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GENERAL ORDERS 
 
 FROM THE 
 
 ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, 
 
 CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY, 
 
 For the Year 1863, 
 WITH A FULL INDEX/ 
 
 COMPILED AND CORRECTED UNDER AUTHORITY OF 
 Gen'l S. COOPER, A. & L G, 
 
 By R. H. p. ROBINSON, 
 
 OF THE ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE. 
 
 The Orders as they appear in this book have explanatory notes 
 ■calling attention to each Paragraph or Order that has been modified^ 
 amended or revoked; and to the Paragraph and Order by which th© 
 change has been caused. 
 
 RICHMOND: 
 
 A. MORRIS, Publishere 
 
 1864, 
 
Macfarlanb & Fbrgusson, Printers. 
 
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 GENERAL ORDERS. 
 
 GENEUAL ORDERS, j Adj't and Insp'r Genl's Ojfick, 
 
 No. 1. I jRic7imo«cZ, /a?mary 3, 1863. 
 
 I. The following Orders aro published for the information of 
 the army; 
 
 All white ma?e citizens of the Confederate States, between the 
 ages of 18 and 40, who are nut exempt by the act of October 11th, 
 1802, are liable to conscription ; and all such as have been already 
 enrolled and mustered, will l>e held as though in service of tba 
 Oonfcderate States, until otherwise ordered. Exemption will not 
 take place until after enrollment, when enrolling officers will 
 ^rant certificates of exemption, in all cases clearly within the 
 cleaning of the ?vCt. All doubtful cases for exemption well be 
 referred, for decision, to Commandants of Camps of Instruction, 
 and if necessary, by them to the Chief of the Bureau of Con- 
 ecription in Richm>ond. Such cases will not be required to report 
 in person to the camp of instruction until fiual action ia had oa 
 the same. 
 
 II. Enrolling oScers are required to be vigilant in the diseharg« 
 of their duties within the district confided to them, not only in 
 respect to the enrolmctitof conscripts, but also in the apprehen- 
 sion and arrest of stragglers and deserters from the army. Com- 
 plaints having been made of harsh treatment to conscripts by 
 enrolling officers in certain localities, whicli treatment is <jalcu- 
 iated to prejiiidice the cause of the Confederate States, by en-cour- 
 aging opposition to the acts of conscription, it will be the duty of 
 Commandants of Camps of Instruction to report to the Secretary 
 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 district in which they may be serving : and it is impressed 
 on them, that firmness of purpose, tempered with kindness and 
 forbearance, will best promote the objects to be attained. 
 
 III. Enrolling officers will furnish to Commandants of Camps 
 o{ Instruction, at the end of each month, a complete roll of the 
 conscripts made by tlicm during the uionth. Such rolls will also 
 
smbrace the nnmes of persons who have been enrolled, and ex- 
 empted within that period. One copy of these rolls will be im- 
 mediately forwarded by the Commandants of the Camps of In- 
 struction to the Chief of tlie Bureau of Conscription in Kich- 
 mond, for file and future reference. 
 
 IV. All commissioned officers between the ages of 18 and 40, 
 who have become dit-xonnected with the anny, by the operation 
 of General Orders, Nus. 48 and 96, of 18t>2, ov by reason of non- 
 re-eleciion, resignation or dismissal, unless actually disabled (of 
 which they must furnish evidence), are subject to coTiscription ; 
 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, \he 
 principals within the same ;.in:,os, for whom the substitute may 
 have engaged to serve, will be liable to conscription. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'j/s Orncs, 
 
 No. 2. ) lUclimond, January 2, 18G3. 
 
 I. The following Orders are published for the information ant5 
 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, military ofiicers are prcdiibited from interfering 
 with the engines, cars, running of trains, or with the control and 
 management, in any way, of rail roada. 
 
 II. When transportation of troops or freight by rail road >s i 
 necessary, a quartermaster or otiier authorized oflicer shall make 1 
 requisition for the same upon the superintendent or proper officer 
 of the rail road, furnishing the necessary evidence of transports- . 
 tion, and delivering the troops or freight to be transported. / 
 
 III. In the event that more freight is to be transported over 
 anyroad than the road has the ability to carry pr(mptly, the 
 officer furnishing evidence of transportation wiirindicate to the 
 rail road officer what shall take prccodoncc. In the absence of 
 any special order 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. 
 
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 IV. Where troops or freight is to bo moved out of tho usual 
 l-outine of a rail road, the officer having charge of guch move-, 
 ment vrill fix vfith tho superintendent, or other officer of the road 
 on vrhich the movement is to be made, the day and hour of de- 
 parture, and when go fixed, the troops or freight must be ready at 
 the appointed time. 
 
 V. In tho event of any military necessity for an unusual move- 
 ment at any particular point, the commanding oflScer at such post 
 will communicate fully the character and extent of service to the 
 principal officer of the road or roads from which it is required, 
 and ask the personal supervision of the proper rail road officers 
 *o the duty. 
 
 VI. Quartermasters and commieFarieo will exercise discretion 
 in shipping 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 impede transportation. 
 
 YII. When it is necessary to send a special messenger witli 
 freight, such 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 Gon8cri|')ts, enrolled while 
 in the employment of rail roads, to remain at their duties until 
 £o\. AVilliam JM. Wadley,* A. A. G., decide as to who of th«m it 
 is necessary should be detailed for service on the road. 
 
 IX. Any viohit^iof these orders, or remissness on the part 
 of rail road oQjdHJjfaDerform promptly all government trans- 
 portation, will ])8re^^ecl to Col. William M. Wadley,^ A. A. G., 
 who will indicate from time to time where his head quarters will 
 he. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General* 
 
 UENEllAL OIlDERS,t j Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Orrici, 
 
 No. 3. ) Bichmond, January 9, 1863. 
 
 I. The attention of officers la called to the 34th arHcle of Army 
 Regulations, and especially to those paragraphs of the article 
 
 • Lieut Col. F. W. Sims is now chief of Rail Road Bureau, vice 
 Col. Wndley. 
 
 fSer* also, Tar. VI. G\ 0. ?S. 
 
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 service, comes directly 
 from the writers, without passing through the prescribed channel. 
 
 Therefore, all indirect communication with the department is 
 prohibited ; and -where it is attempted, either in person or by let- 
 ter, the application will be referred to the proper military com- 
 mander before action is taken on it, and instructions will at th© 
 same time be given to bring the offender to trial for violation of 
 the regulations and orders respecting military correspcndence. 
 These regulatwns were made after long experience. They havo 
 been found indispensable, and must be observed. 
 
 II. Not oaly arc 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 b& 
 informed on the merits of the ease presented, are required to ex- 
 press 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 overlooked. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
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 No. 4. ) BicJimond, January 12, 1863. 
 
 I. A Camp of Instruction for Conscripts will be forthwith es- 
 tablished at Petersburg, Virginia. Ail persons liable to con- 
 scription within the following counties, will repair to this camp 
 for enrolment ; and all enrolling officers within said counties wili 
 hasten forward Conscripts to the same point. The following aro 
 the counties referred to, to wit : Greenesville, Dinwidde, Bruns- 
 wick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Halifax, Charlotte, Pittsylvania, 
 Henry, Patrick, Franklin, Nottoway, Prince Edward and Camp- 
 bell. 
 
 II. Major General French will appoint an officer of his com- 
 mand 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 January 9th, 18G3, as they arrive at 
 Petersburg, and cause them to be furnishad with subsistence and 
 other supplies needed for their erficiency. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjviani and Inspector Oenex'jJ, 
 
GENERAL ORDERS, I Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 No. 5. ) BicJimond, January 13, 18G3. 
 
 I. The following Ordor is published for tho information of all 
 concerned : 
 
 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, TcMnessee, Ala- 
 hama, Mississinpi, Georgia, Florida and Somh Carolina, up lo De« 
 oeniber lOth, 1S02. 
 
 2. All ollicers and men captured in Missouri, Kansas, New MeX' 
 ico, Arizonia, Arkansas and Louis^iana, up to January J 3t, 1863. 
 
 3. The two foregoing sections apply not only to officers and men 
 of the Confederate 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 at- 
 tached, and whatever may have been the terms of tho 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 prisons, they are to be immediately re* 
 leased and delivered to the Confederate authorities. 
 
 5. All Confederate officers and men who have been delivered at 
 City Point, up to January 6th, 1863. 
 
 6. All Cor.federate officers and men who have been delivered at 
 Vicksburg, up to December 23d, 1862, and including said date. 
 
 7. All paroled Confederate officers and men receipted for at 
 Vicksburg, up to December 23d, 1862, and including said date. 
 
 8. All Confctlerate officers and men captured and paroled at 
 Frcdttricksburg, Virginia, in December 1862. 
 
 9. All Confederate officers and men captured and paroled at 
 Goldsboro', North Carolina, in December 1862. 
 
 10. Other miscellaneous and minor exchanges, of v/hich the ap« 
 propriate officers will be duly informed. 
 
 Robert Ould. 
 ^gent of Exchange. 
 Richmond^ January 10, 1S63. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER. 
 AcffMant and -Insvec'or General, 
 
GENERAL ORDERS,] Adj't axl Insp'r Gen'l's Offic]?, 
 
 No. G. ] Richmond, January 15, 1863. 
 
 I. The attention of officers charged with the custody of puhlio 
 property, is called to paragraphs 923, 924 and 925, Army Regii- 
 JatioDs, ^Yhich provide the mode of accounting for that which is 
 JO.--t 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 accountability. 
 
 ir. The appointment of agents to purchase wool by any officer, 
 except the Quartermaster General, and such officers as may act 
 under ills authority and sanction, is hereby prohibited ; and all 
 agencies for that purpose, heretofore authorized by other officers, 
 ifj revoked, 
 
 !13y order, 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'k Gen'i/s OrricE. 
 
 No. 7. j BicJimond, January 19, 1863. 
 
 I. The exemption from military service of Route Agents of the 
 Post Office Department, having been claimed by the Postmaster 
 General, as executive OLUcers of the Confederate JStates, under the 
 act of October 11, 1862, is recognized. Such persons, if within 
 conpoript ages, will be enrolled, and furniyhed with certilicates 
 exempting them during the continuance of their appointments. 
 In all cases v.'here the appointment fails, or the term tiiereof 
 expires, the party is required to report himself to the officer by 
 whom he was enrolled, or if ho cannot be found, to the Adjutant 
 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 cf 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, bo 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 
 
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 can be supplied by such infantry soldiers as may be able to fur- 
 nish themselves with horses, and can be detailed for this duty 
 by the General from their respective commands — the number not 
 to exceed six for the commander of any corps, four for the com- 
 mander 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 estab- 
 lished FoKMs of the service, provided for such certificates, and 
 ■will hereafter abstain from recommending them for ligld duty. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r GeVl's Office, 
 
 No. 8. ] Rklimond, January, 20, 1863. 
 
 I. Applications for staff appointments to fill vacancies, whether 
 occurring 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 bis absence accounted for to the satis- 
 faction of this Department, no other appointment 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. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,] WAR DEPARTxMENT, 
 
 y Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 No. 9. ) Richmond, January 22, 1863. 
 
 I. Pursuant to section 8 of an "act to provide for the public 
 defence," approved April 16th, 1862, men who are mustered into 
 service, bringing with them their own arms, are entitled to one 
 dolhir per month for the use of the same, from the date of mus- 
 ti-ring into service. Should they prefer to receive the full value 
 of the arms, the same will be fixed by the mustering officer at 
 any muster, according to the value of arms fixed by General 
 
 •See al^oPar. YII.. G. 0. 28. 
 
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 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 
 Buch 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 oflScer, 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 sa<ldle 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, maybe selected 
 from the districts in which they are to act, when surgeons cannot 
 be obtained from other congressional districts. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General* 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) Adj't and Insp'r Gen^l's Office. 
 
 No. 10. 3 Richmond, January 24, 1863. 
 
 The following Orders are published for the information of all 
 concerned : 
 
 I. The duties of signal officers are confined to those bearing 
 commissions as such, appointed under the acts of Congress, 
 approved April 19, 1862, and September 27, 1862. 
 
 n. 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, 1862, 
 must be more strictly observed. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
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 GENERAL ORDERS,] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office. 
 No, 11. j EicJwiond, January 27, 1863. 
 
 The Military Courts, appointed and organized under the act 
 approved October 9th, 1862, -will be governed and controlled as 
 other Courts Martial, bj 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 Com- 
 manding 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 proceedings, 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 bo trans^mitted to 
 the oflico of the Adjutant and Inspector General, agreeably to 
 the 90th Article of War. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General, 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 No. 12. j Bichmond, Jaiiuanj 28, 1863. 
 
 I. Candidates for appointments of artillery officers for ord- 
 nance duty, who have passed their examinations at the head 
 quarters ot 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, with- 
 out reference to the grade for which they are recommended. 
 
 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 dates to 
 correspond with the general roll of merit established by the ex- 
 aminers. 
 
 II. The quartermaster's deportment will issue to officers of the 
 army, on duty enrolling conscripts, such fuel and stationery, 
 within the limits prescribed by existing regulations for allow- 
 ances to public offices, as shall bo certified by those officers to be 
 indispensable for the proper discharge of their duties. 
 
 Tiio legitimate expendea of the perfonnaii^c of such duty will 
 
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 be paid, in tlie case of enrolling officers not commiesioned, upon 
 accounts approved bj the Commandant of Conscripts for the 
 State, or Commander of Camp of Instruction. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 13. 
 
 BicJimond, January/ 31, 18G3. 
 
 I. The following Arsenals, Armories, Depots, &c., are imme- 
 diately under charge of the War Department; and its orders will 
 be given directly through the Ordnance Bureau, viz : 
 
 Richmond Arsenal, 
 *' Armory, 
 
 FayetteviUe Arsenal and Armory, 
 Charleston Arsenal, 
 Augusta Arsenal and Powder Works, 
 Macon Arsenal, 
 
 *' Armory, 
 
 " Laboratory, • . 
 
 Columbus Arsenal, 
 Atlanta Arsenal, . 
 Mount Yernon Arsenal, . 
 Montgomery Arsenal, 
 Selma 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. 
 
 . Cclumbus, 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 
 bo drawn out on requisitions, as designated in section V, Ord- 
 nance 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 Arse- 
 nal or Armory, as provided above, are subject to orders only 
 from the War Department, through the Ordnance Bureau. 
 
 IV. The Quartermasters' Depots at Augusta, Atlanta and 
 Columbus, Georgia, and at Montgomery and Huntsville, Ala- 
 
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 bama, having been established by the direction of the War De- 
 partment, to supply the necessities of the Army at large, are 
 placed under the special control of the Qiiarterniaster General, 
 though subject to the inspection of the Commanding 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 General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 14. j Richmond, February 3, 1863. 
 
 I. The 2d clause, paragraph IV, of General Orders, No. 72, of 
 1862, is hereby revoked. 
 
 The 4th clause of the same paragraph is amended as follows : 
 On a certificate of disability, w^ith recommendation for fur- 
 lough or discharge, signed in due form by examining board, and 
 approved by the Senior Surgeon of the post, tho Commander of 
 tha 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 belong; or he may 
 refer, without granting the furlough, to the discretion of said. 
 Commanding General.""" 
 
 II. The Supprintendent of the Nitre and Mining Bureau is 
 authorized and directed to enforce existing contracts of the gov- 
 ernment 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 hare 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. 
 
 * Revoked l»y Par. VII. Gen. Orders, No. 51. 
 
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 GENERAL OEDERS,] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 No. 15. j Riclimond, February 6, 1863. 
 
 I. All commissioned officers of the army in the service of the 
 Confederate States, who are absent from their respective com- 
 mands 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 returns of regiments and 
 corps. All quartermasters [of the army, charged with the pay- 
 ment 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 absent; and the regiment or corps to 
 vs'hich 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 Inspec- 
 tor 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 " em- 
 ployed" to complete the examining boards for conscripts, direct- 
 ed in previous Orders, the commandants of conscripts may con- 
 stitute such boards, temporarily, by medical officers under their 
 authority. By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 16, ) Bichmond, February 7, 1863. 
 
 I. The special measures instituted in the Circular from this 
 office, of the 8th of January, ultimo, were intended to aid, and 
 in no wise to supercede the operation and rules of the regularly 
 established system of conscription. Reports have been received, 
 that officers thus sent from the army have been practically set- 
 ting aside the system, decisions and exemptions established un- 
 
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 der the authority of the Commandants of Conscripts in the re- 
 spective States, and are neglectinf; to make to those officers 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 commandants for the quota to which 
 their regiments shall be entitled, under the principle of pro rata 
 distribution ; also, that they shall respect certificates of exemp- 
 tions issued by regular enrolling officers, reporting for decision 
 of the commandants any case in which the exemption may ap- 
 pear 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 command- 
 ants, and that they shall furnish to the local enrolling officers, or 
 the Commandants of Conscripts for the 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, will return separately the con- 
 scripts gathered and reported to them under the system institu- 
 ted by the Circular above referred to. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL OPiDERS,^ Adj't and Insp'r Gen Vs Office, 
 
 No. 17. ] Richmond, February 13, 18G3. 
 
 I. The following additional appointments under the act of Oc- 
 tober the 9th, 1862. providing for the establishment of military 
 courts, are announced 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. 
 
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 II. The above named members will report without delay to the 
 commanding officer 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 forfeiture of pay, the just dues of the laundress are to be un- 
 derstood as always excepted from such forfeiture. This excep- 
 tion 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, 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ") Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l^s Office. 
 No. 18. J Richmond, February 16, 1803. 
 
 I. With the exceptions herein after named, all outstanding au- 
 thorities issued from the War Department to recruit persons of 
 conscript age into regiments, battalions or companies not in ser- 
 vice on the IGth 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 comple- 
 ted up to the legal standard of a regiment, battalion or company, 
 as may have been specified in the original authority issued, will 
 be reported before the 10th of T'.Iarch to the Adjutant and In- 
 spector General's office for muster and reception into service. • 
 
 The organization itself failing of completion, the material 
 within conscript ages (including ofHcers) of such parts as shall 
 have been enrolled for the special service, will be reported to the 
 local Commandants of Conscripts, respectively, for enrollment 
 and conscription, lliese commandants 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 operations of this Order are excepted new com- 
 panies or corps in process of organization under authority-issuing 
 from the War Dopartmcnt, of a date later than the 10th of De- 
 cember 1862, atid all such as may have been authorized to be re- 
 cruited from material found within districts possessed by the 
 enemy, or in which tlie 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. 
 
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 III. All olHcers and persons acting under authority, now and 
 hereafter, to recruit new organizations, will report to the Com- 
 mandants of Conscripts in their respective States, the names of 
 those persons who are employed by them in enlisting recruits. 
 In the absence of such official evidence, the enrolling officers 
 vs'ill not recognize the authority claimed. 
 By order, 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General, 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't ano Insp^r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 19. J Richmond, Felruary 17, 1863. 
 
 With a view to determine the military state of certain persons 
 \n the army, who have left their regular commands and joined 
 others, under the impression that they had a right to do so, but 
 are claimed as deserters under existing laws, the following Orders 
 arc published : 
 
 I. Persons who juined new companies at the expiration of 
 their first term of service, under the act authorizing re-enlist- 
 ments for the war, will be continued in their present corapaniesi 
 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 of- 
 fice, Richmond, 17th June 18G2, will be continued in their pres- 
 ent companies. 
 
 II. All persons who have really deserted and have joined other 
 companies, will be returned to their original commands; and the 
 benefit of this Order is to be strictly limited to CEises 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 
 cnptured from the enem}'-, is hereafter forbidden, and the prohi- 
 bition 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 re- 
 gard 'to the efhciency 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 testimony, award their copturo. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Ad infant and Inspector General, 
 
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 GENERAL ORDERS,] Adj't and Insp'Pw Gzn'l's Office, 
 No. 20. J Richmond, February 19, 1863. 
 
 I. " General or other officers commanding army corps or de- 
 partments 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 he held responsible that these returns are forwarded to the 
 Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance at Richmond within twenty 
 days after the receipt of this Order, and will thereafter see that 
 the returns required ]^j paragraph 1348, Army Regulatioas, ara 
 regularly forwarded. 
 
 II. " All ordnance and ordnance stores, including cavalry 
 equipments captured from the enemy by Partisan Rangers, shall 
 be assessed by competent officers, under orders of the command- 
 ing General, entered upon the roils, and paid for by any ordnance 
 officer, upon receipt for the money from the men entitled to tho 
 property, and a property certificate signed by the officer com- 
 manding the company, squadron, battalion or regiment of Ran- 
 gers, 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 property on the books of the treasury. 
 
 III. Paragraphs 117, 118 and 119, Army Regulations (being 
 ijontrary to law), are hereby revoked ; and no enlisted man ia 
 the service of the Confederate States will be employed as a ser- 
 vant by any officer of the army. 
 
 IV. When a non-commissioned officer, musician or private en- 
 titled to a furlough under the acts of Congress, approved Decem- 
 ber 11, 18C1, and April 16, 1862, shall elect to receive the com- 
 mutation value in money in lieu of transportation to his homo 
 and back, the quartermaster of his regiment will promptly pay 
 his account therefor, upon his certificate, approved by his compa- 
 ny and regimental commanders, that commutation is justly due 
 him in lieu of a furlough. 
 
 V. In making such payments, quartermasters will estimate the 
 amount 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 be required to state upon Iheiy 
 
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 muster and pay rolls, payments made under these orders, oppO' 
 site the name of the soldier so paid. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector. General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Offices 
 
 No. 21. ) Richmond, February 20, 1863. 
 
 I. When the exigency of the service requires it, ordnance 
 stores reported unserviceable by the officer who is responsible for 
 them, shall be inspected by the Rrigndc Inspector, under the di- 
 rection of the Inspector General of the Army; or in case of the 
 absence of the Brigade Inspector, then by any other officer desig- 
 nated by the Inspector General, except the officer accountable for 
 the property in question. 
 
 The inspecting officer shall make a report in accordance with 
 paragraphs 925 and 92G, Army Regulations ; and whatever stores 
 lie considers worn out or unserviceable, he shall order, under tho 
 direction of the Inspector General, to be dropped. 
 
 II. When requisitions for ordnance stores are made to supply 
 deficiencies, a copy of the report of the Inspector shall be ap- 
 pended, to show the necessity of the issue. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,! Adjt and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 No. 22. j Richmond, February 23, 1863. 
 
 n The following additional instructions are published for tho 
 guidance of the medical officers and surgeons comprising 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 indirectly favor evasions of the re- 
 quired military service. 
 
 II. As a general rule, it may be received that where a con- 
 script is equal to all the active duties of the various occupations 
 of civil life, he is nble to discharge the duties of a soldier 
 
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 III. Temporary exemption is bo liable to abuse, and fco ud rfe- 
 Bortod to as a means of evasion, that the examining; surgeon must 
 fix the period for which it is granted (which, with the reasons 
 iherefur, will be stated in the monthly report); at the expiration 
 of which period, the conscript mast present himself for examina- 
 tion, or be considered absent without leave. 
 
 IV. The following aro some of the grounds not deemed suffi- 
 cient and satisfactory for exemption : 
 
 1. General Debility. — The grades of this condition are numer? 
 ous, and on receiving them all as grounds for exemption, the ex- 
 amining surgeon cannot be considered as discharging his duty to 
 tlie service. In arriving ot a correct judgment upon this point, 
 he will be aided by the consideration, 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 
 health of a lower grade, without any co-existing positive disease, 
 is frequently strengthened and improved by the esposures inci- 
 dent to the life 0/ a soldier. 
 
 2. In case of sligJd deformity, Tiatural, or tljo result of acci^ 
 dent and irregular union of fractures, unless materral impair^ 
 ment of power and motion results from such deformity, the con- 
 scripts must be held liable for military service. . 
 
 3. Deafness. — This is not a valid reason for exemption, unless 
 BO excessive (which must be stated in the monthly report,) as to 
 incapacitate a man for the duties of a sentinel. The fact of its 
 existence must also be established by the affidavit of a respectable 
 physician, who has known the conscript to be the subject of the 
 infirmity. 
 
 4. Inipsdiment of Speech — Unless of a very aggravated charac- 
 ter, is not a valid reason for exemption. 
 
 5. Heart Disease [orfjanic). — Organic disease of the heart 
 being comparatively infrequent, the piiysical and rational signs 
 should be scrutinized with great care, and the subject of exami- 
 nation should not be excused unless the case is satisfactorily es- 
 tablished. 
 
 6. Furidional Disturbance of Hearfs 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. Rlteumaihm. — The kind should be designated, whether 
 acute or chronic, articular or muscubir. It is a complaint liable 
 to be used as a means of evasion. Where it is simply muscular, 
 without swelling or contraction of the joint?, and the general 
 health of the conscript is otherwise sound, he fahould be held lia- 
 ble to military duty. 
 
 8. Fnilep.<iy. — This disease being frequently simulated, so ^s 
 
to imposG upon a carelesa observer, nothing less tlian the obser- 
 vation of an actual paroxysm, or the affidavit of a responsiblo 
 physician acquainted vrith the conscript, should be deemed satis- 
 factory 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 myopic 
 subjects distinguish distant o jects with accuracy sufficient lor all 
 practical purpose^i. 
 
 11. Hemorrhoids, — As many invalids in civil life, subjects of 
 this disorder, are engaged in active occupation?!, they f<hould not, un- 
 less excessive, (which must be stated in the monthly reports,) be 
 considered satisfactory grounds for exemption. 
 
 12. Opacily of one Cornea^ or the Loss of one Eye. — Not valid 
 grounds for exemption. 
 
 13. Ihe Loss of one or two Fingers. — Not sufficient cause for 
 exemption. 
 
 14. Single Reducihh Hernia. — Not a valid cause for exemption. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Lispecior General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,) Ad.t't and Tnsp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 23. ] EicJimond, February 25, 1863. 
 
 I. The senior surgeons of commands entitled to medical direc" 
 tors will be detailed as medical directors for sucli commands' 
 AVhenever, however, 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 Ur- 
 dern. No. 80, of last series from this office, directing medical pur- 
 veyors to obey all instructions relative to the transfer of medical 
 supplies and reports of supplies on hand, emanating from Sur- 
 geon E. W. Johns, Medical Purveyor, 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, with- 
 out dehiy, all records, b"oks and papers connected with the du- 
 ties assigned him under the above named Orders. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Lispecior General. 
 
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 GENERAL ORDEPtS, "j * Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 24. ] Richmond, March 5, 1863. 
 
 I. Paragraph IV of General Orders, No. 47, of 1862, was de- 
 signed to apply solely to the cases of officers whose commands 
 had re-ofganized for the war, agreeably to the acts of Congress, 
 No. 306, of December 11, 1861, and No. 397, or February 15, 
 1862, where the officers of such re-organized commands had been 
 re-elected to the same grade of rank they held in those com- 
 mands prior to their re-organization, and before the passage of 
 the act of April 16, 1862, commonly known as the "conscription 
 act." 
 
 In all re-organizations 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 
 serFice. 
 
 II, Officers of the army who are dropped from the rolls, cash- 
 iered by courts martial, or whose resignations are accepted, and 
 who may thus became liable to military duty under the conscrip- 
 tion acts^ will, when present with their commands,- be at once 
 enrolled by their respective brigade commanders. When not so 
 present, their names will be furnished by their commanding 
 officers to the proper enrolling officers 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. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, | Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 25, J Richmond, March G, 1863. 
 
 I. The following Act of Congress and Ptegulations to enforce 
 the same, are published for the information of all persons con- 
 cerned ; 
 
 Chap. LXII. — An Act. to protect the Rights of Oivners of Slaves taken 
 by or e'liijdoijcd in the army. 
 
 The Congress of the Confederate States of AmericdTdo enact, That 
 every person connected with the army or navy of the Confederate 
 
States, arresting or coming into possession of any slave, by capture 
 irom the enemy, or otherwise than by hiwlu I authority, shall imme- 
 diately report the same to the commanding officer ^f the post or 
 brigade or station to which he may be attached. The said com- 
 manding officer shall, with as little delay as practicable, send the 
 slaves so reported to the nearest depot described in the next sec- 
 tion, 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 deliv- 
 ered to their respective owners, if claim is made and established 
 on satisfactory evidence. 
 
 Sec. 2, The Secretary of War shall establish depots for re-cap- 
 tured slaves, at convenient places, not more than five in number in 
 each btate ■ and all slaves captured in such State shall be kept' in 
 such depots. Public notice shall be given of the places so se- 
 Jected. 
 
 Sec. 3. Lists of the slaves in each of such depots, showin<^ the 
 name and color of such slaves, the place and time of their anest 
 and the names of their owners, as given by themselves, or other- 
 wise 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 re- 
 moved from the depot to which he is first carried, for at least one 
 month after the first advertisement of h,s being there, nor then, un- 
 less 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 es- 
 tablishing ownership ; and upon due proof, they shall be imme- 
 diately restored to the persons claiming them. 
 
 ! Sec. 6. It shall further be the duty of the Secretary of War to re- 
 iiuire the names of all slaves in the employment of an officer or 
 soldier of the Confederate army or navy, with ihe names and resi- 
 dence of their owners, and of the person by whom hired out, and of 
 he officer or soldier hiring, to be reported to his department, and a 
 ull register thereof to be kept for public inspection. 
 
 Sec. 7. The President shall prescribe regulations for carrying this 
 lot into eliect, and provide for the subsistence of said slaves while 
 n such depots. (Approved Oct. 13, 1862.) 
 
 II. Depots for re-captured slaves are hereby established at the 
 oliowmg plmces, viz : 
 
 U the Camp of Instruction at Richmond, in the State of Virginia. 
 " Petersburg, " «« 
 
 " " Dublin Station, " « 
 
 R'-^leigh, " N. Carolina. 
 
 „ ' ,, ' Columbia, . " S. Carolina, 
 
 Macon, « Georgia. 
 
 Decatur, 
 
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 It the Camp of Instruction at Notasulga, iu the State of Alabama. 
 
 Talladega, 
 
 
 Tallahassee, 
 
 <i 
 
 Florida. 
 
 
 Brookhaven, 
 
 (t 
 
 Mississippi. 
 
 
 Enterprize, 
 
 i( 
 
 i< 
 
 
 Monroe, 
 
 <( 
 
 Louisiana. 
 
 
 Camp Moore, 
 
 <( 
 
 (( 
 
 
 New Iberia, 
 
 (( 
 
 <( 
 
 
 Houston, 
 
 <( 
 
 Texas. 
 
 
 Knoxvillc, 
 
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 Tennessee. 
 
 
 McMinnsville, 
 
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 (( 
 
 
 Little Ilock, 
 
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 Arkansas. 
 
 III. The commandants of the several camps of instruction will 
 provide necessary quarters for all negroes sent to the depots; 
 will detail sufficient guards for their safe keeping ;. provide fur 
 their custody, employmcut and subsistence ; require full and ac- 
 curate registers to be kept, and advertisements, as prescribed by 
 the act of Congress, to be regularly made, and afford all facili- 
 ties 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 owner, will send such slaves, with a regis- 
 ter of the place and date of their arrest, with as little delay as 
 practicable, to the nearest depot in the State wherein the capture 
 is made. They will also require all officers and soldiers now em- 
 ploying slaves, forthwith to report the same, and those hercaftet 
 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 re- 
 ports as soon as received, to this otHce; and will, in all other re- 
 spects, 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. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, "j Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 2G. ) Richmond, March 7, 1863. 
 
 The following order of General Robert E. Lee is adopted by 
 the War Department, and is re-published for the information and 
 government of all conoerned : 
 
2o 
 
 *To avoid the danger, if not the certainty, of frequent col- 
 lisions, and the consequent de.struction of life and property, as 
 well a8 obstruction to all transportation, it is absolutely necessary 
 that the movements of railroad trains should be under one undi- 
 vided control. 
 
 These considerations make it imperative that all trains should 
 ^e regulated in their movements and speed, only by their con- 
 ductors and engineers, in accordance with the regulations and 
 time tables of the company. 
 
 _ All the operations of a road should be controlled by its super- 
 intendent, or other authorized officer; aod all orders for trans- 
 portation of every kind, and the movement of every train will 
 be directed through him, when the exicrencies of the service de- 
 mand a variation from the regular "fechedule. 
 
 Disregard of this rule will inevitably be attended with disas- 
 trous consequences." 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) Ad/t and Insp'k Gen^l's Office, 
 
 ^^' 27. j Richmond, ]lfaf\:7i II, 1863. 
 
 ^ I. By direction of the Secretary of War, the proceedings, find- 
 ings and sentence of the General Cou t Martial, held at Knox- 
 yiUe, Tennessee in the case of Captain 11. B. Latrobe, " La- 
 trobe s Battery," approved by General Ileth, and forwarded to 
 the War Department tor confirmation, under the 89th Article of 
 War, are now, upon the report of the facts by General Ileth and 
 his action thereon, duly confirmed, and Captain 11. B. Latrobe 
 ceases to be an ofiicer of the army of the Confederate States. 
 
 II. So much of the sentence of General Court Martial awarded 
 against private James T. Wilder, Co. E, 4th Georgia Volunteers 
 as directs his head to be shaved, and he drummed out of the ser' 
 vice ,s, by direction of the President, remitted-and private 
 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, 
 
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 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office? 
 
 No. 28. j Richmond, March 12, 1863. 
 
 I. No regiment, battalion, squadron or company will be dis- 
 banded from the army prior to expiration of service, without ex- 
 press authority obtained from the War Department. 
 
 IT. Brip;adter Generals will not be detached from their bri- 
 gades, nor Colonels from their regiments, except on ordinary 
 temporary duty, without the epeciai authority of the War De- 
 partment. 
 
 III. The appointment of officers of the army being vested by 
 the constitute n in the President, by and with the advice and con- 
 sent of the Senate, commanding; and other oflfleera are hereby 
 ©lutionetl 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 pay- 
 ments. 
 
 IV. The impositions attempted to be practiced on officers of 
 the Quartermaster's Department, charged with paying troops, 
 call for the following regulations 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, certificates of last pay- 
 ment 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 officer a like certificate. 
 Payments to officers absent from their appropriate commands, 
 except those placed on detached duty by Konpetent authority, 
 and sick and wounded officers absent by like authority, are ei- 
 pressly prohibited. * 
 
 Y. General hospitals will be under the supervision and con- 
 trol 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 
 communications, and in passing them through the channel pro- 
 Tided in the 34th article of General Regulations, it is hereby di- 
 rected that the party making the communication will address 
 
 * Modified by General OrderSj No 57 
 
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 himself to the st'afiT officer of the General or other commanding 
 officer who may have the right finally to decide on the question 
 or appli tation presented ; and if tlie subject matter of the com- 
 jmuniu.ition be such as to require the action of the War Depart- 
 ment, it will be addressed tu the Aijurant and Inspector General 
 through the usual channel. All communications in the ascend- 
 ing line will be passed through the several intermediate com- 
 manders, until they reach the officer having the final control. 
 For example: Communications from the members of a company 
 will pass through the commander of the company ; thence, to the 
 commander of the battalion or regiment; thence, to the com- 
 mander of the brigade; thence, to the division commander; next, 
 to the commander of the 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. 
 
 YII. All recommendations from oflBcers of the army, for mili- 
 tary appointments to be conferred, will, besides giving the char' 
 acter and qualifications of the person recommended, name the 
 State in which he was born, and of which he claims to be a citl' 
 zen. * 
 
 VIII. Paragraph II, Getseral OrderR, No. 97, December 1, 
 1832, may be so modified as to read, "Officers and 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." 
 Bv order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General, 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, | Adj't and Insf'r Genu's Office, 
 
 No. 29. j Richnond, March 14, 1863. 
 
 I. At a Court of Enquiry, convened at Chattanooga, Tpnnea" 
 see, February 26th, 1863, by virtue of General Orders, No. 38» 
 Adjutant and In-pector General's Office, Richmond. Va., issued 
 in pursuance of nn act approved April 21, 1862, was arraigned 
 
 and tried Lieut. Tuomas N^\ll, Co. B, 5th Georgia Volunteers, 
 on the charge of drunkenness. 
 
 II. The Court confirmed t!ie plea of '* guilty " by the accused, 
 and sentenced him to be suspended from command and pay for 
 one month, and to be publicly reprimanded. 
 
 * See also General Orders, No, 163. 
 
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 III, The proceedings having been 8ul)mitted to the Secretary 
 of War, to be l.iid before the President, the following decision 
 has been made thereoa : 
 
 " The sentence of the Court approTed : bat in eoTisideration of 
 the habitual sobrietj of Lieut. Nail, aad his previous goovi char- 
 acter, 80 much of the sentence as suspends him from command 
 and pay is remitted/' 
 
 Lieut. Nail will therefore be restored to duty -with l)is compa- 
 ny; but the department takes occasion to express its decided 
 disapprobation of his conduct on the occasion referred to in the 
 proceedings. 
 
 lY. The Co»rt of Snquiry in the foregoing case is hereby dis- 
 sohed. 
 
 By ordey. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General, 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't an3> Insp'r Gen'l*s Offick, 
 
 No. 30. j Richmond, March 18, 1863. 
 
 I. Any employee of a government establishment, who shall 
 leave such employment, shall not l>e received at any other gov- 
 ernment establishment, or by any contractor under the govern- 
 ment, unless he exhibits a proper discharge from the employment 
 which he loaves. 
 
 IL Any contractor under the gov»rnsnent, wio shall employ 
 any workman leaving, without proper discharge, a government 
 establishment, or the employment of another contractor under 
 the government, shall be notiiied at oace that the detailed men 
 and conscripts in his employment be returned to their proper offi- 
 cers, upon report of the iin;ts to the Chief of Ordnance. * 
 
 III. The orders heretofore given are repeated, that conscripts 
 or detailed men leaving tiieir eniphnmi'iit without written per- 
 mission, shall be reported to the nearest enrolling ofiicer, to b© 
 tried and punished as deserters. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector Gaierah 
 
 • Amended by Par. Ill, General Oiders, No. 3.2. 
 
GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 31. 3 Eichmond, March 19, 1863. 
 
 In consequence of numerous applications made by various per- 
 sons to the War Department, it is obvious that some misconcep- 
 tion in regard to the instructions of the Secretary of War in re- 
 lation 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 purpose of removiug 
 such misconception, aud to prevent any violation of those in- 
 structions, it is hereby ordered : 
 
 I. That no officer of the government shall, under any circum- 
 etances whatever, impress the supplies which a party has for his 
 dOwn consumption, or that of his family, employees, or slaves. 
 
 II. That no officer shall at any time, unless specially ordered 
 BO to do by a General commanding, in a case of exigency, im- 
 press supplies which are on their way to market for sale on arri- 
 val. 
 
 III. These orders were included in the instructions originally 
 issued in relation to impressment by the Secretary of War; and 
 the oflScers exercising gnch 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 11 th, 1861, or 
 that of April 16th, 1862, have died, or may herekfter die, before 
 the receipt thereof, their personal representatives shall be allowed 
 the commutation value of transportation from the point where 
 such parties die, to their homes and back. 
 
 V. When non commissioned officers, musicMansor privates, en- 
 titled under either of the prtceding acts to a furlough, shall have 
 been, or may hereafter be promoted to the rnnk of commissioned 
 officers, prior to the receipt thereof, they shall be allowed the 
 same commutation as is provided in the previous paragraph, or 
 when they go on leave, the transportation in kind, at their option. 
 
 VI. Claims arising under paragraph I, will be settled by the 
 Second Auditor; those under paragraph II, by otticers of the 
 QuarLermiLSter's department. In the latter class, the facts must 
 be attested hy the cortifioate of the commanding officer of the 
 
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 regiment to which the claimant belonged at the date of his pro- 
 motion.* 
 
 By order"' 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector OeneraU 
 
 * Amended by Par. V ; Gen, Orders No. 33. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, | Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office. 
 
 No. 32. j Richmond, March 21, 1863. 
 
 I. Paragraph V, General Orders, No. 66. Adjutant and InspeC". 
 tor General's OflBce, September 12th, 1862, is so far 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 emplojees at tlie nitre, lead or copper 
 works, or mines or furnaces worked by government officers, or by 
 contractors for the Ordnance department, without first apprising 
 and obtaining the consent of the superintendent or oflBcer in 
 charge, who will be held strictly responsible for any abuse op 
 evasion of the law. 
 
 II. The operation of paragraph 1253, Confederate States Array 
 Regulations, is hereby suspended during the existing war. 
 
 III. Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 30, current series, is 
 emended to read as follows : 
 
 Any contractor under the government, who shall employ any 
 workman leaving, without proper discharge, a government estab- 
 lishment, 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 oflBcers^ 
 upon report of the facts to the Chief of the Bureau or Depart- 
 ment for the service of which the details were made. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector Qenerah 
 
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 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l*s Office, 
 
 No. 33. j Richmond, March 2G, 1863. 
 
 I. The corps of officers for ordnance duty will hereafter be 
 composed exclusively as tollows, viz : 
 
 Ist. Officers of the regular Confederate army, detailed by the 
 War Department for ordnance duty. 
 
 2d. Officers of the provisional artillery, appointed under the act 
 of congress April 2l8t, 1862. 
 
 3d. Officers of the provisional artillery for ordnance duty, ap- 
 pointed 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 detailed on ordnance duty by the "War Department. 
 
 5tb. Officers of the Nitre and Mining bureau, appointed under 
 act of Congress. 
 
 II. Officers heretofore assigned to ordnance duty, under provi- 
 sions 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 regularly appointed 
 officers assigned for ordnance duty, at the discretion of any Gen- 
 eral commanding an army or department, when the interest of 
 the service requires it. 
 
 All such changes will be communicated to the Chief of Ordi- 
 nance 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 respective bureaux, containing full 
 lists and descriptions of the men, with a correct statement of the 
 pay they receive. These reports will be forwarded to the Quar-. 
 termaster General, for the information and guidance of the Pay 
 department, to prevent the payment of fraudulent claims. 
 
 IV. All Generals or other officers commanding military depart- 
 ments or districts, will require from provost marshals and com- 
 mandants of prisons, monthly reports of all citizer.8 and other 
 persons, not connected with the Confederate army, held in coa= 
 
finement, 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" 
 
 Y. 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 auditor ; those under paragraph V, by officers of the Quar- 
 termaster's department. • In the lattar class, the facts must be 
 attested by the certificate of the commanding ofiicer of the regi- 
 ment to which the claimant belonged at the date of his promotion. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER. 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 • No. 34. J Richmond, April 1, 1863. 
 
 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 ofticers 
 therein referred to, is deemed important 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 fol- 
 lows : All north of the James river, for the defence of Richmond, 
 will constitute the Department of Richmond, under Major Gene- 
 ral Elzey — Head Quarters, Richmond. All that portion of Vir- 
 ginia south of the James river, and east of the county of Pow- 
 hatan, will constitute the Depnitment of Southern A^irginia, 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'. 
 
 III. The price of beef hides, transferred in accordance with 
 paragraph 111, General Orders, No. 64, of 1862, will be at the 
 following rates: For green hides, five cents per pound, and dry 
 hides tea cents per pound, in the Trans-Mississippi Depaj-tment ; 
 
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 find for all beef hides, east of the Mississippi river, thirty cents 
 per pound. 
 
 These prices will be paid by the Quartermaster and Assistant 
 Quartermaster to the Commissaries transferrinji; them, and the 
 latter will account for the fund thus received, in their next ac- 
 counts current. 
 
 IV, By General Orders, No. CI, paragraph II, last series, from 
 this office, Quartermasters are directed to laear on their returns, 
 ambuhinces and wagons for the transportation of regimental hos- 
 pital supplies, the teams and drivers. It is also their duty to 
 keep them in good condition, and ready for active service. Com- 
 manders will require the performance of this duty. 
 By order, 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General, 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 35. ) Richmond, April 4, 1863. 
 
 I. At a General Court Martial, convened at Pollard, Alabama, 
 December 9th, 18G2, by virtue of General Orders, No. 93, Head 
 Quarters District of the Gulf, were arraigned anvl tried : 
 
 1. — Major M. R. Marks, 2d Alabama Cavalry: 
 
 On the following charges : (Specifications omitted in this Or" 
 der.) 
 
 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 
 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 Cth Article of War. 
 
 Charge 2d, - - A^iolation of 24th Article of War. 
 
 Charge Zd, - - \iolation of 83d Article of War. 
 
 Finding and Sentence of the Court. 
 
 The Court find the accuM, Colonel F. M. Hunter, 2d Regiment 
 
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 Alabama 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 appro- 
 ved. Major M. II. Marks and Colonel F. M. Hunter, 2d Alabama 
 Cavalry, cease to be ofiicers of the Confederate States army from 
 this date. 
 
 By order. . 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,* ] Adj't and Insp'r G£nVs Office, 
 No. 36. J Richmond^ April, 6, 1863. 
 
 The Superintendent of the Nitre and Mining Bureau is author- 
 ized to pay, from the appropriation for the purchase and manu- 
 facture of nitre, the actual travelling expenses of officei's 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, 
 
 * Revoked by Gen. Orders, No. 102. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, f Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 No. 37. ) Richmond, April 6, 1863. 
 
 I. The following Acts of Congress, concerning *Hmpress77ienis'' 
 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 absolutely 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 of such army. 
 In cases where the owner of such property and the impressing 
 officer cannot agree upon the vzflue 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 
 
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 purchased by him, not fbr sale or speculation, but for his own 
 use or consumption, to cause the same to be ascertained and de- 
 termined by the judgment of two loyal and disinterested citizens 
 of the city, county or parish in which such impressments may 
 be made — one to be selected by the owner ; one by the impress- 
 ing officer ; and in the event of their disagreement, these two 
 shall choose an umpire of like qualifications, whose decision shall 
 be final. The persons thus selected, after taking an oath to ap- 
 praise 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,) whall pro- 
 ceed to assess just compensation for the property so impressed, 
 whether the absolute ownership 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 all also given 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 be- 
 longs, that said property is essential for the use of the army, 
 could not be otherwise procured, and was taken through absolute 
 necessity ; setting forth the time and place when and where 
 taken, the amount of compensation fixed by said appraisers, and 
 the sum, if any, paid for the same. Said certificate shall be evi- 
 dence for the owner, as well of the taking of said property for 
 the public use, as the right of the owner to the amount of com- 
 pensation fixed as aforesaid. And in case said officer or per- 
 son taking said property shall have failed to pay the owner or 
 his agent said compensation as herein before required, then said 
 owner shall be 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 Confede- 
 rate 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 impressment, then, and in that case, the value of 
 the property impressed shall be assessed as soon as possible by 
 two loyal and disinterested citizens of the city, county or par- 
 ish, wherein the property was taken, chosen as follows: One by 
 the owner, and one by the Commissary or Quartermaster Gene- 
 ral, 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, afrt asscFs a just compensation therefor, according to 
 the tistimony. 
 
'* Sec. 4. That whenever the Secretaryiof War shall be of opin- 
 on that it is necessary to take private property fur public use, by 
 reason of the impracticability of procurinj^ the same by purchase, 
 so as to accumulate necessary supplies for the army, or the good 
 of the service, in any locality, he may, by general order, through 
 the proper subordinate officers, authorize such property to be ta- 
 ken for the public use; the compensation due the owner 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 practicable after the passage of this act, to appoint a commis- 
 eioner 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 ccmmissioncr, to appoint another 
 commissioner, to act in conjunction with the commissioner ap- 
 pointed by the President, who shall receive the compensation of 
 eight dollars per day, and ten cents per mile as mileage, to be 
 paid by the Confederate gov.crnraent. Said commissioners shall 
 constitute 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 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 oftener if they 
 shall deem it proper; and in the event they shall not be able to 
 agree in any matter confided to them in this act, they shall have 
 power to appoint an umpire to decide the matter in dispute, 
 whose docision shall be the decision of the board ; and said um- 
 pire 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 any State shall 
 refuse or neglect to appoint said commissioner within ten days 
 after a request to do so by the President, then tlie President shall 
 appoint both commissioners, by and with the advice and consent 
 of the senate. 
 
 ** Sec. 6. That all property impressed or taken for the pul^lic use, 
 as aforesaid, 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 affidavit as herein before required, shall be paid for accurd- 
 ing to the schedule of prices fixed by the commissioners as afoi'e- 
 said. But if the officer impressing or taking for the public use 
 such property, and the owner, shall differ as to the quality of the 
 article or property impressed or taken as aforesaid, thereby mak- 
 ing it fall within a higher or lower price named in the schedule, 
 then the owner or agent and the officer impressing «ar taking, as 
 aforesaid, may select each a loyal and disinterested citizen, of the 
 
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 qualifications as aforesaid, to determine the quality of said arti- 
 cle or property, wlio shall, in case of disaf!;reement, appoint an 
 umpire of like qualifications, and his decision, if ajiproved by the 
 officer impressini;, shall be final ; but if not approved, the im- 
 pressing ofticer shall send the award to the commissioners of the 
 State where the property is impressed, with his reasons for dis- 
 approving 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 
 ofi'ered by the impressing officer, without prejudice to his claim 
 to receive the higher compensation. 
 
 ** Sec. 7. That the property necessary for the support of the 
 owner and his family, and to curry on his ordinary agricultural 
 and mechanical business, 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 cannot agree as to the 
 quantity of property necessary as aforesaid^ then the decision of 
 the said appraisers shall be binding on the officer and all other 
 persons. 
 
 " Sec. 8. Where property has been impressed for temporary 
 use, and is lost or destroyed, without the default of the owner, 
 the government of the Confederate States shall pay a just com- 
 pensation therefor ; to be ascertained by appraisers 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 damage thereby 
 sustained shall be determined in the manner described in the 
 third section of this act, the officer returning the property being 
 authorized to act ©n behalf of the government; and upon such 
 enquiry, the certificate of the value of the property, when origi- 
 nally impressed, shall be received as prima facie evidence of the 
 value thereof. 
 
 "Sec. 9. Where slaves are impressed by the Confederate gov- 
 ernment to labor on fortifications or other public works, the im- 
 pressment shall be made by said government according to the 
 rules and regulations provided in the laws of the State wherein 
 they are impressed ; and in the absence of such law, in accord- 
 ance with such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the 
 provisions of this act, as the Secretary of War shall from time to 
 time prescribe : Provided, that no impressment of slaves shall 
 be made when they can be hired or procured by the consent of 
 the owner or agent. 
 
 " Sec. 10. That previous to the first day of December next, no 
 slave laboring on a farm or plantation exclusively devoted to the 
 production of grain and provisions, shall be taken for the public 
 
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 use, without the consent of the owner, except in case of urgent 
 necessity. 
 
 " Sec. 11. That any commissioned or non-commissioned officer 
 or private who shall violate the provisions of this act, shall be 
 tried before the military court of the corps to which he is attach- 
 ed, on complaint made by the owner or other person ; and on 
 conviction, if an officer, he shall be cashiered and put into the 
 ranks as a private ; and if a non-commissioned officer or private, 
 he shall suffer such punishment, not inconsistent with military 
 law, as the court may direct." 
 
 II. — 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 quartermaster's stores for the armies of the Confed- 
 erate States in the field, and to accumulate them in magazines, 
 posts and depots, owing to the impracticability of procuring them 
 by contract. 
 
 2.* Impressments may be made under orders from Generals 
 commanding armies, departments, corps, divisions, brigades, and 
 by commanders of detached parties and posts, when a necessity 
 arises ; which orders may be executed by quartermasters, com- 
 missaries or medical purveyors and their subordinates, for their 
 respective departments. 
 
 The Quartermaster General, Commissary General and Surgeon 
 General may designate the officers and persons who shall be com- 
 petent 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 carry on his ordinary mechanical, 
 manufacturing or agricultural employments. 
 
 4. Before any impressment of property shall take place, the 
 impressing officer or his agent shall make an offer, addressed to 
 the owner, his bailie 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 certifi- 
 cate, and stating that upon the refusal of the price offered, that 
 compensation for the property will be made according to the act 
 of Congress aforesaid, for the regulation of impressments ; which 
 notice shall bind the said property until the completion of the ne- 
 gotiation for the sale or appropriation thereof, so that there can 
 be no removal or transfer of the same. 
 
 5. In the event of the refusal of the price offered, the impress- 
 ing officer shall proceed to settle the compensation to be paid, no- 
 
 * See Par. I. General Orderg, No. 39, 
 
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 cording to the first section of the act aforeeaid, if tlie property 
 belongs to a person who has grown, raised, or produced the same, 
 or who holds or has purchased the same for his own use or con- 
 sumption ; but the said propert}'' sliall be paid for according to 
 the 5th section of the net 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 agent, 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 ne- 
 cessity shall require the possession of the property to be changed. 
 In case of a change of possession, the Confederate 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, according to the second section of the act afore- 
 said; which shall be paid upon presentation to the disbursing 
 officers, who shall be designated for that purpose. 
 
 8. Impressments, which shall be made before the appointment 
 of the commissioners designated in the 5th section of the act 
 aforesaid, shall notwithstanding be legal, and in the cases provi- 
 ded for by that section, a portion of the property shall be retain- 
 ed as samples, so that the price may be settled and compensation 
 adjusted according to the provisions of the same. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, 1 Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 No. 38. ] Richmond, April 7, 1863. 
 
 I, The following provision of an act of the legislature of Vir- 
 ginia, passed March 26th, 1863, is, by the direction of the Presi- 
 dent, published for the information and guidance of such oflBcers 
 and soldiers of the Confederate States army as it concerns : 
 
 •' 7. Be it further enacted, that it shall be the duty of the gov- 
 ernor 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 Confederate States, or who may be absent 
 from the county or corporation of their residence, because of the 
 
 * Amended by General Orders, No, 161. 
 
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 presence of the public enemy, of their right to vote for members 
 of the general assembly, by virtue of the provisions of the first, 
 second and fourth sectiuns 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 troop.s, 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 found competent, will be promoted to the grade of second lieu- 
 tenant in the arm of the service to which they are attached. 
 Commanders of armies in the field are charged with the assem- 
 bling of the requisite boards. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, 1 Adj't and Insp't Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 39. J Richmond, April 10, 1863. 
 
 I. That in all cases of impressment heretofore made under the 
 authority 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 possessi.tn 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 laM'ful to 
 employ the rules and agencies provided in the act of congress 
 concerning impressment, aTid the General Orders aforesaid for 
 that purpose, in the same manner and under the same circum- 
 stances as if the impressment had been made since the date of 
 the same. 
 
 II. " Conscripts examined prior to the publication of General 
 Orders, No. 22, Adjutant and Inspector Generars Office, Febru- 
 ary 23d, 1863, and excused from military service, for reasons 
 announced in that order as insufficient cause for exemption, will 
 be re-examined by the examining board of surgeons appointed 
 for the different congressional districts, and if not deemed unfit 
 ibr military duty under the instructions issued, will be received 
 into service." 
 
*' Temporary exemption*' will not be given for a '^ period be- 
 yond thirty days.'" 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPEll, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'i/s Office, 
 
 No. 40. I Eichmond, April 11, 1863. 
 
 I. At a Court of Inquiry convened January 20th, 1863, afc 
 Quincy, Florida, by virtue of General Orders of January 8th, 
 1863, Department of Florida, and in pursuance of the act of 2l8b 
 April, 1862, "to punish drunkenness in the army,'' was ar- 
 raigned 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 prolixity.) 
 
 Finding and Sentence. 
 
 The Court find the accused "guilty" of the charge, and sen- 
 tence him to be suspended from his command for tvirenty days. 
 
 II. The proceedings in the foregoing case having been sub- 
 mitted to the Secretary of "War, to be laid before the President, 
 have been retured to this office, with the following order thereon 
 endorsed : 
 
 *' The finding of the Court of Inquiry, convened at Quincy, 
 Florida, in the case cf Captain Haley T. Bloclcer, of the cavalry, 
 charged with drunkenness, under the act of congress of April 
 2lst, 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 language employed 
 against the prosecutor, in the couise of the same, by the defend- 
 ant's counsel. The prosecutor performed a duty, imposed by act 
 of congress." 
 
 III. The General commanding will carry into cfi'oct the sen- 
 
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 tence in the case, and direct the dissolution of the Court of In- 
 quiry. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General, 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 41. ] Bichmond, April 14, 1863, 
 
 I. At a General Court Martial, held at Holly Springs, Miss., 
 October 25th, 1862, by virtue of General Orders, No. 3, from the 
 Head Quarters of the Department of Mississippi and Louisiana, 
 of October 18, 1862, was q,rraigned and tried ; 
 
 First Lieutenat Mason G. Anderson, Company G, Slst Miss. 
 Volunteers, on the following Charge — (The Specifications are 
 here omitted :) 
 
 Charge, , . Violation of the 77th Article of War, 
 
 II. Finding and Sentence of the Court. 
 
 Of the 1st Specification, , , . , Not Guilty. 
 
 Of the 2d Specification, . , ♦ , Guilty. 
 
 Of the 3d Specification, . . . , Guilty, 
 
 Of the Charge, , . , , , Guilty, 
 
 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 proceedingg, findings and sentence in the. case of Lieut. 
 Mason G. Anderson are approved and confirmed ; but in con^ 
 eideration 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 re- 
 stored to duty with his company. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjidani and Inspector General, 
 
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 GENERAL ORDERS, "j Adj't and Insp'r Oen'l's OrriCE, 
 
 No. 42. J Richmond, April 14, 1863. 
 
 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 
 following Charges — (The Specifications are omitted:) 
 
 Charge \st, , Drunkenness on duty. 
 
 Charge 2d, . Violation of the 77th Article of War, 
 
 11. 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 there- 
 under, and find him 
 
 Of the Specification of Ist Charge, , , Guilty, 
 
 Of the 1st Charge, . ". , , Guilty. 
 
 Of the 1st Specification of 2d Charge, . . Not Guilty. 
 
 Of the 2d Specification of 2nd Charge, , . Not Guilty. 
 
 Of the 2d Charge, . . , . Not Guilty, 
 
 And do, therefore, sentence him, the said Major Kirkwood 
 Otey, llrh Va. Infantry, to be cashiered, and dismissed the ser- 
 vice of the Confederate States. 
 
 III. The proceedings in the foregoing case having been laid 
 before tho Secretary of War, to be submitted to the President, 
 the following order has been ma.le thereon: 
 
 The proceedings, findings and sentence in the case of Major 
 Kirkwood Otey, 11th Regiment Va. Infantry, are approved ; but 
 in consideration of hins previous good character, and the recom- 
 mendation of the Court and the General commanding, the sen- 
 tence is remitted, and Major Otey will be restored to duty. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General, 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 No. 43. J Eichmond, April 15, 1863, 
 
 I. At the Military Court of the Department of Virginia ^xn\ 
 
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 North (Jaroliua, held at Petersburg, Va. March 13th, 1863, vras 
 arraigned and tried : 
 
 First Lieut, and Adjt. John N. C. Stockton, of the 1st Kegi- 
 ment of Virginia Infantry, on the following Charges — (The 
 Specifications are omitted in this order:) 
 
 charge \si, . . 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 ac- 
 cused, First Lieut, and Adjt. John N. C. Stockton, 1st Virginia 
 Infantry, as follows : 
 
 Of the 1st Specification of 1st Charge, . . Guilty. 
 
 Of the 2d Specification of 1st Charge, 
 Of the Ist Charge, 
 Of the Specification of 2d Charge, 
 Of the 2d Charge, 
 
 Guilty. 
 Guilty. 
 Guilty. 
 Guilty'. 
 
 And do, therefore, sentence him to be cashiered^ and dismissed 
 the service 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 cnse of First 
 Lieut, and Adjt. John N. C. Stockton, Ist 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. Ilis conduct 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. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 44. j Richmond, April, 16, 1863. 
 
 The following Acts having been duly approved by the Presi- 
 dent, are published for the information of all concerned: 
 
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 An Act to pwhibit the Punishment of Soldiers hy WMiyping, 
 
 ** The Congress of the Confederate States of Aw erica do enact, 
 t'lat from and after the pas.^age of this act, it shall not be lawful 
 for anj court martial or military court to cause any soldier in the 
 service of the Confederate States to be punished by whipping, or 
 the infliction of stripes upon his person ; and that all laws and 
 customs contravening the provisions of this act, be and the same 
 are hereby repealed. 
 
 Sec. 2. That article twenty of the Articles of War be so amen- 
 ded as 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 having deserted the 
 same, shall sulfer death or confinement 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 inconsistent 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 Carrrjing the Mails of the Con' 
 federate States and the Drivers of Post Coaches and Hacks from 
 Mditary Service. 
 
 " The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact* 
 That the contractors for carrying the Mails of the Confederate 
 States shall be exempt from the performance of military duty in 
 the armies of the Confederate States, from and after the passage 
 of 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 moie than one member of any firm of contrac- 
 tors shall be exempt, and no contractor on any route of less than 
 ten miles in length, and on which the mail is carried on horse, 
 shall be exempt under this act ; and if any one or more members 
 of any sutdi 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 exempt by this act on account of being 
 mail contractors : and provided J'u)iher, ihixi no person to whom 
 a contract for carrying the mails may be transferred, with the 
 consent of the post olKce department, after the passage of this 
 act, shall be extmipt from military service on that account. 
 
 " Sec. 2. That the drivers of post coaches and hacks for carry- 
 ing the mails, on all routes where the weight of the mails re- 
 quires that they should be carried in coaches or hacks, shall be 
 exempt from military service 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 
 nn oath, to bo furnished to the enrolling oificor, that the weight 
 
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 of the mails on his route requires the use of coadies or hac^s for 
 their conveyance, nnd that he has not a greater number of dri- 
 vers emph)yed in his service than are indispensable to enable him 
 to fulfil his contract for carrying the mails ; and that he will not, 
 while a contractor, empl(»y a greater number of drivers than may 
 be indispensably necessary for that purpose ; 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. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, "j Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office* 
 
 No. 45. j Richmond, April 18, 1863. 
 
 I. The issue of whiskey to troops, except in cases of extraordi- 
 nary fatigue and exposure, is prohibited. Commanding officers 
 are enjoined to see that this prohibition is enforced. 
 
 II. Paragraph IV, General Orders, No. 32, April 30th, 1862, 
 is 80 modified as to allow only a two horse wagon and team to 
 each regiment in the field, to be appropriated to the transporta- 
 tion of hospital supplies. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 46. ] , Richmond, April 20, 1863. 
 
 I. At a General Court Martial, held in the city of Richmond, 
 Va., April 5, 1803, pursuant to General Orders, No. 35, Head 
 Quarters Department of Henrico, 1862, and of which Col. James 
 L. Henderson is president, was arraigned and tried: 
 
 Major Elias Griswold, P. A. C. S., on the following Charges 
 and Specifications : 
 
 Charge \st, - - - 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 
 
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 a written permit to one James E. Lipscomb, to bring into thegaid 
 city of Richmond ninety-one barrels of brandy, in violation of 
 the lawful command of his superior officer, Brig. Gen. Jno. II. 
 Winder. 
 
 Charge 2cf, ... Conduct to the prejudice of good 
 
 order and military discipline. 
 
 Specification — In this, that the said Mnjor 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 Rii'hmond ninety-one barrels of brandy, after the 
 publication of General Orders, No. 41, issued from the Head 
 Quarters of the Department of Henrico, requiring that all appli- 
 cations 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, 
 find the accused as follows : 
 
 Of the Specification of 1st Charge, .... Guilty. 
 
 Of the 1st Charge, Guilty. 
 
 Of the Specification of 2d Charge, .... Guilty. 
 
 Of the 2d Charge, - ... . . . Guilty. 
 
 And the Court do therefore sentence the said Mnjor Elias Gris- 
 wold to be privately reprimanded by the Commauder of the De- 
 partment of Henrico. 
 
 The Court is thus lenient in its sentence, because it is satisfied, 
 that although there was a technical violation of orders by the 
 accused, it arose from inadvertence, and was not accompanied 
 with any evil intent or improper purpose. 
 
 II. The proceedings, finding and sentence in the foregoing 
 case having been submitted to the Secretary of War, and by him 
 duly considered, are approved. Major Griswold will therefore be 
 released from arrest and restored to duty. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, i Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's GrncE, 
 
 No. 47. S Richmotid, April 21, 1863. 
 
 The followiog Regulations respecting the rights of " Partisan 
 
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 Rangers," under the Act of April 2l8t, 1862, are published for 
 the information of all concerned : 
 
 1. The Act of April 2Ist, 1862, provides, that for any arms 
 and munitions of war captured from the enemy by Partizan Ran- 
 gers, 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" w^ill include all 
 smalt 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 re- 
 ceipts 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 
 accordance with paragraph II, General Orders, No. 20, current 
 series. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'i/s Office* 
 
 No. 48. j Richmond, April 22, 1863. 
 
 I. The following Act of Congress having been duly approved 
 by the President, is published for the information of all con- 
 cerned : 
 
 " The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enactj 
 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 Su- 
 perior Courts of Law or Equity in any State of the Confederacy, 
 District Attorney, Clerk of any Court of Record, Sheriff, Ordi- 
 nary, Judge of any Court of Probate, Collestor 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-commissioned officer or private, he shall 
 
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 b© honorably discharged by the Secretary of War/' [Approved 
 April 2d, 1863.] 
 
 II. The evidence required as to the election referred to, will bo 
 a ecrtijicate 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. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ^ Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 49. 3 Richmond, April ^2^,1%^^, 
 
 I. The following regulation is made, and will hereafter be ob- 
 served in the army, relative to the clothing of dece ised soldiers: 
 
 Upon tho 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 nearest; 
 quartermaster for re-issue. The original appraisement shall be 
 forwarded to the second -auditor, to secure its value to the per- 
 sonal 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. * 
 
 * Amended by General Orders, No. 93. 
 
 II. Engineer officers, while employed on reconnoissances, sur- 
 veys or other duty, under special orders causing temporary ab- 
 sence 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 account 
 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 
 munitions of war for the government, are exempted from im- 
 pressment, either at tho ostablishraont or at the place of pur- 
 
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chase. Satisfactory evidence by atBdavit or otherwise may be re- 
 quired to establish ownership. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 50. ) Richmond, April 25, 1863. 
 
 I. At a General Court Martial, convened at Grenada, Missis- 
 liippi, by virtue of Special Orders of January 3, 1863, from Head 
 Quarters Army of the Mississippi, was arraigned and tried: 
 
 Lieut. J. W. Gibson, Co. D, 22d Regiment Miss. Volunteers, 
 m. the following Charges. (The specifications are omitted in this 
 order:) 
 
 Charge \st — Yiolation of the 83d Article of War. 
 Charge 2d — Violation of the 7th Article of War. 
 Charge Zd — 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, Co. D, 22d Regiment Miss. 
 Volunteers, as follows : 
 
 Of the Specification of 1st Charge, - - Guilty- 
 
 Of the Ist 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 Pre8iden% 
 the following decision has been pronounced thereon: 
 
 The finding and sentence are approved ; but in consideration 
 of the recommendation of the Court, and the good behavior of 
 Lieut. Gibson while a soldier in the ranks, the penalty of dismis- 
 sal from the service is remitted, and he will be publicly repri- 
 manded. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General 
 
5i 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Qe^'l'z Oifick, 
 
 No. 51. J liichmoiid, A2Jra2d,lS(jZ. 
 
 To s^implify (he manner of efFeotino; dlscharo;os and lurloufrha, 
 the f(illo\vin;i; orders, condenstMj from those heretofore issued, are 
 published I'ur r>he governaient of the arn»y : 
 
 I. "When a solditM*, present wifh-hi.s regiment or compniy, shall 
 be unfit for military service in coMJsequpn.-e of woundvS, disease or 
 infirmity, his cajttain shall forward to the comniiiiider td' \\\c; de- 
 partment or of the army in the field, thfouirh the vegioiftual, bri- 
 gade and other coniminders, a statement of the ease, with " cer- 
 tificates of disability," that he is totally unfit, for service, siti;Med 
 by the suri>;eon of rjie battalion or regiment, according to tiie form 
 prescribed in the Medical Regulations. If the recominenclation 
 for the discharge of the invalid be approved by the departmentor 
 array commander, he will endorse the order for the discharge, 
 upon the "certi£.'ate of disability ;" which will be sent back, to 
 be signed by the commanding oliicer of the regiment or battalion 
 to which the invalid soldier's company belongs, and afterw^ards 
 forwarded by the Captain to the Adjutant and Inspector Gene- 
 ral. The "discharge" will be signed by the regimental or bat- 
 talion commander, and "final statements/' by the company com- 
 mander. * 
 
 IT, When the soldier, present iviiJi his command, is certified to 
 be laboring under temporary disability, which requires his re- 
 moval or a change of climate, the commander of the department 
 or of the army in the field may grant a furlough of thirty days ; 
 which, in extreme cases, may be extended by him to sixty days. 
 
 III. "When a soldier ?** aZ;5en< from his company, battalion or 
 regiment, in hospital, and is unfit for military service, for reasons 
 set forth in paragraph Tof these Orders, the commandant of the 
 post, upon the recommendation of an examining board, to con- 
 sist of two or more medical officers, established by the command- 
 ant of the post (or if there be no such board, the senior surgeon 
 of the hospital), may grant him a furlough for thirty days, sub- 
 ject to extension by the commander of the department or army 
 in the fielil, when he will maUo out "certificates of disability,'' 
 and send them to the commander of the company, to be forward- 
 ed by hira, as prescribed in the preceding paragraph. But when 
 access to commanders is difficult, and attended with great delayy 
 and the case is urgent, the certificates of disability may be for- 
 warded by the surgeon directly to the Surgeon General, for hia 
 
 • Am.en.IeJ by Par, V, General Orders, No. 141. 
 
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 approval ; which being given, the discharge will be authorized 
 from the Adjutant and Inspector General's office; and the sur- 
 geon will make out "final statements." * 
 
 IV. When a soldier, absent from his coinmand, certified by the 
 surgeon or assistant surgeon of the army to 9 unfit for present 
 duty, and that his health requires his lemov ' or change of cli- 
 mate, the commander of the post, if access to t' " commander of 
 the department or of the army in the field be difii It, may grant 
 the soldier a furlough, not to esceed thirty 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 furlough, he may refer it to the discretion of such Com- 
 manding General. "^ 
 
 V. In every case where a soldier has been discharged under 
 paragraph III, by orders from the Adjutant and Inspector Gene- 
 ral's office, and the " descriptive list" and "final statements" 
 cannot be had, he will be mustered 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 pe- 
 riod for which he claims it to be due, and that he is not indebted 
 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 of the company to which the soldier be- 
 longs. 
 
 VII. All Orders heretofore issued relating to furloughs and 
 discharges for the causes aforesaid, are hereby revoked. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, | Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 52. J RkJimond, April 30, 1863. 
 
 I. At the Military Court appointed under act of Congress, ap- 
 proved October 9th, 18o2, for the Army Corps of Major General 
 Samuel Jones, and held at Newborn, Pulaski county, Va., was 
 arraigned and tried : 
 
 * Revoked by Par. IX, General Orders, No. 159. 
 
5S 
 
 Private Granv' le S. McCotchen, Co. C, 22d Va. Voluuteors", 
 on the following ^. irge and Specification : 
 
 Charge, Violation of the 20th Article of War. 
 
 Speciflcation—Th^i ihe said prirate Granville S. McCutchon, 
 Company C, 22d Va. ^ lunteers, on or about the 7th day of May, 
 1862, on the inarch froia >Yhite 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, vrhen he was arrest- 
 ed and brought back to his company and regiment. 
 
 II. Finding and Sentence of the Court, 
 
 Having mutually weighed and considered the evidence ad- 
 duced, 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 musket- 
 ry, at such time and place as the Commanding General may ap- 
 point. 
 
 III. The proceedings, findings and sentence in the foregoing 
 case having been laid before the Secretary of War, for the decis* 
 ion 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 pre- 
 scribed in the Article. But the 20th Article of War merely de- 
 nounces the 'punishment to he inflicted for desertion; and a charge 
 of its violation is obviously too indefinite and uncertain to justi- 
 fy action. The defect is fatal, and vitiates the whole proceed- 
 ings, which are therefore set aside. 
 
 Private McCutchen will be released from confinement, and re- 
 turned to duty. It is hoped that his accidental escape from pun- 
 ishment will have a good efi'ect, and induce him hereafter to con- 
 duct himself as becomes a soldier in the defence of his country. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutayit and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, "j Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 63- [ 
 
 Richmondy May 1, 1863. 
 
 The following Act of Congress, approved by the President, is 
 published for the information and direction of nil conceruod, in 
 
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 cOTinection xvith the Act relating to irapressmentsi, heretofore an- 
 TiouncP'l ^'n Genera] Orders, No. 37, from the Adjutmt and In- 
 spector General's Office, April 6th, 1863, and as supplementary 
 to said Act : 
 
 All Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to Regulate Impressments 
 hy Officers of the Army. 
 
 " The (■ongress of the Conjederaie States of America do enact. 
 That in all ca^es of appraisement provided for in ?aid Act, the 
 officer impressing the property shall, if he believe tlie nppraise- 
 ment to Ije fair and just, endorse upon it his approval ; if not, he 
 hhall endorse upon it liis reasons for refusing, and deliver the 
 same, vrith a receipt for the property impressed, to the owner, 
 his agent or attorney, and as soon as practicable, forward a copy 
 of the leceipt and nppriiiperaent, and liis endorsement thereon, 
 to the board of appraiser^ appointed by the President and Gov- 
 ernor 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 ap» 
 praisers, as provided in the act of which this is amendatory." 
 [Approved, April 27th, 1863.J 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector GeneraL 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ^ Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Officf., 
 
 No. 54. ] Michmo7id, May 2, ISQ3. 
 
 I. At a General Court Martial, convened at Shelbyvilie, Ten- 
 nessee, by virtue of Special Orders, No. 54, of Marcli 1, 1863, 
 Head Quarters Army of Tennessee, was arraigned and tried : 
 
 Assistant Surgeon Edward Cross. 31st Regiment Ark. Volun- 
 teers, on the following Charge and Specification : 
 
 Charge, . . - _ Absent without leave. 
 
 Specif cation — In this, that the eaid Assistant Surgeon Edward 
 Crots, 31st Ark. Regiment, did leave his command, without pro- 
 per authority, on or about the 1st February, 1863, and remain 
 absent until the 26th of February, 1863. Ail this at or near 
 Shelbyvilie, Tennessee, in and between the 1st February and the 
 26th February, 1863. 
 
II. iindinj and Sentence of the Court. 
 
 The Court having affirmed the plea of ** guilt?/ " to the Charlie 
 and Specification by the accused, do sentence him to bo dis- 
 missed from the service of the Confederate States. 
 
 III. The proceedinj^s, findings and sentence in the foregoing 
 case having been submitted to the Secretary of War, for the de- 
 cision of the President, are by him onproved ; but in considera- 
 tion of the previous good conduct and efficient services of Assis- 
 tant Surgeon Cross, the sentence against him is commuted to for- 
 feiture of all pay during the period of his absence from hispost 
 of service ; and he \\ill accordingly be released from arrest, and 
 returned to duty. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER. 
 
 Adjutant and Inspector General, 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, | Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's OrncE, 
 
 No. 55. ) Richmond, May 5, 1863. 
 
 I. 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 number and length; are omitted in this order :) 
 
 Charge \st, . « Absence without leave. 
 
 Charge M, . . Conduct to the prejudice of good 
 
 order and military discipline. 
 Charge 3t?, . , 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, 49tih Regiment Va. Vol- 
 unteers, as follows : 
 
 0^ Isfc Specification of Ist Charge, . . . Guilty. 
 
 Of 2d Specification, . That ho was absent without leav^3 
 
 at the' time specified, but that ho 
 was pliysiciiUy unable to follow 
 bis regiment on its march, and 
 therefore without guilt. 
 
Of the Ist Chnrp:e, . . . . . 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 Qurtermaster 
 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 Guilfy. 
 
 Of the Specification of 4th Charge, . . . Guilty. 
 
 Of the 4th Charge, . . . . . Guilty. 
 
 And the Court do therefore sentence the said Captain J. W. 
 Bell, Quartermaster 49th Regiment Va. Volunteers, to be 
 cashiered. 
 
 III. The proceedings in this case having been submitted to the 
 Secretary 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 de- 
 partment, 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 Court Martial in his 
 case. He will therefore be released from arrest, and. return to 
 duty." 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Ins2)ector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 56. J Richmond, May 7, 1863. 
 
 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. Martin, 22d N. C. Volunteers, on the 
 followingCharges — (The Specifications are omitted in this order:) 
 
 Charge \st, . . Violation of the 45th Article of War. 
 
 Charge 2d, . . Violation of the 83d Article of War, 
 
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 II. Finding and Sentence of the Court. 
 
 The Court havicg maturely considered the evidence Adduced, 
 find the accused, Second Lieut. J. K, Martin, 22d N. C. Volun- 
 teers, as follows : 
 
 Of the Specification of lat Charge, . . Not Guilty. 
 
 Of the 1st Charge, .... Not Guilty. 
 
 Of the Specification of 2d Charge, . . Guilty. 
 
 Of the 2d Charge, .... Guilty. 
 
 And sentence him to be dismissed the service. 
 
 in. The proceedings, findings and sentence in the foregoing 
 case having been laid before the Secretary of War, for the decision 
 of the President, are approved ; but upon the recommendation of 
 the Court, the sentence is remitted. Lieutenant Martin will 
 therefore be relieved from arrest, and restored to duty. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General, 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office. 
 
 No. 57. ] Richmond, May 8, 1863. 
 
 The operation of paragraph IV, General Orders, No. 28, March 
 12th, 1863, from the Adjutant and Inspector General's OflSce, is 
 80 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 pay- 
 ment will furnish certificates as heretofore required of him. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 58. J Richmond, May 11, 1863. 
 
 I. The following Notice, relative to Exchanged Prisoners, is 
 published for the information of all concerned: 
 
o{ 
 
 ExcHANGi Notice, No. 5. 
 
 Bichmond, May 9, 1863. 
 
 The following Confederate officers and men have been duly 
 exchanged, and are hereby so declared : 
 
 1. All officers and men vfho have been delivered at City Point 
 at any time previous to May 6th, 1863. 
 
 2. All officers captured at any place before the 1st of April, 
 1803, vrho 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 expedition to East Tennessee in December last. 
 
 5. The officers and men .captured and paroled by Lieut. Col. 
 Stewart at Van Buren, Arkansas, January 25th, 1363 ; by Col. 
 Dickey, in December, 1862, in his march to the Mobile and Ohio 
 rail road, and by Capt. Cameron, at Corinth, Mississippi in De- 
 cember, 1862. 
 
 6. The officers and men paroled at Oxford, Miss., on the 23d 
 of December, 1862; at Des Arc, Arkansas, on the 17th of Janu- 
 ary 1863, and at Baton Eouge, La., on the 23d February, 1863. 
 
 7. All persons who have been captured on the sea or the waters 
 leading to the same, or upo^ the sea coast of the Confederate or 
 United States, at any time previous to December 10th, 1862. 
 
 8. All civilians who have been arrested at any time before the 
 6th of May, 1863, and released on parol, are discharged from any 
 and every obligation contained in said parol. 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 
 condition, he is discharged from the same. 
 
 9. If any persona embraced in any of the foregoing setions, 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, 
 
 II. All persons, whether citizens or soldiers, are expressly pro- 
 hibited from using or in any manner interfering with fuel or 
 wood cut and delivered for the uso of rail roades, and rail road 
 companies. It isof the first importance that this order should 
 be observed, and it will be strictly obeyed and enforced by the 
 army. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
5^ 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, | Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 No. 59. ] EicJimond, Maij 12, 1863. 
 
 I. The attention of regimental commanders throughout the 
 army is called to the requirements of paragraph I, General 
 Orders, No. 60, 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 specially requiied of all regimental com- 
 manders to enforce a due observance of said order, which is 
 hereby extended to include commanders of posts and senior sur- 
 geons of hospitals, who will make similar reports, so far as they 
 relate to their respective commands, to those required from adju- 
 tants 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 surgeon 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 annex'ed, marked A. No portion of the subsistence 
 stores drawn for the sick and wounded will be otherwise appro- 
 priated. 
 
 The attention of the medical directors and inspectors is par- 
 ticularly directed to this prohibition. 
 
 III. So much of paragraph V, General Orders, No. 24, of 
 lcS62, as requires ordnance sergeants to make returns of surplus 
 stores with regiments to the ordnance bureau, is revoked. All 
 the returns required by the Regulations, of ordnance stores in 
 the possession of regiments or battalions, other than artillery, 
 will be made by commanding ofiBcers of the same. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
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 No. 60. ] Richmond, May 13, 1863. 
 
 I. The exigencies of the service requiring a large number of 
 artillery horses, all public horses suitable for that service, em- 
 ployed in transportation or otherwise with arms in the field, will 
 be turned over to the Chief Quartermasters of said armies, and 
 will supply their places where necessary 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 Ijprses suited for artillery will 
 be collected under the orders of Major A. H. Cole, Inspector Gen- 
 eral Field Transportation, for the purpose named above, and 
 mules substituted where necessary. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ^ Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 61. ) Richmond, May 15, 1863. * 
 
 I. Farmers upon whose premites horses and mules have been 
 or may hereafter be left by the enemy, are admonished to pursue 
 the requirements of the laws of their respective states respecting 
 estrays, so far as to have the same properly valued, and the valu- 
 tion thereof dulj recorded ; and where it is not apparent that 
 Ruch 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 govern- 
 ment will not assert any adverse claim to such horses and mules, 
 unless they shall exceed in value the property whereof the citi- 
 zens 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 defined and conceded in the foregoing sections. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
GENERAL ORDERS, 1 Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 62. J EicJimond, May 16, 1863. 
 
 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 hospital?", 
 approved M;iy 1st, 1863, the fullowinii: modifications in General 
 Orders, No. 95, last series, from this office, are published : 
 
 TJie commuted value of rations for sick and disabled soldiers 
 in hospitals (field or general), will, until further orders', be one 
 dollar and twenty-five cents. 
 
 II. Hospital laundresses will be paid twenty-five dollars per 
 month, and allowed rations and quarters. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER. 
 'Adjutant and Inspector General, 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 63. I Bichmond, May 18, 1863. 
 
 I. At a General Court Martial, convened by General Orders, 
 No, 133, of November 7th, 1862, from Head Quarters Department 
 
 of Northern Virginia, was arraigned and tried : 
 
 « 
 
 First Lieutenant Robert W. Saunders, 8th 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. Ro- 
 bert ^Y. Saunders, 8th Ala. Regiment, as follows: 
 
 Specification 1st, Charge 1st, - - - - Not Guilty. 
 
 Specification 2d, Charge 2d, - - - - Not Guilty- 
 
 Of the 1st Charge, Not Guilty. 
 
 Of the Specification of 2d Charge, - - - Guilty, 
 
 except the words " without provocation." 
 
 Of the 2d Charge, Guilty. 
 
 And the Court do, therefore, sentence him to be cashiered. 
 
 IIL The proceedings, finding and sentence in the foregoing 
 
case have been submitted to the Secretary of War, to be laid be- 
 fore the President, and the following orders on the case are now 
 made : 
 
 Proceeding::;, finding and sentence approved ; but it appearing 
 that the members of the Court recommend a pardon; that the 
 regimental and other officers of Lieut. Saunders 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. San- 
 ders will be restored to duty with his company. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 64. ] Bichmond, May 19, 1863. 
 
 L At a Court of Enquiry, convened at Richmond, Virginia, by 
 virtue of Special Orders, No. 102, of April 27th, 1863, from the 
 Adjutant and Inspector General's OflBce, " to examine and enquire 
 into certain allegations set forth on papers to be laid before the 
 Court, againpt Col. Robert H. Chilton, Assistant Adjutant Gen- 
 eral C. S. Army, \Yhich allegations he conceives impugn his 
 character as an officer," and also to "report the facts of the case, - 
 and their opinion thereon," the following report of facts was 
 made ; and having been submitted by the Court, with their opin- 
 ion thereon, as required, the same are approved by the Se^^retary 
 of "War, and are now published for the information «^ all con- 
 cerned : 
 
 II. Finding and Opinion of the Court. 
 
 On a careful examination of the testimony adduced in this case^ 
 the Court find the 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, de- 
 nying his fitness for responsible command, and urging a revocation 
 of the order assigning him to the Trans-Mississippi Department.- 
 
 2d. That Col. Chilton incorporated in that letter an offer to 
 make good his allegations before a Court of Enquiry. 
 
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 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 {jf so 
 much of it as contained his (Cul. Chilton's) strictures on Maj. 
 Gen. Magrudcr's official conduct and capacity. 
 
 Opinion. 
 
 The Court is of opinion, that in his communication to General 
 Cooper, dated July 11th, 18G2, Col. Chilton was actuated by no 
 unworthy motive, but by a laudable regard for the public inter- 
 est, 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. R. II. Chilton, C. 
 S. Army, is hereby dissolved. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 Mat 21, 1863. 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) 
 
 No. 65. I 
 
 I. The following schedules of prices for articles named there- 
 in, adopted by commissioneis appointed pursuant to law, for the 
 States of Virginia and Georgia, respectively, are announced for 
 the information of all concerned ; and the special attention of of- 
 ficers and agents of the government is directed thereto : 
 
 II.— VIRGINIA. 
 
 yCopy.'] — Schedule A. 
 
 Richmond, May 18, 1863. 
 Hon. Jas. A. Seddon, Sec'f/ of War. 
 
 Sir — The Commissioners appointed under section 5tb, of the 
 bill recently passed by the Confederate Congress, regulating im- 
 pressments, constitute a Board, whose duty it shall be to fix upon 
 the prices to be paid by the government for all property impress- 
 ed or taken for the public use aforesaid, so as to afford just com- 
 pensation to the owners thereof. Said commissioners shall agree 
 upon and publish a schedule of prices every two months, or of- 
 tener, 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 
 
Dt* 
 
 two months. Owing to the difficulty of obtaining satiBfactory 
 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 arti- 
 cles appraised, at all cities and usual places of sale, and when 
 impressed elsewhere, the same prices are to be paid elsewhere, 
 less the cost of transpor^ation to the city or usual place of sale to 
 which the article would go ordinarily for sale from that neigh- 
 borhood, or less the cost of transportation to the point at which 
 the government needs' the article, and wishes it to be sent : Pro- 
 vided, 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 v/ill be de- 
 ducted from the established price of baling: 
 
 
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 E^ 
 
 
 
 
 ARTICLE. 
 
 
 DESCRIPTION. 
 
 QUANTITY. 
 
 PRICE. 
 
 1 Wheat, 
 
 Prime, 
 
 White, 
 
 Pr bush of 60 lbs. 
 
 $ 4 50 
 
 2 -Flour, 
 
 Good, 
 
 Superfine, 
 
 Pr barrel of 190 lbs. 
 
 22 50 
 
 3 Corn, 
 
 Prime, 
 
 White, 
 
 Pr bush of 5G lbs. 
 
 4 00 
 
 4 Unshelled corn, 
 
 (1 
 
 (( 
 
 *' " 56 lbs. 
 
 3 95 
 
 5 Corn meal, 
 
 Good, 
 
 
 " « 50 lbs. 
 
 4 20 
 
 6 Rye, 
 
 Prime, 
 
 
 " " 56 lbs. 
 
 3 20 
 
 7 Cleaned oats, 
 
 K 
 
 
 " " 32 lbs. 
 
 2 00 
 
 8 Wheat bran, 
 
 Good, 
 
 
 " " 17 lbs. 
 
 50 
 
 9 Shorts, 
 
 (( 
 
 
 " 22 lbs. 
 
 70 
 
 10 Brown stuff. 
 
 (C 
 
 
 «' " 28 lbs. 
 
 90 
 
 11 Ship stuff. 
 
 (( 
 
 
 " " 37 lbs. 
 
 1 40 
 
 12 Bacon, 
 
 (( 
 
 Hog round, 
 
 Per pound. 
 
 1 00 
 
 13 Salt pork, 
 
 (( 
 
 
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 1 00 
 
 14 Lard, 
 
 tC 
 
 
 C( 
 
 1 00 
 
 15 Horses, 
 
 1st el's 
 
 Artillery. &c. 
 
 A v'ge price pr head 
 
 350 00 
 
 16 Wool, • 
 
 Fair, 
 
 Washed, 
 
 Per pound. 
 
 3 00 
 
 17 Peas, 
 
 Good, 
 
 
 Per bush of 60 lbs. 
 
 4 00 
 
 18 Beans, 
 
 u 
 
 
 (( (( (C 
 
 4 00 
 
 19 Potatoes, 
 
 (( 
 
 Irish, 
 
 (( 
 
 4 00 
 
 20 Potiitoes, 
 
 u 
 
 Sweet, 
 
 (C 
 
 5 00 
 
 21 Onions, 
 
 (( 
 
 
 a 
 
 5 00 
 
 22 Dried peaches, 
 
 l( 
 
 Pealed, 
 
 of 38 lbs. 
 
 8 00 
 
 23 Dried peackes, 
 
 " 
 
 Unpealed,, 
 
 of 38 lbs, 
 
 4 50 
 
GT 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ARTICLE. 
 
 QUAL 
 
 DESCRIPTION. 
 
 QUANTITY. 
 
 PRICE. 
 
 24 l^ried apples, 
 
 Good, 
 
 Pealed, 
 
 Per bush of 28 lbs. 
 
 $ 3 
 
 00 
 
 25 Hay, baled, 
 
 41 
 
 Timothy or 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 clover, 
 
 Per 100 pounds. 
 
 4 
 
 00 
 
 26 Hay, baled, 
 
 (( 
 
 Orchard or 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 herd grass, 
 
 U u 
 
 4 
 
 00 
 
 27 Hay, unbaled, 
 
 (( 
 
 Orchard or 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 herd grass, 
 
 u «. 
 
 3 
 
 70 
 
 28 Sh'f oais, baled, 
 
 II 
 
 
 (1 (( 
 
 4 
 
 00 
 
 29 Slvf oats, unb'd. 
 
 U 
 
 
 (t l( 
 
 3 
 
 70 
 
 30 Blade fodder, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 baled, 
 
 a 
 
 
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 4 
 
 00 
 
 31 Blade fodder, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 unbaled, 
 
 U 
 
 (( (i 
 
 3 
 
 70 
 
 32 Sliuclcs, baled, 
 
 u 
 
 ! 
 
 2 
 
 50 
 
 33 Shucks, unb'd, 
 
 «( 
 
 « X 
 
 2 
 
 20 
 
 34 Wheat straw, 
 
 
 ' 
 
 
 
 baled, 
 
 li 
 
 (. n 
 
 1 
 
 30 
 
 35 Wheat straw, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 unbaled. 
 
 U 
 
 
 l( u 
 
 1 
 
 00 
 
 36 Pasturage, 
 
 (( 
 
 Interior, 
 
 Per bead pr month. 
 
 3 
 
 00 
 
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 u 
 
 Near cities. 
 
 C( (( 
 
 6 
 
 00 
 
 38 Salt, 
 
 u 
 
 
 Per bush of 50 lbs. 
 
 5 
 
 00 
 
 39 Soap, 
 
 (( 
 
 
 Per pound, 
 
 
 30 
 
 40 Candles, 
 
 <( 
 
 Tallow, 
 
 u 
 
 1 
 
 00* 
 
 41 Vinegar, 
 
 l( 
 
 Cider, 
 
 Per gallon, 
 
 1 
 
 00 
 
 42 Whiskey, 
 
 (( 
 
 Trade, 
 
 u 
 
 3 
 
 00 
 
 43 Sugar, 
 
 u 
 
 Brown, 
 
 Per pound, 
 
 1 
 
 00 
 
 44 IMolasses, 
 
 (( 
 
 New Orleans, 
 
 Per gallon, 
 
 8 
 
 00 
 
 45 Rice, 
 
 u 
 
 
 Per'pound, 
 
 
 J5 
 
 46 Coffee, 
 
 , u 
 
 Rio, 
 
 11 
 
 3 
 
 00 
 
 47 Tea, 
 
 (( 
 
 Trade, 
 
 (( 
 
 1^0 
 
 00 
 
 48 Vine^gar, 
 
 (( 
 
 Manufact'd, 
 
 Per gallon. 
 
 
 50 
 
 49 Pif,' iron. 
 
 " 
 
 No. 1 quality. 
 
 Per ton. 
 
 125 
 
 00 
 
 50 Pig iron, 
 
 t( 
 
 No. 2 
 
 u 
 
 110 
 
 00 
 
 51 Pig iron. 
 
 «( 
 
 No. 3 
 
 (( 
 
 100 
 
 00 
 
 52 Bloom iron, 
 
 (( 
 
 
 (( 
 
 180 
 
 00 
 
 53 Smith's iron, 
 
 (( 
 
 Round, plate 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 and bar, 
 
 (( 
 
 380 
 
 00 
 
 54 Leather, 
 
 " 
 
 Harness, 
 
 Per pound. 
 
 2 
 
 60 
 
 55 Lentil er. 
 
 " 
 
 Sole, 
 
 a 
 
 £ 
 
 40 
 
 56 Leather, 
 
 u 1 
 
 Upper, ! 
 
 (( 
 
 2 
 
 80 
 
 Wo respeptfullj 8ugge><t to the Secretary of War, to instruct 
 the agents of the government not to impress any article of food 
 
08 
 
 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 specu- 
 lators, or those holding them up lor higher prices. 
 Signed, 
 
 E. ^y. IIUBARD. 
 
 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. Hir-j 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 Atrnished by the 
 
 government. . . . . 
 
 Per 100 lbs. 
 
 " 56 " 
 
 " cwt. p.mile, 
 
 " bush " 
 
 " day, 
 
 " month, 
 
 PRICE. 
 
 $ 
 
 30 
 
 
 05 
 
 
 06 
 
 
 03 
 
 10 
 
 00 
 
 5 
 
 00 
 
 13 
 
 00 
 
 6 
 
 50 
 
 16 
 
 00 
 
 8 
 
 00 
 
 2 
 
 00 
 
 1 
 
 25 
 
 40 
 
 00 
 
 20 
 
 00 
 
 Signed, 
 
 E. W. HUBARD, 
 
 Robert Gibboney, 
 Wm. B. Harrison. 
 
69 
 
 III. GEORGIA. 
 
 Schedule No. 1. — Maximum Prices fixed by the Ccmmissioners for the 
 State of Georgia, for Produce and ./irmy Supplies delivered at the usual 
 Skipping Points on the following named Rail Roads, to continue in force 
 until the ]5th of June, 1863. 
 
 
 
 
 
 stern, 
 
 ;gusta 
 
 West- 
 
 ic, 
 
 d the 
 
 oad 
 
 es. 
 
 
 ARTICLES. 
 
 QUAIITY 
 
 DESCRIPTION. 
 
 QUANTITY. 
 
 Macon and We 
 1 A. & "W. P. Au 
 and Savannah, 
 ern and Atlant 
 Rome, Ga., an 
 Georgia Rf.il R 
 and its branchi 
 
 Muscogee, Centr: 
 vannwh, Alban; 
 Gulf, Southwest 
 and its branche 
 
 Wheat, 
 
 Prime, 
 
 "White, 
 
 Per bush. CO lbs. 
 
 j 
 
 ! 
 
 Flour, 
 
 Good, 
 
 Superfine, 
 
 Perbbl. 196 lbs. 
 
 ! $3r) 00 
 
 $40 00 
 
 ti 
 
 " 
 
 Less cost sacks, 
 
 Per sack 98 lbs. 
 
 17 fO 
 
 20 00 
 
 Corn, 
 
 Prime, 
 
 Shelled, 
 
 Per bush. 56 lbs. 
 
 2 25 
 
 1 60 
 
 11 
 
 ! " 
 
 Unshelled, 
 
 Per bush. 70 lbs. 
 
 2 10 
 
 1 40 
 
 Corn meal. 
 
 Good, 
 
 — 
 
 Per bush. 4S lbs. 
 
 2 40 
 
 1 60 
 
 Hogs, 
 
 Fair, 
 
 Net, 
 
 Per hundred, 
 
 80 (10 
 
 30 00 
 
 a 
 
 It 
 
 Gross, 
 
 It 
 
 20 00 
 
 20 00 
 
 Bacon, 
 
 Good, 
 
 Sides, 
 
 Per lb. 
 
 85 
 
 85 
 
 n 
 
 n. 
 
 Hams, 
 
 It 
 
 80 
 
 80 
 
 <i 
 
 il 
 
 Shoulders, 
 
 II 
 
 75 
 
 T5 
 
 >( 
 
 u 
 
 Jowls, 
 
 K 
 
 80 
 
 30 
 
 Pork, 
 
 i( 
 
 Salt, 
 
 11 
 
 60 
 
 60 
 
 Lard, 
 
 II 
 
 — 
 
 It 
 
 75 
 
 75 
 
 Beef, 
 
 Fair, 
 
 Fresh— net. 
 
 11 
 
 25 
 
 18 
 
 u ' 
 
 Good, 
 
 Salt or corned. 
 
 It 
 
 
 
 ti 
 
 ti ' 
 
 Dried, 
 
 II 
 
 60 
 
 40 
 
 (t 
 
 K 
 
 Gross, 
 
 II 
 
 18 
 
 12 
 
 Peas, 
 
 (( 
 
 — 
 
 Per bush. 60 lbs. 
 
 2 25 
 
 1 50 
 
 Beans, 
 
 It 
 
 — 
 
 ti 11 
 
 
 
 Potatoes, 
 
 11 
 
 Irish, 
 
 It It 
 
 
 
 u ' 
 
 II 
 
 Sweet, 
 
 It It 
 
 2 60 
 
 1 60 
 
 Onions, 
 
 l< 
 
 — 
 
 It It 
 
 2 50 
 
 2 60 
 
 Peaches, 
 
 II 
 
 Dried peeled. 
 
 Per bush. 8S lbs. 
 
 6 00 
 
 6 00 
 
 it 
 
 l( 
 
 Dried unpeeled, 
 
 11 It 
 
 4 00 
 
 4 00 
 
 Apples, 
 
 11 
 
 Dried, 
 
 Per bush. 28 lbs. 
 
 4 00 
 
 4 00 
 
 Hay, 
 
 " 
 
 Baled, 
 
 Per 100 lbs. 
 
 
 
 
 II 
 
 Uubaled, 
 
 It 
 
 
 
 Clover or 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Timothy, 
 
 (1 
 
 Baled, 
 
 It 
 
 
 
 Clover or 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Timothy, 
 
 II 
 
 Unbaled, 
 
 II 
 
 
 
 Sheaf oats 
 
 II 
 
 Baled, 
 
 11 
 
 
 
 " " 
 
 11 
 
 Unbaled, 
 
 11 
 
 1 
 
 
 Bl. fodder, 
 
 II 
 
 Baled, 
 
 ti 
 
 2 50 
 
 2 00 
 
 n u 
 
 It 
 
 Unbaled, 
 
 It 
 
 1 50 
 
 1 00 
 
 Sugrar, 
 
 II 
 
 Brown, 
 
 Per lb. 
 
 75 
 
 76 
 
 Molasses, 
 
 l( 
 
 — 
 
 Per gallon, 
 
 4 60 
 
 4 60 
 
 Rice, 
 
 11 
 
 Old, 
 
 Per lb. 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 t( 
 
 (i 
 
 New, 
 
 It 
 
 12 
 
 12 
 
 Salt, 
 
 <l 
 
 — 
 
 It 
 
 
 
 Tullow, 
 
 II 
 
 — 
 
 ti 
 
 76 
 
 60 
 
 "Whiskey, 
 
 It 
 11 
 
 By gov. contr't, 
 AVhen impre'd, 
 
 Per gallon, 
 «i 
 
 
 
 Brandy, i 
 
 II 
 
 1 
 
 Peach, 
 
 It 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 I 
 
 Apple, 
 
 It 
 
 
 
70 
 
 We, the Commissioners appointed in accordflnce with the pro- 
 visions of the Impressment Act for the State of Georjjjia, after 
 mature and careful deliberation, have a;j;reed upon the forej^oinjj 
 tariff of prices, which we think fully meets the contemphiHon uf 
 the law in fixing a just compensation for the articles mentioned. 
 
 We need not add any thing to the recent patriotic addi-ess of 
 our most excellent President as to the duty cf producers in this 
 crisis. Blind, indeed, must be the judgment, and cold the pa- 
 triotism that will not rally to the support of an army whosj glo- 
 rious triumphs have shed such undyin;^ lustre upon our national 
 history. Standing as it does a wall of brass between us and our 
 malignant foes, shall it feel the pindiings of hunger when our 
 granaries are filled to overflowing and our broad fields are waving 
 with rich grain nearly ready for the sickle? The governnient 
 demands only your surplus supplies, and for them will pay remu- 
 nerative prices. Fortify the hearts of our soldiers then, by show- 
 ing that while they illustrate' the chivalry of Georgia upon the 
 tented field, we at home are ready to dispense with all superflui- 
 ties, 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 compensa- 
 tion 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. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,] Adj't and Insf'r Gen'l's Office, 
 No. 66. J Riclmcnd, M.nj 22, 1863. 
 
 I. The Act of Congress " to provide and organize engineev 
 tnops to serve during the war," approved March 20, 1863, and 
 the accompanying rules and regulations for the selection and or- 
 ganization of the same, are published for the information and di- 
 rection of all concerned ; 
 
 "Section 1. The Con greets of the Conjederate States of Ameri- 
 ca do enact, That there shall be selected, in such manner as the 
 Secretary of War may direct, from each division of infantry in 
 
ii 
 
 service, one company of engineer troops, to consist of one hun- 
 dred men, chosen with a view to their mechanical skill and phys- 
 ical iitness, 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 gergeants» 
 seven corporals, forty artificers and forty-five laborers, and that 
 two musicians may be added. 
 
 ** Sec. 3. That the commisfaioned oflBcers of each compan J 
 shall consist of one captain, one first lieutenant and two second 
 lieutenants, and that the original vacancies in these companies 
 shall be filled by the transfer of officers of corresponding grade 
 from the engineer corps, if practicable, and where not, then from 
 the other corps, or from tlie line or staflf of the army, reference 
 being always had to their qualification as engineers, or by selec- 
 tion ; but no one shall be selected who is not now serving in or 
 with the army, unless he is a military or civil engineer. 
 
 "Sec. 4. Tliat the companies shall be organized into regi- 
 ments of ten companies each, and that the field and stafi" oflficera 
 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 vacan- 
 cies in the regiment 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 be 
 assigned to duty as pontoniers, and each be furnished with a 
 bridge train complete. 
 
 " Sec. 6. That the officer* in charge of the engineer bureau, 
 subject to the approval of the Secretary of War, shall prescribe 
 the number, form and dimensions of the wagons, pontoons, tres- 
 tles, 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 bs filled by promotion regi- 
 mentally, according to seniority, except in case of disability or 
 other incompetency. 
 
 " Sec. 8. That the monthly pay of the engineer troops shall be 
 as follows: Of a colonel, two hundred and ten dollars; of a lieu- 
 tenant colonel, one hundred and. eighty five dollars ; of a major, 
 one hundred and sixty-two dollars ; of a captain, 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 be 
 as follows : The sergeant major and quartermaster sergeant, each 
 
72 
 
 twenty-one dollars ; sergeants, thirty-four dollars ; corporals, 
 twenty dollars; artificers, seventeen dollars ; laborers and musi- 
 cians, thirteen dollars. 
 
 " Sec. 10. That mounted engineer troops may be selected from 
 the cavalry, and he organized according to the provisions of this 
 act, for engineer troops, as herein before specified.^' 
 
 II. The method of selection and organization under the fore- 
 going act, shall be as follows : 
 
 1. The senior engineer officers 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 ap- 
 pointed as company officers to the respective companies when or- 
 ganized, will be directed to report to the senior officer of engi- 
 neers 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 commanders, 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 had to the 
 efficiency of the engineer service. Preference shall, be given to 
 volunteers for this special service, provided they possess the re- 
 quisite qualifications. 
 
 4. The non-commissioned officers of each company shall be se- 
 lected, and the prirates classified into artificers and laborers, by 
 the person selected to organize it, subject to the approval of the 
 senior officer of engineer troops, as soon as appointed. 
 
 5. The Chief of the Engineer Bureau, after naming the com- 
 panies and designating to which regiment they shall be assigned, 
 will recommend to the War Department the appointment of com- 
 pany and field officers. 
 
 6. 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 pontoniers, 
 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, aa herein before specified. 
 
 8. In lieu of the usual return of officers and hired men re- 
 quired of engineer officers, returns of officers and enrolled men, 
 showing the present, absent and sick, shall be forwarded month- 
 ly by the senior field officer of each regiment, to the Chief of the 
 Engineer Bureau, who will furnish blank forms for the purpose. 
 
 By order, 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Aijut<ini and Inspector Ckneral. 
 
GENERAL ORDERS,] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 No. 67. J Richmond, May 25, 1863. 
 
 I. Officers on ordnance duty, when temporarily absent from 
 their posts or positions in the field, under special orders, shall be 
 allowed their personal expenses, to be paid out of the appropria- 
 tion for ordnance service, in lieu of all allowances for fuel, quar- 
 ters and forage for the same period. Each account must be cer- 
 tified 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 
 s-oldiers, others belonging to the infantry or artillery, who are 
 able to furnish horses, and prefer that service, may, in like man- 
 ner, be transferred, in equal number, to the cavalry. 
 
 [II. Surgeons will turn over money or other effects of decefised 
 soldiers (except clothing, which will be disposed of as directed by 
 General Orders, No. 49, 1863,) to the quartermaster of the regi- 
 ment 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 de- 
 ceased, 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, f 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 AdjiUani and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, l Adj't and Insp'r Gen'i/s Office, 
 
 No. 68. J Richmond, May 27, 1863. 
 
 I. At a General Court Martial, convened at Knoxville, Tenn . 
 February 20, 1863, by virtue of General Urders, No. 16, Head 
 Quarters Department of East Tennessee, of December 15, 1862, 
 
 * See also General Orders, No. 133, No. 135, and No. 157. 
 t See Par. L, Gbneral Orders, No. 1* 1894. 
 
 4 
 
74 
 
 and of which Col. J. J. Finley, 6th Ke^iment Florida Volunteers, 
 ■was President, was tried : 
 
 Captain J. Q. Arnold, r2th Battalion Tennessee Cavalry, on 
 the following Charge and Speeifieation : 
 
 Charge, - - Tiolation of the 9th Article of War. 
 
 Specification — In this, that the paid John Q. Arnold did will- 
 fully, maliciously and feloniously, and with malice aforethoughty 
 kill and murder Mnjor 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 said T. W. 
 Adrien, did die. This at Kingston, Tenn., on or about the 16tb 
 <iay 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 ilie Court. 
 
 The Court having maturely congidered the case, do find the ac- 
 cused, Capt. J. Q. Arnold, i2th Battalion Tennessee Cavalry, as 
 follows : 
 
 Of the Specification of the Charge, ^ - - Guilty, 
 
 Of the Charge, - ... Guilty, 
 
 And do therefore (two-thirds of the Court concumng,) sen- 
 ence him to be shot to death by musketry. 
 
 III. The proceedings, findings 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 
 incident to some other clearly defined offence. It dnen not of it- 
 self constitute a military crime ; and the 33d ArticJft of War pro- 
 vides, that when capital crimes are committed by persons in the 
 military service, they shall be turned over, on demand, to the 
 civil authorities. The 9th Article, under which Capt. Arnold 
 was tried, inquires that the officer against whom violence is of- 
 fered, must be *' in the execution of his offiice.'' Hence, to take 
 the case out of the 33d Article, which is general in its applica- 
 tion, and refer it to the 9Lh, which ia special, the murder or kill- 
 ing 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 worda of the Article, that the officer was " in 
 the execiitica of his ofcce.^' The otnissinn cannot be iucplied by 
 
e'^idence, even where no objection is made; fur consent cannot 
 confer jurisdiction. In tho present ca^e, however, objection was 
 made to tho jurisdiction of the Court over the particular crime 
 alleged, andthe point has thus been distinctly presented to the 
 department. Nor does the^viflpuce show Major Adrien to have 
 been clearly "in the discharge of his ofBce" at the time of the 
 killing. On the contrary, it is stated that he was " walkinj>; 
 across the street/' To be in tho execution of his office, the odicer 
 must bo in tho actual discharge of some d«ty. It is resistance 
 to authority under such circumstances, that tho 9th Article for- 
 bids and punishes. Other offences — such as disobedience, disre^ 
 apect, inuHuij — are made punishable by other Articles ; and tho 
 9th Articlo 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 jvhen 
 they are properly presented through the established forma of tho 
 Bervioc. 
 
 The proceeding's, findings and sentence in this case must beset 
 aside, for tho reasons stated ; but it is supposed that any respon- 
 sibility that the party has incurred to the civil authorifcios of 
 Tennessee, is not atfectod by this proceeding. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,] - Adj't A^'D Insp'r Gen'i/s Office, 
 
 No. 69. j ■ RiGhmond, May 28, 1863. 
 
 I. In places where there are three or more hospitals, three sur- 
 geons in charge of Jiospitals, or divisions in hospitals, shall con^ 
 stitute a Board of Examiners for the hospitals to which they be- 
 long, whose duty it shall be, twice in each week, to visit paid 
 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 convalesence 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 furloughs, to be signed by the senior member of tire 
 board; which will specify therein the length of furlough, tho 
 place of residence of tho soldier, his company, regiment and bri« 
 
gade ; and no further formality shall be required of the soldier, 
 and no passport other than his furlough. 
 
 Ill Iq every case furloughed under the previsions of this or- 
 . der, 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 ho has suffered from its 
 effects, with an opinion of the time which will elapse before h% 
 can resume duty, must be furnished by the Board of Examiners 
 to the Surgeon General ; and if such furlough has been impro- 
 perly, granted, the derelict officer will be held responsible before 
 a military tribunal. ^ 
 
 IV. The board aforementioned will also examine applicants 
 for discharge from the service, in hospitals visited by them, and 
 may recommend a discharge when a soidier is deemed perma- 
 nently 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 sinior member of the 
 board, and approved by the General commanding the army or 
 department to which the soldier belongs, or by the Surgeon Gen- 
 eral, will entitle him to a discharge, to be granted by the com- 
 mandant of the post, who will complete and forward the " certi- 
 ficates of disability ^' to the Adjutant ond 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 fc? 
 the purposes aforesaid ; 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 recommend discharges 
 as herein prescribed. 
 
 VI. Where a soldier has been discharged under the provisions 
 of this order, and his "descriptive \ht" and "final statements'' 
 cannot be procured, he will be mustered by the surgeon in charge 
 on the hospital rolls, for payment, upon his affidav.!:, ul en be- 
 fore one or more witnesses, that he has not recei -. -: p:iy for the 
 period for which he claims it to be due, and that he is not in- 
 debted to the Confederate States beyond the amount stated by 
 him. 
 
 VII. Notices of all furloughs issued under there orders will be 
 forwarded weekly by the Board of Examiners, tr d notices of all 
 discharges from eervice, by commandants of y.his, to the imme- 
 
diate commander r>f ihe company ict vthicli the soldier belongs, 
 and to the Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 VIII. The house surgeon in all hospitals shall see each pa 
 tient under his charg^^ once every day. 
 
 IX. Paragraph III, IV and V, General Orders, No. 51, current 
 series, from this office, pertaining to matters herein regulated, are 
 rescinded. 
 
 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, for the consideration of 
 the commanding officer of the army or department to which the 
 oflicer belongs. * 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'i/s Office 
 No. 70. j Richmond, May 29, 1863. 
 
 I. The following Act of Congress, and Regulations adopted by 
 the Department in pursuance thereof, are published for the infor- 
 mation of all concerned : 
 
 An Act to abolish Supernumerary Officers in the Commissary and 
 Quartermaster's Departments. 
 
 '* The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact. 
 That the office of regimental commissary be and the same is 
 hereby abolished, and the duties heretofore devolved by law upon 
 said commissary shall be performed by the regimental quarter- 
 master: j)rovid(.d, th-dt said quartermaster shall, if required by 
 the Secretary of War, execute a new bond, with such additional 
 penalty as he may require. 
 
 ** Sec. 2. That the commanding officer of a regiment or batta- 
 lion shall, when the good of the service in his opinion requires 
 it, detail a non-commissioned officer or private as commissary 
 sergeant, who shall be assigned to the regimental quartermaster 
 to perform the duties now performed by commissary sergeants ; 
 and the non commissioned ufiicer or private so detailed shall re- 
 ceive, as extra pay, twenty dollars ptu- month. 
 
 " Sec. 3. That the regimental quartermasters acting as cora- 
 
 • Amended by Par. III. General OiJer.*, No. 00. 
 
misparies, shall draw supplies for thrir respective regiments on 
 Provision R<-:*"'iriis, Form 14, aiv^ uot in bulk ; and wlien detacb.- 
 ed from their I rigades, feo that it is impracticaVjle to draw sup- 
 plies 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 com« 
 missaries to which such officers nre attached. 
 
 " Sec. 5. That quarrermaeters and commissaries, assistant quar- 
 termasters and assistant commisearies, who become permanently 
 detached fiom divisions, brigades or regiments to which they are 
 originally aftpointed and assigned, respectively, v,hcthcr by resig- 
 nation o"'" otherwise, shall cense 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 Secretary of War. 
 
 " Sec. 6. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to 
 issue the necessary orders for the earliest practicable enforce-' 
 ment of the provisions of this law; and that he shall comnumi- 
 cate to the chiefs of the subsistence and quartermaster's bureaus 
 the n9n>es of the commissaries and assistant commissaries, quar- 
 termasters- and assistant quartermasters retained and dropped 
 from the rolls under this act. 
 
 " Sec. 7. That all laws and parts of laws contravening the pro- 
 visions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed." [Ap^" 
 proved May 1, 1863.] 
 
 il. Regulations. 
 
 1. After this date no appointment will be made of regimental 
 or battalion 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 accord:vnce with the provisions of this 
 act. Until such transfer is peifeeted, regimental commissaries 
 will continue in the performance of their usual duties ; but after 
 the 31st day of July nest all quartermasters and commissaries, 
 assistant quartermasters and assistant ooramissaries, who havo 
 not been or may not be, prior to July SIst, specially detailed or 
 assigned to duty, will cease to bo officers in the Confederate ser- 
 Tice, 
 
 2. Sales to officers will, after the Blsfc of July nest, be made 
 by the brigade commissaiy, as required in the 4th section ( f the 
 act; and to enable him to do so, the brigade commander will 
 eelect and report to the War Department, through the usual 
 chnnnel, the best qualified regimental commissary of his brigade, 
 for afisignmeut to duty with the brigade commissary. It shall be 
 the fip0ei;il dnty of thecommisiary thus n?signed, to receive gujv 
 
e 
 
 p]ie3 in bulk, and to make the usually required sa'es to officers o* 
 the army. He will be under the immediate direction of the bri' 
 gade commissary ; will receipt to him lor all jiropertj received* 
 and make through him the proper reports and returns of his 
 transactions. 
 
 3. In cavalry refriments, a lieutenant of cavalry or other com- 
 petent officer may be detailed, when necessary, to aid the re^x- 
 mental quartermaster in the diHcharp:^ 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 quar- 
 termasters charged with commissary duties, except where directed 
 bv the Secretary of AVar. 
 
 By order, . 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, "j Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 71. J lUchnond, May 30, 1863. 
 
 The following Act of Congress having been approved by the 
 President, is announced for the information and guidance of all 
 concerned : 
 
 An Act allowing Hospital Accommodations to Sieh and Wounded 
 
 Officers. 
 
 " The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enacts 
 That sick or v»'Ounded officers shall be allowed hospital accommo- 
 dations in any of the hospitals of the Confederate States, at ono 
 dollar per diem. 
 
 " Sec. 2. And he it further enacted, When said offioer shall be 
 without money, he shall nevertheless be entitled to the same. 
 The Surjieon in charge, at the expiration of every thirty days, 
 shall state the acconnt, 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 ngain, shall be 
 punished as in the ca^o of fraudulent drawers." [Approved 
 April 29, 18G3.] 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector Gc?iCraL 
 
80 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, j Adjt and Lnsp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 ^""o- 72. j rdcJimond, June 1 J lS6i. 
 
 ^ I. At the Military Court held for the Army Corps of Major 
 General Samuel Jones, at Gray Sulphur Springs, Virginia, May 
 5bh, 1863, was arraigned and tried: 
 
 Captain Wm. S. Rowan, Company A, 60th Ya. Volunteers, on 
 tlie following Charges — (the Specifications being numerous and 
 lengthy, are omitted in this order) : 
 
 Charge ist, - - Violation of the 83d Article of War. 
 
 C/mrge 2d, - - Violation of the 99th Article of Vv'ar. 
 
 II. Finding and Sentence of the Court. 
 Having maturely considered the evidence adduced, the Court 
 find the accused, Capt. Wm. S. Rowon, Company A, 60th Va. 
 Volunteers : 
 
 Of the 1 fit Charge, ..... Guilty^ 
 Of the 2d Charge, ..... Guilty 
 
 And do, therefore, sentence him to be dismissed the service of 
 the Confederate States. • 
 
 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 are now made 
 thereon : 
 
 The charges are l^oth too defective to sustain a trial. Neither 
 the 83d nor the 99th Article of War, defines any ofi'ence what- 
 ever, nor di) they direct the performance of any duty. No viola- 
 tion of either of those articles can properly be charged. 
 
 Under tiie 83d Article, the only charge to be preferred is " con- 
 duct unbecoming an officer and gentleman ;^^ and under the 99th, 
 " conduct to the j^rejudice of good order and military discipline." 
 The specifications would then have been responsive to the charges, 
 and would have sustained a trial and seLtenec in accordance with 
 the evidence. 
 
 IV. For the reasons above assigned, the proceedings must be 
 set aside ; and Capt. Rowan will be released from arrest and re- 
 stored to duty. . The record discloses facts very disgraceful to 
 liim ; but it is hoped that his accidental escape from deserved 
 punishment may result in a determination to retrieve his charac- 
 ter as a citizen and officer of the army. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General, 
 
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 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 73. ] Richmond, June 2, 1863. 
 
 I. At the Military Court held for the Army of Lt. Gen. Polk, 
 at Shelbyville, Tenn., April 14th, 1863, was tried : 
 
 Capt. W. W. W. Wood, Company L, Blythe'a Regiment of Miss. 
 Volunteers, on the following charge and specifications .r 
 
 Charge, - Conduct unbecoming an ofiicer and gentleman. 
 
 Spe€iJications:—The Ist and 3d are omitted. The 2d is at* fol" 
 Iowa : 
 
 Specification 2- In this, that the said Capt. W. W. W. Wood, 
 Company L, Blythe's Miss. Regiment (f Volunteern, remained in 
 camp four days preceding and during the battle of Murfreesboro', 
 but came to his company the day after said battle, to wit, Janu- 
 ary 1, 1863, and took command of histompany 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. Regi- 
 ment, made a pretext to Lieut. O'llea of h\$ company for momen- 
 tarily leaving his pls*-^. He the said Capt. W. W W. Wood, 
 Company L, Blythe's Regiment, returned to his company no more, 
 but reported to Doct. X. Xaupi, surgeon of said rey;iment, who 
 refused to excuse him. Nevertheless, said Capt. AV. W. W. Wood, 
 Company L, Blythe's Miss. Regiment of Volunteers, went back 
 to camp, and remained there till forced out on the following morn- 
 ing. AH this near Murfreesboro^ Teun., January 1, 18C3. 
 
 II. Finding and Sentence. 
 
 The majority of the Court find the accused, Capt. W. W. W 
 Wood, Company L. Blythe's Miss. Regiment, as follows : 
 
 Of Specification 1st, . ... - - 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 lind him of the remainder of Spe- 
 cification 2d, - - ... . . - Not Guilty. 
 
 The whole Court honorably acquit him of the 3d 
 
 Specification, and say, ..... Not Guilty. 
 
 The majority of the Court find him of the Ciiarge, Guilty, 
 
 and seutenco him to be dismissed the service. 
 
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 III. The proceedings 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 : 
 
 Capt. Wood was tried on the single charge of " conduct unbe- 
 coming an officer and gentleman," under w^hich tliree specifica- 
 tions were laid. The whole Court acquit him of the 3d specifi- 
 cation, A majority acquit him of the 1st and part of the 2d 
 specification, but find him guilty of the remainder of the 2d spe- 
 cification, and gui.Ity of the charge. A portion of the 2d specifi- 
 cation 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 
 ofi'ences, 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 not guilty as to another, unless it is clear 
 that the facts thus separated and established, of thtmselves consti- 
 tute the particular offence charged. But this is far from being 
 clear. The looseness and uncertainty of the 2d specification, and 
 the finding thereon, are a sufficient and fatal objection. The 
 •whole finding is moreover informal and irregular. The judges 
 give lengthy and separate opinions in connection with it, and 
 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 copclusions, and it is con- 
 trary to the practice of Courts Martial tB -Jo so. Upon the whole, 
 the proceedings are set aside, and Capt. Wood will therefore be 
 released from arrest and returned to duty. 
 
 By order. : . 
 
 \ COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ^ Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 74. ) Richmond, June 3, 1863. 
 
 I. The Congress of the Confederate States, having failed to 
 recognize the 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, here- 
 after 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 the same, and recommend for appointment suitable 
 oflBlccrs for the same. 
 
III. In all cases preference will be given to competent officers 
 who have become disabled, by wounds or other infirmity, for ac- 
 tive 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 ofiice will be considered as abolished. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Affjitiani and Insipecior General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 75. ] Riclimondt June 4, 18G3. 
 
 1. The following Act of Congress concerning compensation to 
 detailed men, and the instructions of the War Department in re- 
 gard thereto, arc published for the information and direction of 
 all concerned : 
 
 " 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do eut 
 act, that non-commissioned otllcers, musicians or privates, when 
 employed on detached or detailed service by the department or 
 other commander of a district, or under the direction of any of 
 the military bureaux, instead of the compensation now allowed, 
 may be allov/ed the sum of not more tluin three dollars per day, 
 in lieu of rations and all other allowances, upon the recommen- 
 dation of the officer immediately in charge of such men, with the 
 approval of the commander or other chief of bureau, us 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, 18G3.| 
 
 II. — 1. Detailed men in the service of the several military bu- 
 reaux, other than the clerks described in act No. 52 (clerks em- 
 ployed in public oflfices in the city of Richmond, by reason of 
 physical disability,) will bo allowed such sum rer 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 hy 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 her.d quarters, or on duty in the quartermaster's, ordnance, 
 
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 enp;ineer, commissary or medical, raining and nitre departments, 
 ■will be established at such sums per diem as maybe recommend- 
 ed 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 departments 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 foregoing act will 
 be paid to detailed men by the departments in which they are re- 
 spectively employed, except medical departments, upon such rolls 
 as may be prescribed ; except that payments by the quartermas- 
 ter's department will be made upon rolls according to Form No. 
 3, Regulations of the Quartermaster's Department. Such pay- 
 ments will be in full of all payments and allowances heretofore 
 paid -and allowed to soldiers, except their monthly pay. Payments 
 in the medical department will be made as now, by quartermas- 
 ters. 
 
 5. Shoemakers detailed under the provisions of the act of Oc- 
 tober 9th, 18G2, 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 entitled to the compensation of thirty-five cents 
 per pair for shoes manufactured 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 i)e niade 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 hereto- 
 fore, " without p-ay and allowance as soldiers." From 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 Secretary of War, required by the above recited act of Con- 
 gress, will not be necessary in each particular case of detail ; but 
 each bureau may, with the approval of the Secretary of War, 
 prescrilie general regulations for the payment of the difi'erent 
 classes of detailed men in their respective employments. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 Xo. 76. ) Richmond^ June 5, 1863. 
 
 Officers of the army are directed in all ofiicial reports, whether 
 of sieges, campaigr.s or battles, to confine their statements to the 
 facta and event*; acnneDtsd with the matter on which they report 
 
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 No extraneous subject, whether of speculation or of collateral 
 narrative, has a proper place in the official reports of military 
 operations. As much conciseness as is consistent with perspicui- 
 ty and fullness of statement, will be observed in such communi- 
 cations. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, "j Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 77. J Richmond, June 6, 1863. 
 
 When an infantry soldier is detailed as a courier, under para- 
 graph III, General Orders, No. 7, current series, and shall keep 
 himself provided with a serviceable horse, he will be allowed 
 forty cents per day for the use and risk of his horse. 
 By order, , 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ^ Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No, 78. ] Richmond, June 7, 1863. 
 
 I. At a General Court Martial, convened at the Camp of Major 
 General Anderson's Division, by virtue of General Orders, No. 
 133, of 1862, from Head Quarters of Department of Northern 
 Virginia, was arraigned and tried : 
 
 Private Allen Matthews, Company E, 6th Regiment of Vit. 
 Infantry, on the following charge, viz : 
 
 Charge, ----- Desertion. 
 
 Specification— In this, that the said Private Allen Matthews,^ 
 Company E, 6th Ya. Regiment, did, on or about the 10th day of 
 May, 18(32, near Petersburg, Va., absent himself from his com- 
 pany and regiment vrithout leave, and did remain absent till ar- 
 rested and sent to his regiment, then near Fredericksburg, Va., 
 on or about the iSth day of February, 1863. 
 
 Finding, 
 
 Of the Specification, ... - - Guilty. 
 
 Of the Chargo, ..... Guilty. 
 
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 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 company, the sen- 
 tence is remitted, in the hope that his future conduct will prove 
 that the clemency extended to him was not misplaced, and that 
 Lis life, justly forfeited by his grave oflence, will be hereafter 
 used to redeem his name from its present reproach. 
 
 Private Matthews will be released and returned to duty. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjuiant arid Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 79. ] Richmond, June 9, 1863. 
 
 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* 
 
 Specijicaiion — In this, that the said Private George Mormon* 
 Company C, 8th Ala. Regiment, did leave his company and regi- 
 ment, 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, 8th Ala. Regiment, did loave the camp or hospital* 
 while a paroled prisoner at Richmond, Va., before being ex* 
 changed, about August 15th, 1862, and enlisted in the marine 
 corps at Mobile, Ala., under an assumed name ; and drew there- 
 from bounty, clothing, &c., to the amount of one hundred and 
 forty-nine dollars and fifty cents ; and did not return to his com- 
 pany till arrested by Lieut. W. 11. Dunn, Company II, 8th Ala. 
 Regiraeut, about the 10th day of January, 1883. 
 
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 Finding. 
 
 Of the Specification of 1st Charge, - - - • - Guilty. 
 
 Of the 1st Charge, Guilty. 
 
 Of the Specification of 2d Charge, . - - - Guilty. 
 
 Of the td Charge, - Guilty. 
 
 Sentence. 
 
 To forfeit all pay due to him, and to be shot to death with 
 musketry, at such time and place as the Commanding General 
 may direct. 
 
 ir. The proceedings in the above case having been laid before 
 the Secretary of War, for the orders of the President, are ap- 
 proved ; and so much of the sentence as requires the accused to 
 be shot to death with musketry is remitted, in consideration of 
 the earnest recommendation of the members of his regiment, 
 and their assurance 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. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office' 
 No. 80. ) Richmond, June 10, \%^Z, 
 
 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 converti- 
 ble into paper. 
 
 II. Commanding officers of armie-s and military departments 
 will direct suitable facilities to be given to such agents, when 
 coming certified by the ofiicers with wIkjui the contract is made, and 
 will direct the quartermaster's department to furnish transporta- 
 tion to the nearest public route, for all materials collected, when- 
 ever consistent with the interest of the service. 
 
 III. Non-commissioned ofiioers and privates, who belonged to 
 companies or regiments which have been disbanded, and wbo, on 
 account of their absence on det;ii!ed duty, were not mustered 
 out of service with tiie commanils to which they were atia^iied, 
 but were continued for detailed duty, will be paid for the period 
 of such detail, upon descriptive lists prepared and signed by the 
 
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 officer under whom they may be serving. Clothing will be drawn 
 and issued to them by such officer, who will keep an accurate 
 account of su.''h issues, and endorse them upon said descriptive 
 lists. All such non-commissioned officers and soldiers within the 
 conscript age, will be at once reported to the nearest ^rolling 
 officer, who will take measures to assign them to companies. 
 Those who are not liable to service as conscripts, will be dis- 
 charged 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. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, i Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 81. ) Richmond, June 11, 1863. 
 
 T. A Court of Enquiry having been convened, by direction of 
 the President, 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 quartermaster's department of the Army 
 of the Mississippi, whilst under the control of Lieut Colonel, 
 then Major McLean ;" and having made the required examina- 
 tion and report, the result is, by direction of the President, pub- 
 lished for the information of all concerned. 
 
 II. ,The Court having maturely considered the evidence ad- 
 duced, report, as the 
 
 SUMMARY OF FACTS 
 
 Regarded by the Court of Enquiry in the case of Lieut. Colonel 
 E. E NcLean, as proved by the evidence elicited, and of record : 
 
 1. That the Army of the Mississippi, as commanded by Gen- 
 eral Braxton 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 
 Breckinridge. 
 
 3. That the evacuation of Corinth by the Confederate forces 
 
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 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 nio;ht of the 29th and morning of the 30th of May, 1862. 
 
 0. That General Bragg relieved General Beauregard in the 
 connmand of the forces at Tupelo, in the latter part of June, 
 186-.\ 
 
 7. That Lieut. Colonel, then Major McLean, was acting as 
 chief Quartermaster of the Army of the Mis-issippi, about the 
 12th of March, 1862. 
 
 8. That Major McLean was appointed chief quartermaster of 
 the Army of the Mississippi by General A. Sidney Johnston, on 
 the 30th of March, i862. 
 
 9. That Liout. Colonel McLean was relieved from duty as chief 
 quartermaster 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 Tu- 
 pelo, was amply supplied with money, clothing, camp and garri- 
 son equipage, wagons, public animals, field transportation in 
 general, and with all quartermaster's stores, with the exception 
 of full rations of forage at Corinth and of certain other articles 
 which were applied for, and subsequently obtained by the 
 quartermaster's department, or the parties requiring them at the 
 time. 
 
 11. That there wore throughout the army occasional com- 
 plaints of the want, for a short time, of certain quartermaster's 
 supplies, which the evidence shows were sufficiently accounted 
 for, or promptly supplied, as far as possible, and the circum- 
 stances would permit of its being done. 
 
 12. That the supply of forage at Corinth was sufficient, though 
 not full, and for a time restricteTl in amount and kind, owing to 
 the nature of the surrounding country and other circumstances. 
 Whilst at Tupelo it was amplo, the army then being located in 
 the vicinity of a country abounding in forage. 
 
 13. That there was but little forage within reach of Corinth 
 by wagon transportation, and that little was consumed at an 
 early day of our occupation of that pjst and the adjacent coun- 
 ties. 
 
 14. That the facilities aflPorded by the rail roads concentrating 
 at that point, especially after their partial abanlonment to the 
 enemy, were not sufficient f )r the transportation of a full supply 
 of forag'^ for the array at Corinth, and at the same time to sup- 
 ply that army with all other quartermaster's, commissary's and 
 ordnaice stores reriuirei. and at the same time meet the sudden 
 
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 and unespocted demands for the transportation of large num- 
 l»ers of troops, the sick, &c. 
 
 15. That an ahundant supply of corn, 'and as much long for- 
 age as could be found, was purchased by the quartermaster's de- 
 partment, 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 cars found ready loaded with forage, were left by the 
 passing trains on the side tracks of the rail roads, and thus d"e» 
 tained or delayed in arriving at their place of destination. 
 
 17. That all side tracks required for the efficient working of 
 the different railroads were laid down by the quartermaster's de- 
 partment wherever found insufficient fur the accommodation of 
 the increased business of the rail roads. 
 
 18. That a competent military superintendent of the rail 
 roads (a mnjor in the quavtern)aster's department) was selected 
 by the presidents of the rail roads, and with their concurrence, 
 appointed by General Beauregard, to take upon himself the en- 
 tire 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 suc- 
 cessful operation throughout the district of country under his 
 charge, many and extensive manufactories for the supply of the 
 army with qua,rtermaster's stores. 
 
 20. That hospitals were erected and otherwise supplied for the 
 use of the army,- including that of the Mississippi, and were in 
 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, 
 CoJ. McLean, successfully bored at Corinth, to supply the army 
 at that place with water. 
 
 22. That corrals were established by the quartermaster's de- 
 partment of the Array of the Mississippi, in the rear of the 
 army, for the disabled and worn down public animals, where 
 they were in large numbers, properly attended and successfully 
 recruited for the service. 
 
 23. That for ordinary purposes, a sufficient and permanent 
 force of negro laborers was employed by the quartermaster's 
 department for loading and unloading the cars at the rail road 
 depots. 
 
 24. That in cj^ses of emergency, sufficicut assistance was ob- 
 
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 tained by details from the army, upon tho application of the par- 
 ties (lesirinjx them, as was the case of the post and ordnance de- 
 partment at the evacuation of Corinth. 
 
 25. That there was a tJuflScient number of competent and effi- 
 cint officers 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 of that 
 place. 
 
 26. That the transportation operations on the occasion of the 
 evacuation of Corinth, were expeditiously and successfully 
 conducted by energetic and competent officers of the quarter- 
 master's de(f)irtment, assi^ined to the special duty of i?uperin- 
 tending the transportation of army stores and troops from that 
 place by ^ail. 
 
 27. That material aid was rendered by General Brag^ and 
 several members of his staff, and some members of the staff of 
 General Beauregard, 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 erncuation of the place, except a few tents and broken wa- 
 gons, some old harness, and some few shells and other ordnance 
 stores ; most of which property 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 Charles- 
 ton rail road, on the morning of the 30th of May, 1862, occa- 
 sioned by the burning of the rail road bridges across the llatchie 
 and Tuscumbia rivers, in obedience to specific orders given the 
 officers in command at those bridges, to destroy them at a cer- 
 tain h(mr. 
 
 30. That tho quartermaster's department had no notice that 
 the bridges were to be destroyed ; otherwise the trains lost might 
 have been dispatched in time to have passed the bridges, or 
 turned down the Mobile and Ohio rail rond, and thus saved. 
 
 31. That there was a loss of a train of cars containing certain 
 government property, at Booneville, whilst standing on the track 
 of the Mobile and Ohio rail road, on the morning of the oOtli of 
 May, 1862. occasioned by a raid of the enemy's cavalry, over 
 which the quartermaster's department iiad no control. 
 
 32. That Lieut. Cm! )nel McLean was, at one time during his 
 adoiinistration of the quartermaster's department of the Army 
 of the Mississippi and other forces, afflicted with a disease, 
 which was iociil. and not of a nature permanently to disable him 
 from attending to all the duties required of him as chief of his 
 department. 
 
 33. That with tho exception of a few days' illness at Corinth, 
 
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 about a week previous to the evacuation of that place, Lieut. 
 Colonel McLean was not unable, at any time while chief quar- 
 termaster of the army, to attend to all the duties which were re- 
 quired of him, and that he did so attend promptly to all the du- 
 ties 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 discharge of his duties as chief quartermaster of the 
 army, successively under Generals Johnston, Beauregard and 
 Bragg, and especially solicitous for the welfare and success of 
 the department entrusted to his charge, and for which he was 
 responsible. 
 
 OPINION OF THE COURT. 
 
 It is the opinion of this Court, that from the facts elicited in 
 the investigation of the conduct of the quartermaster's depart- 
 ment 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, efriciency, fore- 
 thought and success which could have been expected under the 
 difficult circumstances attending the sudden concentration of our 
 armies ; the unexpected occupation by the enemy of our princi- 
 pal fields of supply; the scarcity of the means of field transpor- 
 tation ; the inability to obtain forage v/ithin reasonable reach of 
 the army by means of wagon transportation ; the failure or ina- 
 bility of the rail roads of the country to transport from a dis- 
 tance, when purchased, forage to the army; the closing of the 
 great markets of New Orleans, Memphis and Nashville ; the in- 
 terference bv agents of other branches of the service, with the 
 departments of purchases of forage, and of transportation, under 
 Lieut. Colonel McLean ; the original scarcity throughout the 
 country of all supplies needed ; the continuance of such scarcity 
 in consequence of the existing blockade of the ports of the Con- 
 federacy ; and the inexperience of nearly all quartermasters' 
 agents in the beginning of the war. 
 
 It farther appears from the evidence, that in the arduous du- 
 ties attending the evacuation of Corinth by the Confederate Ar- 
 my under General Beauregard, the quartermaster's department 
 was fully represented by able and efficient officers, pres- 
 ent at the rail road depot day and night, and to their activity 
 and judgment is the successful rem.oval of the public store?", for 
 which the quartermaster's department was responsible at that 
 place, mainly attributable. That the quartermaster's depart- 
 ment during the day and night preceding the evacuation was 
 efficiently aided by the personal exertions of General Bragg and 
 several niembers of his and General Beauregard's staff, and by 
 
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 the exertions of Col. Benton's regiment, together with ether de- 
 tails from the army. 
 
 It also appears from the evidence, tliat the evacuation of Co- 
 rinth, so far as the quartermaster's department was C(jncerned, 
 was a complete military success, and that altht)u^h so short a 
 time was allowed to remove the stores, but little property was 
 lost, and that but of small value, being mostly worthless or con- 
 demned stores. The severe losses of the engines and ciirs, to- 
 gether with the public property contained in the latter, destroyed 
 on the morning of tiie evacuation on the Ilatchie and Tuscum- 
 bia 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 fur- 
 ther shown, that in the conduct of the department committed to 
 his charge, Lieut. Colonel McLean was prompt, energetic and 
 efficient in the discharge of all the duties of his office whilst 
 chief quartermaster of the army, and that whilst in the execu- 
 tion of those duties, his instructions to and teachings of his su- 
 bordinates, 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 departm-ent en- 
 trusted to his supervif^ion and control. 
 
 IK. The Court of Enquiry, of which Col. M. Lewis Clark was 
 president, is hereby dissolved. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Auj't and Insp'r Gen'i/s Office, 
 
 No. 82. j Richmond, June 12, 18G3. 
 
 The second section of the act eiititled an act to organize JPar- 
 tiz.an Rangers, provides that such Partizan Rangers, after being 
 regularly received 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 re- 
 ported 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 l>attalions and regi- 
 ments, with the view to bringing them under the same regula- 
 
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 tions as other soldiers, in reference to their discipline, position 
 and movements; and the same officers will recommend any fur- 
 ther measures for their organization as an integral portion of 
 their commands, as will in their opinion promote their efl&eiency 
 and the interests of the service. The General of the department 
 will recommend field officers for the or^^anizations that mny be 
 made, to be submitted for the consideration of the President. 
 Such partizan corps as are serving within the enemy's lines, are 
 for the present excepted from this order. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 83. J Richmond, June 13, 1863, 
 
 I. At a General Court Martial, convened at Shelbyville, Ten- 
 nessee, by virtue of General Orders, No. 63, March 16, 1863, 
 from the Adjutant and Inspector General's office, Richmond, wns 
 arraigned and tried : 
 
 Major General John P. McCoux, P. A. C. S., on the follow- 
 ing Charge and Specification : 
 
 Charge, - - . - Conduct to the prejudice of good 
 
 order and military discipline. 
 
 Specification 1~ In this, that Major General John P. McCoun, 
 P. A. C. S., being in command of a division serving with "Army 
 of Tennessee," did, without authority, order, through his .otiitf 
 officer, Major Bradford, Assistant Adjut.ant General, dipt. Olh- 
 son, 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. S-, commanding division, did, through liis Assistant 
 Adjutant General, Mnjor Bradford, issue the said order to Ma- 
 jor Olhson, A. C. S, 4th Arkansas Regiment, to proc>^ed to 
 Charleston, S. C, and o.her points, when he the said Major 
 General John P. McCoun, P. A. C. S., had but a short time pre- 
 vious received and acknowledged the receipt of an official com- 
 munication i'rom the Commanding General of Department No. 
 2, requiring an explanatioa in rea;ard to his detailing officers and 
 enlisted men to go fro-ni his (McCoun's) division, out of the lines 
 
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 of the army. All this at Shelbyville, Tennessee, on or about the 
 3d day of February, 1863. 
 
 l\.- Finding and Sentence of the Court. 
 After maturely considering; the evidence adduced, the Court 
 find the accused, Major General John P. McCoun, P. A. C. S.,a8 
 follows, to wit : 
 
 Of the 1st Specification, - - - . Guilty. 
 
 Of the 2d Specification, - - - Not Guilty. 
 
 Of the Charge, ..... Guilty. 
 
 And do sentence him to be suspended from all rank, pay and 
 emoluments for the space of six months ; and that he he repri- 
 manded in General Orders, by the officer reviewing the pruceed- 
 ino;s of this Court. 
 
 III. The proceedings, findings and sentence in the foregoing case 
 having been submitted to the Secretary of War, to be hiid before 
 the President, and having been duly considered, the same are 
 approved, and the sentence of the Court will be carried into ef- 
 fect. Major General John P. McCoun is therefore suspended 
 from rank, pay, emoluments and command for six months from 
 this date. 
 
 IV. The General Court Martial, convened bv General Orders, 
 No. 63, Adjutant and Inspector General's office, and of which 
 Major General J. M. Withers is president, is hereby dissolved. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER. 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 84. ] Richmond, June 15, 1563. 
 
 I. Ordnance officers on duty in the field do not form a part of 
 the personal stafi" 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 
 ofiice. 
 
 III. Other Ordnance oflBcers will continue to serve with tho 
 commands to which they are attached until relieved by orders 
 from the head quarters 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. 
 
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 GENERAL ORDERS,] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 85. J Richmond, June 16, 1863. 
 
 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. Tlie Congress of the Confederate States do enact, 
 That the officers authorized and appointed under the act entitled 
 an act for the organization of a corps of officers for the working 
 of nitre caves, &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 besides be charged with all duties and expendi- 
 tures com.ected with the mining of iron, copner, lead, coal, <fec., 
 6C far as it shall be deemed necessary to supply the military 
 necessities of the country; and the superintendent 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 ap- 
 purtenant to any mines it m ly 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 pur- 
 chase or ottierwise, of all copper, lead, iron, coal, zinc, and such 
 other minerals as may be required 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 superintendents; 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," [Approved April 22, 1863.] 
 
 II. The Secretary of War is of opinion that it is necessary to 
 accumulate 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 quarter- 
 master's, ordnance and engineer departments, and that experi- 
 ence has shown that the necessary supply cannot be obtained by 
 purchase. Impressment, therefore, according to the act of Con- 
 gress relating to impressments, has become necessary to secure a 
 supply. It is ordered that all impressments that may be made 
 of iron for this purpose, shall be conducted by the chiefs of the 
 quartormast^rs, ordnance, engineer and nitre and mining bureaux, 
 
<5T by officers designated by them, who shall in every instance 
 communicate to the owner th« 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 be ascertained, in accord- 
 ance with the act relating to impressments, if the parties cannot 
 agree upon the sam«.* 
 
 III. And whereas the existing necessity for iron in the depart- 
 ments aforesaid, and for the good of the public service is such, 
 that all practicable measures musj; be taken to secure an adequate 
 supply, it is fcarther ordered, that whenever it may become neces- 
 sary 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, ft shall be competent to the chief of 
 cither of the departments aforesaid to lease or purchase the same; 
 and in case that the lease or purchase is impracticable, then they 
 are authorized to impress the same f«r the use of the Confederate 
 States duiing the war, or while such necessity shall continue. 
 
 IV. The proceedings under thes^ orders will be conducted 
 under the 4th section of the act concerning impressments, and 
 in pursuance of the directions centaincd in paragraph I. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant <sLnd Itispector General, 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,) Adj't and Insp'k Gkn'l's Officb, 
 
 No. 86. j Richmond, June 22, 1863. 
 
 iW 
 
 Whereas, there has been a number of applications to this de~ 
 partment for authority to raise companies for local defence anijT' 
 special service, and for instructions as to the method by whiofts 
 such organizations may be made and the privileges they may^ 
 claim, the department has adopted the following regulations on 
 the subject: Ijx 
 
 I. Companies, battalions and regiments, composed of persgas 
 not within the ago of conscription (18 and 40), will be acceptgj^ 
 as volunteers throughout the Confederacy, under the act of 4Kte 
 gust 2l8t, 1861 (No. 229), for local defence and special servicqiiiij 
 
 *See, also, Gen. Orders, No. 10^ 1864. ' ic't 
 
 v 
 
 t Amended by Par II, Gen, Orders, No. ^8 
 
 5 
 
9§ 
 
 ,11. The organization of corps for local defense muet conform 
 to that prescribed for compariiep, liattalions and regiments of 
 the pruvisinnal army. The mimmum numherlora cdmpany of 
 infantry of 64 rank and file, and for cavalrj GO. Battalions must 
 consist of not less than five ccmpanie^, and reginiects 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 vrhile in actual service. 
 
 III. The muster roll of all such organizations shall specify 
 that the said organizations are itiised under this act, and subjecb 
 to these regulations, and contain a. description of the volunteer 
 as to «ge, residence and date of enlistment, and the term of 
 enlistment for the war. 
 
 IV. Such organizations v?ill not be considered as in actual 
 Bcrvice, for the purpose of receiving pay or subsistence, except 
 vrhen called for by the Presiteut. 
 
 V. They "will not bo called for until a necessity arises for 
 Bervice. They shall not be required to go beyond the limits of 
 the State to which they belong. 
 
 VI. They are expected to servo when called out, only so long 
 as the emergency exifts, and then to return to their ordinary 
 pursuits until again called, ~ 
 
 VII. Arms^and equipments, when not possessed by the mem- 
 bers, will, to the extent necessary to supply, be furnished by the 
 Confederate States. 
 
 VIII. Should any of them be captured, they shall be claimed 
 ftg prisoners of war, and all 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 acfe 
 aforesaid. Company officers may be elected by the companies, 
 or appointed, as the members may consent. 
 
 X. That these organizations will be preferred to and exempt 
 their members from any call of militia. 
 
 XL The commandant of any military post of the Confederate 
 States, the sheriflf of any county, or the colonel commanding any 
 militia regiment, or tl.» judge or justice of any county or other 
 court, may certify and return the muster rolls, which must be 
 sent to the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office at Richmond, 
 for Acceptance. 
 
 XII, In the eTcnt of a call by the President, under the law 
 
cf conscription, on all between the ages of 40 and 4o, those in said 
 organizations subject to such call will bo liable to discharge or 
 transfer. 
 
 For the information and guidanca of those desirous of volun- 
 teering for local defeace, the law of August 2lst, 1861, is hereto 
 appended. 
 
 An Act to provide for Local defence and Special Service. 
 
 "Sec 1. The Congress of the Confederate Slates of America 
 do enact. That the President be and he is hereby authorized to 
 accept the services of vulunteers of such kind and in such pro- 
 portion aa he may deem expedient, to serve for such time as he 
 may prescribe, for the <lefenco of exposed places or localities, or 
 such special service as he may deeos expedient. 
 
 " Sec. 2. And such f )rce3 shall be mustered into the service of 
 the Confederate States fur the local defence or special service 
 aforesaid, the master roll setting forth distinctly the services to 
 bo performed and the said voliiateers shall not be considered in 
 actual service, until thcroLinto specially ordered by tlie Presi- 
 dent ; and they shall be entitled to pay or subsistence only for 
 such time as they may be on duty under the orders of the Presi- 
 dent, or by his direction. 
 
 "Sec. 3. Such volunteer forces, when so accepted and ordered 
 into servi'ce, shall be organized in accordance With and subject to 
 aU the provisions of the ai^t entitled an act to provide for the 
 public dcjfence, approved March 6th, 1861, and may be attached 
 to such divisions, brigade;), regiments or battalions as the Presi- 
 dent may direct; and when not organized into battalions or regi- 
 ments before being mustered into service, the President shall 
 appoint the field officers of the battalions or regiments, when 
 organiZ''d as such by him." .[Approved August 21st, 1861.] 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 
 Adjutant and ItiJ^pector OeneraL 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, | Adj't and Insp'e GhnVs Offxck, 
 
 No. 87. j Richmond, June, 23, 1863. 
 
 Thf^ f .Mowing Forms fir the onlistment of gubatitutes, and the 
 didoharg© of 8aldi3rs presenting the saaie, will hereafter be 
 obs»rv«d: 
 
100 
 
 (Duplicates.) 
 
 AIIMY OF THE CONFEDEKATE STATES. 
 
 AppIicaiioTLjor discharge on account of having furnished a SuL- 
 
 siitule. 
 
 -, of Captain CompaDy ( ), of the 
 
 Eef];iment of the Confederate States Army , was enlisted 
 
 t)j ^ of the RegiQient of , at , on the 
 
 (lay of , 186 — , to serve years, and not for 
 
 the purpose of furnishing a substitute. lie was born in , 
 
 in the State of — ,i8 — - — - years of ago, feet 
 
 inches high, — — — - complexion, ejt-s, — -^^.r— hair, and 
 
 by occupation when enlisted a . 
 
 I hereby certify that s?iid soldier has furnished an able bodift<l 
 
 man, well clothed, in the .person of — , as his substitute, 
 
 •whom I am willing; to receive, being satisfied that the oubstitut© 
 is not now liable to conscription, by reason of 
 
 Station: 
 
 I>ATE^ 
 
 Commanding Company. 
 
 I certify that I have carefully examined the said , and 
 
 find him sound, and in all respects fit f')r military service. 
 
 ———— , 
 
 Surgeon P. A. C. S. 
 
 discharged, this — — — day of — -, 186 — , at . 
 
 Commanding Battalion or Jiegiinenf. 
 
 I hei'eby declare on oath that I am a resident of the State of 
 , of the Confederate States of America, and a citizen there- 
 
 of; that I am years of ago ; have not received from or 
 
 paid to any agent raoney inducing me to enlist as a substitute^ 
 and am not a member uf any ctnipanv whatever. 
 
 Sworn to before me, on this day of , 186 — . 
 
 J. P. or K. 'p. 
 Approved : 
 
 Commanding Begimeni. 
 
101 
 
 Head QiTAitTBRe, 
 
 Discharge approved. 
 
 -, 186—. 
 
 General Commanding, 
 
 SOLDIER'S DISCHARGE. 
 
 To ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN : 
 
 — of Captain 
 
 Know Ye, That — 
 Regiment of 
 
 who WHS enlisted the 
 
 , one thousand eight handred and 
 
 to serve 
 
 Company, 
 day of 
 
 is hereby eonorably discharged from the Army of the Confeder- 
 ate 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 on file, who 
 
 has been examined by a surgeon of the command, and found 
 duly qualified to perform the duties of a soldier. I certify tlat 
 he is the only substitute received in the company during the 
 present month, and that the principal was not enlisted for th© 
 purpose of furnishing a substitute. 
 
 Said ■ — was born in — — , in the State of , is 
 
 - — — years of age, -— feet inches high, com- 
 plexion, — eyes, — hair, and by occupation when eft- 
 
 listed a 
 Given at 
 
 this 
 
 — day of 
 
 186—. 
 
 Approved 
 
 Commanding Regiment, 
 
 General Commanding Army (or Department). 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General, 
 
 aENERAL ORDERS, 
 
 No. 88. 
 
 Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Oppicb, 
 Jiichmond, June 24, 1863. 
 
 Operators on telegraph lines, established by military comman- 
 ders for military purposes, will be allowed payment f^r their 
 services, not to exceed the rate of compensation fixed and allowed 
 by the Postmaster General to the operators under his control. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 J-dJutani itkd Inspa'hr Goiifat. 
 
VJ^ 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,] Adj't and Lnsp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 No. 89. j Richmond, June 25, 1863. 
 
 All diBcharges for disability will he held as conditional, de- 
 pendent upon the disjibility, and valid only during its continu- 
 ance. If, on examination, the di>abilify is at any time found to 
 have ceased, the holders will be liable to conscription, to serve 
 the unexpired terms of their enlistments. This regulation ap- 
 plies to substitutes, whether under or over the age of conscrip- 
 tion. Their services are due for the war, and the government 
 should not be deprived of them, for what pro^s to be a tempo- 
 rary disability. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S, COOPER, 
 Adjutant ctnd Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'i/s Office, 
 
 No. 90. j Bichmond,June2i5,lS6$. 
 
 I. The senior officer of engineers, serving with an army in the 
 field, will be held responsible for the proper execution of all du- 
 ties appertaining to his department ; and the orders of the Com- 
 manding General relating to the engineer service, will be ci mmu- 
 nicated through him, and lie will recommend to the General 
 commanding, the assignments of junior officers of engineers, to 
 serve with corps, divisions and brigades. The engineer ofiicer of 
 highest rank in each assignment, will receive the orders of his 
 immediate commander, report to him whatever concerns the en- 
 gineer service, and communicate to him the orders he receives 
 from the senior engineer. He will also report to the senior engi- 
 neer all his operations, with sketches, drawings and maps, for 
 the information of the Commanding General, and lor transmis- 
 sion to the Engineer Bureau. 
 
 II. All officers of engineeis, and employees under the Engi- 
 neer Department, will communicate through the proper channels 
 with the senior engineer serving with the army in the field, be 
 responsible to him for all public funds rnd property in their 
 hands, and receive his orders and instructions. 
 
 III. The duties of officers of engineers serving with the ar- 
 mies of the Confederate States in the field, camp or cantonment, 
 are as follows, viz : To mnke reconnoissances and surveys of the 
 e«^tion8 of country occupied V>y our forces', and, as far a.« pof.ti- 
 
ins 
 
 bio, of the country held by the enemy, embracino; all the infor* 
 mation that can be obtained in reference to roads, bri(];;eg, fords, 
 J;opographical and military features, the character and dimen- 
 sions of the water courses, the practicability of constrncting fixed 
 and floating bridges^the extent of wooded and cleared lands, and 
 the capacity of tiie country to supply the general wants of the 
 army ; to make detailed examinations and surveys of positions to 
 be occupied for defensive purposes ; to select the sites, and form 
 plans, projects and estimates for all military w-orkn, defensive or 
 oJBfensive, viz : field forts, battAriee, rifle pits, lines of intantry 
 cover, military trenches, parallels, saps, mines, and other works 
 of attack and siege ; also, works for obstructing rivers and har- 
 bors ; to prepare such maps and plans as will give a full know- 
 ledge of the ground and proposed works, and submit the same to 
 the Commanding General for his information and consideration, 
 and forward, through the proper channels, copies of all reports, 
 memoirs, estimates, plans, drawings and models relating to tho 
 duties above enumerated, to the Engineer Bureau at lUchmoud. 
 
 IV. The locations and plans for the works being thus deter- 
 mined, 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 diff'erent parts, for the information 
 and government of those who direct the troops or laborers em- 
 ployed to do the work. When troops are detailed to construct 
 temporary defences, they will be in all cases commanded by their 
 ofiicers, who will see that the work is done in exact cont''ormity to 
 the plans and directions of the ofiScer of engineer.^, without re- 
 gard to rank. 
 
 y. When an oflicer of engineers is charged with 'directing an 
 expedition, or making a reconnoissance requiring tlic support of 
 an escort, without having command of the troops, he will call on 
 the commander of the escort to move with, and extend to hira all 
 protection neecssary to secure the success of the operation. 
 
 VI. OflBcers of engineers will not assume, nor ])e ordered on 
 any duty beyond the line of their immediate prolession, except 
 by special order of the President. In the operations of the ar- 
 mies of the Confederate States, all that appertains to the science 
 of civil or military engineering will be assigned by commanders 
 to the offiv^ers 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 casos, liy .hired 
 labor under tho control of overseers employed by the engineer 
 officers. 
 
101 
 
 VII. Officers of engineers will not be required to gire othet 
 supervision to ths fatigue parties or laborers employed in the 
 construction of works, than ia necessary to indicate, in a clear 
 and distinct manner to those directing the labor, their plans, ana 
 the character of the work to be done. 
 
 VIII. The senior officer of engineers serving with a Command- 
 ing General in the field, will transmit to the Engineer Bureau at 
 Richmond the reports, plang and journals called for by para^ 
 graph 478, Army Regulations, 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General, 
 
 ENERAL ORDERS,] 
 No. 91. ) 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Officb, 
 
 Richmondy June 27, 1863. 
 
 I. Before the Military Court attached to Lt. Gen. I^ongstreet's 
 Corps, was arraigned and tried : * 
 
 Lt. Cul. C. C. Flowerree, 7th Virginia Infantry, 
 
 Charge — Drunkenness on duty, 
 
 (The Specification is omitted as unnecessary.) 
 
 Finding. 
 
 The Court do affirm the plea of the accused, and find him ao 
 follows, viz : 
 
 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 fur the 
 Department of Virginia and North Carolina, respectfully repre- 
 sent 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 bo true that this Court is 
 vested with all the powers possesRed by the Special Court of En* 
 quiry, as it is termed, appointed by act of the Confederate Con- 
 gress, approved 21st April, 1862, and vested therefore with the 
 dieoretion as to drunkenness in officers, possessed by that Court, 
 
105 
 
 they yet are of the opinion that that Court possossecFno digcre- 
 tion as to the punishment of oflSicers for drunkenness "on duty." 
 The 45th Article of War prescribes that officers so offendinc; shall 
 he cashiered ; and as that article is not repealed in terms, nor by 
 necessary implication, in the said act of the 2lst April, they con- 
 ceive that that article is still the rule of punishment for such of- 
 fences; but, as before stated, they have come to that conclusion 
 with reluctance. They find many inducements to a milder sen- 
 tence. They find that the season and the service were so severe 
 as to excuse to some extent the use of ardent spirits. They find 
 that the "duty '' upon which this officer was eDgap;ed was not 
 such as to require any special exercise of care, conduct or capa- 
 city ; 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 imposed a milder sentence, 
 and especially would not have deprived the Confederacy of his 
 further services in the line of his profession. But in the absencOj 
 as they conceive, of such discretion, they can only commend him 
 to the clemency of the Executive, which they hope may be exer- 
 cised in such abatement of this sentence at least as will reetore 
 him to his command. 
 
 II. The proceeding's, findings 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 efi'ect of the 45th Arti- 
 cle of War in such cases as it provides for, is concurred in : and 
 the proceedings, findings and sentence of the Court are, there- 
 fore, approved. But in consideration of the recommendation of 
 the Court, and Lieut. Gen. Longstreet, 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, 
 Adjatant and Inspector General, 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 02. J . Riclimond, June 29, 1«G3. 
 
 I. The acts of Congress, passed on the 6th of April, 18G3, and 
 dates bubsequent thereto, having provided the means of procur- 
 ing army supplies, notice is hereby given to the people of the 
 Confederate wStates and to receiving officers, that from the date of 
 this publication no more quartermaster's supplies will I/o re- 
 ceived under the appeal mi^e bj the President, and the plan of 
 
the Secretary of War annexed thereto. All such supplies col- 
 lected or tendered prior to the time above referred to, will be 
 paid for nt established rates. Hereafter supplies -will be ob- 
 tained, as far as practicable, by purchase, and Avhen necessary, 
 by impressment; and officers, when authorized to resort to im- 
 pressment, will observe strictly the requirements of law, and the 
 General Orders oi the War Department, and the regulations of 
 this oflSce founded thereon. 
 
 II. That any officer who shall be authorized by the act of Con- 
 gress concernmp; impressments, or 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 game, 
 shall have full p.wer and authority to enter upon any property 
 in which he shall have good reason to suspect any of the articles 
 of produce, goods, merchandize, or other things subject to im- 
 pressment, may be stored or concealed, in order to obtain, or se- 
 cure 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 warrant to enter upon the same, upon oath of the 
 facts, and describing the objects stored or concealed, 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 owiier or occupant shall then be 
 inhabiting the building aforesaid. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General, 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 93. J Bichmond, Jane 30, 1863. 
 
 Paragraph I, General Orders, No. 49, current series, is so 
 amended that the appraisement of deceased soldiers' clothing 
 shall be made after it has been washed ond put in condition by 
 the quartermaster, and will approximate to the government prices 
 or rates at which it was originally issued. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjtitani and Inspector General. 
 
lUT 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office 
 
 No. 94. j Richmond, July 4, 1863. 
 
 Information having been received that^soldiers, absent from 
 their commands without proper authority, are employed by ofl&- 
 cers in charge of Government w^ork, it is hereby directed that all 
 such men be returned immediately to their respective companiea. 
 Officers, who employ men not regularly detailed, will, in every 
 instance, be held answerable for the offence before a Court Mar- 
 tial. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General, 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) Adj't and Insp'k Gen'l's Officb, 
 
 No. 95. ) RicJimond, July 7, 1863. 
 
 I. Before a General Court Martial, convened at the camp of 
 Brig. Gen. Pax ton, 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 Ya. 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. Leo's Brigade, by virtue of General Orders, No. 12, 
 current series, from Head Quarters Department of Northern Vir- 
 ginia, were arraigned and tried : 
 
 Privates \Vm. G. Clarke and J. R. Humphreys, cf Buathed's 
 Battery, Stuart's Horse Artillery, on the following Charge: 
 
 CuARGK— Violation of the 23d Article of War. 
 
 FINDING. 
 
 Of the Spneifi:ation, Guilty. 
 
 Of the Charge, Guilty. 
 
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 SENTENCE, 
 
 To be shot to death with musketry. 
 
 III. Before a General Court Martial, convened at the Camp of 
 Major Gen. R. H. Anderson's Division, by virtue of General Or- 
 ders, No. 133, of 1862, per Head Quarters Department of North- 
 ern Virginia, was arraigned and tried: 
 
 Private John Q. Childres, Company G, 5th Florida Kegiment, 
 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* 
 
 IV. Before a General Court Martial, convened at Savannah 
 Ga., by virtue of General Orders, No. 61, current series. Head 
 Quarters Department S. C, Ga. and Fla., was arraigned and 
 tried : 
 
 Private Henry Smith, Co. E, 22d Battalion Ga. Artillery, on 
 the following Charge : 
 
 Charge — Violation of the 46th Article of War. 
 
 FINDING. 
 
 Of the Specification, ' Guilty. 
 
 Of the Charge, Guilty. 
 
 SENTENCE. 
 
 To be shot to death with musketry. 
 
 V. The proceedings in the cases of privates M. Ricket, Co. H, 
 27th Va. Infantry, William G. Clarke and J. R. Humphreys, of 
 Capt. Buathed's Battery, Stuart's Horse Artillery; John L. 
 Childres, Company t>, 5th Fla. Regiment, and Henry Smith, Co. 
 E, 2'^d Battalion Ga. Artillery, having been laid before the Sec- 
 retary of War, for the decision of the President, the following or- 
 ders are made thereon : 
 
 The several Articles of War, with the violation of which the 
 above named are respectively charged, neither prescribe any duty 
 or detine and prohibit any offence. They simply pronounce pun- 
 ishments to be imposed for certain offences. The charge of a 
 violatiun uf such articles Is too indefinite to justify punishment 
 
109 
 
 under it. The defect is fatal, and vitiates the -whole proceed- 
 ings; which are therefore set aside. The parties will be released 
 from clof-e 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 : 
 
 Assistant Surgeon W. T. Lockhart, P. A. C. S.,on the follow- 
 ing Charge : 
 
 Charge — Conduct prejudicial to good order and military dis* 
 cipline. 
 
 Specification 1st — For that the said Asst. Surg. W. T. Lock- 
 hart, at the Hospital of Withers' Division, in Shelbyville, Tenn., . 
 on the 2Gth day of March, 1863, did harshly and capriciously 
 curse and abuse one private D. F. Halliburton, Co. B, 12th Tenn. 
 Regiment, he the said Halliburton then and there being a senti- 
 nel on guard duty. 
 
 The other Specifications are omitted, being nearly the same as 
 the first. # 
 
 FINDING. 
 
 Of the third Specification of the Charge, Guilty, 
 
 except the words " discharging his duty." 
 Of the 2d Specification, Guilty, 
 
 except the words '* and knock down." 
 Of the ist 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 be- 
 fore the Secretary of War, for the decision of the President, are 
 approved • but in consideration of the mitigfiting circumstances 
 in the case, and the recommendationa on file, the sentence of the 
 Court is rernitted, and Asst. Surg. Lockhart will return to duty. 
 
 VIII. Before the General Court Martial, convened at Jlich- 
 mond, Va., by virtue of Special Orders, No. 23, current series, 
 Head Quarters Department of Henrico, was arraigned and tried: 
 
 Capt. W. S. Reed, commanding the President's Guard, on tho 
 following Chargog : 
 
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 CHARoe Ist — Conduct unbecoming an oflScer 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 mere 
 detail. 
 
 FINDING. 
 
 Of the 1st Specification of the 1st Charge, Kot Guilty. 
 Of the 2d Specification of the 1st Charge, Guilty. 
 
 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 Cliarge, 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 ap- 
 proved ; but in consideration of some mitigating circumstances, 
 the sentence is commuted to suspension from rank, pay and 
 emoluments, for ten days. 
 
 X. Before the Military Court attached to Lieut. Gen. Polk's 
 Corps, vpas arraigned and tried : 
 
 Second Lieut. H. J. Ballentine, 47th Teun. Regiment, on the 
 following Charge : 
 
 Charge — Violation of the 81st Article of War. 
 Specification — Charges that the accused did permit a num- 
 ber of prisoners to leave the guard house, and go to their respec- 
 tive quarters to sleep ; which resulted in the escape of one of 
 them. 
 
 finding. 
 Of the Specification, Guilty. 
 
 Of the Charge, Guilty. 
 
Ill 
 
 SENTENCE. 
 
 To be dismissed the service. 
 
 XI. The proceedings in this case havino; been laid before the 
 Secretary of War, for the decision of the President, are approved; 
 but in consideration of the offence a^^ainst military hiw, as 
 shovpn by the evidence, beino; in this case rather an indiscretion 
 than a crime, and of the distinjiuished gaUantry of Lieut. Bal- 
 lantine at the battles of Shiloh, Richmond, Kentucky, and Mur- 
 freesboro', upon the recommendation of the Court, and of his 
 Commanding General, the sentence is remitted, and Lieut. Bal- 
 lentine will return to duty. 
 
 XIT. 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 follow- 
 ing Charges : 
 
 Charge 1st — Desertion. 
 
 Specification— \n this, that Israel P. Guy, First Lieutenant 
 Capt. Netherford's Company E, 16th Ala. Regiment, having re- 
 ceived 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 Chattanooga, Tenn., but instead of re- 
 porting 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 order and military 
 discipline. 
 
 The Specification is omitted, being substantially the same aa 
 that to the first Charge. 
 
 FINDING. 
 
 Of the Specification of the Ist Charge, Guilty. 
 
 or 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. ^ 
 
 XIIT. The proceedings ia this ca<?e having been laid before the 
 Secretary of War, for the decision of the President, are ap- 
 proved ; but in ouneideration of the recommendation of his bro- 
 ther oflScer*, and of the Commanding General, and their teetimo- 
 
nj to bis previous good conduct, the sentence of dismissal from 
 the service is remitted, but not the forfeiture of pay and allow- 
 ances during the term of his unauthorized absence. 
 
 XIV. At a General Court Martial, convened at the Head Quar- 
 ters of Major General R, II. iVnderson's Division, by virtue of 
 General Orders, No. 133, of 1862, Department of Northern Vir- 
 ginia, was arraigned and tried: 
 
 Private Grif. Nunnally, Co. C, 4l8t Va. Regiment, on the fol- 
 lowing Charge: 
 
 Charge — Desertion. 
 The Specification is omitted. 
 
 FINDING. 
 
 Of the Specification, Guilty. 
 
 Of the Charge, Guilty. 
 
 SENTENCE. 
 
 To be shot to death with musketry. 
 
 XV. The proceedings in the above case having been laid be- 
 fore the President, the following is his decision : 
 
 That in consideration of facts appearing in the papers submit- 
 ted 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. 
 
 By order. S. COOPER, 
 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, 1 Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 96. J Richmond, July 8, 1863. 
 
 I. Soldiers not deemed subjects for discharge under paragraph 
 IV, General Orders, No. 69, current series, because of their be- 
 ing fit for service in the stufi" departments of the army, will be 
 recommended by the Board of Examiners to the General com- 
 manding the department or army, for detail in the Medical De- 
 partment, as nurses, guards, ttc., to relieve, as far as practicable, 
 able bodied soldiers fit for duty in the field ; or if specially fit for 
 duty in another staff department, ihey will be recommended for 
 detail in such department. 
 
 IL 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 far amended as to 
 prohibit medical officers from extending leaves of absence to offi- 
 cers or furloughs to men. They cai only certify to the disability, 
 and recommend such extensions. 
 
113 
 
 IV. Commutation for rations to men upon furlough, will no^ 
 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. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Gen^l's Office, 
 
 No. 97. J Richmond, July 9, 1863. 
 
 I. Before a General Court Martial, convened at the Camp of 
 Major General R. II. Anderson's Division, by virtue of General 
 Orders, No. 133, of 1^02, from Head Quarters Department of 
 Northern Alrginia, was arraigned and tried : 
 
 Private C. Edgewortu, Company E, 3d Ga. Regiment, upon the 
 following Charges ; 
 
 Charge \st, - - Violation of the 52d Article of War 
 
 Charge 2d, - - Disobedience of orders. 
 
 (The Specifications being lengthy, are omitted.) 
 
 FlNJ)ING, 
 
 Of the Specification of the 1st Charge, « - ^ Guilty. 
 
 Of the 1st Charge, c r Guilty, 
 
 Of the Specification of the 2d Charge, - - - Guilty, 
 
 Of the 2d Charge, - - - - - • ' Guilty, 
 
 SENTENCE. 
 
 To be shot to death with muskstf-y. 
 
 The proceedings in the above case having been laid before the 
 Secretary of War, for the decision of the President, the following 
 order is made : 
 
 The 1st Charge is improperly stated to bo, "Violation of the 
 52d Article of War." In consideration of which, and of affida- 
 vits tending to explain the circumstances which led to his convic- 
 tion, and the petition of the non-commissioned officers and pri- 
 vates of his company, of the officers of his regiment, and thp 
 commanding officer of his division, bearing testimony to the gal- 
 lantry displayed by Private Edgeworth at Malvern Hill,. where 
 he was wounded, and at the s€cond battle of Manassas, the sen- 
 tence is remitted. 
 
 Private Edgeworth will be released from confinement, and re- 
 turned to duty. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 4djif(ffni and Jnajiector Gcnnnl. 
 
114 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'b Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 98. I Richmond, July 20, 1863. 
 
 I. All white male residents of the Confederate States, between 
 the a»os of eighteen and forty-five, not exempted hy law, and not 
 already in the service, will be enrolled. Persons liable to enroll- 
 ment may be enrolled wherever they may be found. 
 
 II. The 1st paragraph of General Orders, No. 86, current se- 
 ries, is so amended as to read as follows : 
 
 •' Companies, battalions 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. 220, for local defence and special 
 service." Those persons belonging to such organizations, who 
 are of conscript age, and neither exempted by-law nor already in 
 the service, will be discharged and reported to the bureau of con- 
 scription tor enrollment. 
 
 III. The following regulation will he in addition to those here- 
 tofore published in regard to substitutes: 
 
 Hereafter every person furnishing a substitute in accordance 
 with existing regulations, shall become liable to and be immedi- 
 ately 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. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 99. J Richmond, July 21, 1863. 
 
 I. The following schedules of prices for articles named there- 
 in, adopted by commissioneis appointed pursuant to law, for the 
 State of Virginia, are announced for the information of all con- 
 cerned ; and the special attention of officers and agents of the 
 government is directed thereto : 
 
 Richmond, July 18, 1863. 
 Hon. -Jas. A. Seddon, Sec'y of War. 
 
 Sir — The Commissioners appointed under section 6th, of the 
 bill recently passed by the Confederate Congress, regulating im- 
 pressments, 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 respect- 
 fully lay before you the following schedules of prices, marked A 
 and B, for the ensuing month. Owing to the difficulty of obtain^ 
 
ilf) 
 
 ing satisfactory infornmtlon ag to pork, we Jiave postponed the 
 appraisement till our next assessment. 
 
 Mr. Wm. B. Harrison was a;2;iun invited to act as third com- 
 missioner; and it is proper to add that the schedules of appraise- 
 ment received the unanimous approval of the commissioners. 
 
 The following schedules present the maximum prices to be paid 
 for the articles appraised, at all cities and usual places of sale, and 
 when impressed elsewhere, the same prices are to be paid elsewhere, 
 less the cost of transpitrtation to the city or usual place of sale to 
 which the article would go ordinarily for sale from that neigh- 
 borhoc/d, or less the cost of transportation to the point at which 
 the government needs the article, and wishes it to be sent : Pro- 
 vided, 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 de- 
 ducted from the established price of baling: 
 
 Schedule A. 
 
 ARTICLE. 
 
 H 
 
 •< 
 & 
 
 DESCRIPTION. 
 
 I QUANTITY. 
 
 1 PRICE. 
 
 i 
 
 1 Wheat, 
 
 Prime, 
 
 White, 
 
 Pr bush of 60 lbs 
 
 '$ 5 00 
 
 2 Flour, 
 
 Good, 
 
 Superfine, 
 
 Prbarrelof 196 lbs. 
 
 ' 25 00 
 
 3 Corn, 
 
 Prime. 
 
 White, 
 
 Pr bush of 56 lbs. 
 
 : 4 00 
 
 4 Unslielled corn, 
 
 (I 
 
 k( 
 
 56 lbs. 
 
 3 95 
 
 5 Corn meal, 
 
 Good, 
 
 
 50 lbs 
 
 4 20 
 
 6 Rye, 
 
 Prime, 
 
 
 " 56 lbs. 
 
 3 20 
 
 7 Cleaned oats. 
 
 i( 
 
 
 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 Baron, 
 
 i( 
 
 Hog round, 
 
 Per pound, 
 
 1 00 
 
 13 Salt pork, 
 
 (( 
 
 
 u 
 
 1 00 
 
 14 Lard, 
 
 k( 
 
 
 (« 
 
 1 00 
 
 15 Horses, 
 
 Istcl's 
 
 Artillery, &c. 
 
 Av'ire price pr head 
 
 350 00 
 
 16 Wool, 
 
 Fair, 
 
 Washed, 
 
 Per pound, 
 
 3 00 
 
 17 Wool, 
 
 Cl 
 
 Unwashed, 
 
 (. 
 
 2 00 
 
 18 Peas, 
 
 Good, 
 
 
 Per bush of 60 lbs. 
 
 4 00 
 
 19 Beans, 
 
 (( 
 
 
 u u u 
 
 4 00 
 
 20 Potatoes, 
 
 u 
 
 Irish, 
 
 " 
 
 4 00 
 
 21 Pdtjioes, 
 
 « 
 
 Sweet, 
 
 i( 
 
 • 5 00 
 
 22 Onions, 
 
 u 
 
 
 u 
 
 5 00 
 
 93 Dried peache», 
 
 ,( ' 
 
 Pealed, 
 
 of 38 lbs.' 
 
 8 00 
 
lUi 
 
 Schedule A.— Continued. 
 
 
 >> 
 
 
 
 
 
 £ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ARTICLE. 
 
 ►J 
 
 < 
 
 DBSCaiPTIOK. 
 
 QpANTJT?. 
 
 PSICB. 
 
 24 Dried peaches. 
 
 Good, 
 
 Unpealed, 
 
 Per bush of 38 lbs. 
 
 $ 4 5Q 
 
 25 Tried apples, 
 
 ii 
 
 Pealed, 
 
 " ' of 28 lbs. 
 
 3 00 
 
 26 Hay, baled, 
 
 
 Timothy or 
 
 
 
 
 u 
 
 clover, 
 
 Per 100 pounds, 
 
 3 00 
 
 27 Hay, baled, 
 
 
 Orchard or 
 
 
 
 
 u 
 
 herd ^rass, 
 
 (t u 
 
 3 00 
 
 28 Hay, unbaled, 
 
 
 Orchard or 
 
 
 
 
 i! 
 
 herd gr^ss. 
 
 a I. 
 
 2 70 
 
 29 Sh'foats, baled, 
 
 <( 
 
 
 a «( 
 
 4 00 
 
 30 Sh'foats, unb'd, 
 
 U 
 
 
 (( (C 
 
 3 70 
 
 31 Blade fodder. 
 
 
 
 
 
 baled, 
 
 (( 
 
 
 U {( 
 
 3 00 
 
 32 Blade fodder, 
 
 
 
 
 
 unbaled, 
 
 u 
 
 
 «( i< 
 
 2 7Q 
 
 33 Shucks, baled, 
 
 u 
 
 
 (i <t 
 
 2 00 
 
 34 Shucks, unb'd, 
 
 a 
 
 
 U it 
 
 1 70 
 
 35 Wheat straw, 
 
 
 
 
 
 baled. 
 
 u 
 
 
 H H 
 
 1 00 
 
 36 Wheat straw, 
 
 
 
 
 
 unbaled. 
 
 (C 
 
 
 a (I 
 
 70 
 
 37 Pasturage, 
 
 Good, 
 
 Interior, 
 
 Per bead pr month, 
 
 3 00 
 
 38 " 
 
 Sup'r, 
 
 u 
 
 (( a 
 
 4 00 
 
 39 " 
 
 1st r'te 
 
 u 
 
 U (( 
 
 5 00 
 
 40 " 
 
 Good, 
 
 Near ciliee, 
 
 (( t( 
 
 5 00 
 
 41 *• 
 
 Sup'r, 
 
 kk 
 
 (» t( 
 
 6 00 
 
 42 
 43 
 
 44 
 45 
 46 
 47 
 48 
 49 
 50 
 51 
 52 
 53 
 54 
 55 
 56 
 57 
 08 
 
 Salt, 
 
 Soap, 
 
 Candies, 
 
 Vinegar, 
 
 Whiskey, 
 
 Sugar, 
 
 Molasses, 
 
 Rice, 
 
 Coffee, 
 
 Tea, 
 
 Vinegar, 
 
 Pig iron. 
 
 Pig iron. 
 
 Pig iron, 
 
 Bfoom iron. 
 
 Smith's iron, 
 
 1st r'te 
 Good, 
 
 Talluw, 
 
 Cider, 
 
 Trade, 
 
 Brown, 
 
 New Orleans, 
 
 Rio, 
 Trade, 
 
 iManufact'd, 
 No. 1 quality, 
 Ko. 2 " 
 No. 3 " 
 
 Round, plate 
 »Bd ]mt, 
 
 Per bush of 50 lbs.! 
 IPer pound, I 
 
 Per gallon, 
 
 Per pound, 
 Per gallon, 
 Per poujjd, 
 
 Per gallon, 
 Per ton, 
 
 7 00 
 
 5 00 
 40 
 1 00 
 1 00 
 3 00 
 1 00 
 
 8 00 
 20 
 
 3 00 
 7 00 
 50 
 |25 00 
 110 00 
 100 00 
 ISO 00 
 
 tip') on 
 
ir 
 
 ScHBDULE A — Continued, 
 
 
 H 
 
 
 
 
 
 H 
 
 
 
 
 AltTICLE. 
 
 P 
 
 DESCRIPTION. 
 
 QUANTITY. 
 
 TRICB. 
 
 59 Leather, 
 
 Good, 
 
 Harness, 
 
 Per pound, 
 
 $ 2 60 
 
 60 '• 
 
 • u 
 
 Sole, 
 
 u 
 
 2 40 
 
 61 " 
 
 u 
 
 Upper, 
 
 u 
 
 2 80 
 
 62 Bejf cattle, 
 
 u 
 
 Gross weight, 
 
 Per 100 pounds. 
 
 16 00 
 
 63 
 
 Sup'r, 
 
 U (( 
 
 u u 
 
 18 00 
 
 64 
 
 Ut r'te 
 
 u u 
 
 (( (( 
 
 20 00 
 
 65 Sheep, 
 
 Fair, 
 
 Per head, 
 
 
 30 00 
 
 66 Army woollen 
 
 
 
 
 
 cloih,*iJ ^d. 
 
 Good, 
 
 10 oz. per yd. 
 
 Per yard, 
 
 4 50 
 
 67 Army woollen 
 
 
 Pro rata at to 
 
 
 
 cloth, 
 
 tt 
 
 greater or less 
 
 Width or weight, 
 
 
 6S Army woollen 
 
 
 
 
 
 cloth, 6 4 yd. 
 
 u 
 
 2C oz. per yd. 
 
 Per yard, 
 
 9 00 
 
 69 Army woollen 
 
 
 Pro rata as to 
 
 
 
 cloth, 
 
 (( 
 
 g;reater or less 
 
 Width or weight, 
 
 
 70 Flannels, f 
 
 u 
 
 6 oz. per yd. 
 
 Per yard, 
 
 3 00 
 
 71 Cotton shirt'g, 1 
 
 (( 
 
 4^ yds. to lb. 
 
 (( 
 
 42 
 
 72 ^' - " I 
 
 (C 
 
 3| yds. to lb. 
 
 u 
 
 50 
 
 73 Cotton sheet- 
 
 
 
 
 
 itij^s, 4-4, 
 
 (( 
 
 3 yds. to lb. 
 
 u 
 
 60 
 
 74 Cotton ozna- 
 
 
 
 
 
 burgs, ^, 
 
 u 
 
 6 oz. per lb. 
 
 " 
 
 60 
 
 75 Cotton ozna- 
 
 
 
 
 
 burgs, -g, 
 
 (( 
 
 8 02. per lb. 
 
 u 
 
 70 
 
 70 Cotton drills, |, 
 
 
 3 yds. to lb. 
 
 (( 
 
 70 
 
 77 Cotton shirting 
 
 
 
 
 
 stripes, 
 
 u 
 
 3 yds. to lb. 
 
 u 
 
 70 
 
 78 Cotton tent 
 
 
 
 
 
 cloths, 
 
 u 
 
 10 oz. to yd. 
 
 (( 
 
 87 
 
 79 Cotton warps, 
 
 u 
 
 
 Per pound. 
 
 I 63 
 
 80 Army shoes, 
 
 a 
 
 
 Per pair, 
 
 10 00 
 
 81 Shoe thread, 
 
 (( 
 
 
 Per pound, 
 
 2 00 
 
 82 Wool soi^ks for 
 
 
 
 
 
 men. 
 
 u 
 
 
 Per pair, 
 
 1 25 
 
 E. W. 11 U HARD. 
 
 Robert Gibbonet, 
 Wm. B. Harrison. 
 
118 
 
 Schedule B. — Hire of Labor, Teams, Wagons and Drivers. 
 
 9. 
 10. 
 11. 
 12. 
 13. 
 14. 
 
 Baling long forage, 
 
 Shelling and bagging corn, sacks i\ar- 
 
 nished by the goverjiment, 
 Hauling, . , . . 
 
 Hauling grain, 
 Hire of two-horse team, wagon and 
 
 driver, rations furnished by owner, . 
 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
 
 government, . . . . 
 
 Hiri 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, . 
 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
 
 government, . . . . 
 
 Hire of laborer, rations furnished by 
 
 owner, . . . . 
 
 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
 
 government, . . . . 
 
 Hire of same, rations furnished by 
 
 owner, . . . . 
 
 Hire of same, rations famished by the 
 
 government. 
 
 Per 100 lbs. 
 
 5G " 
 cwt. p. 
 bush 
 
 day, 
 
 mile, 
 
 month, 
 
 PRICE. 
 
 $ 
 
 80 
 
 
 05 
 06 
 08 
 
 10 
 
 00 
 
 5 
 
 00 
 
 13 
 
 00 
 
 6 
 
 50 
 
 16 
 
 00 
 
 8 
 
 00 
 
 2 
 
 00 
 
 1 
 
 25 
 
 40 
 
 00 
 
 : 20 
 
 00 
 
 Bj order. 
 
 E. "W. IIUBARD, 
 IIOBERT GiBBONET, 
 
 Wm. B. Harrison. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjuiani and Inspector General, 
 
119 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office. 
 
 No. 100. ] Richmond, July 23, 1863. 
 
 I. Before a General Court Martial, convened in the City of 
 Riohmoiid, by virtue of Special Orders, No. 23, current series, 
 from Head Quarters Department of Henrico, was arraigned and 
 tried : 
 
 Private Z. M. Kent, 3d Company, Battalion of Washington 
 Artillery, on^the following charges : 
 
 Charge \st, • - Violation of the 20th Article of War. 
 
 Charge 2rf, - • Violation of the 52d Article of War. 
 
 FINDING. 
 
 Of the Specification of the 1st Charge, - - - Guilty. 
 
 Of the Ist 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 penitentia- 
 ry as maybe designated by the Commander of the Department 
 of Henrico, and to close confinement until such designation ia 
 made. 
 
 The proceedings in the foregoing case having been laid before 
 the Secietary of War, for the decision of ^le President, the fol- 
 lowing 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 oflfences. The charges are 
 improperly laid. The proceedings are therefore set aside. Pri- 
 vate Z. M. Kent will be released and returned to duty. 
 
 II. Before a General Court Martial, convened at Chattanooga, 
 Tennessee, by virtue of Special Orders, No. 69, from Head Quar- 
 ters Army of Tennessee, was arraigned aud 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. 
 
 Specif caiion \st- -In this, that he the said Capt. G, D, Mitobell, 
 
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 A. Q. M. (hospital Q. M. at Ringgold, Ga ,) failed to supply wood 
 for tlie use of the hospitals at Ringgold, Ga. AH this at or near 
 Ringgold, Ga., between 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 ne- 
 groes as servants for the hospitals at Ringgold, Ga., either by 
 hiring or impressing, as required by an order from Gen. Bragg; 
 which states, " that if negroes cannot be hired, they must be 
 pressed into service — free as well as slaves." All this at or near 
 Ringgold, Ga., between the 20th d.ay of August 1862 ^nd the 15th 
 January 1863. 
 
 Charge 2d, - , - - . Absence without leave. 
 
 Speetjicaiion \st — 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., between the 7th October and the 12th Octo- 
 ber 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 Ring- 
 gold, Ga., between the 23d and 26th December 1862. 
 
 Charge Zd, Conduct unbecoming an offi-^er and a gentleman. 
 
 Specification l*^— In this, that the said Capt. G. D. Mitchell, 
 A. Q. M , was drunk in the streets of Ringgold, Oa., on or about 
 the 16th November, 1862. 
 
 Specification 2d — In*thi8, 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 Sd — 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. 
 
 PINDINO. 
 
 Of the 1st Specification of Ist Charge, - - . Guilty, 
 
 but attach no criminality thereto. 
 
 Of the 2d Specification of the 1st Charge, - - Guilty, 
 
 but attach no criminality thereto. 
 
 Of the Ist Charge, Not Guilty. 
 
 Of the 1^'t Speoiacation of the 2d Charge, • Guilty. 
 
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 Of the 2(i Specification of the 2d Charge, - - Guilty. 
 
 Of the 2(1 Charge, - - - - - Guilty. 
 
 'Of the 1st Specitioation.of the 3d Charge, - Not Guilty. 
 
 Of the 2d Specification of the 3d Charge, - - Guilty. 
 
 Of the 3d Specification of tho 3d Charge, - - -Guilty. 
 
 except as to the words " all of." 
 
 Of the 3d Charge, -.---. Guilty. 
 
 SENTENCE. 
 
 To be cashiered. 
 
 The proceedings in the above case having been laid before the 
 Secretary of War, for the order of the President, the followino- 
 decision is made : 
 
 The conduct of Capt. G. D. Mitchell, as exhibited by the record, 
 was certainly reprehensible, but does not seem to have justified 
 the findir.g and senrence. 
 
 Conduct may be prejudicial to good order and military disci- 
 pline, and deserve punishment, even to the extent of dismissal 
 without being scandalous or disgraceful, as is implied by the de'- 
 'scription •* unbecoming nn officer and a gentleman.'^ 
 
 The sentence is remitted. 
 
 HI. Before the Military Court attached to the command of 
 General Beauregard, was arraigned and tried : 
 
 Capt^J. J. Maguire, Company II, Aiken's Regiment Partisan 
 Rangers, on the following Charges : 
 
 {Charge 1.9^— Conduct highly unofficerlike and prejudicial to good 
 order and military discipline. 
 
 •Charge 2d, - - - Knowingly making a false muster. 
 
 FINDING. • 
 
 Of the 1st Specification of the 1st Charge, - -* Guilty. 
 
 Of the 2d Specification of the 1st Charge, - - Guilty* 
 
 'Of the 1st Charge, - - - '- . ' - . Guilty. 
 
 Of the Specification of the 2d Oharge, - - - Guilty 
 
 Of the 2d Charge, - - - - . . . Guilty.* 
 
 SENTENCE, 
 
 To be cashiered. • 
 
 The proceedings in the above case' having been laid before the 
 Secretary of Wnr for the final order of the President, the follow- 
 ing decision is made thereon : 
 
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• That in consideration of the inexperience of CJaptr Map:uire is 
 matters of military detail, and of his good character, on the re- 
 commendation of the members of the Military C-urt, before 
 whom he was tried, and of his commanding officer, the sentence 
 is remitted, and he will be released from arrest and return to 
 duty. 
 
 3j ordero 
 
 S. €00?EE, 
 Adjutant and Inspector GeneraL 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, | Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 1§1. I Richmond, July 25, 1863. 
 
 I. Before the Military Courl attached to the Corpa of Lieut^ 
 Gen. Ewell, was arraigned and tried : 
 
 Lieut. J. B. Co¥NT:'gs^,2l3t Georgia Regiment, on the following 
 Charges ; 
 
 Charge \st, , - - . - Drunkenness on duty. 
 
 Charge 2ci — Conduct io the prej-udics of good order and loailitarj 
 discipline. 
 
 FINDING. 
 
 Of the Speciication of the 1st Charge, - , - Guilty, 
 
 Of the Ist Charge, - Guilty, 
 
 Of the Specification of the 2d Charge, ... Gui ty. 
 
 Of the 2d Charge, - - = - ^ . - Guilty, 
 
 * SENTENCa^ 
 
 % be cashiered. 
 
 I'l. The proceedings in the above case having been laid before 
 ^he Secretary of War, for the decision of the President, are ap- 
 proved ; but in consideration of the recommendation of the offi- 
 cers of his regiment, and the brigade, division and departmental 
 commanders, and their testimony to the previous good conduct of 
 the accused, and their assurance that a repetition of the offence 
 Is not fo be expected, the senSenoe is remitted, and Lieut. Coun- 
 m% will resume his sword. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 
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 y^4 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Ad^'t and Lvsp'r Gen'l's Off^ck, 
 No, 102. j Richmond, July 26, 1863, 
 
 I. General Orders, No. 36, current series, is hereby revoked. 
 
 II. The Superintendent of the Nitre and Mining Bureau i« 
 tiuthorized te puy, from the funds appropriated for the expenses of 
 «aid bureau, the actual traveling expenses of officers of the same 
 on duty, under orders, in lieu of any commutation for the time, 
 ^i rations and forage. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector Gtneral, • 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,] Adj't and Insp*r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 103. ] Michmojid, Jtdy 27, 1863. 
 
 T. When tlvs supply of salt is adequate, and fresh meat is issued 
 oftener than thrice a week, the salt ration will bo fixed at throe 
 quarts to the hundred rations. 
 
 II. 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 requisi- 
 tions made by quartermasters receiving taxea in kind, for grain 
 «ftcks. 
 
 By order, 
 
 S. COOPER. 
 ■Adjutant and Inspeclor General., 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,) Adj't and Insp'r GsK't's Opficr, 
 
 No. 104. \ Richmond, July 28, 1863. 
 
 I. Officers of en2:ineer troops having been selected for appoint- 
 ment, with special reference to their qualitications as engineers, 
 ^ill be respected as such, and their duties, when serving in the 
 field, camp or cantonment, will enibraee all that are enumerated 
 in para;jraph III, General Orders, No. 90, current series, '* as th« 
 duties of officers of engineers serving with armies of the Con- 
 federate StAtes." 
 
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 IT. On the marcTi engineer troops wilT serve as pioneers, coir-' 
 structing and repairing roads and bridges, and removing impedi- 
 ments to the advance of our forces, or delaying the enemy, by 
 breaking up roads, destroying bridges, and otherwise obstructing- 
 his communications. They vrill also be employed in making ra- 
 pid reconnoissancss and surveys of the country occupied or march- 
 ed over by the army; preparing sketches and maps of the roads 
 and topographical features ; laying oat caraps, and entrenching^ 
 military positions. During battle they will be held in reserve, 
 and used as circumstances may demand, either in: their special 
 duties, or as infantry. Under the command. of tJieir officers, they 
 may be employed in the construction of ovens for baking bread, 
 and other vyorks 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 
 engineer soldier, they will be frequently empltiyed in laying ou'j 
 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 
 instructed in the duties of engineer soldiers, by battalions and' 
 regiments — and to this end, all the companies serving -with an< 
 army will be habitually kept together: but such temporary as- 
 signments of companies to divisions or otherwise, will be made. 
 by the Commanding General, as will, in his Judgment, best com- 
 part with the interests of the service. The Ordnance department 
 will furnish light arms to these troops ; bu-t until they can b& 
 supplied, infantry muskets will be used. Entrenching tools- and 
 other implements will be issued by the Engineer department. 
 
 IV. Each compan-y of the engineer troops shall be provided by 
 the Quartermaster's department with at least two wagons and^ 
 teams of fiiur animals each, for traHsportation Oi" company equi- 
 page, entrenching tools and other implements; one ambulance- 
 or other light vehicle, with a team of two horses, for carryin^v 
 surveying instruments, stationery, maps, drawing boards and 
 other fixtures; an^- twelve additional horses, with saddles, bri- 
 dles and harness, to be used by the offir-ers and non-commission- 
 ed cfiicers in making ra-pid examinations of country, or for haul- 
 ing materials needed for prompt repair and construction of 
 brid*^es, roads and other works. 
 
 V. When officers of the corps of engineers and of engineer 
 troops are engaged on the same servke, thasenior officer present 
 shall control in all questions relatitig to the location a^d constrnc- 
 tiwu of defences, and to engineering works generally connected 
 il^ith the army, unless for specialj-easons it be decided othervvis^ 
 
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 by the commanding officer : but pIiouM tlie recommendations and 
 plans of a junior officer be adopted, the directions of the com- 
 mander will not be communicated through him to the senior en- 
 gineer officer, whether of the corps or troops, but through tho 
 usual channel of orders. Officers of the corps of engineers w . 
 not assume the command of engineer troops. In all cases ih:y 
 will be under the convmand of their own officers. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 OENERxVL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Geni/s Office, 
 
 No. 105. j liichmond, July 29, 18G3. 
 
 I. The following act and regulations are published for the infor- 
 mation of the army : 
 
 J^n olct to amend an act entitled an act to provide for ati increase of the 
 Quartermaster'' s and Commsssarij Departtnents, approved Fcbruaiy, 
 I5th, 1S62. 
 
 " The Go'ngrefis of ike Confederate States of America do enacts 
 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 tliereof the following: * Provided, 
 th;it no quartermaster, assistant quartermaster, commissary or 
 assistant commissary be authorized to employ as a clerk any one 
 liable to military service: and the commanding officer of quarter- 
 masters, assistant quartermasters, commissaries or Assistant com- 
 iiiissaries, may detail from the ranks under his command such 
 fierson or persons as may be necessary for service in the offices 
 of said quartermastei-s, assistant quartermasters, commissaries 
 and assistant C(}mmissaries : provided, that only disabled soldiers 
 phall be so d.etailed while one cim be found for such service."' 
 [Approved April 22d, 1803.] 
 
 IL To carry into efifeet the provisions of the preceding act, 
 officers'of the quartermaster's and commissary departments in 
 the field, will report to th« Commanding General of the army or 
 department the number and Karnes" of the clerks employed by 
 each, and whether th^y are soldiers or citizens. If soldiers, un- 
 less their disability be shown by certificates of medical examin- 
 ing boards, they will be promptly returned to their respective 
 
companies. If citizens, exemption from service must he exhibited, 
 or they will be reported to the proper enrulliug officer fur con- 
 scription. 
 
 III. Similar reports will be made by officers of the quarter- 
 master's and commissary departments at posts, through the chiefs 
 of their respective departments, to this office. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't ans Insp't Gsn'l's Offige^ 
 
 No. 106. ) Michmond, July 30, 1863. 
 
 I. Before a General Court Martial, convened at Shelbyville,. 
 Tennessee, by virtue of Special Orders, No. 134, paragraph VII, 
 current series, from Head Quarteis Army of Tennessee, was ar- 
 raigned and tried: 
 
 Private John Whithead, Company F, 16th Tenn. Regiment^ 
 on tha following Charge : 
 
 CiiAKGE — Desertitu. 
 
 FINDING. 
 
 Of the Specification, ...» Guilty. 
 
 Of the Charge, . . . . . Guilty. 
 
 SENTENCE, 
 
 To be shot to death with musketry. 
 
 II. The proceedings in the above case having been laid before 
 the Secretary of War, for the decision of the President, it is 
 ordered, upon the application of the Cornmaading General, nnd 
 upon the sratenient 5>iade by the Medical Dire<nor of tlie Army 
 of Tennessee, that the sentence he remitted. Private Whiiliead 
 will be released and returned to duty. 
 
 III. The proceedings in the case of Private L. II. Toole, Com- 
 pany 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 abanaoning his company and 
 regiment, vhen on picket duty, and runninjr away, while the 
 ene:ri^7 was bombarding the town of Fredericksburg, on the 11th 
 December, 1862, and sentenced to be shot to death by musketry, 
 having been laid before, the Secretary of War, for the decision of 
 
tho President, it is ordered, that !n conptderation of the fiddi- 
 tioiial evidence of p^ood conduct, referred to by the General of 
 division, the previous o:;allant services and zoal of the prisoner, 
 together with the punishment he has already sufi'ered, the sen- 
 tence is remitted, with the hope that this lesson will prevent a 
 recurrence of like misconduct. The prisoner will be released and 
 returned to duty. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, | Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 107. J Richmond, August 1, 1863. 
 
 I. When conscripts have been sent to camps of instruction, or 
 to re;i;iments in the field, after })eing pronounced, by the district 
 examining boards established under the law, fit for military ser- 
 vice, they can thereafter bo 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 sent to 
 camps of instruction are disqualified, the commandant will order 
 a medical examination, and forward a report, fully settinj; 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 oflBcers have no discretion but to receive and 
 take up on their rolls conscripts duly assigned them under the 
 provisions of General Orders, No. 82, of 180*2, from this ofiice. 
 The question of discharge arises subsequently. 
 
 ly. The conpensation of surgeons employed under the act of 
 Congress, approved October 11, 1862, to examine persons enrol- 
 led for military duty, will 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 near- 
 e:st camp of instruction. This order will take efi'ect from the 
 20th February last. 
 
 V. General Officers who are provided with aids decnmp 
 allowed by law, should they find it necessary to Accept super- 
 numerary or Volunteer aids, must only receive those exempt from 
 military service. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General, 
 
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 GENERAL ORDERS, | Adj't and Iifsp'E eisN'L's Office, 
 
 No. 108. J Richmond, August AiJi, 1863. . 
 
 The following acts are published for the information of the 
 arm J : 
 
 An Act to provide for Transportation of Persons who have been mus' 
 tered into the Service for the Jfar, 
 
 " The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, 
 That uun-conimissiimed officers and privates, who have been mus- 
 tered into service fur tlie war, and to whom furloughs may bs 
 granted for not more than sixty days, shall be entitled to trans- 
 portation home and back : provided, that this allowance shall 
 only be made once during the term of enlistment of such non- 
 commissioned officers and privates.'' [Approved February 7, 
 1863.1 
 
 An Act /* amend an Art for the establishment and organization of a 
 General Staff for the Army of the Conjederate States. 
 
 " The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enactt 
 That from and after the passage of this act, t. e rank, pay and al- 
 lowances attached to the office of Quartermaster Genera' of 
 the army of the Confederate States, shall be those of a Briga- 
 dier General in the provisional army." I' Approved March 20, 
 1863.J 
 
 All Act to prevent the absence of Offerers and Soldiers ivithout leave. 
 
 " The Congress of the Conjederate 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, from competent authority, according to the 
 regulations of the army: provided, that this restriction shall not 
 affect the sick or wounded in hospitals. 
 
 Sec. 2. In order to enforce the requirements of the foregoing 
 section, it is hereby made the duty of commanding officers of 
 companies to state upon the muster and pay rolls of their com- 
 panies the length of time any officer or soldier has been absent 
 therefron), without leave of competent authority, since the pre- 
 vious payment, when the deduction of pay for such absence will 
 be made by the quartermaster from the amount otherwise due 
 the officer or soldier ; and any commander of a company who 
 shall fail to note such absence on the muster and pay rolls of the 
 company shall be required to refund to the government the 
 amount forfeited by such absent oflBcer or soldier, unless it shall 
 already have been received from the offider or soldier so absent. 
 
 Sec. 3. Officers shall certify upon honor on their pay accounts 
 
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 whether they have or have not been absent, without leave by 
 competent authority, within the time fur uhich they claim pay ; 
 and if absent without leave, they shall state in their certificates 
 the time and period of such absences. In like manner, com- 
 manding officers of companies shall certify on honor on their 
 pay accounts that they have stated fully and correctly on the 
 muster and pay rolls of their companies the lenj2;th of time each 
 orticer 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 ofH- 
 cer or private from any other penalty to ;^hich he may l)e liable 
 by existing laws or regulations." [Approved April 16, 1863.] 
 
 An Act explanatory of an ^ct cntillcd an Act to auiho.ize the Presi- 
 dent la accept and place in the service certain regiments and 'battal- 
 ions heretofore raised, approved lith October, 1862. 
 
 ** The Congress of the Confederate Slates of America do enact 
 That the second section of the act entitled an act to authorize the 
 President to accept and place in the service certain regiments 
 and battalions heretofore raised, approved on the 11th day of Oc- 
 tober, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, 
 shall not be so construed as to authorize any general oftieerto ap- 
 point any of the officers of said regiments and battalions. That 
 said reg-ments 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 elec- 
 tion.'^ I Approved April 16, 1863.] 
 
 An Act to repeal certaiti clauses of an Art entitled an Act to exempt 
 certain persons from Military Service, Sfc, approved Oct. ilth, 1SG2. 
 
 " The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact. 
 That so mucli of the act approved October eleventh, one thousand 
 eight hundred and bixty-two, as exempts from military service, 
 'one person, either as agent, owner or overseer, on each planta- 
 tion on which one white person is required to be kept by the laws 
 or ordinances of any State, and on which there is no white male 
 adult not liable to military service, and in States having no such 
 law, one person as agent, owner or overseer, on each plantation 
 of twenty negroes, and on which there is no white male adult 
 not liable to military service ;' and also 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 othrr, and each having less than twonty ne^rroes, 
 and on which there is no white male adult not liable to military 
 
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 d'Jty, one person, being tha 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 
 exempted one person on each farm or plantation, the sole pro- 
 perty 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 : pro- 
 vided the person so exempted was employed 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 duty, which fact 
 shall be veJfied by the affidavits of said person and two respec- 
 table citizens, and shall be filed with the enrolling officer: and 
 provided the owner of such fa'-m 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 division 
 from any other farm or plantation since the eleventh day of Oc- 
 tober, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two: provided, fur- 
 ther, that for every person exempted as aforesaid, and during the 
 period of such exemption, there shall be paid annually into the 
 public treasury, by the owners of such slaves, the sum of 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 de- 
 prived of white or slave labor indispensable to the production of 
 grain or provisions necessary ^or 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 f ct of 
 October 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 adminis- 
 tration 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 legislature shall by 
 law exempt them from military duty in the provisional army of 
 the Confederate States." [Approved May 1, 1863.] 
 
 «^n Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to organi^ie Mditary Courts to 
 attend the Army of the Confederate States in the field, and to define 
 the powers of said Courts, approved Oct. dth, 18( 2. 
 
 " TJie Congress of the Confederate Stales of America do tnady 
 That in addition to one military court to attend each army corps 
 in the field, as now authorized hy an act entitled an act to or- 
 
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 ganize military courts to attend the army of the Confederate States 
 in the field, and to define the power of said courts, approved Oc- 
 tober ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, one military court 
 shall be organized in each of such military departments as, in 
 the judgment of the President, the public exigencies may re- 
 quire ; to be organized in the manner and with powers prescribed 
 in tlie act of which this is amendatory." I Approved May 1, 
 1863.1 
 
 »^2n Act to continue and amend the third section of an Act supplemen- 
 tary to an Art concerning the Pay and Allowance due to deceased sol- 
 diers, approved February \5tk, lb62, and to provide for the prompt 
 settlement of Claims for Arrearages of Pay, allowance and bounty 
 due deceased Officers and Soldiers. 
 
 *' The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enaciy 
 That the third section of an act entitled an act supplementary to 
 an act concerning the pay and allowance due to deceased sol- 
 diers, approved February 15th, eighteen hundred and sisty-two, 
 and to provide fur 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, 1803. J 
 
 Joint Resolutions on the subject of Retaliation. 
 
 '* Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States of Arnerica 
 In response to the message of the President, transmitted to Con- 
 gress at the commencement of the present session, that in the 
 opinion of Congress, the commissioned officers of the enemy ou<Tht 
 not to be delivered to the authorities of the respective States, aa 
 suggested in the said message, but all captives taken by the Con- 
 federate forces ought to be dealt with and disposed of by the Con- 
 federate government. 
 
 Sec. 2. That, in the judgment of Congress, the proclamations 
 of the President of the United States, dated respectively S>'ptem- 
 bcr twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and January 
 first, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and the other measures of 
 the government of the United States and of its authorities, com- 
 manders 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 Confede- 
 rate States, or to overthrow the institution of African slavery, 
 and bring on a servile war in these States, would, if succeesfull 
 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 properly and 
 lawfully /epressed by retaliation. 
 
 Seo. 3. That in every case, wjiereirj during the present war, 
 any yiohii^ cf the \rfrt rh ueages of ^ar alKi^ng ciTiliVed ob» 
 
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 tions shall be, or has been, done and perpetrated by those acting 
 under the authority 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 Confederacy, 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 acting as such, who, during the present war, shall command 
 negroes or mulattoes 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, be put to death, or be 
 otherwise punished t the discretion of the court. 
 
 Sec. 5. Every person, being a commissioned oflBcer, or acting 
 as such in the service of the enemy, who shall, during the pre- 
 sent war, excite, attempt to excite, or cause to, be excited, a ser- 
 vile insurrection, or who shall incite, or cause to be incited, a 
 slave to rebel, shall, if captured, be put to death, or be otherwise 
 punished at the discretion of the courc. 
 
 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 cor| s by the 
 troops of which he shall have been captured, or by such other 
 military court as the President may direct, and in such manner 
 and under such regulations as the President shall prescribe, and 
 after conviction, the President may commute the punishment in 
 such manner and on such terms as he may deeni propev. 
 
 Sec. 7. All negroes and mulattces who shall be engaged in 
 war, or be taken in arms against the Confederate States, or shall 
 give aid or comfort to the enemies of the Confederate States, 
 shall, when captured in the Confederate States, be delivered to 
 the authorities of the State or States in which they shall be cap- 
 tured, 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 Storekeeper in the 
 Provisional Army of the Confedorate Slates. 
 
 •' The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact. 
 That the President be authorized to appoint as many military 
 etorekecf.ers of ordnance in the provisional army of the Confede- 
 rate States as may be deemed necessary, not t-o exceed in all 
 eight storekeepers, four with the pay and allowance of a captain 
 
1S3 
 
 of infantry, and four with the pay and allowance of a first lieii_ 
 tenant of infantry. 
 
 Sec. 2. Beit further enacted, Tliat 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 cla,s8 
 in the sum of ten thousand dollars, when charged with the dis- 
 bursement of funds. This act shall be in force from and after 
 its p issage : provided, that no one shall be appointed under its 
 provisions except officers without commands, or otticers or pri- 
 vates who have performed meritorious services in the field, or 
 have become incapacitated by wounds or sickness for active ser- 
 vice." 1 Approved May 1, 1803.;] 
 
 An Jlct to prevent Fraud in the Quartermaster's and Commissary De- 
 partments, and the obtaining, under false pretence, Tromportution 
 for Private Property. 
 
 ♦• The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enactt 
 That no officer charged with the safe-keeping, transfer or dis- 
 bursement of public moneys, shall convert to his own use, or in- 
 vest in any kind of property or merchandize, on private account, 
 or lend, with or without interest, any portion of the public mo- 
 neys entrusted to him for safe-keeping, transfer, disbursement, or 
 any other purpose. 
 
 Sec. 2. That no officer charged with the safe-keeping, transfer 
 or disbursement of public moneys, or charged with or assigned 
 to the duty of purchasing for the go ernment 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, or material of N\hich 
 the same is made, or which enters into or constitutes a part of 
 the same, or any material of war or article whatsoever, 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 for any article 
 or articles purchased by him for the government, or any depart- 
 ment thereof; and every receipt sha'l set forth the true amount 
 paid, and on what account ; and when payment is made on ac- 
 count of property purchased, the receipt shall set forth the name 
 of the person from whom such property was purchased, and the 
 place of his residence, the thing or things purchased, by items, 
 number, weight or measurement, as may be customary in the 
 particular case, the price thereof, and the date (»f payment. 
 
 Sec. 4. No officer who is in charge of transportation, or who 
 is empowered to grant the same, shall forward by government 
 conveyance, or at the expe se of government, or to the exclu^-iion 
 or delay of government freight, any commodity or property of 
 
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 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 pruvision in the fore- 
 going; sections, shall, upon a conviction before a court martial or 
 military court, be cashiered, and placed in the -ranks as a private 
 to serve during the war : promded, that nothing herein contained 
 shall impair the civil remedy which the government may-have 
 against any officer or his sureties for fraud, peculation or mis- 
 application of the public moneys entrusted to him by the govern- 
 ment. 
 
 Sec 6. Be it further enacted. That any person in the employ- 
 ment 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 dol- 
 lars, and imprisoned not less t an one year nor longer than five 
 years, to be imposed by the judge or jury trying the cause, ac- 
 cording 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 em- 
 ployees for fraud, peculation or misapplication of the moneys en- 
 trusted 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 or bind over, in a sufficient 
 recognizance, ofi"enders against the provisions of this law, to ap- 
 pear at the next term of the district court of the Confederate 
 States, within the jurisdiction of which the ofience was commit- 
 ted, for trial, in the same manner and under the same rules as if 
 such preliminary trial were had before the judge of such district 
 court; and the judges of the Confederate courts having jurisdic* 
 tion of the ofi'ences defined by this act shall, at the commence- 
 ment of each session of their respective courts, give this act and 
 its provisions especially in charge to the different grand juries." 
 [Approved May 1, 1863. | 
 
 »^n Jlct to pay Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates vot W 
 gaily mustered into the service of the Confederate States, for Ser^nces 
 actually performed, 
 
 " The Congress X)f ilie Confederate States of America do enact, 
 That all officers, non-commissioned officers and privates of any 
 legally constituted military organization, which may have been 
 actually received into the service of the Confederate States by 
 any gjoneral cfiScer thereof, but were never legally mustered into 
 IWT^M, in «^^qY>en(f6 of th« Io«8 of the moeter foWt tt t'UiCli 
 
id6 
 
 military organization, shall be entitled to receive pay from the 
 time they were so receiyfed: provided the fact of their having 
 been so received into the service, and the time they served, ia 
 duly proved to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War, under 
 rules to be prescribed by him." [Approved Mayl, 1863.] 
 
 ^n Act 10 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 he applied for by 
 the Secretary of the Navy, shall be transferred from the land to 
 the naval service : provided, that nothing in this act shall bo so 
 construed as to alter or repeal any law now in force limiting the 
 number of seamen." [Approved May 1, 1863. [ 
 
 An Act regulating the granting of Furloughs and Discharges in 
 
 Hospilah. 
 
 " Tlie Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact. 
 That sick, wounded and disabled soldiers in hospitals shall be en- 
 titled to furloughs 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 examiners for the hospitals to which 
 they belong, whose duty it shall be, twice in each week, to visit 
 said hospitals, and examine applicants for furloughs and dis- 
 charges ; and in all cases where they shall find an applicant for 
 furlough unfit for military duty, 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 to exceed sixty days. Said board shall keep a secretary 
 or clerk, who shall issue all furloughs by order of th§ board, and 
 shall specify therein the time of furlough, the place of the resi- 
 dence of the soldier, his company, regiment and brigade. 
 
 Sec. 2. Be it further enacted. That no further regulation shall 
 be required of the soldier, and no passport required other tban 
 his furlough. 
 
 Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the said board may recom- 
 mend discharges, stating the ground thereof, which, when ap- 
 proved by the Surgeon General or the General commandinn: the 
 army or department to which the soldier belongs, shall entitle 
 him to a discharge and transportation *to the place of his enlist- 
 ment or residence. 
 
 Sec. 4. Be it further enacted. That in places where there are 
 bat two hospitals, two surgeons in charge of a hospital or division 
 shall constitute a board for the purposes aforesaid ; abd in places 
 
136 
 
 where there is but one, the surgeon in charge, and two assistant 
 8uro;euns, if there be two, and it not, then one, shall constitute a 
 board for the purpose aforesaid, and ma}' furioug!) and recom- 
 mend discharges as aforesaid : provided, that no furlough 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 en- 
 dangered thereby. 
 
 Sec. 5. The house surgeon in all hospitals shall see each pa- 
 tient under his charge once every day." [Approved May 1, 
 1863.] 
 
 S. COuPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r GenVs Office, 
 
 No. 109. ] Richmond, August 11, 1863. 
 
 I. A general pardon is given to all officfrs and men within 
 the Conlederaey, 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 been accused or convicted, and under- 
 going sentence for absence without leave, or desertion, except 
 only those who have been twice c; nvicted of desertion, will be 
 returned to their respective commands for duty. 
 
 By Older. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General, 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, "j Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 110. J Richmond, August 12, 1863. 
 
 I. The officers of ordnance duties in the provisional army, ap- 
 pointed under the Acts of Congress of April 2lst and Septem- 
 ber IGth, 1862, will, until further orders, be distributed into 
 grades, as authorized by the latter act, as follows: 4 lieutenant 
 colonels, 9 majors, 65 captains, 40 first lieutenants, and 32 sec- 
 ond 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 prac- 
 ticalde, be assigned to comn)and according to rank, as follows: 
 lieutenant colonels to armies, majors to army corps, captains to 
 
137 
 
 departments and divisions, and lieutenants to brip;adea. No 
 claim to promotion, however, will })e recognized in consequence 
 of assir!;timent to any command. 
 
 III. Two ordnance officers, not above the rank of captain, may 
 be allowed as assistiints to the ehief ordnance officer of nn army, 
 and one, not above the rank of first lieutenant, to the chief ord- 
 nance officer of an army corps. One assist mt, nut above the 
 rank of second lieutenant, may also be allowed to the chief ord- 
 nance officer of a department, when absolutely necessary, upon 
 application to the Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance. 
 
 IV. The desijj^nation of the chief ordnance officer attached to 
 commands will correspond with the desi2;nation of such com- 
 mands: as chief ordnance officer of the army of ; chief 
 
 ordnance officer of army corps ; chief ordnance officer of 
 
 department ; ordnance officer of division ; ord- 
 nance officer of bri<j;ade. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER. 
 A<ljutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 111. ) Richmond, August 13, 1863. 
 
 Quartermasters who are purchasing; supplies, and who have 
 means of transportation at their command, are directed to assist, 
 as far as practicable, the quartermasters receivin«j 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 st'jrehouse to be used for the storage of articles of 
 the produce tax. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjtttani and Inspector General, 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, "j Adj't and Insp'r Gen'i/s Office, 
 
 No. 112. J Richmond, August 15, 1863. 
 
 I. A Court of Enquiry having been convened at Richmond on 
 the 29th of July, I.S63, pursuant to paragraph XVII, Special 
 Orders, No. 176, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, cur- 
 rent series, to examine into certain charges preferred against 
 Major William Norris, Chief of the Signal Corps, and having 
 made the required examination, the report oi facts proven, with 
 
the opinion of the Court thereon, ia published for the informa- 
 tion of all coDoerned. 
 
 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 
 3 let of May, 1863. 
 
 3. The enemy knew or had opportunity to know the locality 
 of the signal stations between City Point and Ciairmont before 
 the 3 1st of May, 1SG3, 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 private dispatch, conveying a report of successes at Vicks- 
 burg. 
 
 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 Jn this case have 
 been loo?ely made, and without due care and investigation, and 
 should not be further entertained. The Court is also of opinion 
 that the private and official character of Major Norris remains 
 unaffected by 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 manner that 
 subjects the prosecutor, Lieut. R. A. Forbes, 2d Company Inde- 
 pendent Signal Corps, to the grave censure of the department. 
 The personal and official character of an officer is not to be light- 
 ly 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 facts within his own knowledge. The greatest care 
 and consideration should be manifested by those preferring 
 charges, particularly when the reputation, personal and profes- 
 sional, of a superior, is called in question. 
 
 III. The Court of Enquiry, of which Lieut. Col. George 
 Deas, Adjutant General's department, was president, is hereby 
 dissolved. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 AfJjiitant and Inspector General, 
 
l$9 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ^ Adj't and Insp'r GinVs Offici, 
 
 No. 113. J Richmond, August 18, 18G3. 
 
 I. OfiBcers receiving volunteers from those liable to conscrip- 
 tion, will in no case grant furloughs for more than ten days to 
 such volunteers, before entering on active service. 
 
 II. Every man liable to conscription, volunteering before en- 
 rollment, will report himself, and the company in which he vol- 
 unteers, and likewise bo reported by his captain to the comman- 
 dant 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. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, | Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 114. j Richmond, August 22, 1863. 
 
 I. Permanent posts, and depots established by the quartermas- 
 ter'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 made only through orders hom his ottice ; 
 and no change in the location of posts and depots will be or- 
 dered by the department commander, except under circum- 
 stances of strong emergency : in which cases a report of such 
 changes, with tlie reason therefor, will be transmitted to the 
 Adjutant and Inspector General's office. 
 
 By order. S. COOPER, 
 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, | Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Officb, 
 
 No. 115. j Richmond, August 2'^, li^^Z. 
 
 I. Tlie lollowiiig schedules of prices for articles named there- 
 in, udofited by uommissiijueis appointed pursuant to law, for the 
 State of Virginia, jiie announced for the information of ail con- 
 cerned ; and the special attention of olScers and agents of the 
 government is directed thereto : 
 
 Richmond, August 20, 1803. 
 Hon. J as. A. Sf.ddon, Scc'y of War. 
 
 Sir — The Commissioners appointed under section 5th, of the 
 i.ill let-ently passed Ijy the Confederate Congress, regulating im- 
 pressments, being required to agree upon and publish a schedule 
 of prices every two months, or oftener, if they should deem it 
 
140 
 
 proper, in accordance with the foregoing requisM m, we reppoct- 
 fully lay before you the following schedules of ices, marked A 
 and B, for the ensuing month. Owing to the ' fficulty of obtain- 
 ing satisfactory information as to pork, we uave postponed the 
 appraisement till our nest assessment. 
 
 The following schedules present the maxl oum prices to b« paid 
 for the articles appraised, at all cities and i.saal places of sale, and 
 when impressed elsewhere, the same prices are to be paid elsewhere,- 
 less the cost of transportation to the city ot usual place of sale to' 
 which the article would go ordinarily for sale from that neigh- 
 borhood, or less the cost of transportation' fo the point at which 
 the government needs the article, and wishes it to be sent : Pro- 
 vided, that in no case the amount deducted fo? transportation aiS' 
 above shall exceed 25 cents per bushel for grain, and 25" cents per 
 ewt. 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 dct^ 
 ducted from the established price of baling : 
 • . Schedule A. 
 
 ARTICLE. 
 
 O' 
 
 DESCRIPTION. 
 
 QUANTITY. 
 
 PRICE. 
 
 1 Wheat, 
 
 Prime, 
 
 White, 
 
 Pr bush of 60 lbs. 
 
 $ 5 00 
 
 2 Flour, 
 
 Good, 
 
 Superfine, 
 
 Prbarreiof 196 lbs. 
 
 25 00 
 
 3 Corn, 
 
 Prime, 
 
 Wh'eoryellw 
 
 Pr bush of 56 lbs. 
 
 4 00 
 
 4 Unslie.Ued corn, 
 
 u 
 
 i( (( 
 
 " 56 lbs. 
 
 3 95 
 
 5 Corn meal, 
 
 Good, 
 
 
 '' " 50 lbs 
 
 4 20 
 
 6 Rye, 
 
 Prime, 
 
 
 " " 56 lbs. 
 
 3 20 
 
 7 Cieaaed oats, 
 
 u 
 
 
 « " 32 ibs. 
 
 2 00 
 
 8 Wheat bran, 
 
 Good, 
 
 
 » " 17 lbs. 
 
 50 
 
 9 Sliorts, 
 
 u 
 
 
 « " 22 lbs. 
 
 70 
 
 10 Brown stuff, 
 
 1( 
 
 
 " " 28 lbs. 
 
 90 
 
 11 Ship stuff, 
 
 (( 
 
 
 " « 37 lbs. 
 
 1 40 
 
 12 Bacon, 
 
 u 
 
 Hog round, 
 
 Per pound, 
 
 1 00 
 
 13 Salt pork, 
 
 u 
 
 
 u 
 
 1 00 
 
 14 Lard, 
 
 u 
 
 
 (( 
 
 1 00 
 
 15 Horses, 
 
 Istcl's 
 
 Artillery, &:c. 
 
 A v'ge price pi head 
 
 3i30 00 
 
 16 Wool, 
 
 Fairer 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mer'o 
 
 Washed, 
 
 Per pound, 
 
 3 00 
 
 17 Wool, 
 
 Fair or 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mer'o 
 
 Unvv-ashed, 
 
 (( 
 
 2 00 
 
 IS Peas, 
 
 Good, 
 
 
 Per bush of 60 lbs. 
 
 4 00 
 
 19 Beans, 
 
 u 
 
 
 U CI u 
 
 4 00 
 
 20 Potatoes, 
 
 a 
 
 Irish, 
 
 (( 
 
 4 00 
 
 ,21 Potatoes, 
 
 U 
 
 Sweet, - 
 
 U 
 
 5 00 
 
141 
 Schedule A. — Continued- 
 
 
 
 
 
 : i_; 
 
 ARTICLE. 
 
 < 
 
 DESGHIPTION. 
 
 QUAMITV. 
 
 PRIOR. 
 
 2"2 Onions, 
 
 Good, 
 
 
 Per bii.sli ol" ()(t ID- 
 
 S 5 OQt 
 
 23 Dried peaclies, 
 
 '> 
 
 Pealed. 
 
 • of 38 ib> 
 
 8 00- 
 
 24 Dried j)ea(;lics> 
 
 iC 
 
 Unpen led, 
 
 of 38 Ib^^. 
 
 4 50. 
 
 ST) Iried jipples. 
 
 a 
 
 Pealed, 
 
 of 28 lbs 
 
 3 00' 
 
 26 Hay, baled, 
 
 
 Timothy or 
 
 
 
 
 a 
 
 clover. 
 
 Per 100 pounds. 
 
 3 00' 
 
 Q7 Hay, baled, 
 
 
 Orchard or 
 
 
 
 
 a 
 
 herd grass. 
 
 (( (( 
 
 3 00 
 
 28 Hay, unbaled, 
 
 
 Orchard or 
 
 A 
 
 
 
 (.1 
 
 herd grass, 
 
 It .. 
 
 2 70 
 
 29 Sirf oats, baled. 
 
 u 
 
 
 (C u 
 
 4 OO 
 
 30 Sh"oats. unb'd. 
 
 u 
 
 
 (I u 
 
 3 70 
 
 31 Blade fodder, 
 
 
 
 
 
 baled, 
 
 u 
 
 
 U li 
 
 3 00 
 
 32 Blade fodder, 
 
 
 
 
 
 unbpled, 
 
 u 
 
 
 u u 
 
 2 70 
 
 33 Slincks, baled, 
 
 u 
 
 
 (( a 
 
 2 OO 
 
 34 Shucks, unb\l. 
 
 t(. 
 
 
 u a 
 
 1 70 
 
 35 Wlieai straw, 
 
 
 
 
 
 baled. 
 
 (1 
 
 
 a u 
 
 1 00 
 
 36 Wlieat straw, 
 
 
 
 
 
 unbaled, 
 
 (( 
 
 
 U (I 
 
 70 
 
 37 Pasturage, 
 
 Good, 
 
 Interior, 
 
 Per head pr month. 
 
 3 00 
 
 38 " 
 
 Sup'r, 
 
 (; 
 
 (( u 
 
 4 OO 
 
 39 " 
 
 1st r'te 
 
 u 
 
 (( l( 
 
 5 00 
 
 40 " 
 
 Good, 
 
 Near cltiee, 
 
 U ((. 
 
 5 00 
 
 41 " 
 
 Sup'r, 
 
 u 
 
 U iL 
 
 6 00 
 
 42 " 
 
 1st r'te 
 
 l( 
 
 a (1 
 
 7 00 
 
 43 Salt, 
 
 Good, 
 
 
 Per bush of 50 lbs. 
 
 5 00 
 
 44 Soap, 
 
 (C 
 
 
 Per pound, 
 
 40 
 
 45 Candles, 
 
 (( 
 
 Tallow, 
 
 u 
 
 1 00 
 
 46 Vinejiar, 
 
 li 
 
 Cider, 
 
 Per gallon., 
 
 1 00 
 
 47 Wliis-key, 
 
 a 
 
 Trade, 
 
 (. 
 
 3 00 
 
 48 Sngar, 
 
 it 
 
 Brown, 
 
 Per pound, 
 
 1 00 
 
 40 Mnlasses, 
 
 i( 
 
 New Orleans, 
 
 Per gallon, 
 
 S 00 
 
 :if) Rice, 
 
 u 
 
 
 Per })ound, 
 
 20 
 
 51 Coffeo, 
 
 (( 
 
 Rio, 
 
 t( 
 
 3 00 
 
 52 Tea, 
 
 (( 
 
 Trade, 
 
 (( 
 
 7 00 
 
 53 Vinegar, _ 
 
 (i 
 
 Manufact'd, 
 
 Per gallon, 
 
 50 
 
 04 Pig iron, 
 
 u 
 
 No. 1 quality. 
 
 Per ton, 
 
 125 00 
 
 55 Pig iron, 
 
 (C 
 
 No. 2 
 
 a 
 
 HO OO 
 
 56 Pi^ ir.,n. 
 
 '( 
 
 No. 3 '' 
 
 (i 
 
 100 00 
 
 57 Bloom iron, 
 
 (t 
 
 
 u 
 
 ISO 00 
 
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 Schedule A — Continued. 
 
 ARTICLE. 
 
 H 
 
 < 
 
 DESCRIPTION. 
 
 QUANTITY. 
 
 PRIGS. 
 
 58 Smith's iron, 
 
 Good, 
 
 Round, plate 
 
 
 $ 
 
 
 u 
 
 and bar, 
 
 Per ton, 
 
 380 00 
 
 50 Railroad iron, 
 
 C( 
 
 
 u 
 
 190 00 
 
 60 Leather, 
 
 u 
 
 Harness, 
 
 Per pound, 
 
 2 60 
 
 61 '• 
 
 l( 
 
 Sole, 
 
 u 
 
 2 40 
 
 62 " 
 
 " 
 
 Upper, 
 
 •' 
 
 2 80 
 
 63 Beef cattle, 
 
 (t 
 
 Gross weight, 
 
 Per 100 pounds, 
 
 16 00 
 
 64 " 
 
 Sup'r, 
 
 (( (i 
 
 K (( 
 
 18 00 
 
 65 " 
 
 l*t r'te 
 
 (( • (( 
 
 ■ H U 
 
 20 00 
 
 66 Sheep, 
 
 Fair, 
 
 
 Per head, 
 
 30 00 
 
 67 Army woollen 
 
 % 
 
 
 
 
 cloth, ^ yd. 
 
 Good, 
 
 10 oz. per yd. 
 
 Per yard, 
 
 4 50 
 
 68 Army woollen 
 
 
 Pro rata as to 
 
 
 
 cloth, 
 
 " 
 
 greater or less 
 
 Width or weight, 
 
 
 69 Army woollen 
 
 
 
 
 
 cloth, 6 4 yd. 
 
 u 
 
 2C oz. per yd. 
 
 Per yard. 
 
 9 00 
 
 70 Army woollen 
 
 
 Pro rata as to 
 
 
 
 cloth. 
 
 (C 
 
 greater or less 
 
 Width or weight, 
 
 
 71 Flannels, | 
 
 <c 
 
 6 oz. per yd. 
 
 Per yard. 
 
 3 00 
 
 72 Cotton shirt'g,! 
 
 (( 
 
 4^ yds. to lb. 
 
 (t 
 
 42 
 
 73 " " 1 
 
 (( 
 
 3| yds. to lb. 
 
 u 
 
 50 
 
 74 Cotton sheet- 
 
 
 
 
 
 ings, 4-4, 
 
 (( 
 
 3 yds. to lb. 
 
 (1 
 
 60 
 
 75 Cotton ozna- 
 
 
 
 
 
 burgs, i, 
 
 (( 
 
 6 oz. per yd. 
 
 
 60 
 
 76 Cotton ozna- 
 
 
 
 
 
 burgs, •§-, 
 
 (( 
 
 8 oz. per yd. 
 
 (( 
 
 70 
 
 77 Cotton drills, |-, 
 
 i( 
 
 3 yds. to lb. 
 
 i( 
 
 70 
 
 78 Cotton shirting 
 
 
 
 
 
 stripes, 
 
 u 
 
 3 yds. to lb. 
 
 (( 
 
 70 
 
 79 Cotton tent 
 
 
 
 
 
 cloths, 
 
 a 
 
 10 oz. to yd. 
 
 i( 
 
 87 
 
 80* 
 
 
 
 
 
 81 Cotton warps, 
 
 « 
 
 
 Per pound, 
 
 1 63 
 
 82 Army shoes. 
 
 (( 
 
 
 Per pair, 
 
 10 00 
 
 83 Shoe thread, 
 
 « 
 
 
 Per pound, 
 
 2 00 
 
 84 Wool socks for 
 
 
 
 
 
 inen^ 
 
 " 
 
 
 Per pair, 
 
 1 25 
 
 85 Males, 
 
 1st r'te 
 
 Wairon, &c. 
 
 A v"e price pr head. 
 
 300 00 
 
 * On the above enumerated cotton cloths, pro rata as to greater 
 or less width or weight. 
 
us 
 
 In assessing the average value of "first class artillery and 
 wa^o'.i horses at §350," we designed that the term should he ac- 
 cepted and acted upr-n anciird'iig to* its ohvious common sense 
 imDort. In other words, that horses should he .selected, and then 
 impressed accordingly as their working qualities and adaptation 
 to army service, together with their intrinsic value, would war- 
 rant 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 80 urgent as to demand that al' horses at hand should be im- 
 pressed. Yet under ordinary circumstances, when family or ex- 
 tra blooded hoVses, or brood mares of adti'itted high value are im- 
 pressed, we respectfully suggest to the Secretary of War to have 
 instructions forwarded to the impressing oflScers to propose and 
 allow the owners to substitute in their 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 terra "average value per head" was used in contradistinc- 
 tion to a fixed and uniform price for each horse or mule. Wo 
 supposed that in inipressing a number of horses or mules, whe- 
 ther owned by several persons, or one individual, that some 
 might be estimated at $250, or even at less, and others at difier- 
 ent 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, bo 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 artil- 
 lery horse, but of course, however efficient or able to render good 
 service f )r a year or so, yet his advanced age would justly and 
 materially impair bis value. Any horse, however he may ap- 
 proximate the standard of a first class artillery horse, must, ac- 
 cording 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 in- 
 stances the price should be proportionately reduced, as imperfec- 
 tions place them below the standard of first class, «fec. 
 
 e. w. iiubard, 
 Robert Gibbonet, 
 Commifsimd'd for Va, 
 
144 
 
 ScHEiDULE B. — Hire of LabCr, 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. Hir- of four-horse team, wagon and 
 
 driver, rations furnislied 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 f.irnished by the 
 
 government, . . . . 
 
 QUA 
 
 NTITY & TIME. 
 
 PBICB. 
 
 Per 
 
 100 lbs. 
 
 
 $ '30 
 
 
 56 " 
 
 
 05 
 
 
 cwt. p. mi 
 
 le, 
 
 06 
 
 
 bush " 
 
 
 03 
 
 
 day, 
 
 
 10 00 
 
 
 u 
 
 
 5 00 
 
 
 u 
 
 
 13 00 
 
 
 u 
 
 
 6 50 
 
 
 (( 
 
 
 16 00 
 
 
 (C 
 
 
 8 00 
 
 
 u 
 
 
 2 00 
 
 
 (( 
 
 
 1 25 
 
 
 month, 
 
 
 40 00 
 
 
 .( 
 
 
 20 00 
 
 Bj order. 
 
 • E. W. HUBARD, 
 JlOBERT GlBBONEY, 
 
 Commissioners for Va. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
116 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) Adj't and Lvsp'r Gbn'l's Opficb, 
 
 No. 116, ) Iliclnnond, August 31, 1863. 
 
 I. Generals, or other officers commanding departments, armies 
 in the field, posts or garrisons, will cause all deserters, stragglers 
 or other absentees from duty, and all persons liable to military 
 Bervice, found within their lines and not belonging to their com- 
 mand, 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 conscripts, to assign them 
 to service in the army nearest to his post, according to his dis- 
 cretion.* 
 
 II. Under instructions from the Bureau of Conscription, an 
 enrolling officer will be attached to each military department to 
 carry out the purposes indicated in paragraph I. 
 
 III. Overseers entitled to exemption will be exempted from 
 military service for one year, when i\\^ owner of the slaves of 
 whom the overseer has had charge, shall present to the enrolling 
 officer the receipt of a quartermaster for the amount of the tax 
 imposed in such cases by the act of Congress, approved May 1, 
 1863. Officers of the Quartermaster's department are directed to 
 receive and receipt for money thus paid. 
 
 By order, 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General- 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, 1 Adj't and Insp'r GenVs Office* 
 
 No. 117. j Richmond, Sept. 3, 1863. 
 
 I. In any case whore the exigencies of the army compel im- 
 pressment or purchase, for its use, of the whole ofany one arti- 
 cle, 01' all articles of the planter's production, taxed in kind, the 
 post quartermaster of the district will transfer to his district col- 
 lector the assessor's eftimate, to be collected in the money value 
 only, at the rate of purchase or impressment, as the case may be. 
 Before making such transfer, thtfpost quartermaster of the dis- 
 trict 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. 
 
 * Modified by Par II. Gen, Ordcre, Kn. 128. 
 
U6 
 
 II. Controlling and post quartermasters of districts wiTI keep 
 and report their accounts relating to tax in kind, separate and 
 distinct from all others. 
 
 III. Producers are required to deliver the wheat, rarn, oats, rye^ 
 buckwheat, rice, peas, beans, cured hay and fodder, sugar, rao- 
 )as8es of cane, wool and tobacco, in such form and ordinary mar- 
 ketable condition as may be usual ia the section in which they 
 are delivered — cotton ginned and packed in some secure manncF 
 — tobacco stripped and packed in boxes. 
 
 lY. Where post quartermasters of districts entrust agents witb 
 clisbursements, eare must be taken that receipts and accounts be 
 stated in the nacse of the post auartermaster, 
 
 Y. Quartermasters and commissaries serving with troops may 
 receive the tithe tax, when authorized to do so by the chief quar- 
 termaster or chief commissary of the army in which they are 
 serviBg. The names of svveh autboriz-ed o®<5ers will be reported 
 to the Quartermaster Oeneral. 
 
 YI. Where producers ojfer to pay their tithe tax to officers au- 
 thorized to receive it, it is obliyaioj-y upon the latter to receive 
 the produce, and to pay the excess of traaspo?tation over eighS 
 miles, at the rates prsscribed by stats commiasionsrs, under ther 
 impressment act. In each case they will receipt to the p^ist quar- 
 terujaster of the district lb? the produce. Upon this receipt the 
 yeceiving officer will be responsible for the quantity which he wil) 
 4ake u-p on his property return. The receipt given to the produ- 
 cer will only be evidence that so snuch of bis tax is paid. In alJ 
 such receipts the name of the producer and his county will be 
 
 stated. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, | Ai>j't and Insf'r Gen'l's Officii 
 No. 118. ) EicJimond, Sept, 1, 1863. 
 
 I. All officers of the Quarttrmaster's department serving aifc 
 posts or depots, vnW report immediately to the Quartermaster 
 Oeneral their location, the character of the duties discharged by 
 them, and by whose order they were so assigned. 
 
 II. The principal quartermatter at each poster depot will like- 
 i^ise report the names of all quartermafijters serving thereat. He 
 
147 
 
 ■will <alflO cxamlno csrcfully ^nto the occwpatinn -©f cacli gScct, 
 and will designate such as can be spared for service elsewhere. 
 
 III. The chief quartermaster of each separate army will for 
 ward to the Quartermaster General, at the earlieet practicable 
 day, a complete list of all his suhordinatee, stating specifically 
 the regiment, brigade, diviMon or corps to which each may he 
 s:ttached, or when tngagcd on special duty, the character thereof. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Jnspecler General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r GenY's Office, 
 
 No. 119. J Richmond, SepU 7, 18G3. 
 
 I. All officers and agents of the Quartermaster's, Commissary 
 and Conscription departments will render all assistance in their 
 power in collecting arms abandoned or left q-^ stragglers in th-e 
 iiands of citizens, 
 
 II. Arms thus collected will be turned over to tho nearest 
 ordnance ofKcer, who v>'ill iv3ceipt for tl>6 same, a'nd, upon proper 
 vouchers, pay any reasonable expense actually incurred for trans- 
 .nortation. 
 
 IIL " Med ica^I 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. CI, of 1862, 
 respecting the hides of beeves, commissaries of subsistence in thfi 
 lield and at depots will transfer the hides of all filaughter-ed sheep 
 to ofScers oi tiie Quartermaster's dc-partmcut, wiio will receive 
 and preserve them to be tanned. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjuloni and Insiteclor General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, | Auj't and iNSf^'R <5«:nVs Offwe, 
 
 No. 120. \ Richmond, Sept. 8, 18G3. 
 
 I. At a General Court Martial, convened at Chattanooga, Ten- 
 nfissGC, June 24, 18G3, bj vLi'tue yf Special Ord^i's, No. OS, dated 
 
148 
 
 Head Quarters Army of Tennessee, March IG, 1863, was arraign- 
 ed and tried : 
 
 Capt. G. D. Mitchell, Assistant Quartermaster P. A. C. S., on 
 the following 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, Captain 
 G. D. Mitchell^ Asst. Quartermaster P. A. G. 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 be- 
 fore the Secretary of War for the consideration of the President, 
 the following is his order thereon : * 
 
 The sentence 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. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,] Adj't and IxXsp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 121. j Jiichmond, Septejnher 9, 1863. 
 
 I. Paragraph 1064 of the Army Regulations (107 of the Reg- 
 ulations of the Quartermaster's Department,) is amended to read 
 as follows: 
 
 *' Officers are entitled to pay from the date of the acceptan'^e 
 of their appointments, and from the date i>f promotion: pro- 
 vided, that disbursing officers, who are required to give ofSoial 
 bonds, shall forward the same, always duly executed, with their 
 letters of acceptance, and that their acceptance shall take effect 
 only from the date of the approval of the bonds by the War De- 
 partment. But in no case will an officer be assigned to duty, 
 and receive pay, until he has received bis appointment. Notifi- 
 cations of the receipt and approval of said bonds will be for- 
 warded to officers, through the chief of the Bureau to which 
 they belong.* 
 
 * See also Par. I., General Orders, No. 226. 
 
141^ 
 
 II. All ofticcis uf the Quartermaster General's auJ Oommia- 
 sary General'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 Conj^ress (January 
 12th, 1853,) and whose bonds, prior to the date of this order, 
 have not been filed in, and approved by the War Pepartm3nt, 
 Are hereby dropped : provided, that on satisfactory evidence that 
 such failure has not been the result of gross neglect, the Com- 
 manding General may grant the ofScers 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 individual 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 con- 
 formity to General Oiders, 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 
 appointments bear date subsequent to the 12th day of January, 
 1863, and who have not filed bonds, duly executed, will be al- 
 lowed a furlough for such time, not exceeding sixty days, as may 
 be necessary to enable them to execute their bonds. 
 
 V. Commanding officers will be careful to recommend for ap- 
 pointment as disbursing officers, only such persons as furnish 
 reasonable assurance ut their ability to execute the bonds re- 
 quired by law. 
 
 VI. All letters of appointment hereafter issued will be accom- 
 panied by a notification to the appointee, that his official bond 
 must be returned with his aoccptance, and that the latter will 
 take eSect only from the date at which said bond is approved. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 122. J nichmond, Seplemlcr 11, 1863. 
 
 I. Commanding officers of regiments, battalions, ttc, will im- 
 mediately on receipt hereof, cause to be made out and forward- 
 ed, through proper channels, to Col. J. S. Preston, Chief of the 
 Bureau of Conscriptiun, a complete list of all persons held as 
 substitutes in the army, in their respective commands. This 
 list will embrace ihe regiment, company, date of enlistment, and 
 age of each subi-titu'e, with the name and post-office of the 
 
150 
 
 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 tft 
 which the parties belong, and will set forth the time and plac© 
 of desertion in each case.* 
 
 II. All officers, charged by commanding gtincrals with th© 
 duty of arresting and returning deserters and absentees, will re- 
 port to the commandant of conscripts in the respective States to. 
 which such officers are sent, and will co-operate generally with 
 enrolling; officers in the discharge of the duties assigned to thcm» 
 
 III. The following act of Congress is published fur the infor- 
 mation of all concerned : 
 
 " Every person, not subject to tlie Rules and Articles of War^ 
 w^ho shall procuro or entice a soldier of the Confederate States to 
 desert, or who shr*!! purchase from any soldier his arms, unifona, 
 clothing, or any part thereof, shall^ upon legal conviction, be 
 fined at the discretion of the coart having cogniaancs of the 
 same, in any sum not exceeding three hundred dollars, and ba 
 imprisoned not exceeding one year/' 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 A-(^Jt(iunt and Inspector Generala 
 
 Ci-ENERAL ORDERS, V Adj't and Insp'r Gen'i/s Offick 
 
 No. 123. ) Bichmondy September 10, 1863. 
 
 The following Order is published for the iafoimatioa of all 
 Goncerngd : 
 
 Exchange Notics, No. 6. 
 
 The following Confederate officers and men, captured at Yicks- 
 burg. Miss., July 4, 1863 ; and subseciueatlj paroled, have beers, 
 duly exchanged, and are hereby so declared : 
 
 1. The of!ieers and men of Gen. C. L. Stephenson's divisioav 
 
 2. The officers and men of Gen. Bowen's division. / 
 
 3. The olTicers and men of Brig. Gen. Moors's brigade. 
 
 4. The officers and aien of the 2d Texas regim2nt. 
 
 5. The officers and men of V/aul's legion. 
 
 6. Also, all Confederate officers and men who have beea ds- 
 
 * Modified by Par. VII., General Orders, No. 12Cv 
 
151 
 
 livered at City Point at any time previous to July 25tli, 1863, 
 have been duly exchanged, and are hereby so declared. 
 
 Ro. OULD, 
 
 JigenL of Exchange. 
 Richmond, Sept. 12, 18G3. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, 
 
 Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 124. 3 Richmond, Sepiemher 22, 1863. 
 
 I* Potatoes (sweet,) gathered under the tax law by commissa- 
 ries and quartermasters, at or within reach of places whore hos- 
 pitals arc located, will be transferred (invoices and receipts be- 
 ing given) to the medical officers in charge of the hospitals, to 
 be cared for and secured against the influences of frost, &g., for 
 the use of the sick. Or f\irmers, when the hospitals are more 
 convenient of access than the depots, may deliver their potatoes 
 (tax in kind) to the medical oftcer in charge, taking receipts, 
 which will be acknowledged by the tax agent. 
 
 II. The pay of surgeons (private physici.ans) employed under 
 General Orders, No. 82, Adjutant and Inspector General's of- 
 fice, of 1862, is increased to six dollars per diem, until further 
 orders. 
 
 III. " Assistant Medical Directors" and "Assistant Medical 
 Inspectors" not being authorized, the titles will not be used. 
 
 IV. The extra pay allowed soldiers detailed for duty as com- 
 missary 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 quartermaster charged with the duty 
 of paying troops. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutani-and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) Adj't and Ixsp'r Genu's Office, 
 
 No. 125. ^ Richmond, September, 1863. 
 
 I. Information having been received of repeated misconstruc- 
 tions And violations of paragraph XII, General Orders, No. 82, 
 1^62, it is reiterated that no persons liable to conscription will 
 
152 
 
 be permitted under any olrcumstances to volunteer in regiments, 
 battalions or companies orcranized since the 16th of April, 18G2, 
 except such as ^Tcre organized under the provisions of the act of 
 Congress of that date, entitled " an act further to provide for the 
 public defence." 
 
 II. No authority exists for organizing new companies out of 
 companies or portions of companies now in service. 
 
 III. It shall be the duty of commandants of conscripts, on 
 information of persons being received into companies contrary to 
 the provisions of this order, to make immediate requisition for 
 euch persons on the olficer commanding, and on failure of the 
 officer to return the persons so received to the camp of instruc- 
 tion, the commandant shall report the matter, with the fiicts of 
 the case, to the Bureau of Conscription, to be decided by this 
 department. 
 
 IV. No officer commanding, \Yhose company reaches the maxi- 
 mum allowed by regulations, shall be permitted to receive re- 
 cruits, either as volunteers or in any other form. 
 
 V. No oflBcer commanding shall accept, or muster in persons 
 of conscript age, unless such person shall first exhibit a certiii- 
 cate approved by an enrolling officer, stating that he has volun- 
 teered and selected his company, which company is allowed to 
 receive recruits. 
 
 VI. The Bureau of Conscription is charged with the establish- 
 ment of such regulations as will enforce this order. 
 
 yil. Paragraph I, General Orders, No. 122, September II, 
 1803, is so modified as to read as follows : 
 
 Commanding officers of regiments, battalions, &c., will imme- 
 diately on receipt hereof, cause to be made out and forv/arded 
 through proper channels to Colonel J. S. Preston, Chief of the 
 Bureau of Conscription, a complete list of all persons received as 
 Hubstitutes in the army in their respective commands. This list 
 will embrace the regiment, company, date of enlistment and age 
 of such substitute, with the name, post office, and date of enlist- 
 ment of the principal. It will also state whether the substitute is 
 now serving, or has died or been killed while in, or discharged from 
 service, or whether he has deserted, with tlie d'lte and circumstances 
 of such death, discharge or desertion. They will also, in the 
 same manner, furnish a monthly roll of all deserters and absen- 
 tees 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 desertion in each case. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General, 
 
153 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, 1 ' Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 126. j Richmond, September 28, 18G3. 
 
 I. In order to avoid all diflBculty with respect to payment of 
 oHicers 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 lieu thereof, 
 as may be convenient ; setting out the full name, rank and date 
 of such officer, and that he is borne on the muster roll as such. 
 These transcripts or certificates will be signed by the command- 
 in sj officer of the regiment and company, and will be equivalent 
 with the pay officer to the commission or letter of appointment 
 referred to in paragraph I, General Orders, No. 121, of 18C3. 
 This provision, however, is not designed to dispense with the 
 requirements of General Orders, No. 28, pars. II and 111, cur- 
 rent series. 
 
 II. Paragraph I, General Orders, No. IIG, Adjutant and In- 
 spector General's Office, is so modified as to read as follows : 
 
 " Generals, or other oflBcers commanding departments, armies 
 in the field, posts or garrisons, will cause all deserters, stragglers 
 or other absentees from duty, and all persons liable to military 
 service, found within their lines, and not belonging to their com- 
 mand, to be forthwith arrested and turned over to the nearest 
 enrolling officer, whose duty it shall be to forward such absen- 
 tees to their proper commands ; or in case of conscripts, to as- 
 sign them to service, at the discretion of the commandant of 
 conscripts of the State. ^' 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Afljuiant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,] Aoj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office,' 
 
 No. 127. j Richmond, September 29, 18G3. 
 
 In view of the importance of pressing the home production of 
 nitre, the workmen in exposed districts will be called from their 
 work f(jr locnl defence only in cases of extreme military urgency, 
 and then only by the General commanding the district, by aa 
 order to the officer in charge. 
 
 In the nitre districts la'ely overrun, the workmen will be 
 returned to their work, and all reasonable facilities for resuming 
 operations will be extended by military ofticers. 
 ]Jy order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
154 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, 
 
 No. 128. 
 
 Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 Richmondy Va., Sept. 30, 1863. 
 
 all concerned, and the speci.v. .cv^v..^- 
 the government is directed thereto : 
 
 11. Schedule of Prices established by the Hoard of Commissioners of the 
 State of South Carolina, under the act of Congress of the Confed- 
 erate States " to regulate i77ipressmeHts ;" 
 
 ARTICLES. 
 
 H 
 
 ■< 
 
 D 
 
 a- 
 
 DESCRIPTION. 
 
 QUANTITY. 
 
 
 Apples, dried, 
 
 Good, 
 
 Peeled, . 
 
 Per bush. 28 lbs 
 
 . $3 00 
 
 Apples, dried, 
 
 
 Uiipeeled, 
 
 Per bush. 28 lbs 
 
 ,. 2 00 
 
 Axes, 
 
 
 Willi handles, 
 
 Each, 
 
 5 00 
 
 Axes, 
 
 
 Without handles, . 
 
 Each, 
 
 4 00 
 
 Bacon, . 
 
 
 Sides, 
 
 Per pounrl, 
 
 75 
 
 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 ])ound, 
 
 25 
 
 Beef, 
 
 
 Salt or corned. 
 
 Per pound, 
 
 50 
 
 Beef Cattle, . 
 
 
 Gross, . 
 
 Per pound. 
 
 18 
 
 Candles, . 
 
 
 Tallow, 
 
 Per pound, 
 
 1 00 
 
 Chains, . 
 
 
 Trace, . 
 
 Per pair, . 
 
 2 50 
 
 Cloth, . • 
 
 
 Woolen, for soldiers' 
 clothes, J y'd wide, 
 10 oz. to y'd, & pro 
 
 
 
 # 
 
 
 rata as to greater 
 or less weight or 
 
 
 
 
 
 width, . 
 
 Per yard, . 
 
 4 00 
 
 Coffee, . 
 
 a 
 
 Rio, 
 
 Per pound, 
 
 3 00 
 
 Corn, 
 
 (( 
 
 Unshelled, 
 
 Per bush. 70 lb. 
 
 i 1 95 
 
 Corn, 
 
 li 
 
 Shelleil, sacks not 
 
 
 
 ■" 
 
 
 included. 
 
 Per bush. 56 lb. 
 
 J. 2 00 
 
 Corn Meal, 
 
 (( 
 
 Sacks not included. 
 
 Per bush. 50 lb. 
 
 5. 2 00 
 
 Drills, . 
 
 u 
 
 Cotton, |- yard wide, 
 
 
 
 
 
 3 yards to pound, 
 
 Per yard, . 
 
 05 
 
155 
 
 ARTICI 
 
 CO 
 QUALITY. 
 
 DESCRIPTIC 
 
 )N. QUANTITY. 
 
 
 Flour, 
 
 . Good, 
 
 Extra Family 
 
 . Perbbl 196 lbs 
 
 . $12 00 
 
 Flour. 
 
 ii 
 
 Extra Family 
 
 , . Per sack 98 lbs 
 
 . 11 00 
 
 Flour, 
 
 It 
 
 Superfine, 
 
 . Perbbl 196 lbs 
 
 20 00 
 
 Flour, 
 
 u 
 
 Supeifine, 
 
 . Per sack 98 lbs 
 
 . 10 00 
 
 Flour, 
 
 (( 
 
 Fine, 
 
 . Perbbl 196 lbs 
 
 . 18 00 
 
 Flour, 
 
 u 
 
 Fine, 
 
 . 4^er sack 98 lbs 
 
 9 00 
 
 Fodder, 
 
 u 
 
 Baled, . 
 
 . Per 100 pound 
 
 s 2 50 
 
 Fodder, 
 
 u 
 
 Unbaled, 
 
 . Per 100 pound 
 
 s 2 00 
 
 Hats, 
 
 u 
 
 Wool, . 
 
 . Each, 
 
 3 25 
 
 Hay, . 
 
 u 
 
 Baled, . 
 
 . Per 100 pound 
 
 ^ 1 50 
 
 Hay, 
 
 ti 
 
 Unbaled, 
 
 . Per 100 i)ound 
 
 s, 1 25 
 
 Hogs, 
 
 u 
 
 Net, 
 
 . Per pound. 
 
 35 
 
 Hogs, 
 
 (C 
 
 Gross, 
 
 . Per pound. 
 
 25 
 
 Hides, 
 
 l( 
 
 Dry, . 
 
 . Per pound. 
 
 . 1 25 
 
 Hides, 
 
 u 
 
 Green, . 
 
 . Per i)ound, 
 
 50 
 
 Horses, 
 
 u 
 
 Artillery, Ist ( 
 
 :lass. Per head. 
 
 . oOO 00 
 
 Horses, 
 
 u 
 
 Artillery, 2d ( 
 
 :lass. Per bead. 
 
 . 100 00 
 
 Iron, 
 
 l( 
 
 Pig, . . 
 
 . Per ton 2240 lb 
 
 =. 85 00 
 
 Iron, 
 
 l( 
 
 Square or Roi 
 
 jnd, . Per ton 2240 lb 
 
 5. 150 00 
 
 Iron, 
 
 It 
 
 Flat or Band, 
 
 . Per ton 2240 lb 
 
 5. 320 00 
 
 Iron, 
 
 (( 
 
 Hoop, 
 
 . Per ton 2240 lb 
 
 5. 140 00 
 
 Iron, 
 
 u 
 
 Boiler Plate, 
 
 . Per ton 2240 lb 
 
 3 300 00 
 
 Iron, 
 
 it 
 
 Serviceable R 
 
 . R., Per ton 2240 lb 
 
 '. 175 00 
 
 Iron, 
 
 u 
 
 Ujinservic'ble 
 
 R. R. Per ton 2240 lb 
 
 5. 75 00 
 
 Jeans, 
 
 (( 
 
 Wool, domesti 
 
 c, . Per yard, . 
 
 . 4 00 
 
 Kettles, 
 
 (. 
 
 Camp, iron, . 
 
 . Each, 
 
 . 5 00 
 
 Lard, . 
 
 11 
 
 Clean, . 
 
 . Per poiuid. 
 
 75 
 
 Leather, 
 
 ȣ 
 
 Sole, 
 
 . Per i>ound. 
 
 2 50 
 
 Leather, 
 
 (( 
 
 Upper, . 
 
 . Per pound, 
 
 . 3 25 
 
 Leather, 
 
 " 
 
 Harness, 
 
 . Per pound, 
 
 3 GO 
 
 Molasses, 
 
 li 
 
 Cane, 
 
 . Per gallon, 
 
 5 00 
 
 Molasses, 
 
 <( 
 
 Sorghum, 
 
 . Per gallon. 
 
 3 00 
 
 Mules, . 
 
 u 
 
 1st class. 
 
 . Per head, 
 
 100 00 
 
 Mules, 
 
 (( 
 
 2d class, 
 
 . Per bead. 
 
 350 00 
 
 Mules, . 
 
 u 
 
 3d class. 
 
 . Per head. 
 
 250 00 
 
 Oats, 
 
 (( 
 
 Sheaf, unbale 
 
 J, . Per 100 pounds 
 
 «. 2 00 
 
 Oats, 
 
 n 
 
 Sheaf, baled, . 
 
 . Per 100 pounds 
 
 i. 2 50 
 
 Oat>. 
 
 11 
 
 Shelled, . 
 
 . Per bush. 34 1b: 
 
 ». 1 50 
 
 Osnaburg 
 
 5, . " 
 
 Cotton, 1 yard 
 
 wide. 
 
 
 
 
 7 oz. to yard 
 
 . Per yard, . 
 
 60 
 
 O.snaburg 
 
 S, . " 
 
 Cotton, I yard 
 
 wide, 
 
 
 
 
 h oz. to yard 
 
 . Per yard, . 
 
 70 
 
 Peas. 
 
 K 
 
 Co w , 
 
 . Pf'r l.u^ll. r,o ||,s 
 
 2 (JO 
 
 PotJ^tne-", 
 
 l( 
 
 Irish, 
 
 . PerbuKh. 60lbg 
 
 2 00 
 
156 
 
 ARTICLES. 
 
 
 DESCRIPTION. 
 
 QUALITY. 
 
 
 Potatoes, 
 
 Good, 
 
 Sweet, . 
 
 Per bush. 60 lbs 
 
 $1 00 
 
 Peaches, dried, 
 
 
 Peeled, . 
 
 Per bush. 38 lbs 
 
 5 00 
 
 Peaches, dried, 
 
 K 
 
 Unpeeled, 
 
 Per bush. 38 lbs 
 
 3 00 
 
 Pork, 
 
 
 Fresh, . 
 
 Per pound. 
 
 35 
 
 Pork, 
 
 
 Salt, 
 
 Per pound, 
 
 55 
 
 Pasturage, 
 
 // 
 
 Cattle and horses 
 
 
 
 
 
 near city, 
 
 Per head prm'th 
 
 3 00 
 
 Pasturage, 
 
 ({ 
 
 Interior, 
 
 Per head prm'th 
 
 1 50 
 
 Rice, 
 
 
 New, 
 
 Per pound. 
 
 15 
 
 Rice, 
 
 " 
 
 Old, 
 
 Per pound, 
 
 12 
 
 Rye, 
 
 
 Good, 
 
 Per bush. 56 lbs. 
 
 2 50 
 
 Sacks, 
 
 " 
 
 Two bush, osnab^rg. 
 
 Each, 
 
 1 00 
 
 Shirting, . 
 
 " 
 
 Cotton, f yard wide. 
 
 
 
 
 
 4J yards to pound, 
 
 Per yard, . 
 
 50 
 
 Shirting, . 
 
 
 Cotton, ^ yard wide. 
 
 
 
 
 
 3| yards to pound, 
 
 Per yard. 
 
 60 
 
 Cotton Stripes, 
 
 
 Three yards to lb. 
 
 Per yard, 
 
 75 
 
 Salt, 
 
 
 Coast, 
 
 Per bush. 50 lbs. 
 
 15 00 
 
 Salt, 
 
 
 Liverpool, 
 
 Per bush. 50 lbs. 
 
 30 00 
 
 Shoes, 
 
 
 Army, , 
 
 Per pair, . 
 
 8 00 
 
 Shoe Thread, . 
 
 
 Flax, . 
 
 Per pound. 
 
 3 00 
 
 Socks, 
 
 
 Soldiers', wool, 
 
 Per pair, . 
 
 1 25 
 
 Sheep, . 
 
 
 Fat, 
 
 Per head, 
 
 15 00 
 
 Sugar, 
 
 
 Brown, common, . 
 
 Per pound. 
 
 90 
 
 Sugar, 
 
 
 Brown, common, . 
 
 Per pound. 
 
 SO 
 
 Soap, 
 
 
 Hard, . 
 
 Per pound, 
 
 40 
 
 Soap, 
 
 
 Soft, . 
 
 Per pound, ^ 
 
 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 y'd, 
 
 Per yard, . 
 
 90 
 
 Tallow, . 
 
 
 Clean, . 
 
 Per pound. 
 
 80 
 
 Vinegar, . 
 
 
 Cider, . 
 
 Per gallon, 
 
 1 00 
 
 Vinegar, . 
 
 
 Mawufactured, 
 
 Per gallon. 
 
 75 
 
 Whiskey, 
 
 
 Good, 
 
 Per galhm. 
 
 4 00 
 
 Wheat, . 
 
 
 First rate, white, . 
 
 Per "bush. GO lbs. 
 
 4 00 
 
 Wheat, . 
 
 
 Fair, 
 
 Per bush. GO lbs. 
 
 3 50 
 
 Wheat, . - . 
 
 
 Ordinary, 
 
 Per bush. 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,.. 
 
 (( 
 
 Woodax.4 hoy., new 
 
 Fnch, 
 
 250 00 
 
157 
 
 ARTICLES. 
 
 Wagons, . 
 Wagons, . 
 Wagons, . 
 Yarn, 
 
 Good. 
 
 DESCRIPTION. 
 
 Iron axle, 4 hor. new- 
 Wood ax. 2 hor. new 
 Iron ax. 2 hor. rew, 
 Cotton, . 
 
 QUANTITY. 
 
 Each, 
 Eacli, 
 Each, 
 Per bunch 5 lbs. 
 
 $300 00 
 
 175 00 
 
 225 00 
 
 6 00 
 
 Hire of Labor, Teams, Wagons and Horses. 
 
 DESCRIPTION, 
 
 Baling long forage. 
 
 Shelling and sacking corn, sacks fur- 
 ni.shed by government, 
 
 Hauling, .... 
 
 Hire of tM'o-horse team, wagon and 
 driver, rations furnished by owner, - 
 
 Hire of two-horse team, wagon and 
 driver, rations furnished by govern- 
 ment, - ... - 
 
 Hire of fonrhorse team, wagon and 
 driver, rations furnithed by ownei, - 
 
 Hire of four-horse team, wagon and 
 driver, rations furnished by govern- 
 ment, - 
 
 Hire of six-hor.se team, wagon and 
 driver, rations furnished by owner, - 
 
 Hire of six-horse team, wagon and 
 driver, rations furnished by govern- 
 ment, - . - . - 
 
 Hire of laborer, rations furnished by 
 owner, .... 
 
 Hire of laborer, rations furnished by 
 government, .... 
 
 Hire of laborer, rations furnished by 
 owner, .... 
 
 Hire of laborer, rations furnished by 
 government, - - . - 
 
 QUANTITY. 
 
 Per 100 pounds, 
 
 " bush, of 56 lbs, 
 " 100 lbs. per ml. 
 
 " day, 
 
 " day, 
 
 » day, 
 
 " day, 
 
 " day, 
 
 " day, 
 
 " day, 
 
 " month, 
 
 " month. 
 
 $0 3<J 
 
 05 
 03 
 
 7 00 
 
 5 
 
 00 
 
 10 
 
 00 
 
 6 
 
 50 
 
 12 
 
 00 
 
 8 
 
 00 
 
 1 
 
 50 
 
 1 
 
 00 
 
 30 
 
 00 
 
 15 
 
 00 
 
 The undersigned, commissioners and appraisers, under the act 
 of Congress for regulating the impressments for South Carolina, 
 have adopted the foregoing schedule of prices, which they think 
 is fair and equitable under existing circiimstaucea. They hope 
 that the prodfucer will be willing not only to tell to tho goYeuo- 
 
158 
 
 ment at tliose prices, but to private individuals, 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 specula- 
 ting 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 exor- 
 bitant profits on what they have to sell. lie who is unwilling to 
 do 80 is unworthy of his country and the cause in which she is 
 engaged. 
 
 The commissioners would respectfully suggest to the quarter- 
 masters and commissaries in South Carolina, that they should not 
 impress provisions which have been purchased for family supplies 
 and immediate consumption, nor should they interfere with pur- 
 chases 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, 
 
 Columbia, S. C, September 15, 1863. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 Buckingham, Oct. 1, 1863. 
 lion. James A. Seddon : 
 
 Sir — As there occurred several inaccuracies in publishing 
 our schedule A, dated llichmond, October 1st, 1803, wc respect- 
 fully submit the following corrections. We trust, as the mis- 
 takes arc so obvious, that the good sense of the public as well as 
 of our impressing agents, enabled them in delecting to correct 
 them. In August we assessed prime whitcand red wheat at ^5 
 pel' bushel, and good superfine flour at $25 per barrel. At our 
 meeting the 24th of September, the board re adopted in full our 
 schedule of August, with a few additions. Therefore we retain- 
 ed our former valuation of superjftne jlour. But we added fine 
 flour, which we assessed at $22 per barrel, and extra superfine 
 flour at %1i) 50 per barrel, and family flour at $28 per barrel — 
 each weighing 1*JG pounds. We also added good, fresh fat pork, 
 at forty-five cents per pound net we\ght. Not apprehending the 
 developing of any facts of suftici«snt importance to require a 
 change in our valuations for at least two months, we adopted 
 
159 
 
 pchodules A and B, as adjusted in Anf!:ust, wiih tlie forogoing 
 additions, as the govornnient rates for the ensuing two inonthn* 
 We therefore submit the August schedules marked A and B, 
 with the foregoing stated additions and corrections, and request 
 their republication, with the understanding tliat the prices there- 
 in indicated are to remain for the mouths of October and Novem- 
 ber, as agreed upon when we presented to you our last report. 
 If in the mean time any additions to the number of articles as- 
 sessed should be desirable, we will send in a supplemental sched- 
 ule embracing them. Most respectfully, 
 
 E. AV. IIUBARD, 
 Hob't GlBBON-Ey, 
 Commissioners for Va, 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, 
 No. 129. 
 
 Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 Richmond, Oct. 1, 18G3. 
 
 The following schedules present the maxi num prices to be paid 
 for the articles appraised, at all cities and usual places of sale, and 
 when impressed elsewhere, the same prices are to be paid elsewhere, 
 less tiie cost of transportation to the city or usual place of sale to 
 which the article would go ordinarily for sale from that neigh- 
 borhood, or less the cost of transportation to the point at which 
 the government needs the article, and wishes it to be sent : Pro- 
 vided, that in no case the auiount deducted for transportation as 
 above shall exceed 25 ceyts per bushel for grain, and 25 cents per 
 cwt. for long forage, fli)ur, bacon, iron, &o. 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 de- 
 ducted from the established price of baling: 
 
 Schedule A. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ARTICLE. 
 
 < 
 
 DESCRIPTION. 
 
 QUANTITY. 
 
 PRICE. 
 
 1 Wheat, 
 
 Prime. 
 
 Wliite or rati. 
 
 Pr bush of 60 !bs 
 
 ^ T) 00 
 
 2 Flour, ^ 
 
 Good, 
 
 Fine, 
 
 Prbarrclof 196 lbs. 
 
 2-2 00 
 
 " 
 
 a 
 
 .Superfine, 
 
 u (( u 
 
 2r) 00 
 
 (( 
 
 t( 
 
 Kx. snp'rfine 
 
 Cl (( (( 
 
 26 50 
 
 u 
 
 u 
 
 Family, 
 
 il (( CI 
 
 28 00 
 
 3 Corn, 
 
 Prime. 
 
 VVli'eoryellw 
 
 Pr bush of 06 lbs. 
 
 4 00 
 
 4 Unshelled corn, 
 
 (( 
 
 U l( 
 
 '' " 56 Ib.s. 
 
 •3 95 
 
 Corn meal, 
 
 Good, 
 
 
 " «' DO Ibi. 
 
 4 20 
 
IGO 
 Schedule A. — Continued. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ARTICLE, 
 
 < 
 
 DESCRIPTION. 
 
 (QUANTITY. 
 
 PRICE. 
 
 6 Rye, 
 
 Prime, 
 
 
 Per bush of 56 lbs. 
 
 $ 3 20 
 
 7 Cleaned oats, 
 
 u 
 
 
 " " 32 lbs. 
 
 2 00 
 
 8 Wheat bran, 
 
 Good, 
 
 
 " 17 lbs. 
 
 50 
 
 9 Shorts, 
 
 u 
 
 
 » " 22 lbs. 
 
 70 
 
 10 Brown stuff, 
 
 a 
 
 
 " » 28 lbs. 
 
 90 
 
 11 Ship stuff', 
 
 (1 
 
 
 " « 37 lbs. 
 
 1 40 
 
 12 Bacon, 
 
 (f 
 
 Hog round, 
 
 Per pound, 
 
 1 00 
 
 13 Salt pork, 
 
 (( 
 
 
 i; 
 
 1 00 
 
 Fresh pork, 
 
 Fat & 
 
 
 
 
 
 good, 
 
 
 Per lb. net weight, 
 
 45 
 
 14 Lard, 
 
 Good, 
 
 
 P«r pound, 
 
 1 00 
 
 15 'Horses, 
 
 Istcl's 
 
 Artillery, &c. 
 
 Av'ge price pr head 
 
 350 00 
 
 16 Wool, 
 
 Fair or 
 
 ■ 
 
 
 
 
 Mer'o 
 
 Washed, 
 
 Per pound. 
 
 3 00 
 
 17 Wool, 
 
 Fair or 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mer'o 
 
 Unwashed, 
 
 u 
 
 2 00 
 
 18 Peas, 
 
 Good, 
 
 
 Per bush of 60 lbs. 
 
 4 00 
 
 19 Beans, 
 
 (1 
 
 
 u (( a 
 
 4 00 
 
 20 Potatoes, 
 
 (( 
 
 Irish, 
 
 i( 
 
 4 00 
 
 21 Potiitoes, 
 
 (( 
 
 Sweet, 
 
 (( 
 
 5 00 
 
 22 Onions, 
 
 Good, 
 
 
 " " 60 lbs 
 
 5 00 
 
 23 Dried peaches, 
 
 li 
 
 Pealed, 
 
 " of 38 lbs. 
 
 8 00 
 
 24 Dried peaches. 
 
 • c 
 
 Unpealed, 
 
 • " of 38 lbs. 
 
 4 50 
 
 25 Dried apples, 
 
 u 
 
 Pealed, " of 28 lbs. 
 
 3 00 
 
 2G Hay, baled, 
 
 
 Timothy or 
 
 
 
 (( 
 
 clover, jPer 100 pounds, 
 
 3 00 
 
 27 Hay, baled. 
 
 
 Orchard or 
 
 
 
 
 (( 
 
 herd grass, 
 
 (( (( 
 
 3 00 
 
 28 Hay, unbaled, 
 
 
 Orchard or 
 
 
 
 
 u 
 
 herd grass, 
 
 (( a 
 
 2 70 
 
 29 Sh'foats, baled, 
 
 u 
 
 \ U (( 
 
 4 00 
 
 30 Sh'foats, unb'd. 
 
 u 
 
 (( (( 
 
 3 70 
 
 31 Blade fod'r, b'd. 
 
 (( 
 
 
 a (( 
 
 3 00 
 
 32 Bl fodder, nnb'd 
 
 (1 
 
 
 a a 
 
 2 70 
 
 33 Shucks, baled. 
 
 u 
 
 
 a a 
 
 2 00 
 
 34 Shucks, unb'd, 
 
 (( 
 
 
 a a 
 
 1 70 
 
 35 Wheat straw, 
 
 
 
 • m 
 
 
 baled, 
 
 a 
 
 
 (c a 
 
 1 00 
 
 36 Wheat straw, 
 
 
 
 
 
 unbaled, 
 
 cc 
 
 
 a u 
 
 , 70 
 
 37 Pasturage, 
 
 Good, 
 
 Interior, Per head pr month, 
 
 3 00 
 
 38 ■ " 
 
 Sup'r, 
 
 (I (( u 
 
 4 00 
 
 39 " 
 
 1st r'te 
 
 u 
 
 (( a 
 
 5 00 
 
161 
 
 Schedule A. — Continued. 
 
 ARTICLES. 
 
 H 
 
 < 
 
 DESCRII'TION. 
 
 QUANTITY. 
 
 PRICE. 
 
 40 Pasturage, 
 
 Good, 
 
 Near cities. 
 
 Per head pr month, 
 
 .$ 5 00 
 
 41 '♦ 
 
 Sup'r, 
 
 a 
 
 (( u 
 
 6 00 
 
 42 " 
 
 Ist r"te 
 
 (( 
 
 a (( 
 
 7 00 
 
 43 Salt, 
 
 Good, 
 
 ■ 
 
 Per bush of 50 lbs. 
 
 5 00 
 
 44 Soap, 
 
 u 
 
 
 Per ]5(wind, 
 
 40 
 
 45 Candles, 
 
 1( 
 
 Tallow, 
 
 (I 
 
 1 00 
 
 46 Vinegar, 
 
 (C 
 
 Cider, 
 
 Per gallon. 
 
 1 00 
 
 47 Whiskey, 
 
 (( 
 
 Trade, 
 
 (1 
 
 3 00 
 
 48 Sugar, 
 
 (t 
 
 BroM-n, 
 
 Per pound, 
 
 1 00 
 
 49 Molasses, 
 
 k( 
 
 New Orleans, 
 
 Per gallon, 
 
 8 00 
 
 50 Rice, 
 
 a 
 
 
 Per pound, 
 
 20 
 
 51 Coftee, 
 
 u 
 
 Rio, 
 
 " 
 
 3 00 
 
 52 Tea, 
 
 a 
 
 Trade, 
 
 u 
 
 7 00 
 
 53 Vinegar, 
 
 u 
 
 Manufact'd, 
 
 Per gallon. 
 
 50 
 
 54 Pig iron, 
 
 u 
 
 No. 1 quality. 
 
 Per ton, 
 
 125 00 
 
 55 Pig iron, 
 
 u 
 
 No. 2 
 
 u 
 
 110 00 
 
 56 Pig iron. 
 
 'i 
 
 No. 3 " 
 
 (( 
 
 100 00 
 
 57 Bloom iron, 
 
 (( 
 
 
 i( 
 
 ISO 00 
 
 58 Smith's iron. 
 
 
 Round, plate 
 
 
 
 
 (C 
 
 and bar, 
 
 Per ton, 
 
 380 00 
 
 59 Railroad iron. 
 
 • li 
 
 
 (( 
 
 190 00 
 
 60 Leather, 
 
 C( 
 
 Harness, 
 
 Per pound. 
 
 2 60 
 
 61 " 
 
 u 
 
 Sole, 
 
 (I 
 
 2 40 
 
 62 
 
 (( 
 
 Upper, 
 
 u 
 
 2 «0 
 
 63 Beef cattle. 
 
 u 
 
 Gross weight. 
 
 Per 100 pottiids, 
 
 16 00 
 
 64 
 
 Sup'r, 
 
 (1 (( 
 
 a u 
 
 18 on 
 
 65 " 
 
 Ut r'te 
 
 (( (; 
 
 Cl H 
 
 )>0 00 
 
 66 Sheep, 
 
 Fair, 
 
 
 Per head, 
 
 30 00 
 
 67 Army woollen 
 
 
 
 
 
 cloth, '} yd. 
 
 Good, 
 
 10 oz. per yd. 
 
 Per yard, 
 
 4 50 
 
 68 Army woollen 
 
 
 Pro rata as to 
 
 
 
 cloth. 
 
 (< 
 
 greater or less 
 
 Width or weight, 
 
 
 69 Army woollen 
 
 
 
 
 
 cloth, 6 4 yd. 
 
 (( 
 
 2C oz. per yd. 
 
 Per yard. 
 
 9 00 
 
 70 Army woollen 
 
 
 Pro rata as to 
 
 
 
 cloth, 
 
 (t 
 
 greater or less 
 
 Width or weight, 
 
 
 71 Flannels, 4 
 
 u 
 
 6 oz. per yd. 
 
 Per yard, 
 
 3 00 
 
 72 Cotton shirt'g, ^ 
 
 (( 
 
 1.^ yds. to lb. 
 
 " 
 
 4i 
 
 73 - " i 
 
 (( 
 
 ■4 yds. to lb. 
 
 a 
 
 50 
 
 74 Cotton sheet- 
 
 
 
 
 
 ings, 4-4, 
 
 u 
 
 3 yds. to lb. 
 
 (( 
 
 60 
 
 75 Cotton pzna- 
 
 
 
 
 
 burgs, 1, 
 
 « 
 
 6 oz. per yd. 
 
 
 60 
 
162 
 Schedule A — Continued. 
 
 
 >< 
 
 
 
 
 ARTICLE. 
 
 1-3 
 
 < 
 
 DESCRirTION. 
 
 QUANTITY. 
 
 PRICE. 
 
 76 Cotton ozna- 
 
 
 
 
 
 bnrgs, -}, 
 
 " 
 
 S oz. per yd. 
 
 Per yard. 
 
 $ 70 
 
 77 Cotton drills, -g^, 
 
 (( 
 
 3 yds, to lb. 
 
 (( 
 
 70 
 
 78 Cotton shirting 
 
 
 
 
 
 stripes. 
 
 cc 
 
 3 yds. to lb. 
 
 C( 
 
 70 
 
 79 Cotton tent 
 
 
 
 
 
 cloths, 
 
 u 
 
 10 oz. to yd. 
 
 C( 
 
 87 
 
 80* 
 
 
 
 
 
 81 Cotton warps, 
 
 (( 
 
 
 Per pound, 
 
 1 63 
 
 82 Army shoes',' 
 
 (( 
 
 
 Per ])air, 
 
 10 00 
 
 83 Shoe thread, 
 
 1( 
 
 
 Per pound, 
 
 2 00 
 
 84 Wool socks for 
 
 
 
 
 
 men, 
 
 I' 
 
 
 Per pair, 
 
 1 25 
 
 85 Mules, 
 
 Ist r"te 
 
 Wagon, Sec. 
 
 Av'e price pr bead, 
 
 300 00 
 
 In assessing the average value of " first class artillery and 
 wagon horses at $350," vre designed that the term should be ac- 
 cepted and acted upon accord-ng 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 intrinsic value, would war- 
 rant a judicious purchaser in considering them as coming within 
 tiie contemplation of the commissitners 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 al' horses at hand should be im- 
 pressed. Yet under ordinary circumstances, when family or ex- 
 tra blooded horses, or brood mares of adihitted high imlue are im- 
 pressed, we respectfully suggest to the Secretary of War to have 
 instructions forwarded to the impressing offieers to propose and 
 allow the owners to .whstihile in their 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 hend" was used in contradistinc- 
 tion to a fixed and uniform price for each horse or mule. We 
 supposed that in impressing a number of horses or mules, whe- 
 ther owned by several persons, or one individual, that some 
 
 ■^ On the above enumerated cotton cloths, pro rata as to greater 
 or less widtii or weight. 
 
163 
 
 rniglifc be estimated r.t i|250, or even at losp, ami others at differ- 
 ent advjinoed rates, according to their worth, up as hif!;h as $450, 
 or above that amount — thus making an average value or price for 
 a Munher of good, sound and efficient horses, $350 each, and 
 mules $oOO each. 
 
 In illustration of our vievrs, -we vrill add, that a horse with 
 only one eye sound, might, in all other respects, be classed as .i 
 first rate artillery hoi-se, yet the loss of one eye would justly and 
 considerably curtail his value. So a horse from 10 to 18 years of 
 age might he deemed in all other particulars as a first class artil- 
 lery horse, but of courso, however ellicient 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 ap- 
 proximate the standard of a first class artillery horse, must, ac- 
 cording to deticiencios, fall below the masimuai 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 in- 
 f-tances the price should be proportionately reduced, as imperfec-" 
 tious place them below ths standard of first class, &c. 
 
 E. W. IIUBAUD, 
 Koj\EKT GlCBOxNEY, 
 
 (Jt'xmiis^io'iws for Fa, 
 
lU 
 
 Schedule B. — Bire of Labor ^ Teams, Wagons and Drivers. 
 
 » 
 
 Baling long forage, 
 
 QUANTITY & TIME. 
 
 PRICE. 
 
 1. 
 
 Per 100 lbs. 
 
 $ 30 
 
 ■2. 
 
 Shelling and bagging corn, sacks fur- 
 
 
 
 
 
 nished by the government, . 
 
 u 
 
 56 " 
 
 05 
 
 3. 
 
 Hauling, .... 
 
 u 
 
 cwt. p. mile. 
 
 06 
 
 4. 
 
 Hauling grain, 
 
 a 
 
 bush " 
 
 03 
 
 S. 
 
 Hire of two-horse team, wagon and 
 
 
 
 
 
 driver, rations furnished by owner, , 
 
 u 
 
 day, 
 
 10 00 
 
 6. 
 
 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
 
 
 
 
 
 government, .... 
 
 a 
 
 u 
 
 5 00 
 
 7. 
 
 Hiri of four-horse team, wagon and 
 
 
 
 
 
 driver, rations furnished by owner, . 
 
 C( 
 
 u 
 
 13 00 
 
 8. 
 
 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
 
 
 
 
 
 government, .... 
 
 u 
 
 u 
 
 6 £30 
 
 9. 
 
 Hire of six-hor?e team, wagon and 
 
 
 
 
 
 driver, rations furnished by owner, . 
 
 a 
 
 ({ 
 
 IG 00 
 
 10. 
 
 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
 
 
 
 
 
 government, . 
 
 I'. 
 
 (( 
 
 8 00 
 
 11. 
 
 Hire of laborer, rations furnished by 
 
 
 
 
 
 owner, .... 
 
 4( 
 
 u 
 
 2 00 
 
 12. 
 
 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
 
 
 
 
 
 government, .... 
 
 U 
 
 (( 
 
 1 25 
 
 13. 
 
 Hire of same, rations furnished by 
 
 
 
 
 
 owner, . . . . 
 
 (( 
 
 montli, 
 
 40 00 
 
 14. 
 
 Hire of same, rations famished by the 
 
 
 
 
 
 government, . . . . 
 
 tc 
 
 .( 
 
 20 00 
 
 Py order. 
 
 E. W. IIUBARD, 
 
 Robert Gibbonet, 
 Commissioners for Va. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General, 
 
165 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) Adj't and Lnsp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 130. S JlicJimond, Oct. 2, 18G3. 
 
 I. The evils resulting from the prolonged absence of soldiers 
 who have obtained furloughs on .account of sickness, being great- 
 ly on the increase, the attention of oflicers of the army is di- 
 rected to the 7th paragraph of General Orders, No. 69, of 18G3, 
 from this oflice, and strict compliance therewith is enjoined. 
 
 II. Commanders of companies who, agreeably to the require- 
 ments of the aforesaid orders. No. GO, receive from examining 
 boards notices of furloughs granted by them, are required to 
 make out and forward monthly to the superintendents of tho 
 Bureaus of Conscription (Col. J. S. Preston, at Richmond, Va., 
 or Brig. Gen. G. J. Pillow, at Marietta, Ga., as the case may re- 
 quire,) lists of all men so furlougiied, and who do not promptly 
 return to their companies at the expiration of the time granted 
 them ; and it will bo the duty of the superintendent receiving 
 such lists, to direct the proper enrolling officers to arrest and re- 
 turn to their companies, without delay, all persons %vho 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 hereaf- 
 ter be limited to four months pay. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,^ Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l'^^fice, 
 
 No. 131. ] Richmond, Ya., Oct. 3, 18G3. 
 
 i)ifficulties in procuring the medals and badges of distinction, 
 having delayed their presentation by tho President, as author- 
 ised by the act of Congress, approved Oct. 13, 18132, to the oflfi- 
 €ers, non-commiissioned officers and privates of the armies of 
 the Confederate States, conspicuou-s for courage and good con- 
 duct 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 hereaf- 
 ter be reported as worthy of this distinction, be inscribed on a 
 
 Roll of Honor. 
 To be preserved in the oflice of the Adjutant and Inspector Gen- 
 
eral 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, 80 far as now made up, be ap- 
 pended 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 published in at least one newspaper in 
 each State. 
 
 III. The attention of the officers in charge is directed to Gene- 
 ral Orders, No. 93, section No, 27, of t!ie series of 18G2, Adju- 
 tant and Inspector General's Office, for the mode of selecting the 
 non-commissioned officers and privates entitl-ed to this distinc- 
 tion, and its executioia is enjoined. 
 
 Battle of Murfreesboro'. 
 
 Alabama, 
 
 22d Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Sergeant W. D. Sumner, 
 Private VVm. Sellers, 
 Corporal J. L. Husbands, 
 Sergeant B. T. Nelson, 
 
 " P. A. Minton, 
 Corporal N. B. Walker, 
 Private J. R. Black, 
 Corporal VV. R. Larry, 
 Private J. J. McVey, 
 
 " J. N. Eilands, 
 
 24th Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 ^^ptain W, D. Smith,* 
 W^ " W. p. Fov/ler, 
 
 " J no. B. Hazard, 
 
 " W. J. OBrien, 
 Lieutenant J. A. Hall, 
 
 " A. B. Nelson, 
 
 " R. T. P. Parham, 
 
 " A. Young, 
 
 Sergeant Major Wm. Mink. 
 1st Sergeant J. M. J. Tally, 
 Sergeant John Ives, 
 Private Martin Duggan, 
 
 " Melbourn De loach, 
 Sergeant Saml. S. Wylie, 
 Private Josepli Hall, 
 
 " Saml. M. Roberts* 
 
 " A. W. Scott, 
 
 " James R. Green, 
 
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 " N. Lankford * 
 " A. Posey, 
 
 25th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Sergeant Isaac N, Rhoades, 
 Private Warren A. Jackson, 
 
 " Samuel Ellison, 
 
 " . Jarrres A. Mote, 
 Sergeant J. F. Colcer,* 
 
 Patrick H. Smith, 
 Private Marion F. Hazlewood, 
 
 " Charles W. Ropers,* 
 
 " J. B. Peacock,* 
 
 26th Regiment of Infantry r 
 
 Private B. A. Thompson, 
 Sergeant J. E. Gilbert, 
 Private L. P. Roberts, 
 
 " Reedy Ward, 
 Sergeant F. E. Mitchel?, 
 Private J. T. McClain, 
 J. H. Ootrel, 
 
 " John A. Uselton, 
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 28th Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 Private Topley Mnrphey, " B- 
 
 Sergeant Elias Wood, " G- 
 
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 " William E. Short, " L. 
 
 The other companies made no selection. 
 
 32d Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Private James Clements * 
 Corporal Vincent II. Joiner, 
 Private Edmund Davis, 
 C\:)rporal John C, Oliver,* 
 Private Reuben Dumas, 
 
 do Nathaniel Wheelers,* 
 Corporal Jamos H. Dore, 
 Private Alfred C. Hulto, 
 Sergeant George W. Vansandt, 
 (forporal Elijah P. Gable,* 
 
 34th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
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 Private J. R. Brovv^ing, 
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 do S. W. Reynolds, 
 do J. G. Wlialey, 
 do T. N. Cloud, 
 do B. R. Covington, 
 do J. G. IVIetts, 
 
 39th Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 Adjutant J. M. Macon. 
 2d Lieut. E. Q. Thornton, 
 
 do E. O. Petty, 
 Sergeant C. K. Hall, 
 
 do W. :. White, 
 
 do E. Priest, 
 Private W. C. Menifee, 
 Sergeant A. J. Talbot, 
 Private Samuel M. Martin, 
 
 do John Dausby, 
 
 do Evander Burdettj 
 
 do Frank Jones, 
 
 do Wm. M. Meadows, 
 Sergeants John H. Poyner and T. F. Espy. 
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 do James S. Wilson, 
 Company H made no selection. » 
 
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 do Walter S. White, do 
 
 Waters' Battery : 
 
 Private John Hutcherson. 
 
 Ketchum's Battery : 
 
 Captain James Garrity. 
 1st Lieutenant Philip Bond* 
 do M. A. Hassell. 
 
 Arkansas. 
 
 1st Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Lieutenant Colonel D. McGregor.* 
 Adjutant S. M. Greenwood. 
 Captain O. F. Parrish, 
 Lieutenant J. E. Letson, 
 Captain W. H. Scales, 
 Corporal G, M. McKenzie,* 
 
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 Private J. S. T. Hemphill, 
 
 do G. W. Sallee,* 
 
 do CI. Bagy, 
 
 do W. W. Chancy, 
 
 do H. J. Bullion, 
 
 do A. P. Green,* 
 
 do J. Benson, • 
 
 do J. H. Curd, * 
 
 do O. C. Choat, * 
 
 2d Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Corporal James W. Pyles, 
 Private Tilman Peavy,* 
 do J. H. Eagle,* 
 do E. A. Ballew, 
 do W. A. Thompson,'*'' 
 do Wm. Till,* 
 Sergeant J. E. Shepard, 
 Private M. M. McGer, 
 Sergeant H. M. Gravis, 
 do F. E. Gett, 
 
 4th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Sergeant S A. Smith, 
 Private James M. Pate,* 
 d® Dan'l Hudson-, 
 do Xhomas Caldwell, 
 Sergeant J. F. Garrett,* 
 Private J. M. Vinson,* 
 Sergeant S. T. Ward,* 
 Private Simpson Jackson, 
 do T. P. Williams, 
 
 1st Regiment Mounted Rifles : 
 
 Private Pat. Collawan, 
 do W. T. Blakemore, 
 do James Pearsons, 
 Corporal C. D. Jenkins, 
 Private T. J. Underwood, 
 
 do W. W. Coe, 
 Ist Sergeant W. S. Colbern, 
 Corporal Thomas Thompson, 
 
 do J. L. Casteen, 
 Private G. B. Honse,* 
 
 25th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Private J. Alphin, 
 (Corporal J. R. Fergurson, 
 Private W. G. Evans, 
 
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 Private M. N. Jones, 
 
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 do John A. Wright, 
 
 do J. S. Gardner, 
 
 do J. W. McNabb, 
 Corporal A. M. Ragsdel, 
 
 do H. D. Holdawayf 
 
 4th Battallion of Infantry : 
 
 Private James Vines,* 
 Corporal L. Higgle,* 
 . Privata, George Ayior, 
 do C. G. Warien. 
 
 Humphries Artillery Company : 
 Private John Campbell. 
 
 Georgia^ 
 
 5th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Private Newton Rice^* 
 Corporal M. J. Mc-NaaiarRj* 
 Private Thos J. Biantley,'^ 
 Sergeant Samuel P. Kiddoo,* 
 Corporal B. D. Bedell, 
 Private George A. Horseley,* 
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 Sd Battalion of Infantry : 
 
 Private A. S. Kinney,* 
 
 do W* D. Clark,' 
 
 do Mathew Hall, 
 
 do John Capps, 
 
 do Michael Kinney, 
 
 do Tlionias Nolan, 
 
 do G. W. Sanders, 
 
 9th Battalion of Infantry : 
 
 Private Obie McCreery, 
 
 do W. J. Wood, 
 
 do N. W. Rice, 
 Corporal Wm. M. Gaines, 
 Private C. M, R. Palmer, 
 
 Kentucky, 
 
 2d Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Color Corporal W. H. Robinson, ♦ 
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 2d Regiment, of Infantry— Continued. 
 Sergeant F. M Cliambera, 
 
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 do D E Turney, 
 Corpo'-al E. H. Wrijiiit, 
 Sergeant J<,lin H. Crane, 
 
 ilo Jas, A. Pearce, 
 
 4ih Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Corporal G. W. Rogers, 
 Sergeant E. L. Johnson, 
 Private John McGuire, 
 Color Corporal R. H. Lindsey, 
 Serjeant J. S. VVhittington, 
 Private Joseph Nickols, 
 do H. D Wallace, 
 Ser^-eant A M. Hathaway, 
 CoMipaKies H and I declined selecting, 
 
 €th Regiment of Infantry; 
 
 lnt Serfjeant J. B. Lewis, 
 Corporal E. S. Jone?, 
 Private Thotna3 Payne, 
 
 do James T. Prather, 
 2d SerKeatil Wm. Harned, 
 Private J. O. Cushenbnr^, 
 Companies A and B declined selecting. 
 
 '9th Regiment of Infantry: 
 Captain Jos. Deslin, 
 
 do James T. Morehead, 
 Private J. G. V/akefieUl, 
 
 do Jaco!) Blackshear, 
 
 do J. L. Ctdlins, 
 
 do Nathan Board, 
 Serjieant Wm. K. Kenman, 
 
 (io Drake ford Gray, 
 Private H. B Roberts, 
 Company D declined to select, 
 
 Louisiana. 
 
 12th Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 Color Sergeant Roger Tanure* 
 Ser'^^eant Major John Farrel, 
 Private Dan. Dunn, 
 
 do George K. Riggins, 
 
 do Lewis Brown, 
 Corporal F. Druvot, 
 Private E- SI. Harris, 
 
 do Micnat'i McCuilifT, , 
 
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 1 3th Regiment of Infantry — Continued 
 
 Private James Kinsley, 
 
 do M. Brennigan, 
 Sergeant Pat. Johnston, 
 Private Frarujis Mackin, 
 
 20th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Private Frank Monahaia, 
 Corporal Charles Sneider, 
 
 do John Bellejean, 
 Private Walter Haynes, 
 1st Sergeant P. Mooney, 
 Private G. Heisser, 
 
 do Michael Sullivari 
 
 do Michael Carey, 
 
 do John Gorman, 
 Ist Sergeant G. G. Smith, 
 
 Austin's Battalion of Sharpshooters : 
 
 Private J. W. Stovall,* 
 do Andrew Devilbiss. 
 
 5th Company Washington Artillery : 
 Private John W. Anthony. 
 
 Mississippi, 
 
 £th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Sergeant Wm. Dobbs, 
 Private Jesse Glass, 
 Oorporal J. J. Smith, 
 Private G. T. Jayroe, 
 Sergeant J. H. Richardson, 
 
 do W. A. Snow, 
 Private S. F. Fondren, 
 Sergeant D. S, McCollum, 
 Private W. R. Flannigan, 
 
 do H. H. McxMichael, 
 
 lih Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Private John Higginbotham,* 
 
 do H. H. Price, 
 
 do Richard Chaddick, 
 
 do Jeptha Creel, 
 Sergeant George Stewart, 
 Private B. Diummond, 
 
 do M. B. Stringer, 
 
 do A. Z. Coker, 
 
 do P. W. Rogers, 
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 Private W. T. Robinson, 
 
 do J. H. Bond, 
 
 do W. J. Pitman, 
 Corporal G. B. Risher, 
 Private S. T. Massey, 
 
 do D. F. Hilburn, 
 Corporal A. W. Atwood, 
 Private J. C. Lucy, 
 
 do Joel Foster, 
 
 do W, W. Watson, 
 
 $)tli Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Private T. E. Bowden,* 
 
 do Thomas Gill, 
 Color Sergeant L. E. McCrosky, 
 Sergeant George F. Duffy, 
 Private John McAfee,* 
 Corporal E W. Dowty, 
 Private W. T. Hollis, 
 
 do B. C. Lipscomb,* 
 Sergeant D. R. i^iles, 
 Private W. H. Wheeler, 
 
 ■ilst Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Sergeant John A. Moore, 
 Private A. W. Bell, 
 
 do A. F. Anderson, 
 
 do A Sanders, 
 
 do Samuel N Richey, 
 
 do G D Nelson, 
 
 do P Ledbetter, 
 
 do F Constantine, 
 Corporal W M Baker, 
 Companies B and C declined making selections. 
 
 9ih Battalion of Sharp Shooters: 
 4th Sergeant M Murphy, 
 1st Sergeant Joseph O'Brien, 
 Sergeant Murphy ws.s selected by Major Richards, 
 
 commanding battalioo. 
 Companies B and C declined making selections, 
 
 Sletnford's Light Battery : 
 
 Private R'chard H Elliott. 
 
 A^orlh Carolina; 
 29th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
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 Color Bearer James R Lanning, Company C 
 
 - Ist Sergeant Ervin F Roberts, 
 Corporal Willburn S Smitii, 
 Private Devania Alilltaps,* 
 
 do Abraham Hedrick, 
 
 do James A Gillespie, 
 
 do Thomas Willis, 
 
 do Robert King, 
 
 39tb Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Colonel David Coleinan„ 
 Lieutenant Colonel Hugh H DavidsosSc 
 Acting Adjutant Isaac S. Hyaras. 
 1st Lieutenant Abiam Booker, 
 
 do Wm T Anderson, 
 
 Sergeant John C Rogers, 
 Private Wm T West, 
 
 do James W Cobb, 
 
 do James B A Staten, 
 
 do JMoses Fulbriglit, 
 Sergeant John W Wiggins, 
 
 do John E More, 
 Companies G und H made no selection- — Company 
 
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 South Carolina^ 
 10th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 1st Lieutenant C C Wliite, do A 
 
 Private A J McCants, do A 
 
 do J S Beaiy, do B 
 
 do W D Hewitt, do C 
 
 do G S Flow^ers, do D 
 
 Sergeant C ,W Cockfield,'' do E 
 
 Private G W Curry, do F 
 
 do J Cannon, do G 
 
 dp N Gray, do H 
 
 do W H Poston, do I 
 
 do J W H Bunch,* do K 
 
 do J A Boatwright, ' do L 
 
 Sergeant S. B. Rhuark, do M 
 
 ISth Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Colonel A J Lythgoe- 
 Major John A Crovi'der. 
 Private Benjamin W Boothe, 
 
 do Samuel S Home, 
 Sergeant W H Burkhultex^ 
 ' Private W A Black. 
 
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 19th Regiment of Infantry — Continuecl 
 
 Private S D McCoy, 
 
 do Samuel Bloodsworth, 
 
 Sergeant Seth A Jones, . 
 
 Private James McCiain, 
 do James Jones, 
 
 Sergeant Martin Yance, 
 
 Tennessee, 
 
 2a Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Color Sergeant John C Ferris. 
 
 4th Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 Sergeant J. B. Wendall, 
 Corporal M R Brown, 
 Private R L Matthews, 
 
 do G M Whitson, 
 Sergeant J F Seay, 
 Private R W Mullins, 
 
 5th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Sergeant J P Hardcastle, 
 2d Lieutenant Z B Hamrick, 
 Color Sergeant W Davis, 
 1st Lieutenant W C Grissom, 
 Captain R B Roberts, 
 2d Lieutenant W B Masey, 
 1st Lieutenant J B Blair, 
 Sergeant J Swan, 
 2d Lieutenant S R Richards, 
 do W H Ballard, 
 
 Corporal W F Diggs, 
 2d Sergeant J A Aguilar, 
 Sergeant L D Holland, 
 Private W T Ballard, 
 Corporal W A Thompson, 
 Private J J Hagler, 
 
 do PC Bancum, 
 
 do VV C Malin,^- 
 
 do G W Costen,* 
 Corporal J B Johnson, 
 
 Sih Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Private D T Purkins,^ 
 do RE Colston,* 
 
 Sergeant J M Jones, 
 do W J Arnis^trong,* 
 do Willie Simmons,* 
 
 1st Sergeant E B Little,* 
 
 Private It H Gaines,* 
 
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 Sth Regiment of Infantry — Continued : 
 
 Private T G Hall, Company H 
 
 Sergeant J T Luna, do I 
 
 iJergeant Major W H Holmon,* do K 
 
 17th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Col A S Marks. 
 
 Lieutenant Colonel W W Floyd. 
 
 Adjutant James Fitzpatrick. 
 
 Captain F. B. Terry, 
 
 1st Lieutenant G. W. Corn, 
 
 do H. M. Kimsey, 
 
 2d Lieutenant M. W. Black, 
 Corporal John N. Lowery,* ^ 
 Sergeant P. L. Shaffner, 
 
 do W. T. Jones, 
 
 do Robert Rollins, 
 - Private J. D. Martin, 
 
 do John L. Conley, 
 
 do J. H. Gober, 
 
 do M. T. Liggett,* 
 
 do T. C. Mitchell, 
 Company I declined making a selection. 
 
 19th Regiment of Infantry ; 
 
 1st Sergeant Joseph Thompson, do L 
 
 do * Ames C. Smith, do B. 
 
 Sergeant Geo. N. Richardson, do K. 
 
 The other companies declined making se- 
 lections. 
 
 '23d Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Lieutenant Colonel R. H. Keeble. 
 Captain W. H. Hunter, 
 
 do N. R. Allen, 
 Private W. G. Haynie, 
 
 do W. J. Pennington, 
 let Sergeant J. N. Holt, 
 Private H. C. Haynes,* 
 
 do S. M. Foster, 
 
 do Jaspei M. Harris,* 
 1st Sergeant Wm. K. Kelly, 
 Corpgral G. W. Jernyan, 
 
 24th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Private R. H. Jones, 
 
 do Willis A. Jones, 
 
 do J. M, D. Sullivan, 
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 24th Regiment of Infantry — Continued : 
 Private Wm. Jordon, 
 Color Bearer Cuthbert Ferrill, 
 Sergeant G. W Anderson, 
 Private Allen W. Williams, 
 do R. A. Dean, 
 do Andrew J. Powers, 
 
 25th Regiment of Infantry: 
 
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 26th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Private James Death era go,* 
 do John H. Edmunds, 
 do Wm. T. Williams,* 
 do Wesley Collins, 
 do William Rice, 
 do William Wright, 
 do A. M. Brunson, 
 do Washington Fuller, 
 do John Alfred, 
 
 28th Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 Captain Franklin Fowler, 
 
 1st Lieutenant James M. Lowe, 
 
 Private Elijah W. Greer, 
 
 do Thomas W. Patton, 
 
 do Lafatte Chilton, 
 
 do James A. Rash, 
 Color Bearer Houston B. Graves, 
 Corporal John F. Moore, 
 Private Pinkney Craighead, 
 Sergeant Claiborne D. Griffith, 
 1st Sergeant J. R. Pirtle, 
 
 33d Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Corporal J. W. Mosier, 
 PrivKte T. E. Mercer, 
 Sergeant J. C. Stublefield, 
 Private W. J. McDaniel, 
 
 do E. M. Arnohl, 
 Sergeant George Parhorn,* 
 Private W. R. Gauntlett, 
 
 do J. L. Mizell,* 
 Sergeant J. E. Hays,* 
 Private J. D. Hill, 
 
 37th Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 Major J. T. McReynolds. 
 
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 44th Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 Colonel John S. Fulton. 
 Lieutenant Colonel J. L. McEwin. 
 Major H. C. Ewin. 
 Captain Samuel Jackson, 
 Private James D. Stone, 
 
 do J. G. Heflin * 
 Corporal John W. Gill,* 
 
 do J. D. Crenshaw, 
 
 do Isaac Berry, 
 Private J. M. Sellers, 
 
 45th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Private A. W. Loftin, 
 do J. H. Henderson, 
 do J. E. Watkins,* 
 
 Corporal P. C. F. Miller, 
 
 Private James Flovi^ers,* 
 
 Isi Sergeant L. P, Cawthorn,* 
 
 Private A. T. Lanvin,* 
 
 Corporal B. A. Baird, 
 : Sergeant Hugh Hope, 
 
 Private John W. Williams, 
 
 Darden"s Battery — This company declined to select. 
 Stephen Artil'ery : 
 
 Private Jamts 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, 
 
 do John Bradshavv, 
 
 do T. J. Cox, 
 Sergeant J. C. Hamilton, • 
 
 Private J. M. Byrd, 
 
 do D. F. Moore, 
 
 do M. H. Dixon, 
 Sergeant G. W. Bedford, 
 Companies B and I declined making selec- 
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 lOth Regiment of Cavalry (dismounted) : 
 
 Private Alexander Cook, 
 
 do F. M. Rodgers, 
 Sergeant J^ T. McGee, 
 
 do A. Sims, 
 Pri\iite James Terry, 
 
 do W- W. Con ley, 
 
 do Stokely Hutchins, 
 
 do J. O. Manning, 
 
 do Joel Reynolds, . 
 
 do S. L. Birdwell, 
 
 14th Regiment of Cavalry : 
 
 Private W, R. Strapp, 
 
 do Jordon VVhelcher, 
 
 do Thomas A. Laitemer, 
 
 do Wm. D. Melton,* 
 Corporal John VVyche, 
 Private Wm Spencer, 
 
 do Geo W Woodall, 
 
 do Wm Hull, 
 
 do Richard Stiles, 
 
 do J V Keil, 
 
 32d Regiment of Cavalry, (formerly 16th): 
 
 Corporal James Rogers,* 
 Private James W Clark,* 
 1st Sergeant S L Easly, 
 Private E Watson, 
 
 The other companies declined making selec- 
 tions. 
 
 9th Confederate Regiment: 
 
 Col J A Smith, Commanding. 
 
 Captain Jos H Brow. 
 
 1st Sergeant Wm Powers, do A 
 
 do Wm Price. do B 
 
 Private Hugh McHugh, do C 
 
 1st Sergeant Walter Laracy, do D 
 
 Private John Hogan, do E 
 
 do Ciirran Kenny, * do F 
 
 do Luther Hessey, do G 
 
 Sergeant A P Burns, do H 
 
 Battle of Chancellorstit.le. 
 
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 Corporal H H Hardy, 
 
 Private C D Rouse, 
 
 Corporal W H Powers, 
 
 Companies A, B, D, F and L declined voting. 
 
 5th Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 Captain W T Renfro, 
 Private W P Stokes, 
 do John Summers, 
 do F M Burnett, 
 Sergeant John H Cowan, 
 Private Louis H Thornton, 
 Corporal Jno Donohoe, 
 •Private N S Franklin, 
 do R L Franklin, 
 do H J Robertson, 
 Corporal H F Martin, 
 6th Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 Private Mathew Benton, 
 Sergeant J C Gamble, 
 Private W H Digby, 
 do H H Moore, 
 Sergeant E O Baker, 
 Corporal G P Jones, 
 Private H L Jones, 
 Sergeant D Madigan, 
 Private James W Evans, 
 
 do HI Price, 
 Sergeant H W Hale, 
 Private D W Moorer, 
 12lh Regiment of Infantry: 
 Captain H W Cox,* 
 Private Louis Doiidure, 
 
 do R W May, 
 Sergeant Wm Lawess, 
 Private J E Bailey, 
 do C H Hunter, 
 do P W Chappell, 
 do R B Mitchell, 
 do W S Brown, 
 do H N Wootan, 
 do Thos Eady, 
 26th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 1st Lieutenant E S Stackey, 
 
 Private L Walter*, » 
 
 do Jos H Bounds, 
 Sergeant J H Lockwell, 
 Private J C Pennington, 
 do Jos Munsel, 
 dp. J^mes H Dowdle, 
 
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 Private J L Batts, 
 do Abel James, 
 do S M Beavers, 
 do WW Forrister, 
 do R J Orr, 
 1st Sergeant N M Howard, 
 Private Jas N Bujlard, 
 
 do Archibald McDonald, 
 1st Sergeant B L Stevens, 
 Private W H Burgamy, 
 
 35th Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 Corporal Jackson Baggett, 
 Private A S W Bass, 
 2nd Serjjeant J A Cochran, 
 Private Rolley Willingham, 
 
 do DP White, 
 
 do R D B Holt, 
 
 do WE Moore, 
 
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 Corporal Jesse Parsons, Company G , 
 
 Private D H Spraddle, 
 Sergeant D Butler, 
 Private B F Smith, 
 
 Georgia. 
 
 4th Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 Private W Sparks,* 
 Sergeant Hill M Traylor,* 
 Color Corporal Jno T Moore,* 
 The other companies declined making selec- 
 tions. 
 
 14th Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 Lieutenant Colonel J M Fielder.* 
 Captain T T Mounger.* 
 
 do R P Harman.* 
 1st Lieutenant H A Solomon.* 
 Private Daniel Kennington,* 
 Corporal William Tomlinson, 
 
 do Joseph G Dupree, * 
 
 2d Sergeant Thomas D Smith, 
 Private James F D Thaxton,* 
 
 do James M Brock, 
 The other companies declined making selections. 
 
 12th Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 1st Lieutenant Thos W Harris, 
 2d Lieutenant J A Walker, 
 
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 36th Regiment of Infantry — Continued. 
 
 Private Absalom Martin, * Company H 
 
 do Lewis Milligan, . do I 
 
 do DM Pearce, do K 
 
 44th Regiment of Infantry ; 
 
 Private James Fambrough,* do C 
 
 do James A xMcNatt,* do F 
 
 The other companies declined making selections, 
 
 45th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Captain Wm H Shaw.* 
 Private Jno D Pate* 
 
 do Jno H King, 
 
 do James M Lawrence, 
 
 do James P Green, 
 
 do Jno S Bonner, 
 
 do H W Dent, 
 
 do WW Wilson, 
 
 do M H Fitzpatrick, 
 Company B declined making a gelection. 
 
 49th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Sergeant H A Hall, 
 Private Lewis White, 
 Sergeant M Watkins, 
 
 do W T Moore,->^ 
 Corporal James HoUingsworth,* 
 
 do L D Taylor, 
 
 do J N Jordon. 
 
 Private Joseph Bell, 
 
 do F B Pool, 
 
 do James Taylor,* 
 
 21st Regiment ol 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 Williford, 
 
 do Simeon Graddy, 
 
 do Aaron A Pitt, 
 Corporal Charles Catler, 
 
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 4th Regimeni of Infantry— Continued. 
 
 Private Jacob W Wilhelm,* 
 Sergeant Jos W Leggett,* 
 Private G W Shivis,* 
 
 do William H Barrow,* 
 
 do W R Josey,* 
 The other companies declined making selections. 
 
 5th Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 Private William Henry Medlin, 
 
 do Richard H Briggs, • 
 
 do Newitt D BridgeSj 
 
 do J M Guilford, 
 Corporal Monroe Cruise, 
 
 do Patrick H Robbins, 
 Private Thomas Felton, 
 Color Corporal Francis Bradshaw, 
 
 7th Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 2d Lieutenant A M Walker, 
 Corporal Win H Milstead, 
 Sergeant AVm G Savryers, 
 Corporal Phillips Strickland, 
 Sergeant Thom.as Brinkle, 
 Private E H Eure, 
 
 do Edward Williams, 
 Corporal J W Smitb, 
 Sergeant R M Caldwell, 
 Private T L Purdie, 
 Sergeant J S McCurdy, 
 
 12th Regiment of Infantry : 
 Private D B Hoover, ' 
 Corporal Samuel Alston Ward, 
 Private T A Stone, 
 Sergeant L M Willis,* 
 Private Jerry Draper, 
 
 do J E Hux, 
 A L Barne?, 
 J no W Arrington, 
 Juo R Johnson,* 
 
 14th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Private Henry B Sanders, 
 Sergeant J F Goforth, 
 
 do Urias Pool,* 
 
 do J M Whitmire, 
 
 do J R Smith,* 
 Corporal C M Smith, 
 
 Sergeant L N Keith, 
 
 Companies A, B and II declined making selections 
 
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 16th Rffgiment of Infantry: 
 
 1st Lieutenant C L Robinson,* 
 do A M Roberts,* 
 
 Private F Riley, 
 Corporal W H Wiggins, 
 Private K C Blanton, 
 
 do Lawrence Cook, 
 Corporal A M Madows, 
 Private J W Williford,* 
 
 do B P Jacobs, 
 1st Sergeant T L Williams,* 
 Corporal J J Blackwell,* 
 Color Sergeant John A Carpenter, 
 
 20th Regiment af Infantry: 
 
 Corporal C A Patterson, 
 Private i) R A Ellis, 
 Corporal Richard Faulk, 
 Private Josiah Hudson, 
 
 do Newberne Tew, 
 
 do Thomas N Morris, 
 23d Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 Private J D Birmingham,* 
 
 do A Hedick, 
 Sergeant Brantley Harris,* 
 Private N C Morrison,* 
 
 do Samuel Clarke, 
 
 do W A Towell,* 
 
 do T M Tamason, 
 
 do J C Ford,* 
 
 do Robert Uesler, 
 
 do JFKillian,* 
 30th Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 Private Jno R Holland,* 
 
 do Wm. J. McDowell, 
 Sergeant J W J House, 
 Private William McCauIey, 
 
 do EM Bales, 
 Companies B, D, E, G and I made no decision. 
 
 34th Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 Private Methias Brown, 
 
 do Walace Winn, 
 Sergeant George W Koone, 
 Private Obadiah Eller, 
 1st Sergeant David M Taylor, 
 Sergeant Thomas S Shiifford,* 
 1st Sergeant Charles B Todd, 
 Private Samuel Dellingner, 
 
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 34th Regiment of Infantry—Continued," 
 Sergeant Elisha Robbins, 
 Private Joseph Hogan, 
 
 37th Regiment of Infantry : 
 Private W J Goss, 
 Sergeant J E Farchild, 
 
 do B F Brown, 
 Private Jno L Austin, 
 
 do J E Coffee, 
 
 do William Kelly, 
 Corporal J A Rolinett, 
 Sergeant G W McKee, 
 
 do John Tally, 
 Private M I) L Parsons, 
 
 38th Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Adjutant D M Mclntire. 
 Lieutenant A J Brown, 
 Private Jesse Netliercnt, 
 
 do 'J'homas Diiikins, 
 
 do Benjamin Sutton, 
 1st Sergeant David A Thomson, 
 Private W J Hutchinson,''^ 
 
 do W M S Huffman, 
 Corporal W T Matheson, 
 
 do DP Woodbun, 
 Private T, J Ramsey, 
 
 do W H McPhauI, 
 
 Soiith Carolindf 
 1st Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Private W H Cooper, 
 do J P Hunter,* 
 do A P Abbott,* 
 do Jesse R Hays,* 
 do Benjamin Barnhill,* 
 do G W Smith,* 
 d« Albert P Tournans, 
 do R VV Perry, 
 do James McNab,* 
 do A J Simpson, . 
 13th Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 Sergeant J A AlcCoIIum,^- 
 Private James Johnson,* 
 
 Jno M Pikard, 
 
 T C Corley, 
 
 Hth Regiment of Infantry: 
 
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14th Regiment of Infantry-^Continued. 
 
 Private Caleb Hare,* 
 
 do Olivant P Walker,* 
 do C Hughes, 
 
 Sergeant Z L Nabors * 
 
 Private James White* 
 
 Sergeant R J Wade, 
 
 do John E Brownlee, 
 
 Private M C Little,* 
 
 Orr's Rifles : 
 
 Sergeant L A Wardlaw^ 
 Private Sam'l P Moore, 
 do J Marian Mattison, 
 
 Virginia. 
 4th Regiment of Infantry: 
 Captain M Harmon,* 
 Lieutenant M G W Peterman,* 
 Captain John H Fulton, 
 Lieutenant James F Cecil, 
 
 do PHogan, 
 
 do W B Carder, 
 
 Adjutant William Wade. 
 Sergeant Harold J Matthews, 
 
 do Charles W Garlick, 
 
 Private William A Chumbley, 
 
 do Edward Harrison, 
 Sergeant Cliarles L Gordon, 
 Corporal George V Byrd, 
 
 do Peter H Marrow, 
 
 Private Ribben D Henderson,* 
 
 do Nathan A Lackey,* 
 
 do George W Pace> 
 
 27th Regiment of Infantry : 
 Sergeant J H Holley, 
 Private J O Cook, 
 
 do W H Parker," 
 
 do E H Norgrove,** 
 
 do Hu^'h King, 
 Corporal John Baker, 
 
 do Isaac Beeson, 
 
 40th Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 Private George W Dudley,* 
 do Robert H Wilson, 
 do Peter M Hall, 
 do Henry Bartlett, 
 do Hiram Purcell, 
 
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 40th Regiment of Infantry — ^^Continued. 
 Ist Sergeant Thomas Cockrell,* 
 Private Joseph McCave, 
 Corporal John T Ford,* 
 
 do George Cornwell, 
 
 Ist Sergeant Jno B Garland,* 
 
 55th Regiment of Infantry: 
 
 Corporal C R Sheppard,* 
 Sergeant William Smith, 
 Corporal Ro Hall, 
 Sergeant Tlios B Fogg,* 
 Private Tliomas Dodson, 
 
 do Jno Haytlon,* 
 
 do George T. Newton,* 
 
 Battle of Gettysburq. 
 
 9th Georgia Regiment of Infantry : 
 
 Lieutenant Colonel John C Mounger, 
 Private P B Millican.* 
 do Tho:j J iMicl.)Hel, 
 do James W. Mann, 
 Corporal Joseph A Hough, 
 Private Je^se McCuliar,* 
 do John Mills, 
 do Cliesley Aldeman, 
 Corf oral Lullier J Co))eland,* 
 Privaie Henry T Daniel, 
 Private Henry T Daniel was afterwards killed at Funkstown, 
 Md., July 10th, lb'63. 
 By order, 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General^ 
 
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 GENERAL ORDERS, | Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 No. 132. j Richmond, Oct. 5, 1863. 
 
 I. Ctidets, having been required by General Orders, No. 65, 
 Sept. 9, 1862, to report to this office those who have not com» 
 plied with the terms of that order, and who fail to do so, either 
 personally or by letter, for the ensuing; thirty days, will bo 
 dropped from the rolls of the army. 
 
 II. *' OflBcers of the Quartermaster Generate and Commissary 
 DcpartuianU, who are iu charge of depots, will receive from uflti- 
 
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 cers collecting tho tax in kind, and receipt for all produce be- 
 longing to their respective departments which may be invoiced 
 to them, and provide storehouses for the same.'' 
 By order, 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General, 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) Adj't 4nd Ixsp'» Gen'l's OpficI!, 
 
 J^o. 133. S J^icJimond, Oct. ^, 186Z, 
 
 I. The Chief of the Nitre and Mining Bureau i? directed, 
 lihrough the officers of his bureau, to impress copper, coal, and 
 such other minerals as may be needed for the use of the govern* 
 ment. 
 
 II. The provisions of paragraph I, General Orders, No. 67, 
 current series, is extended to officers of the conscription bureau. 
 The payments authorized will be made out of the funds appro- 
 priated for the support of that bureau. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's OrrjCE, 
 
 No. 134. ) Richmond, Oct. 13, 1863. 
 
 I. At a General Court Martial, convened by virtue of Gene- 
 ral Orders, No. 133, from Head Quarters Army of Northjsrn. 
 Virginia, Dec. 7i 1863, was arraigned and tried; 
 
 Second Lieutenant J. M. Youngblood, Co. B, 2d Miss. Batt?il- 
 ion, on the following Charge and Specification : 
 
 Charge — Violation of the 45th Article of War. 
 
 Specification— In this, that the said Second Lieutenant J. M. 
 Toungblood, Co. B, 2d Miss. Battalion, was drunk and disorder- 
 ly on "dross parade" and in camp on or about the evening of 
 November 3, 1862. All this occurring near Culppper Court- 
 eouoe, in Oulpeper county, in the State of Virginia. 
 
 II. Finding and Sentence of the Court. 
 
 The Court, after due consideration, find the accused, Second 
 Lieut. J- M. Youngblood, 2d Miss, Battalion, as follows; 
 
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 Of the Speeificntion, . . : . Guilty. 
 
 Of the Charge, ..... Guilty, 
 
 And do therefore sentence him to be cashiered. 
 
 II. The proceedings in the foregoing case having been laid be- 
 fore the Secretary of War, for the decision of the President 
 are by him approved ; but in consideration of the previous so- 
 briety and good conduct of Lieut. Youngblood, the sentence is 
 remitted, and he will be restored to duty. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adiutani and Jnspeetor Genei'al, 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 135. ) IticJimond, Oct 15, 1863. 
 
 I. Recruiting officers and others are forbidden to grant per- 
 mits to conscripts or deserters, allowing them to visit their 
 homes, or to remain there for any purpose. The notice already 
 given conscripts is deemed sufficient, and deserters are not enti- 
 tled to indulgence. 
 
 II. All parties who have received exemption papers for disa- 
 bility other than those granted for permanent and decided disa- 
 bility, must be re-examined, and the law which there is reason 
 to believe is too often evaded, be in these, and in all cases, strictly 
 enforced. 
 
 III. Men employed to aid enrolling officers must, if subject to 
 conscription, be regularly enrolled ; and unless detailed for the 
 special duty in question by written orders of the War Depart- 
 ment, will be reported to the Bureau of Conscription, to be dis- 
 posed of as in other cases. 
 
 IV. Officers 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 series, is extended to officers of Major A. H. Cole's de- 
 partment. The payments authorized will be made by any post 
 quartermaster. 
 
 yi. Officers and soldiers in the- general service cannot be 
 transferred to local companies, and applications therefore will 
 •aot bo entertained. 
 
 By order. S. COOPER, 
 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
190 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) Adj- t and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 136. S Richmond, Oct. 21, 1863. 
 
 Pavagranh ITT, General Orders, No. 100, Adjutant and Inspec- 
 tor General's offit-e last spriei*, is so amended as to auth(vrize pay- 
 ment of the money jvalue of clothing which may be due the 
 s )ldier at the end i»t the year, as tlierein provided, upon descrip- 
 tive lists, when he is absent from his command hy proper au- 
 thority at the time, and will be prevented from rejoining it \Aith- 
 in sixty days thereafter. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General^ 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 137.* 3 Richmond, Oct. 22, 1863. 
 
 The authority of Commandants of Conscripts to make details 
 for enrolling service of offit-erb and soldiers coming vrithin their 
 jurisdiction, under the 2d clause of paragraph II of General Or- 
 ders, No. 82, and paragraph 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 tonmianders. 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 reported 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 th^ examinations of the hospital 
 boards. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, | Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 138. J " Richmond, Oct. 24, 1863. 
 
 The following instructions are published for carrying into ef- 
 
 * Revoked by Par. I,. General Orders, No. 15, 1864. 
 
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 feet the 9th section of the Act of 26th March, 1863, to regulate 
 impressments, in repect to labor on fortifications and other pub- 
 lic works, in States in which provisions have not been made on 
 this subject: 
 
 1. The commanding general or the oflScer of engineers ia 
 charge of the work, ehall have power to decide upon the pecessi- 
 ty for making impressments of slaves for this purpose, after 
 making suitable efforts to secure the necessary laborers by con- 
 tract, lie must be satisfied of the necessity of the measure be- 
 fore he resorts to it. 
 
 2. Hi 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 plan" 
 tations exclusively devoted to the production of grain and provis- 
 ions, without the consent of the owner, except in cases of urgent 
 necessity. 
 
 3. No impressm&nts shall be made of the slaves employed in 
 the domestic and family service exclusively, nor upon farms or 
 plantations where there are not more than three slaves of the age 
 spfcified, 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 de- 
 partment or the Governor of the State in which the impressment 
 is to be n\'ide. « 
 
 4. The ordinary period for impressment shall be sixty days, 
 -but if the owner of any slave shall fail to bring the slaves im- 
 
 prci^sed 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 oc- 
 curred, 
 
 5. It shall be the duty of the commanding general in charge of 
 any lines requiring fortification, to acquaint himself with the re- 
 sources of slave labor within Ins 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 equita- 
 ble apportionment among the owners of such property. He will 
 consult with the Governor of the State and other State authori- 
 ties, as to the best mode of proceeding, so that his impressment 
 may cause the least embarrassment to the industrial pursuits of 
 the community. 
 
 6. Notices shall be given of the number and character of the 
 slaves required, the time and place of their delivery, the time for 
 which the service is required, and of the arjangementa made for 
 the subsistence, management and custody of the elavee so re= 
 quired; and if the masters of slaves shall agree to furnigb sub- 
 eWteao^ for Um dlasWi msiX s, ^iteUe o^xs<^ cr &}^u^ ^ st^ 
 
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 perintend them, they shall have the privilege of" so Joinfj. But 
 such overseers shall be subject to the control of the officer iil 
 charge, and may be dismissed for any misconduct by him. 
 
 7. The sum^of twenty dollars per month for each slave deliv- 
 ered in pursuance to requisition, and fifteen dollars per month 
 for each slave held in consequence of f ilure of his master to 
 obey requisition made as herein before provided, shall be paid by 
 the Confederate States, and soldiers' rations, medicines and medi- 
 cal attendance furnished ; and the value of all such slaves as 
 may die during their term of service or thereafter, from injuries 
 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 Confederate service. Compensation shall also 
 be made for all injuries to slaves arising from the act of the pub- 
 lic enemy, or from any injury arising from a want of due dili- 
 gence on the part of authorities of the Confederate States. But 
 the Confederate States will not be liable for any slave not re- 
 turned 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 au- 
 thorities. 
 
 8. Subsistence and provisions furnished by the owner shall be 
 commuted for at the rates allowed soldiers in service. All slaves 
 sent voluntarily to the Confederate authorities, and accepted by 
 them, without other bpecial contract, shall stand on the same 
 footing as those delivered under requisition ; and the owners of 
 all slaves delivered or taken under requisition shall be entitled 
 to regard the Confederate States as contracting with thorn to com- 
 ply 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 oflB- 
 cer shall not be satisfied of the accuracy of any valuation or val- 
 uations, the appraisement shall be referred to the appraisers ap- 
 pointed under the 5th section of the Act concerning impress- 
 ments, according to the provisions of the Act of Congress ap- 
 proved 27th April, 1863, and published in Orders, No. 53, cur- 
 rent series. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
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 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Gen^l's Office, 
 No. 139. j Rlchmondj Oct. 28, 1863. 
 
 1, The President having commuted or remitted the sentences 
 pronounced by General ■Courts Martial in the following cases, his 
 decision is published for the information and guidance of all con- 
 cerned : 
 
 1. Lieut. E. M. P. Brown, Company B, 8th Battalion Georgia 
 Volunteers. Charged with failure to suppress mutiny, and 
 exciting and joining therein. 
 
 Sentence — Death. 
 
 2. First Sergt. Abner Underwood," Company D, 8th Battalion 
 Ga. Volunteers ; also, 
 
 3. Private T. P. AVood ; 
 
 4. Private T. W. Cannon ; 
 
 »'>. Private Wra. 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 Ilollis, Company B, 8th Battalion Ga. Volun- 
 teers. Charged with exciting and joining in mutiny. 
 
 Sentence — Confinement with ball and chain for twelve months, 
 and farfeiture of pay. 
 
 The aforesaid parties were all tried by General Court Martial, 
 convened under General Orders, No. 3, of 1863, Department of 
 South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. In view of the evident 
 want of discipline in this battalion, the President has remitted 
 the sentences of all the parties. Lieut. Brown, Sergt. Under- 
 wood, and Privates Wood, Cannon, Garner, Roberts and flollis, 
 will therefore be released from confinement and returned to duty. 
 
 The Department observes with regret the absence of a jusfc 
 military discipline in the above named battalion. Had this beea 
 properly observed and enforced, there is reason to believe theso 
 trials would have been obviated. The officers in charge are re- 
 sponsible for these evils, and must correct them. At the same 
 time they should observe towards the soldiers in their command 
 a proper degree of consideration aud kindness, v/hich is generally 
 a Bure meani of lecuring obedience and reepeck. 
 
n.— 8. Private Siephen Outlaw, of Troop A, 5th Ga. Carafr/^ 
 Charged with desertion. 
 
 Sentence—BQSitho 
 
 Tried by General Court Martial, coavsaed lander General 
 Orders, No. 22, of February 6, 1863, Department of South' 
 Carolina, Georgia and Florida. This is not properly a case of 
 desertion. The prisoner escaped the guard -n-hile undergoing 
 sentence. He should have been returned to complete his sentence,- 
 if there was no other charp;o against him than that for an escape. 
 
 Private Outlaw will be released froni conSneraent 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. TIB, Head' 
 Quarters Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, 
 July 28, 1862. 
 
 Sentence — Suspension from rank and command, without pay, 
 for eighteen months. Commuted to reprimand in General Orders. 
 
 The sentence in the case of Lieut. Col. Edwards was a just 
 consequence of an unbecoming disrei^ard af o3&cial obligations 
 on his part. In directing, his release from' arrest and restoration- 
 to duty, the Department indulges the hope that this exercise of 
 Executiye clemency may have its due eifect in exciting him to a 
 stricter vigilance and a more exemplary discharge of duty in the 
 future. 
 
 ,10. Lieut. James M. Chesser, 47th Ga. Yolunteers. Charged^ 
 with defamation of character, mutiny and incompetency. 
 
 Tried by Court, convened under General Orders, No. 11, of 
 January 29, 1863, from Division Head Quarters, Wilmington, N. 
 C, issued in pursuance of General Orders, No. 14, Department 
 of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. 
 
 iS'en^e^ice^-BiGmiseiou from service, with fcrfeitare of pay and 
 allowances. 
 
 The record in thif? eaoQ la incomplete, fhe proceedings, find- 
 ing and sentence are disproved ; and Lieut. Chesser will be re- 
 leased from ayresfe and returned to duty, 
 
 III. — 11. Second Lieut. J. J. Wortbam, Waccamaw Ligh* 
 Artillery. Charged with sending a challenge, and with conduct 
 to the prejudice of good order and military discipline. 
 
 Senfenci-^Ho be cashiered. Commuted to p^primand id 9eiier?.l 
 Orders, 
 
195 
 
 12. Second Lieut. W. J, Gore, Waccamnw Ligirt A-rtiri-ery.„ 
 Charged with carrying a challenge. 
 
 Sentence — Te b« ciishiered. -Conunuted to roprimand in Genora^l 
 Orders. 
 
 13. Lieut. L. A. Eice, 2d Re|;iment S. 0. Volunteers. Charged 
 with sending and accepting a challenge to fight a du^l. 
 
 Sentence — tTobe ca^shier^d. Oanimuted to repriaiaDd in -General 
 Orders. 
 
 Lieuts. Wortham, Gore nnd Ilice, were tried by a General Court 
 Ivlartial, convened under General Orders, No. 70, of May 20, 
 i860, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. 
 
 The Articles of War ezprewtly i^rohihit the sending of chal- 
 'longes to tiii;ht; and all seconds, pronioterc and carriers of chal- 
 lenges are deemed principals, and directed to be punished ai? 
 •such — i, e. by Using cashiei^d. 
 
 The ofFeneea of which these officers have l»een convicted are 
 ■thus seen to l>e of a very grave character, afid^canuot b<^ regarded 
 with toleration. Bueiing is a military not l<?,si3 than a morai 
 •olfenee, 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 re:^pecting it ; and the BepartK/:ient avails itsolf ^f this 
 •occasion to espress its unqualified reprobation of the practice,, 
 -and of the coKdiiet of the accused is the foregoing trials. 
 
 Lieut. Che.^ser appears to hav<5 r-ested under an honest misap- 
 prehension as to hi8 duty to a brother officer, in bearing a ehal- 
 •lenge ; and the records present ia tho cases of Lieuts. Wortham 
 ■and Rice, certain mitigating circumf?tanc€s which to so^ne extent 
 justify the recjnamendations to clomoncy Kia-de by their superior 
 .<;lficers. 
 
 These considerations, in connection with the too generally pre- 
 vailing misappreliension in the arniy, already adverted to, havo 
 ■ideteruuRed the Esecative 80 far to respect tiie ap^perJa made iu 
 behalf of these officers as to direct the comnratation of their re- 
 spective sentences. They will accordingly be released ft'oni arregt 
 and restored to duty with their proper companies. 
 
 LL Lieut. Yv.C. Prnitt, Company E, 20th S. C. Volunteers. 
 
 Tried undef Special Ordor.-^^ No, 105, Mar.eh 10, 1833, Depart" 
 «ient of South Carolina, Georgia aud ^''iorida, for intoxicatio«i 
 •while on duty. 
 
 Sentence — To be dismissed tlie service. No evidence was s^^ 
 xnitted with the record in -thie a-^wd. 
 
 In consif^eration of tho recommeadation of the Commanding 
 General, tho sentence is romltf«d ; and Lieut. Prultt wUl ))>3 r-e- 
 leased frow arrest and returned to d\itv. 
 
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 15. Private C. H. Kent, Company D, 18th Virginia Battalion, 
 Charged with desertion, and conduct to the prejudice of good 
 order and military discipline. 
 
 Sentence — Six months* hard lahor with ball and chain. To 
 •wear a placard -with the word " forger" legibly printed thereon, 
 for the period of six montha. 
 
 Tried by General Court Martial, under General Orders, No. 7> 
 of October 11, 1862, Head Quarters, Richmond, Va. 
 
 The sentence is remitted, and Private Kent will be released 
 from confinement, and assigned to a company in the Army of 
 Northern Virginia. 
 
 16. Private Major Ilunnells, Company II, 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. 205, of August 11, 1863, De- 
 partment of Northern Virginia. 
 
 18. Capt. R. Z. Ilarlee, Company D, 10th S. C. Volunteers. 
 Charged with drunkenness. 
 
 Sentence — To be cashiered. Remitted : Capt. Ilarlee vyill be 
 released from arrest and returned to duty. 
 
 Tried by Csurt, convened under Special Orders, No. 134, May 
 20, 1863, from the Army of Tennessee. 
 
 19. Private Henry Taylor, Company F, 11th Miss. Volunteers. 
 Charged with theft. 
 
 Sentence — To have his head shaved. To be labeled with the 
 word "theft ;" marched through eamp, hat off, wearing a barrel 
 — the rogue's march to be played during the time. To be con- 
 fined in the Penitentiary two years, and fed on bre&d and water 
 fourteen days. 
 
 Sentence remitted. Private Taylor will be released from con- 
 finement and transferred to some other army. 
 
 Tried by Couyt, convened under General Orders, No. 133, of 
 Dec. 7, 1862, Army of Noi-thern Virginia. 
 
20. Private Freeman W. Johnson, Read's Battery Light Artil- 
 lery. Chariied with disobedience of orders — violation of the 9th 
 Article of War. 
 
 Sentence — Death. Commuted to labor for four months, and 
 transferred to some other command. 
 
 Tried by Court, convened under General Orders, No, 133, of 
 December 7, 18G2, Army of Northern Virginia. 
 
 21. Private John Duncan, Company F, 3d Tenn. Volunteers, 
 Charged vsrith absence without leave. Illegal and outrageous as- 
 saults on a citizen. Brutal assaults on a woman, attempt to com- 
 mit rape on two occasions. 
 
 Sentence — F'orfeiture of pay and allowancej", and imprison- 
 ment for twenty-five years. 
 
 Residue of sentence remitted. Private Duncan will be released 
 from confinement and returned to his company. 
 
 Tried by Court, convened under General Orders, No. 36, De- 
 partment of East Tennessee. 
 
 22. Second Lieut. E. II. Ilammoll, Company B, 8th Ark. Vol- 
 unteers. Charged with quitting his guard without leave, &c. 
 
 Sentence — To be dismissed. Commuted to two months' sus- 
 pension from rank and pay. 
 
 Tried by Military Court of Gen. Hardee's Corps, May 26, 
 
 18G3. 
 
 23. Private T. W. Barlow, of Carne's Light Artillery. Charged 
 with violating the 46th Article of War, by sleeping on post. 
 
 Sentence — Death. Ptemitted : and Private Barlow will be re- 
 leased from confinement and returned to his company. 
 
 Tried by Court, convened under General Orders, No. 66, of 
 March 13, 1863, Army of Tennessee. 
 
 24. Lieut. J. R. Simmons, Company E, 12th Ga. Volunteers. 
 Charged with conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman. 
 
 Sentence — To be dismissed. Commuted to reprimand in orders; 
 which will acconlingly be done by his commanding officer. 
 
 Tried by the Military Court of Gen. Ewell's Corps, August 6, 
 
 leos. 
 
 25. Lieut. E. S. McClung, McClung's Battery. Charged with 
 violation of the 15th and 39th Articles of War, and conduct to 
 the prejudice of good order and military discipline. 
 
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 Senience^-Ho be cashiered, and disabled to hold any office or 
 employment 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 Huntsyille, Alabama: 
 after which it shall be deemed scandalous for an officer to associ- 
 with him. 
 
 Sentence — Commuted to dismissal from the Confederate service 
 —•vhich Lieut. McClung ceased to b© an officer on the Hth of 
 1^'ebruary, 1863, 
 
 IV. The 80th Article of War provides, that where the sentence 
 of a Court Martial is death, or the cashiering of an officer, tho 
 ofScer convening the Court may suspend execution of the sen- 
 tence till the pleasure of tho Piresident of the Confederate States 
 be known. 
 
 The intent of this article is not to relieve C mmandlno; Gen- 
 erals of responsibility, but to enable them, in difficult and doubt- 
 ful cases, to refer the question to higher authority. 3iut it has 
 been observed that in many cases, where the course to be pur- 
 sued was rendered obvious b.y the evidence, commanding officers 
 havs n©Ysrths>les8 availed themselves of the privilege conlerred 
 in the article referred to, by sending on the reccrd to be reviewed 
 by the President. The duties of the Executive are sufficiently 
 onerous without the accumalr.tion of such matters for his atten- 
 tion, where they can be properly disposed of eleewhere; and 
 while it is not designed to weaken tho provisions of the articles 
 of war, or interfere with the views of duty enteytained by officers 
 On this subject, it is prop-er to remark, that there are cases of 
 capital pviniahment and dismissal, where the duty of the Com- 
 manding General is rendered by the Court record too plain to be 
 tloubted, and in which tho resjionsibility " in tivic of war" being 
 fixed upon him in the iiret insituuco ^y tba Jaw> should not bs 
 avoided. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 
 A'hidani and Insjyector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't anb Insp'r Gen'l's OrricE^ 
 
 No. 140. ) Eiclimond, Oct 27, 1B63. 
 
 The assignment of conscripts will be diiected by the Bureau of 
 Conscription on^y, escept sioch as may be properly made by 
 Brigadier General Pillow, within the territory allottzd to him, in 
 subordination to General J. E. Johnston. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjuiaiii and In?r>cc(or Generah 
 
109 
 GENERAL ORDERS, | Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Officb, 
 
 No. 141. J Bichmojid, Oct. 29, 18G3. 
 
 I. The practice of relieving officers from commands to which 
 they have been appointed and assigned, and ordering them to re- 
 port in person to this office for further assignment, will cease, un- 
 less specially required by orders from this office. 
 
 II. ISoldiers returning home on furlough, or on reaching plnces 
 at which they Mill stay during furlough, will immediately report 
 to the nearest enrolling officer, who will keep a register of their 
 names, descriptive list, place where stationed, by whom the fur- 
 lough was granted, 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 enrolling officer will order him before the board of ex- 
 aminers for conscripts ; any the medical officer and one of the 
 physicians "cmpU)yed" concurring, they will forward to his 
 Commanding General, with a statement of his case, a recommen- 
 dation fur an exteneion of furlough, rot to exceed thirty dajs, 
 duplicates being also sent to the Surgeon General. But when 
 the soldier is accessible to a general hospital, he will be sent be- 
 fore the hospital examining board, who will conform to the pre- 
 ceding instructions.* 
 
 IV. In cases of sickness or wounds, which, from any cause, 
 are neglected, or do not receive proper treatment, the disability 
 in consequence being prolonged, the soldier will be sent, by the 
 enrolling officer, to the nearest cump of instruction for treatment 
 in hospital. 
 
 \. Recommendations for extension of leave to officers and fur- 
 loughs to soldiers, and medical certificates to officers and certifi- 
 cates of disability for discharge to soldiers, will only be given by 
 authorized boards of examiners; or, in cases embraced in para' 
 graph III of this Order, by the board of examiners for con- 
 scripts. Recommendations or certificates from private physi- 
 ci ins, or from a medical officer singly, will not be received. Para» 
 graphs 171 and 173, General Regulations, and paragraph I, Gen- 
 eral Orders, No. 51, current series, from this office, are amended 
 to accord with this paragraph 
 
 VI. Furloughcd soldiers will not be permitted to go within tho 
 lines of the enemy. 
 
 * Amended by Par. II, General Orders, No. 157. 
 
O/' 
 
 UU 
 
 VII. In the medical examination of substitutes, the instruc- 
 tions tmd requirements of paragraph 1192, General llegulations 
 (parat;raph 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, 
 Adjuiant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) Adj't and Insp'r GenVs Office* 
 
 No. 142. ) Richmond, Oct. 30, 1863. 
 
 I. The requirements of the army making it necessary that the 
 present supply of artillery horses and other field transportation 
 be carefully husbanded, and a more perfect system of supply 
 adopted. Major A. 11. Cole, Inspector General of Field Trans- 
 portation, in addition to his present duties, is hereby charged 
 with this duty. 
 
 II. Under his orders, all inspections, purchases, impressments 
 and issues of field transportation (including artillery horses), 
 will be made, and recruiting, fabricating and repairing done 
 throughout the Confederate States; and all other officers are pro- 
 hibited from purchasing or disposing of this description of pro- 
 perty, except such as may be specially authorized 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 oflSccrs be allowed to purchase within any district of 
 country to which a regularly appointed purchasing ofticcr has 
 been assigned. 
 
 III. The Quartermaster General is authorized to di.^trict the 
 Confederate States for the purposes named, and will assign olTi- 
 cers to the duty, who will control the subject within their re- 
 spective districts, nnder such rules and regulations as he may es- 
 tablish. 
 
 IV. OSBcers charged with inspection of field transportation 
 arc authorized to make inspections anywhere within the limits of 
 their assignment, and to condemn, and order to be turned in to 
 the nearest post quartermaster, all artillery horses and other 
 transportation found unserviceable, to be so disposed of as tho 
 chief inspector of the district may direct. 
 
 \ , Chief quartermasters of armies or quartermasters at posts 
 
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 other than tho^e in the field, will make their estimates on the 
 chief inspector of the district for such field transportation as they 
 may require. AVhen necessary for the protection of parties coN 
 lectrng animals near the enemy's lines, a cavalry escort will bo 
 furnished by the nearest commander of troops. 
 
 YI. The horses and other property in use in the Commissary 
 Department must not be impressed by officers of any other de- 
 partmeLt. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, "I Adj't and Insp'r GenVs Office, 
 
 No. 143. ] Richmond, Nov. 3, 1863. 
 
 The followinn; notice of exchanged officers and men is pub- 
 libhed for the information of all concerned: 
 
 Richmond, Ya., Oct. IG, 1SG3. 
 
 The followint; Confederate oQBcers and men are hereby de- 
 clared duly exchanj^ed : 
 
 ^ 1. All officers and men captured and paroled at any time pre- 
 Tious to the Ist of September, 1863. This section, however, is 
 not intended to include any officers or men captured at Vicks- 
 burg July 4th, 18G3, except such as were declared exchanged by 
 Exchange Notice, No. G, Sept. 12th, 1863, or are specially named 
 in this notice. But it does embrace all deliveries made at City 
 Point or other places before Sept. 1st, 18G3, and with the limita- 
 tion 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, 
 Barton, -S. D. Lee, Cummings, Harris and Baldwin, an<l of Col- 
 onels Reynolds, Cockrell and Dockery ; the officers and men ))C- 
 longing to the engineer corps and sappers and miners, and the 
 4th and 46th Mississippi regiments, all captured at Vicksbura: 
 July 4th, 1863. 1 1 ^ ' F t, 
 
 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. 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
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 GENERAL ORDERS,] ' Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's OrncE 
 
 No. 144. j Richmond^ November 6, 1863. 
 
 To relieve prevalent misconceptions in regard to the policy 
 and practice of the Department on the subject of impressment, 
 the following, being extracts of General Orders of March 19th, 
 is repeated : 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 31. J Richmond, March 19, 1863. 
 
 In consequence of numerous applications made by various 
 persons to the War Department, it is obvious that some miscon- 
 ception in regard to the instructions of the Secretary of War in 
 rehation to the impressment of supplies, must exist on the part 
 of the people, or that the agents of the government have vio- 
 lated their instructions : Now, therefore, for the purpose of re- 
 moving such misconception, and to prevent any violation of those 
 instructions, it is hereby ordered: 
 
 I. That no oCBcer of the government shall, under any circum- 
 stances whatever, impress the supplies which a party has for his 
 own consumption, or that of his family, employees or slaves. 
 
 II. That no ol'ce'r shall at any time, unless specially or- 
 dered 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 exercising such authority are again notified, that "any 
 one acting without or beyond" the authority given in those iu- 
 Btructions, will be held strictly responsible. 
 
 In conformity with the foregoing, to prevent any inconsiderate 
 action on the part of officers or agents charged, w'ith the duty of 
 impressment, they are enjoined, until further orders, which will 
 not be 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. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
203 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, 
 No. 145. 
 
 Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 Richmond, November 7, 1863. 
 
 The following appendix to the report of the appraisers for the 
 State of Virginia is published for the information of all ccn 
 cerned . 
 
 Hon. James A, Seddon : 
 
 Sir, 
 
 As indicated in our last report, vre respectfully sub- 
 mit a few changes in our schedules of prices. Upon the various 
 grades of cotton and woolen cloths and warps used by the gov- 
 ernment, we assess the prices annexed to each description of 
 goods, as follows : 
 
 67 Army woolen 
 
 
 
 
 • 
 
 cloih, J yd, 
 
 Good, 
 
 10 oz. per yd., 
 
 Per yard. 
 
 $5 00 
 
 68 Army woolen 
 
 
 
 
 
 clotli, 
 
 (( 
 
 Pro rata as to 
 greater or less 
 
 width or weight. 
 
 
 69 Army woolen 
 
 
 
 
 
 cloth, 6-4 yd, 
 
 (( 
 
 20 oz. per yd. 
 
 Per yard, 
 
 * 
 
 10 00 
 
 70 Ariijy woolen 
 
 
 
 
 
 cloth, 
 
 (( 
 
 Pro rata as to 
 greater or less 
 
 width or weight. 
 
 
 71 Flannels, J, 
 
 (( 
 
 6 oz. per yd. 
 
 Per yard, 
 
 4 00 
 
 72 Cut'n shirt'gs, ^, 
 
 (( 
 
 4^ yds. to lb. 
 
 (( (i 
 
 50 
 
 7Q u u 1 
 
 u 
 
 3| yds. to lb. 
 
 (( (( 
 
 84 
 
 74 " sheetings, 
 
 
 
 
 
 4-4, 
 
 u 
 
 3 yds. to lb. 
 
 (( •( 
 
 87J 
 
 75 Cotton ozna 
 
 
 
 
 
 bnrgs, f , 
 
 (( 
 
 6 oz. per yd. 
 
 (C (.1 
 
 75 
 
 76 Cotton ozna- 
 
 
 
 
 
 burgs, |. 
 
 (( 
 
 S oz. per yd. 
 
 l( u 
 
 88 
 
 77 Cotton drills, |^, 
 
 u 
 
 3 yds. to lb. 
 
 11 l.\ 
 
 88 
 
 78 " shining 
 
 
 
 
 
 stripes, 
 
 " 
 
 3 yds. to lb. 
 
 (( (( 
 
 88 
 
 70 Cot'n tent cl'th, 
 
 a 
 
 10 oz. to yd. 
 
 (( (( 
 
 1 12 
 
 80* 
 
 
 
 
 
 81 Cotton warps, 
 
 Good, 
 
 — 
 
 Per pound, 
 
 2 00 
 
 Good hay taken on the farms of producers, uubaled, 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 
 
 *0n the above enumerated cotlon cloths, pro rata as to greater 
 or less width or v/eijcht. 
 
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 cents per 100 lbs,, unbaled. For hauling haj and wheat stra^r, 
 &c., per 100 lbs., eight cents per mile, and for hauling corn and 
 wheat, per bushel, four cents per mile, and for hauling 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 furnished to each of the quartermasters' and commissa- 
 ries' agents engaged in impressing for the government. 
 Most respectfully, 
 
 E. W. IIUBARD, 
 
 ROBEKT GiBBONEY, 
 
 Connnissioners for Va. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPEE, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,") Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 146. J RicTimond, November 9, 1863. 
 
 I. The subjoined statement of the cost of clothing for the 
 army is published for the information and guidance of all con- 
 cerned : 
 
 Statement of tie Cost of Clothing for the Army of the Confede- 
 rate slates, for the year commencing January 1st, 1864. 
 
 Cap, complete, - - - - -$2 00 
 
 Cover, ... - - 38 
 
 Jacket, - - - • - 14 00 
 
 Trowsers, - - - . . 12 00 
 
 Shirt, ' ^ - - ■ ■ ' 'i^^ 
 
 Drawers, - - - ■ - 3 00 
 
 Shoes, pairs, - - - • - 10 00 
 
 Socks, (pairs,) - • - - - 1 00 
 
 Leather stock, .... 25 
 
 Greatcoat, - ■ - • * ^^ nn 
 
 Stable frock (for mounted mes,) - - 2 00 
 
 Fatigue overall (for eng'rs and ord.,) - - 8 00 
 
 Blanket, - • - - - 10 00 
 
 II. From tho time this takes- cflfecfc, and until further orders, 
 EOldlers will be charged and credited on account of clothing to 
 
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 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, 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, 1 Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 147. J Richmond, Nov. 17, 1863. 
 
 For the due authentication of Military orders exhibited in the 
 evidence before 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 f.U branches of the army, 
 an. I that printed or written copies of the same are duly au- 
 thcnticated when endorsed as official by any Assistant Adjutant 
 General, or by any Chief of a Bureau of this Department. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 148. ] Richmond, Nov. 18, 1863. 
 
 I. The quarterly returns of arms, accoutrements and equip- 
 ments in the hands of troops, required by paragraph 1348 of the 
 Army Regulations, have heretofore been furnished in a very few 
 cases only by commanding officers of regiments and battalions. 
 These returns are deemed essential, and will hereafter be promptly 
 rendered. 
 
 II. It is hereby made the duty of Generals commanding bri- 
 gades 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 Ist of January next, within twenty days thereafter, the Bri- 
 gadier General commanding the brigade to which the oflBcer is 
 attached, will cause charges for "disobedience of orders," or of 
 " neglect of duty," as the case may require, to be made and for- 
 warded, without delay, to the General commanding, for his 
 action. The same action will be taken ou every Bubsoquent 
 omiseion to render such returns. 
 
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 iV. Brigade and district ordnance officers -wiil give every as- 
 sistance to colonels of regiments and officers commanding bat- 
 talions, in the preparation of the '* retarns," according to the 
 form prescribed; and they will also see thatarms and accoutrements 
 lot^t 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 
 ivill promptly report to the Chief of the Ordnance Bureau every 
 officer in the command to vy^hich he is attached, who fails to make 
 the " returns'' herein required. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPEH, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, 1 Ai>j't and Insp'r Gen'l's Offics, 
 No. 149. 3 riicJimond, Nov. 19, 1863. 
 
 I. The pay and allovrances of men detailed for work, (except 
 for government v^ork,) v?ill cease during such detail, and in lieu 
 thereof, full wages will be paid them by the persona 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 Commissaries of Subsistence, is particularly directed, 
 to General Orders, No. 12, March 10th, 1862. These command-' 
 ing officers will also see that only the number of enlisted men 
 actually present on duty are included in " provision returns ;" 
 and that if any change takes place in that number during the 
 period drawn for, that a corresponding allowance is duly made 
 m 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. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,] Adj't and Insp'r Gen i/s Office, 
 
 No. 160. I Richmond, Nov 21, 1883- 
 
 L Enlisted men who have been (or may become) permanently 
 disftbled> and who hold a certificate of a medical examining board 
 
207 
 
 * 
 
 to that effect, and who have not been discharged the service, may 
 have their rations commuted at ($1 25) one dollar and twenty- 
 five cents per diem, whether they are in a hospital, private quar- 
 ters, or on furlough. 
 
 II, Men liable to conscription, who have joined companies for 
 local defence, will be discharged from such companies and con- 
 scribed. This order is not intended to affect companies for which 
 special exception has been made by the War Department. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 AilJiUant and Inspeaor General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, "j Adj't and Insp'r Gen'i/s Office, 
 
 No. 151. ] Jlichnond, Koi\ 23, ISQ3. 
 
 I. Forage in kind will be issued to officers (entitled to it) 
 stationed, by orders from the War Department, ut poses and not 
 in the field, fur but one horse each. In lieu of furage, 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 mustered.'' 
 
 II. Officers of the atljutant general, quartermaster, commissary 
 (except purchasing commissaries), medical and ordnance depart- 
 ments, signal and regimental ottlcers (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 Commanding General. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS,] Adj't and In.sp't Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 152. ] Richmond, Nov, 24, 1SG3. 
 
 T. A Court of Enquiry having been convened at Jackson, 
 Mississippi, by Special Orders, No. 41, from tliis office, dated 
 February 18, 18G3, amended by Special Orders, No. 43, of Febru- 
 ary 20, 1863, to examine and report the facts and circumstances 
 attending the capture of the city of New Orleans by the e»iemy 
 in April, 18(32, and the delencc of the city I'V the Confederato 
 
208 
 
 troops under command of Mnjor General Mansfield Lovell, to- 
 gether 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 Conri. 
 
 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 
 eueh an attack was greatly impaired by the withdraw,',! from 
 him, by superior authority, of Jiearly all his efiective troops. 
 
 2. The exterior line, as adopted and improved by him, was well 
 devised, 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 indispensably necessary to obstruct 
 the na'»igatioa of the Mississippi river between Ports Jackson 
 and Sb. Philip. The raft completed under General Lovell's 
 direction was adequate for the purpose while, in position ; but it 
 was swept away, and left the river unimpeded, either by reason of 
 some error in its construction, or neglect in preventing the accu- 
 mulation of drift, or because cvf insuperable mechanical diffi- 
 culties, 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. 
 
 4. When the raft was swept away. Gen. Lovell, with great 
 energy, immediately endeavored to replace it, and partially suc- 
 ceeded ; but without fault 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 against night expe- 
 ditions of the enemy. 
 
 5. The non-completion of the iron clad gun boats Louisiana 
 and Mississippi made it impossible for the navy to co-operate 
 efficienfly 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 iii 
 no wise responsible. 
 
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 7. Under tl.e existing circumstances, the passage of the forts 
 by the enemy's fleot could not have been prevented by General 
 Lovcll with any means under his control; and the forts being 
 passed, the fall of New Orleans was inevitable, and its evacu- 
 ation 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 remcning tlio public property and private 
 property avaihible for military uses ; and when the second ob- 
 struction was swept away, the removal of such property should 
 have been commenced immediately. The failure to take these 
 timely steps caused the losses of property that occurred ; but 
 there was comparatively but little property lost for which Gen. 
 L'lvell was responsible. 
 
 9. The failure of Gen. Lovcll to give proper orders to Brig. Gen. 
 ^I. L. Smith for the retirement of his command from Chalmette, 
 is not sufficiently exphiined, and is therefore regarded as a seri- 
 ous error. 
 
 10. The proposition of Gen. Lovcll 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 troopei, 
 though it explains itself upon the ground of sympathy for the 
 population and a natural sensitiveness to their reproaches. 
 
 11. Gen. Lovell displayed great energy and an untiring indus- 
 try in performing his duties. Ilis 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 measures for the defence of New 
 Orleans. 
 
 The Court respectfully report, that its assembly was delayed 
 by the failure of its President to receive his orders in due time, 
 and that its session was protracted by the taking of testimony 
 under the order of the AVar Department, as to the conduct of 
 naval officers on duty in Department No. 1. This order was re- 
 scinded, thus rendering useless and irrelevant much of the labor 
 of the Court. The testimony referred to, although appearing on 
 record, was not considered by the Court io determining its find- 
 ings and opinion. 
 
 in. The Court of Enquiry in the foregoing case is hereby dis- 
 solved. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspcciur General. 
 
210 
 
 GENERAL OKDERS, 1 Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 153. j Richmond, Nov. 25, 1863. 
 
 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 vrhatever, in the Confederacy, to entitle to pass the Con- 
 federate lines, or to sail from Confederate ports, without due 
 compliance with all police or military regulations prevailing 
 there; or to esempt from military or other service imposed by 
 lavr or regulations. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Acljutani and Inspector General, 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, | Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 154. J Richmond, Nov. 26, 1863. 
 
 I. No ordnance or ordnance 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 fabri- 
 cated. The permission given to officers by paragraph 1232, 
 Army Regulations (paragraph 9, Ordnance Regulations), to pro- 
 vide ordnance and ordnance stores, " in case of urgent necessi- 
 ty/' 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 order, will not be admitted in the settlement of 
 their accounts. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER. 
 Adjutant and Insjjecior General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's OprieK, 
 
 No. 155. J BicTimond, Nov. 28, 1863. 
 
 I. In order that detachments, unaccompanied by quartermas- 
 ters, may be supplied with the means of obtaining forage, quar- 
 termasters of the regiments or commands to which they belong 
 are hereby authorized to furnish to the officer in command, or 
 such other olSc^r rs may be designated, suifioient funds for th^t 
 
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211 
 
 purpose, upon duplicate receipts being given therefor. Upon the 
 return of the detachment, the oflBcer receiving such funds shall 
 return to tho quartermaster an account of the expenditures for 
 forapre, which will exhibit the amount expended, the number of 
 animals, and the time during which they shall have been sub- 
 sisted. Upon the rendition of such accouutp, and the re-payment 
 of any unexpended balance in his hand?, tho officer will be enti- 
 tled to the return of his original receipts, and the cuartermaster 
 will account for the forage so obtained, as if tho same had been 
 purchased and issued by him. 
 
 II. When small detachments are sent off, unaccompanied by ft 
 commissioned officer, quartermasters are authorized to commute 
 their fornge ratiuna in advance, for the time designated in the 
 order for such detached service, filing a certified copy of such or- 
 der in support of the voucher ; or upon the return df detach- 
 ments to their commands, when no funds shall have been sup- 
 plied under the foregoing provisions, expenditures incurred for 
 i'urage 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 ap- 
 proved by the commanding officer. 
 By order 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General, 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, | Adj't and Insp'r GenVs Orrics, 
 No. 156. ) Bklimond, Nov. 30, 1863. 
 
 I. At a General Court Martial, convened by Special Order:, 
 No. 196, of x\ugu8t 10, 1863, Head Quarters Army of Northern 
 Virginia, was arraigned and tried *» 
 
 Col. R. M. Mayo, 47th Va. Regiment, on the following Chargd 
 and Specification : 
 
 Charge— Drunkenness on duty. 
 
 Specification — In this, that Col. R. M- Mayo, 4Tth Virginift 
 Regiment, while on duty in command of the provost guard afc 
 llagerstown, Md., for the protection of its inhabitnnts, and the 
 eHtablishment of order and quiet in tr e town, did become intoxi- 
 cated on or about the 8th of July, lh'G3. 
 
 11. Finding and Sentence of the Court. 
 
 The Court find the accused, Col. R. M. Mayo, "ITth Virginift 
 Regiment, as follows ; 
 
Q10 
 
 Of the Specification, Guilty. 
 
 Of the Charge, Guilty. 
 
 And do therefore sentence him to be cashiered. 
 
 III. The proceedings in the foregoing case, approved by the 
 Commanding General, having been submitted to the President, 
 with the recommendations 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. Iv. M. Mayo, 47th Virginia Volunteers, is, therefore, re- 
 stored to his command, and will immediately report for orders to 
 Gen. R. E. Lee. 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General, 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'e Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 157. ] Richmond, Dec, 1, 186S. 
 
 I. The provisions of paragraph I, General Orders, No. 67, 
 current series, are hereby extended so as to include officers of 
 the Commissary Department, and such agents of that department 
 as have been appointed by the Secretary of War. 
 
 IL When a soldier, ordered before a "board of examiners for 
 conscripts," or a " hospital examining board," in pursuance of 
 paragraph III, General Orders, No. 141, current series, is imable 
 to appear by reason of physical disability, he will forward to the 
 enrolling officer a certificate to this effect, signed by his attend- 
 ing physician, which certificate will also embrace a full and ac- 
 curate statement of the case. The enrolling officer will gubmifc 
 the certificate 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 paragraph above quoted. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General, 
 
213 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, 
 
 Adj*t and Insp'r Gf.n'l's Office, 
 Richmond, Aug. 3, 1863. 
 
 No. 158. ) 
 
 The following is published as a schedule of the average cost of 
 arms, parts of arms, and accoutrements, as required by para- 
 graph 78 of Ordnance Regulations : 
 
 
 ■; PERCUSSION LOOK. 
 
 PARTS. 
 
 Model 1842. 
 1 Musket. 
 
 1 
 
 o 
 
 CO 
 
 f/3 
 
 Barrel with sight, withoiU breech, 
 
 i-^'lO 25 
 
 11 15 
 
 5 00 
 
 Breech screw, . , . 
 
 
 i CG 
 
 50 
 
 42 
 
 Bayonet or band stud, 
 
 
 i 0:2 
 
 02 
 
 
 Tang screw, . . . 
 
 
 i IS 
 
 18 
 
 15 
 
 Cone, . 
 
 . , 
 
 
 i 17 
 
 17 
 
 17 
 
 Lock ])late. 
 
 , ^ 
 
 
 \ 1 35 
 
 1 35 
 
 1 08 
 
 Tumbler, 
 
 
 
 ! US 
 
 98 
 
 92 
 
 Tumbler screw, 
 
 • . 
 
 
 i 05 
 
 05 
 
 05 
 
 Bridle, : 
 
 , 
 
 
 i 34 
 
 34 
 
 31 
 
 Sear, . 
 
 , 
 
 
 74 
 
 74 
 
 62 
 
 Sear spring, 
 
 K , 
 
 
 44 
 
 44 
 
 39 
 
 Main spring, . 
 
 » , 
 
 
 1 OC 
 
 1 00 
 
 1 00 
 
 Lock screws, each, 
 
 » . 
 
 
 04 
 
 04 
 
 04 
 
 Hammer, 
 
 , 
 
 
 72 
 
 72 
 
 54 
 
 Side plate (with band 
 
 for pistol,) 
 
 
 IS 
 
 12 
 
 90 
 
 Side screws, each, 
 
 , 
 
 
 21 
 
 21 
 
 17 
 
 Upper band, . 
 
 , 
 
 
 09 
 
 17 
 
 
 Middle band, . 
 
 . 
 
 
 45 
 
 45 
 
 
 Lower band, . 
 
 , , 
 
 
 17 
 
 17 
 
 
 Upper band spring, . 
 
 , 
 
 
 14 
 
 14 
 
 
 Middle band spring, . 
 
 , 
 
 
 M 
 
 14 
 
 
 Lower band spring, 
 
 , , 
 
 » • 
 
 14 
 
 14 
 
 
 ('Hard i)late. 
 
 ,■ , 
 
 
 70 
 
 70 
 
 50 
 
 Guard plate screws, each, 
 
 
 00 
 
 06 
 
 04 
 
 (Jnard bow, willioiit swivels, 
 
 
 4S 
 
 48j 
 
 28 
 
 Guard bow nut, eacli. 
 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 Swivels and rivets, each, 
 
 
 25 
 
 25 
 
 
 Triirger, .... 
 
 
 19 
 
 19 
 
 15 
 
 Trigger screw, . 
 
 
 04 
 
 04 
 
 04 
 
 Butt phite, .... 
 
 
 2 05 
 
 2 051 
 
 
 Butt phite screw, each 
 
 . 
 
 
 10 
 
 1'^ 
 
 05 
 
214 
 
 Schedule of PliiCEs— Continued. 
 
 - ■ ■ ■ . . , - ■ -It. , .. 
 
 PtEIlCUSfilON LOCK. 
 
 PARTS. 
 
 Model 1842. 
 Musket. 
 
 ■ 1 
 
 00 . 
 
 o 
 
 2 
 
 to 
 
 o 
 
 (0 
 
 O 
 
 Ramrod, ..... 
 
 !$ 3 28 
 
 3 56 
 
 1 60 
 
 Ramrod spring, 
 
 
 
 60 
 
 
 
 Ramrod wires, 
 
 
 
 02 
 
 
 
 Ramrod stop, . . . * 
 
 
 
 02 
 
 02 
 
 
 Stock, .... 
 
 
 
 3 20 
 
 3 20 
 
 
 PiHyonet, 
 
 
 
 5 48 
 
 5 4S 
 
 
 Bayonet clasp, 
 
 
 
 31 
 
 31 
 
 
 Bayonet clasp screw, . 
 
 
 
 04 
 
 04 
 
 
 Ramrod swivel and rivet, . , 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 ~ 
 
 m 
 
 Ramrod swivel and rivet screw, 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 _ 
 
 Oi 
 
 Sword bayonet biade, 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 6 00 
 
 
 Sword bayonet hilt, without clasp, 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 6 00 
 
 
 Sight base, 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 32 
 
 
 Long branch (leaf.) 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 19 
 
 
 Short, ..... 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 IS 
 
 
 Sight screws, each, 
 
 
 
 „ 
 
 05 
 
 
 Sight, complete. 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 82 
 
 
 Barrel, completej 
 
 
 
 10 81 
 
 11 71 
 
 
 Lock, complete, 
 
 
 
 5 88 
 
 5 88 
 
 
 Guard, complete, 
 
 
 
 1 75 
 
 1 75 
 
 
 Bayonet, complete, 
 
 
 
 6 00 
 
 6 00 
 
 
 Arm, complete, with bayonet, 
 
 
 
 41 00 
 
 42 00 
 
 
 Enfield ride, complete, . - 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 GO 00 
 
 
 Appendages for all arms: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Screw driver and cone wrench, 
 
 
 
 1 50 
 
 1 50 
 
 I 50 
 
 Wiper, .... 
 
 
 
 75 
 
 75 
 
 75 
 
 Bail screw, .... 
 
 
 
 75 
 
 75 
 
 • 75 
 
 Spring vice, 
 
 
 
 1 50 
 
 1 50 
 
 1 50 
 

 Schedule oy Prices — Continued. 
 
 6W0RDS AND SABRES. 
 
 
 
 
 >-< 
 
 
 
 Ti 
 
 nb 
 
 
 
 • 
 
 t»^-Q 
 
 ts 
 
 • 
 
 '^_ 
 
 "0 
 
 
 I'ARTS. 
 
 Ri 
 
 Jr: «« 
 
 4-* 
 
 >-< 
 
 
 
 02 
 
 
 
 u 
 
 CO 
 
 
 
 X 
 
 <'5 
 
 X 
 
 ^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 S en 
 
 
 
 
 
 V? 
 
 
 13 
 
 "(H 
 
 V 
 
 'S 
 
 
 
 > 
 
 u. 
 
 •^H 
 
 
 
 c «- 
 
 o> 
 
 
 
 od 
 
 
 
 M 
 
 ^ 
 
 oS 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 
 
 w 
 
 <J 
 
 CO 
 
 ^0 
 
 s 
 
 
 ^ Gripe, . 
 
 $0 60 
 
 71 
 
 _ 
 
 _ 
 
 79 
 
 90- 
 
 Hilt, 
 
 > Head, . 
 
 2 10 
 
 1 85 
 
 3 70 
 
 3 36 
 
 1 64 
 
 1 98 
 
 
 7 Guard, . 
 
 3 30 
 
 2 44 
 
 - 
 
 — 
 
 3 93 
 
 1 98 
 
 Blade, 
 
 "] Moiith-piece, 
 
 8 50 
 60 
 
 8 32 
 42 
 
 9 05 
 
 4 47 
 
 7 20 
 
 8 64 
 
 
 Bod/, . 
 
 3 60 
 
 4 20 
 
 2 13 
 
 1 30 
 
 2 16 
 
 2 25 
 
 Scabbard 
 
 }► Bands & rings, . 
 
 1 80 
 
 2 52 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 Ferula & stud, . 
 
 50 
 
 54 
 
 1 06 
 
 84 
 
 1 14 
 
 1 13 
 
 
 J Tip, . 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 J 06j 
 
 53 
 
 1 14 
 
 1 12 
 
 Arm, coir 
 
 plete. 
 
 21 00 
 
 21 00 
 
 17 00! 
 
 10 50 
 
 18 00 18 00- 
 
iU 
 
 Schedule of Prices — Continued. 
 
 By order. 
 
 
 
 
 
 ACCOUTREMENTS. 
 
 PARTS. 
 
 >> 
 
 tm 
 
 
 >. 
 
 
 
 c 
 
 a> 
 
 'a 
 
 a> 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 •^ 
 
 > 
 
 <C 
 
 
 
 t-i 
 
 vi 
 
 
 
 
 < 
 
 Q 
 
 e^ 
 
 Cartridge box, 
 
 $ 6 00 
 
 _ 
 
 4 50 
 
 5 50 
 
 Cartridge box belt (leather,) 
 
 
 
 2 57 
 
 
 
 
 Cartridge box belt (canvass,) 
 
 
 
 1 50 
 
 
 
 
 Bayonet scabbard and frog, 
 
 
 
 2 57 
 
 
 
 
 "Waist belt (leather,) . 
 
 
 
 2 06 
 
 — 
 
 _ 
 
 2 06 
 
 Waist belt (canvass,) 
 
 
 
 
 1 50 
 
 
 
 
 Cap pouch and pick, . 
 
 
 
 
 2 23 
 
 — 
 
 2 23 
 
 2 23 
 
 Gun sling. 
 
 
 
 
 1 20 
 
 - 
 
 1 20 
 
 1 20 
 
 Sabre belt, 
 
 
 
 
 _ 
 
 5 00 
 
 5 00 
 
 
 Sword belt, 
 
 
 
 
 — 
 
 5 00 
 
 
 
 Carbine sling, . 
 
 
 
 
 , 
 
 - 
 
 6 00 
 
 
 Powder flask (tin,) 
 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 
 
 
 Canteen, 
 
 
 
 
 1 25 
 
 
 
 
 Canteen strap. 
 
 
 
 
 25 
 
 
 
 
 Knapsacks, 
 
 
 
 
 6 50 
 
 
 . 
 
 
 Haversacks, 
 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 
 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, | Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 159. J Richmond, Dec. 4, 1863. 
 
 I. Hospitals for prisoners of Var aro placed on the same foot- 
 ing as other C. S. hospitals in all respects, and will be managed 
 accordingly. 
 
 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 articles, special 
 requisitions must be made therefor.* 
 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector Oeneral. 
 
 ••Amendfcd. Sd» Gen. Ojcders, No. 164. 
 
21T 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, 
 
 Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 160. J Richmond, Dec. 7, 1863. 
 
 I. The following schedules of prices for articles named there* 
 in, adopted by conimissioneib appointed pursuant to law, for the 
 State of Virginia, are announced for the information of all con- 
 cerned ; and the special attention of officers and agents of the 
 government is directed thereto : 
 
 II. Richmond, December 4, 1863. 
 Hon. Jas. A. Seddon, 
 
 Sir — In revising and preparing the schedules of prices for Be- 
 oember and January, we requested the aid of Mr. Wni, B. Har- 
 rison, and it is proper to add that the prices agreed upon receiv- 
 ed the unanimous approval of the commissioners. We respect- 
 fully offer the accompanying schedules A and B, with the under- 
 stiinding that the pri&es therein indicated are to remain fur the 
 months of December and January, unless in the interval it should 
 be deemed by us necessary to m()<lify them. 
 
 The following schedules pra-ent fbe max! num prices to be paid 
 for the articles appraised, at all cities and «jpual places of sale, and 
 when impressed -elsewhere, the eame prices are to be paid elnewherG, 
 less tlie cost of transportation to the city or usuiil place of sale to 
 which the article would go ordinarily for sale from tlmt neigh- 
 borho(;d, or less the cost of transportation to the point at which 
 the government needs the article, and wishes it to be sent : Fro- 
 vided, that in no case the amount deducted for transportation as 
 above shall esceed 25 cents per bushel for grain, and 25 cents per 
 cwfe. for long forage, fiour, bacon, iron, <fec. In addition to the 
 established price of transportation, th-e government to pay all 
 legal tolls, and, where farmers csnnot procure nails for baling 
 forage, government to furoiah the same at cost, which will be de- 
 ducted from the established price for baling: 
 
 Schedule A. 
 
 
 . t 
 
 
 
 
 ARTICLB. 
 
 QUAL 
 
 DESCRIPTION. 
 
 QUANTITY. 
 
 PRICE. 
 
 1 Wheat, 
 
 Prune. 
 
 VVliite or red, 
 
 Pr bush of 60 Ihs 
 
 $ 5 00 
 
 2 Flour, 
 
 Good, 
 
 Fine, 
 
 Pr barrel of 196 lbs. 
 
 '2-2 00 
 
 ii 
 
 " 
 
 Superfine, 
 
 U il t( 
 
 •25 00 
 
 <( 
 
 »* 
 
 Ex. supVfine 
 
 <( (| u 
 
 26 50 
 
 i( 
 
 1 
 
 Family, 
 
 U <( <( 
 
 28 00 
 
 3 Corn, 
 
 Prime, 
 
 Wh'eoryellw 
 
 Pr bush of 56 lbs. 
 
 4 00 
 
 4 UnshoUed ctjX]a» 
 
 *t " 
 
 u n 
 
 « 56 lbs. 
 
 3 05 
 
 b CcmmWt 
 
 <sd^, j 
 
 
 " W IbB. 4 20 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 
218 
 ScB«DULE A — Continued. 
 
 ARTICLE. 
 
 < 
 o 
 
 DESCEIPTIOK. 
 
 <5i:i.KTITY. 
 
 PEICE. 
 
 6 Rye, 
 
 Prir a, 
 
 
 Per bush of 56 lbs. 
 
 $ 3 20 
 
 7 Cieaned oatSj 
 
 C( 
 
 
 V' " 32 lbs. 
 
 2 50 
 
 8 W I: eat bran, 
 
 Goo , 
 
 
 » " 17 lbs. 
 
 50 
 
 9 SiK.rts, 
 
 n 
 
 
 » " 22 lb>. 
 
 70 
 
 10 Brown ftnff, 
 
 u 
 
 
 '-' " 28 tbs. 
 
 90 
 
 1 Ship 6t'.!tF, 
 
 ft 
 
 
 " •» 3? lbs 
 
 1 40 
 
 i:i Bacon, 
 
 " 
 
 Hog round. 
 
 Per pound, 
 
 1 25 
 
 13 Salt pork, 
 
 (( 
 
 
 a 
 
 1 10 
 
 Fresh pork, 
 
 Fat :z 
 
 
 
 
 . 
 
 gOf.d, 
 
 
 Per lb. net weight, 
 
 80 
 
 14 Lard, 
 
 Good, 
 
 
 Per pound, 
 
 1 2S 
 
 15 HorseSj 
 
 Istcl's 
 
 Artillery^ kc 
 
 Av'ge price pr head 
 
 350 OO 
 
 '}6 Wooli 
 
 Fair or 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mer'o 
 
 Waslsed, 
 
 Per pound, 
 
 3 00 
 
 17 Wool, 
 
 Fair or 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mer'o 
 
 Unwashed, 
 
 11 
 
 2 00 
 
 18 Peas, 
 
 Good, 
 
 
 Per bush of 60 lbs. 
 
 4 00 
 
 19 Beans, 
 
 (( 
 
 
 4( (i U 
 
 4 00 
 
 20 Potatoes, 
 
 , u 
 
 Irish, 
 
 « 
 
 4 00 
 
 21 Potatoes, 
 
 (( 
 
 Sweet, 
 
 IS- 
 
 5 00 
 
 22 Onions, 
 
 Good, 
 
 
 " " 60 lbs. 
 
 5 00 
 
 23 Dried peaches. 
 
 (( 
 
 Pealed, 
 
 " of 38 lbs. 
 
 8 00 
 
 24 Dried peaches, 
 
 i( 
 
 Unpealed, 
 
 " of 38 lbs. 
 
 4 50 
 
 25 Dried apples, 
 
 <( 
 
 Pealed, 
 
 «' of 28 lbs 
 
 3 00 
 
 26 Hay, baled, 
 
 
 Timothy or 
 
 
 
 
 « 
 
 clover, 
 
 Per 100 pounds. 
 
 3 50 
 
 27 Hay, baled, 
 
 
 Orchard or 
 
 
 
 
 u 
 
 herd grass, 
 
 (t a 
 
 3 00 
 
 28 Hay, unbaled, 
 
 
 Orchard or 
 
 
 
 
 <« 
 
 herd grass, 
 
 H e. 
 
 3 00 
 
 29 Sh'f oats, baled, 
 
 u 
 
 
 ^t ti 
 
 4 00 
 
 30 Sh'foats, unb'd, 
 
 (( 
 
 
 i« ii 
 
 3 50 
 
 31 Blade fod'r, b'd, 
 
 (( 
 
 
 ti <l 
 
 3 50 
 
 32 Bl fodder, nnb'd 
 
 (( 
 
 
 (( (( 
 
 3 00 
 
 33 Shucks, baled, 
 
 l( 
 
 
 ii «S 
 
 2 20 
 
 34 Shucks, unb'd, 
 
 (( 
 
 
 U ii 
 
 1 70 
 
 35 Wheat straw. 
 
 
 
 
 
 baled, 
 
 C( 
 
 
 (( (( 
 
 1 80 
 
 36 Wheat straw. 
 
 
 
 
 
 unbaled, 
 
 cc 
 
 
 (( a 
 
 1 30 
 
 37 Pasturage, 
 
 Good; 
 
 Interior, 
 
 Per baod pr month, 
 
 3 00 
 
 38 " 
 
 Sup't 
 
 Ct 
 
 St (< ^ 
 
 ■ 4 00 
 
 39 '' 
 
 iBt r't* 
 
 H 
 
 <( M 
 
 5 C^ 
 
219 
 
 Schedule A^-— Continned. 
 
 ARTICLES. 
 
 40 Pasturage, 
 
 41 '* 
 
 42 " 
 
 43 Salt, 
 
 44 Soap, 
 
 45 Candles, 
 4 6 Vinegar, 
 
 47 Whiskey, 
 
 48 Sugar, 
 
 49 Molasses, 
 5U Rice, 
 
 5 1 CofTee, 
 5'? Tea, 
 
 53 Vinegar, 
 
 54 Pig iron, 
 f-)5 Pig iron, 
 
 56 Pig iron, 
 
 57 Bloom iron, 
 
 58 Smith's iron, 
 
 59 Railroad iron, 
 
 60 Leather, 
 
 61 " 
 m " 
 
 63 Beef cattle, 
 €4 " 
 
 65 '■' 
 
 66 Sheep, 
 
 67 Army woollen 
 
 cloth, I yd. 
 
 68 Army woollen 
 
 cloth, 
 
 69 Amy woollen 
 
 cloth, 6 4 yd. 
 
 70 Army woollen 
 
 cloth, 
 
 71 Flannels, | 
 
 72 Cotton shirt'g.l 
 
 73 '' " I 
 
 74 Cotton fheet- 
 
 inus, 4-4, 
 
 75 Cotton ozna- 
 
 DESCRIPTION. 
 
 jGooil, Near cities, 
 ISnp'r, I '^ 
 
 Ut r'te 
 Good, 
 
 Tallow, 
 Cider, 
 [Trade, 
 I Brown, 
 iNew Orleans, 
 
 Rio, 
 iTrade, 
 JManufactM, 
 
 I No. 1 quality, 
 
 }No. 2 " 
 iNo. 3 " 
 
 [Per bush of 50 lbs. 
 |Per pound, 
 
 i u 
 
 Per gallon, 
 
 Per potmd. 
 Per gallcu, 
 Per poundj 
 
 Per gallon, 
 Per ton, 
 
 Sup r, 
 1st r'te 
 Fair, 
 
 Good, 
 
 Round, plate j 
 
 and bar, Per ton, 
 
 u 
 
 Harness, Per pound-, 
 
 Sole, ! " 
 
 Upper, I " 
 
 GroB3 weight, Per 100 pounds, 
 
 a a 
 
 (« a 
 
 Per head, 
 
 P 'r yard, • 
 
 Width or weight, 
 
 P r yard, 
 
 V idth or weight, 
 F r yard, 
 
 10 oz. per yd. 
 Pro rata as to 
 greater or less 
 
 2C oz. per yd. 
 Pro rata as to 
 greater or less 
 6 oz. per yd. 
 4i yds. to lb. 
 -|3| yds. to lb. 
 
 13 yds. to lb. 
 
 I 
 I 
 
 'G oz. per yd. 
 
 00 
 00 
 40 
 00 
 00 
 CO 
 50 
 
 10 00 
 
 2u 
 
 7 00 
 50 
 150 00 
 il32 00 
 120 00 
 216 00 
 
 456 00 
 
 190 00 
 
 2 60 
 
 2 40 
 
 2 80 
 
 16 00 
 
 18 00 
 
 20 00 
 
 30 OO 
 
 5 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 4 00 
 56 
 84 
 
 87 
 75 
 
2^0 
 
 Schedule A — Continued. 
 
 
 >> 
 
 H 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 ARTICS,E. 
 
 1-3 
 
 < 
 & 
 
 DSSGRIPTION. 
 
 QUANTITY. 
 
 PRicar. 
 
 76 Cotton ozna- 
 
 
 , 
 
 
 
 burjis, |-, 
 
 (( 
 
 8 oz, per yd. 
 
 Per yard. 
 
 $ 88 
 
 77 Cotton drills. |, 
 
 (C 
 
 3 yds. to lb. 
 
 u 
 
 88 
 
 78 Cotton shirting 
 
 
 
 -• 
 
 
 stripes, 
 
 (( 
 
 3 yds. to lb. 
 
 a 
 
 88 
 
 79 Cotton tent 
 
 
 
 
 
 ciottiSj 
 
 " 
 
 10 oz. t0 yd. 
 
 (( 
 
 1 12 
 
 80* 
 
 
 
 
 
 81 Cotton warps, 
 
 (( 
 
 
 Per p'ound, 
 
 2 GO 
 
 8'2 Arniy shoes, 
 
 u 
 
 
 Per pair, 
 
 10 00 
 
 83 Shoe thread, 
 
 a 
 
 . 
 
 Per pound, 
 
 2 00 
 
 84 Wool socks for 
 
 
 
 
 
 men, 
 
 (f 
 
 
 Per pair. 
 
 1 25 
 
 S5 Mules, 
 
 1st r'te 
 
 Wagon^ &c. 
 
 Av'e price pr head, 
 
 300 00 
 
 8S' Corntop fodder, 
 
 
 
 
 
 baled, 
 
 Good, 
 
 
 Per 100 pounds, 
 
 2 00 
 
 87 Corntop fodder, 
 
 
 
 
 
 un baled, 
 
 . u 
 
 
 u u 
 
 1 5a 
 
 88 Wheat chaff, • 
 
 
 
 
 
 baled. 
 
 ct 
 
 
 H (( 
 
 2 00 
 
 89 Wheat chaff, 
 
 
 
 
 
 unbaled, 
 
 « 
 
 
 SI t( 
 
 1 50 
 
 90 Sorghum mo- 
 
 
 
 
 
 lasses. 
 
 " 
 
 
 Per gallon, 
 
 8 00- 
 
 91 Pasturage f&r ] 
 
 
 
 
 
 sheep, j 
 
 u 
 
 Interior, 
 
 Per head, 
 
 40 
 
 92 Pasturage for 
 
 
 
 
 
 sheep. 
 
 Sup'r, 
 
 j 
 
 (I i( 
 
 50 
 
 93 Pasturage for 
 
 
 
 
 
 sheep, 
 
 1st r'te 
 
 (( 
 
 U (( i 
 
 60 
 
 In assessing the average vahie of '* first class artillery and 
 ■wa^on horses at $350," we designed that the term should be ac- 
 ajepted and acted upon accord'ng to its obvious common sens© 
 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 intrinsic value, would war- 
 rant a judicious purchaser in considering them as coining within 
 the contemplation of the corainisfeituersj when they assessed the 
 
 * On the above enumerated cotton eloths, pro rata as to greater 
 m less width or weight, « 
 
2il 
 
 average value of such horses aa the ^)rernment needed, at $350^ 
 But oases might arise, however, when the public exio^enoies vrould 
 be 80 urgent as to demand that al horses at hand should be im- 
 pressed. Yofc under ordinary circumstances, when family or ex- 
 tra blooded horses, or brood mares of adiintied high value are im- 
 pressed, we respectfully 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 be considered and valued 
 by competent and disinterested parties as first class artillery 
 horses, or first rate wagon mule?. 
 
 The term ''average value per head" was used in contradistinc* 
 tion to a fixed and uniform price for each horse or mule. Wo 
 supposed that in impressing a number of horses or mules, whe- 
 ther owned by several persons, or one individual, that snme 
 might be estimated at $250, or even at less, and others at differ- 
 ent 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 artil- 
 }ery horee, but of course, however efficient or able to render good 
 service for a year or so, yet his advanced age wouIcT justly and 
 materially impair his value. Any horse, however he may ap- 
 proximate the standard of a first class artillery horse, must, ac- 
 cording 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 in- 
 etances the price should be projiortionately reduced, as impcrfec- 
 tioBs place them below the standard of first class, .&c. 
 
btif*^ 
 
 Schedule B. — Hire 'yf Labor^ Teams, Wagons and Drivers. 
 
 1. Baling long forage, . 
 
 2. Shelling and bagg ig corn, sacks fur- 
 
 nished by the go' ^rnment, 
 
 3. Hauling, . . . . 
 
 4. Hauling grain, . 
 
 5. Hire of two-horsr team, wagon and 
 
 driver, rations fu aislied by owner, . 
 
 6. Hire of same, ratic s furnished by the 
 
 government, . . . . 
 
 ?. Hir ■ of four-horse team, wa^on and 
 
 drivee, rations fu lished by owner, . 
 
 8. Hire of same, ratic s furnished by the 
 
 government, . . . . 
 
 9. Hire of six-horse earn, wagon and 
 
 driver, rations fui <ished by owner, . 
 
 10. Hire of same, ratic i3 furnished by the 
 
 government, . 
 
 11. Hire of laborer, ra Ions furnished by 
 
 owner, . . . . 
 
 12. Hire of same, raiioas furnisljed by the 
 
 government. . . • . 
 
 13. Hire of same, rauons and clothing 
 
 furnished by owner, 
 
 14. Hire of Same, rations firnished by the 
 
 government, , , . . 
 
 15. Hire of tsanisters, rn.iion3 furnished by 
 
 the government, 
 
 15. Hire of laborer clothing and rations 
 furnished by gove-nment, 
 
 IT. Hire of same, ciothnig and rations fur- 
 nished by owner, 
 
 18. Hire of t^amo, rations only furnished 
 l)y government, , 
 
 QUANTITY & TIME. 
 
 PRICE. 
 
 Pel 
 
 100 lbs. 
 
 $ 50 
 
 (( 
 
 56 " 
 
 05 
 
 (( 
 
 cwt. p. mile, 
 
 08 
 
 (( 
 
 bush *' 
 
 04 
 
 (( 
 
 day, 
 
 10 00 
 
 u 
 
 
 5 00 
 
 (( 
 
 
 13 00 
 
 u 
 
 
 6 50 
 
 a 
 
 
 16 00 
 
 «'. 
 
 
 8 00 
 
 n 
 
 
 2 00 
 
 H 
 
 
 1 50 
 
 «i 
 
 month, 
 
 50 00 
 
 i( 
 
 .£ 
 
 30 00 
 
 H 
 
 (1 
 
 40 00 
 
 Per 
 
 year, 
 
 300 GO 
 
 (( 
 
 (( 
 
 550 GO 
 
 u 
 
 u 
 
 400 CO- 
 
 Upon farther conead' i-ation, we have concluded to value pheaf 
 vfits, bay and blade f ider, east of ike Blve Ridue mountain s^ 
 "Vfhen baled, at %b per 00 pounds, and ud baled at $4 50 per lOQ 
 pounds. . 
 
 S. W IIUEARD, 
 
 Kob't Gibb ;NEY, 
 Wai. B. Harricon, 
 Com?)iissioners Jor Va. 
 By ordei 
 
 a COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
22 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ) Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 161. ) Richmond, Dec. 10, 1863. 
 
 The following Order is published as an amendment of the 
 Regulations in respect to Impressments, as a substitute for para- 
 graph II, section 5, General Orders, No. 37, current series. All 
 officers and agents who have been 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 bailie, or other 
 agent, of the price offered, the impressing oflSeer shall proceed to 
 settle the compensation to be paid, according to the first section 
 of the act of March 26th, 1863, if the property impressed be- 
 longs to an owner who has grown, raised or produced the same, 
 or who holds or has purchased the same for his own use or con- 
 sumption. 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 oflBcer 
 to offer the price fixed by the commissioners, who may be ap- 
 pointed under the 5th section of the Act of Congress of the 26th 
 March, 1863, to regulate impressmentv^ ; 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 similar to that de- 
 signated in the first section of the act aforesaid; that is, by the 
 judgment of two loyal and disinterested citizens of the county or 
 parish in which such impressments may be made — one to be se- 
 lected by the owner, and one by the impressing officer — and in 
 the event of their disagreement, these two shall choose an um- 
 pire of like qualification. The persons thus selected shall pro- 
 ceed 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 sliall endorse upon it his approval ; and the pro- 
 perty in tlie object impressed shall thereupon bo vested in the 
 Confederate S ates : but if he does not approve the appraisement 
 as aforesaid, he shall endorse upon the appraisement his objec- 
 tion thereto, and deliver the same, with a receipt for the proper- 
 ty impressed, to the owner, his bailiee, agent or attorney, and, as 
 soon as practicable, forward a copy of the receipt and appraise- 
 ment, and his endorsement thereon, to the board of appraisers, 
 appointed by the President and Governor of the State, who shall 
 revise the same, and make a final valuation, so as to give just 
 
22'i 
 
 conipensatton 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 appraisers, as provided in the 
 acts of Congress on the subject. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, | Adj't and Insp'r Gin'l's Office, 
 
 No. 162. j Richmond, Dec. 11, 1863. 
 
 I. Quartermasters at posts will afford all theaecommodafion in 
 their power to persons in charge of stock, traveling under the 
 orders of ofBcers of Lt. Col. A. H.Cole's department. Forage 
 and shelter for the animals and subsistence for the men will be 
 furnished by them upon the requisition of any officer, or his au- 
 thorized ae;ent, of Col. Cole's department, who will receipt for 
 the same. 
 
 II. To preveut 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. 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, \ Adj't and Lvsp'tt Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 163. > Richmond, Dee. 23, 1863. 
 
 The attention of officers of the army is again directed to para- 
 graph VII, General Orders, No. 28, requiring that in all recom- 
 mendarions for miliary appointments, the name of the State be 
 given t)f which the person is a citizen. No applications will 
 hereafter receive attention, in which this rule is not observed. 
 By order. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General. 
 
GENERAL ORDERS, ] Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l's Office, 
 
 No. 164. 3 Richmond, Dec 29, 1863. 
 
 I. Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 159, current series, ig 
 amended ns 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 ot any particular article, not is- 
 sued to troops in the field, special requisitions must be made 
 therefor. 
 
 By order, 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Adjutant and Inspector General, 
 
ANALYTICAL INDEX 
 
 TO 
 
 General Orders from War Department, 
 
 FOR THE YEAR 
 
 1863. 
 
 CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, 
 
 War Department, 
 
 Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, 
 
 Richmond, Ka., January Ithy 1864. 
 
 The following ANALYTICAL Index of Genernl Orders, issued from 
 ibis Office, for the year 1863, lias been prepared under my au- 
 thority, by Mr. Robinson of this Offica, and is believed to be com- 
 plete. 
 
 S. COOPER, 
 Ud^ttiHt and Infptctvr Oxngrat. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 No 
 
 ABSExVT WITHOUT LEAVE— pardon to those who are, . 109 
 
 soldint's — shall not receive pay for such lime, . 108 
 
 " officers to collect, must report, . . 122 
 
 " a list of all, to be sent to Conscript Bu- 
 
 : 'an, . . . . 125, 130 
 
 ACT OF ONGRESS— Abolishing supernumerary Com- 
 
 mi saries and Q. Masters, . . .70 
 
 allow .ng hospital accommodations to officers, . 71 
 
 amei iing Act to organize Military Courts, . 108 
 
 appo itment of Military Storekeepers, . . 108 
 
 estab ishing Nitre and Mining Bureau, . . 85 
 
 exeniV>ting mail contractors and cairiers, . 44 
 forbi iing employment of able bodied men as clerks 
 
 by ommissaries and quarterm ifeters, . . 105 
 
 grant! ig furloughs and discharges, . . 108 
 imprissments, .... 37, 53 
 
 local defence and special service, . . 86 
 
 office s and men selected to civil positions, . 48 
 
 organizing engineer troops, ... 66 
 
 Pay iiid allowances of deceased soldier*. . . 108 
 
 pay T . soldiers not legally mustered into C. S. servicd, 108 
 
 prevent absence of officers and men without leave, 108 
 prevt nt fraud in quartermaster's and commissary de- 
 
 paitments, .... 108 
 
 prohr)iting punishment of soldiers by whipping, . 44 
 Quar ermastei General to have rank, &c., of Brigadier 
 
 Ge.eral, .... 108 
 restrji ning General officers from appointing officers 
 
 to <ertain regiments, and allowing elections, . 108 
 
 repen ing act exempting overseers, . . 108 
 
 retaliiition, ..... 108 
 
 slaves, taken by, or employed in, army, . 25 
 
 transfer from army to navy, . . . 108 
 transportation to persons, mustere 1 into tervice and to 
 
 whom furlough.s may be granted, . . 108 
 ACT OF VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE— Voting in camp, 38 
 ACCOUTREMENTS— Quarterly returns of, must be prompt- 
 ly rendered, .... 148 
 schedule of cost of, , . . 1.58 
 
230 
 
 No. 
 
 ADJUTANTS — To report all slaves in army without writ- 
 ten authority, , . .59 
 
 AGENTS — Of commissary departments, (See Comm;3'y Dep't) 
 of quartermaster's reoartnient, (See Quartkrjujt's Dep't.) 
 
 AIDES-DE-CAMP — Volunt jer must be exempt from con- 
 scription, . ^ . . 107 
 
 AMBULANCES — Wagons, &c., for hospital supplies, 34, 45 
 
 APPOINTMENTS— Applicants for, must show vacancy. &c., 8 
 
 applications for, mus give State, &:c., . 28, 163 
 
 of officers vested on]> in the President, . 28 
 
 ARMS — Abandoned by strs .;glers, who will collect, . 119 
 
 and munitions of wa, captured by Partizan Rani.ers, 47 
 captured, exchange of, forbidden . . 19 
 
 captured, to be turneti over to chief ordnance ofiicer, 19 
 private, price of, . . .9 
 
 private, price of, how paid, , . 9 
 
 quarterly "returns" of, must be promptly made, . 148 
 
 schedule of, cost of, . . 158 
 
 ARMY REGULATIONS— Certain paragraphs revoked, . 20 
 certain paragraphs suspended, . . 32 
 
 " " amended, . 44. 121 
 
 ARMY SUPPLIES — No more to be received under late call 
 
 of the President, . . .92 
 
 to be purchased or impressed, . . 92 
 
 ARSENALS, ARMORIES AND DEPOTS— certain, under 
 
 immediate charge of War Department. . 13 
 
 officers in charge of, must report detailed men, 33 
 
 ARTILLERY— And ammunition, "returns" of, . 20 
 
 field, to be parked, . . .7 
 
 men may be transferred to cavalry, whenever, 67 
 
 public horses to be given to, . . • 60 
 
 AUTHORITIES TO RAISE TROOPS— From conscripts, 
 
 revoked, . . . .18 
 
 what, may be granted, . . 18 
 
 BONDS — Of quartermaster's and commissaries must accom- 
 pany their acceptances, . .121 
 
 BRIGADIER GENERALS— Must see that the « returns" of 
 
 arms, accoutrements, &c., are promptly rendered, 148 
 
 not to be " detached," except, . . 28 
 
 CADETS — Examination of, for promotion, . . 38 
 to report to Adjutant and Inspector General or be 
 
 "dropped," . . . 132 
 
 CAMP OF INSTRUCTION— For conscripts at Petersburg, 4 
 
 CAVALRY— Companies must be kept with regiments, 7 
 men who cannot provide horses may be transferred to 
 
 infantry or artillery, . . .67 
 
 CITIZENS and others, held in confinement, "reports" of, 33 
 
 must not jnii'chaSj clothingf cr amis {torn soldiers, . 122 
 
231 
 
 No. 
 61 
 
 CITIZENS — rights of, regarding estray horses and mules, 
 CITIZENSHIP— Passports of, force dro to, 
 CLERK — iVo able bodied man to be i^niploj^ed as, in quar- 
 termaster's or commissary dei/artments, 
 CLOTHING— Of deceased soldiers, . 
 
 of detailed soldiers of disbanded companies, 
 
 of soldiers, citizens must not purchase, 
 
 of " may be commuted, when, . 
 
 of " cost of, 
 COLONELS — Must not be detached, except, . 
 COMMISSARIES — Absent under orders, allowed expenses 
 
 certain, " dropped," 
 
 for sales to officers, 
 
 must *' issue" on/y to men actually present for duty, 
 
 not to employ an able bodied man as clerk, 
 
 of post, to receive tax in kind, . 
 
 regimental, abolished, 
 
 to a.ssist in collecting arms left by stragglers, . 
 
 when to take rank and pay, 
 COMMISSARY DEPARTxMENT— Agents of, allowed ex 
 
 penses, when absent under orders, 
 COMMISSARY SERGEANTS— How paid, 
 COMMISSIONERS— Under "Impressment Act," report of, 
 for Virginia and Georgia, 
 
 under " Impressment Act," report of, for Virginia, 
 
 [99, 115, 129, 144, 160 
 
 COMMUTATION— Of rutions to men on furlough, how 
 paid, 
 of rations to disabled soldiers, 
 of rations to men on f irlough, regulations for, 
 COMPANIES — New, cannot be formed from other, . 
 having maximum, cannot receive recruits, 
 commanders of, to make monthly reports of all fur- 
 loughed men, 
 
 105 
 49, 93 
 
 80 
 122 
 136 
 146 
 
 28 
 157 
 121 
 
 70 
 149 
 105 
 132 
 
 70 
 119 
 121 
 
 157 
 124 
 
 65 
 
 96 
 160 
 162 
 125 
 125 
 
 130 
 
 disbanded, 
 
 (See Disbanded 
 
 CONSCRIl^TS- Army officers not to interfere with, 
 
 assiijn (lents of, to be made by Conscript Bureau, 
 canxot join " local defence" companies, 
 commandant of, to make reports of, &c., 
 commandant of may detail disabled officers and sol- 
 diers as bridge guards, ^. 
 detn led, leaving their work, how treated, 
 emp.oyed on railroads, to remain until, 
 harf I treatment to, any officer guilty of, to b« dis- 
 
 chirged, 
 instructions for examination of, 
 in certain counties, to repair to Petersburg, 
 re-examined, to be, (according to Goneral Order 'SQ.) 
 
 1 •■ 
 
 14; 
 
 150 
 16 
 
 137 
 3<' 
 
 1 
 
 22 
 4 
 
 30 
 
232 
 
 No 
 CONSCRIPTS— rolls of, to be made monthly, . 1 
 
 sent to camps or regiments, how "discharged," . 107 
 
 regiments, must be received, . . 107 
 
 surgeons for examining, how obtained, . 9, 15 
 
 " for examining, pay of, . 107, 124 
 
 volunteer, cannot, in, companies formed since 1st of 
 
 April, 1862, . . . 125 
 
 volunteering in new companies to be demanded, 125 
 
 " must exhibit certificate, . . 125 
 
 not allowed furloughs, . . 135 
 
 CONSCRIPTION— Discharged soldiers liable to, . 89 
 
 officers of, to assist in collecting arms left by straj{- 
 
 glers, . . . .119 
 
 officers of, allowsd expenses when absent under or- 
 ders, . . . 133 
 officers of, must not take conscripts as assistants with- 
 out detailed by War Department, . . 135 
 persons liable to, volunteering, may have fur'ough, 113 
 persons liable to, volunteering, must report them- 
 selves, . . . .113 
 who are liable to, . . 1, 22, 98 
 CONTRACTS— For iron, lead, &c., to be rigidly enforced, 14 
 violated, detailed men to be withdrawn, . 14 
 CONTRACTORS — Must not employ government workmen 
 
 without proper discharge from lormer service, . 30 
 
 paper, may send agents to armies and posts, , 80 
 
 property of, exempt from impressment, . 49 
 
 CORRESPONDENCE— Must be through regular channel, 3 
 
 officers must endorse their opinions on, . 3 
 
 prescribed mode of, . . .28 
 
 COURIERS AND GUIDES— Infantry, allowed 40 cents per 
 
 day for horse, . . .77 
 
 number of, allowed, . . .7 
 
 to he obtained from infantry, . . 7 
 
 COURTS OF ENQUIRY— Case of Blocker, Capt. H. F., . 40 
 
 case of Chilton, Col. R. H., . . 64 
 
 " of Lovell, Gen. Mansfield, . . 352 
 
 " of McLean, Lt. Col. E. E., . . 81 
 
 " of Nail, Lt. Thomas, . . 29 
 
 '' of Norris, Maj. Wm., . . ' 112 
 
 COUIU' MARTIAL— Of Anderson, Lt. M. G., . 41 
 
 Tf Arnold, Capt. J. Q,, . 68 
 
 of Ballentine, Lt. H. J., . . . . 96 
 
 of Barlow, Priv T. W., . . 139 
 
 of Bell, Capt. J. W., . . . 55 
 
 of Brown, Lt. E. M. P., , . 139 
 
 of Cannon, Priv. T. W., . . . 130 
 
 of Chesser, Lt. Jas. M., . , 139 
 
288 
 
 COURT MARTIAL-CoNTiNDED. 
 
 of Childress, Priv. John Q,, 
 
 of Clarke. Priv. Wm. G., 
 
 of Countis, Lt. J. B., 
 
 of Cross, As8t. Surgeon Edward, 
 
 of Duncan, Private John, 
 
 of Edgeworth, Private C. . 
 
 of Edwards, Lieut. Col. A. C. 
 
 of Floweree, Lieut. Col. C. C. 
 
 of Garner, Private Wm. 
 
 of Gibson, Lieut. J. W. 
 
 of Gore, Lieut. W. J. 
 
 of Griswold, Major E. 
 
 of tjuy, Lieut. Lsrael P. 
 
 of Harlee, Captain R. Z. 
 
 of Hnmmell, Lieut E. H, 
 
 of Hollis, Private Daniel, . 
 
 of Humphreys, Private J. R. 
 
 of Hunter, Col. F. M. 
 
 of Johnson, Private F. W. 
 
 of Kent, Private Z. M. 
 
 of Kent, Private C. H. 
 
 of Latrobe, Captain H. B. 
 
 of Lock hart, Asst. Surgeon W 
 
 of Long, Captain R. Y. L. 
 
 of Maguire, Captain J. J. 
 
 of Marks, Major R. M. 
 
 of Martin, Lieut. J. K. 
 
 of Mathews, Private Allen, 
 
 of iMayo, Col. R. M. 
 
 of MeClung, Lieut. E. S. 
 
 of McCutchen, Private G. S. 
 
 of MoCoun, Major Gen. J. P. 
 
 of Mitchell, Captain G. J). 
 
 of Mormon, Private George, 
 
 of Nunnally, Private Gnf. 
 
 of Orey, Major Kirk, . 
 
 of O.itlaw, Private Stephen, 
 
 of P'uitt, Lieut. W. C. 
 
 of r^ed. Captain W. S. 
 
 of P. ckett, Private M 
 
 of Lice, Lieut. L. A. 
 
 of R iberts, Private T. 
 
 of Rowan, Captain Wm. S. 
 
 of Ruanells, Private Major, 
 
 of Saunders. Lieut. Robert W. 
 
 of Simmons, Lieut. J. R. 
 
 of S nith, Private Henry, 
 
 of Sockton. Adjt. J. N. 
 
 of Tiylor, Private Henry, 
 
 
 
 No. 
 
 
 t 
 
 ; 95 
 
 • 
 
 , 
 
 95 
 
 . IQO 
 
 •d, 
 
 • 
 
 54 
 . 139 
 
 
 
 97 
 ; 139 
 
 
 
 91 
 . 139 
 
 50 
 . 139 
 
 
 
 47 
 95 
 
 139 
 . ' 139 
 
 
 
 139 
 
 95 
 
 r. 
 
 
 35 
 
 . 139 
 100 
 139 
 27 
 95 
 139 
 100 
 
 
 
 35 
 
 
 
 56 
 
 
 
 78 
 
 156 
 
 139 
 
 52 
 
 83 
 
 
 
 100-120 
 
 
 
 79 
 95 
 42 
 139 
 139 
 95 
 
 
 
 . . 95 
 139 
 139 
 
 
 
 72 
 139 
 
 63 
 139 
 
 • 
 
 
 95 
 43 
 
 139 
 
264 
 
 COURT MARTIAL— Continued. No. 
 
 of Under wood,, Serg't Abner, • . 139 
 
 of Whitehead, Private John, . 106 
 of Wilder, Private James T. . .27 
 
 of Wood, Captain W. W. W. . 73 
 
 of Wood, Private T. P. . . 139 
 
 of Wortham, Lieut. J. J. . . 139 
 
 of Youngblood, Lieut. J. M. . . 134 
 
 Must not forfeit dues of Laundress, . . 17 
 
 COURTS. 
 
 Military, . (See Military Courts.) 
 
 DECEASED SOLDIERS, . (See Soldibkb.) 
 
 DEPARTMENT— 
 
 of Richmond, — What constitutes, . . 34 
 
 of Southern Virginia. — What constitutes, . 34 
 
 of North Carolina, — What constitutes, . 34 
 
 DEPOTS— - (See Ar-enalb &c.) 
 
 For Captured Slaves, . . 25 
 Quartermaster — at certain points under special con- 
 trol of Q a''. General, . . 13,114 
 Quartermaster — officers at — must not be changed 
 
 except by department, . . 114 
 
 Quartermaster — Issues from, . . 13 
 
 DESERTERS— 
 
 A list of all — to be sent to Conscript Bureau, . 125 
 
 Not allowed furloughs, on any pretext, . 135 
 
 Officers to. collect— must report, . . 122 
 
 Who are not, ... 19 
 
 Who have joined other companies to be returned, 19 
 
 DESERTION— 
 
 Punishment for, . . 44- 
 
 detached- 
 No Brie. Gen. or Col. will be — without, . 28 
 DETACHMENTS— 
 
 Unaccompanied by Quartermasters, how supplied, 155 
 DETAIL— 
 
 Of Cavalry for Couriers and Guid-es, to be discon- 
 tinued, . . .7 
 DETAILED— 
 
 Men at Arsenals, &c.,— Reports must be made as t» 
 
 pay, &c.; of, = • - 33 
 Men—Pay of, = . V5, 149 
 
 " of disbanded companies ; how paid, . 80 
 
 " " " how "discharged,-"' 80 
 
 " " ' clothing for, SO 
 '« " " to be reported to 
 
 enrolling officer, . . 80 
 
 Men, whenever fit for duty, to be returned, . 96 
 
 Soldiers not regularly — must be returned, 94 
 
2M 
 
 DIRECTORS— No. 
 
 Meflical, . (See Mkdical Directory.) 
 
 DISBANDED— 
 
 Companies — Detailed men of — how paid, " dischar- 
 
 fiea," &c. ... 80 
 
 DISBANDING— 
 
 Of Reg'ts. Bntt'ns or Companies prohibited, . 28 
 
 DISBURSING OFFICERS— (See also Quartermasters. 
 
 Cliarges against — to be reported to A. and I. G. 15 
 
 Must not be arrested, . 15 
 
 Not to pay Army officers, without evidence of ap- 
 pointment, . . .28 
 Not to pay absent officers, without proper authority 
 
 for absence, . . U8 
 
 Who are to be recommended as, . 121 
 
 DISCHARGES— 
 
 Of Conscripts sent to Camps or Reg'ts — how made, 107 
 
 How given, . . .14, 51, 69 
 
 Notices of — to be forwarded, . . 51, 69 
 
 Recommendations for — will only be given by Ex- 
 amining Boards, . . , 141 
 To be considered as conditional, . 89 
 To soldiers who have furnished substitutes, , 87 
 ELECTION— 
 
 A majority of votes necessary to — of oilicers, 80 
 
 EMPLOYEES— 
 
 Government^ — must not leave work, . 30 
 
 " leaving work to be reported to enrolling 
 
 officer, . . 30 
 
 " Not to be removed by,.enrolling officer, 32 
 
 " leaving work, not to employed, wuh- 
 
 o\u a "discharge" from former employ 32 
 
 ENGINEER OFFICERS— 
 
 Allowe'l expenses, when absent under orders, 49 
 
 Duties of, .' . 90, 104 
 
 Of Corps, not to assume command of Eng. Troops, 104 
 
 Rnnk of — as between those of Corps and Troop, 104 
 
 Rfgnlations for — in the field, . .90 
 
 Senior — of Armies, responsible for the duties of, 90 
 
 *' •' will re^^ommend assignments of 
 
 other, . . 90 
 
 " '* will rep rt plans, kc, to Eng. 
 
 Bureau, . . 90 
 
 ENGINEER TROOPS— 
 
 Duti.»s of, . . * . 104 
 
 Organization of, . . 66 
 
 " Returns" of — to be made monthly, . 66 
 
 ENROLLED— 
 
 Persons may be — wherever found, . 98 
 
 . Principal to be — whenever subptiiute deserts, 98 
 
286 
 
 (See Conscription also.) No. 
 
 12 
 141 
 135 
 
 116 
 116 
 
 104 
 
 20 
 
 9 
 
 148 
 
 ENROLLING OFFICERS— 
 
 Duty of, 
 
 Entitled to fuel, &c. . 
 Must keep register of furloughed soldiers, 
 Not to take conscripts as assistants, . 
 To take charge of all absentees, and forward to 
 commands, . . . 
 
 To be attached to each military department, 
 Wlien soldier's furlough expire?, will order, &c. . 141, 157 
 When furloughed soldiei is neglected, will send, &c. 141 
 
 ENTRENCHING TOOLS— To be furnished by engineer 
 
 department, 
 EQUIPMENTS— Cavalry, captured by Partizan Ranger>>, 
 How paid for, = 
 
 Private, Price of, 
 
 Quarterly 'Returns" of-^must be promptly rendered, 
 EXAMINERS— BOARD OF— For Conscripts, hov/ com- 
 posed,. , , 9, 15 
 For Conscripts, instructions to, , 22 
 " " pay of, . . 107, 124 
 For sick and wounded at hospital, how composed, €9 
 For sick and wounded at hospital, must send certi- 
 ficates to Surgeon General, « .69 
 For sick and wounded at hospital, nnust send notices 
 
 to A. and I. G. 0. . . .69 
 
 For sick and wounded at hospital, can't grant leaves 
 
 of absence to oflicers, . • 69 
 
 EXCHANGE NOTICE— Of prisoners, • 5,58, 123, 143 
 
 EXEMPTIONS— Doubtful cases of— how decided, 1 
 
 For other than permanent disability, must be re- 
 examined, , . . 135 
 Of mail contractors and carriers, . . 44 
 Of overseers, . . . 108, 116 
 Of route agents, . . ' , 7 
 Of State officers, . . 108 
 Of such persons as President may direct, . 108 
 Passports of citizenship, no claim to, . 153 
 Temporary — to conscrijj's, . . 39 
 When to take place, . . 1 
 What are not sufficient auses for, . . 22 
 EX-OFFICERS— (See OrFiCERS.) 
 FORAGE — To whom issued a d how much, 151, 163 
 FRAUD — Act to prevent — in C.. M. and Com. Departm't?, 108 
 FREIGHT— Messenger must tavel with his, . 2 
 Transportation for — hov obtained, . . 2 
 '• of — gen' -al rules for, . 2 
 FUEL— Enrolling officers, cm; tied to, . . 12 
 For R. R. must not be ip.terfered with, or need, 58 
 FURLOUGHS— Commutation )f, . . 50 
 '' if, flue dec'd poldiers, 31 
 
287 
 
 No. 
 
 FURLOl GHS — Commutation of, d le promoted soldiers, 31 
 
 " of rations o inen on, when paid, 96 
 
 E tension of, . . _ 69,96,141 
 
 H w K'vanted, ' . 14, 51, 69 
 
 N tices of, to be forwarded, . 51, 69, 130 
 
 R 3ommendations for extens on of —who will make, 141, 157 
 St diers on — how they must proceed, . 141 
 
 Sc diers on — must not go ins :\e enemy's lines, 141 
 
 Tj persons liable to conscrij ion, volunteering, 113 
 
 GENER LS — Brigadier — not to be detached, except, 28 
 
 Bi^adier — must have "retun i' of ordnance prompt- 
 
 y rendered, . 148 
 
 Ct nmanding — must not refo: sentence by Court Mar- 
 
 ial to Executive, except, . . 139 
 
 L( igstreet's command, , 34 
 
 fllDES— beef, price of, .... 34 
 
 sheep, to be turned over to Q M.'s, . .119 
 
 HONOR -roll of, . . , . 131 
 
 HORSES — courier allowed 40c. per day for, . . 77. 
 
 es' ay — or left by enemy on t ums, . . 61 
 
 fo artillery, to be inipress'^'i or purchased only by 
 
 ■Injor Cole's officers, . . 142 
 
 fo commissary Department, to be impressed only by 
 
 hat department, , . . 142 
 
 pu die — to be given to artilb ry, . 60 
 
 HOSPITAL — laundresses, . . (See Laundress.) 
 
 rat ons, . . .62, 159, 1G4 
 
 rations for attendants, . . 59 
 
 su <eons, . . (See Surgeons.) 
 
 HOSPIT/ LS— board of examiners it, . , 69 
 
 fo} prisoners of war. on sam' footing as other, 159 
 
 pe eral — control of, . . . 2S 
 
 LMPRES MENT — articles of— con ealed, may be searched 
 
 )r, . . 92 
 
 foi field transportation, to l.a made exclusively by 
 
 lajor Cole's officers. . . 142 
 
 foj Commissary Department, to be made only by that 
 
 epartment, . 142 
 
 of •oniractor's property, not f ilowed, . ' 49 
 
 of vhole of one article, how ax is paid, . 117 
 
 regulations for, . . 31,37,39,53,144,161 
 
 res. alations for, of iron, its m)ie3 and factories, 85 
 
 " for, of slaves. ; * 138 
 
 SO' edule of prices for Georg \, . . 65 
 
 " for Virpir a, 65, 99, 115, 129, 144, 160 
 
 " for South "Carolina, . 128 
 
 INFANT lY — soldiers may bo tran, ferred to cavalry, when- 
 
 ver, . . .67 
 
 INSPEC. ORS— Medical, . (See iMbdical Ikspectors.)' 
 
288 
 
 No. 
 IRON— ^its mines and factories, may be impressed, leased or 
 
 purchased, . . .85 
 
 JOHNS, SURG. E. W.— rel'eved, and orders revoked, 23 
 
 LAUNDRESS — dues of — to be excepted from sentence of 
 
 court martial, . . 17 
 
 hospital — pay of, . ^ , 62 
 
 LEATHER — for Ordnance Department, must not be inter- 
 fered with, . . 28 
 
 LOCAL DEFENCE — conscripts joining — to be discharged 
 
 and conscripted, . . . 150 
 
 nitre workmen will not be taken for, except, ^ 127 
 
 transfers to, from general service, not allowed, 135 
 troops for, . ... (See TeooPS.) 
 
 MEDICAL— directors, hov/ appointed, . . 23 
 directors, of armies not to interfere with general 
 
 hospital, ... 28 
 directors, title of "Asst." not allowed, . 124 
 inspectors, how appointed, . . ^ 119 
 inspectors, title of "Asst." not allowed, ' . 124 
 ollRcers, not to furnish certificates for light dnty, 7 
 purveyors, must forward reports to Surgeon General, 23 
 purveyors, to receive instructions from Surgeon Gene- 
 ral, . . '. 23 
 M[LITARY — commanders must not appoint army officers, 28 
 state of certain persons, claimed as deserters, . 19 
 MILITARY COURTS— for Gen. Pembertjn's corps, 17 
 for Gen. Hardee's corps, . . 17 
 may be organized for ('epartments also, . ^ 108 
 proceedings of, to be reviewed by corps command- 
 ers, . . . 11 
 proceedings of, to be transmitted to A. & L G. O., 11 
 to be governed as other courts martial, . 11 
 NITRE AND MINING BUREAU— act organizing, 88 
 to enforce contracts, . ^ 14 
 to pay traveling expenses of officers, S^, 102 
 to impress iron, &c., . . .85 
 to impress copper, coal, &c., . 133 
 workmen of, will not be taken for " local defence," 
 
 except, . . , 127 
 
 OFFICERS— absent without leave, dropped, . "1* 
 absent, how paid, . . . 28, 57 
 auy, failing to make ordnance "return3,"'to be court 
 
 niartialed, , . , 148 
 
 army, to give facilities to .igents for paper material, 80 
 at arsenals and depots, to report to commanding gen- 
 eral, . . .13 
 at arsenals and depots, subject only to orders of War 
 
 Department, , c 13 
 
 I 
 
239 
 
 OFFICERS— Continued : 
 
 No. 
 attention of commaiiciing. called to G. O., No. 12, 1862, 149 
 bonded, transfer of, not allowed without, . 8 
 
 charge of government work, must not keep soldier 
 
 witliout regular detail, . . 93 
 
 disbursiiij^', . . (See DISBURSING OfkiCERS.) 
 
 eFecfeii to civil positions, may resign, . 48 
 
 election of, number of votes necessHry to an, . 80 
 
 Engineer, . (See ENGINEER OFFICERS.) 
 
 enrolling. . . (See ENROLLING OfFICBRB.) 
 
 ex, liable to conscription, . 1 
 
 ex. to be at once enrolled, . . 24 
 
 ex. when enrolled, may choose his company, 24 
 
 general, must not receive conscripts as volunteer aids, 107 
 general, or otlier, mu?t return all absentees, 116 
 
 impressment, may search f(jr concealed articles, . 92 
 
 invalid, not to be furnis.heci with certificates for light 
 
 duty, . . • . 7 
 
 leaves ol absence for, how obtained, 69. 96. 141 
 
 medical, . (See Medical Officers.) 
 
 making reports must give fact$ only, 76 
 
 military, forbid to interfere with R. R's., . 2 
 
 must certify on their pay accounts, that they have not 
 
 been absent without leave, . . 108 
 
 not to be assigned lo duty until appointment is re- 
 ceived, . . . . 121 
 not to be relieved, and ordered to report to A. & I. G. 
 
 O., unless, . . . 141 
 
 of reorganized commands, rank of, . 24 
 
 ordnance, . . (See Ordnance Officers.) 
 
 payment of, regulations for, . . 28, 57 
 
 railroad, must have full control, . 2, 26 
 
 rank of, how determined, . . 24 
 
 regimental, must take up on their muster rolls all con- 
 scripts sent them, . . 107 
 sales to, how made, . . .70 
 sick and wounded, allowed hospital accommodations, 71 
 signal, . . (See &IGNAL Officbrs.) 
 when eutitled to pay, . .121 
 
 OPERATORS— . (See Telegraph.) 
 
 ORDERS— of A. & I. G. have force of Regulations, 147 
 
 of A. & 1. G., how authenticated, . 147 
 ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT— to furnish arms to engineer 
 
 troops, . , . 104 
 ORDNANCE OFFICERS— absent under ordcra, to be al- 
 lowed expenses, . . ' . 67 
 acting, to remain mn duty till relieved, . . 33 
 acting, pay of, . . . 12 
 
240 
 
 ORDNANCE OFFICERS— Co: tinued: 
 
 No. 
 assistant, to chief, of artr es, . • 110 
 
 brigade and district. m\ n give assistance in havi ig 
 
 " returns " made, . . . 148 
 
 chief, of armies, to be r moved or assigned only )y 
 
 War Department, . , 84 
 
 chief, to report all who fi I to make "returns," . 148 
 
 commissions for, v/hen ai d how issued, , 12 
 
 designation of chief, and )ther8, . . J.10 
 
 distribution of, in grades. . . 110 
 
 distribution of, for duty, ». . 110 
 
 do not form part of perse al staff, . 84 
 
 order assigning or remo" ng, to be sent to Ordnai oe 
 
 Bureau, . . .84 
 
 • other than chief, may be assigned or removed by . e- 
 
 partment commanders . . 84 
 
 pay of acting, . . .12 
 
 who are, . • ■ . 33 
 
 who hay'3 passed exam nation may be placed m 
 
 duty, • . .12 
 
 ORDNANCE SERGEANTS— rust not make returns to C d- 
 
 nance Bureau, . . 59 
 
 ORDNANCE AND STORES- xccounts paid for, other tl m 
 allowed in manual, w 11 not be allowed in set e- 
 ment, . . .154 
 
 at certain points, how dr wn, . 13 
 
 captured by partizan ran ers, how paid for, . 20 
 
 of regiments or battalic 3, to be reported by cc n- 
 
 manding officers, . . 59 
 
 reported unserviceable, > be inspected, . 21 
 
 requisition for, to supply leficiency, must show, &( , 21 
 
 returns of, . , ,20 
 
 what, are allowed to be urchased or fabricated, 154 
 
 OVERSEERS— on what terms xempted, . 108,116 
 
 PAPER — contractors for, authc ized to send agents to .i- 
 
 mies and posts, . . .80 
 
 PARDON — a gereral, by the 'resident to soldiers abs nt 
 
 without leave, . . 109 
 
 PARTISAN RANGERS— right of, . . 47 
 
 to he placed under same egulations as other troopt 82 
 
 PASSPORTS — of citizenship, f Jm State Department, do ot 
 
 "exempt," . . . 153 
 
 not required on furlough granted from general hos -i- 
 
 tals, . . . .69 
 
 PAy-=-of absent officers, reguh ions for, . 2 , 57, 126 
 
 of commissary sergeantgj , . 124 
 
 of detailed men, . .3 ?, 75, 149 
 
 of 6Bgin69Y irck^iy . . * ^6 
 
241 
 
 PAY—CoiJTLNUED : : 
 
 No. 
 
 of sick and wounded in liospital, . 130 
 of soldiers absent without leave, not allowed for such 
 
 time, . . .108 
 
 of soldiers not legally mustered into service, 108 
 
 of telegraph operator?, . , '" 88 
 
 Wiien officers are entitled to, . . 12J 
 
 POSTS — commandants of, to report all slaves serving at, 
 
 without written authority, 59 
 
 when provost marshals are needed, to be reported, 74 
 
 POTATOES— of tax. to be delivered to hospitals, 124 
 
 PRISONERS OF WAR— hospitals for, how managed, 159 
 
 PROVISION RETURNS— commanding oflicer must ex- « 
 
 amine, . . 149 
 PROVOST MARSHALS— appointments of, . 74 
 no civilian can be, . . 74 
 to report, monthly, all civilians and otners in confine- 
 ment, ... 33 
 
 PUBLIC PROPERTY— how accounted for, and how dis- 
 posed of, . . .6 
 PURVEYORS— . . (See Medical Purveyors.) 
 
 QUARTERMASTERS— certain, dropped, . 121 
 
 certain, to be allowed furlough for execution of bond, 121 
 
 chief, to report all subordinate, to Q. M. Gen., . 118 
 
 depot, will furnish grain sacks, &c., . 103 
 
 " will rej)ort themselves to Q. M. Gen , . 118 
 how they will supply "Detachments" unaccompanied 
 
 by, . . . 155 
 must keep hospital ambulances and wagons in good 
 
 order, . . . .34 
 
 must furnish accommodations for stock under charge 
 
 of Col. Cole's officers, . . 162 
 not to pay absenteed, who have insufficient authority 
 
 for absence, . . .15, 28 
 
 not to pay officers or men, for such time as they have 
 
 been absent without leave, . 108 
 
 not to employ able bodied men as clerks. . 105 
 
 obliged to, receive "Tax in kind," when ofl^ered, 117 
 of field transportation, absent under orders, allowed 
 
 expenses, . . . 135 
 
 paying absent officers, to give certificates, . 28, 57 
 paying absent officers, must demand authority for 
 
 absence, . . , 1,), 28 
 
 post, will report themselves tp Q. M. Gen , . 118 
 
 post, to receive " Tax in kind," . 132 
 
 regimental, to perlbrm tlulies of commissary, , 70 
 
 to assist in collecting arms left by stragglers, 119 
 
 to furnish transportation for tax in kind, , 111 
 
 11 
 
242 
 
 QUARTERMASTERS— Continued : 
 
 No. 
 
 to receive exemption pay from overseers, , IJG 
 
 to keep their accounts of tax in kind separate, . 117 
 
 to pay commutation of furloughs, and at what rate, 20 
 
 to take charge of money of deceased soldiers, . 67 
 
 to reeeiVtj hides, . . IIP 
 to make requisitions for field transportation on Chief 
 
 of " District," . . . 142 
 
 will furnish transportation for paper material, 80 
 
 will only allow a two horse wagon for hospital use, 45 
 
 who become detached, dropped. . . 70 
 
 will report themselves to Q, AI. Gen., . 118 
 
 • when to take rank and pay, . . 121 
 QUARTERMASTERS DEPARTMENT— not to interfere 
 
 with leather for Ordnance Department, . 58 
 
 to issue fuel to enrolling officers, . . 12 
 
 to furnish horses, wagons, &c., to Eng. troop?, 104 
 
 QUARTERMASTERS' DEPOTS— . (See Depots.) 
 
 QUARTERMASTER GENERAL— authorized to " District" 
 
 the C. S., . ' . . 142 
 
 to appoint agents to purchase wool, , 6 
 
 to rank as Brig. General, . • 108 
 
 RAIL ROADS— control of, . . 2, 26 
 
 fuel for, not to be interfered with, . . 58 
 
 military officers must not interfere with, . 2 
 
 not to be blocked up unnecessarily, . 2 
 
 transportation by, how obtained for troops and freight, 2 
 troops or freight moving out of regular routine of, 
 
 how time is fixed, . . 2 
 
 RAIL ROAD OFFICERS— remissness on pan of, to be 
 
 leported, . . .2 
 
 RANK — ol officers, under Cons Act, how ileterrnined, 24 
 
 of (<fficer> in Engineer Troop and Eng. Corps. 104 
 
 RATIONS — c-cmima tiding offi< ers, have no power to change, 103 
 
 commutation of. to dit-abled .'-oldiers, . ICO 
 
 coinmutation of, regulations for, . 162 
 
 for sick and wounded, . . 59 
 
 for sick and wounded, value of, . 62 
 hospital, . . . 169, 164 
 
 of men on furlough, when paid, . 96 
 
 of salt, what is, . . 103 
 to be issued to "discharged" soldiers, at way-side 
 
 hospitals, ... 96 
 
 REPORTS— official, must give facts only, . 76 
 
 RETALIATION — resolutions of C ngress concerning, 108 
 
 ROUTE AGENTS— exemption of, and how, . 7 
 
 when appointment fails, or term expires, to report. 7 
 
 SALT— what is " Ration" of . . . 103 
 
f>43 
 
 No. 
 
 SHOEMAKERS— Jetaileil pay of, . ! 75 
 
 SIGNAL OFFICERS— must ''report" through senior officer, 10 
 
 to be assigned by A. and I. G., , * 10 
 
 who are, . . , ]3 
 
 SLAVES — captured by, or employed in army, depots for, ?•'> 
 
 captured by. or employed in army, reports of, . 25 
 
 regulations for impressme^nt of, » 138 
 
 serving in army or hospital without writteri authority, 
 
 to be, &c., . , .59 
 
 SOLDIERS — absent without leave, doing grovernment work, 
 
 to bo returned to commanils, . . 9-1 
 
 absent without leave, to receive no pay for such time, 108 
 
 clothing for, cost of, . , MS 
 deceased, clothing of, how disposed of, . 49, 9.*^ 
 
 " effects of, , . 67 
 
 disabled, may be detailed for guarding bridges, &c., 137 
 
 " commutation of lations to, . 150 
 discharged, payments to, . , 51, 69 
 detailed, . (See Detailed Soldiers.) 
 
 elected to civil positions, to be dircliarged, . 48 
 Infantry, acting as courier, allowed 40 cents per dny, 
 
 for horse, ... 77 
 
 not to be employed as servants, . . 20 
 
 " pimished by whipping, . 44 
 
 not fit for '• Discharge," may be recommended for detail, 9'5 
 
 of (lisi)ande(l companies on detail, . . 80 
 
 on furlough, must report to nearest enrolling officer, 111 
 
 " must not go inside enemy's lines, . 141 
 
 over.'taying furlough to be reported, , 130 
 
 sick and wounded, payments to, . . 130 
 
 to receive pay for clothing, under certain circumstances, 138 
 
 who have furnished substitutes, how discharged, S7 
 
 STAFF APPOINTMENTS— rules to be obierved in mak- 
 
 ins£, . . . • 8, 28, 163 
 
 STOREKEEPERS— military, act authorizing additional, 108 
 
 STRAGGLP2RS— and deserters, to be ar.ested by enrolling 
 
 officers, . . ,1 
 
 SUBSTITUTES — a list of all, to be sent to Conscription 
 
 Bureau, . . . 125 
 
 deserting, the principal liable, , , 88 
 
 discharges of, held as conditional, . 89 
 
 how enlisted . , ,87 
 
 medical examination of, . . 141 
 
 when within conscript age, principal to bo also held, 1 
 
 SUPPLIES— For Army, . (See Army Supplies ) 
 
 in transitu to market, not to be impressed, . 144 
 
 •SURGEONS — cannot extend furloughs, . Ofi 
 
 hou«e, to visit patients daily, . , 69 
 
S44 
 
 surgeons—Continued : 
 
 No. 
 of hospitals, to report all slaves, without written au- 
 thority of master, . . 59 
 of hospitals, to make separate provision ''Returns," 59 
 to examine conscripts, two may com Vom same dis- 
 trict, when, . .• . 9, 15 
 to examine conscripts, pay of, . 107, 124 
 to endorse on furlough, the number of Ration : drawn, 162 
 to turn over effects of deceased soldiers, and how, 67 
 TAX IN KIND — regulations for payment of, . 117 
 TELEGRAPH— operators, pay of, , . 88 
 TRANSFER— from army to navy, . . 108 
 from " General" to " Local" service, not allowed, 135 
 of bonded officers, not allowed, except, . 8 
 TRANSPORTATION— allowed once on furloughs, . 108 
 for troops and freight, how obtained, . 2 
 for private property, act to prevent obtaining, . 108 
 field, placed entirely under charge of Col. Cole, 142 
 field, inspection of how made, . .142 
 what deduction shall be made for, on impressed 
 
 articles, . . • 129 
 
 TROOPS — authority to raise, revoked, except, . 18 
 
 authority to raise, what may be granted, . 18 
 
 called out by the Governor of Virginia to be mustered 
 
 _ into service, . . .4 
 
 " detatchments" of, unaccompanied by Q M., how 
 
 supplied, . . . 155 
 
 engineer, . , (See Engineer Troops ) 
 
 for ^' local defence," how raided and organized, 86 
 
 " " " regulaiians governing, . 86, 98 
 
 not to exchange their arms on battlefield, . 19 
 
 VALOR AND SKILL — roll of honor, for those distinguished 
 
 for, . . . .131 
 
 VOTING — in army. Act of Va. Legislature, . 38 
 
 WHISKEY — Isssue of; forbidden, except, . 45 
 
 WOOL — not to be purchased except by certain officers. 6 
 
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