19, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

Executive Department, Richmond, December 13, 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. 66.]War Department, Richmond, December 10, 1864.

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

Colonels.
• Lieut. Col. H. A. Herbert, of Alabama, to be colonel Eighth Alabama Regiment, vice Colonel Royston, retired, to rank from November 2, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. E. F. Hoge, of Georgia, to be colonel Ninth Georgia Regiment, vice Colonel Beck, resigned, to rank from March 16, 1864.

Lieutenant-colonels.
• Maj. Thomas E. Winn, of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Twenty-fourth Georgia Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Chandler, resigned, to rank from September 20, 1864.
• Maj. John P. Emrich, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Eighth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert, promoted, to rank from November 2, 1864.

Majors.
• Capt. R. E. Wilson, of Georgia, to be major Thirty-seventh Georgia Regiment, vice Major Bradford, retired, to rank from June 24, 1864.
• Capt. Charles Old, of Virginia, to be major Fourth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, vice Major Wooldridge, promoted, to rank from October 14, 1864.
• Capt. William Hamilton, of Georgia, to be major Nineteenth Georgia Regiment, vice Major Mabry, resigned, to rank from September 21, 1864.
• Capt. William J. Mims, of Alabama, to be major Forty-third Alabama Regiment, vice Major Barbour, resigned, to rank from November 2, 1864.

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• Capt. Duke Nall, of Alabama, to be major Eighth Alabama Regiment, vice Major Emrich, promoted, to rank from November 2, 1864.
• Capt. J. G. Webb, of Georgia, to be major Ninth Georgia Regiment, vice Major Jones, deceased, to rank from October 20, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

Executive Department, Richmond, December 13, 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. 56.]War Department, Richmond, December 8, 1864.

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

Colonels.
• Lieut. Col. M. J. Bulger, of Alabama, to be colonel Forty-seventh Alabama Regiment, vice Colonel Jackson, resigned, to rank from July 16, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. F. W. McMaster, of South Carolina, to be colonel Seventeenth South Carolina Regiment, vice Colonel Means, killed, to rank from September 1, 1862.
• Lieut. Col. G. W. Clayton, of North Carolina, to be colonel Sixty-second North Carolina Regiment, vice Colonel Love, resigned, to rank from August 13, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. J. T. Jordan, of Georgia, to be colonel Forty-ninth Georgia Regiment, vice Colonel Player, resigned, to rank from March 24, 1864.
• Maj. W. D. Rutherford, of South Carolina, to be colonel Third South Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Garlington and Colonel Nance, killed, to rank from May 6, 1864.
• Maj. E. C. Councill, of Mississippi, to be colonel Sixteenth Mississippi Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Feltus and Colonel Baker, deceased, to rank front May 12, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. R. W. Phipps, of Mississippi, to be colonel Nineteenth Mississippi Regiment, vice Colonel Hardin, deceased, to rank from May 12, 1864.
• Maj. S. M. Boykin, of South Carolina, to be colonel twentieth South Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Dantzler, promoted, and Colonel Keitt, killed, to rank from June 2, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. John Ashford, of North Carolina, to be colonel Thirty-eighth North Carolina Regiment, vice Colonel Hoke, retired, to rank from June 18, 1864.
• Maj. C. E. Broyles, of Georgia, to be colonel Thirty-sixth Georgia Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Wallace, resigned, and Colonel Glenn, dismissed, to rank from April 28, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. T. M. Logan, of South Carolina, to be colonel Hampton Legion, vice Colonel Gary, appointed brigadier-general to rank from May 19, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. J. H. Nethercutt, of North Carolina, to be colonel Sixty-sixth North Carolina Regiment, vice Colonel Moore, killed, to rank from June 3, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. L. von Zinken, of Louisiana, to be colonel Twentieth Louisiana Regiment, vice Colonel Reichard, resigned, to rank from July 7, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. J. L. Drake, of Mississippi, to be colonel Thirty-third Mississippi Regiment vice Colonel Hurst, resigned, to rank from January 5, 1864.
• Capt. R. B. Boston, of Virginia, to be colonel Fifth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, vice Major Eells, killed, Lieutenant-Colonel Pate, promoted, and Colonel Pate, killed, to rank from June 16, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. J. M. Steedman, of South Carolina, to be colonel Sixth South Carolina Regiment vice Colonel Bratton promoted, to rank from May 6, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. R. E. Bowen, of South Carolina, to be colonel Second South Carolina Rifle Regiment, vice Colonel Thomson, resigned, to rank from January 22, 1864.
• Maj. H. C. Kellogg, of Georgia, to be colonel Forty-third Georgia Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Bell, resigned, and Colonel Harris, killed, to rank from December 18, 1863.
• Maj. R. E. Burke, of Louisiana, to be colonel Second Louisiana Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Williams, killed, and Colonel Norwood, resigned, to rank from May 12, 1864.

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• Lieut. Col. W. C. Holt, of Georgia, to be colonel Tenth Georgia Regiment, vice Colonel Weems, retired, to rank from May 19, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. H. A. Carrington, of Virginia, to be colonel Eighteenth Virginia Regiment, vice Colonel Withers, retired, to rank from July 21, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. J. P. Bane, of Texas, to be colonel Fourth Texas Regiment, vice Colonel Key, retired, to rank from April 29, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. F. A. Ashford, of Alabama, to be colonel Sixteenth Alabama Regiment, vice Colonel Helvenston, resigned, to rank from March 26, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. Arthur Herbert, of Virginia, to be colonel Seventeenth Virginia Regiment, vice Colonel Marye, retired, to rank from July 8, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. Thomas Smith, of Virginia, to be colonel Thirty-sixth Virginia Regiment, vice Colonel McCausland, appointed brigadier-general, to rank from May 18, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. W. H. A. Speer, of North Carolina, to be colonel Twenty-eighth North Carolina Regiment, vice Colonel Lowe, retired, to rank from July 8, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. G. H. Carmical of Georgia, to be colonel Seventh Georgia Regiment, vice Colonel White, retired, to rank from July 27, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. Isaac F. Hunt, of South Carolina, to be colonel Thirteenth South Carolina Regiment, vice Colonel Brockman, deceased, to rank from June 8, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. G. K. Griggs, of Virginia, to be colonel Thirty-eighth Virginia Regiment, vice Colonel Cabell, killed to rank from May 16, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. James D. Tillman, of Tennessee, to be colonel Forty-first Tennessee Regiment, vice Colonel Farquharson, retired, to rank from June 3, 1864.
• Maj. R. N. Payne, of Tennessee, to be colonel Thirty-third Tennessee Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel McNeill and Colonel Jones, killed, to rank from July 22, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. R. W. Turner, of Louisiana, to be colonel Nineteenth Louisiana Regiment, vice Colonel Winans, killed, to rank from November 25, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. Harry T. Toulmin, of Alabama, to be colonel Twenty-second Alabama Regiment, vice Colonel Hart, deceased, to rank from July 28, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. D. L. Kenan, of Florida, to be colonel Sixth Florida Regiment, vice Colonel McLean, killed, to rank from May 28, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. G. W. Gordon, of Tennessee, to be colonel Eleventh Tennessee Regiment, vice Colonel Rains, appointed brigadier-general, to rank from November 4, 1862.
• Lieut. Col. William Grace, of Tennessee, to be colonel Tenth Tennessee Regiment, vice Colonel MacGavock, killed, to rank from May 12, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. R. L. T. Beale, of Virginia, to be colonel Ninth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, vice Col. W. H. F. Lee, appointed brigadier-general, to rank from September 15, 1862.
• Lieut. Col. P. D. Bowles, of Alabama, to be colonel Fourth Alabama Regiment, vice Colonel Law, appointed brigadier-general, to rank from October 3, 1862.
• Lieut. Col. W. F. Perry, of Alabama, to be colonel Forty-fourth Alabama Regiment, vice Colonel Derby, killed, to rank from September 17, 1862.
• Lieut. Col. W. H. Willis, of Georgia, to be colonel Fourth Georgia Regiment, vice Colonel Cook, appointed brigadier-general, to rank from August 5, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. C. W. Heiskell, of Tennessee, to be colonel Nineteenth Tennessee Regiment, vice Colonel Walker, killed, to rank from July 22, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. Hugh A. Garland, of Missouri, to be colonel First Missouri Regiment, vice Colonel Riley, killed, to rank from May 30, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. L. T. Woodruff, of Alabama, to be colonel Thirty-sixth Alabama Regiment, vice Colonel Smith, resigned, to rank from March 16, 1863.
• Lieut. Col. W. E. Green, of Virginia, to be colonel Fifty-sixth Virginia Regiment, vice Colonel Slaughter, resigned, to rank from June 13, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. James G. Rose, of Tennessee, to be colonel Sixty-first Tennessee Regiment, vice Colonel Pitts, retired, to rank front August 1, 1864.
• Maj. John O'Neill, of Tennessee, to be colonel of the Tenth Tennessee Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Thompson, retired, and Colonel Grace, deceased, to rank from September 11, 1864.
• Maj. John P. McGuire, of Tennessee, to be colonel Thirty-second Tennessee Regiment, vice Colonel Cook, deceased, and the lieutenant-colonel waiving, to rank from August 11, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. E. F. Bookter, of South Carolina, to be colonel Twelfth South Carolina Regiment, vice Colonel Miller, deceased, to rank from May 6, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. R. P. Lester, of Georgia, to be colonel Fourteenth Georgia Regiment, vice Colonel Folsom, deceased, to rank from May 8, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. M. R. Ballenger, of Georgia, to be colonel Twenty-third Georgia Regiment, vice Colonel Huggins, resigned, to rank from August 13, 1864.

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• Lieut. Col. F. C. Zacharie, of Louisiana, to be colonel Twenty-fifth Louisiana Regiment, vice Colonel Lewis, killed, to rank from August 31, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. C. J. Clack, of Tennessee, to be colonel Third Tennessee Regiment, vice Colonel Walker, killed, to rank from June 22, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. Horace Ready, of Tennessee, to be colonel Twenty-third Tennessee Regiment, vice Colonel Keeble, killed, to rank from June 30, 1864.
• Maj. W. J. Crawley, of South Carolina, to be colonel Holcombe Legion, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Walsh, retired, and Col. S. Elliott, appointed brigadier-general, to rank from September 28, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. James S. Boynton, of Georgia, to be colonel Thirtieth Georgia Regiment, vice Colonel Mangham, retired, to rank from May 19, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. F. S. Bass, of Texas, to be colonel First Texas Regiment, vice Colonel Rainey, dropped, to rank from July 15, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. G. E. Tayloe, of Alabama, to be colonel Eleventh Alabama Regiment, vice Colonel Sanders, killed, to rank from August 21, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. R. F. Crittenden, of Alabama, to be colonel Thirty-third Alabama Regiment, vice Colonel Adams, killed, to rank from July 21, 1864.
• Maj. Lewis Ball, of Mississippi, to be colonel Forty-first Mississippi Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Williams and Colonel Hodges, deceased, to rank from August 31, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. G. A. C. Holt, of Kentucky, to be colonel Third Kentucky Regiment, vice Colonel Thompson, killed, to rank from March 25, 1864.

Lieutenant-colonels.
• Capt. W. L. Lyles, of Mississippi, to be lieutenant-colonel Twenty-fourth Mississippi Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel McKelvaine, promoted, and Major Staples, resigned, to rank from April 11, 1864.
• Maj. B. G. McDowell, of North Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Sixty-second North Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Clayton, promoted, to rank from August 13, 1863.
• Maj. G. W. McIver, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Twenty-first South Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Dargan, killed, to rank from May 8, 1864.
• Capt. W. Wallace, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Second South Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Goodwyn, resigned, and Major Gaillard, killed, to rank from May 6, 1864.
• Maj. E. F. Moseley, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel First Virginia Regiment Artillery, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Coleman, deceased, to rank from March 22, 1863.
• Maj. J. A. Blair, of Mississippi, to be lieutenant-colonel Second Mississippi Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Humphreys, killed, to rank from July 3, 1863.
• Maj. G. W. Huguley, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Fifty-ninth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel McLennan, killed, to rank from May 16, 1864.
• Maj. B. B. Kirkland, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel First South Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Livingston, resigned, to rank from March 19, 1864.
• Capt. S. McN. Bain, of Mississippi, to be lieutenant-colonel Sixteenth Mississippi Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Feltus, deceased, and Major Councill, promoted, to rank from May 12, 1864.
• Maj. G. W. Flowers, of North Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Thirty-eighth North Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Ashford, promoted, to rank from June 18, 1864.
• Maj. W. B. Wooldridge, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Fourth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Randolph, killed, to rank from May 12, 1864.
• Maj. J. H. Duncan, of Mississippi, to be lieutenant-colonel Nineteenth Mississippi Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Phipps, promoted, to rank from May 12, 1864.
• Maj. Robert De Treville, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel First South Carolina Regiment (enlisted men), vice Lieutenant-Colonel Baker, deceased, to rank from January 20, 1864.
• Maj. Clem. G. Wright, of North Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Sixty-sixth North Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Nethercutt, promoted, to rank from June 3, 1864.
• Maj. S. B. Thomas, of Mississippi, to be lieutenant-colonel Twelfth Mississippi Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Harris, promoted, to rank from March 19, 1864.
• Maj. G. A. Lester, of Louisiana, to be lieutenant-colonel Eighth Louisiana Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel De Blanc, promoted, to rank from July 2, 1863.
• Capt. James H. Allen, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Fifth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Pate, promoted, and Major Eells, deceased, to rank from June 16, 1864.

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• Maj. J. M. White, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Sixth South Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Steedman, promoted, to rank from May 6, 1864.
• Maj. D. L. Donnald, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Second South Carolina Rifle Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Bowen, promoted, to rank from January 22, 1864.
• Maj. T. H. Shackelford, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Fifty-fourth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Minter, promoted, to rank from March 5, 1864.
• Maj. John W. Davis, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Twentieth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Porter, resigned, to rank from April 23, 1864.
• Maj. W. J. Williams, of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Forty-ninth Georgia Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Jordan, promoted, to rank from March 24, 1864.
• Maj. W. H. Stewart, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Sixty-first Virginia Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Niemeyer, killed, to rank from May 12, 1864.
• Maj. R. B. Arnold, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Hampton Legion. vice Lieutenant-Colonel Logan, promoted, to rank from May 19, 1864.
• Maj. E. R. Smith, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Twenty-ninth Virginia Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Haynes, deceased, to rank from June 2, 1864.
• Maj. G. C. Cabell, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Eighteenth Virginia Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Carrington, promoted, to rank from July 21, 1864.
• Maj. C. M. Winkler, of Texas, to be lieutenant-colonel Fourth Texas Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Bane, promoted, to rank from April 29, 1864.
• Maj. J. J. May, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Sixteenth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Ashford, promoted, to rank from March 26, 1864.
• Maj. R. C. Maffett, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Third South Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford, promoted, to rank from May 6, 1864.
• Maj. R. H. Lindsay, of Louisiana, to be lieutenant-colonel Sixteenth Louisiana Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Walker, deceased, to rank from December 1, 1862.
• Maj. P. A. McMichael, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Twentieth South Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Boykin, promoted, to rank from June 2, 1864.
• Maj. G. Tyler, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Seventeenth Virginia Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert, promoted, to rank from July 8, 1864.
• Maj. W. E. Fife, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Thirty-sixth Virginia Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Smith, promoted, to rank from May 18, 1864.
• Maj. M. T. Almon, of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Seventh Georgia Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Carmical, promoted, to rank from July 27, 1864.
• Maj. William Lester, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Thirteenth South Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Hunt, promoted, to rank from June 8, 1864.
• Maj. W. H. Pryor, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Third Virginia Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Scott, killed, to rank from July 3, 1863.
• Maj. A. P. Butler, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel First South Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Alston, deceased, to rank from June 19, 1864.
• Maj. H. A. Kennedy, of Louisiana, to be lieutenant-colonel Nineteenth Louisiana Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Turner, promoted, to rank from November 25, 1863.
• Maj. Thomas G. Miller, of Tennessee, to be lieutenant-colonel Forty-first Tennessee Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Tillman, promoted, to rank from June 3, 1864.
• Maj. E. S. Gulley, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Fortieth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Stone, deceased, to rank from May 5, 1864.
• Maj. S. S. Batchelor, of Louisiana, to be lieutenant-colonel First Louisiana Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Kent, deceased, to rank from April 2, 1864.
• Maj. R. H. M. Davidson, of Florida, to be lieutenant-colonel Sixth Florida Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Kenan, promoted, to rank from May 28, 1864.
• Maj. Thomas G. Berry, of Texas, to be lieutenant-colonel Ninth Texas Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Dodson, resigned, to rank from October 2, 1863.
• Maj. D. T. Richards, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Sixth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Flournoy, deceased, to rank from June 4, 1864.
• Maj. James A. Long, of Tennessee, to be lieutenant-colonel Eleventh Tennessee Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Thedford, resigned, to rank from December 14, 1863.
• Maj. Thomas Waller, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Ninth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Beale, promoted, to rank from September 15, 1862.
• Maj. L. H. Scruggs, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Fourth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Bowles, promoted, to rank from October 3, 1862.
• Maj. John A. Jones, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Forty-fourth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Perry, promoted, to rank from September 7, 1862.

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• Maj. E. A. Nash, of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Fourth Georgia Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Willis, promoted, to rank from August 5, 1864.
• Maj. Roger Moore, of North Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Forty-first North Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Waddell, resigned, to rank from August 10, 1864.
• Maj. Thomas E. Screven, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Second South Carolina Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Lipscomb, promoted, to rank from September 1, 1863.
• Maj. James G. Deaderick, of Tennessee, to be lieutenant-colonel Nineteenth Tennessee Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Heiskell, promoted, to rank from July 22, 1864.
• Maj. Martin Burke, of Missouri, to be lieutenant-colonel First Missouri Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Garland, promoted, to rank from May 30, 1864.
• Maj. T. M. Atkins, of Tennessee, to be lieutenant-colonel Forty-ninth Tennessee Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Cording, dropped, to rank from June 11, 1864.
• Maj. J. R. Culp, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Seventeenth South Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Means, retired, to rank from August 29, 1864.
• Maj. T. F. Clyburn, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Twelfth South Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Bookter, promoted, to rank from May 6, 1864.
• Maj. W. M. Hardwick, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Forty-eighth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Alldridge, resigned, to rank from June 17, 1863.
• Maj. J. T. Robertson, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel First South Carolina Rifle Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Hadden, killed, to rank from July 28, 1864.
• Maj. W. L. Goldsmith, of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Fourteenth Georgia Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Lester, promoted, to rank from May 8, 1864.
• Maj. H. Bussey, of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Twenty-seventh Georgia Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Gardner, killed, to rank from June 24, 1864.
• Maj. C. H. Moore, of Louisiana, to be lieutenant-colonel Twenty-fifth Louisiana Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Zacharie, promoted, to rank from August 31, 1864.
• Maj. Eric Erson, of North Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Fifty-second North Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Little, resigned, to rank from August 30, 1864.
• Maj. J. K. Elliott, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Thirtieth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Patterson, deceased, to rank from July 30, 1864.
• Capt. J. C. Carter, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Thirty-fourth Alabama Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Echols, resigned, and the major found incompetent, to rank from May 1, 1864.
• Maj. S. M. Dyer, of Mississippi, to be lieutenant-colonel Third Mississippi Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel McRae, resigned, to rank from August 17, 1863.
• Maj. T. J. Borden, of Mississippi, to be lieutenant-colonel Sixth Mississippi Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Harper, resigned, to rank from August 2, 1864.
• Maj. Samuel M. Silver, of North Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Fifty-eighth North Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Dula, resigned, to rank from August 31, 1864.
• Maj. W. S. Shepherd, of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Second Georgia Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Harris, killed, to rank from July 21, 1863.
• Maj. Charles J. Bell, of Louisiana, to be lieutenant-colonel Thirtieth Louisiana Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Shields, deceased, to rank from July 28, 1864.
• Maj. J. H. Dunklin, of Alabama, to be lieutenant-colonel Thirty-third Alabama Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Crittenden, promoted, to rank from July 21, 1864.

Majors.
• Capt. J. T. Woodhouse, of Virginia, to be major Sixteenth Virginia Regiment, vice Major Holladay, resigned, to rank from March 16, 1863.
• Capt. W. L. A. Ellis, of Georgia, to be major Sixty-second Georgia Regiment, vice Major Kennedy, promoted, to rank from July 24, 1864.
• Capt. George Downs, of Virginia, to be major Nineteenth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, vice Major Kessler, promoted, to rank from February 26, 1864.
• Capt. F. S. Lewie, of South Carolina, to be major Fifteenth South Carolina Regiment, vice Major Gist, killed, to rank from November 18, 1863.
• Capt. Warren Adams, of South Carolina, to be major First South Carolina Regiment (enlisted men), vice Major De Treville, promoted, to rank from January 20,1864.
• Capt. J. T. Wilson, of North Carolina, to be major Thirty-eighth North Carolina Regiment, vice Major Flowers, promoted, to rank from June 18, 1864.

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• Capt. Thomas E. Winn, of Georgia, to be major Twenty-fourth Georgia Regiment, vice Major McMillan, resigned, to rank from May 6, 1864.
• Capt. J. H. Buchanan, of Mississippi, to be major Second Mississippi Regiment, vice Major Blair promoted, to rank from July 3, 1863.
• Capt. John B. Rogers, of Kentucky, to be major Fourth Kentucky Regiment, vice Major Millett, killed, to rank from May 28, 1864.
• Capt. John Loudermilk, of Georgia, to be major Thirty-sixth Georgia Regiment, vice Major Broyles, promoted, to rank from April 28, 1864.
• Capt. J. R. Bell, of Mississippi, to be major Twelfth Mississippi Regiment, vice Major Thomas, promoted, to rank from March 19, 1864.
• Capt. S. H. Terral, of Mississippi, to be major Thirty-seventh Mississippi Regiment, vice Major Wier, promoted, to rank from January 26, 1864.
• Capt. J. L. Coker, of South Carolina, to be major Sixth South Carolina Regiment, vice Major White, promoted, to rank from May 6, 1864.
• Capt. S. P. Dendy, of South Carolina, to be major Second South Carolina Rifle Regiment, vice Major Donnald, promoted, to rank from January 22, 1864.
• Capt. Jno. G. Harris, of Alabama, to be major Twentieth Alabama Regiment, vice Major Davis, promoted, to rank from April 23, 1864.
• Capt. C. A. Conn, of Georgia, to be major Forty-fifth Georgia Regiment, vice Major Wallace, promoted, to rank from June 22, 1864.
• Capt. W. E. Simmons, of Georgia, to be major Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, vice Major Davant, promoted, to rank from September 18, 1863.
• Capt. J. D. Frederick, of Georgia, to be major Tenth Georgia Battalion, vice Major Rylander, killed, to rank from June 2, 1864.
• Capt. C. R. McAlpine, of Virginia, to be major Sixty-first Virginia Regiment, vice Major Stewart, promoted, to rank from May 12, 1864.
• Capt. J. T. McElvany, of Georgia, to be major Thirty-fifth Georgia Regiment, vice Major Williams, deceased, to rank from May 19, 1864.
• Capt. Robert A. Dean, of Mississippi, to be major Nineteenth Mississippi Regiment, vice Major Duncan, promoted, to rank from May 12, 1864.
• Capt. B. R. Clyburn, of South Carolina, to be major Second South Carolina Regiment, vice Major Wallace, promoted, to rank from May 6, 1864.
• Capt. R. P. Todd, of South Carolina, to be major Third South Carolina Regiment, vice Major Maffett, promoted, to rank from May 6, 1864.
• Capt. J. P. Crawford, of Georgia, to be major Fifty-first Georgia Regiment, vice Major Dickey, promoted, to rank from January 14, 1864.
• Capt. J. T. Hester, of Alabama, to be major Twenty-third Alabama Regiment, vice Major McMurray, resigned, to rank from May 28, 1864.
• Capt. F. M. Raxdale, of Louisiana, to be major Sixteenth Louisiana Regiment, vice Major Lindsay, promoted, to rank from December 1, 1862.
• Capt. J. M. Partlow, of South Carolina, to be major Twentieth South Carolina Regiment, vice Major McMichael, promoted, to rank from June 2, 1864.
• Capt. W. J. Williams, of Georgia, to be major Forty-ninth Georgia Regiment, vice Major Pate, resigned, to rank from February 23, 1864.
• Capt. E. H. Hampton, of North Carolina, to be major Twenty-ninth North Carolina Regiment, vice Major Proffitt, promoted, to rank from March 16, 1863.
• Capt. E. Bruster, of Virginia, to be major Twenty-ninth Virginia Regiment, vice Major Smith, promoted, to rank from June 2, 1864.
• Capt. L. Purdy, of Texas, to be major Fourteenth Texas Cavalry Regiment, vice Major Garrison, resigned, to rank from May 17, 1864.
• Capt. James B. Duggan, of Georgia, to be major Forty-ninth Georgia Regiment, vice Major Durham, deceased, to rank from June 11, 1864.
• Capt. John F. Kiser, of Georgia, to be major Seventh Georgia Regiment, vice Major Almon, promoted, to rank from July 27, 1864.
• Capt. E. D. Brailsford, of South Carolina, to be major First South Carolina Regiment, vice Major Butler, promoted, to rank from June 19, 1864.
• Capt. E. D. Willett, of Alabama, to be major Fortieth Alabama Regiment, vice Major Gulley, promoted, to rank from May 5, 1864.
• Capt. J. C. Bates, of Texas, to be major Ninth Texas Cavalry Regiment, vice Major Berry, promoted, to rank from October 2, 1863.
• Capt. D. A. Grimsley, of Virginia, to be major Sixth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, vice Major Richards, promoted, to rank from June 4, 1864.
• Capt. J. E. Binns, of Tennessee, to be major Eleventh Tennessee Regiment, vice Major Long, promoted, to rank from July 22, 1864.
• Capt. Samuel A. Swann, of Virginia, to be major Ninth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, vice Major Lewis, promoted, to rank from May 9, 1864.
• Capt. J. M. Wiggonton, of Alabama, to be major Forty-eighth Alabama Regiment, vice Major Hardwick, promoted, to rank from June 17, 1863.

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• Capt. W. H. Martin, of Texas, to be major Fourth Texas Regiment, vice Major Winkler, promoted, to rank from April 29, 1864.
• Capt. W. M. Robbins, of Alabama, to be major Fourth Alabama Regiment, vice Major Coleman, deceased, to rank from October 3, 1863.
• Capt. G. W. Cary, of Alabama, to be major Forty-fourth Alabama Regiment, vice Major Jones, promoted, to rank from September 17, 1862.
• Capt. J. H. McReynolds, of Texas, to be major Ninth Texas Regiment, vice Major Burner, dropped, to rank from June 29, 1864.
• Capt. Bradford Keith, of Missouri, to be major First Missouri Regiment, vice Major Burke, promoted, to rank from May 30, 1864.
• Capt. James B. Dickey, of Alabama, to be major Fifty-fifth Alabama Regiment, vice Major Jones, killed, to rank from July 20, 1864.
• Capt. D. R. Duncan, of South Carolina, to be major Thirteenth South Carolina Regiment, vice Major Lester, promoted, to rank from June 8, 1864.
• Capt. J. W. Avery, of South Carolina, to be major Seventeenth South Carolina Regiment, vice Major Culp, promoted, to rank from August 29, 1864.
• Capt. T. M. Barbour, of Alabama, to be major Forty-third Alabama Regiment, vice Major Hart, promoted, to rank from July 21, 1863.
• Capt. M. Cullen, of Virginia, to be major Fourth Battalion, Troops Local Defense (Richmond), vice Major Minor, resigned, to rank from February 13, 1864.
• Capt. J. J. A. Sharp, of Georgia, to be major Twenty-third Georgia Regiment, vice Major Ballenger, promoted, to rank from December 15, 1863.
• Capt. W. H. Rentfro, of Georgia, to be major Twenty-seventh Georgia Regiment, vice Major Bussey, promoted, to rank from June 24, 1864.
• Capt. C. C. Kelley, of Georgia, to be major Fourteenth Georgia Regiment, vice Major Goldsmith, promoted, to rank from May 8, 1864.
• Capt. W. B. Hundley, of Georgia, to be major Fifth Georgia Regiment, vice Major Ansley, retired, to rank from September 14, 1864.
• Capt. D. S. Davis, of North Carolina, to be major Sixty-sixth North Carolina Regiment, vice Major Wright, promoted, to rank from July 14, 1864.
• Capt. W. T. Hendon, of Mississippi, to be major Sixth Mississippi Regiment, vice Major Borden, promoted, to rank from August 2, 1864.
• Capt. Camp Flournoy, of Louisiana, to be major Nineteenth Louisiana Regiment, vice Major Scott, killed, to rank from May 26, 1864.
• Capt. A. E. Moody, of Mississippi, to be major Eighth Mississippi Regiment, vice Major Watkins, killed, to rank from May 14, 1864.
• Capt. William D. Shelton, of Virginia, to be major Fourteenth Virginia Regiment, vice Major White, promoted, to rank from August 8, 1864.
• Capt. R. B. Fauntleroy, of Virginia, to be major Fifty-fifth Virginia Regiment, vice Major Lawson, killed, to rank from August 19, 1864.
• Capt. A. Picolet, of Louisiana, to be major Thirtieth Louisiana Regiment, vice Major Bell, promoted, to rank from July 28, 1864.
• Capt. George W. Jones, of Tennessee, to be major Third Tennessee Regiment, vice Major Barber, deceased, to rank from May 21, 1864.

Captains.
• First Lieut. M. King, of South Carolina, to be captain, First South Carolina Regiment (enlisted men), vice Captain Adams, promoted, to rank from January 20, 1864.
• First Lieut. J. M. Rhett, of South Carolina, to be captain, First South Carolina Regiment Artillery. vice Captain Fleming, promoted, to rank from June 2, 1864.
• First Lieut. C. Inglesby, of South Carolina, to be captain, First South Carolina Regiment Artillery, vice Captain Mitchel, killed, to rank from July 20, 1864.

First lieutenants.
• Second Lieut. E. M. Whaley, of South Carolina, to be first lieutenant, First South Carolina Regiment (enlisted men), vice Lieutenant King, promoted, to rank from January 20, 1864.
• Second Lieut. J. L. Wardlaw, of South Carolina, to be first lieutenant, First South Carolina Regiment (enlisted men), vice Lieutenant Marshall, resigned, to rank from March 14, 1864.
• Second Lieut. T. A. Middleton, of South Carolina, to be first lieutenant, First South Carolina Regiment Artillery, vice Lieutenant Rhett, promoted, to rank from June 2, 1864.
• Second Lieut. E. B. Middleton, of South Carolina, to be first lieutenant, First South Carolina Regiment Artillery, vice Lieutenant Inglesby, promoted, to rank from July 20, 1864.

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• Second Lieut. W. F. Colcock, of South Carolina, to be first lieutenant, First South Carolina Regiment Artillery, vice Lieutenant Grimball, deceased, to rank from July 27, 1864.
• Second Lieut. H. P. Clark, of Georgia, to be first lieutenant, First Georgia Regiment (enlisted men), vice Lieutenant Benning, resigned, to rank from July 4, 1863.
• Second Lieut. B. H. Hudson, of Georgia, to be first lieutenant, First Georgia Regiment (enlisted men), vice Lieutenant Lamar, resigned, to rank from August 30, 1862.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency, Jefferson, Davis,
President, etc.

Executive Department, Richmond, December 13, 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. 65.]War Department, Richmond, December 10, 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.
• B. H. Blanton, of Texas, aid to General Hood, Army of Tennessee (an original vacancy), to rank from November 1, 1864.
• Charles W. Digges, of Virginia, aid to Brig. Gen. W. H. Payne, Army of Northern Virginia (an original vacancy), to rank from November 7, 1864.
• P. G. Johnson, of Tennessee, aid to Brigadier-General Quarles, Army of Tennessee, vice Lieut. A. Johnson, killed, to rank from September 4, 1864.
• D. H. Reid, of Tennessee, aid to Brig. Gen. S. R. Anderson (an original vacancy), to rank from November 27, 1864.
• J. E. Porter, of North Carolina, aid to Brig. Gen. W. MacRae, Army of Northern Virginia (an original vacancy), to rank from November 21, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

The messages were severally read.

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

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

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of the Navy, I nominate the person named on the annexed list to the office designated.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Richmond, Va., December 13, 1864.

No. 7.]Navy Department, Richmond, December 12, 1864.

The President.

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

Master, in the line of promotion.
• J. A. G. Williamson, of Virginia, acting midshipman in the Navy, to rank from the 2d day of June, 1864, and next after Master William P. Hamilton.

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.

On motion by Mr. Sparrow,

The Senate resolved into open legislative session.

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