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Journal of the Confederate Congress --MONDAY, January 9, 1865.

Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 [Volume 4]
MONDAY, January 9, 1865.

OPEN SESSION.

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

Mr. President: The President of the Confederate States has notified the House of Representatives that on the 5th instant he approved and signed an act (H. R. 300) to provide for the canceling of four per cent bonds and certificates received in payment of taxes and other public dues.

Mr. Watson submitted the following resolution for consideration:

Resolved (the House of Representatives concurring), That a committee of three on the part of the Senate and on the part of the House of Representatives, be appointed to investigate and report upon the condition and treatment of the prisoners of war respectively held by the Confederate and United States Governments, and also upon the causes of their detention and refusal to exchange; which said committee shall have authority to take testimony and send for persons and papers.

Ordered, That the resolution be printed.

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

A bill (S. 156) to provide for the reorganization of companies, battalions, and regiments in certain cases;
which was read the first and second times and ordered to be placed upon the Calendar and printed.

Mr. Sparrow from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 301) to increase the pay of matrons of hospitals, reported it without amendment.

Ordered, That it lie upon the table.

On motion by Mr. Sparrow,

Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of a resolution inquiring into the sufficiency of the daily ration issued to the men of the Army, and a resolution inquiring into the expediency of increasing the compensation now allowed to hospital matrons.

Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the following bills:

• H. R. 305. An act to grant free transportation to officers, noncommissioned officers, and privates of the Army traveling on leave of indulgence; and
• H. R. 321. An act supplementary to an act entitled "An act to authorize the formation of new commands, to be composed of supernumerary

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  officers who may resign to join such commands, and to limit and restrict the appointment of officers in certain cases," approved June 14, 1864;

Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on Military Affairs, presented a letter from Lieut. Gen. J. A. Early, asking further inquiry into the causes of the recent reverses in the Valley of Virginia.

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

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

Mr. President: The President of the Confederate States, on the 5th instant, approved and signed the following acts:

• S. 147. An act to provide for the transfer of certain appropriations; and
• S. 148. An act in relation to the accounts to be kept at the Treasury of sequestrated estates.

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

On motion by Mr. Wigfall,

The Senate resolved into secret legislative session.

The doors having been opened,

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

Richmond, Va., January 4, 1865.

To the Senate and House of Representatives:

I herewith transmit for your consideration a communication from the Secretary of War, covering an estimate for an additional appropriation required by the Engineer Bureau.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Richmond, Va., January 5, 1865.

To the Senate and House of Representatives:

I herewith transmit for your consideration a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, covering estimates of additional appropriations required for the service of the Agency of the Department West of the Mississippi River.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Richmond, Va., January 6, 1865.

To the Senate and House of Representatives:

I herewith transmit for your consideration a communication from the Secretary of War, covering an estimate for an additional appropriation required by the Bureau of Engineers.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

The messages were severally read.

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

The President laid before the Senate a resolution of the general assembly of the State of Florida, of confidence, in thanks to President Jefferson Davis; which was read.

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

Mr. Oldham (by leave) introduced

A bill (S. 158) to provide for the settlement of certain matters of account growing out of purchases of property, as alleged by the purchasers, for the use of the Government, by Payne & Co., in the State of Texas;
which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

On motion by Mr. Henry,

The Senate adjourned,

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SECRET SESSION.

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

Mr. President: The President of the Confederate States has notified the House of Representatives that on the 4th instant he approved and signed an act (H. R. 284) to issue a further foreign loan.

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

A bill (S. 157) to provide for the appointment of a directing general of the armies of the Confederate States;
which was read the first and second times and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and

After debate,

On motion by Mr. Barnwell,

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

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

Richmond, Va., January 4, 1865.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

In response to your resolution of November 14, 1864, I herewith transmit for your information a communication from the Secretary of War, covering a copy of the official report of Gen. J. E. Johnston, relative to operations of the Army of Tennessee.

I invite your attention to the Secretary's remarks in reference to the delay which has occurred in responding to your resolution, and concur with him in suggesting that it is not advisable to publish this communication at present, or at a future time without the correspondence which was contemporaneous and which explains the events.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

The message was read.

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

On motion by Mr. Walker,

The Senate resolved into executive session.

EXECUTIVE SESSION.

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

1.]Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 7, 1865.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Maj. Warren M. Hopkins, of Virginia, to be colonel of the Twenty-fifth Virginia Cavalry Regiment (regiment formed by consolidating an unattached company with the Twenty-seventh Virginia Battalion), in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

No. 139.]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 6, 1865.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of Maj. Warren M. Hopkins, of Virginia, to be colonel Twenty-fifth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America (the regiment formed by consolidating an unattached company with the Twenty-seventh Virginia Cavalry Battalion), to rank from December 31, 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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2.]Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 7, 1865.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate H. J. Leovy, of Louisiana, to be member of military court, with rank of colonel of cavalry in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

No. 138]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 6, 1865.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of H. J. Leovy, of Louisiana, to be member of military court, with rank of colonel of cavalry in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, for duty in Department of Southwestern Virginia, vice Col. P. T. Moore, appointed brigadier-general, to rank from December 26, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency, Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

3.]Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 7, 1865.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Col. R. L. T. Beale, of Virginia, to be brigadier-general in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

No. 140]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 6, 1865.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of Col. R. L. T. Beale, of Virginia, to be brigadier-general in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, to command brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, vice General Chambliss, killed, to rank from January 6, 1865.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency, Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

4.]Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 7, 1865.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Col. John D. Kennedy, of South Carolina, 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. 111.]War Department, Confederate, States of America,
Richmond, December 29, 1864.

Sir: I have to honor to recommend the nomination of Col. John D. Kennedy, of South Carolina, 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 Northern Virginia, vice Brigadier-General Conner, disabled, to rank from December 22, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

5.]Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 7, 1865.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate James A. Stansbury, of Tennessee, to be assistant commissary, with rank of captain in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

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No. 114.]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, December 29, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of James A. Stansbury, of Tennessee, to be assistant commissary, with the rank of captain in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, for duty with First Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, to date from December 18, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

6.]Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 7, 1865.

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. 136.]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 6, 1865.

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

Assistant commissaries--captains.
• John L. McKinney, of Tennessee, to rank from December 31, 1864.
• James Hancock, of Alabama, to rank from December 26, 1864.
• L. Doizé, of North Carolina, to rank from December 26, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

7.]Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 7, 1865.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Louis Colomb, of Louisiana, to be second lieutenant, First Louisiana Regiment Artillery, in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

No. 135.]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 5, 1865.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of Louis Colomb, of Louisiana, to be second lieutenant, First Louisiana Regiment Artillery, in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, vice Lieutenant Strawbridge, promoted, to rank from December 24, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

8.]Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 7, 1865.

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.

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No. 116]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, December 29, 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.
• James B. Owens, of South Carolina, to be adjutant Twenty-second South Carolina Regiment, vice Adjutant McPherson wright, promoted, to rank from November 22, 1864.
• A. C. Stallworth, of South Carolina, to be adjutant Seventh South Carolina Regiment, vice Adjutant Carwile, appointed captain, assistant adjutant-general, to rank from October 17, 1864.
• W. F. Nelson, of North Carolina, to be adjutant Twenty-first North Carolina Regiment (vice an original vacancy), to rank from November 21, 1864.)
• W. P. McLean, of Texas, to be adjutant Nineteenth Texas Regiment, vice Adjutant Jones, resigned, to rank from June 15, 1864.
• John R. Moore, of North Carolina, to be adjutant Sixteenth North Carolina Battalion Cavalry (vice an original vacancy), to rank from November 1, 1864.
• T. H. B. Maddox, of Virginia, to be adjutant Seventeenth Virginia Cavalry, Regiment, vice Adjutant Barbor, retired, to rank from November 22, 1864.
• L. W. Grant, of Alabama,to be adjutant Tenth Alabama Regiment, vice Adjutant Brown, killed, to rank from November 16, 1864.
• W. McR. Jordan, of Florida, to be adjutant Fifteenth Confederate Cavalry Regiment (vice an original vacancy), to rank from June 15, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

9.]Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, Va., January 5, 1865.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate J. L. Robertson, of South Carolina, to be second lieutenant, First South Carolina Regiment Artillery, in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

No. 132.]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 4, 1865.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of J. L. Robertson, of South Carolina, to be second lieutenant, First South Carolina Regiment Artillery, in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, vice Lieutenant De Saussure, promote, to rank from November 5, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

10.]Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 5, 1865.

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. 97.]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, December 19, 1864.

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

QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT.
• Majors.
  • Capt. W. H. Mauldin, of South Carolina, to be major, for duty with Gary's brigade, Army of Northern Virginia (an original vacancy), to rank from July 19, 1864.

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  • Capt. J. S. Bransford, of Tennessee, to be major in charge of transportation, Army of Tennessee, to rank from June 15, 1864.
  • Capt. S. M. H. Byrd, of Georgia, to be major, for duty with Wofford's brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. vice Major Parrott, resigned, to rank from June 15, 1864.
  • Capt. C. B. Gwathmey, of Virginia, to be major, for duty with Rosser's old brigade, Army of Northern Virginia (an original vacancy), to rank from June 15, 1864.
  • Capt. F. P. Turner, of South Carolina, to be major, for duty with artillery, Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (an original vacancy), to rank from June 15, 1864.
  • Capt. J. B. Hill, of Virginia, to be major, for duty with Evans' brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, vice Major Bryan, dropped, to rank from June 15, 1864.
  • Capt. H. T. Massingale, of Tennessee, to be major, for duty as post quartermaster, to rank from June 15, 1864.
  • Capt. Richard Orme, of Georgia, to be major, for duty with Simms' brigade, Army of Northern Virginia (an original vacancy), to rank from June 15, 1864.
  • Capt. Y. S. Patton, of Tennessee, to be major, for duty as chief quartermaster Hardee's old corps, Army of Tennessee (an original vacancy), to rank from June 15, 1864.
  • Capt. E. H. Janney, of Virginia, to be major, for duty as assistant to chief quartermaster, Army of Northern Virginia (an original vacancy), to rank from June 15, 1864.
  • Capt. F. Ducayet, of Louisiana, to be major, for duty as an inspector of field transportation, to rank from June 15, 1864.
  • Capt. J. G. Blount, of North Carolina, to be major, for duty with Brigadier-General Hébert's command, Department of Cape Fear (an original vacancy), to rank from June 15, 1864.
  • Capt. Benjamin E. Crane, of Georgia, to be major, for duty with brigade of Georgia Reserves, formerly commanded by Brig. Gen. H. R. Jackson (an original vacancy), to rank from June 15, 1864.
  • Capt. Hermann Hirsch, of Georgia, to be major, for duty as post quartermaster at Savannah, Ga., to rank from June 15, 1864.
  • Capt. S. M. Finger, of North Carolina, to be major, for duty in collecting "tax in kind," vice Major McRae, resigned, to rank from August 20, 1864.
  • Capt. J. B. Moore, of Virginia, to be major, for duty in collecting and distributing forage to Army of Tennessee, to rank from August 30, 1864.
  • Capt. W. C. Scott, of Virginia, to be major, for duty with artillery, Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (an original vacancy), to rank from November 4, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

11.]Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 5, 1865.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate the officers (appointed under act No. 121, approved February 17, 1864) on the accompanying list to the grades affixed to their names, respectively.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

No. 71.]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, December 12, 1864.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment (under act No. 121, approved February 17, 1864) in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America:

Captains.
• J. C. S. Blackburn, to rank from July 21, 1864.
• H. H. Johnston, to rank from July 21, 1864.

First lieutenant.
• Bennett H. Young, of --, to rank from June 16, 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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12.]Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 5, 1865.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Capt. R. J. Nugent, of Louisiana, to be promoted to major in the Quartermaster's Department, Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

No. 133.]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 4, 1865.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of Capt. R. J. Nugent, of Louisiana, to be promoted to major in the Quartermaster's Department, for duty with Polignac's division, Trans-Mississippi Department (an original vacancy), to rank from December 26, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

13.]Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 5, 1865.

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. 131.]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 5, 1865.

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.
• James H. Taylor, of North Carolina, to be adjutant Fifty-first North Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant Latta, resigned, to rank front September 21, 1864.
• R. L. Bassham, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Thirty-second Tennessee Regiment, vice Lieutenant Irvin, killed, to rank front December 27, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

14.]Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 5, 1865.

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. 130.]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 4, 1865.

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. E. L. Hobson, of Alabama, to be colonel Fifth Alabama Regiment, vice Colonel Hall, retired, to rank from November 29, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. W. H. Clark, of Mississippi, to be colonel Forty-sixth Mississippi Regiment, vice Colonel Sears, appointed brigadier-general, to rank from March 1, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. W. L. Doss, of Mississippi, to be colonel Fourteenth Mississippi Regiment, vice Colonel Abert, resigned, to rank from March 16, 1864.
• Lieut. Col. James Dickey, of Georgia, to be colonel Fifty-first Georgia Regiment, vice Colonel Ball, deceased, to rank from November 12, 1864.

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Lieutenant-colonels.
• Maj. G. W. Hammond, of North Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Fifteenth North Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Yarborough, promoted, to rank from November 4, 1864.
• Maj. K. Otey, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Eleventh Virginia Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Langhorne, promoted, to rank from September 24, 1863.
• Maj. B. Taylor, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Nineteenth Virginia Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Peyton, retired, to rank from October 24, 1864.
• Maj. R. J. Lawrence, of Mississippi, to be lieutenant-colonel Fourteenth Mississippi Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Doss, promoted, to rank from March 16, 1864.
• Maj. C. A. Conn, of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Forty-fifth Georgia Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Wallace, retired, to rank from December 2, 1864.
• Maj. John B. Lady, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Twenty-fifth [Twentieth?] Virginia Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Evans, resigned, to rank from November 22, 1864.
• Capt. A. Savage, of Virginia, to be lieutenant-colonel Thirteenth Virginia Cavalry Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Upshaw and Major Winfield, resigned, to rank from November 22, 1864.
• Maj. E. J. Goggans, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Seventh South Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Bland, killed, to rank from September 20, 1863.
• Maj. James T. Adams, of North Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Twenty-sixth North Carolina Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Jones, killed, to rank from May 6, 1864.
• Maj. J. P. Crawford, of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Fifty-first Georgia Regiment, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Dickey, promoted, to rank from November 12, 1864.

Majors.
• Capt. C. G. Tucker, of Tennessee, to be major Thirty-second Tennessee Regiment, vice Major McGuire, promoted, to rank from August 7, 1864.
• Capt. J. R. Hutter, of Virginia, to be major Eleventh Virginia Regiment, vice Major Otey, promoted, to rank from September 24, 1863.
• Capt. Waller M. Boyd, of Virginia, to be major Nineteenth Virginia Regiment, vice Major Taylor, promoted, to rank front October 24, 1864.
• Capt. R. G. Prewitt, of Mississippi, to be major Fifteenth Mississippi Regiment, vice Major Terry, resigned, to rank from August 20, 1864.
• Capt. A. W. Gibson, of Georgia, to be major Forty-fifth Georgia Regiment, vice Major Conn, promoted, to rank from December 2, 1864.
• Capt. J. M. Jeffries, of Alabama, to be major Forty-first Alabama Regiment, vice Major Hudgings, deceased, to rank from November 17, 1864.

Captains.
• First Lieut. J. R. Pringle, of South Carolina, to be captain, First South Carolina Regiment Artillery, vice Captain Peronnean, retired, to rank from November 5, 1864.
• First Lieut. A. N. Ogden, of Louisiana, to be captain, First Louisiana Regiment Artillery, vice Captain Rawle, dropped, to rank from November 10, 1862.
• First Lieut. W. C. Ellis, of Louisiana, to be captain, First Louisiana Regiment Artillery, vice Captain Squires, deceased, to rank from October 4, 1863.

First lieutenants.
• Second Lieut. H. W. De Saussure, of South Carolina, to be first tim;tenant, First South Carolina Regiment Artillery, vice Lieutenant Pringle, promoted, to rank from November 5, 1864.
• Second Lieut. J. D. Scott, of Louisiana, to be first lieutenant, First Louisiana Regiment Artillery, vice Lieutenant Fowler, promoted, to rank front July 21, 1863.
• Second Lieut. F. M. Williams, of Louisiana, to be first lieutenant, First louisiana Regiment Artillery, vice lieutenant Ellis, promoted, to rank from October 4, 1863.
• Second Lieut. J. B. Humphreys, of Louisiana, to be first lieutenant, First Louisiana Regiment Artillery, vice Lieutenant Palfrey, appointed captain, assistant adjutant-general, to rank froM February 19, 1864.
• Second Lieut. J. B. Cleveland, of Louisiana, to be first lieutenant, First Louisiana Regiment Artillery, vice Lieutenant Butler, appointed adjutant, to rank from February 19, 1864.

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• Second Lieut. C. L. C. Dupuy, of Louisiana, to be first lieutenant, First Louisiana Regiment Artillery, vice Lieutenant Harrod, promoted, to rank from October 18, 1864.
• Second Lieut. G. E. Strawbridge, of Louisiana, to be first lieutenant, First Louisiana Regiment Artillery, vice Lieutenant Agar, promoted, to rank from November 7, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

15.]Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 7, 1865.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Lieut. H. H. Flint, of Georgia, to be captain Company C. Seventh Confederate Cavalry Regiment, in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

No. 143]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 7, 1865.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of Lieut. H. H. Flint, of Georgia, to be captain Company C, Seventh Confederate Regiment Cavalry, in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, vice Captain Burke, resigned (of the officers entitled to promotion, one found incompetent and the other waived claims), to rank from December 24, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

16.]Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 7, 1865.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate H. B. Middleton, of South Carolina, to be second lieutenant (for distinguished valor and skill) Company I, First South Carolina Regiment, in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

No. 144]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 7, 1865.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of H. B. Middleton, of South Carolina, to be second lieutenant (for distinguished valor and skill) Company I, First South Carolina Regiment, in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, vice Lieutenant Murchison, resigned, to rank from December 31, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

17.]Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 7, 1865.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Capt. E. A. Deslonde, of Louisiana, to be promoted to major in the Quartermaster's Department, Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

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No. 142]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 7, 1865.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of Capt. E. A. Deslonde, of Louisiana, to be promoted to major in the Quartermaster's Department, Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, report to Quartermaster-General for assignment to duty, to rank from December 26, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

18.]Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 7, 1865.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate S. A. Gregg, of South Carolina, to be first lieutenant Gregg's battery of artillery, in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

No. 141.]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 6, 1865.

Sir; I have the honor to recommend the nomination of S. A. Gregg, of South Carolina, to be first lieutenant Gregg's battery of artillery, in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, vice Lieutenant Edwards, resigned, and the officers entitled to promotion waiving claims, to rank from November 25, 1864.

I am, sir, respectfully your obedient servant,

JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War.

To His Excellency Jefferson Davis,
President, etc.

19.]Executive Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 7, 1865.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War, I nominate Capt. J. I. Middleton, of South Carolina, to be promoted to major in the Quartermaster's Department, Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

No. 137.]War Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 6, 1865.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend the nomination of Capt. J. I. Middleton, of South Carolina, to be promoted to major in the Quartermaster's Department, Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, for duty with artillery, First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (an original vacancy), to rank from December 31, 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:
20.]

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., January 9, 1865.

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No. 9.]Navy Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 5, 1865.

The President.

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

First lieutenant.
• Allen C. Izard, of South Carolina.

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.

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

21.]Richmond, Va., January 7, 1865.

To the Senate of the Confederate States:

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Postmaster-General, I hereby nominate the persons named upon the annexed list to the offices designated.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Post-Office Department, Confederate States of America,
Richmond, January 6, 1865.

To the President.

Sir: I have the honor to recommend, for confirmation by the Senate, the following appointments, made since the opening of the present adjourned session of Congress:

• December 20, 1864, William W. Jones, Louisburg, Franklin County, N. C.
• December 20, 1864, Charles Aunspaugh, Fincastle, Botetourt County, Va.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JOHN H. REAGAN,
Postmaster-General.

The message was read.

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads.

On motion by Mr. Sparrow,

The Senate resolved into open legislative session.

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