Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, January 3, 18G3.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 1. }
I. The^following Orders are published for the information of the army:
All white male citizens of the Confederate States, between the ages
of 18 and 40, who are not exempt by the act of October 11th, 1862, are
liable to conscription; and all such as have been already enrolled and
mustered, will be held as though in service of the Confederate States,
until otherwise ordered. Exemption will not tahe place until after enroll¬
ment, when enrolling officers will grant certificates of exemption, in all
cases clearly within the meaning of the act. , All doubtful cases for ex¬
emption will be referred, for decision, to Commandants of Camps of In¬
struction, and if necessary, by them to the Chief of the Bureau of Con¬
scription in Richmond. Such cases will not be required to report in per¬
son to the camp of instruction until final action is had on the same.
II. Enrolling officers are required to be vigilant in the discharge of
their duties within the district confided to .them, not only in respect to
the enrollment of conscripts, but also in the apprehension and arrest of
stragglers and deserters from the army. Complaints having been made
of harsh treatment to conscripts by enrolling officers in certain localities,
which treatment is calculated to prejudice the cause of the Confederato
States, by encouraging opposition to the acts of conscription, it will bc^
the duty of Commandants of Camps of Instruction to report to the Se¬
cretary of War, for discharge from conscript service, any officer who
shall offend in this particular., It is required of all enrolling officers to
encourage and promote a good understanding with the people of the dis¬
trict in which they may be serving: and it is impressed on them, that
firmness of purpose, tempered with kindness and forbearance, v. ill best
promote the objects to be attained.
III. Enrolling officers will furnish to Commandants of Camps of In¬
struction, at the end of each month, a complete roll of the conscripts
made by them during the month. Such rolls will also embrace the names
of persons who have been enrolled, and exempted within that period.
One copy of tjiese rolls will be immediately forwarded by the Comrnan-
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dants of the Camps of Instruction to the Chief of the Bureau of Con*
scription in Richmond, for file and future reference.
IV. All commissioned officers between the ages 'of 18 and 40, who
have become disconnected with the army, by the operation of General
Orders, Nos. 48 and 96, of 1862, or by reason of non-re-election, resigna¬
tion or dismissal, unless actually disabled (of which they must furnish
evidence), are subject to conscription; and while substitutes between the
above ages, and who are not embraced in the provisions of the exemption
law, will be held in service to the end of the terms for which they have
engaged, the principals within the same ages, for whom the substitute
may have engaged to serve, will be liable to conscription.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's* Office,
Rickmondi January 3, 1863.
General orders, ?
NQi,2. ) -
I. The following Orders are published for the information and guidance
of all concerned:
Recognizing the necessity of officers of rail roads having full control
of their business, in order to insure safety and dispatch in transportation,
jpilitary officers are prohibited from interfering with the engines, cars,
rujaning of trains, or with the control and management, in any way, of
railf roads.
II. When trangportation of troops or freight by rail road is necessary,
a quartermaster or other authorized officer shall make requisition for the
came upon the superintendent or proper officer of the rail road, furnishing
the necessary evidence of transportation, and delivering the troops or
freight to. be transported.
III. In the event that more freight is to bo transported over any road
than the road has the ability to carry promptly, the officer furnishing evi¬
dence of transportation will indicate to the rail road officer what shall
take precedence. In the absence of any special firder as to what freight
shall go first, the rail road officer shall be governed by any General Order
the Quartermaster General may issue in regard thereto.
IV. Where troops or freight is to be moved out of the usual routine
of a rail road, the officer having charge of such movement will fix with
the superintendent, or other officer of the road on which the movement is
to be made, the day and hour of departure, and when so fixed, the troops
or freight must be ready at the appointed time.
V. In the event of any military necessity for an unusual movement at
any particular point, the commanding officer at such post will communi¬
cate fully the character and extent of service to the principal officer of
the road or roads from which it is required, and ask tho personal super¬
vision of the proper rail road officers to the duty.
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VI. Qnartermastor^nd commissaries will exercise discretion in ship-
*ping freight not wanted for immediate use, and that may be stored at safe
and convenient points, taking care not to block up roads and thereby im¬
pede transportation.
VII. When it is nectary to send a special messenger with freight,
euch messenger must travel with the freight placed in his charge, and his
transportation shall be so specified on its face, in order to prevent him
from traveling in any other way.
VIII. Enrolling officers will permit conscripts, enrolled while in the
employment of rail roads, to remain at their duties until Col. William M.
Wadley, A. A*. G., decide as to who of them it is necessary should be
detailed for service on the road.
IX. Any violation of .these orders, or remissness on the part of rail
road officers to perform promptly all government transportation, will bo
reported to Col. William M Wadley, A. A. G., who will indicate from
lime to time where his head quarters will be.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General,
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, January 9, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 3. J
I. The attention of officers is called to the 34th article of Army Regu¬
lations, and especially to those paragraphs of the article which relate to
the channel of military correspondence. It is no exaggeration to state that
nearly one-third of the correspondence, received at the War Department
and at this office, from officers of the army and others in the military ser¬
vice, comes directly from the writers, without passing through the pre¬
scribed channel.
Therefore, all indirect communication with the department is prohi¬
bited ; and where it is attempted, either in person or by letter, the appli¬
cation will be referred to the proper military commander before action is
taken on it, and instructions will at the same time be given to bring the
offender to trial for violation of the regulations and orders respecting
military correspondence. These regulations were made after long expe¬
rience. They have been found indispensable, and must be observed.
II. Not only are all papers and applications to be forwarded through
the regular channels of communication, but the officers through whom
they come, and who are generally supposed to be informed on the merits
of the case presented, are required to express their opinions thereon,, either
in approval or disapproval* These opinions are frequently important to
the department, and the rule which prescribes them must not be over¬
looked.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, January 12, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 4. I
I. A Camp of Instruction for Conscripts will be forthwith established at
Petersburg, Virginia. All persons liable to conscription within the fol¬
lowing counties, will repair to this camp for enrollment; an^all enrolling
officers within said counties will hasten forward Conscripts to the same
point. The following are the counties referred to, to wit: 'Greenesville,
Dinwiddie, Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Halifax, Charlotte,
Pittsylvania, Henry, Patrick, Franklin, Nottoway, Prince Edward and
Campbell.
II. Major General French will appoint an officer of his command to
receive and muster into service the troops called out by the Governor of
Virginia, in Special Orders of the Adjutant General of the State, of Janu¬
ary 9th, 1863, as they arrive at Petersburg, and cause them to be fur¬
nished with subsistence and other supplies needed for their efficiency.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, January 13, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 5. J
I. The following Order is published for the information of all con¬
cerned:
Exchange Notice, No. 4.
The following officers and men have been duly exchanged, and are hereby so
declared:
1. All officers and men captured in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi,
Georgia, Florida and South Carolina, up to December 10th, 1862.
2. All officers and men captured in Missouri, Kansas, New Mexico, Arizona, Ar¬
kansas and Louisiana, up to January 1st, 1863.
3. The two foregoing sections apply not only to officers and men of the confede¬
rate service, but also to persons captured in arms or hostile array against the United
States, whatever may have been the character of the military organization to which
they were attached, and whatever may have been the terms of the paroles given
by them. If any are in federal prisons, they are to be immediately released and
delivered to the confederate authorities.
4. All persons who have been captured on the sea or sea coast of the Confederate
Or United States, up to December 10th, 1862. If any such are in federal ptisons,
they are to be immediately released and delivered to the confederate authorities.
0. All confederate officers and men who have been delivered at City Point, up to
January 6th, 1863.
6. All confederate officers and men who have been delivered at Vicksbnrg, up to
December 23d, 1862, and including said date.
7. All paroled confederate officers and men receipted for at Vicksburg, up to De¬
cember-23d, 1862, and including said date.
8 All confederate officers and men captured and paroled at Fredericksburg, Vir¬
ginia, in December 1862.
9. All confederate officers and men captured and paroled at Goldsboro', North Ca¬
rolina, in December 1862.
10. Other miscellaneous and minor exchanges, of which the appropriate officers
will be duly informed.
Robert Oold,
Agt. of Exchange.
Richmond, January 10, 1863.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, January 15, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 6. 5
I. The attention of officers charged with the custody of public pro¬
perty, is called to paragraphs 923, 924 and 925, Army Regulations, which
provide the mode of accounting for that which is lost or destroyed, and
disposing of such as become unsuitable for the service. No departure
will be allowed from the requirements therein contained, and all officers
having public property in their possession will be held to a strict ac¬
countability.
II. The appointment of agents to purchase wool by any officer, ex¬
cept the Quartermaster General, and such officers as may act under his
authority and sanction, is hereby prohibited; and all agencies for that
purpose, heretofore authorized by other officers, is revoked.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, Januarip 19, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 7. ]
I. The exemption from military service of Route Agents of the Post
Office Department, having been claimed by the Postmaster General, as
executive officers of the Confederate States, under the act of October 11,
1862, is recognized. Such persons, if within conscript ages, will be en¬
rolled, and furnished with certificates exempting them during the conti¬
nuance of their appointments. In all cases where the appointment fails,
or the term thereof expires, the party is required to report himself to the
officer by whom he was enrolled, or if he cannot be found, to the Adju¬
tant and Inspector General at Richmond.
II. Hereafter all field artillery, belonging to any separate army, will be
parked together under the direction of the General, or other chief officer
of artillery having control of the same, to be distributed, when required,
according to the judgment of the Commanding General of such army.
III. Cavalry companies will, as far as practicable, be kept with their
respective regiments. The practice of detailing such companies, or parts
of them, as couriers and guides for the Head Quarters of General Officers,
will be discontinued. Their places can be supplied by such infantry sol¬
diers as may be able to furnish themselves with horses, and can be de¬
tailed for this duty by the General from their respective commands—the
number not to exceed six for the commander of an army corps, four for
commander of division, and two for commander of brigade.
IV. Medical officers, in furnishing certificates of disability to disabled
and invalid officers, will confine themselves to the established Forms of
the service, provided for such certificates, and will hereafter abstain from
recommending them for light duty.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, January 20, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 8. S
I. Applications for staff appointments to fill vacancies, whether occur¬
ring in Divisions, Brigades, Regiments or Battalions, must in all cases,
besides being sent through the proper channels, be accompanied by a
statement showing how such vacancies have occurred; and until the
previous incumbent shall have been properly disposed of, and his absence
accounted for to the satisfaction of this Department, no other appoint¬
ment will be made.
II. No transfers of bonded officers from the positions to which they
have been originally assigned, shall be recognized, until ratified by this
Department.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, January 22 ^ 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, )
No. 9. $
I. Pursuant to section 8 of an " act to provide for the public defence,"
approved April 16th, 1852, men who are mustered into service, bringing
with them their own arms, are entitled to one dollar per month for the use
of the same, from the date of mustering into service. Should they prefer
to receive the full value of the arms, the same will be fixed by the mus¬
tering officer at any muster, according to the value of arms fixed by
General Orders, No. 78. In either case, the fact will be noted on the
muster roll by the mustering officer, with a statement of the value of the
arm, or of the amount due per month, as compensation for the use thereof.
The sums so due for arms, or use of arms, will be paid by the brigade,
division or other ordnance officer, and such payment noted on the muster
roll.
Payment for the use of arms will not be made oftener than once in six
months.
II. In like manner, cavalry equipments brought into service will be
valued by the mustering officer, and the value entered upon the muster
roll, and paid for at the following rates :
For a good serviceable saddle, from $ 15 to $ 20
For a good saddle blanket, " $ 3 to $ 4
For a good bridle, " $ 3 to $ 5
For a good halter, " $ 2 to $ 3
And minor articles, at the discretion of the mustering officer.
III. General Orders, No. 101, last series from this office, are amended,
so as to allow that the two surgeons to be employed to examine conscripts
in each congressional district, may be selected from the districts in which
they are to act, when surgeons cannot be obtained from other congres¬
sional districts.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, January 24, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, )
No. 10. . 5
The following Orders are published for the information of all concerned:
I. The duties of signal officers are confined to those bearing commis¬
sions as such, appointed under the acts of Congress, approved April 19,
1862, and September 27, 1862.
II. To any general officer requiring a signal officer and entitled thereto,
one will be assigned by the Adjutant and Inspector General.
III. All signal officers are required to make their reports, returns, &c.
through the senior signal officer on duty at the seat of government, and
paragraph IX, General Orders, No. 40, must be more strictly observed.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond January 27, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 11. 5
The Military Courts, appointed and organized under the act approved
October 9th, 1862, will be governed and controlled as other Courts Mar¬
tial, by the Articles of War and Regulations of the Army, in connection
with the aforesaid act of October 9, 1862.
Their proceedings will therefore be subject to review by the Command¬
ing General of the army corps to which they are attached, who, by the
decision of the President, is the proper reviewing officer of all such pro¬
ceedings, under the provisions of the law and the Articles of War. The
original proceedings of these Courts, after final action is had on them,
will be transmitted to the office of the Adjutant and Inspector General,
agreeably to the 90th Article of War.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, January 28, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 12. J
I. Candidates for appointments of artillery officers for ordnance duty,
Who have passed their examinations at the head quarters of any army,
army corps, or department, may be placed on ordnance duty as acting
ordnance officers. The number so placed on duty shall not exceed one-
half of the whole number passed there, and shall be taken from the head
of the list, without reference to the grade for which they are recom¬
mended.
Acting ordnance officers, so placed on duty, shall be entitled to pay as
first lieutenants, if recommended for that, or higher grade, and as second
lieutenants, if not recommended for higher grade.
Commissions will be issued as soon as the examinations are completed
in all the armies, and will be for grades and of dates to correspond with
the general roll of merit established by the examiners.
II. The quartermaster's department will issue to officers of the army,
on duty enrolling conscripts, such fuel and stationery, within the limits
prescribed by existing regulations for allowances to public offices, as shall
be certified by those officers to bo indispensable for the proper discharge
of their duties.
The legitimate expenses of the performance of such duty will be paid,
in the case of enrolling officers not commissioned, upon accounts ap¬
proved by the Commandant of Conscripts for the State, or Commander
of Camp of Instruction.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, January 31, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
. No. 13. (
I. The following Arsenals, Armories, Depots, &c. are immediately
under charge of the War Department; and its orders will he given di¬
rectly through the Ordnance Bureau, viz:
Richmond Arsenal,
" Armory, «•
Fayetteville Arsenal and Armory,
Charleston Arsenal,
Augusta Arsenal and Powder Works,
Macon Arsenal,
" Armory,
" Laboratory,
Columbus Aj^nal,
Atlanta Arsenal,
Mount Vernon Arsenal, -
Montgomery Arsenal,
Selrna Arsenal,
Jackson Arsenal,
Greensboro' Depot,
Danville Depot,
Lynchburg Depot,
Little Rock Arsenal,
Texas Arsenal,
Richmond, Virginia.
((. ((
Fayetteville, N. C.
Charleston, S. C.
Augusta, Ga.
Macon, Ga.
Columbus, Ga.
Atlanta, Ga.
Mt. Vernon, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala.
Selma, Ala.
Jackson, Miss.
Greensboro', N. C.
Danville, Va.
Lynchburg, Va.
Little Rock, Ark.
San Antonio, Texas.
II. The stores fabricated and deposited at these posts, are to be drawn
out on requisitions, as designated in section V, Ordnance Regulations.
III. Officers stationed at the Arsenals and Depots will, on their first
arrival, report in person or by letter to the Commanding General of the
Department, and will obtain leave of absence from him; but while liable
to requisitions made upon the Arsenal or Armory, as provided above, are
subject to orders only from the War Department, through the Ordnance
Bureau.
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IV. The Quartermasters' Depots at Augusta, Atlanta and Columbus.
Georgia, and at Montgomery and Huntsville, Alabama, having been es¬
tablished by the direction of the War Department, to supply the neces¬
sities of the Army at large, are placed under the special control of the
Quartermaster General, though subject to the inspection of the Com¬
manding Officers of the Departments in which they are located. Issues
from these Depots will be made by order of the Quartermaster General,
upon requisitions of Chief Quartermasters, approved by Commanding
Generals.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector Gemrat.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, February 3, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 14. J
I. The 2d clause, paragraph IV, of General Orders, No. 72, of 1862,
is hereby revoked.
The 4th clause of same paragraph is amended as follows:
On a certificate of disability, with recommendation for furlough or dis¬
charge, signed in due form by examining board, and approved by tho
Senior Surgeon of the post, the Commander of the post may grant the
soldier a furlough, not to exceed thirty days, and submit the application
for a longer period to the General to whose command the soldier may be¬
long ; or he may refer, without granting the furlough, to the discretion
of said Commanding General.
II. The Superintendent of the Nitre and Mining Bureau is authorized
and directed to enforce existing contracts of the government in iron, lead
and other munitions. Where iron and other articles thus contracted for,
and needed for the service, are ascertained to have been sold at private
sale, or are not promptly delivered according to the terms and spirit of
the contract, they may be taken wherever found; and upon requisition,
assistance.shall be afforded by the commandant of the nearest post or
camp of instruction, to the officer or agent of the Mining Bureau spe¬
cially charged with the enforcement of the contract.
When a contract shall have been persistently violated, after ten days'
notice, all detailed or conscripted men will be withdrawn, and assigned
to other works.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, February 6, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 15. 5
I. All commissioned officers of the army in the service of the Con¬
federate States, who are absent from their respective commands without
sufficient authority, and from whom satisfactory reports have not been
received, will be considered as no longer in service^ thirty days after the
publication of this Order, when their names will be erased from the re¬
turns of regiments and corps. All quartermasters of the army, charged
with the paypient of troops, are hereby prohibited from making payments
to officers who do not exhibit sufficient authority for absence from their
proper commands; and where any doubt exists in the mind of the paying
officer, for want of such authority, he will suspend payment, and report
the case to this office, with the name and residence of the officer so ab¬
sent, and the regiment or corps to which he belongs.
II. Where occasions may arise in military commands, for charges
"against a disbursing officer of the army, arrest will be stayed until a
report of the facts in the case is duly made to the War department,
through the office of the Adjutant and Inspector General; and the officer
will continue to discharge his duties until the department shall take
proper measures for his relief from duty.
III. In congressional districts where surgeons cannot be, " employed"
to complete the examining boards for conscripts, directed in previous
Orders, the commandants of conscripts may constitute such boards, tem¬
porarily, by medical officers under their authority.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, February 7, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, )
No. 16. 5
I. The special measures instituted in the Circular from this office, of
the 8th January,, ultimo, were intended to aid, and in no wise to super¬
cede the operation and rules of the regularly established system of con¬
scription. Reports have been received, that officers thus sent from the
army have been practically setting aside the system, decisions and ex¬
emptions established under the authority of the Commandants of Con¬
scripts in the respective states, and are neglecting to make to those offi¬
cers any returns of the conscripts gathered by them.
It is hereby ordered, that all officers acting under the authority of the
Circular in question, shall refrain from interference with any conscripts
already in the custody of the officers regularly on conscription duty, and
shall assert no claim over them, otherwise than by estimates on the com¬
mandants for the quota to which their regiments shall be entitled, under
the principle of pro rata distribution; also, that they shall respect certifi¬
cates of exemptions issued by regular enrolling officers, reporting for deci¬
sion of the commandants any case in which the exemption may appear
to them to have been improperly granted; that in no case shall they
themselves grant certificates of exemption or detail; that in all doubtful
cases or cases of appeal from their decision, they shall refer to the regular
enrolling officers or the commandants, and that they shall furnish to tho
local enrolling officers, or the Commandants of Conscripts for tho state,
descriptive lists of all persons within conscript ages, recruited or gathered
by them.
II. The Commandants of Conscripts, in making their reports to the
Bureau of Conscription, Avill return separately the conscripts gathered
and reported to them under the system instituted by the Circular above
referred to.
By order.
. S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, February 13, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 17. 5
I. The following additional appointments under the act of October the
9th, 1862, providing for the establishment of military courts, are an¬
nounced for the information of all concerned:
Lieutenant General J. C. Pemberton's Corps.
George B. Wilkinson, Presiding Judge, Mississippi.
John J. Good, Texas.
Henry W. Allen, Louisiana.
John P. McMillan, Judge Advocate, Missouri.
Lieutenant General W. J. Hardee's Corps.
John C. Moore, Presiding Judge, Alabama.
Samuel J. Gholson, Mississippi.
Taylor Beatty, Louisiana.
Benton Randolph, Judge Advocate, Texas.
H. The above named members will report without delay to the com¬
manding officers of the respective army corps to which they belong, to
whom their letters of appointment will be forwarded, except where they
may be called for at this office at an early day.
III. In all cases where the sentence of a court martial directs a for¬
feiture of pay, the just dues of the laundress are to be understood as
always excepted from such forfeiture. This exception will embrace sums
which have accrued as well as those which became due during the term
of the sentence.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, February 16, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 18. 5
I. With the exceptions herein after named, all outstanding authorities
issued from the War Depar tment to recruit persons of conscript age into
regiments, battalions or companies not in service on the 16th day of April
1862, will be held as terminated from and after the 10th day of March
next.
Any new organization that shall meantime have been completed up
to the legal standard of a regiment, battalion of company, as may have
been specified in the original authority issued, will be reported before the
10th of March to'the Adjutant and Inspector General's office for muster
and reception into service.
The organization itself failing of completion, the material within con¬
script ages (including officers) of such parts as shall have been enrolled
for the special service, will be reported to the local Commandants of Con¬
scripts, respectively, for enrollment and conscription. These comman¬
dants will, however, cause to be allowed to the persons thus transferred,
previous to enrollment, the privilege of volunteering in companies that
were in service on the 16th of April 1862.
II. From the operation of this Order are excepted new companies or
corps in process of organization under authority issuing from the War
Department, of a date later than the 10th of December 1862, and all
such as may have been authorized to he recruited from material found
within districts possessed by the enemy, or in which the conscript law
has been suspended by the President, or in which the regular execution
of the conscript law is, from the vicinity of the enemy, unattainable.
III. All officers and persons acting under authority, now and hereafter,
to recruit new organizations, will report to the Commandants of Con¬
scripts in their respective states, the names of those persons who are em¬
ployed by them in enlisting recruits. In the absence of such official evi¬
dence, the enrolling officers will not recognize the authority claimed.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, February 17, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 19. J
With a view to determine the military state of certain persons in the
army, who have left their regular commands and joined others, under
the impression that they had a right so to do, but are claimed as deserters
under existing laws, the following Orders are published:
I. Persons who joined new companies at the expiration of their first
term of service, under the act authorizing re-enlistments for the war, will
be continued in their present companies, provided the facts do not show
an intention to desert their former commands; also all paroled prisoners
whose term of service had expired, and who enlisted in new companies
under the provisions of General Orders, No. 44, Adjutant and Inspector
General's office, Richmond, 17th June 1862, will be continued in their
present companies.
II. All persons who have really deserted and have joined other com¬
panies, will be returned to their original commands; and the benefit of
this Order is to be strictly limited to cases arising from a misconception
of rights and duties under the re-enlistment and conscript laws.
III. The privilege heretofore exercised by troops on the battle field, of
exchanging their small arms and field pieces for those captured from the
enemy, is hereafter forbidden, and the prohibition will be strictly enforced
by commanders. Disasters may easily result from a disregard of this
necessary order. All such exchanges must be made by proper authority,
and with a due regard to the efficiency of the troops. Captured arms and
artillery will be turned over to the chief ordnance officer, and be assigned,
whenever practicable, to the troops to whom the General shall, on testi¬
mony, award their capture.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, February 19, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, )
No. 20. ]
I. " General or other officers commanding army corps or departments
will cause full returns of artillery, ammunition and other ordnance stores,
at the various forts and batteries within their commands, to be prepared
without delay.
•" The Chief of Ordnance of each army corps or department will be
held responsible that these returns are forwarded to the Chief of the Bu¬
reau of Ordnance at Richmond within twenty days after the receipt of
this Order, and will thereafter see that the returns required by paragraph
1348, Army Regulations, are regularly forwarded.
II. " All ordnance and ordnance stores, including cavalry equipments
captured from the enemy by Partizan Rangers, shall be assessed by com¬
petent officers, under orders of the commanding General, entered upon
the rolls, and paid for by any ordnance officer, upon receipt for the money
from the men entitled to the property, and a property certificate signed
by the officer commanding the company, squadron, battalion or regiment
of Rangers, as the case may be." The rolls must state distinctly the
company, battalion or regiment to which the arms are assigned, in order
that the commanding officer of the same may be charged with the pro¬
perty on the books of the treasury.
III. Paragraphs 117, 118 and 119, Army Regulations (being contrary
to law), are hereby revoked; and no enlisted man in the service of the
Confederate States will be employed as a servant by any officer of the
army.
IY. When a non-commissioned officer, musician or private entitled to
a furlough under the acts of Congress, approved December 11,1861, and
April 16, 1862, shaR elect to receive the .commutation value in money in
lieu of transportafrojkto his home and back, the quartermaster of his
regiment will promptl^jjSay his account therefor, upon his certificate, ap¬
proved by his eompan^&nd regimental commanders, that commutation
is justly due him in lieu of a furlough.
V. In making such payments, quartermasters will estimate the amount
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due in each case at 2£ cents per mile for the distance the soldier would,
if upon furlough, be compelled to travel to and from his home.
YI. Company commanders will he required to state upon their muster
and pay rolls, payments made under these orders, opposite the name of
the soldier so paid.
By order.
?. COOPER,
Adjutant, and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector Genebal's Office,
Richmond, February 20, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. .21. $
I. When the exigency of the service, requires it, ordnance stores re¬
ported unserviceable, by the officer.who is responsible for them, shall be
inspected by the Brigade Inspector, under the direction of the Inspector
General of the Army; or in case of the absence of the Brigade Inspector,
then by any other officer designated by the Inspector General, except the
officer accountable for the property in question.
The inspecting officer shall make a report in accordance with para-
"graphs 9*25 and 926; Army Regulations; and whatever stores he consi¬
ders worn out or unserviceable, he shall order, under the direction of the
Inspector General, to be dropped.
II. When requisitions for ordnance stores are made to supply defi¬
ciencies, a copy of the report of the Inspector shall be appended, to show
the necessity of the issue.
By order.
S.COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, February 23, 1863,
GENERAL ORDERS, {
No. 22. $
The following additional instructions are published for the guidance of
the medical officers and surgeons composing the Boards of Examination
for conscripts:
I. In their examination of conscripts, they must exercise a sound and
firm discretion, and not yield their judgment in favor of every complaint
of trivial disability, by attaching too much importance to which, they
lpdh"optly favor evasions of the required military service.
« II. As a general rule, it may be received that where a conscript is
equal to ell the activo duties of the various occupations of civil life, he is
able to discharge the duties of a soldier.
III. Temporary exemption is so liable to abuse, and to be resorted to
as a means of evasibn, that the examining surgeon must fix the period
for which it is granted (which, with the reasons therefor, will be stated
in the monthly report); at the expiration of which period, the conscript
must present himself for examination, or be considered absent without
leave.
IV. The following are some of the grounds not deemed sufficient and
satisfactory for exemption:
1. General debility.—The grades of this condition are numerous, and
op receiving them all as grounds for exemption, the examining surgeon
c&ppot he considered as discharging his duty to the sendee. In arriving
q correct judgment upon this point, he will be aided by the conside¬
ration, that observation has by no means established that a so called high
standard of health is best adapted to encounter the exposures of military
life, such physical condition being especially liable to disease; while
heqlth of a lower grade, without any coexisting positive disease, is fre¬
quently strengthened and improved by the exposures incident to the life
of a soldier.
2. In case of slight deformity, natural, or the result of accident and
irregular union of fractures, unless material impairment of power and
motion results from such deformity, the conscripts must be held liable
for military service.
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3. Deafness.—This is not a valid roason for exemption, unlesl so exces¬
sive (which must' be stated in the monthly report) as to incapacitate a
man for the duties of a sentinel. The fact of its existence mu/t alscnfce
established by the affidavit of a respectable physician, who has known
the conscript to be the subject of the infirmity.
4. Impedimentspeech—Unless of a very aggravated character, is
not a valid reason for exemption.
5. Heart disease {organic).—Organic disease of the heart being com¬
paratively infrequent, the physical and rational signs should be scruti¬
nized with great care, and the subject of examination should not be ex¬
cused unless the case is satisfactorily established.
6. Functional disturbance of heart's action.—This is very common—
not a valid ground for exemption, and will generally be relieved by change
to the life of the camp.
7. Rheumatism.—The kind should be designated, whether acute or
chronic, articular or muscular. It is a complaint liable to be used as a*
means of evasion. Where it is simply muscular, without swelling or
contraction of the joints, and the general health of the conscript is other¬
wise sound, he should be held liable to military duty.
8. Epilepsy.—This disease being frequently simulated, so as to impose
upon a careless observer, nothing less than the observation of an actual
paroxysm, or the affidavit of unresponsible physician acquainted with the
conscript, should be deemed satisfactory by the examining surgeon.
9. Varicocele—Not'a ground for exemption, unless excessive; which
must be stated in the monthly report.
10. Myopia—Not a ground for exemption. Many tayopic subjects
distinguish distant objects with accuracy sufficient for all practical pur¬
poses.
11. Hemorrhoids.—As many invalids in civil life, subjects of this dis¬
order, are engaged in active occupations, they should not, unless exces¬
sive (which must be stated in the monthly reports), be considered satis¬
factory grounds for exemption.
. 12. Opacity of one cornea, or the loss of one eye—Not valid grounds
for exemption.
13. The loss of one or two fingers—Not sufficient cause for exemption.
14. Single reducible hernia—Not a valid cause for exemption.
By order
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General
Adjutant and Inspector General's Officb,
Richmond, February 25, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, I
No. 23. \
I. The senior surgeons of commands entitled to medical directors will
be detailed as medical directors for such commands. Whenever, how¬
ever, the interest of the service shall require a departure from this rule,
medical directors for commands will be .recommended by the Surgeon
General, and announced in Orders from this office.
II. Par. VI, Special Orders, No. 79, and par. II, Special Orders, No.
80, of last series from this office, directing medical purveyors to obey all
instructions relative to the transfer of medical supplies and reports of
supplies on hand, emanating from Surgeon E. W. Johns, Medical Purr
veyor, are hereby revoked; and hereafter all reports will be made direct
to the Surgeon General, and all instructions to medical purveyors will
emanate from his office.
Surgeon Johns will send to the Surgeon General's office, without de¬
lay, all records, books and papers connected with the duties assigned him
under the above named Orders.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, March % 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 24. 5
I. Paragraph IV of General Orders, No. 47, of 1862, was designed to
apply solely to the cases of officers whose commands had reorganized for
the wax, agreeably to the acts of congress, No. 306, of December 11,1861,
and No. 397, of February 15,1862, where the officers of such reorganized
commands had been re-elected to the same grade of rank they held in
those commands prior to their reorganization, and before the passage of
the act,of April 16, 1862, commonly known as the "conscription act."
In all reorganizations of commands under this last named act (April
16, 1862), the officers will take rank from the date of the act, and their
relative rank with each other in the same grade will be regulated by the
date of their former commissions in the service.
II. Officers of the army who are dropped from the rolls, cashiered by
courts martial, or whose resignations are accepted, and who may thus be¬
come liable to military duty under the conscription acts, will, when pre¬
sent with their commands, be at once enrolled by their respective brigade
commanders. When not so present, their names will bo furnished by
their commanding officers to the proper enrolling officer of the district to
which they belong, or in which they reside : provided,that any officer so
liable to enrollment may select in his former command, any company
from his own state in which to be enrolled.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, March 6, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 25. 5
I. The following Act of Congress and Regulations to enforce the same,
are published for the information of all persons concerned :
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CHAP. LXII.—-An Act to protect the Rights of Owners of Slaves taken by
or employed in the army.
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That every person con¬
nected with the army or navy of the Confederate States, arresting or coming into
possession of any slave, by capture from the enemy, or otherwise than hy lawful
authority, shall immediately report the same to the commanding officer of the post
or brigade or station to which he may he attached. The said commanding officer
shall, with as little delay as practicable, send the ^slaves so reported to the nearest
depot described in the next section, with a register of the place and date of their
arrest: provided, however, that the said slaves, or any of them, may at once be de¬
livered to their respective owners, if claim is made and established on satisfactory
evidence.
Sec. 2. The Secretary of War shall establish depots for recaptured slaves, at
convenient places, not more than five in number, in each state; and all slaves cap¬
tured in such state shall be kept in such depots. Public notice shall be given of the
places so selected.
Sec. 3. Lists of the slaves in each of such depots, showing the name and color
of such slaves, the place and time of their arrest, and the names of their owners, as
given by themselves, or otherwise ascertained, shall be regularly advertised in each
state, in one or more newspapers of general circulation.
SEC. 4. While such slaves are in depot, they may be employed, under proper
guard, on public works; but no slave shall be removed from the depot to ^ich
he is first carried, for at least one month after the first advertisement of his being
there, nor then, unless an exact register is made of the removal, and due advertise¬
ment made in the newspapers as aforesaid.
Sec. 5. Free access shall be permitted to all persons desiring to inspect the said
slaves for the purpose of identifying them and establishing.ownership; and upon
due proof, they shall be immediately restored to the persons claiming them.
Sec. 6. It shall further be the duty of the Secretary of War to require the names
of all slaves in the employment of an officer or soldier of the confederate army or
navy, with the names and residence of their owners, and of the person by whom
hired out, and of the officer or soldier hiring, to be reported to his department, and
a full register thereof to be kept for public inspection.
SEC. .7. The President shall prescribe regulations for carrying this act into effect,
and provide for the subsistence of said slaves while in such depots. [Approved
October 13,1862.]
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II. Depots for recaptured slaves are hereby established at the following-
places, viz:
At the Camp of Instruction at Richmond, in the state of Virginia.
" " " Petersburg, " "
" " " Dublin Station, " » "
" " " Raleigh, " North Carolina.
" " " Columbia, " South Carolina.
" " " Macon, " Georgia.
" " " Decatur, " "
" " " Notasulga, " Alabama.
" " " Talladega,* " "
" " " Tallahassee, " Florida.
" " " Brookhaven, " Mississippi.
" " " Enterprize, " "
" " " Monroe, " Louisiana.
" " " Camp Moore, " "
" " " New Iberia, " "
" " " Houston, " Texas.
" " " Knoxville, " Tennessee.
" " " McMinnsville, " "
" " " Little Rock, " Arkansas.
III. The commandants of the several camps of instruction will pro¬
vide necessary quarters for all negroes sent to the depots; will detail suf¬
ficient guards for their safe-keeping; provide for their custody, employ¬
ment and subsistence; require full and accurate registers to be kept, and
advertisements, as prescribed by the act of congress, to be regularly
made, and afford all facilities to claimants to establish their ownership,
and on due proof, surrender the slaves to their owners.
IV. Commanding generals will require all persons connected with the
army to make immediate report of all slaves arrested or coming into their
possession; and if claim is not promptly made and established by the
o^er, will send such slaves, with a register of the place and date of their
arrest, with as little delay as practicable, to the nearest depot in the state
wherein the qapture is made. They will also require all officers and sol¬
diers now employing slaves, forthwith to report the same, and those here¬
after employing them, within ten days thereafter, with the names and
residence of their owners, and of the person by whom they were hired
out, and of the officer or soldier hiring, and return such reports as soon
as received, to this office; and will, in all other respects, enforce from the
officers and men under their command a strict and prompt observance of
the requirements of the above recited act of congress.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, March 7, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 26. 5
The following Order of General Robert E. Lee is adopted by the War
Department, and is republished for the information and government of
all concerned:
" To avoid the danger, if not the certainty, of frequent collisions, and
the consequent destruction of life and property, as well as obstruction to
all transportation, it is absolutely necessary that the movements of rail
road trains should be under one undivided control.
These considerations make it imperative that all trains should be regu¬
lated in their movements and speed, only by their conductors and engi¬
neers, in accordance with the regulations and time tables of the com¬
pany.
All the operations of a road should be controlled by its superintendent,
or other authorized officer; and all orders for transportation of every
kind, and the movement of every train, will be directed through him,
.when the exigencies of the service demand a variation from the regular
schedule.
Disregard of this rule will inevitably be attended with disastrous con¬
sequences."
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Ribhmond, March 11, I8G3.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 27. \
I. B_j direction of the Secretary of Wdr the proceedings, findings and
sentence of the General Court Martial, held at Knoxville, Tennessee, in
the case of Captain H. B. Latrobe, " Latrohe's Battery," approved by
General Heth, and forwarded to the War Department for confirmation,
under the 89th Article of War, are now, upon the report of the facts by
General Heth, and his action thereon, duly confirmed, and Captain H. B.
Latrobe ceases to be an officer of the army of the Confederate States.
II. So much of the sentence awarded by General Court Martial against
Private James T. Wilder, Co. E,'4th Georgia Volunteers, as directs his
head to be shaved, and he drummed out of the service, is, by direction of
the President, remitted—and 'ate Wilder will, at the expiration of the
term of his confinement, as required by the sentence of the. Court, be
returned to duty with his company.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General,
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmondf March 12, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, )
No. 28. 5
I. No regiment, battalion, squadron or company will be disbanded
from the army prior to expiration of service, without express authority
obtained from the "War Department.
II. Brigadier generals will fpt be detached from their brigades, nor
colonels from their regiments, except on ordinary temporary duty, with¬
out the special authority of the War Department.
III. The appointment of officers of the army being vested by the'con¬
stitution in the President, by and with the advice and consent of Senate,
commanding and other officers are hereby cautioned against assumption
of this authority. All payments made to persons appointed as officers
by military commanders, will be charged against the disbursing officers
making such payments.
IV. The impositions attempted to be practiced on officers of the Quar¬
termaster's Department, charged with paying troops, call for the following
regulation in respect to the payment of officers absent from their proper
commands, viz: Regimental quartermasters will furnish to officers of
their regiments about to leave their commands on detached duty, certifi¬
cates of last payment made by them to such officers ; which certificates
will be deposited with the pay officer making the next payment, who
will, on such further payment, give the officers a like certificate. Pay¬
ments to officers absent from their appropriate commands, except those
placed on detached duty by competent authority, and sick and wounded
' officers absent by like authority, are expressly prohibited.
V. General hospitals will be under the supervision and control of
medical directors specially selected for the purpose, and announced as
such in orders from this office. Medical directors of armies, army corps
and departments will not interfere with this arrangement in respect to the
general hospitals.
VI. Doubts having arisen in respect to the mode of addressing com¬
munications, and in passing them through the channel provided in the
34th article of General Regulations, it is hereby directed that the party
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making the communication will address himself to the staff officer of the
General or other commanding officer who may have the right finally to
decide on the question or application presented; and if the subject mat¬
ter of the communication be such as to require tlfe action of the War
Department, it will be addressed to the Adjutant and Inspector General
through the usual channel. All communications in the ascending line
will be passed through the several intermediate commanders, until they
reach the officer having the final control. For example: Communica¬
tions from the members of a company will pass through the commander
of the company; thence, to the commander of the battaliop or regiment;
thence, to the commander of the brigade; thence, to the division com¬
mander ; next, to the commander of •e army corps; and finally, to the
General commanding in chief, for their several remarks; and,, if further
reference be required, to the Adjutant and Inspector General.
VII. All recommendations from officers of the army, for military ap¬
pointments to be conferred, will, besides giving the character and quali¬
fications of the person recommended, name the state in which he was
born, and of which he claims to be a citizen.
VIII. Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 97, December 1, 1862, may
be 40 modified as to read, " Officers a»nd agents of the Quartermaster's
department are hereby ordered not to interfere with leather purchased or
contracted for by officers or agents of, or contractors with, the Ordnance
department."
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, March 14, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 29. " 5
I. At a Court of Enquiry, convened at Chattanooga, Tennessee, Feb¬
ruary 26th, 1863, by virtue of General Orders, No. 38, Adjutant and In¬
spector General's Office, Richmond, Va., issued in pursuance'of an act
approved April 21, 1862, was arraigned and tried Lieut. Thomas Nall,
Company B, 5th Georgia Volunteers, on the charge of drunkenness.
. II. The Court confirmed the plea of "guilty" by the accused, and
sentenced him to be suspended from command and pay for one month,
tad to be publicly reprimanded.
III. The proceedings having been submitted to the Secretary of War,
to be laid before "the President, the following decision has been made
thereon:
"The .sentence of the Court approved: but in consideration of the
habitual sobriety of Lieutenant Nail, and his previous good, character, so
much of the sentence as suspends him from command and pay is re¬
mitted."
Lieutenant Nall will therefore be restored to duty with his company;
J>ut the department takes occasion to express its decided disapprobation
of his conduct on the occasion referred to in the proceedings.
IV. The Court of Enquiry in the foregoing case is hereby dissolved.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and, Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, March 18, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 30. 5
I. Any employee of a government establishment, who shall leave such
employment, shall not be received at any other government establish¬
ment, or by any contractor under-the government, unless he exhibits a
proper discharge from the employment which he leaves.
II. Any contractor under the government, who shall employ any work¬
man leaving, without proper discharge, a government establishment, or
the employment of another contractor under the government, shall be
notified {ft once that the detailed men and conscripts in his employment
be returned to their proper officers, upon report of the facts to the Chief
of Ordnance.
III. The orders heretofore given are repeated, that conscripts or de¬
tailed men leaving their employment without written permission, shall
be reported to the nearest enrolling officer, to be tried and punished as
deserters.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office*
Richmond, March 19, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, )
No. 31. 5
In consequence of numerous applications made by various persons to
the War Department, it is obvious that some misconception in regard to
the instructions of the Secretary of War in relation to the impressment
of supplies, must exist on the part of the people, or that the agents of the
government have violated their instructions : Now, therefore, for the pur¬
pose of removing such misconception, and to prevent any violation of
those instructions, it is hereby ordered:
I. That no officer of the government shall, under any circumstances
whatever, impress the supplies which a party has for his own consump¬
tion, or that of his family, employees, or slaves.
II. That no officer shall at any .time, unless specially ordered so to do
by a General commanding, in a case of exigency, impress supplies which
are on their way to market for sale on arrival.
III. These orders were included in the instructions originally issued in
relation to impressment by the Secretary of War; and the officers exer¬
cising such authority are again notified, that " any one acting without or
beyond" the authority given in those instructions, will be held strictly
responsible.
IV. When non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates entitled
to furloughs under the act of December 11th, 1861, or that of April 16th,
1862, have died, or may hereafter die, before the receipt thereof, their per¬
sonal representatives shall be allowed tbq commutation value* of transpor¬
tation from the point where such parties die, to their homes and back.
V. When non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, entitled
under either of the preceding acts to a furlough, shall have been, or may
hereafter be promoted to the rank of commissioned officers, prior to the
receipt thereof, they shall be allowed the same commutation as is pro¬
vided in Ihe previous paragraph, or when they go on leave, the transpor¬
tation in kind, at their option.
VI. Claims arising under paragraph I, will be settled by the Second
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Auditor; those under paragraph II, by officers of the Quartermaster's
department. In the latter class, the facts must be attested by the certi¬
ficate of the commanding officer of the regiment to which the claimant
h^onged at the date of his promotion.
By order.
S. COOPER,
i \ . i ■
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, March 21, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, )
No. 32. $
I. Paragraph Y, General Orders, No. 66, Adjutant and Inspector Ge¬
neral's Office, September 12th, 1862, is so fir amended as to read as
follows:
Enrolling or recruiting officers, in the discharge of their duties under
the conscript or other acts, are enjoined not to remove or interfere with
workmen or employees at the nitre, lead or copper works, or mines or
furnaces worked by government officers, or by contractors for the Ord¬
nance department, without first apprising and obtaining the consent of
the superintendent or officer in charge, who will be held strictly respon¬
sible for any abuse or evasion of the law.
II. The operation of paragraph 1253, Confederate States Army Regu¬
lations, is hereby suspended during the existing war.
III. Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 30, current series, is amended
to read as follows:
Any contractor under the government, who shall employ any work¬
man leaving, without proper discharge, a government establishment, or
the employment of another contractor under the government, shall be
notified at once that the detailed men and conscripts in his employment
be returned to their proper officers, upon report of the facts to the Chief
of the Bureau or Department for the service of which the details were
made.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, March 26, 1863,
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 33. J
I. The corps of officers for ordnance duty will hereafter be composed
exclusively as follows, viz :
1st. Officers of the regular confederate army, detailed by the War de¬
partment for ordnance duty.
2d. Officers of the provisional artillery, appointed under the act of con¬
gress April 21st, 186*2.
3d. Officers of the provisional artillery for ordnance duty, appointed
under act of 16th September 1862 (including at present those on duty
under General Orders, No. 12, 1863).
4th. Officers of artillery in the provisional army and volunteer corps,
appointed under act of congress approved January 22d, 1862, and de¬
tailed on ordnance duty by the War department.
5th. Officers of the Nitre and Mining bureau, appointed under act of
congress.
II. Officers heretofore assigned to ordnance duty, under provisions of
General Orders, No. 24 and No. 46, of 1862, although not forming a part
of the ordnance corps, will continue to be recognized in their positions
until relieved by the assignment of officers of the ordnance corps regularly
appointed or detailed. Officers of this class will be replaced by the regu¬
larly appointed officers assigned for ordnance duty, at the discretion of
any General commanding an army or department, when the interest of
the service requires it.
All such changes will be communicated to the Chief of Ordnance at
Richmond.
III. All officers in charge of arsenals, armories, work shops, depots,
or other posts, where work is performed by detailed men, who are paid
by the department in which they are employed, and who relinquish claim
for pay as soldiers, shall make monthly reports to the chiefs of their respec¬
tive bureaux, containing lull lists and descriptions of the men, with a
correct statement of the pay they receive. These reports will be for¬
warded to the Quartermaster General, for the information and guidance
of the Pay department, to prevent the payment of fraudulent claims.
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IV. All Generals or-other officers commanding military departments
or districts, will require from provost marshals and commandants of pri¬
sons, monthly reports of all citizens and other persons, not connected
with the confederate army, held in confinement, with specifications of
date and cause of arrest, and by whom arrested, accompanied with such
remarks as they may deem proper, and forward the same without delay
to this office.
V. Paragraph VI, General Orders, No. 31, current series, is so far
amended as to read as follows:
Claims arising under paragraph IV, will be settled by the second audi¬
tor ; those under paragraph V, by officers of the Quartermaster's depart¬
ment". In the latter class, the facts must be attested by the certificate of
the commanding officer of the regiment to which the claimant belonged
at the date of his promotion.
By order.
s. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, April 1, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 34. J .
I. The attention of commanding and other officers is called to the act
of congress of April 21,1862, as published in General Orders, No. 38,
of that year. A more rigid enforcement of the requirements of that act
on the part of commanding officers therein referred to, is deemed impor¬
tant to the interest of the service.
II. The geographical limits of the command of Lieutenant General
Longstreet, embracing the Defences of Richmond, and extending south,
to include the State of North Carolina—the whole under the supervision
and general direction of General R. E. Lee—will be divided into three
Military Departments, as follows: All north of the James river, for the
defence of Richmond, will constitute the Department of Richmond, under
Major General Elzey—Head Quarters, Richmond. All that portion of
Virginia south of the James river, and east of the county of Powhatan,
will constitute the Department of Southern Virginia, under Major General
French, Head Quarters at some central point near the Blackwater. The
State of North Carolina will constitute the Department of North Carolina,
under Major General D. H. Hill—Head Quarters, Goldsboro'.,
IH. The price of beef hides, transferred in accordance with paragraph
IH, General Orders, No. 64, of 1862, will be at the following rates: For
green hides, five cents per pound, and dry hides ten cents per pound, in
the Trans-Mississippi Department; gnd for all beef hiijes, east of the
Mississippi river, thirty cents per pound.
These prices will be paid by the Quartermasters and Assistant Quarter¬
masters to the Commissaries transferring them, and the latter will account
for the fund thus received, in their next accounts current.
IV. By General Orders, No. 61, paragraph II, last series, from this
office, Quartermasters are directed to bear on their returns, ambulances
and wagons for the transportation of regimental hospital supplies, the
teams and drivers. It is also their duty to keep them in good condition,
and ready for active service. Commanders will require the performance
of this duty.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, April 4, 18G3.
GENERAL bRDERS, \
No. 35. J
I. At a General Court Martial, convened at Pollard, Alabama, De¬
cember 9th, 1862, by virtue of General Orders, No. 93; Head Quartors
District of the Gulf, were arraigned and tried:
1.—Major M. R. Marks, 2d Alabama Cavalry: *
On the following charges: (Specifications omitted in this Order.}
Charge 1st, - - Violation of the 24th Article of War.
Charge 2d, - - Violation .of the 99th Article of War.
Finding* and Sentence of the Court.
The Court find the accused, Major M. R. Marks, 2d Regiment Alabama
Cavalry, guilty of the charges preferred, and sentence him to be dismissed
from the service of the Confederate States.
2.—Colonel F. M. Hunter, 2d Regiment Alabama Cavalry:
Charge 1st, - - Violation of 6th Article of War.
Charge 2d, - - Violation of 24th Article of War.
Charge 3d, - - Violation of 83d Article of War.
Finding and Sentence of the Court.
The Court find the accused, Colonel F. M. Hunter, 2d Regiment Ala¬
bama Cavalry, guilty of the charges preferred, and sentence him to be
dismissed from the service of the Confederate States.
II. The proceedings, findings and sentences in the foregoing cases
having "been submitted to the President, are by him approved. Major
M. R. Marks and Colonel F. M. Hunter, 2d Alabama Cavalry, cease to
be officers of the Confederate States army from this date.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, April 6, 1863.
tdtsks. i
No. 36.
GENERAL ORDERS, j
The Superintendent of the Nitre and Mining Bureau is authorized to
pay, from the appropriation for the purchase and manufacture of nitre,
the actual traveling expenses of officers of the nitre corps on duty, under
orders, in lieu of any commutation for the time, of rations and forage.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, April G, 18G3.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 37. 5
I. The following Act of Congress, concerning " impressments," and
the instructions of the War Department respecting it, are published for
the information and direction of all concerned:
"Whenever the exigencies of any army in the field are such as to
make impressments of forage, articles of subsistence or other property ab¬
solutely necessary, then such impressments may be made by the officer or
officers whose duty it is to furnish such forage, articles of subsistence or
other property for such army. In cases where the owner of such pro¬
perty and the impressing officer cannot agree upon the value thereof, it
shall be the duty of such impressing officer, upon an affidavit in writing
of the owner of such property, or his agent, that such property was
grown, raised or produced by said owner, or is held or has been pur¬
chased by him, not for sale or speculation, but for his own use or con¬
sumption, to cause the same to be ascertained and determined by the
judgment of two loyal and disinterested citizens of tiie city, county or
parish in which such impressments may be made—one to be selected by
the owner; one by the impressing officer; and in the event of their dis¬
agreement, these two shall choose an umpire of like qualifications, whose
decision shall be final. The persons thus selected, after taking an oath
to appraise the property impressed fairly and impartially (which oath, as
well as the affidavit provided for in this section, the impressing officer is
hereby authorized to administer and certify), shall proceed to assess just
compensation for the property so impressed, whetheij^the absolute owner¬
ship or the temporary use thereof only is required.
" Sec. 2. That the officer or person impressing property as aforesaid,
shall, at the time of said taking, pay to the owner, his agent or attorney,
the compensation fixed by said appraisers; and shall also give^ to the
owner, or person controlling said property, a certificate, over his official
signature, specifying the battalion, regiment,, brigade, division or corps
to which he belongs, that said property is essential for the use of the
army, could not be otherwise procured, and was taken through absolute
njQjjessity; setting forth the time and place when and where taken, the
amount of compensation fixed by said appraisers, and the sum, if any,
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paid for the same. Said certificate shall be evidence for the owner, as
well of the takiDg of said property for the public use, as the right of the
owner'to the amount of compensation fixed as aforesaid. And in case
said officer or person taking said property shall have failed to pay the
owner or his agent said compensation as herein before required, then said
Owner shall he entitled to the speedy payment of the same by the proper
disbursing officer; which, when so paid, shall be in full satisfaction of
all claim against the government of the Confederate States.
" Sec. 3. Whenever the.appraisement provided for in the first section
of this act shall, for any reason, be impracticable at the time of said im¬
pressment, then and in that case the value of the property impressed shall
be assessed as soon as possfble by two loyal and disinterested citizens of
the city, county or parish, wherein the property was taken, chosen as fol¬
lows : One by the owner, and one by the Commissary or Quartermaster
General, or his agent, who* in case of disagreement, shall choose a third
Citizen of like qualifications as an umpire, to decide the matters in dispute,
who shall be sworn as aforesaid, who shall hear the proofs adduced by
the parties as to the value of said property, and assess a just compensa¬
tion therefor, according to the testimony.
"Sec. 4. That whenever the Secretary of War shall be of opinion that
it is necessary to take private property for public use, by reason of the
impracticability of procuring the same by purchase, so as to accumulate
necessary supplies for the army, or the good of the service, in any loca¬
lity, he may, by general order, through the proper subordinate officers,
authorize such property to be taken for the public use; the compensa¬
tion due the owqer for the same to be determined and the value fixed as
provided for in the first and second sections of this act.
Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty of the President, as early as practi¬
cable after the passage of this act, to appoint a commissioner in each state
where property shall be taken for the public use, and request the Governor
of such of the states in which the President shall appoint said commis¬
sioner, to appoint another commissioner, to act in conjunction with the
commissioner appointed by the President, who shall receive the compen¬
sation of eight dollars per day, and ten cents per mile as mileage, to be
paid by the confederate government. Said commissioners shall consti¬
tute a board, whose duty it shall be to fix upon the prices to be paid by
the government for all property impressed or taken for the public use
as aloiesaid, so as to afford just compensation to the owners thereof. #<0aid
commissioners shall agree upon and publish a schedule of prices every
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two mcnlhs, or ofleucv if tlicy shall deem it proper; and in the event they
shall not he. able to-ugr< o in any uiaticr confided to thoin in this act, they,
shall linvo pn\\;< r to appoint an umpire to decide the matter in dispute,
whose decision shall be the decision of the bca»d; and said umpire shall
receive the same rate of compensation for the time he shall serve, allowed
to said commissioners respectively: Provided, that said commissioners
shall be residents of the state for which they shall be appointed; and if
the Governor of arty state shall refuse or neglect to appoint said commis¬
sioner within ten days alter a request to do so by the President,.then the
President shall appoint both commissioners, by and with the advice and
consent of the senate.
" Sec. G. That all property impressed or. taken for the public use, aa
^foresaid, in the hands of any person other than the persons who have
raised, grown or produced the same, or persons holding the same for their
own use or consumption, and who shall make the uffi Javit as herein be¬
fore required, shall be paid for according to the schedule of prices fixed
by the commissioners as aforesaid. But if the officer impressing or taking
for thp public use such property, and the owner, shall diller as to the
quality of the article or properly impressed or taken as aforesaid, thereby
making it full within a higher .or lower price named in the schedule, then
the owner or agent and the officer impressing or taking, as aforesaid,
may select each a loyal and disinterested citizen, of the qualifications as
aforesaid, lo determine the quality of said article or property, who shall,
in case of disagreement, appoint an umpire of like qualifications, and
his decision, if approved by the officer impressing, shall be final; but if
not approved, the impressing officer shall send the award to the eommis-
sioners-of the state where the property is impressed, with his reasons for
disapproving the same, and said commissioners may hear such proofs
as the parties may respectively adduce, and their decision shall be final:
Provided, that the owner may receive the price offered by the impressing
officer, wiihout prejudice to his claim to receive the higher compensation.
" Sec. 7. That the property necessary for the support 9f the owner and
his family, and to carry oh his ordinary agricultural and mechanical bu¬
siness, to be ascertained by the appraisers, to be appointed as provided in
the first section of this act, under oath, shall not be taken or impressed
for the public use; and when the impressing officer and the owner can¬
not agree as to the quantity of property necessary as aforesaid, then the
decision of ihe said appraisers shall bo binding on the officer and all other
peisons.
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" Sec. 8. Where property has horn imprnssc.8 for temporary use, and is
lost or destroyed, without the default of the owner, tho government of
the Confederate States shall pay .a just compensation there,for; to he as-,
cerfe.inecl by anptaisers appointed and qualified as provided in the first
section of this act. If such property when returned has, in the opinion
of the owner, been injured whilst in the public use, the amount of da¬
mage thereby sustained shall he determined in tho manner described in
the third section of this act, the officer returning the property being au¬
thorized to net on behalf of the government; and upon such enquiry, tho
certificate of the value of tho property, when originally impressed, shall
he received as prima facie evidence of the value thereof.
" Sec. 9. Where slaves are impressed by the confederate government to
labor on fortifications or other public works, the impressment shall bo
made by said government according to the rules and regulations provided
in the laws of the state wherein they are impressed; and in the abscnco
of such law, in accordance with such rules and regulations not inconsis¬
tent with the provisions of this act, as the Secretary of War shall from
time to time prescribe'; Provided, that no impressment of slaves shall bo
made wheu they can be hired or procured by the consent of the owner or
agent.
" S£c. 10. That previous to the first day of December next, no slave la¬
boring on a farm or plantation exclusively devoted to the production of
grain and provisions, shall be taken for the public use, without tho con¬
sent of the owner, except in case of urgent necessity.
" Sec. 11. That any commissioned or non-commissioned officer or pri¬
vate who shall violate the provisions of this act, shall be tried before the
military court of the corps to which he is attached, on complaint made,
by the owner or other person; aud on conviction, if an officer, he shall
be cashiered and put into the ranks as a private; and if a non-commis¬
sioned < fficcr or private, lie shall suffer such punishment, not inconsistent
with military la^, as the court may direct."
IT-—1. By the authority of the act of congress aforesaid, the Secretary
of War hereby recognizes impressment as a legal and operative mode of
securing necessary supplies of subsistence, medical and quar termaster's
stores for the armies of the Confederate States in the field, aud to accu¬
mulate them in magazim-s, posts and depots, owing to the impracticability
of procuring them by contract.
2. Impressments may be made under orders from Generals command¬
ing arnries, departments, corps, divisions, brigades, and by commanders
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of detached parties and posts, when n necessity arises: which orders may
be executed by quartermasters, conrnvmctr: r or medical purveyors arid
their subordinates, for their respective depa'ln cats.
The Quartermaster General, Oonmiissary (5. rov.l and Swgccn General
may designate the officers and persons who shall bo competent to make
impressments to accumulate supplies at posts and depots.
3. No officer or agent shall impress the necessary supplies which any
person may have for the consumption of himself, his family, employees,
slaves, or to cany on his ordinary mechanical, manufacturing or agricul¬
tural employments.
4. Before any impressment of property shall take place, the impress¬
ing officer or his agent shall make an offer, addressed to the owner, his
bailee or other agent, to purchase the property, describing the property
he wishes to purchase, the price to be paid, and the mode of payment,
whether in money, or by certificate, and stating that upon the refusal of
the price offered, that compensation for the property will be made ac¬
cording to the act of congress aforesaid, for the regulation of impress¬
ments ; which notice shall bind the said property until the completion of
the negotiation for the sale or appropriation thereof, so that there can bo
no removal or Transfer of the same.
5. In the event of the refusal of the price offered, the impressing offi¬
cer shall proceed to settle the compensation to be paid, according to the
first section of the act aforesaid, if the property belongs to a person who
has grown, raised, or produced the same, or wjio holds or has purchased
the same for his own use or consumption; but the said property shall be
paid for according to the nth section of the act aforesaid, if the property
is held for sale or other purposes than those before mentioned.
6. That the property shall remain in the possession of the owner, his
bailee or a^ent, and at his risk, during the pendency of the proceedings
for the ascertainment of the compensation, unless it shall be otherwise
agreed to, or unless some urgent necessity shall require the possession of
the property to be changed. In ease of a change of possession, the Corf-
federate States shall be regarded as the owner, and the property shall be
held for their account and risk.
7. The impressing officer shall, at the date of the impressment, pay to
the owner, his agent or attorney in fact, the compensation agreed upon,
if it be practicable; but if he cannot do so, he shall give a certificate, ac¬
cording to the second section of the act aforesaid; which shall be paid
upon presentation to the disbursing officers, who shall be designated for
that purpose.
8. Impressments, which shall be mado before the appointment of the
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commissioners designated in the nth section of tho act aforesaid, shall
notwithstanding he legal, and in the eases provided for by that section,
a portion of the property shall be retained as samples, so that tho prico
may he settled and compensation adjusted according ,to the provisions of
tho same.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, April 7, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 38. J
I. The following provision of an act of the legislature of Virginia,
passed March 26th, 1863, is, by direction of the President, published for
the information and guidance of such officers and soldiers of the Con¬
federate States army as it concerns:
" 7. Be it further enacted, that it shall be the duty of the governor of
the commonwealth to issue his proclamation giving notice to the qualified
voters of the state in the military service of the state or of the Confede¬
rate States, or who may be absent from the county or corporation of their
residence, because of the presence of the public enemy, of their right to
vote for members of the general assembly, by vfirtue of the provisions of
the first, second and fourth sections of the ordinance passed by the con¬
vention of Virginia (No. 99) on the sixth day of December 1861. And
also to all whom it may concern, of the passage of this act, and of the
rights and duties set forth in its provisions: and it shall further be his
duty to request the President of the Confederate States to issue an order
to all commandants of camps, posts and detachments in command of
Virginia troops, requiring them to give their aid in the due execution of
the ordinance aforesaid and of this act."
II. Cadets on attaining their majority will be examined, and if fbfrnd
competent will be promoted to the grade of second lieutenant in the arm
of the service to which they are attached. Commanders of armies in the
field are charged with the assembling of the requisite boards.
By order.
S. COOPER,
'Adjutant and Inspecter General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office.,
Richmond,, April 10, 1863.
-GENERAL ORDERS, >
No. 39. J
I. That in all cases of impressment heretofore made under the autho¬
rity of any of the persons mentioned in paragraph 2d of section 11, of
General Orders, No. 37, in which the property impressed is either in the
possession of the owner or of the impressing officer or his subordinates,
and the compensation therefor shall not have been adjusted, and it shall
be necessary to determine the compensation to be made, it shall be lawful
to employ the rules and agencies provided in the act of congress con¬
cerning impressment, and the General Orders aforesaid for that purpose,
in the same manner and under the same circumstances as if the imprest--
inent had been made since the date of the same.
II. " Conscripts examined prior to the publication of General Orders,
No. 22, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, February 23d, 1863, and
excused from military sendee, for reasons announced in that order as in¬
sufficient cause for cx< mption, will be re-examined by the examining
board of surgeons appointed for the different congressional districts, and
if not deemed unfit for military duty under the instructions issued, will
be received into service."
" Temporary exemption" will not be given for a " period beyond thirty
days."
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, April II, 1863!
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 40. J
I. At a Court of Inquiry convened January 20th, 1863, at Quiney,
Florida, by virtue of General Orders of January 8th, 1863, Department
of Florida, and in pursuance of the act of 21st April 1862, "to punish
drunkenness in the army," was arraigned and tried:
Captain Haley T. Blocker, Blocker's Cavalry, P. A. C. S.:
On the Charge of Drunkenness.
(The Specifications are omitted in this Order on account of their pro¬
lixity.)
Finding and Sentence.
The Court find the accused " guilty" of the charge, and sentence him
to be suspended from his command for twenty days.
II. The proceedings in the foregoing case having been submitted to
the Secretary of War, to be laid before the President, have been returned
to this office, with the following order thereon endorsed:
" The finding of the Court of Inquiry, convened at Quincy, Florida,
in the case of Captain Haley T. Blocker, of the cavalry, charged with
drunkenness, under the act of congress of April 21st, 1862, has been
examined, and upon consideration thereof, the same is approved. The
sentence of the Court., is regarded as very lenient, and the department
cannot but express the hope that it will be received by the officer as a
solemn admonition as well as a rebuke.
The department, in reviewing the proceedings, is compelled to express
its disapprobation of the harsh lailguage employed against the prose¬
cutor, in the course of the same, by the defendant's counsel. The prose¬
cutor performed a duty, imposed by act of congress.
III. The General commanding will carry into effect the sentence in
the case, and direct the dissolution of the Court of Inquiry.
• By order.
S.COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond., April 14,1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 41. S
I. At a General Court Martial, held at Holly Springs, Miss., October
85th, 1862, by virtue of General Orders, No. 3, from the Head Quarters
of the Department of Mississippi and Louisiana, of October 18, 1862,
was arraigned and tried:
First Lieutenant Mason G. Anderson, Company G, 31st Miss. Vo¬
lunteers, on the following Charge—(The Specifications are here omitted:)
Charge, - ' - Violation of the 77th Article of War.
And the Court, after mature deliberation, sentence the said Mason G.
Anderson, First Lieutenant Company G, 31st Miss. Volunteers, to be
cashiered.
III. The proceedings in the foregoing case having been laid before the
Secretary of War, to be submitted to the President, the following order
has been made thereon:
The proceedings, findings and sentence in the case of Lieut. Mason
G. Anderson are approved and confirmed; but in consideration of his
good character, as established at his trial, and the recommendation of a
portion of the officers of his company, the sentence is remitted, and
Lieutenant Anderson will be restored to duty with his company.
II. Finding and Sentence of the Court.
Of the 1st Specification,
Of the 2d Specification,
Of the 3d Specification,
Of the Charge,
Not Guilty.
Guilty.
Guilty.
Guilty.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, April 14, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, )
No. 42. J
I. At the Military Court of the Department of Virginia and North
Carolina, appointed under Act of Congress of October 9th, 1862, was
arraigned and tried:
Major Kirkwood Otey, 11th Regiment Va. Infantry, on the follow¬
ing Charges—(The Specifications are omitted:)
Charge 1st, - - Drunkenness on duty.
Charge 2d, - - Violation of the 77th Article of War.
II. Finding and Sentence of the Court.
The Court affirm the plea of the said Major Kirkwood Otey, 11th Va.
Infantry, to the first Charge, and Specification thereunder, and find him
Of the Specification of 1st Charge, - Guilty
Of the 1st Charge, - - - - Guilty.
Of the 1st Specification of 2d Charge, ... Not Guilty.
Of the 2d Specification of 2d Charge, ... Not Guilty.
Of the 2d Charge, ..... Not Guilty.
And do therefore sentence him the said Major Kirkwood Otey, 11th
Va. Infantry, to be cashiered, and dismissed the service of the Confede¬
rate States.
III. The proceedings in the foregoing case having been laid before tlm
Secretary of War, to be submitted to the President, the following order
has been made thereon:
The proceedings, findings and sentence in the case of Major Kirkwood
Otey, 11th Regiment Va. Infantry, are approved; but in consideration
of his previous good character, and the recommendation of the Court
and the General commanding, the sentence is remitted, and Majbr Otey
will be restored to duty.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and -Inspector General's Office*
Richmond, April 15* 1863.
.1XEKS. ?.
No. 43.
GENERAL ORDERS, |-
I. At the Military Court of the Department of Virginia and North Ca¬
rolina, held at Petersburg, Va., March 13th, 1863, was arraigned and tried:
First Lieut, and Adjt. John N. C. Stockton, of the 1st Regiment of
Virginia Infantry, on the following Charges—(The Specifications are omit¬
ted in this order:)
Charge 1st, - - Violation of the 45th Article of War.
Charge 2d, - - Conduct prejudicial to good order and
military discipline.
II. Finding and Sentence of the Court.
The Court having maturely considered the case, find the accused, First
Lieut, and Adjt. John N. C. Stockton, 1st Virginia Infantry, as follows:
Of the 1st Specification of 1st Charge,
Of the 2d Specification of 1st Charge,
Of the 1st Charge,
Of the Specification of 2d Charge, -
Of the 2d Charge,
Guilty.
Guilty.
Guilty.
Guilty.
Guilty.
And do therefore sentence him to be cashiered, and dismissed the ser¬
vice of the Confederate States.
III. The proceedings in the foregoing case having been laid before the
Secretary of War, to be submitted to the President, the following orders
are made thereon :
The proceedings, findings and sentence in the case of First Lieut, and
Adjt, John N. C. Stockton, 1st Virginia Infantry, are approved; but in
consideration of the previous good character, and the recommendation of
the Court and Commanding General, the sentence is remitted, and Lieut,
and Adjt. Stockton will be restored to duty with his regiment. His con¬
duct is deemed highly discreditable; but the department indulges the
hope that this exercise of clemency towards him will exert a beneficial
influence over his future course, both as an officer and citizen.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, April 16, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 44. J
TJhe following Acts having been duly, approved by tbe President;, are
published for tbe information of all concerned:
an act to prohibit the punishment of soldiers by whipping.
" The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, that
from and, after the passage of this act, it shall not be lawful for any court
martial or military court to cause any soldier in the service of the Con¬
federate States to he punished by whipping, or the infliction of- stripes
upon his person; and, that all laws and. customs contravening the pro¬
visions. of this, act, be and the same are hereby repealed.»
" Sf.c. 2. That1 article twenty of the Articles of War be so amended, us
to read as follows: ' All officers and soldiers who have received pay, or
have been duly enlisted in the service of the Confederate States, and shall
be convicted of fyavjLng deserted the same, shall suffer death or confine¬
ment in a penitentiary, with or without" hard labor, for a period not less
than one year or more than five, or such other punishment, not inconsis¬
tent with the provisions of this act, as the court martial or military court
may determine.' " [Approved April 13, 1863.]
an act to exempt contractors for carrying the mails of the
confederate states and the drivers of post coaches and
, hacks from military service.
" The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the
contractors for carrying the Mails of the Confederate States shall be ex¬
empt from the performance of military duty in the armies of the Con¬
federate States, from and after the passage ot this act, during the time
they are such contractors: provided, that no more than one contractor
shall be exempt on any one route, and that no more than one member of
any firm of contractors shall be exempt, and no contractor on any route
of less than ten miles in length, and on which the mail is earned on
horse, shall be exempt undertbis act; and if any one or more members
of any such firm be exempt, from age or other cause, from the performance
of military duty, the other member or' members of such firm shall not be
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exempt by this act on account of being mail contractors: and provided
further, that no person to whom a contract for carrying the mails may be
transferred,, with the consent of the post office department, after the pas¬
sage of this act, shall be exempt from military service on that account.
"Sec. 2. That the drivers of post coaches and hacks for carrying the
mails, on all routes where the weight of the mails requires that they
should be carried in coaches or hacks, shall be exempt from military ser¬
vice in the armies of the Confederate States, from and after the passage
of this act, so long as they continue to be employed as such drivers:
provided the contractor by whom any such driver is employed shall take
and subscribe an oath, to be furnished to the enrolling officer, that the
weight of the mails on his route requires the use of coaches or hacks for
their conveyance, and that he has not a greater number of drivers em¬
ployed in his service than are indispensable to enable him to fulfill his
contract for carrying the mails; and that'he will not, while a contractor,
employ a greater number of drivers than may be indispensably necessary
for that purposes and that he will give notice to the enrolling officer when
any such driver ceases to be in his employment." [Approved April 14,
1863.]
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspbjptor General's Office,
Richmond, April 18, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 45. ■ J
I. The issue of whiskey to troops, except in cases of extraordinary fa¬
tigue and exposure, is prohibited. Commanding officers are enjoined to
see that this prohibition is enforced.
II. Paragraph IY, General Orders, No. 32, April 30th; 1862, is so mo¬
dified as to allow only a two horse wagon and team to each regiment in
the field, to be appropriated to the transportation of hospital supplies.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, April 20, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 46. $
I. At a General Court Martial, held in the city of Richmond, Va.,
April 5,1863, pursuant to General Orders, No. 35, Head Quarters Depart¬
ment of Henrico, 1862, and of which Col. James L. Henderson is presi¬
dent, was arraigned and tried :
Major Elias Griswold, P. A. C. S., on the following Charges and
Specifications:
Charge 1st, - -, - Disobedience of lawful orders.
Specification—In this, that the said Major Elias Griswold, on or about
the 2d day of January 1863, at Richmond, Va., did give a written permit
to one James E. Lipscomb, to bring into the said city of Richmond
ninety-one barrels of brandy, in violation of the lawful command of his
superior officer, Brig. Gen. Jno. H. Winder.
Charge 2d, ... Conduct to the prejudice of good
order and military discipline.
Specification—In this, that the said Major Elias Griswold, on or about
the 2d day of January 1863, at Richmond, Va.,did give a written permit
to one James E. Lipscomb, to bring into the said city of Richmond
ninety-one barrels of brandy, after the publication of General Orders, No.
41, issued from the Head Quarters of the Department of Henrico, re¬
quiring that all applications for permits to bring intoxicating liquors into
Richmond, should be addressed to said Head Quarters.
Finding and Sentence of the Court.
The Court having maturely considered the evidence adduced,
accused as follows:
Of the Specification of 1st Charge, ......
Of the 1st Charge, ......
Of the Specification of 2d Charge, ....
Of the 2d Charge, - ~ ~ ~
find the
Guilty.
Guilty.
Guilty.
Guilty.
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And the Court do therefore sentence the said Major Elias Griswold to
he privately reprimanded by the Commander of the Pepartment of
Henrico.
Hie Court is thus lenient in its sentence, because it is satisfied, that
although there w&s a technical violation of orders by the accused, it arose
from inadvertence, and was not accompanied with any evil intent or im¬
proper purpose.
II. The proceedings, finding and Sentence in'the foregoing case having'
feCfeh sttbihitted to the Secretary of War, "And by him duty considered,llfih
Approved. Major Griswold will therefore be released from arrest and re¬
stored to duty.
By order.
S. COOtffifo
Adjutant and Insputdr GenerH.
Adjutant and Inspector. General's Office,
Richmond, April 21, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, i
No. 47. J
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The following Regulations respecting the rights of " Partizan Rangers,"
finder the Act of April 21st, 1862, are published for the information of all
concerned:
1. The Act of April 21st, 1862, provides, that for any arms and muni¬
tions of war captured from the enemy by Partizan Rangers, and delivered
up at such place as may be designated by the Commanding General, the
Rangers shall be paid their full value in such manner as the Secretary of
War may prescribe.
2. The terms " arms and munitions of war" v^ill include all small arms
and artillery, ammunition, infantry accoutrements and cavalry equipments,
and also cavalry and artillery horses. The animals referred to will be
appraised by competent officers, under the orders of the Commanding
General, and will be paid for when delivered up, by any quartermaster,
who will take receipts from the parties entitled to receive compensation,
and afterwards account for the property, as in the case of an ordinary
purchase. The rest of the property specified will be paid for in accord¬
ance with paragraph II, General Orders, No. 20, current series.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant aiId Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, April 22, 1863.
GENERAL ORDER^, \
' No. 48. J
I. The following Act of Congress having been duly approved "by the
President, is published for the information of all concerned:
" The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That any
officer, non-commissioned officer or private now in the military service of
the Confederate States, who has been elected or appointed since entering
said service, or who may hereafter be elected or appointed a Senator or
Representative in'Congress, or in any State Legislature, or Judge of the
Circuit, District or Superior Courts of Law or Equity in any State of the
Confederacy, District Attorney, Clerk of any Court of- Record, Sheriff,
Ordinary, Judge of any Court of Probate, Collector of State Taxes (not
to exceed one for each county) or Parish Recorder, upon furnishing the
Secretary of War with evidence of such election or appointment, if an
officer, his resignation shall be promptly accepted; and if a non-commis¬
sioned officer or private, he shall be honorably discharged by the Secretary
of War." [Approved April 2d, 1863.]
II. The evidence required as to the elections referred to, will be a cer¬
tificate of the fact from the clerk of the county or parish or other officer,
whose duty it may be to certify to such elections, under the laws of the
State, in manner and form required by said laws. This certificate must-
accompany the resignation, through the usual channel of communication,
as prescribed in General Orders, No. 3, and the Army Regulations.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, April 23, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS,!
No. 49. f
I. The following regulation is made, and will hereafter be observed in
She army, relative to the clothing of deceased soldiers:
Upon the death of any soldier the surgeon in charge of the hospital at
which it occurs, will cause an inventory to be made of all his military
clothing, and will make a fair appraisement of each article thereof. It
will then be turned over to the n^jfcest quartermaster for reissue. The
original appraisement shall be forwarded to the second auditor, to£ecure
Its value to the personal representatives of the deceased soldier, and a
copy thereof be furnished to the receiving quartermaster, who will issue
the clothing at the appraised prices, and not at those set forth in General
Orders, No. 100, last series.'
II. Engineer officers, while employed on reconnoissances, surveys or
other duty, under special orders causing temporary absence from their
posts or from the head quarters of the armies, corps, divisions or brigades
with which they may be serving, shall be allowed their personal expenses,
to be paid out of the appropriation for engineer service, in lieu of all
allowances for fuel, quarters and forage for the same period. Each ac¬
count must be certified to by the party receiving the payment, and ap¬
proved by the officer under whose orders he acts.
III. All supplies of contractors engaged exclusively in iron or muni¬
tions of war for the government, are exempted from impressment, either
at the establishment or at the place of purchase. Satisfactory evidence
by affidavit or otherwise may be required to establish ownership.
By order.
S. COOPER,
AdjvXant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, April 25, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, }
No. 50. $
I. At a General Court Martial, convened at Grenada, Mississippi, by
virtue of Special Orders of January 3, 1863, from Head Quarters Army
of the Mississippi, was arraigned and tried:
Lieutenant J. W. Gibson, Company D, 22d Regiment Miss. Volun¬
teers, on-the following Charges. (The Specifications are omitted in this
order:)
Charge 1st—Violation of the 83d Article of War.
Charge 2d—Violation of the 7th Article of War.
Charge 3d—Violation of the 45th Article of War.
II. Finding and Sentence of the Court.
The Court having maturely considered the evidence adduced, find the
accused, Lieut. J. W. Gibson, Company D, 22d Regiment.Miss. Volun¬
teers, as follows:
Of the Specification of 1st Charge, - - - Guilty.
Of the 1st Charge, - - - - - Guilty.
Of the Specification of 2d Charge, ... Not Guilty.
Of the 2d Charge, ..... Not Guilty.
Of the Specification of 3d Charge, - - - Not Guilty.
Of -the 3d Charge, ..... Not Guilty.
And do therefore sentence him to be dismissed the service. •
III. The proceedings in the foregoing case having been laid before the
Secretary of War, to be submitted to the President, th» following deci¬
sion has been pronounced thereon:
The finding and sentence are approved; but in consideration of the
recommendation of the Court, and the good behavior of Lieutenant Gibson
while a soldier in the ranks, the penalty of dismissal from the service is
remitted, and he will be publicly reprimanded.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, April 29, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 51. 5
To simplify the manner of effecting, discharges and furloughs, the fol¬
lowing Orders, condensed from those heretofore issued, arc published,for
the government *of the army:
I. When a soldier, present with his regiment or company, shall be unfit
' for military service in consequence of wounds, disease or infirmity, his
captain shall forward to the commander of the department or of the army
in the field, through the regimental, brigade and -other commanders, a
statement of the case, with "certificates of disability," that he is totally
unfit for service, signed by the surgeon of the battalion or regiment, ac¬
cording to "the form prescribed in the Medical Regulations. If the re¬
commendation for the discharge of the invalid be approved by the d( part-
ment or army commander, he will endorse the order for the discharge,
upon the " certificate of disability;" which will be sent back, to be signed
by the commanding officer of the regiment or battalion to which the in¬
valid soldier's company belongs, and afterwards forwarded by the captain
to the Adjutant and Inspector General. The " discharge" will* be signed
by the regimental or battalion commander, and " final statements," by
the'company commander.
II. When the soldier, present with his command, is certified to be labor¬
ing under temporary disability, which requires his removal or a change
of climate, the commander of the department or of the army in the field
may grant a furlough of 30 days; which, in extreme cases, ma/f be ex¬
tended by him to sixty days:
III. When a soldier is absent from his company, battalion or regiment,
hi hospital, and is unfit for military service, for reasons set forth in para¬
graph I of these Orders, the commandant of the post, upon the recom¬
mendation of an examining board, to consist of two or more medi¬
cal officers, established by the commandant of the post (or if there be
no such board, the senior surgeon of the hospital) may grant him a fur¬
lough for 30 dsys, subject to extension by the commander of the depart¬
ment or army in the field, when he will make out " certificates of disa¬
bility," and send them to the commander of the company, to be forwarded
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by him, as prescribed in the preceding paragraph. But when access to
commanders is difficult, and attended with great delay, and the case is
urgent, the certificates of disability may be forwarded by the surgeon
directly to the'Surgeon General, for his approval; which being given,
the discharge will be authorized from the Adjutant and Inspector Gene¬
ral's office; and the surgeon will make out "final statements."
IV? When a soldier, absent from his command, certified by the surgeon
or assistant surgeon of the army to be unfit for present duty, and that his
health requires his removal or change of climate, the commander of the
post, if access to the commander of the department or of the army in the
field be difficult, may grant the soldier a furlough, not to exceed 30 days,
•and submit the application for a longer period, if necessary, to the General
to whose command the soldier may belong; or, without granting the fur¬
lough, he may refer it to the discretion of such Commanding General.
V. In every case where a soldier has been discharged under paragraph
III, by orders from,the Adjutant and Inspector General's office, and the
"descriptive list" and "final statements" cannot be had, he will be mus¬
tered for payment upon hospital rolls by the surgeon in charge, upon his
affidavit, taken before one or more witnesses, that he has not received
pay for the period for which he claims it to be due, and that he is not in¬
debted to the Confederate States government beyond the amount stated
by him.
VI. Due notices of all furloughs and discharges granted under these
Orders, will be forwarded, through department and army commanders, to
the Adjutant and Inspector General, and to the immediate commander 6f
the (*>mpany to which the soldier belongs.
VII. All Orders heretofore issued relating to furloughs and discharges
for thejkauses aforesaid, are hereby revoked.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant mid Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector Generai^ Office,
Richmond, April 30, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 52. J
I. At the Military Court appointed under Act of Congress, approved
October 9th, 1862, for the Army Corps of Major General Samuel Jones,
and held at Newbem, Pulaski county, Va., was arraigned and tried:
Private Granville S. McCutchen, gompanv C,-22d Va. Volunteers,
on the following Charge and Specification :
Charge, Violation of the 20th Article of War.
. Specification—That the said Private Granville S. McCutchen, Company
C, 22d Va. Volunteers, on or about the 7th day of May 1862, on the
marth from White Sulphur springs,.in Greenbrier, to Jackson's river
depot, in Alleghany county, Va., did desert his company and regiment,
and remained absent therefrom until about the 8th day of January next
ensuing, when he was arrested and brought back to his company and
regiment.
II. Finding and Sentence of the Court.
Having maturely weighed and considered the evidence adduced, the
Court find the accused as follows:
Of the Specification of the Charge, - . - - , Guilty.
Of the Charge, - - - - - - Guilty.
And do therefore sentence him to be shot to death by musketry, at
such time and place as the Commanding General may appoint.
III. The proceedings, finding and sentence in the foregoing case
having been laid befoie tjie Secretary of War, for the decision of the
President, the following orders are made thereon:
To justify a general charge of violation of an Article of War, some
offence must be defined and prohibited, or. some duty prescribed in the
article. But the 20th Article of War merely denounces the punishment
to he infiictedfor desertion; and a charge of its violation is obviously too
indefinite, and uncertain to justify action. The defect is fatal, and vitiates
the whole proceedings; which are therefore set aside.
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Private McCutchen will ^>e released from confinement and returned to
duty. It is hoped that his accidental escape from punishment will have
a good effect, and induce him hereafter to conduct himself as becomes a
soldier in the defence of his country.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjut.ant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, May 1, 1863. g
♦GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 53. J
The following Act of Congress, approved by the President, is published
for the information and direction of all concerned, in connection with the
Act relating to impressments, heretofore announced in General Orders,
No. 37, from the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, April 6th, 1863,
•and as supplementary to said Act:
AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT TO REGULATE IM¬
PRESSMENTS BY OFFICERS OF THE ARMY.
" The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, that in
all cases of appraisement provided for in said act, the officer impressing
4he property shall, if he believe the appraisement to be fair and just, en¬
dorse upon it his approval: if not, he shall endorse upon it his reasons
for refusing, and deliver the^same, with a receipt for the property im¬
pressed, to the owner, his agent or attorney, and'as soon as practicable,
forward a copy of the receipt and appraisement, and his endorsement
thereon, to the board of appraisers appointed by the President and Go¬
vernor of the State, who shall revise the same, and make final valuation,
so as to give just compensation for the property taken; which valuation
shall be paid by the proper department for use of which the property;
was taken, on the certificate of the appraisers, as provided in the act of
which this is amendatory." [Approved, April 27th, 1863.]
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, May 2, 18G3.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 54." J
I. At a General Court Martial, convened at Slielbyville, Tennessee, by
virtue of Special Orders, No. 54, of March 1,1803, Head Quarters Army
of Tennessee, was arraign^ and Iried:
Assistant Surgeon Edward Cross, 31st Regiment Ark. Volunteers,
on the following Charge and Specification:
Charge, - - - - - Absence without leave.
Specification—In this, that the said Assistant. Surgeon Edward Cross,
31st Ark. Regiment, did leave his command, without proper authority, on
or about the 1st February 18G3, and remain absent until the 26th of
February 1863. All this at or near Slielbyville, Tennessee, in and be¬
tween the 1st February and the 26th February 1863.
II. Finding and Sentence of the Court.
The Court having affirmed the plea of "guilty" to the Charge and
Specification by the accused, do sentence him to be dismissed from the
service of the Confederate States.
Ill* The proceedings, finding and sentence in the foregoing case
having b< en submitted to the Secretaiy of War, for the decision of the
President, are by him approved; but in consideration of the previous
good conduct and efficient services of Assistant Surgeon Cross, the sen¬
tence against him is commuted to forfeiture of all pay dining 4ho period
of his absence from his post of service; and he will accordingly be
released from arrest, and returned to duty.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, May 5, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS,
No. 55. 7
L At a General Court Martial, convened by virtue of General Orders,
No. 128, of November 25th, 1862, from Head Quarters Earley's Brigade,
was arraigned and tried:
Captain John W. Bell, Quartermaster 49th Regiment Va. Volunteers,
on the following charges. (The Specifications, on account of their num¬
ber and length, are omitted in this order:)
Charge 1st, - - - Absence without leave.
Charge 2d, ... Conduct .to the prejudice of good
order and military discipline.
Charge 3d, - - Conduct unbecoming an officer
and gentleman.
II. Finding and Sentence of the Court.
The Court having maturely considered the evidence adduced, find
the accused, Captain John W. Bell, 49th Regiment Va. Volunteers, as
follows:
Of 1st Specification of 1st Charge, - Guilty.
Of 2d Specification, - - That he Avas absent without leave
at the time specified, but that he
was physically unable to follow
his regiment on its march, and
therefore without guilt.
Of the 1st Charge, - • - - - - Guilty.
Of the Specification of 2d Charge, - - - - Guilty.
Of the 2d Charge, ------ Guilty.
Of the Specification of 3d Charge, - . - - - Guilty,
to the extent of addressing a letter to the Quartermaster
General C. S. A., couched in words and figures, set forth in
the Specification, and not guilty of the residue.
Of the 3d Charge, - - - - - Not Guilty.
Of the Specification of 4th Charge, - Guilty.
Of the 4th Charge, ------ Guilty.
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And the Court do therefore sentence the said Captain J. W. Bell, Quar¬
termaster 49th Regiment Va. Volunteers, to he cashiered.
III. The proceedings in this case having been submitted to the Secre¬
tary of War, for the orders of the President, the following decision has
been made thereon:
" Upon consideration of the testimony to the character of Captain Bell,
as an efficient and capable officer, of his zeal in the service, and also the
recommendation of the Court, the department, though entirely concurring
with the Commanding General in his estimate of the gravity of the offence
committed, has determined to remit the sentence of the Coui^t Martial in
his case. He will therefore be released from arrest, and return to duty."
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, *May 7, 18G3.
GENERAL ORDERS,
No. 56.
I. At a General Court Martial, convened at Camp of Pender's Brigade,
by virtue of General Orders, No. 23, February 19th, 1863, from the Head
Quarters Department of Northern Virginia, was arraigned and tried:
Second Lieutenant J. K. Martix, §2d N. C. Volunteers, on the fol¬
lowing Charges—(The Specifications are omitted in this order:) «
Charge 1st, ... Violation of the 45'th Article of War.
Charge 2d, - • - Violation of the 83J Article of War.
II. Finding and Sentence of the Court.
The Court having maturely considered the evidence adduced, find the
accused, Second Lieut. J. K. Martin, 22d N. C. Volunteers, as follows:
Of the Specification of 1st Charge, - Not Guilty.
Of the lst^plmrge, ..... Not Guilty.
Of ^he Specification of 2d Charge, ... Guilty.
Of the 2d Charge, ..... Guilty.
And sentence him to he dismissed the service.
III. The proceedings, findings and sconce in the foregoing caso
having been laid before the Secretary of War, for the decision of the
President, are approved; but upon the recommendation of the Court, ftio
sentence is remitted. Lieutenant Martin will therefore be relieved from
arrest, and restored to duty.
By order.
S. COOPER,
#Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, May 8, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 57. J
The operation of paragraph IY, General Orders, No. 28, March 12th,
1863, from the Adjutant and Inspector General's Offiee, is so far modified
for the present as to allow payment of officers in hospitals, without the
certificate of last payment, as- required in said Orders, No. 28; but the
Quartermaster making such payment will furnish certificates as here¬
tofore required of him.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector Generat/s Office,
Richmond, May 11, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 58. >
I. The following Notice, relative to Exchanged Prisoners, is published
for the information of all concerned:
Exchange Notice, No. 5.
Richmond, May 9, 1863.
The following Confederate officers and men have been duly exchanged, and are
■"hereby so declared:
1. All officers and men who have been delivered at City Point at any time pre¬
vious to May 6th, 1863.
2. All officers captured at any place before the 1st of April 1863, who have been
^released on parole.
3. All men captured in North Carolina or Virginia before the 1st of March 1863,
who have been released on parole.
4. The officers and men captured and paroled by Gen. S. P. Carter, in his expedi¬
tion to East Tennessee in December last.
5. The officers and men captured and paroled by Lieut. Col. Stewart at Van Bu-
ren, Arkansas, January 25th, 1863; by Cel. Dickey, in December 1862, in his march
to the Mobile and Ohio rail road, and by Capt. Cameron, at Corinth, Mississippi, iu
December 1862.
6. The officers and men paroled at Oxford, Miss., on the 23d of December 1862;
at Des Arc, Arkansas, on the 17th of January 1863, and at Baton Rouge, La., on the
23d February 1863.
7. All persons who have been captured on the sea or the waters leading to the
stmc, or upon the sea coast of the Confederate or United States, at any* time pre¬
vious to December 10th, 1862.
8. All civilians who have been arrested at any time before the 6th of May 1863,
and released on parole, are discharged from, any and every obligation contained in
said parole. If any such person has taken any oath of allegiance to the United
States, or given any bond, or if his release was accompanied with any other condi¬
tion, he is discharged from the same.
9. If any persons embraced in any of the foregoing sections, or in any section of
any previous Exchange Notice, wherein they are declared exchanged, are in any
Federal prison, they are to be immediately released and delivered to the Confederate
authorities.
Robert Ould,
Agent of Exchange,
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II. All persons, .whether citizens or soldiers, are expressly prohibited
from using or in any manner interfering with fuel or wood cut and deli¬
vered for the use of rail roads or rail road ^companies. 'It is of the first
importance that this order; should be; observed, aud it will be strictly
obeyed and enforced by the army.
By order.
S. COOPER,
1 Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, May 12, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 59. J
I. The attention of regimental commanders throughout the army is
called to the requirements of paragraph I, General Orders, No. 6J), of 1862,
which makes it the duty of adjutants to enquire into and report to this
office all cases of slaves serving with their respective regiments, without
written authority from their masters. It is especially required of all regi¬
mental commanders to enforce a due bbservance of said order, which is
hereby extended to include commanders of posts and senior, surgeons of
hospitals, who will make similar reports, so far as they relate to their
respective commands, to1 those required from adjutants of regiments.
II. It will be the duty of a surgeon in charge of a hospital to make a
separate Provision Return.for all the persons attached to the hospital who
may be entitled to rations, except the sick and wounded soldiers, and the
issuing commissary will issue to said persons the same rations that are
issued to soldiers in the field. These rations will not be commuted, if the
commissary can issue in kind. If he cannot issue in kind, the ration
may be commuted, at sixty cents per ration, on the certificate of the sur¬
geon as to the dates and facts.
Separate and distinct Provision Returns will be made for the sick and
wounded soldiers in the hospital, according to the form hereunto annexed,
marked A. No portion of the subsistence stores drawn for the sick and
wounded will We otherwise appropriated.
J he. attention of the medical directors and inspectors is particularly
cted to this prohibition.
A.
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The A. C. S. will issue on tbo abovo return.
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'•<[11. So much of paragraph V, General Orders, No. 24, of 1832, as
requires ordnance sergeants to make returns of surplus stoves with regi¬
ments to the ordnance bureau, is revoked. All the returns required by the
Regulations, of ordnance stores in the possession of regiments or bat¬
talions, other than artillery, will be made by commanding officers of the
same.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, May 13, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 60. 5
I. The exigencies of the service requiring a large number of artillery
horses, all public horses suitable for that service, employed in transporta¬
tion or otherwise with armies in the fid^t, will be turned over to the Chief
Quartermasters of said armies, and will s^jply their places where neces¬
sary with mules. The Chief Quartermasters of armies are charged with
the prompt execution of this order, under the direction of the Commanding
Generals.
II. At posts or depots other than those immediately belonging to armies
in the field, all public horses suited for artillery will be collected under
the orders of Major A. H. Cole, Inspector General Field Transportation,
for the purpose named above, and mules substituted Where necessary.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, May 15, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 61. 5
I. Farmers upon whose premises horses and mules have been or may
hereafter be left by the enemy, are admonished to pursue the require¬
ments of the laws of their respective states respecting estrays, so far
tfs to have the same properly valued, and thg valuation thereof duly re¬
corded ; and where it is not apparent that such property was the property
of the United States government, to have advertisement thereof made as
required by law.
II. Upon compliance with the above admonition, the government will
not assert any adverse claim to such horses and mules, unless they shall
exceed in value the property whereof the citizens having possession may
have been despoiled by the enemy, and then only to the extent of such
excess in value.
III. All officers of the army will respect the rights of citizens, as de¬
fined and conceded in the foregoing sections.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, May 16, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 62. 5
I* In accordance with an act to amend an act entitled an act to better
provide for the sick and wounded of the army in hospitals, approved
May 1st, 1863, the following modifications in General Orders, No. 95,
last series, from this office, are published:
The commuted value of rations for sick and disabled soldiers in hospi¬
tals (field or general), will, until further orders, be one dollar and twenty-
five cents.
II. Hospital laundresses will 'Jre paid twenty-five dollars per month,
and allowed rations and quarters. '
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General,
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, May 18, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 63. i
I. At a General Court Martial, convened l»v General Orders, No. 133,
of November 7th, irfti2, from Head Quarters Department of Northern
Virginia, was arraigned and tried:
First Lieutenant Robert W. Sanders, fctk Ala. Volunteers, on the
following Charges—(The Specifications are omitted):
Charge 1st, - - - - - - Cowardice.
Charge 2d, - - - - - - Drunkenness.
II. Finding and Sentence of the Court.
After due deliberation, the Court find the accused, Lieut. Robert V.
Sanders, bth Ala. Regiment, as follows:
Specification 1st, Charge 1st,
Specification 2d, Charge 2d,
Of the 1 st Charge, ...
Of the Specification of 2d Charge,
except the words " without provocation."
Of the 2d Charge,
And the Court do, therefore, sentence him to be cashiered.
III. The proceedings, finding and sentence in the foregoing case have
been submitted to the Secretary of War, to be laid before the President,
and the following orders on the case are now made:
Proceedings, finding and sentence approved ; but it appearing that the
members of the Court recommend a pardon; that the regimental and
other officers of Lieut. Sanders concur in the recommendation; and that
material witnesses on the trial against him have become infamous by
desertion—and in one case by desertion to the enemy—the sentence is
remitted, and Lieut. Sanders will be restored to duty rvith his company.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutantf and Inspector General.
Not Guilty.
Not Guilty.
Not Guilry.
Guilty,
Guilty.
Adjutant and Inspector GeSteral's Office,
Richmond, May 19, 18G3.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 64. j
I. At a.lf<ftirt of Enquiry, convened at Richmond, Virginia, by vi*|no
of Special Orders, No. 102, of April 27th, 1863, from the Adjutahtand
Inspector General's Office, " to examine and enquire into certain allega¬
tions set forth on papers to be laid before the Court, against Col. Robert
II. Chilton, Assistant Adjutant General C. S. Army, which allegations
he conceives impugn his character as an officer," and also to " report the
facts of the case, and their opinion thereon," the following jepdrt o| facts
was made; and having been submitted by the Court,"with their opinion
thereon, as required, the same are approved by the Secretary of War, and
are now published for the information of all concerned:
II. Finding and. Opinion of the Court.
On a careful examination of the testimony adduced in this case, the
Court findthe following facts:
1st. That on the 11th July 1862 Col. R. H. Chilton, then on the staff of
General Lee, commanding the Army of Northern Virginia, as Adjutant
and Inspector General, did write a letter to General Cooper, Adjutant and
Inspector General of the Army, impeaching the professional ability of
Maj. Gen. Magruder, denying bis" fitness for responsible command,^nd
urging a revocation of the order assigning him to the Trails-Mississippi
Department.
2d. That Col. Chilton incorporated in that letter an offer to make good
his allegations before a Court of Enquiry.
3d. That the letter was communicated to the President by General
Cooper.
4th. That being apprised of this disposition of the letter, Col. Chilton
immediately furnished Maj. Gen Magruder a copy of so much of it as
•contained his (Col. Chilton's) strictures on Maj. Gen. Magruder's official
•conduct and capacity.
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Opinion.
The Court is of opinion, that in his communication to Gen. Cooper,
dated July 11th, 1862, Col. Chilton was actuated by no unworthy motive,
put-by a laudable regard for tlio public interest, and that his conduct in
the transaction was such as became an honorable and patriotic officer.
III. The Court of Enquiry in the case of Col. E. H. Chilton, C. S.
Army, is hereby dissolved.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
GENERAL ORDERS,
No. 65.
May 21, 1863.
I. The following schedules of prices for articles named therein, adopted
by commissioners appointed pursuant to law, for the States of Virginia
and Georgia respectively , are announced for the information of all con¬
cerned ; and the special attention of officers and agents of the govern¬
ment is directed thereto:
II. VIRGINIA.
[Copy.]—Schedule A.
Richmond, May 18, 1853
Hon. Jas. A. Seddon, Sec'y of War:
Snt:
The Commissioners appointed under section 5th, of the
bill recently passed by the Confederate Congress, regulating impress¬
ments, constitute a Board, whose duty it shall bo to fix upon the prices to
be paid by the Government for all property impressed or taken for the
public use aforesaid, so as to afford just compensation to the owners
thereof. Said commissioners shall agree upon and publish a schedule of
prices every two months, or oftencr, if they shall deem it proper.
In accordance with the foregoing requisition, we respectfully lay before
you the following schedule of prices for the ensuing two months. Owing
to the difficulty of obtaining satisfactory information as to pork, beef and
materials of clothing, &c., we have postponed their appraisement till our
next assessment. It is proper to add that Mr. W. B. Harrison was invited
to act as third commissioner, and that this appraisement received the
unanimous approval of the commissioners.
The following are the maximum prices to be paid for the articles ap¬
praised, at all cities and usual places of sale, and when impressed else¬
where, the same prices arc to he paid elsewhere, less the cost of transpor¬
tation to the city or usual place of sale to which the article would go ordi¬
narily for sale from that neighborhood, or less the cost of transportation
fo the point at which the Government needs the article, and wishes it to
be sent: provided, that in no case the amount deducted for transportation
as above shall exceed 25 cents per bushel for grain, and 25 cents per cwt.
for long forage, flour, bacon, iron, &c. In addition to the established
price of transportation, the Government to pay all legal tolls, and, where
farmers cannot procure nails for baling forage, Government to furnish the
same at cost, which will be deducted frcm the established price of baling:
ARTICLE.
Wheat,
Flour,
Com,
Uunhi lk'd corn,
Corn meal,
It ye,
Cleaned oats,
Wheat bran,
Shorts,
Brown stuff,
Ship stuff,
Bacon,
Salt pork,
Bard,
Horses,
Wool,
Peas,
Beans,
Potatoes,
Potatoes,
Onions,
Dried peaches,
Dried peaches,
Dried apples,
Hay, baled,
26 Hay, "
27 Hay, unbaled,
:16
37
3d
39
40
•11
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
Slr'f oats, baled,
Sh'foats, unb'd,
Blade fodder,
baled,
Blade fodder,
unbaled,
Shucks, b >led,
Shucks, unb'ld
Wheat straw,
baled.
Wheat straw,
unbaled,
Pasturage,
Pasturage,
Salt,
Soap,
Candles,
Vinegar,
Whiskey,
Sugar,
Molasses,
Rice,
Coffee,
Tea,
Vinegar,
Pig iron,
Pig iron,
llg iron,
Bloom iron,
Smith's iron,
QUALITY.
Prime,
Good,
Prime,
Good,
Prime,
Good,
1st class,
Fair,
Good,
DESCRIPTION.
White,
Superfine,
White,
^QUANTITY.
Per bush, of
" barrel of
" buth. of
Hog round,
Artillery, &c.
Washed,
Irish,
Sweet,
Pealed,
Unpealed,
Pealed,
Timothy
or clover,
Oreh'd or herd
grass,
Oreh'd or herd
pound,
60 lbs
196 lbs
56 lbs
56 lbs
50 lbs
56 lbs
32 lbs
17 lbs
22 lbs
28 lbs
37 lbs
Av'ge price per head,
Per pound,
bushel of 60 lbs.
of 38 lbs.
4<
of 28 lbs.
100 lbs.
Interior,
Near cities,
54 Leather,
55 Leather,
36 Leather,
head per month,
bushel of 50 lbB.
-
" pound,
Tallow,
Cider,
" gallon,
Trade,
Brown,
" pound,
New Orleans,
" gallon,
-
" pound,
Rio,
Trade,
a it
Manufactured,
" gallon,
No. 1 quality,
No. 2
" ton,
" ton,
No. 3 "
" ton,
-
" ton,
Round, plate
and bar,
" ton,
" pound,
Harness,
Sole,
Upper,
ii it
4 50
22 50
4 00
3 95
4 20
3 20
2 00
50
70
90
1 40
1 00
I 00
1 00
350 00
3 00
4 00
4 00
4 00
5 00
5 00
8 00
4 50
3 00
4 00
4 00
3 70
4 00
3 70
4 00
3 70
2 50
220
' 130
1 00"
' 3 00
6 00
5 00
30
1 00
1 00
3 00
1 00
8 00
15
3 00
10 00
50
125 00
110 00
100 00
180 00
380 00
2 60
2 40
2 80
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We respectfully suggest to the Secretary of War, to instruct the'
agents of the Government not to impress any article of food going into
cities or towns, or when held therein by retail dealers in small quantities
for the daily or weekly consumption of the inhabitants.
But this restriction not to apply to such articles held by speculators, or
those holding them up for higher prices.
Signed,
E. W. Hubard.
Robert Gibboney.
Wm. B. Harrison.
schedule B.—Hire of Labor, Teams, Wagons and Drivers.
1. Baling long forage,
2. Shelling and bagging corn, sacks fur¬
nished by the government, -
3. 'Hauling, ....
4. Hauling grain, - -
5. Hire of two-horse team, wagon and
driver, rations furnished by owner, -
6. Hire of same, rations furnished by the
government, - - - -
7. Hire of four-horse team, wagon and
driver, rations furnished by owner, -
Hire, of same, rations furnished by the
government, - -
Hire of six-horse team, wagon and
driver, rations furnished by owner, -
10. Hire of same, rations furnished by the
government, -
11. Hire of laborer, rations furnished by
owner, -
12. Hire of same, rations furnished by the
government, - -
13. Hire of same, rations furnished by
owner, - - - -
14. Hire of same, rations furnished by the
government, - - - -
8.
9.
Per 100 lbs.
56 "
cwt. p. mile,
bus. " "
day,
month,
Signed,
E. W. Hubard.
Robert Gibboney.
Wm. B. Harrison.
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III. GEORGIA.
Schedule No. J.—Maximum Prices fixed by the Commissioners for the
State of Georgia, for Produce and Army Supplies delivered at the usual
Shipping Points on the folloicing named Pail Roads, to continue in force
until the 15th June 1883.
sis *
a 5*6 O n
a sS ^
as tu at
ARTICLES.
QUALITY.
DESCRIPTION.
QUANT ITT.
Macon and We
A. & W. P., An
and Savannah,
tern and Atlan
Rome, Ga., an
Georgia Rail R
and its branch*
Muscogee, Cent
Savannah, Alb
Gulf, Southw
and its branch*
Wheat,
Prime,
White,
Per bush. 60 lbs.
Flour,
'Good,
Superfine,
Less cost sacks,
Per bbl. 196 lbs.
$35 00
$40 00
"
"
Per sack 98 lbs.
17 50
20 00
Corn,
Prime,
Shelled,
Per bush. 56 lbs.
2 25
1 50
"
Unshelled,
Per bush. 70 lbs.
2 10
1 40
Co^n meal,
Goofi,
_
Per bush. 48 lbs.
2 40
1 60
Hogs,
Fair,
Net,
Per hundred,
30 00
30 00
■ "
Gross,
"
• 20 00
20 00
Bacon,
Good,
Sides,
Hams,
Shoulders,
Jowls,
Per lb.
85
80
75
30
85
80
75
30
Pork,
"
Salt,
"
60
60
Lard,
_
"
75
75
Fair,
Fresh—net,
"
25
18
Good,
Salt or corned,
"
"
Dried,
"
50
40
"
"
Gross,
"
18
12
Peas,
"
Per bush. 60 lbs.
2 25
1 50
Beans,
"
_
" "
Potatoes,
Irish,
Sweet,
..
2 60 .
1 50
Onions,
"
_
" "
2 50
2 50
Peaches,
«
Dried peeled,
Dried unpeel'd,
Per bush. 38 lbs.
6 00
4 00
6 00
4 00
Apples,
"
Dried,
Per bush. 28 lbs.
4 00
4 00
Hay,
"
Baled,
Per 100 lbs.
"
Unbaled,
"
Clover or
Baled,
"
Timothy,
"
Clover or
Unbaled,
Timothy,
"
Sheaf oats,
"
Baled,
"
"
Unbaled,
"
Bl. fodder,
..
Baled,
Unbaled,
"
2 50
1 50
2 do
1 00
Sugar,
"
Brown,
JPer lb.
75
75
Molasses,
"
-
Per gallon,
4 50
4 50
Bice,
,,
Old,
New,
Per lb.
10
12
10
12
Salt,
"
-
"
Tallow,
"
-
. "
75
50
Whiskey,
"
By gov. contr't,
Per gallon,
When impre'd,
Brandy,
"
Peach,
"
Apple,
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We, the Commissioners appointed in accordance with the provisions of
the Impressment Act for the State of Georgia, after mature and careful
deliberation, have agreed upon the foregoing tariff of prices, which we
think fully meets the contemplation of the law in fixing a just compen¬
sation fo.r the articles mentioned.
We need not add any thing to the recent patriotic address of our most
excellent President as to the duty of producers in this crisis. Blind, in¬
deed, must be the judgment, and cold the patriotism that will not rally
to the support of an army whose glorious triumphs have shed such un¬
dying lustre upon our national history. Standing as*it does a wall of
brass between us and our malignant foes, shall it feel the pinchings of
hunger when our granaries are filled to overflowing and our broad fields
are waving with rich grain nearly ready for the sickle ? The Government
demands only your surplus supplies, and for them will pay remunerative
prices. Fortify the hearts of our soldiers then, by showing that while
they illustrate the chivalry of Georgia upon the tented field, we at home
are ready to dispense with all superfluities, relinquish all luxuries, and
make any sacrifice necessary to maintain and perpetuate our honor and
our liberties. While we may have erred in our judgment as to what is a
fair compensation for some of the articles in the above schedule of prices,
we feel that we have stood impartially between the Government And the
producer, and while protecting one have not lost sight of the other. We
have omitted to annex prices to certain articles, either on account of their
scarcity, or because the Government is fully supplied. At the proper
time prices will be fixed for all.
John E.^Morgan,
U. B. Wilkinson,
Commissioners.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond,, May 22, 18G3.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 66. I
* I. The Act of Congress " to provide and organise engineer troops to
serve duripg the war," approved March 20, 1863, and the accomjjanying
rules and regulations for the selection and' organization of the same, are
published for the information and direction of all concerned:
"Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do
enact, That there shall he selected, in such manner as the Secretary of
War may direct, from each division of infantry in service, one company
of engineer troops, to consist of one hundred men, chosen with a view
to their mechanical skill and physical fitness, and that the men assigned
to such company shall be required to serve in the same only during the
balance of their term of service respectively.
" Sec. 2. That each company shall consist of'eight sergeants, seven
corporals, forty artificers and forty-five laborers, and that two musicians
may be added.
" Sec. 3. That the commissioned officers of each company shall con¬
sist of one captain, one first lieutenant and two second lieutenants, and
that the original vacancies in these companies shall be filled by the trans¬
fer of officers of corresponding grade from the engineer corps, if practi¬
cable, and where not, then from the other corps or from the line or stall"
of the army, reference being always had to their qualification as engi¬
neers, or by selection; but no one shall be selected who is not now serv¬
ing in or with the army, unless he is a military or civil engineer.
" Sec. 4. That the companies shall he organized into regiments of ten
companies each, and that the field and staff officers shall consist of one
colonel, one lieutenant colonel, one major, one adjutant with the rank of
first lieutenant, one quartermaster sergeant, and one sergeant major, and
that the original vacancies in the regiments shall be filled in the manner
provided for filling the same in the companies by the third section of this
act, and that the sergeant major and the quartermaster sergeant shall be
selected from the enlisted men of the army.
" Sec. 5. That in each regiment two of the companies shall he as¬
signed to duty as pontoniers, and each be furnished with a bridge train
complete.
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"Sec. 6. That tlie officer in charge of the engineer bureau, subject to
the approval of the Secretary of War, shall prescribe the number, form
and dimensions of ihe wagons, pontoons, trestles, tools, implements,
arms and other necessaries for all the troops organized by this act.
" Sec. 7. That vacancies-in the established regiments to and including
the rank of colonel, shall be filled by promotion, regimentally, according
to seniority, except in case of disability or other incompetency.
"Sec. 8. That th^gnonthly pay of the engineer troops shall be as fol¬
lows: Of a colonel, two hundred and ten dollais; of a lieutenant colonel,
one huncl red and eighty-five dollars; of a major, one hundred ancfsixty-two
dollars; of a capt^n, one hundred and forty dollars; of a first lieutenant,
one hundred dollars; of a second lieutenant, ninety dollars; and the
adjutant shall receive ten dollars per month in addition to his pay as
lieutenant.
"Sec. 9. That the pay of the enlisted men per month shall bo as fol¬
lows : The sergeant major and quartermaster sergeant, each twenty-one
dollars; sergeants, thirty four dollars; corporals, twenty dollars; artifi¬
cers, seventeen dollars; laborers and musicians, thirteen dollars.
"Sec. 10. That mounted engineer troops may be selected from the
cavalry, and be organized according to the provisions of this act, for en¬
gineer troops, as herein before specified."
II. The method of selection and organization under the foregoing act,
shall be as follows:
1. The senior engineer officer serving with the Commanding General
of a department, will be authorized by him to organize the engineer
companies of the command.
2. Persons recommended by the Engineer Bureau to be appointed as
company officers to the respective companies when organized, will be di¬
rected to report to the senior officer of engineers in the department, who,
aided by them and subject to the approval of the Commanding General,
shall select from specified divisions, in consultation with their command¬
ers, the required number of men to form the companies.
3. The selections shall be distributed as equally as practicable among
all the companies of a division, regard being bad to the efficiency of the
engineer service. Preference shall be given to volunteers for this special
service, provided they possess the requisite qualifications.
4. The non-commissioned officers of each company shall be selected,
and the privates classified into artificers and laborers, by the person se¬
lected to organize it, subject to the approval-of the senior officer of engi¬
neer troops, as soon as appointed.
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5. The Chief of the Engineer Bureau, after naming the companies and
designating to which regiment they shall he assigned, will recommend to
the War Department the appointment of company and field officers.
G. Two of the companies of each regiment shall be selected by the
senior field officer of engineer troops, subject to the approval of the Chief
of the Engineer Bureau, as companies of pontonicrs, but, unless provided
with bridge trains, to serve as the other companies.
7. Whenever the number of non-commissioned officers and privates
falls below sixty in any company, it shall be recruited to its maximum
number, as herein before specified.
8. In lieu of the usual return of officers and hired men required of
engineer officers, returns of officers and enrolled men, showing the pre¬
sent, absent and sick, shall be forwarded monthly by the senior field offi¬
cer of each regiment, to the Chief of the Engineer Bureau, who will fur¬
nish blank forms for the purpose.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General
Richmond, May 25, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 67. J
I. Officers on ordnance duty, when temporarily absent from their posts
or positions in the field, under special orders, shall be allowed their per¬
sonal expenses, to be paid out of the appropriation for ordnance service,
in lieu of all allowances for fuel, quarters and forage for the same period.
Each account must be certified to by the party receiving the payment,
and approved by the officer under whose orders he acts.
II. Whenever a cavalryman fails and refuses to keep himself provided
with a serviceable horse, he may, upon the order of the corps commander,
be transferred to any company of infantry or artillery of the same army,
that he may select. In lieu of such soldiers, others belonging to the
infantry or artillery, who are able to furnish, horses, and prefer that ser¬
vice, may, in like manner, be transferred, in equal number, to the
cavalry.
III. Surgeons will turn over money or other effects of deceased soldiers
(except clothing, which will be disposed of as directed by General Orders,
No. 49, 1863) to the quartermaster of the regiment to which the soldier
belonged, if he died in the field, or to the quartermaster of the post, if he
died in hospital, taking therefor receipts in duplicate—one of which will
be forwarded by him to the commanding officer of the company of which
the soldier was a member, to be sent by him to the family of the deceased,
and the other to the Second Auditor of the Treasury. Quartermasters
will take up, upon their quarterly returns, money thus paid, specifying
the amount left by each deceased soldier, his name, company and regiment.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, May 27, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, )
No. 68. S
I. At a General Court Martial, convened at Knoxville, Tenn., February
20, 1863, by virtue of General Orders, No. 16, Head Quarters Department
of East Tennessee, pf December 15,1862, and of which Col. J. J.Finley,,
6th Rpgiment Florida Volunteers, was president, was tried:.
Captain J. Q. AUnold, 12th Battalion Tennessee Cavalry, on the fol-'
lowing Charge and Specification:
Charge, ... Violation of the 9th Article of War.
Specification—In this, that the said John Q. Arnold did willfully, ma¬
liciously and feloniously, and with malice aforethought, kill and murder
h^ajor T. W. Adrien, his superior officer, by shooting him with a pistol
loaded with powder and ball, which he then and there held in his hand,
from which he the sard T. W. Adrien did die. This at Kingston, Tenn.,,
on or about the 16th day of November^ 1862.
To the above Charge and Specification the accused filed a special plea
to the jurisdiction of the Court, which having been overruled by the
Court, the plea of not guilty was entered.
II. Finding and Sentence of the Court^
The Court having maturely considered the case, do find the accused^
Capt. J. Q. Arnold, 12th Battalion Tennessee Cavalry, as follows:
Of the Specification of the Charge, .... Guilty.
Of the Charge, ...... Guilty.
And do therefore (two-thirds of the Court concurring) sentence him to
be shot to death by musketry.
III. The proceedings, finding and sentence in the foregoing case having
been submitted to the President, the following orders are by his direction
made therein.
Murder can only be punished under the Articles of War, when inci¬
dent to some other clearly defined offence. It does not of itself consti¬
tute a military crime; and the 33d Article of War provides, that when
capital crimes are committed by persons in the military service," they shall
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be turned over, on demand, to the civil authorities. The 9th article,
under which Capt. Arnold was tried, requires that the officer against
whom violence is offered, must be " in the execution of his office."
Hence, to take the case out of the 33d article, which is general in its ap¬
plication, and refer it to the 9th, which is special, the- murder or killing
must be set forth in the specification in such terms as to show that the
Court has jurisdiction; and this can only be done by alleging, in the
words of the article, that the officer was " in the execution of his office."
The omission cannot be supplied by evidence, even where no objection is
made; for consent cannot confer jurisdiction. In the present case, how¬
ever, objection was made to the jurisdiction of the Court over the par¬
ticular crime alleged, and the point has thus been distinctly presented to
the department. Nor does the evidence show Major Adrien to have been
clearly " in the discharge of his office" at the time of the killing. On
the contrary, it is stated that he was " walking across the street." To be
in the execution of his office, the officer must be in the actual discharge
of some duty. It is resistance to authority under such circumstances,
that the 9th article forbids and punishes. Other offences—such as diso¬
bedience, disrespect, mutiny—are made punishable by other articles; and
the 9th article seems designed to protect officers in the enforcement of
discipline and against resistance while in the execution of that duty. The
department can only deal with offences wheu they are properly presentyd
through the established forms of the service.
The proceedings, finding and sentence in this case must be set aside,
for the reasons stated; but it is supposed that any responsibility that -the
party ^as incurred to the civil authorities of Tennessee, is not affected by
this proceeding.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, May 28, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 69. f
I. In places where there aire three or more hospitals, three surgeons in
charge of hospitals, or divisions in hospitals, shall constitute a Board of
Examiners for the hospitals to which they belong, whose duty it shall he,
twice in each week, to visit said hospitals, and examine applicants for
furloughs; and in all cases where they shall find an applicant unfit for
military duty, either from disease or wounds, and likely so to remain for
thirty days or upwards, they shall, provided his life or convalescence will
not in their opinion be endangered thereby, grant a furlough for such
time, not to, exceed sixty days, as they shall deem he will be unfit for
duty.
II. There will be-detailed for each board herein constituted, from one
of the hospitals visited by them, a competent clerk, who will issue fiir-
loughs, to be signed by the senior member of the board; which will spe-
city therein the length of furlough, the place of residence of the soldier,
his company, regiment and brigade: and no further formality shall be re¬
quired of the soldier, and no passport other than his furlough.
III. In every case furloughed under the provisions of this order, a
medical certificate, stating the name, company, regiment and brigade of
the soldier, his place of residence, and the length of furlough, with the
full particulars of the disease, wound or disability, and the period during
which he has suffered from its effects, with an opinion of the time which
will elapse before he can resume duty, must be furnished by the Board of
Examiners to the Surgeon General: and if such furlough has been im¬
properly granted, the derelict officer will be held responsible before a mili¬
tary tribunal.
IV. The board aforementioned will also examine applicants for dis¬
charge from the service, in hospitals visited by them, and may recom¬
mend a discharge when a soldier is deemed permanently unfit for service
in the field or in any department of the army, in consequence of wounds,
disease or infirmity: in which case certificates of disability, signed by
the senior member of the board, and approved by the General command¬
ing the army or department to which the soldier belongs, or by the Sur-
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geon General, will- entitle him to a discharge, to be granted by the com¬
mandant of the post, who will complete and forward the " certificates of
disability" to the Adjutant and Inspector General's office. The surgeon
in charge of the hospital will make out " final statements." The soldier
will receive transportation to the place of his enlistment or residence.
V. In places where there are but two hospitals, two surgeons in charge
of a hospital or division shall constitute a board for the purposes afore¬
said : and in places where there is but one hospital, the surgeon in charge
and two assistant surgeons, if there be two, and if not, then one, shall
constitute a board for the purpose aforesaid, and may furlough, and rel
commend discharges as herein prescribed.
VI. Where a soldier has been discharged under the provisions of this
order, and his " descriptive list" and " final statements" cannot be pro¬
cured, he will be mustered by the surgeon in charge on the hospital rolls,
for payment, upon his affidavit, taken before one or more witnesses, that
he has not received pay for the period for which he claims it to be due,
and that he is not indebted to tjie Confederate States beyond the amount
stated by him.
VII. Notices of all furloughs issued under these orders will be for-:
warded weekly by the Board of Examiners, and notices of all discharge?
from service, by commandants of posts, to the immediate commander of
the company to which the soldier belongs, and to the Adjutant and In¬
spector General.
VIII. The house surgeon in all hospitals shall see each patient under
his charge once every day.
IX. Paragraphs III, IV and V, General Orders, No. 51, current series,
from this office, pertaining to matters herein regulated, are rescinded. 1
X. Boards of examiners and post commandants have no power to
grant an officer leave of absence; They can only recommend it, upon
the usual surgeon's certificate, |pr the consideration of the commanding
officer of the army or department to which the officer belongs.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector Generak
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, May 29, 18G3.
GENERAL ORDERS, (
No. 70. S
I. The following Act of Congress, and Regulations adopted by tho
Department in pursuance thereof, are published for the information of all
concerned:
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An Act to abolish Supernumerary Officers in the Commissary
and Quartermaster's Departments.
The Congress of the Confederate Stales of America do enact, That the
office of regimental commissary be and the same is hereby abolished, and
tlip duties heretofore devolved by law upon said commissary shall be per¬
formed by the regimental quartermaster: provided, that said quartermas¬
ter shall, if required by the Secretary of War, execute a new bond, with
«uch additional penalty as he may require.
" Sec. 2. That the commanding officer of a regiment or battalion shall,
Ay hen the good of the service in his opinion requires it, detail a non-com¬
missioned officer or private as commissary sergeant, who shall be assigned
to the regimental quartermaster to perform the duties now performed by
cpmmissary sergeants; and the non-commissioned officer or private so
detailed shall receive, as extra pay, twenty dollars per month.
" Sec. 3. That the regimental quartermasters acting as commissaries,
shall draw supplies for their respective regiments on Provision Returns,
Form 14, and not in bulk; and when detached from their brigades, so
tjiaVit is impracticable to draw supplies from the brigade commissary, it
shall be the duty of the nearest brigade or post commissary to supply his
regiment on Provision Return 14.
" Sec. 4.- Sales to officers shall be made by the brigade commissaries
to which such officers are attached.
" Sec. 5. That quartermasters and commissaries, assistant quartermas¬
ters and assistant commissaries, who become permanently detached from
divisions, brigades or regiments to which they are originally appointed
and assigned, respectively, whether by resignation or otherwise, shall
cease to be officers of the army, and their names shall be dropped from
the rolls of the army, unless reassigned by a special order of the Secre¬
tary of War.
" Sec. 6. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to issue
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the necessary orders for the earliest practicable enforcement of the provi¬
sions of this law; and that he shall communicate to the chiefs of the sub¬
sistence and quartermaster's bureaux the names of the commissaries anjl
assistant, commissaries, quartermasters and assistant quartermasters re¬
tained and dropped from the rolls under this act.
"Sec. 7. That^ll laws and parts ot' laws contravening the provisions.,
of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed." [Approved May X,
1863.]
II. Regulations.
]. After this date no appointment will be made of regimental or bat¬
talion commissaries in the provisional army. Departmental commanders
will direct the transfer, by regimental commissaries, of all money, effects
and property in their hands to the proper regimental quartermasters,.who
will thereafter discharge the duties of the former, in accordance with the
provisions of this act. Until such transfer is perfected, regimental com¬
missaries will continue in the performance of their usual dut-i$$$Fbut after
the 31st day of July next all quartermasters and commissaries, assistant
quartermasters and assistant commissaries, who have not been or may
not be, prior to July 31st, specially detailed or assigned to duty, will cease
to be officers in the confederate service.
2 Sales to officers will, after the 31st of July next, be made by the
brigade commissary, as required in the 4th section of the act; and to en¬
able him to do so, the brigade commander will select and report to the
War Department, through the usual channel, the best qualified regimental
commissary of his brigade, for assignment to duty with the brigade com¬
missary. It shall be the special duty of the commissary thus assigned,
to receive supplies in bulk, and to make the usually required sales to of¬
ficers of the army. He will be under the immediate direction of the
brigade commissary; will receipt to him for all property received, and
make through him the proper reports and returns of his transactions.
3. In cavalry regiments, a lieutenant of cavalry or other competent
officer may be detailed, when necessary, to aid the regimental quarter¬
master in the discharge of such additional duties as may be devolved
upon him under the operation of this law.
4. Additional bonds will not be required of regimental quartermasters
charged with commissary duties, except where directed by the Secretary
of War.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office*
Richmond, May 30, 18G3.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 71. 5
The following' Act of Congress having been approved by the Presi¬
dent, is announced for the information and guidance of all concerned:
an act ai.i,owing hospital accommodations to sick and
wounded officers.
" The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That
sick or wounded officers shall be allowed hospital accommodations in
any of the hospitals of the Conledeiate States, at one dollar per diem.
" Sec. 2. And he it further enacted, When said officer shall be without
money, he shall nevertheless be entitled to the same. The Surgeon in
charge, at the expiration of eveiy thiityday^, shall state the account,
and be entitled to draw the amount at any place where the officer might
have drawn it, which shall be deducted from said officer's pay, in the
same way as if he himself had drawn it; and any officer drawing the
same again, shall be punished as in the case of fraudulent drawers."
[Approved April 29, 1863.]
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General
Adjutant and Inspector General's OFFiqa,
Richmond, June 1» 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 72. 5
I. At the Military Court held for tho Army Corps of Major General
Samuel Jones, at Gray Sulphur Springs, Virginia, May 5th, 1863, was
arraigned and tried:
Captain Wm. S. Rowan, Company A, 60th Va. Volunteers, on the
following Charges—(the Specifications being numerous and lengthy, are
omitted iu this order):
Charge 1st, ... Violation of the 83d Article of War.
Charge 2d, - Violation of the 99th Article of War.
II. Finding and Sentence of the Court.
Having maturely considered the evidence adduced, the Court find the
accused, Capt. Wm. S. Rowan, Company A, 60th Va. Volunteers:
Of the 1st Charge, ... . . . . Guilty.
Of the 2d Charge, ...... Guilty.
And do therefore sentence him to be dismissed the service of the Con¬
federate States.
III. The procaWings, finding and sentence in the foregoing case have
been submitted to the Secretary of War, to be laid before the President—
and the following orders are now made thereon:
The charges are both loo defective to sustain a trial. Neither tho 83d
nor the 99th Article of War, defines any offence whatever, nor do they
direct the performance of any duty. No violation of either of those ar¬
ticles can properly be charged.
Under the 83d Article, the only charge to be preferred is " conduct un¬
becoming an officer and gentlemanand under the 99th, " conduct to tho
prejudice of good order and military discipline." The specifications
would then have been responsive to the charges, .and would have sus¬
tained a trial and sentence iu accordance with the evidence.
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IV. For the reasons above assigned, the proceedings must be set aside;
and Capt. Rowan will be released from arrest and restored to duty. The
record discloses facts very disgraceful to him; but it is hoped that his
accidental escape from deserved punishment may result in a determina¬
tion to retrieve his character as a citizen and officer of the army.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General:
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office(
Richmond, June 2, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 73. $
I. At the Military Court held for the Army of Lt Gen. Polk, at Shel-
byville, Tenn., April 14th, 1863, was tried:
Capt. W. W. W. Wood, Company L, Blythe's Regiment of Miss.
Yolunteers, on the following charge and specifications:
Charge, - - Conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman.
Specifications.—The 1st and 3d are ojnitted. The 2d is as follows:
Specification 2—In this, that the said Capt. W. W. W. Wood, Company
L, Blythe's Miss. Regiment of Yolunteers, remained in camp four days
preceding and during the battle of Murfreesboro', but came to his com¬
pany the day after said battle, to wit, January 1, 1863, and took com¬
mand of his company until a part of the regiment, his company included,
was'ordered forward to support the sharp shooters who were in front of
the line of battle, when said Capt. W. W. W. Wood, Company L, Blythe's
Miss. Regime^ made a pretext to Lieut. O'Hea of his company for mo¬
mentarily leaving his place. He the said Capt. W. W. W. Wood, Com¬
pany L. Blythe's Regiment, returned to his company no more, but
reported to Doct. X. Xaupi, surgeon of said regiment, who refused to
excuse him. Nevertheless, said Capt. W. W. W. Wood, Company L,
Blythe's Miss. Regiment of Volunteers, went back to camp, and remained
there till forced out on the following morning. All this near Murfrees¬
boro', Tenn., January 1, 1863.
II. Finding and Sentence.
The major; ty of the Court find the accused, Capt. W. W. W. Wood,
Company L, Blythe's Miss. Regiment, as follows:
Of Specification 1st, - w - - - Not Guilty.
Of so much of that part of Specification 2d, which charges
him with two days remaining away from his company
at camp, ------- Guilty.
The whole Court find him of the remainder of Specifica¬
tion 2d, * - - - - - - Not Guilty.
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^The whole Court honorably acquit him of the 3d Specifica¬
tion, and say, Not Guilty.
The majority of the Court find him of the Charge, - Guilty,
and sentence him to be dismissed the service.
III. The proceedings in the foregoing case have been submitted to the
Secretary of War, to be laid beforo the President—and the following
orders are now made thereon:
Capt. Wood was tried on the single charge of " conduct unbecoming
an officer and gentleman," under which three specifications were laid.
The whole Court acquit him of the 3d ^specification. A majority ac¬
quit him of the 1st and part of the 2d specification, but find him guilty
of the remainder of the 2d specification*, and guilty of the charge. At
portion of the 2d specification is, therefore, all that in the opinion of the
Court sustains the charge. But this finding is altogether too imperfect
and uncertain. ' If the 2d specification refers to separate and distinct
offences, it is wholly defective, and should have been set aside before the
trial; but if it embraces a single substantive offence, the Court cannot
separate its parts, and find the accused guilty as to one portion and hot
guilty as to another, unless it is clear that the facts thus separated, and
established, of themselves constitute the particular offence charged. But
this is far from being clear. The looseness and uncertainty of ^he 2d
specification, and the finding thereon, are a sufficient and fatal objection.
The whole finding is tnoreover informal and irregular. The judges give
lengthy and separate opinions in connection with it3lid represent one
part of their finding to be by a majority, and the remainder by the whole
Court. It is never desirable to state by what vote the Court has arrived
at its conclusions, and it is contrary to the practice of Courts Martial to
do so. Upon the whole, the proceedings are set aside, and Capt. Wood
will therefore be released from arrest and returned to duty.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, June 3, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 74. $
I. The Congress of the Confederate States, having failed to recognize
<he appointment of provost marshals from persons not belonging to the
army, or to make appropriation for the services of those persons who had
been employed in that capacity, hereafter no such appointments will be
made.
II. The Generals of departments will report the posts at which provost
marshals are needed, with the number of provost or other guards at tho
aamc, and recommend for appointment suitable officers for the same.
III. In all eases preference will bo given to competent officers who
have become disabled, by wounds or other infirmity, for active field duty.
IV. At all the posts not supplied before the 1st of July with provost
marshals belonging to the army, in accordance with this order, the office
will be considered as abolished.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, June 4, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 75. \
I^'.Tbie following Act of Congress concerning compensation to detailed
Iix^nv;.aiStid the instructions of the War Department in regard thereto, are
^published fqj^the information and direction of all concerned:
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"1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That
non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, when employecl on de¬
tached or detailed service by the departmental or other commander of a
district, or under the direction of any of the military bureaux, instead of
the compensation now allowed, may be allowed the sum of not more
■than three dollars per day, in lieu of rations and all other allowances,
upon the recommendation of the officer immediately charge of such
men, with the approval of the commander or other chief of bureau, as
the case may be, and the sanction of the Secretary of War.
"2. This act shall remain in force for one year from the first day of
January eighteen hundred and sixty-three." [Approved May 1st, 1863.]
II. 1. Detailed men in the service of the several military bureaux,
other than the clerks described in act No. 52 (clerks employed in public
offices in the city of Richmond, by reason 6f physical disability), will be
allowed such sum per day in lieu of rations and all other allowances, not
exceeding three dollars, as may be recommended by the officer in charge
of such detailed men, and approved by the chief of bureau.
2. The maximum allowance of three dollars will be paid only to the
class of detailed men serving at. posts or stations without troops, or in
counties and towns, or government work shops.
3. The rate of allowance to men serving in the field as clerks at head
quarters, or on duty in the quartermaster's, ordnance, engineer, commis¬
sary, or medical, mining and nitre departments, will be established at such
sums per diem as may be recommended by the officer in charge of such
men, and approved by the'Commanding General. These rates will not
exceed $ 1 25 per diem, except in special cases of service in the depart¬
ments above mentioned, when a greater rate may be authorized by the
chiefs of bureaux, upon the approval of the Commanding General.
4. The extra compensation allowed by the fjpregoiiig act will be paid
to detailed men by the departments in which ,_they art1, respectively em-
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ployed, except medical departments, upon such rolls as may he prescribed;
except that payments by the quartermastei's department will be made
upon rolls according to Form No. 15, Regulations of the Quartermaster's
Department. Such payments will be in full of all payments and allow¬
ances heretofore paid and allowed to soldiers, except their monthly pay.
Payments in the medical department will be made as now, by quarter¬
masters.
5. Shoemakers detailed under the provisions of the act of October 9th,
1862, who may receive the per diem allowance, in lieu of rations and
other allowances authorized by the act of May* 1st, 1863, will also be enti¬
tled to the compensation of thirty-five cents per pair for shoes manufac¬
tured by them, authorized by the said act of October 9, 1862.
6. All payments to detailed men under the act of May 1st, 1863, will
be made from the first day of January 1863, and will not be continued
beyond the 31st of December 1863; but no payment shall be made
to those who have been detailed heretofore, " without pay and allowance
as soldiers." F^lm and after 31st May payments to such men will be
made under this act.
7.' The approval of the chiefs of bureaux and the sanction of the Se¬
cretary of War, required by the above recited act of Congress, will not
be necessary in each particular case of detail; but each bureau may,
with the approval of the Secretary of War, prescfibje general regulations
for the payment of the different classes of detailed men in their respective
employments.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector Cjpneral.
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA,
Quartermaster General's Office,
Richmond, June 30, 1863.
I. The sanction of the Secretary of War, required by the Act of Con¬
gress, is given generally by the above order.
II. The approval required from this bureau, is announced as follows:
1. Officers of the quartermaster's department, in charge of detailed
men, are authorized to pay all such in their employ, when serving at
posts or stations without troops, or in cities, towns, or government work
shops, such sums as they may deem proper, not exceeding $3 a day.
2. Officers of this department in charge of detailed men in the field,
are authorized, with the approval of the Commanding General, to pay
them such rates as they may deem proper, not exceeding 25 a day.
III. The approval of other chiefs of bureaux, as also of departmental or
other commanders, when required by law, will he given in such manner
as they may deem most convenient: and the paying officer will act
thereon, without reference to this office.
IV. No case need be referred for the further approval of the Quarter¬
master General, except when under the provisions of paragraph III of
above General Order, it is proposed to exceed, on special grounds, the
allowance of $1 25 a day to detailed men serving in this department in
the field. Then the recommendation of the officer in charge and the ap¬
proval of the Commanding General must always be had before the appli¬
cation is forwarded.
V. In determining the rate of compensation to be paid men detailed,
quartermasters will not go unnecessarily to the maximum,' but will exer¬
cise a discretion, and act with reference to the additional expense to which
the men are put by reason of the locality in which they serve.
VI. The per diem allowed will in all cases go back to the 1st of January
last, if the applicant shall have been on detached or detailed duty so long;
but care must be taken in all cases to deduct the value of all allowances
heretofore received.
VII. The act of Congress, referred to as Act No. 52, relates exclusively
to clerks employed in the public offices in the city of Richmond, by rea¬
son of physical disability. They receive, independent of any approval,
$1 a day, as extra duty pay, and that without prejudice to their
allowances.
VIII. Detailed conscripts will stand, from the date of their enrollment,
upon the footing of infantry soldiers; and in no case will any officer of
this department having them in charge, pay them wages as employees
from civil life.
COMMUTATION OF QUARTERS.
By the decision of the Secretary of War, the rate of commutation of
quarters at all stations other than Richmond, where commutation is paid,
is fixed at $15 peiproom a month. This rate takes effect from the 1st of
June 1863.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, June 5, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, )
No. 76. 5
Officers of the army are directed in all official reports, whether of
sieges, campaigns or battles, to confine their statements to the facts and
events connected with the matter on which they report. No extraneous
subject, whether of speculation or of collateral narrative, has a proper
place in the official.feports of military operations. As much conciseness
as is consistent "with perspicuity and fullness of statement, will be ob¬
served in such communications.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, June 6, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 77. f
When an infantry soldier is detailed as a courier, under paragraph
HI, General Orders, ^To'. 7, current series, and shall keep himself pro¬
vided with a serviceable horse, he will be allied forty cents per day for
the use and risk of his horse. *
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, June 7, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS,
No. 78.
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I. At a General Court Martial, convened at the Camp of Major Gene¬
ral Andersou's Division, by virtue of General Orders, No. 133, of 1862,
from Head Quarters of Department of Northern Virginia, was arraigned
end tried:
Private Allen Matthews, Company E, 6th Regiment Va. Infantry,
on the following charge, viz:
Charge, ..... Dcsertionl
Specification—In this, that the said Private Allen Matthews, Company
E, 6th Va. Regiment, did, on or about the 10th day of May 1862, near
Petersburg, Va., absent himself from his company and regiment without
leave, and did remain absent till arrested and sent to his regiment, then
near Fredericksburg, Va., on or about the 13th day of February 1863.
Sentence.
To be shot to death with musketry, at such time and place as the
Commanding General may direct.
II. The proceedings, finding and sentence in the foregoing case having
been laid before the Secretary of War, for the order of the President, are
approved. But, for the considerations stated in the earnest appeal of the
captain of his compauy, the sentence is remitted, in the hope that his
future conduct will prove that tliSt clemency extended to him was not
misplaced, and that his life, justly forfeited by his grave offence, will be
hereafter used to redeem his name from its present reproach.
Private Matthews will be released and returned to duty.
Finding.
Of the Specification,
Of the Charge,
Guilty.
Guilty.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, June 9, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS,
No. 79.
I. At a General Court Martial, convened at the Camp of Major General
R. H. Anderson, by virtue of General Orders, No. 133, par. II, of 1862,
from Head Quarters Army of Northern Virginia, was arraigned and tried:
Private George Mormon, Company C, 8th Ala. Regiment, on the
following charges:
Charge 1, - - - Violation of the 52d Article of War.
Specification—In this, that the said Private George Mormon, Company
C, 8th Ala. Regiment, did leave his company and regiment, while in line
of battle at the battle of Seven Pines, June 1st, 1862, without proper
authority, thereby allowing himself to be taken prisoner by the enemy
on the 2d day of June 1862.
Charge 2, Violation of the 22d Article of War.
Specification—In this, that the said Private George Mormon, Company
C, t^th Ala. Regiment, did leave the camp or hospital, while a paroled
prisoner at Richmond, Va., before being exchanged, about August 15th,
1862, and enlisted in the marine corps at Mobile, Ala., under an assumed
name; and drew therefrom bounty, clothing, &.c. to the amount of one
hundred and forty-nine dollars and fifty cents; and did not return to his
company till arrested by Lieut. W. H. Dunn, Company H, 8th Ala.
Regiment, about the 10th day of January 1863.
Finding.
Of the Specification of the 1st Charge, - Guilty.
Of the 1st Charge, Guilty.
Of the Specification of the 2d Charge, - - - Guilty.
Of the 2d Charge, - - - Guilty.
Sentence.
To forfeit all pay due to Mm, $nd to be shot to death with musketry,
at such time and place as the Commanding General may direct.
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II. The proceedings in the above case having been laid before the
Secretary of War, for the orders of the President, are approved; and so
much of the sentence as requires the accused to be shut to death with
musketry, is remitted, in consideration of the earn.est recommendation of
the members of his regiment, and their assurances that a reform in his
character as a soldier may be confidently relied on.
III. Private Mormon will be returned to his regiment.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, June 10, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS. \
No. 80. i
I. Contractors with government officers to supply paper, are hereby
authorized to send agents to the armies in the field, and to military posts,
for the purpose of collecting material convertible into paper.
II. Commanding officers of armies and military departments will di¬
rect suitable facilities to be given to such agents, when coming certified
by the officers with whom the contract is made, and will direct the quar¬
termaster's department to furnish transportation to the nearest public
route, for all material collected, whenever consistent with the interest of
the service.
III. Non-commissioned officers and privates, who belonged to compa¬
nies or regiments which have been disbanded, and who, on account of
their absence on detailed duty, wore not mustered out of service with the
commands to which they wereL attached, but were continued for detailed
duty, will be paid for the period of such detail, upon descriptive lists
prepared and signed by the officer under whom they may he serving.
Clothing will be drawn and issued to them by such officer, who will keep
an accurate account of such issues, and endorse them upon said descrip¬
tive lists. All such non-commissioned officers and soldiers within the
conscript age, will be at once reported to the nearest enrolling officer,
who will take measures to assign them to companies. Those who are
not liable to service as conscripts, will be discharged by order from the
Adjutant and Inspector General's office.
IV. In all elections of officers prescribed by law, a majority of all the
votes cast will be necessary, to a choice.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, June 11, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 81. j
I. A Court of Enquiry having been convened, by direction of the Presi¬
dent, on the application of Lieut. Colonel Eugene E. McLean, Assistant
Quartermaster General, under Special Orders, No. 282, paragraph XV,
of 1862, " to examine into and report upon the conduct of the quarter¬
master's department of the Army of the Mississippi, whilst under the con¬
trol of Lieut. Colonel, then Major McLeanand having made the re¬
quired examination and report, the result is, by direction of the Presi¬
dent, published for the information of all concerned.
II. The Court having maturely considered the evidence adduced, report,
as the
SUMMARY OF FACTS
Regarded by the Court of Enquiry in the case of Lieut.'Colonel E. E.
McLean, as proved by the evidence elicited, and of record:
1. That the Army of the Mississippi, as commanded by General Brax¬
ton Bragg, was an organization separate and distinct from the Army of
the West, commanded by Major General Earl Van Dorn—both these
armies, when concentrated at Corinth and Tupelo, being under General
Beauregard, as commander of the forces.
2. That the Army of the Mississippi was composed of three army
corps, commanded respectively by Generals Bragg, Polk and Hardee, and
of a Reserve Corps commanded by General Breekenridge.
3. That the evacuation of Corinth by the confederate forces under
General Beauregard, was first fixed for the 28th of May 1862.
4. That the evacuation of Corinth was postponed to the 29th of May
1862.
5. That the evacuation of Corinth was accomplished during the night
of the 29th and morning of the 30th of May 1862.
6. That General Bragg relieved General Beauregard in the command
of the forces at Tupelo, in the latter part of June 1862.
7. That Lieut. Colonel, then Major McLean, was acting as chief quar¬
termaster of the Army of the Mississippi, about the 12th of March 1862,
8. That Major McLean was appointed chief quartermaster of the Army
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of the Mississippi by General A. Sidney Johnston, on the 30th of March
1862. '
9. That Lient. Colonel McLean was relieved from duty as chief quar¬
termaster of the forces, by General Bragg, on the 4th of July 1862, at
Tupelo, Miss.
10. That the Army of the Mississippi, whilst Lieut. Colonel McLean
was its chief quartermaster, both at Corinth and Tupelo, was amply
supplied-with money, clothing, camp and garrison equipage, wagons,
public animals, field transportation in general, and with all quarter¬
master's stores, with the exception of full rations of forage at Corinth and
of certain other articles which were applied for, and subsequently ob-»
tained by the quartermaster's department, or the parties requiring them
at the time.
11. That there were throughout the army occasional complaints of the
want, for a short time, of certain quartermaster's supplies, which the evi¬
dence show's were sufficiently accounted for, or promptly supplied, as far
as possible, and the circumstances would permit of its being done.
12. That the supply of forage at Corinth was sufficient, though not
full, and for a time restricted in amount and kind, owing to the nature of
the surrounding country and other circumstances. Whilst at Tupelo it
was ample, the army then being located in the vicinity of a country
abounding in forage.
1 That there was but little forage within reach of Corinth by wagon
transportation, and that little was consumed at an early day of our occu¬
pation of that post and the adjacent counties. 1
14. That the facilities afforded by the rail Toads concentrating at. that
point, especially after their partial abandonment to the enemy, were not
sufficient for the transportation of a full supply of forage for the army at
Corinth, and at the same time to-supply that army with'all other quarter¬
master's, commissary's and ordnance stores required, and at the same
time meet the sudden and unexpected demands for the transportation of
large numbers of troops, the sick, &.c.
15. That an abundant supply of corn, and as much long forage as
could be found, was purchased by the quartermaster's department, and
deposited along the lines of the different rail roads for shipment to Corinth;
and when cars could be obtained, they were generally kept loaded with
such forage, ready to be attached to the passing trains.
16. That the rail roads were worked to their utmost capacity, but that
many cases occurred, where, from inability to transport them, the ears
found ready loaded with forage, were left by the passing trains on the
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side tracks of the rail roads, and thus detained or delayed in arriving at
their place of destination.
17. That all side tracks required for the efficient working of the dif¬
ferent rail roads were laid down by the quartermaster's department wher¬
ever found insufficient for the accommodation of the increased business
of the rail roads.
J8. That a competent military superintendent of the railroads (a major
in the quartermaster's department) was selected by the presidents of the
rail roads, and with their concurrence, appointed by General Beauregard,
to take upon himself the entire and exclusive control of all the army
transportation by rail road, under the immediate supervision of General
Beauregard, then commanding the forces.
19. That the quartermaster's department, whilst under the control of
Lieut. Colonel McLean, established, and had in successful operation
throughout the district of country under his charge, many and extensive
manufactories for the supply of the army with quartermaster's stores.
20. That hospitals were elected and otherwise supplied for the use of
the army, including that of the Mississippi, and were iu many instances
furnished and supplied from the stores of the quartermaster's department,
whilst under the control of Lieut. Colonel McLean.
21. That artesian wells were, under the direction of Lieut. Col. Mc¬
Lean, successfully bored at Corinth, to supply the army at that place
with water. .
22. That corrals were established by the quartermaster's department
of the Army of the Mississippi, in the rear of the army, for the disabled
and worn down public? animals, where they were in large numbers, pro¬
perly attended and successfully recruited for the .service.
23. That for ordinary purposes, a sufficient and permanent force e.
negro laborers was employed by the quartermaster's department for load¬
ing and unloading the cars at the rail road depots.
24. That in cases of emergency, sufficient assistance was obtained by
details from the army, upon the application of the parties desiring them,
as was the case of the post and ordnance department at the evacuation of
Corinth.
25. That there was a sufficient number of competent and efficient offi¬
cers of the quartermaster's department at all times at the rail road depot
at Corinth, to superintend and control the rail road transportation of the
army during the evacuation ot that place.
2(3. That the transportation operations on the occasion of the evacua¬
tion of Corinth, were expeditiously and successfully conducted by ener¬
getic and competent officers of the quartermaster's department, assigned
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to the special duty of superintending the transportation of ai'my stores
and troops from that place by rail.
27. That material aid was rendered by General Bragg and Several
members of his staff, and some members of the staff of General Beaure¬
gard, also by other officers, as well as by Col. Benton's regiment, and
other details from the army.
28. That there was no public property left in Corinth upon the evacu¬
ation of the place, except a few tents and broken wagons, some old har¬
ness, and some few shells and other ordnance stores; most of which pro¬
perty appears to have been damaged or condemned, or not worth the cost
of its transportation under the attending circumstances.
29. That there was a loss of a number of rail road engines and cars
loaded with army stores, upon the Memphis and Charleston rail road, on
the morning of the 30th of May 1862, occasioned by the burning of the
rail road bridges across the Hatchie and Tuscumbia rivers, in obedience
to specific orders given the officers in command at those bridges, to destroy
them at a certain hour.
30. That the quartermaster's department had no notice that the bridges
were to be destroyed; otherwise the trains lost might have been dis¬
patched in time to have passed the bridges, or turned down the Mobile
and Ohio rail road, and thus saved.
31. That there was a loss of a train of cars containing certain govern¬
ment property, at Booneville, whilst standing on the tracl£ of the Mobile
and Ohio rail road, on the morning of the 30th of May 1862, occasioned
by a raid of the enemy's cavalry, over which the quartermaster's depart¬
ment had no control.
32. That Lieut. Colonel McLean was, at one time during his adminis¬
tration of the quartermaster's department of the Army of the Mississippi
and other forced, afflicted with a disease, which was local, and not of a
nature permanently to disable him from attending to all the duties re¬
quired of him as chief of his department.
33. That with the exception of a few days' illness at Corinth, about a
week previous to the evacuation of that place, Lieut. Colonel McLean
was not unable, at any time while chief quartermaster of the army, to
attend to all the duties which were required of him, and that he did so
attend promptly to all the duties devolving upon him at the time.
34. That Lieut. Colonel McLean is shown by the evidence to have
been prompt, energetic, efficient, courteous and considerate in the dis¬
charge of his'duties as chief quartermaster of the army, successively un¬
der Generals Johnston, Beauregard and Bragg, and especially solicitous
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for the welfare and success of the department entrusted to his charge,
and for which he was responsible.
OPINION OF THF. COURT.
It is the opinion of this Court, that from the facts elicited in the investi¬
gation of the conduct of the quartermaster's department of the Army of
the Mississippi, whilst under the control of Lieut. Colonel, then Major
Eugene E. McLean, it appears that the department was managed with
all the energy, efficiency, forethought and success which could have been
expected under the difficult circumstances attending the sudden concen¬
tration of our armies; the unexpected occupation by the enemy of our
principal fields of supply ; the scarcity of the means of field transporta¬
tion ; the inability to obtain forage within reasonable reach of the army
by means of wagon transportation; the failure or inability of the rail
roads of the country to transport from a distance, when/purchased, forage
to the army; the closing of the great markets of New Orleans, Memphis
and Nashville; the interference by agents of other branches of the ser¬
vice, with the departments of purchases of forage, aud of transportation,
under Lieut. Colonel McLean; the original scarcity throughout the
country of all supplies needed; the continuance of such scarcity in con¬
sequence of the existing blockade of the ports of the Confederacy; and
the inexperience of nearly all quarterpiasters' agents in the beginning of
the war.
It further appears from the evidence, that in the arduous duties attend¬
ing the evacuation of Corinth hv the Confederate Aruty under Genera!
Beauregard, the quartermaster's department was fully represented J>v
able and efficient, officers, present at the rail road depot day and night,
and to their activity and judgment is the successful removal of the public
stores, for which the quartermaster's department was responsible at that
place, mainly attributable. That the quartermaster's department during
the, day and night preceding the evacuation was efficiently aided by the,
, personal exertions of General Bragg and several members of his and
General Bcaurqgurd's staff, aud by the exertions of Col. Benton's regi¬
ment, together with other details from the army.
It also appears from the evidence, that the evacuation of Corinth, so far
as the quartermaster's department was concerned, was a complete military
success, and that although so short a time was allowed to remove the
stores, but little property was lost, and that hut of small value, being
mostly worthless or condemned stores. The severe losses of the engines
and cars, together with the public property contained in the latter, de-
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sfcroyed on the morning of the evacuation on the Hatehie and Tuscumbia
bridges, on the Memphis and Charleston rail road, by our troops, and on
the Mobile and Ohio rail road, at Booneville, by a. raid of the enemy's
cavalry, are shown from the evidence to be, in no way attributable to the
quartermaster's department.
The Court is also of opinion, that the investigation has further shown,
that in the conduct of the department committed to his charge, Lieut.
Col. McLean was prompt, energetic and efficient in the discharge of ail
the duties of his office whilst chief quartermaster of the army, and that,
whilst in the execution of those duties, his instructions to and teachings
of his subordinates, contributed much to the success attendant on their
exertions, and to the introduction and maintenance of the proper system
and order in the various branches of the department entrusted to his
supervision and control
III The Court of Enquiry, of which Col. M. Lewis Clark was presi¬
dent, is hereby dissolved.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, June 12, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, )
No. 82. S
The second section of the act entitled an act to organize Partizan
.Rangers, provides that sach Partizan Rangers, after being regularly re¬
ceived into service, shall be entitled to the same pay, rations and quarters,
during their term of service, and be subject to the same regulations as
other soldiers. The irregularities reported to this department as having
been committed by such corps, renders it proper that these corps shall be
placed under stricter regulations than those heretofore adopted. The
Generals commanding the departments in which they are serving, are
hereby authorized to combine them into battalions and regiments, with
the view to bringing them under the same regulations as other soldiers,
in reference to their discipline, position and movements; and the same
officers will recommend any further measures for their organization as an
integral portion of their commands, as will in their opinion promote their
efficiency and the interests of the service. The General of the depart¬
ment will recommend field officers for the organizations that may be
n&de, to be submitted for the consideration of the President. Such par¬
tizan corps as are serving within the enemy's lines, are for the present
excepted from this order.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector GcncraL
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, June 13, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 83. 5
I. At a General Court Martial, convened at Shelbyvillo, Tennessee, by
virtue of General Orders, No. 63, Marchil6, 1863, from the Adjutant and
Inspector General's^office, Richmond, was arraigned and tried:
^ Major General John P. McCoun, 0. A. C. S., on the following Charge
and Specification:
Charge, - Conduct to the prejudice of good
order and military discipline.
Specification ]—In this, that Major General John P. McCoun, P. A. C.
8., being in command of a division serving with " Army of Tennessee,"
did, without authority, order, through his staff ofiicer, Major Bradford,
Assistant Adjutant General, Capt. Olhson, A. C. S., 4th Ark. Regiment,
" to go to Charleston, S. C. and such other points as may be necessary,"
when the said Major General John P. McCoun, P. A. C. S., knew that
such details were not authorized. All this at Shelbyville, Tennessee, on
or before the 3d day of February 1863.
Specification 2—In this, that Major General John P. McCoun, P. A. C.
8., commanding division, did, through his Assistant Adjutant General,
Major Bradford, issue the said order to Major Olhson, A. C. S., 4th Ark.
Regiment, to proceed to Charleston, S. C. and other points, when he the
said Major General John P. McCoun, P. A. C. S., had but a short time
previous received and acknowledged the receipt of an official communi¬
cation from the Commanding General of Department No. 2, requiring an
explanation in regard to his detailing officers and enlisted men to go from
his (McCoun's) division, out of the lines of the army. All this at Shel¬
byville, Tennessee, on or about the 3d day of February 1863.
II. Finding and Sentence of the Court.
After maturely considering the evidence adduced, the Court find the
accused, Major Geneial John P. McCoun, P. A. C. S., as follows, to wit:
Of the 1st Specification, - Guilty.
Of the 2d Specification, . . - Not Guilty.
Of the Charge, - Guilty.
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And do sentence him to be suspended from all rank, pay and emolu¬
ments for the space of six months; and that he be reprimanded in Gene¬
ral Orders, by the officer reviewing the proceedings of this Court.
III. The proceedings, findings and sentence in the foregoing case hav¬
ing been submitted to the Secretary of War, to be laid before the Prest-
dent, and having been duly considered, the same are approved, and the
sentence of the Court will be carried into effect. Major General John P.
McCoun i§ therefore suspended from rank, pay, emoluments and com¬
mand for six months from this gfete.
IV. The General Court Martial^convened by General Orders, No. 63,
Adjutant and Inspector General's office, and of which Major General Jt
M. Withers is president, is hereby dissolved.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General,
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, June 15, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS,)
No. 84. I
I. Ordnance officers on duty in the field do not form a part of the per¬
sonal staff of the Commanding General.
II. Chiefs of Ordnance of Armies and Departments will be assigned
by the War Department, and will not be removed, except on orders
through the Adjutant and Inspector General's of&ce.
III. Other Ordnance officers will continue to serve with the commands
to which they axe attached until relieved by orders from the head quar¬
ters of the army or department in which they are serving. Copies of
orders assigning or relieving Ordnance officers will be forwarded to the
Chief of the Ordnance Bureau at Richmond.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, June 16, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. '85. 5
I. The following Act of Congress, and the Regulations adopted by the
Department in pursuance thereof, are published for the information of all
concerned:
an act to establish a nitre and mining bureau.
"SECT. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States do enact, That the
officers authorized and appointed under the act entitled an act for the or¬
ganization of a corps of officers for the working of nitre cayes, &c., passed
April 11,1862, together with such additional officers as are authorized by
the provisions of this act, shall constitute an independent bureau of the
War Department, to be entitled ' The Nitre and Mining Bureau.'
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said bureau shall have charge of
all the duties prescribed in the second section of said act, and shall
sides be charged with all duties and expenditures connected with the
mining of iron, cBpper, lead, coal, &c., so far as it shall be deemed ne¬
cessary to supply the military necessities of the country; and the super¬
intendent thereof shall, under the Secretary of War, have full power to
make such leases of real estate and purchases of fixtures as are necessary
' or appurtenant to any mines it may be deemed expedient to open or work
on government account; and may also contract, subject to the approval
of the Secretary of War, for such supplies, by purchase or otherwise, of
all copper, lead, iron, coal, zinc, and such other minerals as may be re¬
quired for the prosecution of the war.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That said bureau shall consist of one
Lieutenant Colonel as superintendent; three Majors as assistant superin¬
tendents; six Captains and ten "Lieutenants, in which shall be included
the officers of the present nitre corps, who shall have the same pay and
allowances prescribed for officerS^of cavalry of the same grades." [Ap¬
proved April 22, 1863. ]
II. The Secretary of War is of opinion that it is necessary to accu¬
mulate supplies of iron, in the various military departments, for the repair
of rail roads, the manufacture of arms, munitions and materials of war,
and for the operations of the quartermaster's, ordnance and engineer de-
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partments, and that experience has shown that the necessary supply can¬
not be obtained try purchase. Impressment, therefore, according to the
act of Congress relating to impressments, has become necessary to se¬
cure a supply. It is ordered that all impressments that may he made of
iron for this purpose, shall be conducted by the chiefs of the quartermas¬
ter's,* ordnance, engineer and nitre and mining bureaux, or by officers de¬
signated by them, who shall in every instance communicate to the owner
the necessity that exists for the use of the property, the disposition of the
officers to purchase the same, and an offer to purchase it at a price to he
ascertained, in accordance with the act relating to impressments, if the
parties cannot agree upon the same.
III. And whereas the existing necessity for iron in the departments
aforesaid, and for the good of the public service is such, that all practica¬
ble measures must be taken to secshre an adequate supply, it is farther
ordered, that whenever it may become necessary to secure the full product
of any mine or manufactory, that the same shall be Worked for the sole
benefit of the government of the Confederate States. It shall be compe¬
tent to the chief of either of the departments aforesaid to lease or purchase
the same; and in case that the lease or purchase is impracticable, then
tj^ey are authorized to impress the same for the use of the Confederate"
States during the war, or while such necessity shall continue.
IV. That proceedings under these orders will be conducted under the
4th section of the act concerning impressments, and in pursuance of the
directions contained in paragraph I.
By order.
S. COOPEK,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, June 22, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 86. I
Whereas, there have been a number of applications to this department
for authority to raise companies for local defence and special service, and
for instructions as to the method by which such organizations may be
made and the privileges they may claim, the department has adopted the
following regulations on the subject:
I. Companies, battalions and regiments composed of persons not with¬
in the age of conscription (18 and 40), will be accepted as volunteers
throughout the Confederacy, under the act of August 21st,' 1861 (No.
229), for local defence and special service.
II. The organization of corps for local defence must conform to that
prescribed for companies, battalions and regiments of the provisional
army. The minimum number for a company of infantry of 64 rank and
file, and for cavalry 60. Battalions must consist of not less than five
companies, and regiments of ten. Artillery is not desirable. Members
of cavalry companies must furnish their own horses, but will receive
forty cents per day for their use while in actual service.
III. The muster roll of all such organizations shall specify that the
said organizations are raised under this act, and subject to these regula¬
tions, and contain a description of the volunteer as to age, residence and
date of enlistment, and the term of enlistment for the war.
IV. Such organizations will not be considered as in actual service, for
the purpose of receiving pay or subsistence, except when called for by
the President. A
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V. They will not be called for until a necessity arises for service.
They shall not be required to go l^yond the limits of the State to which
they belong.
VI. They are expected to serve when called out, only so long as the
emergency exists, and then to return to their ordinary pursuits until again
called.
VII. *kxms and equipments, when not possessed by the members, will,
to the extent necessary to supply, be furnished by the Confederate States.
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VIII. Should any of thein be captured, they shall be claimed as pri¬
soners of war, and ail the protection of the government will be extended
to them.
IX. Field officers of battalions and regiments to be organized, will be
appointed by the President, in accordance with the act aforesaid. Com¬
pany officers may be elected by the companies, or appointed, as the mem¬
bers may consent.
X. That these organizations will be preferred to and exempt their mem¬
bers from any call of militia.
XI. The commandant of any military post of the Confederate States,
the sheriff of any county, or the colonel commanding any militia regi¬
ment, or the judge or justice of any county or other court, may certify
and return the muster rolls, which must be sent to the Adjutant and In¬
spector General's office at Richmond, for acceptance.
XII. In the event of a call by the President, under the law of con¬
scription, on all between the ages of 40 and .45, those in said organiza¬
tions subject to such call will be liable to discharge or transfer.
For the information and guidance of those desirous of volunteering for
local defence, the law of August 21st, 1861, is hereto appended.
An Act to provide for Local Defence and Special Service.
" Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact,
That the President^be and he is hereby authorized to accept the services
of volunteers of such kind and on such proportion as he may deem ex¬
pedient, to serve for such time as he may prescribe, for the defence of
exposed places or localities, or such special service as he may deem ex¬
pedient.
Sec. 2. And such forces shall be mustered into the service of the Con¬
federate States for the local defence or special service aforesaid, the mus-»
ter roll setting forth distinctly the services to be performed; and the said
volunteers shall not be considered in actual service, until thereunto spe¬
cially ordered by the President; and^hey shall be entitled to pay or sub¬
sistence only for such time as they may be on duty under the orders of
the President, or by his direction.
. Sec. 3. Such volunteer forces, when so accepted and ordered into ser¬
vice, shall be organized in accordance with and subject to all the provi¬
sions of the act entitled»an act to provide for the public defence^approved
March 6th, 1861, and may be attached to such divisions, brigades, regi-
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merits or battalions as the President may direct; and when not organized
into battalions or regiments before being mustered into service, the Presi¬
dent shall appoint the field officers of the battalions or regiments, when
organized as such by him." [Approved August 21st, 1861.]
By order.
S. COOPER,
^Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector "General's Office,
Richmondv June 23, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, )
No. 87. 5
The following Forms for the enlistment of substitutes, and the dis¬
charge of soldiers presenting the same, will hereafter be observed :
(Duplicates.)
ARMY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES.
Application for discharge on account of having furnished a Substitute.
, of Captain Company ( ), of the Regi¬
ment of the Confederate States Army , was enlisted by , of
the Regiment of , at , on the day of
J 86—, to serve years, and not for the purpose of furnishing a sub¬
stitute. He was bom in , in the state of — , is years
of age, feet inches high, complexion, eyes,
:— hair, and by occupation when enlisted a .
I hereby certify that said soldier has furnished an able bodied man, well
clothed, in the person of , as his substitute, whom I am willing, to
receive, being satisfied that the substitute is not now liable to conscrip¬
tion, by reason of
Station:
Date:
Commanding Company.
I certify that I have carefully examined the said , and find him
sound, and in all respects fit for military service.
Surgeon P. A. C. S.
Discharged, this day of 186—, at .
Commanding Battalion or Regiment.
I hereby declare on oath that I am a resident of the state of , of
the Confederate States of America, and a citizen thereof; that I am
years of age; have not received from or paid to any agent money in-
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ducing me to enlist as a substitute, and am not a member of any com¬
pany whatever.
Sworn to before me, on this day of 186—.
J. P. or N. 'p
Approved:
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Commanding Regiment.
Head Quarters, ,
, 186—.
Discharge approved.
General Commanding.
SOLDIER'S DISCHARGE.
to all whom it may concern:
Know Ye, That , a of Captain Company,
Regiment of , who was enlisted the day of one
thousand eight hundred and , to serve , is hereby honora¬
bly discharged from the Army of the Confederate States,- by reason of..
his having furnished a substitute in the person of , a citizen of the
Confederate States of America, years of age, as shown by affidavit
•n file, who has been examined by a surgeon of the command; and found
duly qualified to perform the duties of a soldier. I certify that he is the.
only substitute received in the company during the present month, and
that the principal was not enlisted for the purpose of furnishing a sub¬
stitute.
Said was born in , in the state of , is years
of age, feet inches high, complexion, eyes
ham, and by occupation when enlisted a .
Given at , this — day of 186—.
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Commanding Regirpent.
Approved:
General Commanding Army (or Department).
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, June 24, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 88. 5
Operators on telegraph lines, established by military commanders for
military purposes, will be allowed payment for their services, not to ex¬
ceed the rate of compensation fixed and allowed by the Postmaster Gene¬
ral to the operators under his control.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adiutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, June 25, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 89. J
All discharges for disability will be held as conditional, dependent
upon the disability, and valid only during its continuance. If on exami¬
nation the disability is at any time found to have ceased, the holders will
be liable to conscription, to serve the unexpired terms of their enlist¬
ments. This regulation applies to substitutes, whether under or over the
age of conscription. Their services are due for the war, and the govern¬
ment should not be deprived of them, for what proves to be a temporary
disability.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General,
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, June 26, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 90. $
I. The senior officer of engineers, serving with an army in the field,
will be held responsible for the proper execution of all duties appertain¬
ing to his department; and the orders of the Commanding General re¬
lating to the engineer service, will be communicated through him, and he
will recommend to the General commanding, the assignments of junior
officers of engineers, to serve with corps, divisions and brigades. The
engineer officer of highest rank in each assignment, will receive the or¬
ders of his immediate commander, report to him whatever concerns the
engineer service, and communicate to him the orders he receives from the
senior engineer. He will also report to the senior engineer all his opera¬
tions, with sketches, drawings and maps for the information of {he Com¬
manding General, and for transmission to the Engineer^Bureau.
II. All officers of engineers, and employees under the Engineer De¬
partment, will communicate through the proper channels with the senior
engineer serving with the army in the field, he responsible to him for all
public funds and property in their hands, and receive his orders and
instructions. ^
- III. The duties of officers of engineers serving with the armies of the
Confederate States in the field, camp or cantonment, are as follows, viz :
To make reconnoissances and surveys of the sections of country occupied
by our force^, and as faf'" as possible, of the' country held by the edemy,
embracing all the information that can be obtained in reference to roads,
bridges, fords, topographical and military features, the character and di¬
mensions pf the water courses, the practicability of constructing fixed
and floating bridges, the extent of wooded and cleared lands, and the ca¬
pacity of the country to supply the general wants of the army; to make
detailed examinations and surveys of positions to be occupied for de¬
fensive purposes; tt> select the sites, and form plans, projects and esti¬
mates for all military works, defensive or offensive, viz: field forts, bat¬
teries, rifle pits, lines of infantry cover, military trenches, parallels, saps,
mines and other works of attack and siege; also, works for obstructing
rivers and harbors; to prepare such maps and plans as will give a full
knowledge of {he ground and proposed works, and submit the same to
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the Commanding General for his information and consideration, and for¬
ward, through the proper channels, copies of all reports, memoirs, esti¬
mates, plans, drawings and models relating to the duties above enumera¬
ted, to the Engineer Bureau at Richmond.
IV. The locations and plans for the works being thus determined, they
will be marked out on the ground by the engineers, who will indicate by
stakes, lines, profiles and other guides, the shape and dimensions of the
different parts, for the information and government of those who direct
the troops or laborers employed to do the work. When troops are de¬
tailed to construct temporary defences, they will be in all cases com¬
manded by their officers, who will see that the work is done in exact
conformity to the plans and directions of the officer of engineers, without
regard to rank.
V. When an officer of engineers is charged with directing an expedi¬
tion, or making a reconnoissance requiring the support of an escort, with¬
out having command of the troops, he will call on the commander of the
escort to move with, and extend to him all protection necessary to secure
.the success of the operation.
VI. Officers of, engineers will not assume, nor be ordered on any duty
beyond the line of their immediate profession, except by special order of
the President. In the operations of the armies of the Confederate States,
all that appertains to the science of civil -or military engineering will be
assigned by commanders to the officers of engineers serving with their
forces; and with them will rest the responsibility of a proper execution
of the works. The labor will be performed, if possible, by details,of
troops commanded by their officers: in other cases, by hired labor under
the control of overseers employed by the engineer officers.
VII. Officers of engineers will not be required to give other supervi¬
sion to the fatigue parties or laborers employed in the construction of
works, than is necessary to indicate, in a clear and distinct manner to
those direc ting the labor, their plans, and the character of the .work to be
done.
VIII. The senior officer* of engineers serving with a Commanding
General in the field, will transmit to the Engineer Bureau at Richmond
the reports, plans and journals called for by paragi-aph 478, Army Regu¬
lations.
By order.
8. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, June 27, 1863.
GENERAL OKDEKS, ?
No. 91. , ]
I. Before the Military Court attached to Lt. Gen. Longstreet's Corps,
■was arraigned and tried:
Lt. Col. C. C. Flowerree, 7th Virginia Infantry:
Charge—Drunkenness on duty.
(The Specification is omitted as unnecessary, j
Finding.
The Court do affirm the plea of the accused, and find him as follows,
vte:
Of the Specification, - - - - - Guilty.
Of the Charge, - - - - . - Guilty.
Sentence.
To be cashiered, and dismissed the service of the Confederate States.
Recommendation of the Court.
The undersigned, the members of the Military Court for the Depart¬
ment of Virginia and North Carolina, respectfully represent to Lieutenant
General Longstreet, and through him to the President, that they have
come to the judgment rendered in this case with reluctance. Though it
may be true that this Court is vested with all the powers possessed by
the Special Court of Enquiry, as it is termed, appointed by act of the
Confederate Congress, approved 21st April 1862, and vested therefore
with the discretion as to drunkenness in officers, possessed by that Court,
they yet are of the opinion that that Court possessed no discretion as to
the punishment of officers for drunkennes®' on duty." The 45th Ar¬
ticle of War prescribes that officers so offending shall be cashiered; and
as that article is pot repealed in terms, nor by necessary implication, in
the safd act of the 21 st April, they conceive that that article is still the
rule of punishment for such offences: but as before stated, they have
come to that conclusion with reluctance. Theyfind many inducements
to a milder sentence. They find that the season and the service were so
severe as to excuse to some extent the use of ardent spirits. They find
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that the " duty" upon which this officer was engaged was not such as to
require any special exercise of care, conduct or capacity; and they find
that he haS established a character which is abundant of promise to the
service and the state. For these reasons, therefore, they would have im¬
posed a milder sentence, and especially would not have deprived the Con¬
federacy of his further services in the line of his profession. But in the
absence, as they conceive, of such discretion, they can only commend
him to the clemency of the Executive, which they hope may be exercised
in such abatement of this sentence at least as will restore him to his
command.
II. The proceedings, finding and sentence in this case having been
laid before the Secretary of War, for the final order of the President, the
following decision has been rendered:
The view taken by the Court as to the effect of the 45th Article of War
in such cases as it provides for, is concurred in; and the proceedings,
finding and sentence of the Court are, therefore, approved. But in con¬
sideration of the recommendation of the Court, and Lieut. Gen. Long-
street, and of the gallantry and good character of Lieut. Col. Flowerree,
the sentence is remitted, and he will return to duty.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, June 29, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
N<h 92. J
I. The acts of Congress, passed on the 6th of April 1863, and dates
subsequent thereto, having provided the means of procuring army sup¬
plies, notice is hereby given to the people of the Confederate States and
to receiving officers, that from the date of this publication no more quar¬
termaster's supplies will be received under the appeal made by the Presi¬
dent, and the plan of the Secretary of War annexed' thereto.' All such
supplies collected or tendered prior to the time above referred to, will be
paid for at established rates. Hereafter supplies will be obtained, as far
as practicable, by purchase, and when necessary, by impressment; and
officers, when authorized to resort to impressment, will observe strictly
the requirements of law, and the General Orders of the War Department
and the regulations of. this office founded thereon.
II. That any officer who shall be authorized by the act of Congress
concerning impressments, ori under the regulations of this department
pursuant thereto, which have been or may hereafter be made, and who
has given the notice required by the same, shall have full power and au¬
thority to enter upon any property in which he shall have good reason to
suspect any of the articles of produce, gooc|g, merchandise, or other things
subject to impressment, may be stored or concealed, in order to obtain,
or secure the same: and if he shall have reason to believe that they are
stored or concealed in any dwelling house, storehouse or other building,
to which he is refused access, he may apply to any judge, justice of the
peace or commissioner of a Confederate court, for a warranto enter upon
the saiqe, upon oath of the facts, and describing the objects stored or con¬
cealed, and obtain a warrant to search for and secure the same; which
warrant shall only be executed in the day time and after a,demand of the
owner or occupant, if the owner or occupanf^hall then be inhabiting the
building aforesaid.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, June 30, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS,
No. 93.
Paragraph I, General Orders, No. 49, current series', is so amended that
the appraisement of deceased soldiers' clothing shall he made after it has
been washed and put in condition by the quartermaster, and will approxi¬
mate to the government prices or rates at which it was originally issued.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, July 4, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 94. S
Information having been received that Soldiers, absent Horn their com¬
mands without proper authority, aro employed by Officers in charge of
Government work, it is hereby directed that all such men be returned
immediately to their respective companies. Officers, who employ men
not regularly detailed, will, in every instance, be held answerable for the
offence before a -Court Martial.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, July 7, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 95. j
I. Before a General Court Martial, convened at the Camp of Brig.
Gen. Paxton, by virtue of General Orders, No. 128, of 1862, per Head
Quarters Department of Northern Virginia, was arraigned and tried:
Private M. Ricket, Company H, 27th Va. Infantry, on, the following
Charge:
Charge—Violation of the 52d Article of War.
finding.
Of the Specification, Guilty.
Of the Charge, Guilty.
sentence.
To be shot to death with musketry.
II. Before a General Court Martial, convened at" the Camp of Brig.
Gen. F. Lee's Brigade, by virtue of General Orders, No. 12, current se¬
ries, from Head Quarters Department of Northern Virginia, were ar¬
raigned and tried:
Privates Wm. G. Clarke and J. R. Humphreys, of Capt. Buathed's
Battery, Stuart's Horse Artillery, on the following Charge:
Charge—Violation of the 23d Article of War.
finding.
Of the Specification, Guilty.
Of the Charge, Guilty.
sentence.
To be shot to death with musketry.
III. Before a General Court Martial, convened at the Camp of Maj.
Gen. R. H. Anderson's Division, by virtue of General Orders, No. 133,
of 1862, per Head Quarters Department of Northern Virginia, was ar¬
raigned and tried:
Private John Q. Childres, Company G, 5th Fla. Regiment, on the
following Charge:
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. Charge—Violation of the 52d Article of War.
finding.
Of the Specification,
Of the Charge,
Guilty.
Guilty.
sentence.
To be shot to death with musketry.
IV. Before a General Court Martial, convened at Savannah, Ga., by
. virtue of General Orders, No. 61, current series, Head Quarters Depart¬
ment 8. C., Ga. and Fla., was arraigned and tried:
Private Henry Smith, Company E, 22d Battalion Ga. Artillery, on
the following Charge:
Charge—Violation of the 46th Article of Wax.
To be shot to death with musketry.
V. The proceedings in the cases of Privates M. Rieket, Company H,
27th Va. Infantry, William G. Clarke and J. R. Humphreys, of Capt.
Buathed's Battery, Stuart's Horse Artillery; lohn L. Childres, Company
G, 5th Fla. Regiment, and Henry Smith, Company E, 22d Battalion Ga.
Artillery, having been laid before the Secretary of War, for the decision
Of the President, the following orders are made thereon:
The several Articles of War, with the violation of which the above
named are respectively charged, neither prescribe any duty or define and
prohibit any offence. They simply pronounce punishments to be im¬
posed for certain offences. The charge of a violation of such articles is
too indefinite to justify punishment under it. The defect is fatal, and
vitiates the whole proceedings; which are therefore set aside. The par¬
ties will be released from close confinement, and returned to duty; and it
is hoped that their future conduct will be such as to prevent any regret
that they should have thus escaped the fate to which they were sentenced.
VI. Before a General Court Martial, convened at Shelbyville, Tenn.,
by Special Orders, No. 54, from Head Quarters Army of Tennessee, was
arraigned and tried:
finding.
Of the Specification,
Of the Charge,
Guilty.
Guilty.
sentence.
a
Assistant Surgeon W. T. Lockhart, P. A. C. S., on the following
Charge—Conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline.
Specification 1st—For that the said Asst. Surg. W. T. Lockhart, at the
Hospital of Withers' Division, in Shelbyville, Tenn., on the 26th day of
March 1863, did harshly and capriciously curse and abuse one Private
D. F. Halliburton, Company B, 12th Tenn. Regiment, he the said Halli¬
burton then and there being a sentinel on guard duty.
The other Specifications are omitted, being nearly the same as the first.
finding.
Of the 3d Specification of the Charge, Guilty,
except the words " discharging his duty."
Of the 2d Specification, . Guilty,
except the words " and knock down."
Of the 1st Specification, Guilty,
except the words " curse and."
Of the Charge, Guilty.
sentence.
To be dismissed the service.
VII. The proceedings <in the above case having been laid before the
Secretary of War, for the decision of the President, are approved; but in
consideration of the mitigating circumstances in the case, and the recom¬
mendations on file, the sentence of the Court is remitted, and AsBt. Surg.
Lockhart will return 'to duty.
VHI. Before the General Court Martial, convened at Richmond, Va.,
by virtue of Special Orders, No. 23, current series, Head Quarters De¬
partment of Henrico, was arraigned and tried:
Captain W. S. Reed, commanding the President's Guard, on the fok
lowing Charges:
Charge 1st—Conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.
Charge 2d—Violation of the 14th Article of War.
Charge 3d—Violation of the 42d Article of War.
Charge 4th—Violation of orders.
The Specifications are omitted, being numerous, and of meae detail.
Of the 1st Specification of the 1st Charge, Not Guilty.
Of the 2d Specification of the 1st Charge, Guilty.
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Of the 3d Specification of the 1st Charge, Guilty,
but attach no criminality thereto.
Of the 4th Specification of the 1st Charge, Guilty.
Of the 5th Specification of the 1st Charge, Not Guilty.
Of the 1st Charge, Not Guilty,
but guilty of unofficerlike and improper conduct.
Of the Specification of the 2d Charge, Not Guilty.
Of the 2d Charge, Not Guilty.
Of the Specification of the 3d Charge, Not Guilty.
Of the 3d Charge, Not (Guilty.
Of the 1st Specification of the 4th Charge, Guilty.
Of the 2d Specification of the 4th Charge, Guilty.
Of the 3d Specification of the 4th Charge, Guilty.
Of the 4th Charge, Guilty.
sentence.
To be dismissed the service.
IX. The proceedings in the above case having been laid before the
Secretary of War, for the decision of the President, are approved; but in
consideration of some mitigating circumstances, the sentence is com¬
muted to suspension from rank, pay and emoluments, for ten days.
X. Before the Military Court attached to Lieut. General Polk's Corps,
was arraigned and tried.:
Second Lieut. H. J. Ballentine, 47th Tenn. Regiment, on the fol¬
lowing Charge:
Charge—Violation of the 81st Article of War.
Specification—Charges that the accused did permit a number of pri¬
soners to leave the guard house, and go to their respective quarters to
sleep; which resulted in the escape of one of them.
finding.
Of the Specification, Guilty.
Of the Charge, Guilty.
sentence.
To be dismissed the service.
XI. The proceedings in this case having be^n laid before the Secretary
of War, for the decision of the President, are approved; but in conside¬
ration of the offence against military law, as shoWn by the evidence,
being in this case rather an indiscretion than a crime, and of the distin-
guished gallantry of Lieut. BallantSSe at the battles of Shiloh, Richmond,
Kentucky, and Murfreesboro', upon the recommendation of the Court, and
of his Commanding General, the sentence is remitted, and Lieut. Ballen-
tine will return to duty.
XII. Before a Military Court attached to Lieut. General W. J. Hardee's
Corps, was arraigned and tried:
First Lieut. Israel P. Guy, 16th Ala. Regiment^ on the fqllowing
Charges:
Charge 1st—Desertion.
- Specification—In this, that Israel P. Guy, First Lieutenant Captain
Netherford's Company E, 16th Ala. Regiment, having received pay from
the Confederate States, did, on or about the 23d day of December 1862,
at Triune, Tenn., obtain leave to go, and was sent to the hospital at Chat¬
tanooga, Tenn., but instead of reporting to the hospital at Chattanooga,
Tenn., went to his home in Franklin county, Ala., and! did not return
until the 29th day of March 1863.
Charge 2d—Conduct prejudicial to good qrder and military dis¬
cipline.
The Specification is omitted, being substantially the same as tKat to the
first Charge.
finding.
Of the Specification of the 1st Charge, Guilty.
Of the 1st Charge, Not Guilty
of desertion, but guilty of absence without leave.
Of the Specification of the 2d Charge* Guilty.
Of the 2d Charge, Guilty.
sentence.
To be dismissed the service.
XIII. The proceedings in this case having been laid before the Secre¬
tary of War, for the decision of the President, are approved; but in con¬
sideration of the recommendation of his brother officers and of the Com¬
manding General, and their testimony to his previous good conduct, the
sentence of dismissal from the service is remitted, but not the forfeiture
of pay and allowances during the term of his unauthorized absence.
XIV. At a General Court Martial, convened at the Head Quarters of
Major General R. H. Anderson's Division, by virtue of General Orders,
No. 133, of 1862, Department of Northern Virginia, was arraigned and
tried:
Private Grif. N unnally, Company C, 41st Va Regiment, on the
following Charge:
Charge—Desertion.
The Specification is omitted.
To be shot to death with musketry.
XV. The proceedings in the above case having been laid before the
President, the following is his decision:
That in consideration of facts appearing in the papers submitted on
the appeal for a commutation of the sentence, the sentence is commuted
to confinement with ball and chain, to be kept at hard labor, with only
the necessary allowances, and without pay, until the expiration of his
term of service.
finding.
Of the Specification,
Guilty
Guilty.
Of the Charge,
sentence.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, July 8, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No.- 96. J
\
I. Soldiers not deemed subjects for discharge under paragraph IV,
General Orders, No. 69, current series, because of their being fit for ser¬
vice in the staff departments of the army, will be recommended by the
Board of Examiners to the General commanding the department or army,
for detail in the Medical Department, as nurses, guards, &c., to relieve,
as far as practicable, able bodied soldiers fit for duty in fhe field; or if
specially fit for duty in another staff department, they will be recom¬
mended for detail in such department.
II. Soldiers detailed under these provisions will, when fit for field duty,
be relieved and sent to their commands.
III. Paragraph X, General Orders, No. 69, current series, having in
some instances been evaded, is so faq^pmended as to prohibit medical
officers from extending leaves of absence to officers or furloughs to men.
They can only certify to the disability, and recommend such extensions.
IV. Commutaticfa for rations to men upon furlough, will not be paid
until they rejoin their commands.
V. Rations will be issued to discharged men delayed at way hospitals.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, July 9, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 97. $
I. Before a General Court Martial, convened at the Camp of Major
General R. H. Anderson's Division, by virtue of General Orders, No. 133,
of 1862, from Head Quarters Department of Northern Virginia, was ar¬
raigned and tried
Private C. Edgeworth, Company E, 3d Ga. Regiment, upon the
following Charges:
(Sharge 1st—Violation of the 52d Article of War.
Charge 2d—Disobedience of orders.
(The Specifications being lengthy, are omitted.)
finding.
Of the Specification of the 1st Charge,
Of the 1st Charge,
Of the Specification of the 2d Charge,
Of the 2d Charge,
sentence.
To be shot to death with musketry.
The proceedings in the above case having been laid before the Secre¬
tary of War, for the decision of the President, the following order is made:
The 1st Charge is improperly stated to be, " Violation of the 52d Article
of War." In consideration of which, and of affidavits tending to explain
the circumstances which led to his conviction, and the petition of the
non-commissioned officers and privates of his company, of the officers
of his regiment, and the commanding officer of his division, bearing tes¬
timony to the gallantry displayed by Private Edgeworth at Malvern Hill,
where he was wounded, and at the second battle of Manassas, the sen¬
tence is remitted.
Private Edgeworth will be released from confinement, and returned to
duty.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Guilty.
Guilty.
Guilty.
Guilty.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richtfwnd, July 20, 18G3.
GENERAL ORDERS,?
No. 98. J
I. All white male residents of the Confederate States, between the
ages of eighteen and forty-five, not exempted by law, and not already in
the service, will be enrolled. Persons liable to enrollment may be en¬
rolled wherever they may be found.
II. The 1st paragraph of General Orders, No. 86, current series, is so
amended as to read as follows:
" Companies, battalion&'and regiments composed of persons not within
the age of conscription (eighteen and forty-five), will be accepted as
volunteers, throughout the Confederacy, under the act of August 21st,
1861, No. 229, for local defence and special service." Those persons be¬
longing to such organizations, who are of conscript age, and neither ex¬
empted by law nor? already in the service, will be discharged and reported
to the bureau of conscription for enrollment.
ill. The following regulation will be in addition to thoso heretofore
published in regard to substitutes:
Hereafter every person furnishing a substitute in accordance with exist¬
ing regulations, shall become liable to and bo immediately enrolled for
military duty, upon the loss of the services of the substitute furnished
by him, from any cause other than the casualties of war.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, July 21, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 99. 5
I. The following schedules of prices for articles named therein, adopted
by commissioners appointed pursuant to law, for the State of Virginia,
are announced for the information of all concerned; and the special atten¬
tion of officers and agents of the government is directed thereto:
Richmond, July 18, 1863,
Hon. Jas. A. Seddon, Sec\y of JVar :
Sir.:
The commissioners appointed under section 5th of the bill
recently passed by the confederate congress, regulating impressments,
being required to agree upon and publish a schedule of prices every two
months, or oftener, if they should deem it proper, in accordance with the
foregoing requisition, we respectfully lay before you the following sche¬
dules of prices, marked A and B, for the ensuing month. Owing to the
difficulty of obtaiiSng satisfactory information as to pork, we have post¬
poned the appraisement till our next assessment.
Mr. William B. Harrison was again invited to act as third commis¬
sioner ; and it is proper to add that the schedules of appraisement re¬
ceived the unanimous approval of the commissioners.
The following schedules present the^naximum prices to be paid for the
articles appraised at all cities and usual* places of sale, and when im¬
pressed elsewhere, the same prices are to Unpaid elsewhere, less the cost
of transportation to the city, or usual place of sale to which the article
would go ordinarily for sale from that neighborhood, or less the cost of
transportation tq^the point at which the government needs the article,
and wishes it to be sent: provided, that in no case the amount deducted
for transportation as above, shall exceed 25 cents per bushel for grain,
and 25 cents per cwt. for long forage, flour, bacon, iron, &.c. In addi¬
tion to the established price of transportation, the government to pay all
legal tolls; and where farmers cannot procure nails for baling forage,
government to furnish the same at cost, which will be deducted from the
established price of baling:
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Schedule A.
QUALITY.
DESCRIPTION
1 Wheat,
2 Flour,
3 Corn,
4 Un shelled eorn,
5 Corn meal,
6 Rye,
7 Cleaned oats,
8 Wheat bran,
9 Shorts,
10 Brown stuff,
11 Ship stuff,
12 Bacon,
13 Salt pork,
14 Lard,
15 Horses,
16 Wool,
17 Wool,
18 Peas,
19 Beans,
20 Potatoes,
21 Do.
22 Onions,
23 Dried peaches,
24 Do.
25 Dried apples,
26 Hay, baled,
27 Hay, baled,
28 Hay, unbaled,
29 Sheaf oats, baled,
30 " " unb'd,
31 Blade fodder,baled,
32 " " unb'd,
33 Shucks, baled,
34 " unbaled,
35 Wheat straw,
36 " " unb'd,
37 Pasturage,
38
39
40
41
42
43 Salt,
44 Soap,
45 Candles,
46 Vinegar,
47 Whiskey,
48 Sugar,
49 Molasses,
50 Bice,
51 Coffee,
52 Tea,
53 Vinegar,
54 Pig iron,
55 "
56
Prime,
Good,
Prime,
Good,
Prime,
Good,
First class,
Fair,
Good,
Good,
Superior,
First rate,
Good, a?
Superior,
First rate,
Good,
White,
Superfine,
White,
Hog round,
Artillery, Ac.
Washed,
Unwashed,
Irish,
Sweet,
Pealed, •
Unpealed,
Pealed,
Timothy
or cloyer,
Orchard or
herd grass,
Orchard or
herd grass,
Indlrior,
Near cities,
Tallow,
Cider,
Trade,
Brown,
New Orleans,
Rio,
Trade,
Manufactured,
No. 1 quality,
No. 2
No. 3
Per bus. of 60 lbs.
bbl. of 196 lbs.
bus. of 56 lbs.
28
37
pound,
Av'ge price per head.
Per pound,
" bus. of 60 lbs.
" " 60 "
" 60 "
" " 60 "
»" " 60 "
38 "
" " 38 "
ii i» og "
" 100 pounds,
" 100
" 100
" 100
" 100
" 100
" 100
" 100
" 100
" 100
" 100
" head per month,
bus. of 50 lbs.
pound,
gallon,
pound,
gallon,
pound,
gallon,
ton,
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Schedule A—Continued.
ARTICLES.
QUALITY.;
DESCRIPTION.
QUANTITY.
PRICE.
57 Bloom iron,
Good,
Per ton,
$180 00
58 Smith's iron,
Round plate
and bar,
<. «
380 80
59 Leather,
"
Harness,
" pound,
2 60
60
"
Sole,
2 40
61
"
Upper,
it it
2 80
62 Beef cattle.
"
Gross weight,
" 100 pounds,
" 100
16 00
63 "
Superior,
* ,18 00
64 "
First rate,
" "
" 100
S(A20 00
65 Sheep,
Fair,
Per head,
_
'*30 00
66 Army woolen cl'th,
4 50
% yd.
Good,
10 oz. per yd.
" yard,
67 Army woolen cl'th,
"
Pro rata as to
greater or less
Width or weight.
68 Army woolen cl'th,
9 00
6-4 yd.
20 oz. per yd.
Per yard,
69 Army woolen cl'th,
Pro rata as to
greater or less
Width or'weight.
70 Flannels, J,
"
6 oz. per yd.
'Per yard,
3 00
71 Cotton shirting, |,
72 " " h
"
4J yds. to lb.
42
"
3| yds. to lb.
50
73 " sheet'gs, 4-4,
"
3 yds. to lb.
60
74 " oznab'gs, J,
"
6 oz. per lb.
it a
60
75 " " J,
"
8 oz. per lb.
it it
70
76 " drills, f,
"
3 yds. to lb.
(i <<
70
77 Cot. shirt'g stripes,
"
3 yds. to lb.
li il
70
78 Cotton tent cloths,
"
10 oz. to yd.
ti It
87
70 " warps,
"
-
" pound,
1 63
80 Army shoes,
"
-
" pair,
" pound,
10 00
81 Shoe, thread,
82 Wool socks for
"
-
2 00
men,
"
-
" pair,
1 25
E. W. Hubard.
Rob't Gibboney.
Wm. B. Harrison.
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Schedule B.—Hire of Labor, Teams, Wagons and Drivers.
1 Baling long forage, ...
2 Shelling and bagging corn, sacks fur¬
nished by government,
.15 Hauling,
4 Hauling grain,
5 Hire of two-horse team, wagon and
driver, rations furnished by owner, -
6 Hire of same, rations furnished by the
government* ...
7 Hire of four-horse team, wagon and
driver, rations furnished by owner, -
8 Hire of same, rations furnished- by the
government, - - -
9 Hire of six-horse team, wagon and driver,
rations furnished by owner,
10 Hire of same, rations furnished by the
government, - -
11 Hire of laborer, rations furnished by
owner, - -
12 Hire' of same, rations furnished by the
government, ...
115 Hire of same, rations furnished by
owner, -
14 Hire of same, rations furnished by the
government, -
Per 100 pounds,
56
cwt. pet mile,
bus. "
day,
day, . -
day,
day,
day,
day,
day,
month,
month,
E. W. Hurard.
Kqb't Gibboney.
Wm. B. Harrison.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, July S3, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, )
No. 100. S
I. Before a General Court Martial, convened in the City, of Richmond,
by virtue of Special Orders, No. 23, current series, from Head (garters
Department of Henrico, was arraigned and tried:
Private Z. M. Kent, 3d Company, Battalion of Washington Artillery,
on the following charges:
Charge 1st'—Violation of the 20th Article of War.
Charge 2d—Violation of the 52d Article of War.
finding.
Of the Specification of the l6t Charge, Guilty.
Of the 1st Charge, Guilty.
Of the Specification of the 2d Charge, Guilty.
Of the 2d Charge, Guilty.
sentence.
To confinement at hard labor for two years, in such penitentiary as
may be designated by the Commander of the Department of Henrico,
and to close confinement until such designation is made.
The proceedings in the foregoing case having been laid before the
Secretary of War, for the decision of the President, the following order
is made:
Neither the 20th nor the 52d Article of War prescribes any duty to be
performed or any act to be avoided, but simply announce punishments
to be inflicted for certain offences. The charges are improperly laid.
The proceedings are therefore set aside. Private Z. M. Kent will be re¬
leased and returned to duty.
II, Before a General Court Martial, convened at Chattanooga, Tennes¬
see, by virtue of Special Orders, No. 69, from Head Quarters Army of
Tennessee, was arraigned and tried:
Capt. G. D. Mitchell, A. Q. M., upon the following Charges, viz:
Charge 1st—Conduct to the prejudice of good order and military
discipline.
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Specification 1st—In this, that he the said Capt. G. D. Mitchell, A. Q
'M. (hospital Q. M. at Ringgold, Ga.), failed to supply wood for the use
of the hospitals at Ringgold, Ga. All this at or near Ringgold, Ga., be¬
tween the 12th October and 20th November 1862.
Specification 2d—In this, that he the said Capt. G. D. Mitchell, A. Q.
M. (hospital Q. M. at Ringgold, Ga.), failed to procure negroes as ser¬
vants for the hospitals at Ringgold, Ga., either by hiring or impressing, as
required by an order from Gen. Bragg; which states, " that if negroes
canno^be hired, they must be pressed into service—free as well as slaves."
All this at or near Ringgold, Ga., between the 20th day of August 1862
and the 15th January 1863.
Charge 2d—Absence without leave.
Specification 1st—In this, that he the said Capt. G. D. Mitchell, A. Q.
M. (hospital Q. M. at Ringgold, Ga.), did absent himself from his post,
without authority, for three days. All this at or near Ringgold, Ga., be¬
tween the 7th October and the 12th October 1862.
Specification 2d—In this, that he the said Capt. G. D. Mitchell, A. Q.
M. (hospital Q. M. at Ringgold, Ga.), did absent himself from his post,
without authority, for two days. All this at Ringgold, Ga., between the
23d and 26th December 1662.
Charge 3d—Conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.
Specification 1st—In this, that the said Capt. G. D. Mitchell, A. Q. M.,
Was drunk in the streets of Ringgold, Ga., on or about the 16th November
1862.
Specification 2d—In this, that the said Capt. G. D. Mitchell, A. Q. M.,
"did walk through the streets of Ringgold, Ga., using profane language,
and declaring that he could whip any man who had any thing against
him, or words to that effect.
Specification 3d—In this, that the said Capt. G. D. Mitchell, A. Q. M.,
did make charges and statements to Surgeon A. J. Ford, P. A. C. S., in
writing, hereto annexed, against Surgeon Francis Thornton, P. A. C. S.,
all of which are false. All this at Ringgold, Ga., on or about from the
16th to the 19th day of November 1862.
finding.
Of the 1st Specification of . 1st Charge,
but attach no criminality thereto.
Of the 2d Specification of the 1st Charge,
hut attach no criminality thereto.
Of the 1st Charge.
Guilty,
Guilty,
Not Guilty.
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Of the 1st Specification of the 2d Charge,
Guilty.
Of the 2d Specification of the 2d Charge,
Guilty.
Of the 2d Charge,
Guilty.
Of the 1st Specification of the 3d Charge,
Not Guilty.
Of the 2d Specification of the 3d Charge,
Guilty.
Of the 3d Specification of the 3d Charge,
Guilty,
except as to the words " all of."
Of tha_3d Charge,
Guilty.
To be cashiered.
The proceeding's in the above case having been laid before the Secre¬
tary of War, for the order of the President, the following decision is made :
The conduct of Capt. G. P. Mitchell, as exhibited .by the record, was
certainly reprehensible, but does not seem to have justified the finding
and sentence.
Conduct may be prejudicial to good order and military discipline, ani
deserve punishment, even to the extent of dismissal, without being1 scan¬
dalous or disgraceful, as is implied by the description " unbecoming an
■officer and a gentleman."
The sentence is remitted.
III. Before the Military Court attached to the command of General
Beauregard, was arraigned and tried:
Capt. J. J. Magcire, Company II, Aiken's Kegimeut Partisan Bangers,
on the following Charges:
Charge 1st—Conduct highly unofficerlike and prejudical to good
order and military discipline.
Charge 2d—Knowingly making a false muster.
Of the 1st Specification of the 1st Charge, Guilty.
Of the 2d Specification of the 1st Charge, Guilty.
Qf the 1st Charge, Guilty.
Of the Specification of the 2d Charge, Guilty.
Of the 2d Charge, Guilty.
sentence.
To be cashiered.
The proceedings in the above case having been laid before the Secre¬
tary of War for the final order of the President, the following decision is
made thereon:
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That in consideration of the inexperience of Capt. Maguire in matters
of military detail, and of his good character, on the recommendation of
the members of the Military Court, before whom he was tried, and of his
commanding officer, the sentence is remitted, and lie will be released from
arrest and return to duty.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General,
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Mchmond, July 25, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS,
No. 101.
I. Before the Military Court attached to the Corps of Lieut. Gen.
Ewell, was arraigned and tried:
Lieut. J. B. Countiss, 21st Geo. Regiment, on the following Charges:
Charge 1st—Drunkenness on duty.
Charge 2d—Conduct to the prejudice of good order and military
discipline.
. Of the Specification of the 1st Charge, Guilty.
Of the 1st Charge, Guilty.
Of the Specification of the 2d Cflhrge, Guilty.
Of the 2d Charge, Guilty.
^sentence.
To be cashiered.
II. The proceedings in the above case having been laid before the Se¬
cretary of War, for the decision of the President, are approved; but in
consideration of the recommendation of the ofBcers of his regiment, and
the brigade, division and departmental cpmmanders, and their testimony
to the previous good conduct of the accused, and their assurance that a
repetition of the offence is not to be expected, the sentence is remitted, and
Lieut. Countiss will resume his «word.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, July 26, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS,
No. 102.
I. General Orders, No. 36, current series, is hereby revoked.
II. The Superintendent of the Nitre and Mining Bureau is authorized
to pay, from the funds appropriated for the expenses of said bureau, the
actual traveling expenses of officers of the same 6n duty, under orders,
in lieu of any commutation for the time, of rations and forage.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, July 27, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS,
No. 103.
I. When the supply of salt is adequate, and fresh meat is issued oftener
than thrice a week, the salt ration will be fixed at three quarts to the hun¬
dred rations.
IL Commanding officers have no authority. to alter or fix the ration
established by the Secretary of War.
III. Quartermasters at supply depots will respect the requisitions,
made by quartermasters receiving taxes in kind, for grain sacks.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector general.
Adjutant and Inspector Gene bull's Qffice,
Richmond, July 28, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, )
No. 104. J
I. Officers of engineer troops having been selected for appointment,
with special reference to their qualifications as engineers, will he respected
as such, and their duties, when serving in the field, camp or cantonment,
will embrace all that are enumerated in paragraph III, General Orders,
No. 90, current series, "as the duties of officers of engineers serving with
armies of the Confederate States."
II. On the march engineer troops will serve as pioneers, constructing
and repairing roads and bridges, and removing impediments to the ad¬
vance of our forces, or delaying the enemy, by breaking up roads, de¬
stroying bridges, and otherwise obstructing his communications. They
will also be employed in making rapid reconnoissances and surveys of
the country occupied or marched over by the army ^ preparing sketches
and maps of the roads and topographical features; laying out camps, and
entrenching military positions'. During battle they will be held in re¬
serve, and used as circumstances may demand, either in their special
duties, or as infantry. Under the command of their officers, they may
he employed in the construction of ovens for baking bread, and other
works requiring mechanical skill, but not on mere police duty, or the like,
unless connected immediately with their own organization: nor are they
to be employed altogether on mere fatigue service—but, once instructed
in the duties of the enginfeer soldier, they will be frequently employed in
laying out works, and also in aiding and directing the labors of other
troops detailed for their construction.
III. Whenever practicable, engineer troops will be drilled and in¬
structed in the duties of engineer soldiers, by battalions and regiments—
and to this end, all the companies serving with an army will he habitually
kept together: but 6uch temporary assignments of companies to divisions
or otherwise, will be made by the Commanding General, as will, in his
judgment, best comport with the interests of the service. The Ordnance
department will furnish light arms to these troops; but until they can be
supplied, infantry muskfets will be used. Entrenching tools and other
implements will be issued by the Engineer department.
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IV. Each company of the engineer troops shall be provided by the
.Quartermaster's department with at least two wagons and teams of four
animals each, lor transportation of company equipage, entrenching tools
and other implements; one ambulance or other light vehicle, with a team
of two horses, for carrying surveying instruments, stationery, maps,
drawing boards and otbfer fixtures; and twelve additional horses, with
saddles, bridles and harness, to be used by the officers and non-commis¬
sioned officers in1 making rapid examinations of country, or for hauling
materials needed for prompt repair and construction of bridges, roads and
other works.
V. When officers of the corps of engineers and of engineer troops are
engaged on the same service, the senior officer present shall control in
all questions relating to the location and construction of defences, and to
engineering works generally connected with the army, unless for special
reasons it be decided otherwise by the commanding officer: but should
the recommendations and plans of a junior officer be adopted, the direc¬
tions of the commander will not be communicated through him to the
senior" engineer officer, whether of the corps or troops, but through the
usual channel of orders. Officers of the corps of engineers will not
assume the command of engineer troops. In all cases they will be
under the command of their own officers.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, July 29, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 105. J
I. The following act and regulations are published for (he information
1 the army:
An act to amend an act entitled an act to provide for an increase of the
Quartermasters and Commissary Departments, approved February 15tA,
1802.
" The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That
the act entitled an act to provide for an increase of the quartermaster's and
commissary departments, approved February fifteenth, eighteen hundred
and sixty-two, be and the same is hereby amended, by striking out the
proviso at the end of the same, and inserting in lieu thereof the follow¬
ing: ' Provided, that no quartermaster, assistant quartermaster, commis¬
sary or assistant commissary be authorized to employ as a clerk any one
liable to military service: and the commanding officer of quartermasters,
' assistant quartermasters, commissaries or assistant cqmmissaries may de¬
tail from the ranks uuder his command such person or persons as may bo
necessary "for service in the offices of said quartermasters, assistant quar¬
termasters, commissaries and assistant commissaries: provided, that only
disabled soldiers shall be so detailed while one can be found for such ser¬
vice.'" [Approved April 22d, 1863.]
II. To carry into effect the provisions of the preceding act, officers of
the quartermaster's and commissary departments in the field will report
to the Commanding General of the army or department the number and
names of the clerks emplc^ed by each, and whether they are soldiers or
citizens. If soldiers, unless their disability be shown by certificates of
medical examining boards, they will be promptly returned to their respec¬
tive companies. If citizens, exemption from service must be exhibited,
ot they will be reported to the proper enrolling officer for conscription.
III. Similar reports will be made by officers of the quartermaster's and
commissary departments at posts, through the chiefs of their respectivo
departments, to this office.
By order
8. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Quartermaster General's Office,
Richmond, August 1, 1863.
The foregoing General Orders are published for the information of
officers of the Quartermaster's Department, and all others concerned!;
and- they are informed that the strictest compliance with its terms will; m
all cases, be required.
Officers are enjoined, to return the prescribed reports without delay.
A. 0. MYER8,
Quartermaster GeneraL
GENERAL ORDERS.
No. 106.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, July 30, 1863.
I. Before a General Court Martial, convened at Shelbyville, Tennessee,
by virtue of Special Orders, No. 134, paragrap^YII, current series, from
Head Quarters Army of Tennessee, was arraigned and tried:
Private "John Wiiitiiead, Company F, 16th Tenn. Regiment, on the
following Charge:
Charge—Desertion.
To be shot to death with musketry.
II. The proceedings in the above case having been laid before the Se¬
cretary of War, for the decision of the President, it is ordered, upon the
application of the Commanding General, and upon the statement made
by the Medical Director of the Army of Tennessee, that the sentence be
remitted. Private Whithead will be released and returned to duty.
III. The proceedings in the case of Private L. II. Toole, Company E.
3d Ga. Regiment, convicted before a General Court Martial, convened at
the Camp of Major General R. II. Anderson, by virtue of General.Orders,
No. 133, of 1862, from Head Quarters of Northern Virginia, of abandon¬
ing his company and regiment, then on picket duty, and running away,
while the enemy was bombarding the town of Fredericksburg, on the
13 th December 1862, and sentenced to be shot to death by musketry,
having been'laid before the Secretary of War. for the decision of the Pre¬
sident, it is ordered, that in consideration of the additional evidence of
good conduct, referred to by the general of division, the previous gallant
services and zeal of the prisoner, together with the punishment he has
already suffered, the sentence is remitted, with the hope that this lesson
will prevent a recurrence of like misconduct. The prisoner will be re¬
leased and returned to duty.
finding.
Of the Specification,
Of the Charge,
Guilty.
Guilty.
sentence.
By order.
S. COOPER.
Adjutant and Inspector General
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, August 1, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 107. f
I. When conscripts have been sent to camps of instruction, or to regi¬
ments in the field, after being pronounced, by the district examining
boards established under the law,' fit for military service, they can there¬
after be discharged only in accordance with the regulations prescribed
for the discharge of soldiers from the army.
II. In case there is reason to believe that any conscripts to camps of
instruction are disqualified, the commandant will order a medical exami¬
nation, and fonvard a report, fully setting forth the grounds of disability,
if found to exist, through the Bureau of Conscription, to the Surgeon
General, for his approval, and for final action by the War Department.
III. Regimental officers have no discretion but to receive and take up
on their rolls conscripts dbly assigned them under the provisions of Ge¬
neral Orders, No. 82, of 1862, from this office. The question of discharge
arises subsequently.
TV". The compensation of surgeons employed under the act of con¬
gress, approved October 11, 1862, to examine persons enrolled for mili¬
tary duty, ^ill be $ 5 per day for each day they are actually engaged in
making such examinations, and will be paid upon their certified accounts,
by the quartermaster of the nearest camp of instruction. This order will
take effect from the 20th February last.
~ Y. General Officers who are provided with aids de camp allowed by
law, should they find it necessary to accept supernumerary or volunteer
aids, mnst .o®ly receive those exempt from military service.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and InSector General's Office,
Richmond, August 4th, 18G3.
GENERAL ORD1
No. 108.
The following- acts are published for the information of the army:
An act to provide fed® Transportation of Persons toho have been mustered
' ' into the Service for the War.
" The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That
non-commissioned officers and privates, who have been mustered into
service for the war, and to whom furloughs may be granted for not more
than sixty days, shall be entitled tp .transportation home and back: pro¬
vided, that this allowance shall only be made once during the term of
enlistment of such non-commissioned officers and privates." [Apprctpd
February 7, 1863.]
An" act to amend an act for the establishment and organization of a General
Staff for the Army of the Confederate States.
" The Congress of the Confederate States o£ America do enact, That
from and after the passage of this act, the rank, pay and allowances
attached to the office of Quartermaster General of the army of the Con¬
federate States, shall be those of a Brigadier General in the provisional
army." [Approved March 20, 1853.]
An act to prevent the absence of Officers and Soldiers without leave.
" The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That no
officer or soldier of the army shall receive pay for any period during
which he may be absent without leave, or. beyond the leave granted,froni
competent aMtjJuority,according to the regulations of the army: provided,
that this restriction shall not atfect the sick or wounded in hospitals.
Sec. 2. In order to enfou:e the requirements of the foregoing section,
it is herebymiade the duty of commanding officers of companies to state
upon the muster afitl pay rolls of their companies the length of time any
officer or soldier has been absent therefrom, without leave of competent
authority, since the previous payment, when the deduction of pay for
strch absence will bamade by the quartermaster from the amount other¬
wise due the officer or soldier: and anv commander of a eomnanv mtn
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shall fail to note such^^BTce on the muster and pay rolls of the com¬
pany shall be requirecf^Befund to the government the amount forfeited
by such absent officer orBFdie^mnless it shall already have been received
from the officer or soldier so alBrt.
Sec. 3. Officers shall certify upon honor on their pay accounts whe¬
ther they have or have not been absent, without leave by competent au¬
thority, within the time for which they claim pay; and if absent without
leave, they shall state in their certificates the time and period of such
absences. In like manner, commanding officers of companies shall cer¬
tify on honor on their pay accounts that they have stated fully and cor¬
rectly on the muster and pay rolls of their companies the length of time
each officer and soldier of the company has been absent without leave
since the last payment of the company.
Sec. 4. That this act shall not be construed to relieve any officer or
private from any other penalty to which he may be liable by existing
laws or regulations." [Approved April 16, 1863.]
.4$ act explanatory of an act entitled an act to authorize the President to
accept and place in the service certain regiments and battalions hereto¬
fore raised, approved llt/i October 1862.
" The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That tho
second section of tho act entitled an act to authorize the President to
accept and place in the service certain regiments and battalions heretofore
raised, approved on the eleventh day of October in the year one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-two, shall not be so construed as to authorize
any,general officer to appoint any of the officers of said regiments and
battalions. That said regiments and battalions shall have the right within
ninety days, on a day to be fixed by the commander of the brigade for
that purpose, to elect such officers as volunteers have heretofore been
authorized to elect: provided, that this act shall not apply to any case
where such office has heretofore been filled by election." [Approved
April 16, 1863.]
An act to repeal certain clauses of an act entitled an act to exempt certain
persons from Military Service, dtc., approved October llt/t, 1862.
" The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That so
much of the act approved October eleventh, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-two, as exempts from military service ' one person, either as
agent, owner or overseer, on each plantation on which one white person
is required to be kept by the laws or ordinances of any State, and on
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which there is no white male adult not liable {^military service, and in
States having no such law, one person as agent,"owner or overseer, on each
plantation of twenty negroes, and on wfllh there is no white male adult
not liable to military serviceand al^o the following clause in said act,
to wit: 'and furthermore, for additional police for every twenty negroes,
on two or more plantations, within five miles of each other, and each
having less than twenty negroes, and on which there is no white male
adult not liable to military duty, one person, being the oldest of the
owners or overseers on such plantations,' be and the same are hereby
repealed.
Sec. 2. For the police and management of slaves, there shall be ex¬
empted one person on each farm or plantation, the sole property of a
minor, a person of unsound mind, a feme sole, or a person absent from
home in the military or naval service of the Confederacy, on which there
are twenty or more slaves: provided the persou so exempted was em¬
ployed and acting as an overseer previous to the sixteenth of April, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and there is no white male adult
on said farm or plantation, who is not liable to military cjjuty, which fact
6hall be verified by the affidavits of said person and two respectable citi¬
zens, and shall be filed with the enrolling officer: and provided the owner
of such farm or plantation, his agent or legal representative, shall make
affidavit and deliver the same to the enrolling officer, that, after diligent
effort, no overseer can be procured for such farm or plantation not liable
to military duty: provided, further, that this clause shall not extend to
any farm or plantation on which the negroes have been placed by divi¬
sion from any other farm or plantation since the eleventh day of October
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two: provided, further, that for
every person exempted as aforesaid, and during the period of such ex¬
emption, there shall be paid annually into the public treasury, by the
owners of such slaves, the sum Qf five hundred dollars.
Sec. 3. Such other persons shall be exempted as the President shall
be satisfied ought to be exempted in districts of country deprived ol
white or slave labor indispensable to the production of grain or provi¬
sions necessary for the support of the population remaining at home, and
also on account of justice, equity and necessity.
Sec. 4. In addition to the State officers exempted by the act of Octo¬
ber eleventh, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, there shall also
be exempted all State officers whom the Governor, of any State may
claim to have exempted for the due administration of the government and
laws thereof; but this exemption shall not continue in any State after the
adjournment of the next regular session of its legislature, unless such
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legislature shall by law ^Kpt them from military duty in the provisional
army of the Confederate Sates." [Approved May 1, 1863.]
An act to amend an act cntitlW'an act to organize Military Courts to
attend the Army of the Confederate States in the field, and to define
the powers of said Courts, approved October 9th, 1862.
" The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That,
in addition to one military court to attend oach army corps in the field, as
now authorized by an act entitled an act to organize military courts to>
attend the army of the. Confederate States in the field, and, to define the
power of said courts, approved October ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-
two, one military court shall be organized in each of such military de¬
partments as, in the judgment of the President, the public exigencies
may require; to be organized in the manner and with powers prescribed
in the act of which this is amendatory." [Approved May 1, 1863.]
An act to continue and amend the third section of an act supplementary
to an act concerning the Fay and Allowance due to deceased soldiers,
approved February 15th, 1862, and to provide for the prompt settle¬
ment of Clairits for Arrearages of Pay, allowance and bounty due de¬
ceased Officers and Soldiers.
" The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That
the third section of an act entitled an act supplementary to an act con¬
cerning the pay and allowance due to deceased soldiers, approved Febru¬
ary fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and to provide for the
prompt settlement of claims for arrearages of pay, allowance and bounty
due deceased officers and soldiers, be continued of force until otherwise
provided by congress." [Approved May 1, 1863.]
Joint Resolutions on the subject of Retaliation.
" Resolved by the -Congress of the Confederate States of America, In
response to the message.of the President, transmitted to congress at the
commencement, of the present session, that in the opinion of congress,
the commissioned officers of the enemy ought not to be delivered to the
authorities of the respective States, as suggested in the said message, but
all captives taken by the confederate forces ought to be dealt with and
disposed of by the confederate government.
Sec. 2. That, in the judgment of congress, the proclamations of the
President of the United States, dated respectively September twenty-
second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and January first, eighteen
hundred and sixty-three, and the other measures of the government of
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the United States and of its authorities, eommapfers and forces, designed
or tending to emancipate slaves in the Confederate States, or to abduct
such slaves, or to incite them to insurrection, Or to employ negroes in war
against the Confederate States, or to overthrow the institution of African
slavery, and bring on a servile war in these States, would, if successful,
produce atrocious consequences, and they are inconsistent with the spirit
of those usages which in modern warfare prevail among civilized nations;
they may, therefore, be property and lawfully repressed by retaliation.
Sec. That in every case, wherein during the present war, any vio¬
lation of the laws or usages of war among civilized nations shall be, or
has hen, dene and perpetrated by these acthrg under o-yhm-'+y of the
Government of the United States on the persons or property of citizens
of the Confederate States, or of those.under the protection or in the land
or naval service of the Confederate States, or of any State of the Con¬
federacy, the President of the Confederate States is hereby authorized to
cause full and complete retaliation to be made for every such violation, in
such manner and to such extent as he may think proper.
Sec. 4. That every white person, being a commissioned officer, or act¬
ing as sucb, who, during the present war, shall command negroes or mu-
lattoes in arms against the Confederate States, or who shall arm, train,
organize or prepare negroes or mulattoes for military service against
the Confederate States, or who shall voluntarily aid negroes or mulattoes
in any military enterprise, attack or conflict, in such service, shall be
deemed as inciting servile insurrection, and shall, if captured, he put to
death, or be otherwise punished at the discretion of the court.
Sec. 5. Every person, being a commissioned officer, or acting as such
in the service of the enemy, _who shall, during the present war excite,
attempt to excite, or cause to be excited, a servile insurrection, or who
shall incite or cause to be yieitcd, a slave to rebel, shall, if captured, be
put to death, or he otherwise punished at the discretion of the court.
Sec. 6. Every person charged with an offence punishable under the
preceding resolution shall, during the present war be tried before the
military court attached to the army or corps by the troops of which he
shall have been captured, or by such, other military court as the Presi¬
dent may direct, and in such maimer and under such regulations as the
President shall prescribe, and after conviction, the President may com¬
mute the punishment in such manner and on such terms as he may deem
proper.
Sec. 7. All negroes and mulattoes who shall be engaged in war, or be
taken in arms against tbe Confederate States, or shall give aid or comfort
to the enemies of the Confederate States, shall, when captured in the Con-
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federate StatSs, be deliv^^ to the authorities of the State or States in
which'they shall be captufed, to be dealt with according to the present or
future laws of such State or States." [Approved May 1, 1863.]
An act to provide for the appointment of Military Storekeepers in the
Provisional Armjflfyof the Confederate States.
" The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That
the President be authorized to appoint as many military storekeepers of
ordnance in the provisional army of the Confederate States as may be
deemed necessary, not to exceed in all eight storekeepers, four with the
pay and allowance of a captain of infantry, and four with the pay and
allowance of a first lieutenant of infantry.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the military storekeepers of the first
class so appointed, shall be required to give bonds in the sum of twenty
thousand dollars, and those of the second class in the sum of ten thou¬
sand dollars, when charged with the disbursement of funds. This act
shall be in force from and after its passage : provided, that no one shall
be appointed under its provisions except officers without commands, or
officers or privates who have performed meritorious services in the field, or
have become incapacitated by wounds or sickness for active service."
[Approved May 1, 1863.]
An act to prevent •Fraud in the Quartermaster's and Commissary Depart¬
ments, and the obtaining, under false pretence, Transportation for Pri¬
vate Property.
" The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That
no officer charged with the safe-keeping, transfer or disbursement of pub¬
lic moneys, shall convert to his own use, or invest in any kind of>pro¬
perty or merchandise, on private account, or lend, with or without inte¬
rest, any portion of the public moneys entrusted to him for safe-keeping,
transfer, disbursement, or any other purpose.
Sec. 2. That no officer charged with the safe-keeping, transfer or dis¬
bursement of public moneys, or charged with or assigned to the duty of
purchasing for the government or any department thereof, shall buy,
trade, traffic or speculate in, either, directly or indirectly, for the purpose
of gain to himself or others, by resale or otherwise, any article of food
or clothing, of material of which the same is made, or which enters into
or constitutes a part ofihe same, or any material of war or article what¬
soever, which is or may be required to be purchased for the use of the
army or the prosecution of the war.
Sec. 3. No officer shall take a receipt in blank fofftany article or arfci-
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cles purchased by him for the government, or any department thereof;
and every receipt shall set forth the true amount paid, and on what ac¬
count; and when payment is made on account of property purchased,
the receipt shall set forth the name of the person from whom such pro¬
perty was purchased, and the place of his residence, the thing or things
purchased, by items, number, weight or. measurement, as may be custo¬
mary in the particular case, the price thereof, and the date of payment.
Sec. 4.-No officer who is in charge of transportation, or who is empow¬
ered to grant the same, shall forward by government conveyance, or at
the expense of government, or to the exclusion or delay of government
freight, any commodity or property of any kind, unless the same belongs
to the government, or some department thereof, except as authorized by
law.
Sec. 5. Any officer who shall violate any provision in the foregoing
sections, shall, upon a conviction before a court martial or military court,
be cashiered, and placed in the ranks' as a private to serve drfijng the
war: provided, that nothing herein contained shall impair the civil re¬
medy which the government may have against any officer or his sureties
for fraud, peculation or misapplication of the public moneys entrusted to
him by the government.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That any person in the employment or
service of the government as aforesaid, and all other persons coming
within the purview of this act, who shall violate any of the provisions of
the foregoing sections, shall be liable to indictment, and fined in a sum
not less than one thousand dollars, and imprisoned not less than one year
nor longer than five years, to be imposed by the judge or jury trying the
cause, according to the course of judicial proceeding in force in the seve¬
ral States: provided the provisions of this act shall in no wise interfere
with or impair the civil remedy which the government may have against
any of said officers or their securities or employees for frauds, peculation
or misapplication of the moneys entrusted to them respectively, by the
Confederate States: provided also, that all conservators of the peace,
who, by the laws of the several States, have jurisdiction to commit or
bind over offenders for breaches of the criminal laws of the State in which
they may reside, shall have power to commit cr bind over, in a sufficient
recognizance, offenders against the provisions of this law, to appear at
the next term of the district court of the Confederate States, within the
jurisdiction of which the offence was committed, for trial, in the same
manner and under the same rules as if such preliminary trial vi^re had
before the judge of such district court; and the judges of the confede¬
rate courts having jurisdiction of the offences defined by this act shall,
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at the commencement of each session of their respective courts, give this
act and its provisions especially in charge to the different grand juries.
[Approved May 1, 1883.]
An act to pay OfficcrsrfNcn-Commissioned Officers and Privates not legally
mustered into the service of this' ( onfederate, States, for Services actually
■performed.
" The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That all
officers, non-commissioned officers and privates .of any legally consti¬
tuted military organization, which may have, been actually received into
the service of the Confederate States by any general officer thereof, but
were never legally mustered into service, in consequence of the loss of
the muster rolls of such military organization, shall bo entitled to.receive
pay from the time they were so received: provided the fact of their hav¬
ing been so received into the service, and the time they served, is duly
proved to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War, under rules to be pre¬
scribed by him." [Approved May 1, 1883.]
An act to provide for the Transfer of persons serving in the Army to the
Navy.
" The Congress of the Confederate States of America, do enact, That all
persons serving in the land forces of the Confederate States, who shall
desire to be transferred to the naval service, and whose transfer as seamen
or ordinary seamen shall be applied for by the Secretary of the Navy,
shall be transferred from the land to the. naval service: provided, that
uothing in this act shall be so construed as to alter or repeal any law now
in force limiting the number of seamen.." [Approved May 1, 1883.]
.In act regulating the granting of Furloughs and Discharges in Hospitals.
" The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That
sick, wounded and disabled soldiers in hospitals shall he entitled to fur¬
loughs and discharges, under the following rules and regulations: In
places where there are three or more hospitals, three surgeons in charge
of hospitals, or divisions in hospitals, shall constitute a board of exam¬
iners for tUi hospitals to which they belong, whose duty it shall be, twice
in each week, td visit said hospitals, and examine applicants for furloughs
and discharges; and i|yall cases where they shall find-an applicant for
furlough*unfit for military^uty, either from disease or wounds, and likely
so to remain for thirty days or upwards, they shall grant a furlough for
such time as they shall deem him unfit for duty, not tifexceed sixty days.
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Said board shall keep a secretary or clerk, who shall issue all furloughs
by order of the board, and shall specify therein the time of furlough, the
place of the residence of the soldier, his company, regiment and brigade.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That no further regulation shall be re¬
quired of the soldier, and no passport required other than his furlough.
SECV3. Be it further exacted, That the said board may recommend
discharges, stating the ground thereof, which, when approved by the
Surgeon General or the General commanding the army or department to
which the soldier belongs, shall entitle him to a discharge and transpor¬
tation to the place of his enlistment or residence.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That in places where there axe but two hos¬
pitals, two surgeons in charge of a hospital or division shall constitute a
board for the purposes aforesaid; and in places where there is but one, the
surgeon in charge, and two assistant surgeons, if there be two, and if
not, then one, shall constitute a board for the purpose aforesaid, and may
furlough and recommend discharges as aforesaid: provided, that no fur¬
lough shall be granted under the provisions of this act, if, in the opinion
of the board, the life or convalescence of the patient would be endangered
thereby.
Sec. 5. The house surgeon in all hospitals shall see each patient under
his charge once every day." [Approved May 1,1863.]
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, August 11, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 109. 5
I. A general pardon is given to all officers and men within the Con¬
federacy, now absent without leave from the army, who shall (within
twenty days from the publication of the address of the President in the
State in which the absentees may then be) return to their posts of duty.
II. All men who have accused or convicted, and undergoing sen¬
tence for absence without leave, or desertion, except only those who have
been twice convicted of desertion, will be returned to their respective
commands for duty.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, August 12, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 110. J
I. The officers of ordnance duties in the provisional army, appointed
under the acts of congress of April 21st and September 16th, .1862, will,
until further orders, be distributed into grades, as authorized by the latter
act, as follows: 4 lieutenant colonels, 0 majors, 6b captains, 40 first lieu¬
tenants, and 32 second lieutenants. Appointments to these grades will
be made on the report of the Chief of Ordnance. Those officers serving
in the field will also be reported by the Generals commanding the army
or department prior to appointment.
II. Ordnance officers on duty in the field will, as far as practicable
be assigned to command according to rank, as follows: lieutenant colo¬
nels to armies, majors to army corps, captains to departments and divi¬
sions, and lieutenants to brigades. No claim to promotion, however, will
be recognized in consequence of assignment to any command.
III. Two ordnance officers, not above the rank of captain, may be
allowed as assistants to the chief ordnance officer of an army, and one,
i.ot above the rank of first lieutenant, to the chief ordnance officer of an
army corps. One assistant, not above the rank of second lieutenant,
may also be allowed to the chief ordnance officer of a department, when
absolutely necessary, upon application to the Chief of the Bureau of
Ordnance.
IV. The designation of the chief ordnance officer attached to com¬
mands will correspond with the designation of such commands: as chief
ordnance officer of the army of ; chief ordpanee officer of
army corps ; chief ordnance officer of department; ordnance officer
of division: ordnance officer of brigade.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and hitjvtctor General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, August 13, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 111. S
Quartermasters who are purchasing supplies, and who have means of
transportation at their command, are directed to assist, as far as practi¬
cable, the quartermasters receiving 'the tax. in kind, in transporting the
supplies collected from their depots of collection, to the issuing depots of
the army. They will also permit their storehouses to be used for the
storage of articles of the produce tax.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Officii,
Richmond, August 15, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS; \
No. 112. $
I. A Court of Enquiry having been convened at Richmond on the 29th
of July 1863, pursuant to paragraph XVII, Special Orders, No. 176, Ad¬
jutant and Inspector General's Office, current series, to examine into
certain charges preferred against Major William Norris, Chief of the
Signal Corps, and having made the required examination, the report of
facts proven, with the opinion of the Court thereon, is published for the
information of all concerned.
REPORT OF FACTS.
1. Major Norris was not intoxicated on the 31st of May 1863.
2. He did not reveal the alphabet of the signal corps on the 31st of
May 1863.
3. The enemy knew or had opportunity to know the locality of the
signal stations between City Point and Clairmont before the 31st of May
1863, none of which were disclosed to him by Major Norris on that day.
4. The dispatch shown to Captain Mulford by Major Norris was a pri¬
vate dispatch, conveying a report of successes at Vicksburg.
5. There was no improper intercourse between Major Norris and any
officers or persons in the service of the enemy, on the 31st of May 1863.
OPINION.
The Court is of opinion that the charges in this case have been loosely
made, and without daycare and investigation, and should not be further
entertained. The fl^^nis also of opinion that the private and official
character of Major Nwis remains unaffected b'y this proceeding.
II. The charges, of which Major Norris has been thus fully exonerated
by the Court, were made without that consideration which their serious
character demanded, and in a maimer that subjects the prosecutor, Lieut.
R. A. Forbes, 2d Company Independent Signal Corps, to the grave cen¬
sure of the department. The personal and official character of an officer
is not to be lightly assailed. The accuser will be held to support his
charges by evidence—and in an especial manner is he required to avoid
creating the impression that the loose, unofficial statements of others are
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facts within his own knowledge. The greatest care and consideration
should be manifested by those preferring charges, particularly when the
reputation, personal and professional, of a superior, is called in question.
III. The Court of Enquiry, of which Lieut. Col. George Deas, Adju¬
tant General's department, was president, is hereby dissolved.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, August 18, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 113. 5
I. Officers receiving volunteers from those liable to conscription, will
in no case grant furloughs for more than ten days to such volunteers,
before entering on active service.
II. Every man liable fo conscription, volunteering before enrollment,
will report himself, and the company in which he volunteers, and like¬
wise be reported by his captain to the commandant of conscripts for the
State, within ten days after his act of volunteering—otherwise he will be
held subject to enrollment and assignment.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, August 22, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS,\
No. 114. 5
I. ^Permanent posts and depots established by the Quartermaster's
department, are placed under the special control of the Quartermaster
General, though subject to the inspection of the commanding officer of
the department in which they are located.
II. Changes in the assignment.of officers stationed at such posts and
depots, will be mad£ only through orders from this office; and no change
in the location of posts and depots will be ordered by the department
commander, except under circumstances of strong emergency: in which
cases a report of such changes, with the reason therefor, will be trans¬
mitted to the Adjutant and Inspector General's office.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, August 24, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 115. 5
I. The following schedules of prices for articles named therein, adopted
by commissioners appointed pursuant to law, for the State of Virginia,
are announced for the information of all concerned; and the special at¬
tention of officers and agents of the government is directed thereto:
Richmond, August 20,1863.
Hon. Jas. A. Seddon, Sec'y of War:
Snt,
The commissioners appointed under section 5th of the bill
recently passed by the confederate congress, regulating impressments,
being required to agree upon and publish a schedule of prices every two
months, or oftener, if they should deem it proper, in accordance with the
foregoing requisition, we respectfully lay before you the following sche¬
dules of prices, marked A and B, for the ensuing month. Owing to the
difficulty of obtaining satisfactory information as to pork, we have post¬
poned the appraisement till our next assessment.
The following schedule presents the maximum prices to be paid for the
articles appraised, at all cities and usual places of sale, and when im¬
pressed elsewhere, the "same prices are to be paid elsewhere, less the cost
of transportation to the city or usual place of sale to which the article
would go ordinarily for sale from that neighborhood, or less the cost of
transportation to the poiftt at which the government needs the article, and
wishes it to be sent: piipffled, that in no case the amount deducted for
transportation as above, shall exceed 25 cents per bushel for grain, and
25 cents per cwt. for long forage, flour, bacon,.iron, &c. In addition to
the established price of transportation, the government to pay all legal
tolls; add where farmers cannot procure nails for baling forage, govern¬
ment to furnish the same at cost, which will be deducted from the estab¬
lished price of baling:
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Schedule A.
ARTICLES.
QUALITY.
DESCRIPTION.
QUANTITY.
PRICE.
1 Wheat,
Prime,
White or red,
Per bus. of 60 lbs.
$5 00
2 Flour,
Good,
Superfine,
" bbl. of 196 lbs. '
25 00
3 Corn,
Prime,
White oryel'w,
" bus. of 56 lbs. ,,
4 6o
4 Unshelled corn,
"
" " 56 lbs.
3 95
5 Corn meal,
Good,
-
50 lbs.
4 20
6 Rye,
Prime,
-
56 lbs.
3 20
7 Cleaned oats,
"
-
" 32 lbs.
2 00
8 Wheat bran,
Good,
-'
17 lbs.
50
9 Shorts,
"
-
22 lbs.
70
10 Brown stuff,
-
" " 28 lbs.
90
11 Ship stuff,
"
- ■
" 37 lbs,. .
1 40
12 Bacon,
13 Salt pork,
"
Hog round,
" jiound,
1 00
"
-
1 00
14 Lard,
"
-
" "
1 00
15 Horses,
First class,
Artillery, &c.
Av'ge price per head,'
350 00
16 Wool,
Fair or
Merino,
Washed,
Per pound,
3 OCT
17 Wool,
Fair or
Merino,
Unwashed,
" " '
2 00
18 Pe£S,
Good,
- ' <
" bus. of 60 lbs.
4 00
19 Beans,
"
-
60 lbs.
4 00
20 Potatoes,
"
Irish,
" " 60 lbs.-
4 00
21 Potatoes,
"
Sweet,
, " " 60 lbs,
5,p0
22 Onions,
"
-
" " "60 lbs.
5 00
23 Dried peaches,
24 Dried peaches,
"
Pealed,
38 lbs.
8 00
" "
Unpe&led,
" 38 lbs.
4 50
25 Dried apples,
"
Pealed,
28 lbs.
3 00
26 Hay, baled,
"
Timothy
or clover,
" 100 pounds,
3 00
27 Hay, baled,
"
Orchard or
herd grass,
" 100
, 3 00
28 Hay, unbaled,
"
Orchard or
herd grass,
" 100
2 70
29 Sheaf oats, baled,
"
-
" 100
'4 00
30 " " unb'd,
31 Blade fodder,baled,
"
-
"'lt)0
. 3 70
"
-
" 10 0
3 00
32 " " unb'J,
"
-
" 100
2 70
33 Shucks, baled,
34 " unbaled,
"
-
" 100
2 00
a
-
<1 100
1 70
35 Wheat straw, bl'd.
"
-
" |100 "
1 00
36 " " unb'd,
"
-
"imo
' 70
37 Pasturage,1
38
"
Interior,
» " Wead per month,
. 3 00
Superior,
"
" " "
4 00
39
First rate,
" "
" " "
5 00
40
Good,
Near cities,
u ii ii
5 00
41
Superior,
"
u ii ii
- 6 00
42
First rate,
"
ii ii u
7. 00
43 Salt,
Good,
-
" bus. of 50 lbs.
5 00
44 Soap,
<<
-
" pound,
40
45 Candles^
(4
.Tallow,
1 00
46 Vinegar,
U
Cider,
" gallon,
1 00
47 Whiskey,
Trade,
" "
3, 00
48 Sugar,
Brown,
New Orleans1,
" pound,
1 00
49 Molasses,
" gallon,
8 00
50 Rice,
-
" pound,
20
51 Coffee,
Rio,
3 00
52 Tea,
Trade,
"
7 00
53 Vinegar,
Manufactured,
" gallon,.
50
54 Pig iron,
No. 1 quality,
" ton,
125 00
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Schedule A—Continued.
ARTICLES.
QUALITY.
DESCRIPTION.
QUANTITY.
PRICE.
55 Pig iron,
Good,
No. 2 quality,
Per ton,
$110 00
56
"
No. 3 quality,
" "
100 00
57 Bloom iron,
"
-
" "
,180 00
58 Smith's iron,
Round plate
and bar,
u u
380 80
59 Rail road iron,
"
_
11 II
190 00
CO Leather,
"
Harness,
" pound,
2 60
61 "
"
Sole,
2 40
62
"
Upper,
" "
2 80
63 Beef cattle,
"
Gross weight,
100 pounds,
» 100
16 00
64 "
Superior,
18 00
65 " "
First rate,
_
" 100
20 00
66 Sheep,
Fair,
_
" head,
30 00
67 Army woolen cl'th,
i yard,
Good,
10 oz. per yd.
" yard,
4 50
68 Army woolen cl'th,
Pro rata as to
greater or less
Width or weight.
69 Army woolen cl'th,
6-4 yard,
"
20 oz. per yd.
Per yard,
Width or weight.
9 00
70 Army woolen cl'th,
Pro rata as to
greater or less
71 Flannels, 1,
"
6 oz. per yd.
Per yard,
3 00
72 Cotton shirting, f,l "
41 yds. to lb.
42
73 " . " £
3| yds. to lb.
" "
50
74 " sheet'gs, 4-4,
"
3 yds. to lb.
.60
75 " oznab'gs, %,\ "
6 oz. per yd.
60
76 " " 1
"
8 oz. per yd.
" "
70
77 " drills, f
78 Cot. shirt'g stripes
3 yds. to lb.
" "
70
"
3 ^ds. to lb.
" "
70
79 " tent cloths,
1 "
10 oz. yer yd.
87
80 On the above enumerated cot
ton cloths, pro
rata as to greater or le
ss width
or weight.
81 Cotton warps,
Good,
-
Per pound,
1 63
82 Army shoes,
"
-
" pair,
" pound,
10 00
83 Shoe thread,
"
-
2 00
84 Wool socks, men's
"
-
" pair,
1 25
85 Mules,
First rate,
Wagon, &c.
Av'ge price per head,
300 00
In assessing the average value of "first class artillery and wagon
horses at $ 350," we designed that the term should he accepted and acted
upon according to its obvious common sense import. In other words,
that horses should be selected, and then impressed accordingly as their
working qualities and adaptation to army service, together with their in¬
trinsic value, would warrant a judicious purchaser in considering them
as coming within the contemplation of the commissioners when they
assessed the average value of such horses as the government needed, at
$350. But cases might arise, however, when the public exigencies
would be so urgent as to demand that all horses at hand should be im¬
pressed. Yet under ordinary circumstances, when family or extra blooded
horses, or brood mares of admitted high value are impressed, we respect-
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fully suggest to the Secretary of War to have instructions forwarded to
the impressing officers to propose and allow the owners to substitute in
their stead such strong, sound aud serviceable horses or mules as shall
he considered and valued by competent and disinterested parties as first
class artillery horses, or first rate wagon mules.
Th,e term "average value per head" was used in contradistinction to a
fixed and uniform price for each horse or mule. We supposed that in
impressing a number of horses or mules, whether owned by several per¬
sons, or one individual, that some might be estimated at $250, or even
at less, and others at different advanced rates, according to their worth,
up as high as $450, or above that amount—thus making am average
value or price for a number of good, sound and efficient horses, $ 350
each, and mules $ 300 each.
In illustration of our views, we will add, that a horse with only orii
eye sound, might, in all other respects, be classed as a first rate artillery
horse, yet the loss of one eye would justly and considerably curtail his
value. So a horse from 10 to 18 years of age might be deemed in all
other particulars as a first class artillery horse, but of course, however
efficient or able to render good service for a year or so, yet his advanced
age would justly and materially impair his value. Any horse, however
he may approximate the standard of a first class artillery horse, must,
according to deficiencies, fall below the maximum price; and as few
comparatively exactly come up to the standard, and therefore are entitlecT
to the maximum price, so of course in all other instances the price should
be proportionately reduced, as imperfections place them below the
standard of first class, &c.
E. W. Hubard,
Robert Gibboney,
Commissioners for Va.
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Schedule B.—Hire of Labor, Teams, Wagons and Drivers.
QUANTITY AND TIME.
PBICE.
Per 100 pounds,
$0
30
" 56
05
" cwt. per mile,
06
" bus. "
03
" day,
10
00
" day,
5
00
" day,
13
00
" day,
6
50
" day,
16
00
" day,
8
00
" day,
2
00
" day,
1
25
" month,
40
00
" month,
20
00
1 Baling long forage,
2 Shelling and bagging corn, sacks fur
nished by government,
3 Hanling, - - -
4 Hanling grain,
5 Hire of two-horse team, wagon and
driver, rations furnished by owner, -
6 Hire of same, rations furnished by the
government,
7 Hire of four-horse team, wagon and
driver, rations furnished by owner, -
8 Hire of same, rations furnished by the
government, - -
9 Hire of six-horse team, wagon and driver,
rations furnished by owner,
10 Hire of same, rations furnished by the
government, -
11 Hire of laborer, rations furnished by
owner, -
12 Hire of same, rations furnished by the
government,
13 Hire of same,, rations furnished by
owner, -
14 Hire of same, rations furnished by the
government, - - -
E. W. Hubakd,
Robert Gibboney,
Commissioners for Va.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's ofpicE,
Richmond, August 31, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 116. $
I. Generals, or other officers commanding departments, armies in the
f field, posts or garrisons, will cause all deserters, stragglers or other absen¬
tees from duty, and all persons liable to military service, found within
their lines and not belonging to their command, to be forthwith arrested
and turned over to the nearest enrolling officer, whose duty it shall be to
forward such .absentees to their proper command, or, in case of con¬
scripts, to assign them to service in the army nearest to his post, accord¬
ing to his discretion.
II. Under instructions from the Bureau of Conscription, an enrolling
officer will be attached to each military department to carry out the pur¬
poses indicated"in paragraph I.
III. pverseers entitled to exemption will he exempted from military
service* for one year, when the owner of the slaves of whom the overseer
has had charge, shall present to the enrolling officer the receipt of a quar¬
termaster for the amount of the tax imposed in such cases by the act of
Congress, approved May 1,1863. Officers of the Quartermaster's depart¬
ment are directed to receive and receipt for money thus paid.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office^
Richmond, Sept. 3, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS. J
No. 117. S
I. In any case where the exigencies of the army compel impressment
or purchase, for its use, of the whole of any one article, or all articles of
the planter's production, taxed in kind, the post quartermaster of the dis¬
trict will transfer to his district collector the assessor's estimate, to he col¬
lected in the money value only, at the rate of purchase or impressment,
as the case may be. Before making such trausfer, the post quartermas¬
ter of the district will credit the producer upon such estimates with the
amount of such articles as he may have paid in kind, and endorse thereon
the circumstances under which the transfer is made.
II. Controlling and post quartermasters of districts will keep and re¬
port their accounts relating to tax in kind, separate and distinct from all
others.
III. Producers are required to deliver the wheat, corn, oats, rye, buck¬
wheat, rice, peas, beans, cured hay and fodder, sugar, molasses of cane,
wool and tobacco, in such form and ordinary marketable condition as
may be usual in the section in which they are delivered—cotton ginned
and packed in some secure manner—tobacco stripped and packed in
boxes.
IV. Where post quartermasters of districts entrust agents with dis¬
bursements, care must he taken that receipts and accounts be stated in
the name of the post quartermaster.
V. Quartermasters and commissaries serving with troops may receive
the tithe tax, when authorized to do so by the chief quartermaster or
chief commissary of the army in which they are serving. The names of
such authorized officers will be reported to the Quartermaster General.
VI. Where producers offer to pay their tithe tax to officers authorized
to receive it, it is obligatory upon the latter to receive the produce, and to
pay the excess of transportation over eight miles, at the rates prescribed
by state commissioners, under the impressment act. In each case they
will receipt to the post quartermaster of the district for the product
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Upon this receipt the receiving officer will be responsible for the quantity
which he will take up on his property return. The receipt given to the
producer will only be evidence that so much of his tax is paid. In all
such receipts the name of the producer and his county will be stated.-
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, Sept. 1, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, )
No. 118. 5
I. All officers of the Quartermaster's department serving at posts or
depots, will report immediately to.the Quartermaster General their loca¬
tion, the character of the duties discharged by them, and by whose order
they were so, assigned.
II. The principal quartermaster at each post or depot will likewise re¬
port the names of all quartermasters serving thereat. He will also exa¬
mine carefully into the occupation of eachr officer, and will designate such
as can be spared for service elsewhere.
III. The chief quartermaster of each separate army will forward to the
Quartermaster General, at the earliest practicable day, a complete list of
all his subordinates, stating specifically the regiment, brigade, division or
corps to which each may be attached, or when engaged on special duty,
the character thereof.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutaxt and Inspector Cexerai/s Office,
Richmond, September 7, 18G3.
GENERAL ORDERS,)
No. 119. S
I. All officers and agents of the Quartermaster's, Commissary and
Ccnseiiption depaitments will render all assistance in their power in col¬
lecting arms abandoned or left by stragglers in tLe Lands of citizens.
II. Anns thus collected will be turned over to the nearest ordnance
officer, who will receipt for the same, and, upon proper vouchers, pay
any reasonable expense actually incurred for transportation.
III. " Medical inspectors will be recommended by the Surgeon General,
and being approved, will be announced in orders from this office."
IV. As heretofore required in General Orders, No. G4, of 1862, repcct-
ing the hides of beeves, commissaries of subsistence in the field and at
depots will transfer the hides of all slaughtered sheep to officers of the
Quartermaster's department, who will Receive and preserve them to be
tanned.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and lusjteclor General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, Sept. 8, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS,
No. 120.
I. At a General Court Martial, convened at Chattanooga, Tennessee,
June 24, I860, by virtue of Special Orders, No. 60, dated Head Quarters
Army of Tennessee, March 16, 1863, was arraigned and tried:
Capt. G. D. Mitcheei,, Asst. Quartermaster P. A. C. S., on the follow¬
ing Charge—(The Specifications being very lengthy, are here omitted):
Charge—Conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman.
II. Finding and Sentence of Court..
After mature deliberation, the Court find the accused, Cajttain G. D.
Mitchell, Asst. Quartermaster P. A. C. S., as follows:
Of the 1st Specification, Guilty.
Of the 2d Specification, Guilty.
Of the Charge, Guilty.
And do, therefore, sentence him to be cashiered.
III. The proceedings in the foregoing case having been laid before the
Secretary of War for the consideration of the President, the following is
his order theaMynj*
The seij^Cf^e of the Court in this case is not approved—the evidence
not being sufficient to support the charge.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, September 9, 1863-
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 121. S
I. Paragraph 1064 of the Army Regulations (107 of the Regulations
of the Quartermaster's Department), is amended to read as follows:
"Officers are entitled to pay from the date of the acceptance of their
appointments, and from the date of promotion: provided, that disbursing
officers, who are required to give official bonds, shall forward the same,
always duly executed, with their letters of acceptance, and that their ac¬
ceptances shall take effect only from the date of the approval of the bonds
by the War Department. But in no case will an officer be assigned to
duty, and receive pay, until he has received his appointment. Notifica¬
tions of the receipt and approval of said bonds will be forwarded to offi¬
cers, through the chief of the Bureau to which they belong."
II. All officers of the Quartermaster General's and Commissary Gene
ral's departments (except such as hold commissions in the regular army
of the Confederate States), appointed prior to the commencement of the
present session of Congress (January 12th, 1863), and whose bonds,
prior to the date of this order, have not been filed in, and approved by
the War Department, are hereby dropped: provided, that on satisfactory
evidence that such failure lias not been the result of gross neglect, the
Commanding General may grant the officers concerned a short leave of
absence to make and forward their bonds, and shall report this fact to the
Quartermaster General.
III. No application for the revocation of the above order, in any indi¬
vidual case, will be entertained by the War Department. If a vacancy
be occasioned in any brigade or regiment, or at a post, application will
be made for a new appointment, in conformity to General Orders, No. 8,
1863; and the appointee, in accepting his position, will be held strictly
to the requirements of preceding paragraph I.
IV. Officers of the Quartermaster General's department, whose ap¬
pointments bear date subsequent to the 12th day of January 1863, and
who have not filed bonds, duly executod, will be allowed a furlough for
such time, not exceeding sixty days, as may be necessary to enable them
to execute their bonds.
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V. Commanding officers will be careful to recommend for appoint¬
ment as disbursing officprs, only such person? as furnish reasonable assu¬
rance of their ability to execute the bond|> required by law.
VI. All letters of appointment hereafter issued will be accompanied
by a notification to the appointee, that his official bond must be returned
with his acceptance, and that the latter will take effect only from the date
at which said bond is approved.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, September 11, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 122. J
I. Commanding officers of regiments, battalions, &c. will, immediately
on receipt hereof, cause to be made out and forwarded, through proper
channels, to Col. J. S. Preston, Chief of the Bureau of Conscription, a
complete list of all persons held as substitutes in the army, in their re¬
spective commands. This list will embrace the regiment, company, date
of enlistment, and age of each substitute, with the name and post office*
of the principal. They will also, in the same manner, furnish a monthly
roll of all deserters and absentees without leave. This will' be arranged
according to the county and congressional district to which the parties
belong, and will set forth the time and place of desertion in each case.
II. All officers, charged by commanding generals with the duty of
arresting and returning deserters and absentees, will report to the com¬
mandant of conscripts in the respective states to which such officers ara
sent, and will co-operate generally with enrolling officers in the discharge
of the duties assigned to them.
III. The following act of Congress is published for the information of
all concerned:
" Every person, not subject to the Rules and Articles of War, who
shall procure or entice a soldier of the Confederate States to desert, or
who shall purchase from any soldier his arms, uniform, clothing, or any
part thereof, shall, upon legal conviction, bo fined, at the discretion of the
court having cognizance of the same, in pny sum not exceeding three
hundred dollars, and be imprisoned not exceeding one year."
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, September 1(5, 18G3.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 123. S
The following Older is published for the information of all concerned:
Exchange Notice, No. 6.
The following confederate officers and men, captured at Vichsburg,
Miss., July 4,18G3, and subsequently paroled, have been duly exchanged,
•nd are hereby so declared:
1. The officers and men of Gen. C. L. Stevenson's division.
2. The officers and men of Gen. Bowcn's division.
3. The officers and men of Brig. Gen. Moore's brigade.
4. The officers and men of the 2d Texas regiment.
5. The officers and men of Waul's legion.
6. Also, all confederate officers and men who have been delivered at
City Point at any time previous to July 25th, 1883, have been duly ex¬
changed, and are hereby so declared.
Ro. Ould,
Agent of Exchange.
Richmond, Sept. 12, 1863.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, September 22, 1863.
GENERAL ORDEPS, )
No. 124. J
I. Potatoes (sweet), gathered under the tax law by commissaries and
quartermasters, at or within reach df places where hospitals are located,
will be transferred (im oices and receipts being given) to the medical
officers in charge of the hospitals, to be cared for and secured against
the influences of frost, &c., for the use of the sick. Or farmers, when
the hospitals are more convenient of access than the depots, may deliver
their potatoes (tax in kind) to the medical officer in charge, taking re¬
ceipts, which will be acknowledged by the tax agent.
II. The pay of surgeons (private physicians) employed under General
Orders, No. 82, Adjutant and Inspector General's office, of 1862, is in¬
creased to six dollars per diem, until further orders.
III. "Assistant Medical Directors" and "Assistant Medical Inspec¬
tors" not being authorized, the titles will not be used.
IV. The extra pay allowed soldiers detailed for duty as commissary
sergeants by the act of Congress, approved May 1, 1863, will be paid
upon the muster and pay rolls of the companies to which they belong,
by the quartermasters charged with the duty of paying troops.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, September 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS; >
No. 125. 5
I. Information having been received of repeated misconstructions and
violations of paragraph XII, General Orders, No. 82,1862, it is reiterated
that no persons liable to conscription will be permitted under any circum¬
stances to volunteej* in regiments, battalions or companies organized since
the 16th of April 1862, except such as were organized under the provi¬
sions of the act of Congress of that date, entitled " an act further to pro¬
vide for the public defence."
II. No authority exists for organizing new companies out of compa¬
nies or portions of companies now in service.
III. It shall be the duty of commandants of conscripts, on informa¬
tion of persons being received into companies contrary to the provisions
of this order, to make immediate requisition for such persons on the
officer commanding, and on failure of the officer to return the persons so
received to the camp of instruction, the commandant shall report the
chatter, with the facts of the case, to the Bureau of Conscription, to be
decided by this department. v
IY. No officer commanding, whose company reaches the maximum
allowed by regulations, shall be permitted to receive recruits, either as
volunteers or in any(other form.
Y. No officer commanding shall accept, or muster in persons of con¬
script age, unless such person shall first exhibit a certificate approved by
an enrolling officer, stating that he has volunteered and selected his com¬
pany, which company is allowed to receive recruits.
VI. The Bureau of Conscription is charged with the establishment of
such regulations as will enforce this order.
VII. Paragraph I, General Orders, No. 122, September 11, 1863, is so
modified as to read as follows:
Commanding officers of regiments, battalions, &c. will immediately on
receipt hereof cause to be made out and forwarded through proper chan¬
nels to Colonel J. S. Preston* Chief of the Bureau of Conscription, a com-
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plete list of all persons received as substitutes in tbe array in their respec¬
tive commands. This list will embrace the regiment, company, date of
enlistment and age of each substitute, with the name, post office, and
date of enlistment of the principal. It will also state whether the substitute
is now serving, or has died or been killed while in, or discharged from ser¬
vice, or whether he has deserted, with the date and circumstances of such
death, discharge or desertion. They will also, in the same manner, fur¬
nish a monthly roll of all deserters and absentees without leave. This
roll will be arranged according to the county and congressional district
to which the parties belong, and.will set forth the time and place of de¬
sertion in each case.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, September 28, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 126. J
I. In order to avoid all difficulty with respect to payment of officers
absent from their commands, and who have not received commissions or
letters of appointment, it is ordered, that all such officers shall, before
leaving their*companies, be furnished with a transcript from the muster
rolls, or a certificate in lien thereof, as may be convenient; setting out
the full name, rank and date thereof of such officer, and that he is borne
on the muster roll as such. These transcripts or certificates will be
signed by the commanding officer of the regiment and company, and
will be equivalent with the pay officer to the commission or letter of ap¬
pointment referred to in paragraph I, General Orders, No. 121, of 1863.
This provision, however, is not designed to dispense with the require¬
ments of General Orders, No. 28, pars. II and III, current series.
II. Paragraph I, General Orders, No. 116, Adjutant and Inspector
General's office, is so modified as to read as follows :
" Generals, or other officers commanding departments, armies in the
field, posts or garrisons, will cause all deserters, stragglers or other absen¬
tees from duty, and all persons liable to military service, found within
their lines, and not belonging to their command, to be forthwith arrested
and turned over to the nearest enrolling officer, whose duty it shall be to
forward such absentees to their proper commands; or in case of con¬
scripts, to assign them to service, at the discretion of the commandant of
conscripts of the state."
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant an$ Inspector General's Officb,
Richmond, September 29, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 127. S
In view of tfao importance Of pressing the home production of nitre,
workmen in exposed districts will be called from their work for local
defence only in cases of extreme military urgency, and then only by the
General commanding the district, by an order to the officer in charge.
In the nitre districts lately overrun, the workmen will be returned to
their work, and all reasonable facilities fot resuming operations will be
extended by military officers.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General,
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, Va., Sept. 30, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, )
jNo. 128. J
I. Tlie following Schedule of Prices for articles named therein, adopted
by commissioners appointed pursuant to law for the State of South Caro¬
lina, are announced for thfe information of all concerned, and the special
attention of officers and agents of the government is directed thereto:
II. Schedule of Prices established by the Board of Commissioners of the
State of South Carolina, under the act of congress of the Confederate
States " to regulate impressments
ARTICLES.
QUALITY.
DESCRIPTION.
QUANTITY.
Apples, dried, -
Good,
Peeled, ....
Per bushel of 28 lbs.
$3 ■00
Apples, dried, -
Unpeeled,
Per bushel of 28 lbs.
2<00
Axes, - 1 •
With handles,
Each,
5 .00
Axes,
Without handles, -
Each,
4 ',00
Bacon,
Sides, ,r - • -
Per pound,
, i75
Bacon,
Hams, ....
Per pound,
70
Bacon,
Shoulders,
Per pound,
<65
Bacon,
Jowls, ....
Per pound,
40
Beans,
White or cornfield,
. Per bushel, •
3 00
Brandy, -
Apple, ... .
Per gallon,
4 00
Brandy, -
Peach, - - - • -
Per gallon,
5 00
Beef,
Fresh, net,
Per pound,
25
Beef,
Salt or corned,
Per pound,
SO
Beef Cattle,
Gross, ....
Per pound,
. 18
Candles, -
Tallow, -
Per pound,
1 00
Chains, -
Trace, ....
Per pair,
2 50
Cloth,
11
Woolen, for soldiers'
clothes, -J yard wide,
10 oz. to.yard, and pro
• rata as to greater or
less weight or width,
Per yard,
4 00
Coffee,
Rio, ....
Per pound,
3 j00
Corn,
Unshelled,
Per bushel of 70 lbs.
1 95
Corn,
Shelled, sacks not in¬
cluded.
Per bushel of 56 lbs.
2 00
Corn Meal,
Sacks not included,
Per bushel of 50 lbs.
2 00
Drills,
Cotton, § yard wide, 3
yards to pound,
Per yard,
65
Flour,
Extra Family,
Per barrel of 196 lbs.
22 po
Flour, - •
Extra Family,
Per sack of 98 lbs. -
11 00
Flour,
Superfine,
Per barrel of 196 lbs.
20 00
Flour,
Superfine,
Per sack of 98 lbs. -
10 00
Flour,
Fine, ....
Per barrel of 196 lbs.
18 00
Flour,
Fine, ....
Per sack of 98 lbs. -
9W
Fodder, -
Baled, ....
Per 100 pounds,
2,00
Fodder, -
Unbaled,
Per 100 pounds,
2. P0
Ilats,
Wool, ....
Each,
3 25
2
ARTICLES.
<
of
DESCRIPTION.
QUANTITY.
Hay,
Good,
Baled, ■
Per 100 pounds.
$1 50
Hay,
"
Unbilled,
Per 100 pounds,
1 25
Hogs,
"
Net,
Per pound, - . -
35
Hogs,
."
Gross, - -
Per pound,
25
Hides,
"
Dry, -
Per pound, - ?
1 25
Hides,'
"
Green, ... -
Per pound,
50
Horses,
"
Artillery, 1st class,
Per head,
Per head,
500 00
Horses,
"
Artillery, 2d class,
400 00
Iron,
"
Pig, ....
Per ton of 2240 lbs.
85 00
Iron,
"
Square or Round, -
Per ton of 2240 lbs.
350 00
Iron,
"
Flat or Band,
Per ton of 2240 lbs.
320 00
Iron,
"
Hoop, - - - -
Per ton of 2240 lbs.
440 00
Iron,
"
Boiler Plate, -
Per ton of 2240 lbs.
500 00
Iron,
"
Serviceable Rail Road,
Per ton of 2240 lbs.
175 00
"Iron,
"
Unservic'ble Rail Road,
Per ton of 2240 lbs.
75 00
Jeans,
Wool, domestic,
Per yard,
4 00
Hetties, -
"
Camp, iron, -
Each, - ' - ■ -
5 00
Lard,
"
Clean, - -
Per pound,
75
Leather, •
"
Sole, ....
Per pound,
2 50
Leather, -
"
Upper, ... .
Per pound,
3 25
Leather, -
"
Harness, - - " -
Per pound,
3 00
Molasses, -
"
Cane, ....
Per gallon,
5 00
Molasses, -
"
Sorghum,
Per gallon,
3 00
Mules,
"
1st class,
Per head,
400 00
Mules,
"
2d class,
Per head,
350 00
Mules,
"
3d class,
Per lie&d,
250 00
Oats,
"
Sheaf, unbaled,
Per 100 pounds^
2 00
Oats,
"
Sheaf, baled, -
Per 100 pounds,
2 50
Oats,
"
Shelled,
Per bushel of 34 lbs.
1 50
Osnaburgs,
"
Cotton, % yard wide, 7
60
oz. to yard,
Per yard,
Osnaburgs,
"
Cotton, i yard wide, 8
oz. to yard,
Per yard,
70
Peas,
i ,,
Cow, ....
Per bushel of 60 lbs.
2 00
Potatoes, -
"
Irish, ....
Per bushel of 60 lbs.
2 00
Potatoes, -
"
Sweet, ....
Per bushel of 60 lbs.
1 00
Peaches, dried,
"
Peeled, -
Per bushel of 38 lbs.
5 00
Peaches, dried,
"
Unpeeied,
Per bushel of 38 lbs.
3 00
Pork,
"
Fresh, ....
Per pound,
35
Pork,
"
Salt,
Per pound,
55
Pasturage,
Cattle and horses near
city, ....
Per head per month,
3 00
Pasturage,
"
•Interior, -
Per head per month,
1 50
Rice,
"
New, ....
Per pound,
15
Rice,
"
Old,
Per pound,
12
Rye,
"
Good,
Per bushel of 56 lbs.
2 50
Sacks, - - "
Two bushels, osnaburg,
Each,
1 00
Shirting, -
Cotton, i yard wide, 4£
yards to pound,
Per yard,
50
Shirting, -
Cotton, J yard wide, 3i{
yards to pound,
Per yard,
60
Ootton Stripes,
Three yards to pound, -
Per yard,
75
Salt,
Coast, -
Per bushel of 50 lbs.
15 00
Salt,
Liverpool,
Per bushel of 50 Jbs.
Per pair,
30 00
Shoe?, - - j "
Army, -
8 00
Shoe Thread, - ; "
Flax, ' - -
Per pound,
3 00
'Socks, - - "
Soldiers', wool,
Per pair,
1 25
Sheep, - - "
Fat, - .
Per head,
15 00
Sugar, - - j "
Brown, common,.
Per pound,
90
Sugar, - - i "
Brown, common, -
Per pound,
80
Soap, - - ; "
Hard, - - .
Per pound,
40
3
ARTICLES.
f-
3
s
c
DESCRIPTION.
QUANTITY.
Soap,
Good,
Soft, ....
Per pound,
$0 20
Shucks, -
Baled, ....
Per 100 pounds,
1 50
Shucks, -
Unbaled,
Per 100 pounds,
1 25
Tea,
Black, ....
Per pound,
5 00
Tea,
Green, ....
Per pound,
7 00
Tent Cloth,
Cotton, 10 oz. to yard, -
Per yard,
90
Tallow, -
Clean, . . . i
Per pound,
80
Vinegar, -
Cider, - -
Per gallon,
1 00
Vinegar, -
Manufactured,
Per gallon,
75
"Whiskey,
Good, ....
Per gallon,
4 00
Wheat,
First rate, white, -
Per bushel of 60 lbs.
4 00
Wheat,
Fair, -
Per bushel of 60 lbs.
3 50
Wheat,
Ordinary,
Per bushel of 60 lbs.
3 00
Wheat Straw,
Baled, ....
Per 100 pounds,
60
Wheat Straw,
Unbaled,
Per 100 pounds,
,50
Wool,
Washed,
Per pound,
3 75
Wool,
Unwashed,
Per pound,
3 00
Wagons, -
Wood axle, 4 horse, new,
Each,
250 00
Wagons, -
Iron axle, 4 horse, new,
Each,
300 00
Wagons, -
Wood axle, 2 horse, new,
Each,
175 00
Wagons, -
Iron axle, 2 horse, new,
Each, - - -
225 00
Yarn,
Cotton, -
Per bunch of 5 lbs. -
6 00
Hire of Labor, Teams, Wagons and Horses.
DESCRIPTION.
Baling long forage, ...
Shelling and sacking corn, sacks furnished
by government, -
Hauling, -
Hire of two-horse team, wagon and driver,
rations furnished by owner,
Hire of two-horse team, wagon and driver,
rations furnished by government,
111 re of four-horse team, wagon and driver,
rations furnished by owner,
Hire of four-horse team, wagon and driver,
rations furnished by government,
Hire of six-horse team, wagon and driver,
rations furnished by owner,
Hire of six-horse team, wagon and driver,
rations furnished by government,
Hire of laborer, rations furnished by owner,
Hire of laborer, rations furnished by govern¬
ment, -----
Hire of laborer, rations furnished by owner,
Hire of laborer, rations furnished by govern¬
ment, -
100 pounds,
$0 30
bus. of 56 lbs.
.05
100 lbs. p. ml.
03
day,
7 00
day,
5 00
day,
10 00
day,
6 50
day,
12 00
day,
8 00
day,
1 50
day,
1 00
month,
30 00
month,
15 00
4
The undersigned, commissioners and appraisers, under the act of con¬
gress, for regulating the impressments for South Carolina, have adopted
the foregoing schedule of prices, which they think is fair gnd equitable
under existing circumstances. They hope that the producer will be will¬
ing not only to sell to the government at these prices, but to private indi¬
viduals, and especially to the families of soldiers who are in the service
of their country. The present is no time for those who are at home to be
speculating on the necessities of a bleeding country. They should con¬
sider that whilst the patriotic and gallant soldier in the army is offering
his blood and his life as a sacrifice for independence, that they, too, are
called upon to make sacrifices and forego all exorbitant profits on what
they have to sell. He who is unwilling to do so is unworthy of his
country and the cause in which she is engaged.
The commissioners would respectfully suggest to the quartermasters
and commissaries in South Carolina that they should not impress provi¬
sions which have been purchased for family supplies and immediate con¬
sumption, nor should they interfere with purchases made at government
prices, on their way to market, in the hands of a fair retail dealer, who is
willing to sell at a moderate profit, to supply the wants of the poor in the
cities, towns and villages of the state.
The foregoing schedule of prices will continue in force for two months,
unless sooner revised.
B. F. Perry,
A. M. Martin,
Commissioners.
ColumUa, S. C.t September 15, 1863.
By order.
S. COOPEK;
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, October 1, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 129. J
I. The following schedules of prices for articles named therein, adopted
by commissioners appointed pursuant to law, for the State of Virginia,
are announced for the information of all concerned; and the special at¬
tention of officers and agents of the government is directed thereto:
Richmond,' October I, 1863.
Hon. Jas. A. Seddon, Sec'y of War:
Sir,
The commissioners appointed under section 5th of the bill
recently passed by the confederate congress, regulating impressrpents,
being required to agree upon and publish a schedule of prices every two
months, or oftener, if they should deem it proper, in accordance with the
foregoing requisition, we respectfully lay before you the following sche¬
dules of prices, marked A and B, for the ensuing month. Owing to the
difficulty of obtaining satisfactory information as to pork, we have post¬
poned the appraisement till our next, assessment.
The following schedule presents the maximum prices to be paid for the
articles appraised, at all cities and usual places of sale, and when im¬
pressed elsewhere, the same prices are to be paid elsewhere, less the cost
of transportation to the city or usual place of sale to which'the article
would go ordinarily for sale from, that neighborhood, or less the cost of
transportation to the point at which the government needs the article, and
wishes it to J>e sent; provided, that in no case the amount deducted for
transportation as above, shall exceed 25 cents per bushel for grain, and
25 cents per cwt. for long forage, flour, bacon, iron, &c. In addition t®
the established price of transportation, the government to pay all legal
tolls; and where farmers cannot procure nails for baling forage, govern¬
ment to furnish the same at cost, which will be deducted from the estab¬
lished price of baling:
2
Schedule A.
ARTICLES.
QUALITY.
DESCRIPTION.
QUANTITY.®
PRICE.
1 Wbeat,
Prime,
White or red,
Per bus. of 6Q lbs.
: «
2 Flour,
Good,
Fine,
Superfine,
" bbl. of 196 lbs.
"
" " 196 lbs.
26 50
«
"
Family,
" " 196 lbs.
28 00
3 Corn,
Prime,
White or yel'w,
" bus of 56 lbs.
4 00
4 Unshelled corn,
" " 56 lbs.
3 95
5 Corn meal,
'Good,
-
" " 50 lbs.
4 20
6 Rye,
Prime,
-
" 56 lbs.
3 20
7 Cleaned oats,
"
-
" " 32 lbs.
2 00
8 Wheat bran,
Good,
-
17 lbs.
9 Shorts,
"
-
" 22 lbs.
70
10 Brown stuff,
"
-
" " 28 lbs.
90
l'l; Ship stuff, "
"
-
37 lbs.
pound,
1 40
12 Bacon,
"
Hog round,
1 qp
13 Salt pork,
Fat and
- :
1 00
Fresh "
good,
-
Per lb. net weight,
45
14 Lard,
Good,
-
" pound,
Av'ge price per head,
1 00
15 Horses,
First class,
Artillery, &c.
350 00
16 Wool,
Fair or
Merino,
Washed,
Per pound,
3 00
17 Wool,
Fair or
Merino,
Unwashed,
" "
2 00
18 Peas,
Good,
-
" bus. of 60 lbs.
4 00
19 Beans,
-
60 l bs.
4 00
20 fotatoes,
"
Irish,
" " 60 lbs.
400
21 Potatoes,
"
Sweet,
" " 60 lbs.
5 00
22 Onions,'
"
-
" " 60 lbs.
5 00
23 Dried peaches,
"
Pealed,
" " 38 lbs.
8 00
24 Dried peaches,
"
Un pealed,
" " 38 IBS.
4 50
25 Dried apples,
"
Pealed,
" " 28 lbs.
3 00
26 Hay, baled,
"
Timothy
or clover,
" 100 pounds,
3 00
2? Hay, baled,
"
Orchard or
herd grass,
" 100 "
3 00
28 Hay, unbaled,
Orchard or
herd grass,
" 100 •" .
2 70
29 Sheaf oats, baled,
_
" 100 "
4 QO
30 " " unb'd,
-"
" 100
3 70
31 Blade fodder,baled*
_
" 100 "
3 «)
32 " " unb'J,
-
" 100
2 70
33 Shucks, baled,
-
" 100 " «
2 00
34 " unbaled,
-
" 100
- 1 70
35 Wheat straw, bl'd,
- ,
" 100
1 00
36 " " unb'd,
-
" 100 "
70
37 Pasturage,
Interior,
" head per month,
3 00
38
39
Superior,
First rate,
4 00
5 00
40
Good,
Near cities,
ii a it
5 00
41
Superior,
■V " «
6 00
42
First rate,
"
a a a
7 00
43 Salt,
Goad,
-
" bus. of 50 lbs.
5 do
44 Soap,
45 Candles,
46 Vinegar,
—
" pound,
40
(c
Tallow,
1 00
ic
Cider,
" gallon,
1 00
47 Whiskey,
«
Trade,
3 00
48 Sugar,
49 Molasses,
«
Brown,
" pound,
1 00
New Orleans,
" gallon,
8 00
50 Rice,
-
" pound, *
20
8
Schedule A—Continued.
Articles.
quality.
description.
quantity.
price.
51 Coffee,
Good,
Rio,
Per pound,
$ 3 00
52 Tea,
"
Trade,
7 00
53 Vinegar,
"
Manufactured,
" gallon,
50
54 Pig iron,
"
No. 1 quality,
" ton,
125 00
55 Pig iron,
"
No. 2 quality,
" "
110 00
56 : "
"
No. 3 quality,
" "
100 00
57 Bloom iron,
"
-
" "
180 00
58 Smith's iron,
"
Round, plate
and bar,
« ..
330 80
59 Rail road iron,
"
_
" "
190 00
50 Leather,
"
Harness,
" pound,
2 60
61 "
"
Sole,
2 40
62
"
Upper,
" "
2 80
63 Beef cattle,
"
Gross weight,
" 100 pounds,
" 100
16 00
64 "
Superior,
18 00
65 " "
Fi.'Ht rate,
" "
" 100
20 00
66 Sheep,
Fair,
_
" head,
30 00
67 Army woolen cl'th
4 50
f yard,
Good,
10 oz. per yd.
" yard,
68 Army woolen cl'th,
"
Pro rata as to
greater or less
Width or weight.
69 Army woolen cl'th
6-4 yard.
"
20 oz. per yd.
Per yard,
9 00
tO Army woolen cl'th,
"
Pro rata as to
greater or less
Width or weight.
71 Flannels,
"
6 oz. per yd.
Per yard,
(( U
3 00
72 Cotton shirting, f
73 ■ " " i,
"
41 yds. to lb.
42
"
31} yds. to lb.
it 11
74 " sheet'gs, 4-4
"
3 yds. to lb.,
a it
66
75 " oznab'gs, %
■ "
6 oz per yd.
a u
60
76 " " I
"
8 oz. per yd.
it <<
70
77 " drills, J,
"
3 yds. to lb.
ti <*
70
78 Cot. shirt'g stripes,
"
3 yds. to lb.
<1 i*
70
79 " tent cloths,
"
10 oz per yd.
87
80 On the above enu
merated cot ton cloths, pro
rata as to greater or le
ss width
or weight.
81 Cotton warps,
Good,
-
Per pound,
1 63
82 Army shoes,
"
-
" pair,
10 00
83 Shoe thread,
"
-
" pound,
2 00
84 Wool socks, men'B
"
_
" pair,
1 25
85 Mules,
First rate,
' Wagon, &c.
Av'ge price per head,
300 00
In assessing the average value of "first class artillery and wagon
horses at $350," we designed that the term should be accepted and acted
upon according to its obvious common seuse import. In other words,
that horses should be selected, and then impressed accordingly as their
working qualities and adaptation to army service, together with their in¬
trinsic value, would warrant a judicious purchaser in considering them -
as coming within the contemplation of the commissioners when they
assessed the average value of such horses as the government needed, at
$350. But cases might arise, however, when the public exigencies
would be so urgent as to demand that all horses at hand should be im-
pressed. Yet under ordinary circumstances, when family or extra blooded
horses, or brood mares of admitted high value are impressed, we respect¬
fully suggest to the Secretary of War to have instructions forwarded to
the impressing officers to propose and allow the owners to substitute in
Jtheir stead such strong, sound and serviceable horses or mules as shall
be considered and valued by competent and disinterested parties as first
class artillery horses, or first rate wagon mules.
The term "average value per head" was used in contradistinction to a
fixed and uniform price for each horse or mule. We supposed that in
impressing a number of horses or mules, whether owned by several per¬
sons, or one individual, that some might be estimated at $'250, or even
at less, and others at different advanced rates, according to their worth,
up as high as $450, or above that amount—thus making an average
value or price for a number of good, sound and efficient horses, $350
each, and mules $ 300 each.
In illustration of our views, we will add, that a horse with only one
eye sound, might, in all other respects, be classed as a first rate artillery
horse, yet the loss of one eye would justly and considerably curtail his
value. So a horse from 10 to 18 years of age might be deemed in all
other particulars as a first class artillery horse, but of course, however
efficient or able to render good service for a year or so, yet his advanced
age would justly and materially impair his value. Any horse, however
he may approximate the standard of a first class artillery horse, must,
according to deficiencies, fall below the maximum price; and as few
comparatively exactly come up to the standard, and therefore are entitled
to the maximum price, so of course in all other instances the price should
be proportionately reduced, as imperfections place them below the standard
of first class, &c.
E. W. Hubakd,
Robert Gibboney,
Commissioners for Va.
5
Schedule B.—Hire of Labor, Teams, Wagons and Drivers.
1 Baling long forage,
2 Shelling and bagging corn, s^cks fur¬
nished by government,
3 Hauling, -
4 Hauling grain, -
5 Hire of two-horse team, wagon and
driver, rations furnished by owner, -
6 Hire of same, rations furnished by the
government, -
7 Hire of four-horse team, wagon and
driver, rations furnished by owner, -
8 Hire of same, rations furnished by the
s government, -
9 Hire of six-horse team, wagon and driver,
rations furnished by owner,
10 Hire of same, rations furnished by the
government, -
11 Hire of laborer, rations furnished by
owner, -
12 Hire of same, rations furnished by the
government, -
13 Hire of same, rations furnished by
owner, - -
14 Hire of same, rations furnished by the
QUANTITY AND TIME.
PRICE.
Per 100 pounds,
$0
30
" 56
05
" cwt. per mile,
" bus. "
06
03
" day,
10
00
" day,
5
00
" day,
13
00,
" day,
6
50
" day,
16
00
" day,
8
00
" day,
2
00
" day,
1
25
" month,
40
00
" month,
20
00
E. W. Hubard,
Robert Gibboney,
Commissioners for Va.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Buckingham, Oct. 1, 1863.
Hon. James A. Seddon:
SJR,
As there occurred several ^accuracies in publishing our
schedule A, dated Richmond, October 1st, 1863, we respectfully submit
the following corrections. We trust, as the mistakes are so obvious, that
the good sense of the public as well as of our impressing agents, enabled
them in detecting to correct them. In August we assessed prime white
And red wheat at $ 5 per bushel, and good superfine flour at $ 25 per
barrel. At our meeting the 24th of September, the board readopted jn
full our schedule of August, with a few additions. Therefore we re¬
tained our former valuation of superfine flour. But we added fine flour,
which we assessed at $ 22 per barrel, and extra superfine flour at $26 50
per barrel, and family flour at $28 per barrel—each weighing 196 lbs.
We also added good, fresh fat pork, at forty-five cents per pound net
weight. Not apprehending the development of any facts of sufficient
importance to require a change in our valuations for at least two months,
we adopted schedules A and B, as adjusted in Augjast, with the foregoing
additions, as the government rates for the ensuing two months. We
therefore submit the August schedules marked A and B, with the forego¬
ing stated additions and corrections, and request their republication, with
the understanding that the prices therein indicated are to remain for the
months of October and November, as agreed upon when we presented to
you our last report. If in the mean time any additions to the number of
Articles assessed should be desirable, we will send in ^ supplemental
schedule embracing them.
Most respectfully,
E. W. Hubard,
Rob't Gibbonev,
Commissioners for Va.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office!,
Richmond, October 1, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 129. 5
The following schedule presents the maximum prices to be paid for the
articles appraised, at all cities and usual places of sale, and when im¬
pressed elsewhere, the same prices are to be paid elsewhere, less the cost
of transportation to the city or usual place of sale to which the article
would go ordinarily|for sale from that neighborhood, or less the cost of
transportation to the point at which the government needs the article, and
wishes it to be sent; provided, that in no case the amount deducted for
transportation as Above, shall exceed 25 cents per bushel for grain, and
25 cents per cwt. for long forage, flour, bacon, iron, &c. In addition to
the established price of transportation, the government to pay all legal
tolJs; and where formers cannot procure nails for baling forage, govern-
ment to furnish the same at cost, which will be deducted from the estab¬
lished price of baling:
Schedule A.
ARTICLES.
QUALITY.
DESCRIPTION.
QUANTITY.
PRICE.
1 Wheat,
Prime,
White or red,
Per bus. of 60 lbs.
$5 00
2 Flour,
Good,
Fine,
ti
bbl of 196 lbs.
"22 00
;j
Superfine,
Extra sup'fine,
Family,
ti
it
it
" 196 lbs.
44 196 lbs.
41 196 lbs.
25 #0
26 50
28 00
3 Corn,
Prime,
White or y-el'w,
<1
bns. of 56 lbs.
4 00
4 Unshelled corn,
ii ii
<4
56 lbs.
3 95
5 Corn meal,
Good,
-
tt
44 50 lbs.
4 20
6 Rye,
Prime,
-
It
44 56 lbs.
3 20
7 Cleaned oats,
-
tt
44 32 lbs.
2 00
8 Wheat bran,
Good,
_
tt
44 IT lbs.
SO
9 Shorts,
44
—
it
44 22 lbs.
70
10 Brown stuff,
44
_
it
" 28 lbs.
m
11 Ship stuff,'
44
-
tt
44 37 lbs.
1 40
12 Bacon,
13 Salt pork,
t*
Hog round,
* "
pound.
1 00
"
-
tt
u .
1 00
Fresh "
Fat and
good,
-
Per lb. net weight,
45
14 Lard,
Good,
-
"
pound.
1 00
IS Horses,
First class,
Artillery, &c.
Av'ge price per head,
350 00
16 Wool,
Fair or
Merino,
Washed,
Per
pound,
3 00
17 Wool,
Fair or
Merino,
Unwashed,
"
44
2 00
18 Peas,
Good,
_
ft
bus. of 60 lbs.
4 00
19 Beans,
«
—
44
" 60 lbs.
4 00
20 Potatoes,
44
Irish,'
Sweet,
44
" 60 lbs.
4 00
21 Potatoes,
44
it
" 60 lbs.
5 00
22 Onions,
«
-
tt
" 60 lbs.
5 00
23 Dried peaches,
44
Pealed,
44
38 lbs.
8 00
24 Dried peaches,
44 /
Unpealed,
44
" 38 lbs.
4 50
25 Dried apples,
44
Pealed,
44
" 28 lbs.
3 00
26 Hay, baled,
"
Timothy
or clover,
44
100 pounds,
3 00
27 Hay, baled,
44
Orchard or
herd grass,
tt
100 "
3 00
28 Hay, unbaled,
"
Orchard or
herd grass,
44
100 -
2 70
29 Sheaf oats, baled,
_
44
100 "
4 00
30 " " unb'd,
31 Blade fodder,baled,
44
_
44
100 "
3 70
44
_
41
100 "
3 00
32 « " unb'd,
<4
_
44
100 "
8 70
33 Shucks, baled,
"
_
44
JOO "
2 00
34 " unbaled,
""
_
41
100 "
1 70
35 Wheat straw, bl'd.
(I
_
44
100 "
1 00
36 " " unb'd,
44
_
44
100 "
70
37 Pasturage,
38
"
Interior,
41
head per month,
■3 00
Superior,
"
44
4 W
39 "
First rate,
"
tt
« ii
5 do
40 "
Good,
Near cities,
44
ti ii
5 00
41 "
Superior,
"
44
ii ii
6 00
42 "
First rate,
ii
44
14 14
7 00
43 Salt,
Good,
_
44
bus. of 50 lbs.
5 00
44 Soap,
45 Candles,
«
Tallow,
\\
pound,
40
1 00
46 Vinegar,
"
Cider,
44
gallon,
1 00
47 Whiskey,
«
Trade,
U
44
3 00
48 Sngar,
"
Brown,
it
pound,
gallon,
pound, *
l qp
49 Molasses,
50 Rice,
M
New Orleans,
tt
8 00
20
£
Schedule A—Continued.
ARTICLES.
QUALITY.
DESCRIPTION.
QUANTITY.
PRICK.
51 Coffee,
Gbod,
Rio,
Per pound,
$ 3 00
58 Tea,
(I
Trade,
7 00
53 Vinegar,
II
Manufactured,
No. 1 quality,
" gallon, *
50
54 Pig iron,
II
" ton,
125 00
55 Pig iron,
II
No. 2 quality,
II II
110 00
56
II
No. 3 quality,
II II
100 00
57 Bloom iron,
II
—
II II
18QOO
58 Smith's iron,
II
Round, plate
and bar,
II II
380 80
59 Rail road iron,
II
-
• 1 II
190 00
60 Leather,
II
Harness,
" pound,
2 60
61
68
II
II
Sole,
Upper,
2 40
2 80
63 Beef cattle,
II
Gross weight,
" 100 pounds,
16 00
61 "
Superior,
" 100
18 00
65 " "
First rate,
II ii
" 100
20 00
66 Sheep,
Fair,
-
" head,
30 00
67 Army woolen cl'th,
4 50
$ yard,
Good,
10 oz. per yd.
" yard,
68 Army woolen cl'th,
"
Pro rata as to
Width or weight.
greater or less
69 Army woolen cl'th,
9 00
6-4 yard,
"
20 oz. per yd.
Per yard,
70 Army woolen cl'th,
Pro rata as to
Width or weight.
greater or less
3 00
71 Flannels,
ii
6 oz. per yd.
Per yard,
78 Cotton shirting,
"
4J yds. to lb.
42
73 " " J,
a
3| yds. to lb.
50
74 " sheet'gs, 4-4,
"
3 yds. to lb.
II II
60
75 " oznab'gs, J,
"
6 oz. per yd.
II 14
60
76 " " t
II
8 oz. per yd.
3 yds. to lb.
70
77 " drills, i
78 Cot. shirt'g stripes,
"
70
"
3 yds. to lb.
70
79 " tent cloths,
"
10 oz. per yd.
11 11
. 87
80 On the above enu
merated col
ton cloths, pro
rata aB to greater or le
ss width
or weight.
1 63
81 Cotton warps,
Good,
-
Per pound,
82 Army shoes,
-
" pair,
10 00
83 Shoe thread,
"
-
" pound,
2 00
84 Wool socks, men's
"
_
" pair,
1 25
85 Mules,
1 First rate,
Wagon, &c.
Av'ge price per head,
300 00
In assessing the average value of "first class artillery and wagon
horses at $350," we designed that the term should be accepted and acted
upon according to its obvious common sense import. In other words,
that horses should be selected, and then impressed accordingly as their
working qualities, and adaptation to army service, together with their in¬
trinsic value, would warrant a judicious purchaser in considering them
as coming within the contemplation of the commissioners when they
assessed the average value of such horses as the government needed, at
$350. But cases might arise, however, when the public exigencies
would be so urgent as to demand that all horses at hand should be im-
4
pressed. Yet under ordinary circumstances, when family or extra blooded
horses, or brood mares of admitted high value are impressed, we respect¬
fully suggest to the Secretary of War to have instructions forwarded to
the impressing officers to propose and allow the owners to substitute in
their stead such strong, sound and serviceable horses or mules as shall
he considered ^and valued by competent and disinterested parties as first
class artillery horses, or first rate wagon mules.
The term "average value per head" was used in contradistinction to a
fixed and uniform price for each horse or mule. We supposed that in
impressing a number of horses or mules, whether owned by several per¬
sons, or one individual, that some might be estimated at $ "250, or even
at less, and others at different advanced rates, according to their worth,
up as high as $450, or above that amount—thus making an average
value or price for a number of good, sound and efficient horses, $350
each, and mules $ 300 each.
In illustration of our views, we will add, that a horse with only one
eye sound, might, in all other respects, be classed as a first rate artillery
horse, yet the loss of one eye would justly and considerably curtail his
value. So a horse from 10 to 18 years of age might be deemed in all
other particulars as a first class artillery horse, but of course, however
efficient or able to render good service for a year or so, yet his advanced
age would justly and materially impair his value. Any horse, however
he may approximate the standard of a first class artillery horse, must,
according to deficiencies, fall below the maximum price; and as few
comparatively exactly come up to the standard, and therefore are entitled
to the maximum price, so of course in all other instances the price should
be proportionately reduced, as imperfections place them below the standard
of first class, &c.
E. W. Hubard,
Robert Gtbboney,
Commissioners for Va.
b
schedule b.—Hire of Labor, Teams, Wagons and Drivers.
1 Baling long forage,
2 Shelling and bagging corn, sacks fur¬
nished by government,
3 Hauling, - - -
4 Hauling grain,
5 Hire of two-horse team, wagon and
driver, rations furnished by owner, -
6 Hire of same, rations furnished by the
government, ...
7 Hire of four-horse team, wagon and
driver, rations furnished by owner, —
8 Hire of same, rations furnished by the
government, - - -
9 Hire of six-horse team, wagon and driver,
rations furnished by owner,
10 Hire of same, rations furnished by the
government, ...
11 Hire of laborer, rations furnished by
owner, ....
12 Hire of same, rations furnished by the
government, ...
13 Hire of same, rations furnished by
owner, ....
14 Hire of same, rations furnished by the
government, - - -
QUANTITY AND TIME.
Per 100 pounds,
56
cwt. per mile,
bus. "
day,
day,
day,
day,
day,
day,
month,
month,
By order.
E. W. Hubard,
Robert Gibboney,
Commissioners for Va.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, Oct. 2, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, }
No. 130. J
I. The evils resulting from tho prolonged absence of soldiers who have
obtained furloughs on account of sickness, being greatly on the increase,
the attention of officers of the army is directed to the 7th paragraph of
General Orders, No. 69, of 1863, from this office, and strict compliance
tlierewitlf is enjoined.
II. Commanders of companies who, agreeably to the requirements of
the aforesaid Orders, No. 69, receive from examining boards notices of
furloughs granted by them, arc required to make out and forward monthly
to the superintendents of the bureaus of conscription (Col. J. S. Preston,
at Richmond, Ya., or Brig. Gen. G. J. Pillow, at Marietta, Ga., as the case
may require), lists of all men so furloughed, and who do not promptly
return to their companies at the expiration of the time granted them; and
it will be the duty of the superintendent receiving such lists, to direct the
proper enrolling officers to arrest and return to their companies, without
delay, all persons who are thus reported, and found absent without proper
authority.
III. Payment upon affidavit to soldiers sick or wounded, in hospitals,
who are unprovided with descriptive lists, will hereafter be limited to four
months' pay.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, Va., Oct. 3, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 131. j
Difficulties in procuring the medals and badges of distinction, having
delayed their presentation by the President, as authorized by the act of
congress, approved Oct. 13, 1862, to the officers, non-commissioned offi¬
cers and privates of the armies of the Confederate States, conspicuous
for courage and good conduct on the field of battle—
To avoid postponing the grateful recognition of their valor until it can
be made in the enduring form provided by that act—It is ordered,
I. That the names of all those who have been or may hereafter be re¬
ported as worthy of this distinction, be inscribed on a
Roll of Honor,
To be preserved in" the office of the "adjutant and inspector general for
reference, in all future time, for those who have deserved well of their
country, as having best displayed their courage and devotion on the field
of battle.
II. That the Roll of Honor, so fax^a^ now made up, be appended to
this Order, and read at the head of every regiment in the service of the
Confederate States, at the first dress parade after its receipt, and be pub¬
lished in at least one newspaper in each state.
III. The attention of the officers in charge is directed to General Or¬
ders, No. 93, section No. 27, of the series of 1862, Adjutant and Inspector
General's Office, for the mode of selecting the non-commissioned officers
and privates entitled to this distinction, and its execution is enjoined.
Battle of Murfreesboro'.
Alabama.
22d Regiment of Infantry:
Sergeant W. D. Sumner, Company A.
Private Win. Sellers, " B.
Corporal J. L. Husbands, " C.
Sergeant B. T. Nelson, " D.
P. A. Minton, " E.
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9$d Regiment of Infantry—Continued
Corporal N. B. Walker, Company F-
Private J. R. Black, " ^
Corporal W. R. Larry, " H.
Private J. J. McVey, " 1
" J. N. Eilands, " K
24th Regiment of Infantry:
Captain W. D. Smith, A
" W. P. Fowler, " F
" Jno. B. Hazard, " I-
" W. J. O'Brien, " B.
Lieutenant J. A. Hall, 5< K-
" A. B. Nelson, " D
" R. T. B. Parham, " H
" A. Young, " A.
Sergeant Major Win. Mink.
1st Sergeant J. M. J. Tally, " K
Sergeant John Joes, , "A.
Private Martin Duggan, " B
" Melbourn Deloach, , " C.
Sergeant Saml. S. Wylie, -» " D,
Private Joseph Hall, " E.
" Saml. M. Roberts," " F
" A. W. Scott, •' G.
" James R. Green, " H.
" N. Lankford.* " 1.
" A. Posey, " K.
25 th Regiment of Infantry:
Sergeant Isaac N. Rhoades, " A
Private Warren A. Jackson, " B
" Samuel Ellison, " C.
" James A. Mote, " D
Sergeant J. F. Coker,' " F.
" Patrick H. Smith, " G
Private Marion F. Hazlewood, " H.
" Charles W. Ropers J " I.
" J. B. Peacock," •"
26th Regiment of Infantry:
Private B. A. Thomason, e* A,
Sergeant J. E. Gilbert, " g.
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2Gth Regiment of Infantry—Continued
Private L. P. Roberts, Company C,
44 Reedy Ward, "" D.
S^fgeant F. E. Mitchell, " E.
Private J. T. McClain, " G.
41 J. H. Cotrel, " H.
" Jno. A. Uselton, " L
Companies F and K made no selection.
■28th*Regiment of Infantry:
Private Topley Murphey, " B.
Sergeant Elias Wood, " G.
" . W. B. Curry, " K.
" Wm. E. Short, " If.
The other companies made no selection.
32d Regiment of Infantry :
Private James Clements,* " A.
Corporal Vincent II. Joiner, " B.
Private Edmund Davis, " C.
Corporal Jno. C. Oliver,* " D.
Private Reuben Dumas, " 35.
" Nathaniel Wheelers,* " F.
Corporal James H. Dore, "
Private Alfred C. Hatto, 44 H.
Sergeant George W. A"ansaxidt, 44 I.
Corporal Elijah P. Gable* " K.
34th Regiment of Infantry:
Corporal S. J. Numney, 41 A.
Private J. R. Browning, " C.
" C. P. Greer, " D.
" James Shehorn, " E.
44 S. W. Reynolds, 44 F.
" J. G.Whaley, " G.
44 T. N. Cloud, " H.
" B. R. Covington, " I.
" J. G. Metts, 41 K,
39th Regiment of Infantry:
Adjutant J. M. Macon.
2d Lieut. E. Q. Thornton, 44 K.
44 E. O. Petty, 44 B.
Sergeant C. K. Hall, " H.
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39th Regiment of Infantry—Continued
Sergeant W. J. White, Company H,
" E. Priest, " F-
Private W. C. Menifee, A.
Sergeant A. J. Talbot, - " A.
Private Samuel M. Martin, " B-
*' John Dansbey, " C.
" Evander Burkett, " D-
" Frank Jones, " E.
" Wm. M. Meadows, " F.
Sergeants Jno. H. Poyner and T. F. Espy, " G.
Company G was unable to decide between these
two sergeants.
Sergeant Abner Flowers, " I.
" \ James S. Wilson, " K.
Company H made no selection.
17th Battalion—Sharp Shooters:
Private Jno. A. Rutherford " A.
Walter S. White, " B.
Waters' Battery:
Private John Hutcherson
Ketclium's Battery:
Captain James Canity.
1st Lieutenant Phijlip Bond
" M. A. Hassell.
Arkansas.
1st Regiment of Infantry:
Lieutenant Colonel D. McGregor.*
Adjutant S. M. Greenwood.
Captain 0. F. Parrish, " D.
Lieutenant J. E. Letson, " D.
Captain W. H. Scales, " C.
Corporal G. M. McKenzie," " A.
Private J. S. T. Hemphill, " B.
" G. W. Sallee,* " c.
G. Bagy, « p.
W. W. Chancy, " E.
" H. J. Bullion, " p.
" A. P. Green,* << q
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1st Regiment of Infantry—Continued-
Private J. Beeson, Company H.
J. H. Curd,* " U
" O. C. Choat,* " K.
2d Regiment of Infantry:
Corporal James W. Pyles, " A.
Private Tilman Peavy,' " B.
J. H. Eagle,* " C.
E. A. Ballew, " D.
" W. A. Thompson,* " E.
Wm. Till,* " F.
Sergeant J. E. Shepard, " G.
Private M. M. MeGee, " H.
Sergeant H. M. Gravis, " I.
F. E. Gett, " K.
4th Regiment of Infantiy:
Sergeant S. A. Smith. " A.
Private James M. Pate, *' C.
" Dan'l Hudson, " D.
" Thos. Caldwell, " E.
Sergeaut J. F. Garrett,* " F.
Private J. M. Vinson,* " G.
Sergeant S. T. Ward,* " H.
Private Simpson Jackson, " I-
T. P. Williams, " K.
1st Regiment of Maryland Rifles:
Private Pat Collawaii, " A.
" W. T. Blakemore, " B.
" Jas. Pearsons, , " C.
Corporal C. D. Jenkins, " D.
Private T. J. Underwood, " E.
W. W. Coe, " F.
1st Sergeant W. S. Colbern, " G.
Corporal Thomas Thompson, " H.
" J. L. Casteen, " I.
Private G. B. House,* " K.
25th Regiment of Infantry:
Private J. Alphin, " A.
Corporal J. R. Fergurson, " B.
Private W. G. Evans, " C.
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25th Regiment of Infantry—Continued.
Private M. N. Jones, Company D.
S. H. McBride, " E.
Jno. A. Wright, " F.
" J. S. Gardner, "
J. W. McNabb, " H.
Corporal A. M. Ragsdel, " I-
" H. D. Holdaway, " K.
4th Battalion of Infantry:
Private James Vines,* " A.
Corporal L. Higgie,* " B.
Private George Aylor, " C.
" C. G. Warren, " E.
Humphries Artillery Company:
Private John Campbell.
Georgia.
5th Regiment of Infantry:
Private Newton Rice,* "A.
Corporal M. J. McNamara,* " C.
Private Thos. J. Brantley,* " E.
Sergeant Samuel P. Kiddoo,* "■ F.
Corporal B. D. Bedell, " H..
Private George A. Horseley,* " K.
Companies D and G declined to select,
3d Battalion of Infantry:
Private A. S. Kinney,* " B.
" W. D, Clark,* « C.
" Mathew Hall, " D.
" John Capps, " E.
" Michael Kinney, " F.
" Thomas Nolan, " G.
" G. W. Sanders, " H.
9th Battalion of Infantry:
Private Obie McCreery, " A.
" W. J. Wood, " B.
" N. W. Rice, " C.
Corporal Wm. M. Gaines, " D.
Private C. M. R. Palmer, " E.
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Kentucky
2d Regiment of Infantry:
Color Corporal W. H. Robinson, Company A.
Private R. H. Graves, " B>
" Thomas Clark, " C.
Sergeant C. A. Haskell, " D.
" F. M. Chambers, " E.
" W. O. Coppidge, " F.
" D. E. Turney, " G.
Corporal E. H. Wright, " H.
Sergeant John H. Crane, " I.
" Jas. A. Pearce, " K.
4th Regiment of Infantry:
Corporal G. W. 'Rogers, " A.
Sergeant E. L. Johnson, " B.
Private John MeGuire, " C.
Color Corporal R. H. Lindsey, " D.
Sergeant J. S. Whittington, " E.
Private Joseph Nickols, " F.
" H. D. Wallace, " G.
Sergeant A. M. Hathaway, " K.
Companies H and I declined selecting.
6th Regiment of Infantry:
1st Sergeant J. B. Lewis,
Corporal E. S. Jones,
Private Thomas Payne,
" James T. Prather,
2d Sergeant Wm. Hamed,
Private J. O. Cushenburg,
Companies A and B declined selecting
9th Regiment of Infantry:
Captain Jos. Desha, " I.
" James T. Morehead, " G.
Private J. G. Wakefield, " A.
" Jacob Blackshear, " B.
" J. L. Collins, " C.
" Nathan Board, " G
Sergeant Wm. K. Kenman- " H
" Drakeford Gray, " I.
Private H. B. Roberts, " K.
Company D declinecbto select
D.
E.
G.
H.
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Lduisiana.
13th Regiment of Infantry:
Color Sergeant Roger Tannre.
Sergeant Major Jno. Farrel.
Private Dan. Dunn, Company A.
" George K. Higgins, "
" Lewis Brown, " G.
Corporal F. Dru^ot, " ®
Private E. M. Harris, . " E.
" Michael McCailliff, " ^ •
" James Kinsley, " G.
" i M. Brennigan, " H-
Sergeant Pat. Johnston, " I-
Private Francis Mackin, " ' K.
20th Regiment of Infantry:
Private Frank Monahan, " A.
Corporal Charles Sneiden, " B-
" John Bellejean, " C,
Private Walter Haynes, " G.
1st Sergeant P. Mooney, " E.
Private G. Heisser, " E.
" Michael Sullivan, " G.
" Michael Carey, " H-
" Jno. Gorman, " L
1st Sergeant G. G. Smith, " K.
Austin's Battalion of Sharpshooters:
Private J. W. Stovall,*' " A.
" Andrew Develbiss, " B.
5th Company Washington Artillery:
Private John W. Anthony.
Mississippi.
5th Regiment of Infantry: •
Sergeant Wm. Dobbs, " A.
Private Jesse Glass, " B.
Corporal J. J. Smith, " C.
Private G. T. Jayroe, " D.
Sergeant J. H. Richardson, " E.
" W. A. Snow, " F.
Private S. F. Fondren, " G.
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r>tli Regiment of Infantry—Continued.
Sergeant IX S. McCollum, Company H.
Private W. R. Flannigan, " 1.
" H. H. McMichael, " K.
7th Regiment of Infantry :
Private John Higginbotham, A.
" H. II. Price, . " B.
" Richard Chaddick, " C.
" Jeptha Creel, " D.
' Sergeant George Stewart, " E.
Private B. Drummond, " F.
" M. B. Stringer, " G.
" A. Z. Coker, " H.
" P. W. Rogers, " I.
Sergeant A. E. Ford, " K.
8th Regiment of Infantry:
Private W. T. Robinson, " A.
" J. H. Bond, " B.
" W. J. Pitman, " C.
Corporal G. B. Risher, " D.
Private S. T. Massey, " E.
" D. F. Hilburn, " F.
Corporal A. W. Atwood, " G.
Private J. C. Lucy, " H.
" Joel Foster, " I
" W. W. Watson, " K.
9th Regiment of Infantry :
Private T. E. Bovvden,* " A.
" Tlios. Gill, " B.
Color Sergeant L. E. McCrosky, " C.
Sergeant George F. Duffy, " D.
Private John McAfee,* " E.
Corporal E. W. Dowty, " F.
Private W. T. Hollis, " G.
" 13. C. Lipscomb,* " H.
Sergeant D. R. Biles, " 1
Private W. H. Wheeler, " K.
4ist Regiment of Infantry:
Sergeant John A. Moore, " A.
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41st Eegiment of Infantry—Continued.
Private A. W. Bell, ' .Company D.
" A. F. Anderson, " E.
" A. Sanders, " F.
" Samuel N. Eichey, " G.
" G. D. Nelson, " H.
" P. Ledbetter, " I-
" F. Cbnstantine, " K.
Corporal W. M. Baker, " B.
Companies B and C denned making selections.
9th Battalion of Sharp Shooters:
4th Sergeant M. Murphy, " A.
1st Sefgeant Joseph O'Brien, " A.
Sergeanf Murphy was selected by Major Eichards
commanding battalion.
Companies B and C declined making selections.
Stanford's Light Battery:
Private Eichard H. Elliott.
North Carolina.
29th Eegiment of Infantry:
Corporal Abner B. Freeman, " A,
Private Thomas Elkin, " B.
Color Bearer James E. Lanning, " C«
1st Sergeant Erwin F. Eoberts, " D.
Corporal Willburn S. Smith, " E.
Private Devania Millsaps,* " F.
" Abraham Hedrick, " G
" James A. Gillespie, " H.
" Thomas Willis, " I.
" Eobert King, " K.
39th Eegiment of Infantry:
Colonel David Coleman.
Lieutenant Colonel Hugh H. Davidson.
Acting Adjutant Isaac S. Hyams.
1st Lieutenant Abram Booker, " A.
" Wm. T. Anderson, " B.
Sergeant John C. Eogers, A.
Private Wm. T. West, " B.
" Jas. W. Cobb, " C.
" Jas. B. A. Staten, D.
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39th Regiment of Infantry—Continued.
Private Moses Fulbright, Company E.
Sergeant George W. Wiggins, " F.
" John E. More, " I-
Companies G and H made no selection—Company K
not in action.
South Carolina.
10th Regiment of Infantry:
1st Lieutenant C. C., White, " A.
Private A. J. McCants, " A.
" J. S. Beaty, " B.
" W. D. Hewitt, " C.
" G. S. Flowers, " D.
Sergeant C. W. Cockfield,* " E.
Private G. W. Curry, " F.
" J. Cannon, " G.
" N. Gray, " H.
" W. H. Poston, " I-
" J. W. H. Bunch,* " K.
" J. A. Boatwright, " L.
Sergeant S. B. Rhuark, " M.
19th Regiment of Infantry:
Colonel A. J. Lythgoe. •
Major Jno. A. Crowder.
Private Benjamin W. Boothe, " A.
" Samuel S. Home, " B.
Sergeant W. H. Burkhulter, " C.
Private W. A. Black, " H.
" S. D. McCoy, " E.
" Samuel Bloodsworth, " F.
Sergeant Seth A. Jones, " G.
Private James McClain, " H.
" James Jones, " I.
Sergeqpt Maifftn Yance, " K.
Tennessee.
2d Regiment of Infantry:
Color Sergeant John C. Ferris.
4th Regiment of Infantry:
Sergeant J. B. Wendall, " B.
Corporal M. R. Brown, " C.
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4th Regiment of Infantry—Continued.
Private R L. Matthews, Company E.
" G. M. Whitson, " G.
Sergeant J. F. Seay, " H.
Private R. W. Mullins, " I.
5th Regiment of Infantry:
Sergeant J. P. Hardeastle, " A.
2d Lieutenant Z. B. Hamrick, " B.
Color Sergeant W. Davis, " C.
1st Lieutenant W. C. Grissom, " C.
Captain R. B. Roberts, *" D.
2d Lieutenant W. B. Masey, " E.
1st Lieutenant J. B. Blair, " G.
Sergeant J. Swan, " G.
2d Lieutenant S. R. Richards, " H.
W. H. Ballard, " L.
Corporal W. F. Diggs, " A.
2d Sergeant J. A. Aguilar, " B.
Sergeant L. D. Holland, " ' C.
Private W. T. Ballard, " D.
Corporal W. A. Thompson, " E.
Private J. J. Hagler, " F.
" D. C. Baucum, " G.
" W. C. Malin,* " H.
"• G. W. Costen,* " I.
Corporal J. B. Johnson, " K.
8th Regiment of Infantry:
Private D. T. Purkins,* " A.
" R. E. Colston,* " B.
Sergeant J. M. Jones, " C.
" W. J. Armstrong,* " D.
" Willie Simmons,* " E.
1st Sergeant E. B. Little,-* " F.
Private R. II. Gaines,* " G.
" T. G. Hall, " II.
Sergeant Jt T. Luna, " I.
Sergeant Major W. H. Holmon,* " K.
17th Regiment of Infantry:
Colonel A. S- Marks.
Lieutenant Colonel W. W. Floyd.
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17th Regiment of Infantry—Continued.
Adjutant James Fitzpatrick.
Captain F. B. Terry, Company A.
1st Lieutenant G. W. Corn, " D.
H. M. Kimsey, " B.
2d Lieutenant M. W. Black, " E.
Corporal Jno. N. Lowery,* " A.
Sergeant P. L. Sliaffner, " B.
W.T.Jones, " C.
" Robt. Rollins, " D.
Private J. D. Martin, " E.
" Jno. L. Conley, " F.
" J. H. Gober, " G.
" M. T. Liggett,* " H.
" T. C. Mitchell, " K.
Company I declined making a selection.
19th Regiment of Infantry:
1st Sergeant Joseph Thompson, " I.
" Amos C. Smith, " B.
Sergeant G(io. N. Richardson, " K.
The other companies declined making selections.
23d Regiment of Infantry:
Lieutenant Colonel R. H. Keeble.
Captain W. H. Hunter,
" N. R. Allen,
Private W. G. Haynie,
" W. J. Pennington,
1st Sergeant J. N. Holt,
Private H. C. Haynes,*
" S. M. Foster,
" Jasper M. Harris,*
1st Sergeant Wm. K. Kelly,
Corporal G. W. Jernyan,
24th Regiment of Infantry:
Private R. H. Jones,
" Willis A. Jones,
" J. M. D. Sullivan,
Sergeant W. H. H. Loftin,
Private Wm. Jordon,
Color Bearer Cutlibert Ferrill,
G.
E.
A.
B.
D.
E.
C.
F.
G.
H.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
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24th Regiment of Infantry—Continued.
Sergeant G. W. Anderson, Company G.
Private Allen W. Williams, " H.
" R. A. Dean, " I.
" Andrew J. Powers, " K.
25th Regiment of Infantry: .
This regiment declined making any selections.
26th Regiment of Infantry :
Private James Deatherage,* " A.
" Jno. H. Edmunds, " B.
" Wm. T. Williams,* A C.
" Wesley Collins, " D.
" William Rice, " E.
" William Wright, " F.
" A. M. Branson, " H.
" Washington Fuller, " I.
" John Alfred, " K.
28th Regiment of Infantry:
Captain Franklin Fowler, " I.
1st Lieutenant James M. Lowe, " B.
Private Elijah A. Greer, " A.
" Thomas W. Patton, " B.
" Lafatte Chilton, " C,
" James A. Rash, " G.
Color Bearer Houston B. Graves " F.
Corporal John F. Moore, " G.
Private Pinkney: Craighead, " H.
Sergeant Claiborne D. Griffith, " I.
1st Sergeant J. R. Pirtle, " * K.
33d Regiment of Infantry:
Corporal J. W. Mosier, " A.
Private T. E. Mercer, " B.
Sergeant J. C. Stublefield, " C.
Private W. J. McDaniel, " D.
" E. M. Arnold, " E.
Sergeant (Horge Parhorn,* " F.
Private W. R. Gauntlett, " G.
" . J. L. Mizell,* " H.
Sergeant J. E. Hays,* " I.
Private J. D. Hill, " K.
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37th Regiment of Infantry:
Major J. T. McReynolds.
44th Regiment of Infantry:
Colonel John S. Fulton.
Lieutenant Colonel J. L. McEwfn.
Major H. C. Ewin,
Captain Samuel Jackson, Company I.
Private James D. Stone, " B.
" J. G. Heflin,* " C.
Corporal John W. Gill,* " F.
i' J. D. Crenshaw, " H.
" Isaac Berry, " I.
Private J. M. Sellers, " K.
45th Regiment of Infantry:
Private A. W. Loftin, " A.
" J. H. Henderson, " B.
" J. E. Watkins,* " C.
Corporal P. C._F. Millen, " D.
Private James Flowers,* . " E.
1st Sergeant L. P. Cawthorn,* F.
Private A. T. Lanvier,* <! G.
Corporal B. A. Baird, " H.
Sergeant Hugh Hope, " I.
Private John W. Williams, " K.
Garden's Battery—This company declined to select.
Steven Artillery:
Private James L. Gibbs.*
• Jefferson Artillery:
Captain P. Darden.
Major R. B. Snowden, Assistant Adjutant General.
Captain Douglas' Battery:
Corporal W. L. Waits.
Texas.
9th Regiment of Infantry:
Lieutenant Colonel M. A. Dillard.
Private F. M. Sellman,
A.
" John Bradshaw,
C.
" T. J. Cox,
D.
Sergeant J. C. Hamilton,
" E.
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9th Regiment of Infantry—Continued.
Private J. M. Byrd, Company F
" D. F. Moore, " G.
" M. H. Dixon. " H.
Sergeant G. W. Bodford, • " K.
Companies B and I declined making selections.
10th Regiment of Cavalry (dismounted):
Private Alexander Cook, ". A.
" F. M. Rodgers, " B.
Sergeant J. T. McGee, " C.
A. Sims, " D.
Private James Terry, " E.
" W. W. Conley, " F.
" Stokely Hutchins, " G.
" J. O. Manning, " H.
" Joel Reynolds, " I.
" S. L. Birdwell, " K.
14th Regiment of Cavalry:
Private W. R. Strapp, " A.
" Jordon Whelcher, " B.
" Thomas A. Lattemer. " C.
" Wm. D. Melton,* " ,D.
Corporal John Wyche, " E.
Private Wm. Spencer, " F.
" Geo. W. Woo^all, " G.
" William Hull, " H.
" Richard Stiles, " I.
" J. Y. Keil, -= K.
32d Regiment of Cavalry,* (formerly 15th):
Corporal James Rogers/ " G.
Private James W. Clark,* " G.
1st Sergeant S. L. Easly, " H.
Private E. Watson, " I,
The other companies declined making selections.
9th Confederate Regiment:
Col. J. A.#Smith Commanding.
Captain Jos. H. Brow.
1st Sergeant Wm. Powers, " A.
" Wm. Price, " B.
Private Hugh McHugh, " C.
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9th Confederate Regiment—Continued.
1st Sergeant Walter Laracv, Company D.
Private John Hogan, " E.
" Curran Kenny. " F.
" Luther Hessey, " 6.
Sergeant A. P. Burns. " H.
Battle of Chancellorsvili.e.
Alabama.
3d Regiment of Infantry:
Sergeant Walter Rausom, C.
" George Ellison. " E.
Corporal H. H. Hardy, " G.
Private C.,D. Rouse, u H.
Corporal W. H. Powers, " K.
Companies A, B, D, F and L declined voting.
5th Regiment of Infantry :
Captain A. T. Renfro, " B.
Private W. P. Stokes, "A.
" John Summers, " B.
F. M. Burnett. " C.
Sergeant Jno. H. Cowan, " D.
Private Louis H. Thornton, " E.
Corporal Jno. O. Donohoe. " F.
Private N. S. Franklin, " G.
" R. L. Franklin, " H.
" H. J. Robertson, " I.
Corporal H. F. Martin, " K.
6th Regiment of Infantry :
Private Mathew Benton, " A.
Sergeant J. Q. Gamble, " B.
Private W. H. Digby, " C-
" H. li. Moore, " D.
Sergeant E. O. Baker, " E.
Corporal G. P. Jones, " F.
Private H. L. Jones, " G-.
Sergeant D. Madigan. " § H.
Private James W. Evans, "• I.
" II. I. Price, '• K
Sergeant II. W. Hale, " L.
Private D. W. Moorer, M
J
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6th Regiment of Infantry :
Captain H. W. Cox/ Company B.
Private Louis Dondure, " A.
" R. W. May, " B.
Sergeant Wm. Lawess, " C.
Private J. E. Bailey, " D.
" C. H. Hunter, " E.
" P. W. Chappell, " F.
" R. B. Mitchell, " G.
" W. S. Brown, " H.
H. N. Wootan, " I.
" Thos. Eady, " K.
28th Regiment of Infantry:
1st Lieutenant E. S. Stuckey. w B-
Private L. Walters, " A."
" Jos. H. Bounds, " B.
Sergeant J. H- Lockwell, " C.
Private J. C. Pennington. " D,
" Jos.Munsel, " E.
" James H. Dowdle, " F
Corporal Jesse Parsons, " . G.
Private D. H. Spraddle, " H.
Sergeant D. Butler, " I.
Private B. F. Smith, " K.
Georgia
4th Regiment of Infantry:
Private W. Sparks/ " A.
Sergeant Hill M. Traylor/ " B.
Color Corporal Jno. T. Moore/ " c.
The other companies declined making selections.
14tb Regiment of Infantry:
Lieutenant Colonel J. M. Fielder.'
Captain T. T. Mounger/
" R. P. Harman/
tst Lieutenant H. A. Solomon.'
Private Daniel Kennington/ " B.
Corporal "JVilliam Tomlinson, " C-
" Joseph G- Dupree, " D.
2d Sergeant Thomas D. Smith, " H
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34th Regiment of Infantry—Continued.
Private James F. D. Thaxton,' Company I
" James M. Brock, " K
The other companies declined making selections.
3 "2th Regiment of Infantry:
1st Lieutenant Thos. W. Harris, " C,
2d Lieutenant J. A. Walker, " B.
" W. F. Lowe, " F.
Private J. L. Batts, " A.
" Abel James, 41 B.
" S. M. Beavers, " C.
" W. W. Forristei, " D.
" R. J. Oit, " E.
1st Sergeant N. M. Howard, " F.
Private Jas. N. Bullard, " G.
" Archibald McDonald, " H.
1st Sergeant B. L. Stevens, fj' I-
Private W. H. Burgamy, " K
•15th Regiment of Infantry:
Corporal Jackson Baggett, " A
Private A. S. W. Bass, " B.
2d Sergeant J. A. Cochran, " C.
Private Rolley Willingham, " D
" D. P. White, " t E.
" R. D. B. Holt, " F.
" W. E. Moore, " G.
" Absalom Martin, " H.
" Lewis Milligan, " I.
" D. M. Pearce, K,
44th Regiment of Infantry:
Private James Fambrough,* " C.
" James A. McNatt,* " F
The other companies declined making selections.
45th Regiment of Infantiy:
Captain Wm. H. Shaw.*
Private Jno. D. Pate,* " A.
" Jno. H. King, C.
" James M. Lawrence, " E.
James P. Green, " F.
" Jno. S. Bonner, •' Gj.
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45th Regiment of Infantry—Continued.
Private H. W. Dent, Company H.
" W. W. Wilson, " I.
" M. H. Fitzpatrick, " K.
Comjfany B declined making a selection.
49th Regiment of Infantry:
Sergeant A. Hall, " A.
Private Lewis White, " B.
Sergeant M. Watkins, " C.
W. T. Moore,* " D.
Corporal James Hollingsworth,* " E.
Corporal L. D. Taylor, " F.
" J. N. Jordon, " G.
Private Joseph Bell, " H.
" F. B. Pool, " I.
" James Taylor,* " K.
21st Regii^nt of Infantry—Declined making selections.
North Carolina.
2d Regiment:
Sergeant John E. Banner,
Private W. H. Flowers,
Sergeant T. E. Ellis,
Corporal S. Felton,
Sergeant J. T. Booth,
Corporal J. E. May,
Private Thomas Willi ford,
" Simeon Graddy,
" Aaron A. Pitt,
Corpo al Charles Catler,
4th Regiment of Infantry:
Seigeant W. S. Shufford,*
Private Jacob W. Wilhelm,*
Sergeant Jos. W. Leggett,*
Private G. W. Shivis,*
" William H. Barrow,*
" W. R. Josey,*
The othej companies declined making selections
•5th Regiment of Infantry:
Private William Henry Medlin,
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
K.
A.
B.
E.
H
I.
K.
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5th Regiment of Infantry—Continued.
Private Richard H. Briggs, Company B.
" Newitt D. Bridges, " C
" J. M. Guilford, " J}
Corporal Monroe Cruise, " E
" Patrick H. Robbins, " G.
Private Thomas Felton, " fit
Color Corporal Francis Bradshaw, " K
7 th Regiment of Infantry:
2d Lieutenant A. M. Walker, " K
Corporal Win. H. Milstead, " A
Sergeant Wm. G. Sawyers, " B
Corporal Phillips Strickland, " C
Sergeant Thomas Brinkle, " D
Private E. H. Eure, " E
" Edward Williams, " F
Corporal J. W. Smith, " G
Sergeant R. M. Caldwell, " H
Private T. L. Purdie, x "1
Sergeant J. S. McCurdy, " K
12th Regiment of Infantry:
Private D. B. Hoover, " A
Corporal Samuel Alston Ward, " C
Private T. A. Stone, " D
Sergeant L. M. Wills,* " E
Private Jerry Draper, F
" J. E. Hux, " G
A. L. Barnes, " H
Jno. W. Arrington, " 1
Jno. R. Johnson,* " K
14th Regiment of Infantry:
Private Henry B. Sanders, " C
Sergeant J. F. Goforth, " D
" Urias Pool,* " E.
" J. M. Whitmire, " F.~
" J. R. Smith,* " G
Corporal C. M. Smith, " 1
Seigeant L. N. Keith, " . K
Companies A, B and H declined making selections.
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16th Regiment of Infantry:
1st Lieutenant C. L. Robinson,* Company H
" A. M. Roberts,* " M
Private F. Riley, " B
Corporal'W. H. Wiggins, " C
Private K. C. Blanton, " D
" Lawrence Cook, " " E
Corporal A. M. Madows, " F
Private J. W. Williford,* " G
" B. P. Jaccfbs, " H
'1st Sergeant T. L. Williams,* " I
Corporal J. J. Blackwell,* " K
Color Sergeant John A. Carpenter, " M
20th Regiment of Infantry:
Corporal C. A. Patterson,
Private D. R. A. Ellis,
Corporal Richard Faulk,
Private Josiah Hudson,
" Newberne Tew,
" Thomas N. Morris,
23d Regiment of Infantry:
Private J. D. Birmingham,* " A.
" A. Hedick, " B.
Sergeant Brantley Harris,* " C.
Private N. C. Morrison,* " D.
" Samuel Clarke, " E.
" W. A. Towell,* " F.
" T. M. Thamason, " G.
" J. C. Ford,* " H.
" Robert Hesler, " I.
" J. F. Killian,* " K.
30th Regiment of Infantry:
Private Jno. R. Holland,* A.
" Wm. J. McDowell, " C.
Sergeant J. W. J. House, " F.
Private William McCauley, " H.
" E. M. Bales, " K.
Companies B, D, E, G and I made no decision.
34th Regiment of Infantry :
Private Mathias Brown, " A.
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34th Regiment of Infantry—Continued.
Private Wallace Winn, Company B
Sergeant George W. Koone, « c.
Private Obadiah Eller, » J).
1st Sergeant David M. Taylor, " , E.
Sergeant Thomas~S. Shufford," " F,
1st Sergeant Charles B. Todd, " G.
Private Samuel Dellingner, " H.
Sergeant Elisha Robbins, " p.
Private Joseph Hogan, << K
37th Regiment of Infantry:
Private W. J. Gosst " A.
Sergeant J. E. Fairchild. •< B.
" B. F. Brown, " C.
Private Jno. L. Austin. " D.
" J. E. Coffee, << E.
" William Kelly. " F.
Corporal J. A. -Rolinett, " Q.
Sergeant G. W. McKee, " H.
" John Tally, " I.
Private M. D. L. Parsons. " K.
38th Regiment of Infantry:
Adjutant D. M. Mclntire.
Lieutenant A. J. Brown.
Private Jesse Nethercut, " A.
" Thomas Dinkins, " B.
" Benjamin Sutton, " C.
1st Sergeant David A. Thomson- '• D.
Private W. J. Hutchinson,* " E.
" W. M. S. Huffman, " F.
Corporal W. T. Matheson, " G.
" D. P. Woodburn, " H.
Private T. J. Ramsey, " I.
" W. H. McPhaul, " K;
South Carolina
1st Regiment of Infantry :
Private W. H. Cooper, " A.
" J. P. Hunter," " B.
" A. P. Abbott," " C
" Jesse R Hays," " E
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Est Regiment of Infantry—Continued.
Private Benjamin Barnhill,* Company F.
" G. W. Smith,* " G.
" Albert P. Yournans, " it.
" R. W. Perry, " I.
" James McNab,* " K.
" A. J. Simpson, " L.
S3th Regiment of Infantry: .
Sergeant J. A. McCollum,* " D.
Private James Johnson,* " E.
Jno. M. Pikard, " G.
T. C. Corley, " K.
k4th Regiment of Infantry:
Sergeant J. M. Carter,* " A.
Private Caleb Hare,* " B.
" Olivant P. Walker,* " H.
" C. Hughes, " E.
Sergeant Z. L. Nabors,* " F.
Private James White,* " G.
Sergeant R. J. Wade, " H.
" John E. Brownlee, . " J.
Private M. C. Little,* " k.
Orr's Rifles:
Sergeant L. A. Wardlaw, 14 g
Private Saml. P. Moore, " F.
" J. Marian Mattison, " q_
Virginia.
4th Regiment of Infantry:
Captain M- Harmon,* " Q,
Lieutenant M. G. W. Peterman,* " F
Captain John H. Fulton, ««
Lieutenant James F. Cecil, «« c,
" P. Hogan, '< h.
W. B. Carder, «< D.
Adjutant William Wade.
Sergeant Harold J. Matthews, " A.
" Charles W. Garlick, " B.
Private William A. Chumbley, *< C-
" Edward Harrison, ■« g.
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4th Regiment of Infantry—Continued.
Sergeant Charles L. Gordon, Company K.
Corporal George V. Byrd, " F.
" Peter H. Marrow, " G.
Private Ribben D. Henderson,* " H.
" Nathan A. Lackey,* " I.
" George W. Pace, " L.
27th Regiment of Infantry:
• Sergeant J. IT. Holley, " E.
Private J. O. Cook, " F.
" W. H. Parker,* « D.
" E. H. Norgrove,* " H.
" Hugh King, " B.
Corporal John Baker, " C.
" Isaac Beeson, " G.
'40th Regiment of Infantry:
Private George W. Dudley,* " A.
" Robert H. Wilson, " B.
" Peter M. Hall, " C-
" Henry Bartlett, " D.
" Hiram Purcell, " E.
1st Sergeant Thomas Cockrell,* " F.
Private Joseph McCave, " G.
Corporal John T.,Ford,* "II.
" George Cornwell, " I-
1st Sergeant Jno. B. Garland,* " K.
55th Regiment of Infantry:
Corporal C. R. Sheppard,* " A.
Sergeant William Smith, " C-
Corporal Ro. Hall, " F.
Sergeant Thos. B. Fogg,* " F.
Private Thomas Dodson, " K.
" Jno. Haydon,* " F.
" George T. Newton,* " M.
Battle op Gettysburg.
9th Georgia Regiment of Infantry:
Lieutenant Colonel John C. Mounger.
Private 1'. B. Millican,*
4
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Mth Georgia Regiment of Infauty—Continued.
Private Thos. J. Michael, Company C.
" James W. Mann,* " B
Corporal Joseph A. Hough, " E
Private Jesse McCullar,* " E
" John Mills, " G
" Chesiey Aldeman, " H
Corporal Luther J. Copeland,* " I
Private Henry T. Daniel, " K
Private Henry T. Daniel was afterwards killed at Punks town, MJ.,
Julv 10th, 18(5!!.
By order.
The asterisks designate those kilk
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
E H II ATA.
Page 2, line 8, after " Capt. W. D. Smith" insert "killed in action."
" 2, " 18, for " Joes" read " Ives."
" 3, " 18 from bottom, for " Ilatto" read "Hutto."
" 4, " 7, for " Dansbey" read "Dausby."
" 4, " 17 from bottom, for " Ganity" read "Garrity."
" 5, " 13, for " McGee" read " MeGer."
" 5, " 15 from bottom, for " Maryland" read "mounted."
" 7, " 14 from bottom, for " Hained" read "Harued."
" .8, " 17, for " Sneiden" read "Sneider."
" 10, " 17 from bottom, for " Erwin" read "Ervin."
" 11, " 3, for "George W." read "JohnW."
" 14, " 20 from bottom, for "Elijah A. Greer" read " Elijah W. Greer."
" 15, " 18, for " Millen" read "Miller."
" 15, " 21, for "Lanvier" read " Lanvin."
" lfi, " 9 from bottom, for "Company H," read "Company I."
" 17, " 17, for "A. T. Renfro" read " W. T. Renfro."
" 18, " l,for "6th" read "12th."
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, Oct. 5, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 13-2. S
I. Cadets, having been required by General Orders, 65, Sept. 9, 1862,
to report to this office those who have not complied with the terms of that
•order, and who fail to do so, either personally or by letter, for the ensuing
thirty days, will be dropped from the rolls of the army.
II. " Officers of the Quartermaster General's and Commissary depart¬
ments, who are in charge of depots, will receive from officers collecting
the tax in kind, and receipt for all produce belonging to their respective
departments which may be invoiced to them, and provide storehouses for
the same "
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, Oct. 5, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 133. S
I. The Chief of the Nitre and Mining Bureau is directed, through the
officers of his bureau, to impress copper, coal, and such other minerals as
may be heeded for the use of the government.
II. The provisions of paragraph I, General Orders, No. 67, current se¬
ries, is extended to officers of the conscription bureau. The payments
authorized will be made out of the funds appropriated for the support^-
that bureau.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, Oct. 13, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 134. S
I. At a General Court Martial, convened by virtue of General Orders,
No. 133, dated Head Quarters Army of Northern Virginia, December 7,
1802, was arraigned and tried:
Second Lieutenant J. M. Youngelood, Company B, 2d Miss. Batta¬
lion, on the following Charge and Specification:
Charge—Violation of the 40th Article of War.
Specification—In this, that the said Second Lieutenant J. M. Young-
blood, Company B, 2d Miss. Battalion, was drunk and disorderly on
"dress parade" and in camp on or about the evening of November 3,
1802. All this occurring near Culpeper courthouse, in Culpeper county,
in the state of Virginia.
II. Finding and sentence of the court.
The Court, after due consideration, find the accused, Second Lieute¬
nant J. M. Youngblood, 2d Miss. Battalion, as follows:
Of the Specification, Guilty.
Of the Charge, Guilty.
And do therefore sentence him to be cashiered.
III. The proceedings in the foregoing case having been laid before the
Secretary of War, to be submitted to the President, are by him approved;
but in consideration of the previous sobriety and good conduct of Lieu¬
tenant Youngblood, the sentence is remitted, and he will be restored to
duty.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, Oct. 15, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 135. I
I. Recruiting officers and others are forbidden to grant permits to con¬
scripts or deserters, allowing them to visit their homes, or to remain there
for any purpose. The notice already given conscripts is deemed suffi¬
cient, and deserters are not entitled to indulgence.
II. All parties who have received exemption papers for disability other
than those granted for permanent and decided disability, must be re-ex¬
amined, and the law which there is reason to believe is too often evaded,
be in these, and in $11 cases strictly enforced.
III. Men employed to aid enrolling officers must, if subject to con¬
scription, be regularly enrolled; and unless detailed for the special duty
in question by written orders of the War Department, will be reported to
the Bureau of Conscription, to be disposed of as in other cases.
IV. Officer^will be held to strict account for any violation or neglect
of these orders.
V. The provisions of paragraph I, General Orders, No. 67, current se¬
ries, is extended to officers of Major A. II. Cole's department. The pay¬
ments authorized will be made by any post quartermaster.
VI. Officers and soldiers in the general service cannot be transferred to
local companies, and applications therefore will not be entertained.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, Oct. 21, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS,)
No. 136. 5
Paragraph III, General Orders, No. 100, Adjutant and Inspector Gene¬
ral's office, last series, is so amended as to authorize payment of the mo¬
ney value of clothing which may be due the soldier at the end of the
year, as therein provided, upon descriptive lists, when he is absent from
his command by proper authority at the time, and will be prevented from
rejoining it within sixty days thereafter.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, Oct. 22, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 137. • 5
The authority of Commandants of Conscripts to make details for en¬
rolling service of officers and soldiers coming within their jurisdiction,
under the 2d clause of paragraph II of General Orders, No. 82, and para¬
graph V of General/Orders, No. 96, of 1862, is hereby extended, so that
they may employ such persons in the duties of rail road guards, bridge
or ferry guards, or in the protection of public property, at the request of
the officers of the staff departments or of local military commanders.
Special reports will be made of all such details to the Bureau of Con¬
scription.
They may also detail, in like manner, until the recovery of health, any
convalescents borne on the rolls of general hospitals, who may be re¬
ported to them by the hospital*boards as unable to take the field, but fit
for light duty: the details to cease at the time that may be indicated by
the examinations of the hospital boards.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, Oct. 24, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, )
No. 138. I
The following instructions are published for carrying into effect the 9th
section of the act of 26th March 1863, to regulate impressments, in re¬
spect to labor on fortifications and other public works in states in which
provisions have not been made on this subject:
1. The commanding general or the officer of engineers in charge of
the work, shall have power to decide upon the necessity for making im¬
pressments of slaves for this purpose, after making suitable efforts to
secure the necessary laborers by contract. He must be satisfied of the
necessity of the measure before he resorts to it.
2. He may authorize the impressment of male slaves between the ages
of seventeen and fifty years, but before the first day of December next
shall abstain from impressing slaves from plantations exclusively devoted
to the production of grain and provisions, without the consent of the
owner, except in cases of urgent necessity.
3. No impressments shall *be made of the slaves employed in the do¬
mestic and family service exclusively, nor upon farms or plantations
where there are not more than three slaves of the age specified, and not
more than five per cent, of the population of slaves shall be impressed in
any county at the same time, unless the necessity is very great, and after
consultation with this department or the governor of the state in which
the impressment is to be made.
4. The ordinary period for impressment shall be sixty days, but if the
owner of any slave shall fail to bring the slaves impressed to the place
of rendezvous within five days after the time appointed, the slaves so
withheld may be detained for ninety days, and for a longer term of ten
days for every day of default, unless a reasonable excuse be given for
the delays that have occurred.
5. It shall be the duty of the commanding general in charge of any
lines requiring fortification, to acquaint himself with the resources of
slave labor within his department, and to consider with care the manner
in which he may obtain the control of whatever is necessary for the public
service, by fair and equitable apportionment among the owners of such
property. He will consult with the governor of the state and other state
authorities as to the best mode of proceeding, so that his impressment
may cause the least embarrassment to the industrial pursuits of the com¬
munity.
6. Notices shall be given of the number character of the slaves
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required, the time and place of their delivery, the time for which the ser¬
vice is required, and of the arrangements made for the subsistence, man¬
agement and custody of the slaves so required; and if the masters of
slaves shall agree to furnish subsistence for their slaves and a suitable
overseer or agent to superintend them, they shall have the privilege of
so doing." But such overseers shall be subject to the control of the officer
in charge, and may be dismissed for any'misconduct by him!
7. The sum of twenty dollars per month for each slave delivered in
pursuance to requisition, and fifteen dollars per month for each slave held
in consequence of failure of his master to obey requisition made as herein
before provided, shall be paid by the Confederate States, and soldiers'
rations, medicines and medical attendance furnished; and the value of all
such slaves as may die during their term of service or thereafter, from in¬
juries received or diseases contracted in such service, or may not be re¬
turned, shall, be paid by the Confederate States. Such value shall be
conclusively established by a formal appraisement by a board of experts
mutually agreed upon at the time the slaves are received into the confe¬
derate service. Compensation shall also be made for all injuries to slaves
arising from the act of the public enemy, #r from any injury arising from
a want of due diligence on the part of authorities of the Confederate
States. But the Confederate States will not be liable for any slave not
returned by reason of fraud or collusion on the part of the owner or his
agent, or the overseer selected by him to superintend them, nor if his
death should be caused by the act of God, or by disease existing when
the slave is received by confederate authorities.
8. Subsistence and provisions furnished by the owner shall be com¬
muted for at the rates allowed soldiers in service. All slaves sent volun¬
tarily to the confederate authorities, and accepted by them, without other
special contract, shall stand on the same footing as those delivered under
requisition; and the owners of all slaves delivered or taken under requisi¬
tion shall be entitled to regard the Confederate States as contracting with
them to comply with the obligations and conditions herein expressed.
9. In case there should be any disagreement on the subject of the value
of any slave impressed, or in case the impressing officer shall not be
satisfied of the accuracy of any valuation or valuations, the appraisement
shall be referred to the appraisers appointed under the 5th section of the
act concerning impressments, according to the provisions of the act of
congress approved 27th April 1863, and published in Orders, No 53, cur¬
rent series.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office*
Richmond, Oct. 28, 18G3.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 139. 5
I. The President having commuted Or remitted ^the sentences prcn
nounced by General Courts Martial -in the following eases, his decision'
is published for the information and guidance of all concerned:
1. Lieut. E. M. P. Brown, Company B, 8th Battalion Ga. Volun¬
teers. Charged with failure to suppress mutiny, and exciting and join¬
ing therein.
Sentence—Death.
2. First Sergt. Aener Underwood, Company D, 8th Battalion Ga.
Volunteers; also,
3. Private T. P. Wood;
4. Private T. W. Cannon;
6. Private Wm. Garner ; and
6. Private T. Roberts,
of Company B, 8th Battalion Ga. Volunteers. Charged with exciting,
and joining in mutiny.
Sentence—Death.
7. Private Daniel IIoi.lis, Company B, 8th Battalion Ga. Volun¬
teers. Charged with exciting and joining in mutiny.
Sentence— Confinement with ball and chain for twelve months, and for¬
feiture of pay.
The aforesaid parties were all tried by General Court Martial, convened'
under General Orders, No 3, of 186 5, Department of South Carolina^
Georgia and Florida. In view of the evident want of discipline in thi*1
battalion, the President has remitted the sentences of all the parties.
Lieut. Brown, Sergt. Underwood, and Privates Wood, Cannon, Garnet,
Roberts and Hollis will therefore be released from confinement and-re¬
turned to duty.
The Department observes with regret the absence of a just military
discipline in the above named battalion. Had this been properly .observed
and enforced, there is rob son to believe these trials would have been ob¬
viated. The officers in charge are responsible for these evils, and must
correct them. At the same time they should observe towards the soldiers
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in their command a proper degree of consideration and kindness, which
is generally a sure means of securing obedience and respect.
xi _8. Private Stephen Outlaw, of Troop A, 5th Ga. Cavalry.
Charged with desertion.
Sentence—Death.
Tried by General Court Martial, convened under General Orders, No.
22, of February 6,1863, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Flo¬
rida. This is not properly a case.of desertion. The prisoner escaped-
the guard while undergoing sentence. He should have been returned to-
complete his sentence, if there was no other charge against him than that
for an. escape.
Private Outlaw will be released from, confinement and returned to duty.
9. Lieut. Col. A. C. Edwards. Charged with violating the 52d, 83d
and 99th Articles of War.
Tried by Court, convened under Special Orders, No. 118, Head Quar¬
ters Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, July 28, 1862.
Sentence—Suspension from rank end command, without pay for eigh¬
teen months. Commuted to reprimand in General Orders.
The sentence in the case of Lieut. Col. Edwards was the just conse
quence of an unbecoming disregard of official obligations on his part.
In directing his release from arrest and restoration to duty, the Depart¬
ment indulges the hope that this exercise of Executive clemency may have
its due effect in exciting him to a stricter vigilance and a more exemplary
discharge of duty in the future.
10. Lieut. James M. Chesser, 47th Ga. Volunteers. Charged with
defamation of character, mutiny and incompetency.
Tried by Court, convened under General Orders, No. 11, of January
29th, 1863, from Division Head Quarters, Wilmington, N. C., issued in
pursuance of General Orders, No. 14, Department of South Carolina,
Georgia and Florida.
Sentence—Dismission from service, with forfeiture of pay and allow¬
ances.
The record in this case is incomplete. The proceedings, finding and
sentence are disapproved; and Lieut. Chesser will be released from arrest
and returned to duty.
III.—11. Second Lieut. J. J. WoUtham, Waccamaw Light Artillery.
Chargkd with sending a challenge, and with conduct to the prejudice of
good order and military discipline.
Sentence—To be cashiered. Commuted to reprimand in General Orders.
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12. Second Lieut. W. J. Gore, Waccamaw Light Artillery. Charged
with carrying a challenge.
Sentence—To be cashiered. Commuted to reprimand in General Orders.
13. Lieut. L. A. Rice, 2d Regiment S. C. Volunteers. Charged with
sending and accepting a challenge to fight a duel.
Sentence—To be cashiered. Commuted to reprimand in General Orders.
Lieuts. Wortham, Gore and Rice were tried by a General Court Mar¬
tial, convened under General Orders, No. 70, of May 20, 1863, Depart¬
ment of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
The Articles of War expressly prohibit the sending of challenges to
fight; and all seconds, promoters and carriers of challenges are deemed
principals, and directed to be punished as such—i. e. by being cashiered.
The offences of which these officers have been convicted are thus seen
to be of a very grave character, and cannot be regarded with toleration.
Dueling is a military not less than a moral offence. It is unfortunate if
the error prevails in the army that punishment will not ,be inflicted on
those who violate the laws of the service respecting it; and the Depart¬
ment avails itself of this occasion to express its unqualified reprobation
of the practice, and of the conduct of the accused in the foregoing trials.
Lieut. Chesser appears to have rested under an honest misapprehension
as to his duty to a brother officer, in bearing a challenge; and the records
present in the cases of Lieuts. Wortham and Rice certain mitigating cir¬
cumstances which to some extent justify the recommendations to cle¬
mency made by their superior officers.
These considerations, in connection with the too generally prevailing
misapprehension in the army, already adverted to, have determined the
Executive so far to respect the appeals made in behalf of these officers as
to direct the commutation of their respective sentences. They will ac¬
cordingly be released from arrest and restored to duty with their proper
companies.
14. Lieut. W. C. Pruitt, Company E, 20th S. C. Volunteers.
Tried under Special Orders, No. 105, March 10, 1863, Department of
South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, for intoxication while on duty.
Sentence—To be dismissed the service. No evidence was submitted
with the record in this case.
In consideration of the recommendation of the Commanding General,
the sentence is remitted; and Lieut. Pruitt will be released from arrest
and returned to duty.
15. Private C. H. Kent, Company D, 18th Va. Battalion. Charged
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with desertion, and conduct to the prejudice of good order and military
discipline.
Sentence—Six months' hard labor with ball and chain. To wear a
placard with tffe word "forger" legibly printed thereon, for the period of
six months.
Tried by General Court Martial, under General Orders, No. 7, of Octo¬
ber 11, 1862, Head Quarters Richmond, Va.
The sentence is lemitted, and Private Kent will be released from con¬
finement, and assigned to a compauy in the Army of Northern Virginia.
16 Private Major Runnei.ls, Company H, 2d S. C. Rifles.
Tried by General Court Martial, convened under General Orders, No.
.4, of August 4, 1863.
Sentence—Death. Remitted: and Private Runnells will be released
from confinement and returned to his company.
17. Capt R Y. L. Long. Company D, Phillips' Legion of Cavalry.
Charged with disobedience of orders and breach of arrest.
Sentence—To be cashiered. Remitted: and Capt. Long will be released
from arrest and returned to his company.
Tried under Special Orders, No. 2U5, of August 11, 18G3, Department
of jNorthern Virginia.
18. Capt. R. Z. ITarlee, Company D, 10th S. C. Volunteers.
Charged with drunkenness.
Sentence—To be cashiered. Remitted: Capt. TIarlec will be released
from arrest and returned to duty.
Tried by Court, convened under Special Orders, No. 134, May 20,1863,
from the Army of Teumssee.
19. Private Henry Taylor, Company F, 11th Miss. Volunteers.
Charged witl) theft.
Sentence—To have his head shaved. To be labeled with the word
"theft;" marched through camp, hat. off, wearing a barrel—the rogue's
inarch to be played during the time. To be confined in the penitentiary
two years, and fed on bread and water fourteen days.
Sentence remitted. Priva'e Taylor will be released from confinement
and transferred to some other army.
Tried by Court/convened under General Orders, No. 133, of Dec. 7,
1862, Army of Northern Virginia.
20. Private Freeman "VV. Johnson, Read's Battery Light Artillery.
Charged with disobedience of orders—violation of the 9th Article of War.
Sentence—Death. Commuted to labor for four months, and transferred
to some otlier command.
Tried by Court, convened under General Orders, No! 133, of Decem¬
ber 7, 1862, Army of Northern Virginia.
21. Private John Duncan, Company F, 3d Term. Volunteers.
Charged with absence without leave. Illegal and ontrageous assaults
on a citizen. Brutal assaults on a woman^with attempt to commit rape
on two occasions.
Sentence—Forfeiture of pay and allowances, and imprisonment for
twenty-five years.
Residue of sentence remitted. Private Duncan will he released from
confinement and returned to his company.
Ti ied by Court, convened under General Orders, No. 36, Department
of East Tennessee.
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22. Second Lieut. E. H. Hammelt., Company Br6th Ark. Volunteers.
Charged with quitting his guard without leave, &e.
Sentence—To be dismissed. Commuted to two months* suspension
from rank and pay.
Tri.'d by Military Court of Gen. Hardee's Corps, May 26, 1863.
23. Private T. W. Barlow, of Carrie's Light Artillery. Charged
with violating the 46th Article of War, by sleeping on post.
Sentence—Death. Remitted : and Private Barlow will ho released from
confinement and returned to his company.
Tried by Court, convened under Gencial Orders, No. 66, of March 13,
1863, Army of Tennessee.
24. Lieut. J. R. Simmons, Company E, 12th Oa. Volunteers.
Charged with conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman.
Sentence—To be dismissed. Commuted to reprimand in orders; which
will accordingly be done by his commanding officer.
Tried by the Military Court of Gen. Ewell's CorpB, August 6, 1863.
25. Lieut. E. S. McClung, McClung's Battery, Charged with viola¬
tion of the 15th and 39th Articles of War, and conduct to the prejudice of
good oider and military discipline.
Sentence—To be cashiered, and disabled to hold any office or employ¬
ment in the service of the Confederate States; to have his name, crime
and place of abode published in the newspapers in and about the camp
of Knoxville, and of Huntsville, Alabama: after which,it shall be deemed
scandalous for an officer to associate with him'.
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Sentence—Commuted to dismissal from the Confederate service—of
which Lieut. McClung ceased to be an officer on the 14th of February
1863.
IV. The 89th Article of War provides, that where the sentence of a
Court Martial is death, or the cashiering of an officer, the officer conven¬
ing the Court may suspend execution of the sentence till the pleasure of
the President of the Confederate States be known.
The intent of this article is not to relieve Commanding Generals of re¬
sponsibility, but to enable them, in difficult and doubtful cases, to refer
the question to higher authority. But it has been observed that in many
cases, where the course to he pursued was rendered obvious by the evi¬
dence, commanding officers have nevertheless availed themselves of the
privilege conferred in the article referred to, by sendipg on the record to
he reviewed by the President. The duties of the Executive are suffi¬
ciently onerous without the accumulation of such matters for his atten¬
tion, where they can be properly disposed of elsewhere; and while it is
not designed to weaken the provisions of the articles of war, or interfere
with the views of duty entertained by officers on this subject, it is proper
to remark, that there are cases of capital punishment and dismissal,
where the duty of the Commanding General is rendered by the Court re¬
cord too plain to be doubted, and in which the responsibility " in time of
tear" being fixed upon him in the first instance by the law, should not be
avoided. .
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, Oct. 27, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS,
No. 140.
The assignment of conscripts will be directed by the Bureau of Con¬
scription only, except such a® may be properly made by Brigadier Gen'l
Pillow, within the territory allotted to him, in subordination to General
J. E. Johnston.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, Oct. 29, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 141. $
I. The practice of relieving officers from commands to which they have
been appointed and assigned, and ordering them to report in person to
this office for further assignment, will cease, unless specially required by
orders from this office.
II. Soldiers returning home on furlough, or on reaching places at
which they will stay during furlough, will immediately report to the
nearest enrolling officer, who will keep a register of their names, descrip¬
tive list, place where stationed, by whom the furlough was gsanted, and
the time at which it expires.
III. When, at the expiration of his furlough, and being at a distance
from an hospital examining board, a soldier is unable to travel, the enroll¬
ing officer will order him before the board of examiners for conscripts;
and the medical officer and one of the physicians "employed" concur¬
ring, they will forward to ffis Commanding General, with a statement of
his case, a recommendation for an extension of furlough, not to exceed
thirty days, duplicates being also sent to the Surgeon General. But
when ^he soldier is accessible to a general hospital, he will be sent before
the hospital examining board, who will conform to the preceding in¬
structions.
IV. In cases of sickness or wounds, which, from any cause jure ne-
' glected, or do not receive proper treatment, the disability in consequence
being prolonged, the soldier will be sent, by the enrolling officer, to the
nearest camp of instruction for treatment id hospital.
V. Recommendations for extension of leave to officers and furloughs to
soldiers, and medical certificates to officers and certificates of disability
for discharge to soldiers, will only be given by authorized boards of ex¬
aminers ; or, in cases embraced in paragraph III of this order, by the
bojird of examiners for conscripts. Recommendations or certificates from
private physicians, or from a medical officer singly, will not be received.
Paragraphs 171 and 173, General Regulations, and paragraph I, General
Orders, No. 51, current series, from this office, are amended to accord with
this paragraph.
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VI. Furloughed soldiers will not be perntitted to go within the lines
of the enemy.
VII. In the medical examination of substitutes, the instructions and
requirements of'paragraph 1192, General Regulations (paragraph 48,
Medical Regulations), will be fully adhered to; and if a substitute fails
to meet the conditions of that paragraph,.he will be rejected.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, Oct. 30, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 142. I
I. The requirements of the army making it necessary that the present
supply of artillery horses and other field transportation be carefully hus¬
banded, and a mote perfect system of supply adopted, Major A. H. Cole,
Inspector General of Field Transportation, in addition to his present du¬
ties, is hereby charged with this duty.
II. Under his orders all inspections, purchases, impressments and is¬
sues of field transportation (including artillery horses) will he made, and
recruiting, fabricating and repairing done throughout the Confederate
States; and all other officers are prohibited from purchasing or disposing
of this description of property, except such as may be specially autho¬
rized to purchase by the Commanding General of an army, whose field
of operation in such cases shall be confined to the limits of the army and
the country immediately in the advance; and under no circumstances will
such officers be allowed to purchase within any district of country to which
a regularly appointed purchasing officer has been assigned.
. III. The Quartermaster General is authorized to district the Confede¬
rate States for the purposes named, and will assign officers to the duty,
who will control the subject within their respective districts, under such
rules and regulations as he may establish.
IY. Officers charged with inspection of field transportation are autho¬
rized to make inspections any where within the limits of their assignment,
and to condemn, and order to be turned in to the nearest post quarter¬
master, all artillery horses and other transportation found unserviceable,
to be so disposed of as the chief inspector of the district may direct.
V. Chief quartermasters of armies or quartermasters at posts other
than those in the field, will make their estimates on the chief inspector of
the district for such field transportation as they may require. When ne¬
cessary for the protection of parties collecting animals near the enemy's
lines, a cavalry escort will be furnished by the nearest commander of
troops.
VI. The horses and other property in use in the Commissary depart¬
ment must not be impressed by officers of any other department.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, Nov. 3, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 143. J
The following notice of exchanged officers and men is published for
the information of all concerned:
Richmond, Va., Oct. 16, 1863.
The following corfrederate officers and men are hereby declared duly
exchanged:
1. All officers and men captured and paroled at any time previous to
the 1st of September 1863. This section, however, is not intended to in¬
clude any officers or men captured at Vicksburg July 4th, 1863, except
such as were declared exchanged by Exchange Notice No. 6, Sept. 12th,
1863, or are specifically named in this notice. But it does embrace all
deliveries made at City Point or other places before. Sept. 1st, 1863, and
with the limitation'above named, all captures at Port Hudson or any
other place where the parties were released on parole.
2. The - staff of Generals Pemberton, Stevenson, Bowen, Moore, Bar¬
ton, S. D. Lee, Cummings, Harris and Baldwin, and of Colonels Rey¬
nolds, Cockrell and Doekery; the officers and men belonging to the en¬
gineer corps and sappers and miners, and the 4th and 46th Mississippi
regiments, all captured at Yicksburg July 4th, 1863.
3. The general officers captured at Vicksburg July 4th, 1863, were
declared exchanged July 13th, 1863.
Ro. Ould,
Agent of Exchange.
By order.
S. COOPER, t
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Ofeicb,
Richmond, Nov. 6, 1863.
GENET?AT. ORDERS,
No. 144.
To relievo prevalent misconceptions in regard to the policy and prac¬
tice of the Department on tin; subject of impressment, the following, be¬
ing extracts of General Orders of March 19th, is repeated:
In consequence of numerous applications made by various persons to the War
Department, it is obvious that some misconception in regard to the instructions of
the Secretary of War in relation to the impressment of supplies, must exist on the
part of the people, or that the agents of the government have violated their in
Ktructionn: Now, therefore, for the purpose of removing such misconception, and
to prevent any violation of those instructions, it is hereby ordered:
I. That no officer of the government shall, under any circumstances whatever,
impress the supplies which a party has for bis own consumption, or that of his fa¬
mily, employees, or slaves.
II. That no officer shall at any time, unless specially ordered so to do by a Gene
ral commanding, in a ease of exigency, impress supplies which arc on their way to
market for sale on arrival.
ITI. These orders were included in the instructions originally issued in relation
to impressment by the Secretaiy of War; and the officers exercising such authority
are again notified, that "any one acting without or beyond" the authority given in
those instructions, will be held strictly responsible.
In conformity with the foregoing, to prevent any inconsiderate action
on the part of officers or Pgents charged with the duty of impressment,
they are enjoined, until further orders, which will not he given unless
■under imperative exigencies for the. supply of the army, not to impress
any necessaries of subsistence to man, owned by producers, in transitu
to market, or after arrival at market, unless retained an unreasonable time
from sale to consumers.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, March 19, I8G3. *
general orders,
no. 31.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond., Nov. 7, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, >
No. 145. 5
The following appendix to the report of the appraisers for the State of
Virginia is published for the information of all concerned:
Hon. James A. Seddon:
Sir,
As indicated in our last report, we respectfully submit a faw
changes in our schedules of prices. Upon the various grades of cotton
and woolen cloths and warps used by the government, we assess the
prices annexed to each description of goods, as follows:
67 Army woolen cloth, } yd.
68
60
70
" 6-4 yd.
i.
Good,
cotton clo
pood,
10 oz. per yd.
Pro rata as to
greater or less
SO oz. per yd.
rro rata as to
greater or less
6 oz. per yd.
4£ yds. to lb.
3£ yds. to lb.
3 yds. to lb.
6 oz. per yd.
8 oz. per yd.
3 yds. to lb.
3 yds. to lb.
10 oz. to yd.
ths, pro rata as
Per yard,
width or weight.
Per yard,
width or weight.
Per yard,
to greater or less w
Per pound,
$5 00
10 00
4 00
56
84
m
75
88
88
88
1 12
idth or
2 00
71 Flannels,
72 Cotton shirtings,
73 " " J,
74 " sheetings, 4-4,
75 " oznaburgs, 1,
76 " " i,
77 " drills, J,
78 " shirting stripes,
79 " tent cloth,
80 On the above enumerated
weight.
81 Cotton warps,
Good hay taken on the farms of producers, unbaled, we assess at three
dollars per 100 lbs., and good wheat straw, taken on the farms of the
producers, we also assess at one dollar and thirty cents per 100 lbs., un¬
baled. For hauling hay and wheat straw, &c., per 100 lbs., eight cents
per mile, and for hauling corn and wheat, per bushel, four cents per milo,
and for baling hay and wheat straw, fifty cents per 100 lbs.
Upon farther consideration, we have assessed the price of good fat,
fresh pork, at sixty cents per pound net weight.
We respectfully suggest to the Secretary of War to have our reports
- and schedules printed in hand bill form, and that several copies be fur¬
nished to each of the quartermasters' and commissaries' agents engaged
in impressing for the government.
Most respectfully,
By order.
E. W. Hubard,
Robt. Gibbon y,
Commissioners of fa.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond♦ Nov. 9, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS,)
No. 146. I
I. The subjoined statement of the cost of clothing for the army is pub¬
lished for the information and guidance of all concerned:
Statement of the Cost of Clothing for the Army of the Confederate States,
for the year commencing Janukry 1st, 1864.
Cap complete, - - f- - $2 00
Cover, - - - 38
Jadket, - - - 14 00
Trowsers, - - - - 12 00
Shirt, - - - 3 00
Drawers, - - - 3 00
Shoes, pairs, - - - 10 00
Socks, p$urs, - - - 1 00
Leather stock, - - - 25
Great coat, - - - 25 00
Stable frock (for mounted men), - 2 00
Fatigue overall (for eng'rs and ord.), - 3 00
Blanket, - - - - 10 00
II. From the time this takes effect, and until further orders, soldiers
will be charged and credited on account of clothing to which they are
entitled, as provided in General Orders, No. 100, last series, at these rates;
and not at invoice prices.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, Nov. 17, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 147. 5
For the due authentication of military orders exhibited in evidence be¬
fore the judicial tribunals, it is hereby declared that the Orders of the
Adjutant and Inspector General have the force of Regulations, for the
government of all branches of the army, and that printed or written co¬
pies of the same are duly authenticated when endorsed as official by any*
Assistant Adjutant General, or by any Chief of a Bureau of this Depart¬
ment.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, Nov. 18, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS,*?
No. 148. J
I. The quarterly returns of arms, accoutrements and equipments in
the hands of troops, required by paragraph 1348 of the Army Regula¬
tions, have heretofore been furnished in a very few cases only by com¬
manding officers of regiments and battalions. These returns, are deemed
essential, and will hereafter he promptly rendered.
II. It is hereby made the duty of Generals commanding brigades to
see that these returns are made on the 1st of January, April, July and
October of each year, and forwarded, through the regular channels, to
the Chief of Ordnance at Richmond, within twenty days after these dates
respectively.
III. Should any officer fail to render the return required on the 1st of
January next, within twenty days thereafter, the Brigadier General com¬
manding the brigade to which the officer is attached, will cause charges
for " disobedience of orders," or of " neglect of duty," as the case may
require, to be made and forwarded, without delay, to the General com¬
manding, for his action. The same action will be taken on every subse¬
quent omission to render such returns.
IV. Brigade and district ordnance officers will give every assistance to
colonels of regiments and officers commanding battalions, in the prepara¬
tion of the " returns," according to the form prescribed; and they will
also see that arms and accoutrements lost by the men are duly charged
against them on the muster rolls of their respective companies.
V. .The chief ordnance officer of every army and department will
promptly report to the Chief of the Ordnance Bureau every officer in the
command to which he is attached, who fails to make the "returns"
herein required.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, Nov. 19, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 149. S
I. The pay and allowances of men detailed for work (except for govern¬
ment work) will cease during such detail, and in lieu thereof, full wages
will be paid them by the persons or parties to whom they are ordered to
report.
II. The attention of all commanding officers, whose duty it may be to
examine the Abstracts of Issues of Commissaries or Assistant Commis¬
saries of Subsistence, is particularly directed to General Orders, No. 12,
March 10th, 1862. These commanding officers will also see that only the
number of enlisted men actually present on duty are included in " pro¬
vision returns;" and that if any change takes place in that number
during the period drawn for, that a corresponding allowance is duly made
in the next subsequent return, and also that the provisions drawn are well
taken care of and economically used.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, Nov. 21. 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 150. J
I. Enlisted men who have been (or may become) permanently dis¬
abled, and who hold a certificate of a medical examining board to that ef¬
fect, and who have not been discharged the service, may have their ra¬
tions commuted at ($1 25) one dollar and twenty-five cents per diem,
whether they are in a hospital, private quarters, or on furlough.
II. Men liable to conscription, who have joined companies for local
defence, will be discharged from such companies and conscrihed. This
order is not intended to affect companies for which special exception has
been made by the War Department.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, Nov. 23, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, (
No. 151. J
I. Forage in kind will be issued to officers (entitled to it) stationed,
by orders from the War Department, at posts and not in tlie field, for but
one horse each. In lieu of forage, eight dollars a month may be allowed
for each horse to which the officer may be entitled. A certificate in each
case will be given, that the " horses are actually kept in service and mus¬
tered."
. II. Officers of the adjutant general, quartermaster, commissary (except
purchasing commissaries), medical and ordnance departments, signal and
regimental officers (except commanders of regiments), and subalterns of
artillery, who are serving in the field, will be embraced in the provisions
of paragraph I of this Order, unless otherwise ordered by the Command¬
ing General.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond,, Nov. 24, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, )
No. 152. $
I. A Court of Enquiry having been convened at Jackson, Mississippi,
by Special Orders, No. 41, from this office, dated February 18, 1863,
amended by Special Orders, No. 43, of February 20, 1863, to examine
and report the facts and circumstances attending the capture of the city
of New Orleans by the enemy in April 1862, and the defence of the city
3>y the confederate troops under command of Major General Mansfield
*Lovell, together with their opinion thereon: and the Court having dis¬
charged the duty assigned them, their opinion is published for the benefit
of all whom it may concern.
II. Opinion of the Court.
The Court having maturely considered the evidence adduced, submit
the following
opinion:
1. As against a land attack by any force the enemy could probably
bring, the interior line of fortifications, as adopted and completed by
Major General Lovell, was a sufficient defence of the city of New Orleans ;
but his ability to hold that line against suclqjn attack was greatly im¬
paired by the withdrawal from him, by superior authority, of nearly all
his effective troops.
2. The exterior line, as adopted and improved by him, was well de¬
vised, and rendered as strong as the means of his command allowed.
3. Until the iron clad gun boats Louisiana and Mississippi should be
ready for service, it was jndispensably necessary to obstruct the naviga¬
tion of the Mississippi river between Forts Jackson and St. Philip. The
raft completed under General Lovell's direction was adequate for the pur¬
pose While in position; but it was swept away, and left the river unim¬
peded, either by reason of some error in its construction, or neglect in
preventing the accumulation of drift, Qr because of insuperable mechani¬
cal difficulties, as to which this Court feels unprepared to give an opinion.
General Lovell communicated to the government no opinion as to the
insecurity of the raft, nor any. apprehension that it might be swept away,
nor did he immediately make known that fact when it occurred. In this
it is considered that he was remiss in his duty.
2
' 4. When the raft was swept away, Gen. Loyell with great energy im¬
mediately endeavored to replace it, and partially succeeded; but without
feult on his part, this last obstruction was broken by the carelessness of
vessels of the " river defence fleet" colliding with it, and by fire rafts
drifting against it, and by the failure of the guard boats to protect it agSinst
night expeditions of the enemy. ;
5. The non-completion of the iron clad gun boats Louisiana and Mis¬
sissippi made it impossible for the navy to co-operate efficiently with Gen.
Lovell.
6. The so-called river defence fleet was wholly useless as a means of
resistance to the enemy, for which Gen. Lovell was in no wise responsible.
7. Under the existing circumstances, the passage of the forts by the
enemy's fleet could not have been prevented by Gen. Lovell with any.
means under his control; and the forts being passed, the fall of New Or¬
leans was inevitable, and its evacuation a military necessity.
8. When the first raft was broken, and the danger of New Orleans thus
became imminent, all necessary preparation should have been made for
removing the public property and private property available for military
uses; and when the second obstruction was swept away, the removal of
6uch property should have been commenced immediately. The failure to
take these timely steps caused the losses of property th^t occurred; but
there was comparatively but little property lost for which Gen. Lovell was
responsible.
9. The failure of Gen. Lovell to give proper orders to Brig. Gen. M. L.
Smith for the retireme^ of his command from Chalmette, is not suffi¬
ciently explained, and is therefore regarded as a serious error.
10. The proposition of Gen. Lovell to return to New Orleans with his
command was not demanded by his duty as a soldier, involving as it did
the useless sacrifice of himself and his troops, though it explains itself
upon the ground of sympathy for the population and a natural sensitive¬
ness to their reproaches.
11. Gen. Lovell displayed great energy and an untiring industry in per¬
forming his duties. His conduct was marked by all the coolness and self-
possession due to the circumstances and his position; and he evinced a
high capacity for command, and the clearest foresight in many of his mea¬
sures %r the defence of New Orleans.
The Court respectfully report that its assembly was delayed by the fail¬
ure of its President to receive his orders in due time, and that its session
was protracted by the talcing of testimony under the order of the War
Department, as to the conduct of naval officers on duty in Department
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No. 1. This order was rescinded, thus rendering useless and irrelevant
much of the labor of the Court. The testimony referred to, although ap¬
pearing on record, was not considered by the Court in determining its
findings and opinion.
III. The Court of Enquiry in the foregoing ease is hereby dissolved.
By order.
S. •COOPER,
JLdjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office*
Richmond,, Nov. 25, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, )
No. 153. J
Abuses having occurred, from misconception of the force due to the
passports, certifying to citizenship of the Confederate States, which are
issued by the Secretary of State, as matter of right to any citizen for use
in foreign countries, it is announced that such passports are not intended
to have, and have not any effect whatever, in the Confederacy, to entitle
to pass the confederate lines, or to sail from confederate ports, without due
compliance with all police or military regulations prevailing there, or to
exempt from military or other service imposed by law or regulations.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Hdjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, Nov. 26, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 154. S
I. No ordnance or ordnsfnce stores other than those prescribed in the
Ordnance Manual, edition of 1863, or specially approved by the Ordnance
Bureau, are allowed to be purchased or fabricated. The permission given
to officers by paragraph 1232, Army Register (paragraph 9, Ordnance Re.
gulations), to provide ordnance and ordnance stores, "in case of urgent
necessity," is to be exercised, subject, to the above restrictions.
II. Accounts paid by disbursing officers for the purchase, fabrication,
or repair of ordnance and ordnance stores, contrary to the foregoing or¬
der, will not be admitted in the settlement of their accounts.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, Nov. 28, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 155. 5
I. In order that detachments, unaccompanied by quartermasters, may
be supplied with the means of obtaining forage, quartermasters of the re¬
giments or commands to which they belong are hereby authorized to fur¬
nish to the officer in command, or such other officer as may be designated,
sufficient funds for that purpose, upon duplicate receipts being given there¬
for. Upon the return of the detachment, the officer receiving such funds
shall return to the quartermaster an account of the expenditures for forage,
which will exhibit the amount expended, the number of animals, and the
time during which they shall have been subsisted. Upon the rendition
of such accounts, and the repayment of any unexpended balance in his
hands, the officer will be entitled to the return of his original receipts, and
the quartermaster will account for the forage so obtained, as if the same
had been purchased and issued by him.
II. When small detachments are sent off, unaccompanied by a commis¬
sioned officer, quartermasters are authorized to commute their forage ra¬
tions in advance, for the time designated in the order for such detached
service, filing a certified copy of such order in support of the voucher;
or upon the return of detachments to their commands, when no funds
shall have been supplied under the foregoing provisions, expenditures in¬
curred for forage by the officer in command of such detachments, within
the regulation allowance, may be reimbursed by the quartermaster of the
command, upon accounts supported by affidavits, and approved by the
commanding officer.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,.
Richmond, Nov. 30, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS
No. 156.
I. At a General Court Martial, convened by Special Orders, No. 198,.
©f August 10, 1863, Head Quarters Army of Northern Virginia, was ar¬
raigned and tried:
Col. R. M. Mayo, 47th Va. Regiment, on the following Charge and-
Specification:
Charge—Drunkenness on duty.
Specification—In this, that Col. R. M. Mayo, 47th Virginia Regiment,
while on duty in command of the provost guard at Hagerstown, Md., for
the protection of its inhabitants, and the establishment of order and quiet
in the town, did become intoxicated on or about the 8th of July 1863.
II. finding and sentence of the court.
The Court find the accused, Col. R. M. Mayo, 47th Virginia Regiment,,
as follows:
Of the Specification, Guilty.
Of the Charge, Guilty.
And do therefore sentence Mm to be cashiered.
III. The proceedings in the foregoing case, approved by the Command¬
ing General, having been submitted to the President, with the recommen
dations of' the officers formerly associated with Col. Mayo, and others, for
his restoration, the following is the President's decision in the case:
" Sentence remitted, on the recommendations submitted. Let the
officer be restored to duty."
Col. R. M. Mayo, 47th Virginia Volunteers, is therefore restored to his-
command, and vyill immediately report for orders to Gen. R. E. Lee.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General■*
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,.
Richmond, Dec. 1, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 157. J
I. The provisions of paragraph I, General Orders, No. 67, current se¬
ries, are hereby extended so as to include officers of the Commissary de¬
partment, and such agents of that department as have been appointed by
the Secretary of War.
II. When a soldier, ordered before a "board of examiners for con¬
scripts," or a "hospital examining board," in pursuance of paragraph
III, General Orders, No. 141, current series, is unable to appear by rea¬
son of physical disability, he will forward to the enrolling officer a certi¬
ficate to this effect, signed by his attending physician, which certificate
will also embrace a full and accurate statement of the case. The enroll¬
ing officer will submit the certifhfete to either board, who, in conference
with him, will make upon it such recommendation as may be warranted
by the facts ascertained and the character of the parties. This recom¬
mendation, with the statement, will be forwarded as directed in the para¬
graph above quoted.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, Dec. 3, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS,
No. 158.
The following is published as a schedule of the average cost of arms,
parts of arms, and accoutrements, as required by paragraph 78 of Ord¬
nance Regulations:
PARTS.
Barrel with sight, without breech,
Breech screw,
Bayonet, or band stud,
Tang screw,
Cone,
Lock-plate,
Tumbler,
Tumbler screw,
Bridle,
Sear,
Sear spring,
Main spring,
Lock screws, each,
Hammer,
Side plate (with band for pistol),
Side screws, each,
Upper band,
Middle band,
Lower band,
Upper band spring,
Middle band spring, -
Lower band spring,
Guard plate,
Guard plale screws, each,
Guard bow, without swivels.
Guard bow nut, each, -
Swivels and rivets, each,
Trigger, - - ,
Trigger screw, - ^
Butt plate,
Butt plate screw, each,
PERCUSSION LOCK.
iri
o
GO
f-l ^
00
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is
II
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"o
a
a
a
$10 25
11 15
5 00
-
_
56
56
42
_
02
02
18
18
15
.
17
17
17
1 35
1 35
1 08
_
98
98
92
.
05
05
05
34
34
31
' „
74
74
62
44
44
39
_
1 06
1 06
1 00
_
04
04
04
72
72
54
18
12
96
_
_
21
21
ii
69
17
-
45
45
17
17
14
14
_
14
14
_
14
14
70
70
50
06
* 06
04
48
48
28
.
10
10
10
_
25
25
19
19
15
.
s
04
04
04
.
-
2 05
2 05
-
-
19
19
05
Schedule of Pkice.n—Continued.
PERCUSSION LOCK.
PARTS,
J?amrod,
Ramrod spring,
Ramrod wires,
Ramrod stop,
Stock,,
Bayonet, -
Bayonet clasp,
Bayonet clasp screw, -
Ramrod swivel and rivet,
Ramrod swivel and rivet screw,
Sword bayonet blade, -
Sword bayonet hilt, without clasp,
Sight base,
Long branch (leaf), -
Short,
Sight screws, each,
Sight, complete,
Barrel, complete,
Lock, complete, - ■
Guard, complete,
Bayonet, complete,
Arm, complete, with bayonet,
Enfield rifle, complete,
Appendages for all arms:
Screw driver and cone wrench,
Wiper,
Bali screw;
Spring vise,
Model 1842.
Musket.
1
Model 1855.
» Rifle. 1
Holster
Pistol.
$3 50
3 56
1 60
28
02
02
02
3 20
3 20.
5 48
5 48
31
31
04
04
_
_■
60
_
. -
04
-
6 00
-
6 00
-
32
. -
19
-
18
-
" 05
-
82
10 81
11 71
5 88
5 88
1 75
1 75
6 00
6 00
41 00'
42 00
' -
60 00
1 50
1 50
1 50
75
75
75
75
75
75
1 50
1 50
1 50
3
Schedule of Prices—Continue!).
SWORDS AND SABRES.
PARTS.
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( Gripe,
Hilt, < Head,
(Guard,
Blade,
("Mouth-piece, -
Body,
Scabbard, < Bands and rings,
Ferule and stud,
I Tip,
Arm, complete,
$0 60
2 10
3 30
8 50
60
3 60
1 80
50
21 00
71
1 85
2 44
8 32
42
4 20
2 52
54
21 00
3 70
9 05
2 13
1 06
1 06
17 00
3 36
4 47
1 30
84
53
10 50
79
1 64
3 93
7 20
2 16
1 14
1 14
18 00
90
1 98
1 98
8 64
2 25
1 13
I 12
18 00
parts.
Cartridge box,
Cartridge box belt (leather),
Cartridge box belt (canvass),
Bayonet scabbard and frog, -
Waist belt (leather),
Waist belt (canvass),
Cap pouch and pick,
Gun sling, - x -
Sabre belt,
Sword belt, •
Carbine sling,
Powder flask (tin),
Canteen,
Canteen strap,
Knapsacks,
Haversacks, - -
ACCOUTREMENTS.
1
O)
*3
£
o
£
53
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<!
PS
$6 oo'
2 57
1 50
2 57
2 06
1 50
2 23
1 20
50
1 25
25
6 50
50
5 00
5 00
4 50
2 23
1 20
5 00
6 00
5 50
2 06
2 23
1 20
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, Dec. 4, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS,
No. 159.
I. Hospitals for prisoners of war are placed on the same footing as
other C. S. hospitals in all respects, and will he managed accordingly.
II. The hospital ration is fixed, until further orders, at the same jates
of issues now made to soldiers in the field. If a greater allowance is
required of any particular articles, special requisitions must he made
therefor.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant an4 Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, December 7, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, )
No. 160. J
I. The following schedules of prices for articles named therein, adopted
by commissioners appointed pursuant to law, for the State of Virginia,
are announced for the information of all concerned; and the special at¬
tention of officers and agents of the government is directed thereto:
II. Richmond, Dec. 4, 1863.
Hon. James A. Seddon:
Sir,
In revising and preparing the schedules of prices for De¬
cember and January, we requested the aid of Mr. Wm. B. Harrison, and
it is proper to add that the prices agfeed upon received the unanimous
approval of the commissioners. We respectfully offer the accompanying
schedules A and 1$, with the understanding that the prices therein indi-.
cated are to remain for the months of December and January, unless in
the interval it should be deemed by us necessary to modify them.
The following schedules present the maximum prices to be paid for the
articles appraised, at all cities and usual places of sale, and when im¬
pressed elsewhere, the same prices are to be paid elsewhere, less the cost
of transportation to the city or usual place of sale to which the article
would go ordinarily for sale from that neighborhood, or less the cost of
transportation to the point at which the government needs the article, and
wishes it to be sent; provided, that in no case the amount deducted for
transportation as above, shall exceed 25 cents per bushel for grain, and
25 cents per cwt. for long forage, flour, bacon, iron, &c. In addition to
the established price of transportation, the government to pay all legal
tolls; and where farmers cannot procure nails for baling forage, govern¬
ment to furnish the same at cost, which will be deducted from thei estab-
lished price for baling:
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Schedule A,
ARTICLES.
QUALITY.
DESCRIPTION.
QUANTITY.
PRICE.
1 Wheat,
Prime,
White or red,
Per bus. of 60 lbs.
$5 00
2 Flour,
Good,
Fine,
" bbl. of 196 lbs.
22 00
" *"
Superfine,
" " 196 lbs.
25 00
"
"
Extra sup'fine,
" " 196 lbs.
26 50
"
"
Family,
" " 196 lbs.
28 00
3 Corn,
Prime,
White or yel'w,
" bus. of 56 lbs.
4 00
4 Unshelled corn,
56 lbs.
3 95
$ Corn meal,
Good,
-
" -50 lbs.
4 20
6 Rye,
Prime,
-
" 56 lbs.
3 20
7 Cleaned oats,
"
-
32 lbs.
2 50
8 Wheat hran,
Good,
—
" ' 17 lbs.
50
9 Shorts,
-
22 lbs.
70
10 Brown stuff,
-
" ' " 28 lbs.
-90
11 Ship stuff,
"
-
37 lbs.
1 40
12 Bacon,
13 Salt pork,
"
Hog round,
" pound,
1 25
"
-
" "
1 10
Fresh "
Fat and
.
, good,
-
Per lb. net weight,
80
14 Lard,
Good,
-
" pound,
1 25
15 Horses,
First class,
Artillery, &c.
Av'ge price per head,
350 00
16 Wool,
Fair or
Merino,
Washed,
Per pound,
3 >00
17 Wool,
Fair or
Merino,
Unwashed,
" "
2 00
18 Peas,
Good,
-
" bus. of 60 lbs.
4 00.
19 Beans,
"
-
60 lbs.
4 00
20 Potatoes,
"
Irish,
" . 60 lbs.
4 00
21 Potatoes,
"
Sweet,
60 lbs.
5 00
22 Onions,
"
-
60 lbs.
5 00
23 Dried peaches,
"
Pealed,
38 lbs.
8 00
24 Dried peaches,
"
Unpealed,
" 38 lbs.
4 50
25 Dried apples,
"
Pealed,
28 lbs.
3 00
26 Hay, baled,
\
Timothy
or clover,
" 100 pounds,
3 50
27 Hay, baled,
"
Orchard or
herd grass,
" 100
3 00
28 Hay, unbaled,
"
Orchard or
herd grass,
" 100
3 00
29 Sheaf oats, baled,
"
-
" 100
4 00
30 " " unb'd,
_
" 100
3 50
31 Blade fodder,baled,
"
_
" 100
3 50
32 " " unb'd,
"
_
" 100 "
3 00
33 Shucks, baled,
"
_
" 100
2 20
34 " unbaled,
"
_
" 100 "
1 70
35 Wheat straw, bl'd.
"
_ .
" 100
1 80
36 " " unb'd,
"
_
" 100
1 30
37 Pasturage,
38
"
Interior,
" head per month,
3 00
Superior,
4 00
39
First rate,
"
" " "
5 00'
40
Good,
Near cities,
it t< it
5 00
41 » "
Superior,
"
a it ■■
6 00
42
First rate,
"
it it ii
7 00
43 Salt,
Good,
_
" bug. of 50 lbs.
5 00
*44 Soap,
_
" pound,
40
45 Candles,
"
Tallow,
2 00
46 Vinegar,
"
Cider,
" gallon,
2 00
47 Whiskey,
Trade,
Brown,
3 00
48 Sngar,
" pound,
1 50
49 Molasses,
New Orleans,
" gallon,
10 00
50 Rice,
"
-
" pound,
20'
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Schedule A—Continued.
ARTICLES.
QUALITY.
DESCRIPTION.
QUANTITY.
PRICK.
51 Coffee,
Good,
Rio,
Per pound.
$ 3 00
52 Tea,
53 Vinegar,
Trade,
7 00
Manufactured,
" gallon,
50
54 Pig iron,
No. 1 quality,
" ton,
150 00
55 Pig iron,
No. 2 quality,
" "
1C2 00
56
No. 3 quality,
" "
120 00
57 Bloom iron,
-
it u
216 00
58 Smith's iron,
Round, plate
and bar,
«• i.
456 00
59 Rail road iron,
_
ii ii
190 00
60 Leather,
Harness, ■
" pound.
2 60
61
Sole,
2 40
62
Upper,
ii ii
2 80
63 Beef cattle,
Gross weight,
" 100 pounds,
" 100
16 00
64 "
Superior,
18 00
65 " "
First rate,
" "
" 100
20 00
66 Sheep,
Fair,
_
" head,
30 00
67 Army woolen cl'th,
$ yard,
Good,
10 oz. per yd.
" yard,
5 00
68 Army woolen cl'th,
"
Pro rata as t,o
greater or less
Width or weight.
69 Army woolen cl'th,
6-4 yard,
" /
20 oz. per yd.
Per yard,
10 00
70 Army woolen cl'th,
"
Pro rata as to
greater or less
Width or weight.
71 Flannels, J,
"
6 oz. per yd.
Per yard,
4 00
72 Cotton shirting, 4,
73 " " i
"
4$ yds. to lb.
56
"
3J yds. to lb.
ii ii
84
74 '* sheet'gs, 4-4,
"
3 yds. to lb.
87
75 " oznab'gs,
"
6 oz. per yd.
ii ii
75
76 " " h
"
8 oz. per yd.
ii it
88
77 " drills, J,
78 Cot. shirt'g stripes,
"
3 yds. to lb.
ii ii
88
"
3 yds. to lb.
ii ii
88
79 " tent cloths,
"
10 oz. per yd.
1 12
80 On the above enu
merated cot
ton cloths, pro
rata as to greater or le
ss width.
or weight.
81 Cotton warps,
Good,
-
Per pound,
2 00
82 Army shoes,
"
-
" pair,
10 00
83 Shoe thread,
"
_
" pound,
2 00
84 Wool socks, men's,
"
_
" pair,
1 25
85 Mules,
First rate,
Wagon, &c.
Av'ge price per head,
300 OO
86 Corntop fodder,
2 00
• baled,
Good,
-
Per 100 pounds,
87 Corntop fodder,
1 50
unbaled,
"
_
" 100
88 Wheat chaff, bal'd,
"
_
" 100
2 00
89 " " unb'd,
_
» 100
1 50
90 Sorgbum molasses,
91 Pastu'ge for sheep,
" ''
.
" gallon,
8 00
Interior,
" head,
40
92
Superior,
ii ii
1 50
93
First rate,
"
" "
60
In assessing the average value of "first class artillery and wagon
' horses at $ 350," we designed that the term should be accepted and acted'
upon according to its obvious common sense import. In other words,
that horses should be selected, and then impressed accordingly as their
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working qualities and adaptation to army service, together with their in¬
trinsic value, would warrant a judicious purchaser in considering them
as coming within the contemplation of the commissioners when they
assessed the average value of such horses as the government needed, at
$350. But cases might arise, however, when the public exigencies
would be so urgent as to demand that all horses at hand should be im¬
pressed. Yet under ordinary circumstances, when family or extra blooded
horses, or brood mares of admitted high value are impressed, we respect¬
fully suggest to tlie Secretary of War to have instructions forwarded to
the impressing officers to propose and allow the owners to substitute in
their stead such strong, sound and serviceable horses or mules as shall
be considered and veined by competent and disinterested parties as first
class artillery horses, or first rate wagon mules.
The tenn "average value per head" was used in contradistinction to a
fixed and uniform price for each horse or mule. We supposed that in
impressing a number of horses or mules, whether owned by several per¬
sons, or one individual, that some might be estimated at $250, or even
at less, and others at different advanced rates, according to their worth,
up as high as $450, or above that amount—thus making an average
value or price for a number of good, sound and efficient horses, $ 350
each, and mules $ 300 each.
In illustration of our views, we will add, that a horse with only one
eye sound, might, in all other respects, be classed as a first rate artillery
horse, yet the loss of one eye would justly and considerably curtail his
value.- So a horse from 10 to 18 years of age might be deemed in all
other particulars as a first class artillery horse, but of course, however
efficient or able to render good service for a year or so, yet his advanced
age would justly and materially impair his value. Any horse, however
he may approximate the standard of a first class artillery horse, must,
according to deficiencies, fall below the maximum price; and as few
comparatively exactly come up to the standard, and therefore are entitled
to the maximum price, so of course in all other instances the price should
he proportionately reduced, as imperfections place them below the standard
of first class, &c.
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Schedule B—Hire of Labor, Teams, Wagons and Drivers.
1. Baling long forage,
2. Shelling and bagging corn, sacks fur¬
nished by government, -
3. Hauling, ...
4. Hauling grain,
.5. Hire of two-horse team, wagon and driver,
rations furnished by owner,
6. Hire of same, rations furnished by the
government,
7. Hire of four-horse team, wagon and driver,
rations furnished by owner,
8. Hire of same, rations furnished by the
government,
9. Hire of six-horse team, wagon and driver,
rations furnished by owner,
10. Hire of same, rations furnished by the
government,
11. Hire of laborer, rations furnished by
owner, -
12. Hire of same, rations furnished by the
government,
13. Hire of same, rations and clothing fur¬
nished by owner,
14. Hire of same, rations furnished by the
government,
15. Hire of teamsters, rations furnished by
government,
16. Hire of laborer, clothing and rations fur¬
nished by government, -
17. Hire of same, clothing and rations fur¬
nished by owner,
18. Hire of same, rations only furnished by
government,
Quantity and Time.
Price.
Per 100 pounds,
$0
50
" 56 "
05
" cwt. pr. mile,
" bus. "
08
04
" day,
10
00
" day,
5
00
" day,
13
0-0
" day,
6
50
" day,
16
0-0
" day,
8
00
" day,
2
50
" day,
1
50
" month,
50
00
" month,
30
00
" month,
40
00
" year,
300
00
" year,
550
00
" year,
400
00
Upon farther consideration, we have concluded to value sheaf oats, hay
and blade fodder, east of the Blue Ridge mountains, when baled, at $5
per 100 pounds, and unbaled at $4 50 per 100 pounds.
E. W. Hubard,
Robert Gibboney,
Wm. B. Harrison,
Commissioners for Va.
•By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, Dec. 10, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 161. J
The following Order is published as an amendment of the Regulations
in respect to Impressments, as a substitute for paragraph II, section 5,
General Orders, No. 37, current series. All officers and agents who have
be§n or shall be empowered to make impressments, shall conform to the
provisions of this Order, in respect to impressments hereafter to be made,
and also in cases where the property may have been heretofore taken, and
the price has not been fully adjusted:
In the event of the refusal by the owner, his bailee, or other agent, of
the price offered, the impressing officer shall proceed to settle the compen¬
sation to be paid, according to the first section of the act of March 26th,
1863, if the property impressed belongs to an owner who has grown, raised
or produced the same, or who holds or has purchased the same for his own
use or consumption. But if the property impressed has not been grown,
raised or produced by the owner, nor been purchased for his own use or
consumption, it shall be the duty of the impressing officer to offer the
price fixed by the commissioners, who may be appointed under the 5th
section of the act of congress of the 26th March 1863," to regulate im¬
pressments; and if the owner shall object to receive the said price, as not
being a just compensation, it shall be the duty of the impressing officer
to cause the value to be ascertained by the appointment of a board simi¬
lar to that designated in the first section of the act aforesaid; that is, by
the judgment of two loyal and disinterested citizens of the county or pa¬
rish in which such impressments may be made—one to be selected by the
owner, and one by the impressing officer—and in the event of their dis¬
agreement, these two shall choose an umpire of like qualification. The
persons thus selected shall proceed to assess just compensation for the
property so impressed, whether the absolute ownership or the temporary
use thereof only is required: provided, however, if the impressing officer
in any of the cases mentioned shall believe that the appraisement is fair
or just, he shall endorse upon it his approval; and the property in the
object impressed shall thereupon be vested in the Confederate States; but
if he does not approve the appraisement as aforesaid, he shall endorse
open the appraisement his objection thereto, and deliver the same, with a
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receipt for the property impressed, to the owner, his bailee, agent or at¬
torney, and as soon as practicable, forward a copy of the receipt and ap¬
praisement, and his endorsement thereon, to the board of appraisers, ap¬
pointed by the president and governor of the state, who shall revise the
same, and make a final-valuation, so as to give just compensation for the
property taken; which valuation shall be paid by the proper department
for the use of which the property was taken, on the certificate of the ap¬
praisers as provided in the acts of congress on the subject.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General*
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, Dec. 11, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, )
No. 162. *
I. Quartermasters at posts will afford all the accommodation in then-
power to pel'sons in charge of stock, traveling under the orders of officers
of Lt. Col. A. H. Cole's department. Forage and shelter for the animals
and subsistence for the men will he furnished by them upon the requisi¬
tion of any officer, or of his authorized agent, of Col. Cole's department",
who will receipt for the same.
II. To prevent claims for commutation of rations which may have
been previously drawn, surgeons in charge of hospitals will endorse on the
furlough of enlisted men who leave a hospital on furlough, a statement
of the number of days and the dates he has drawn rations for the enlisted
men.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Richmond, Dec. 23, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 163. ]
The attention of officers of the army is again directed to paragraph VII,
General Orders, No. 28, requiring that in all recommendations for military
appointments, the name of the state be given of which the person is a
citizen. No applications will hereafter receive attention, in which this
Tule is not observed.
By order,
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, Dec. 29, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERS, ?
No. 164. S
I. Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 159, current series, is amended
as follows:
II. The hospital ration is fixed, until further orders, at the same rates
of issues now made to soldiers in the field. If a greater allowance is
required of any particular article, not issued to troops in the field, special
requisitions must be made therefor.
By order.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.