GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 21. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
ADJUTANT GENEKAl/S OFFICE. 
Washington, May 17, 1861. 
The following named Cadets, graduates of the Military Academy, 
are attached to the Army with the Brevet of Second Lieutenants, 
or, in regiments where there are vacancies, with the full rank of 
Second Lieutenants, in conformity with the fourth section of the 
Act, approved April 29, 1812, as follows: 
Corps of Engineers. 
1. Cadet Henry A. Du Pont, to be Brevet Second Lieutenant, May 
6, 1861. 
2. Cadet Charles E. Cross, to be Brevet Second Lieutenant, May 
6, 1861. 
3. Cadet Orville E. Babcock, to be Brevet Second Lieutenant, 
May 6, 1861. 
Ordnance Department. 
4. Cadet Henry W. Kingsbury, to be Brevet Second Lieutenant, 
May 6, 1861. 
6. Cadet Llewellyn G. Hoxton, to be Brevet Second Lieutenant, 
May 6, 1861. 
7. Cadet Adelbert R. Buffington, to be Brevet Second Lieutenant, 
May 6, 1861. 
First Regiment of Dragoons. 
13. Cadet John Adair, to be Second Lieutenant, May 6, 1861. 
[Company A.] 
Second Regiment of Dragoons. 
20. Cadet Charles McK. Leoser, to be Second Lieutenant, May 
6, 1861. [Company D.] 
39. Cadet James F. McQuesten, to be Second Lieutenant, May 
6, 1861. [Company H.] 
40. Cadet George 0. Sokalski, to be Second Lieutenant, May 6, 
1861. [Company L] 
43. Cadet Charles H. Gibson, to be Second Lieutenant, May 6, 
1861. [Company A.] 
First Regiment of Caamlry. 
24. Cadet Charles C. Campbell, to be Second Lieutenant, May 6, 
1861. [Company F.] 
25. Cadet Malbone F. Watson, to be Second Lieutenant, May 6, 
1861. [Company!.] 2 
32. Cadet Eugene B. Beaumont, to be Second Lieutenant, May 
6, 1861. [Company H.] 
Second Regiment oe Cavalry. 
15. Cadet Charles E. Hazlett, to be Second Lieutenant, May 0, 
1861. [Company D.] 
Regiment of Mounted Riflemen. 
44. Cadet Mathis W. Henry, to be Brevet Second Lieutenant, May 
6, 186,1. 
First Regiment of Artillery. 
10. Cadet Edmund Kirby, to be Second Lieutenant, May 6, 1861. 
[Company E.] 
17. Cadet Judson Kilpatrick, to be Second Lieutenant, May 6, 
1861. [Company C.] 
22. Cadet William A. Elderkin, to be Second Lieutenant, May 6, 
1861. [Company I.] 
27. Cadet Guy V. Henry, to be Second Lieutenant, May 6, 1861. 
1861. [Company G.] 
Second Regiment of Artillery. 
5. Cadet Adelbert Ames, to be Second Lieutenant, May 6, 1861. 
[Company G.] 
11. Cadet John I. Rodgers, to be Second Lieutenant, May 6, 1861. 
[Company K.] 
12. Cadet Samuel N. Benjamin, to be Second Lieutenant, May 
6, 1861. [Company I.] 
14. Cadet John W. Barlow, to be Second Lieutenant, May 6, 1861. 
[Company B.] 
23. Cadet Francis A. Davies, to be Second Lieutenant, May 6, 
1861. [Company L.] 
37. Cadet Leroy L. Janes, to be Second Lieutenant, May 6, 1861. 
[Company A.] 
Third Regiment of Artillery. 
9. Cadet Nathaniel R. Chambliss, to be Second Lieutenant, May 
6, 1861. [Company M.] 
18. Cadet Franklin Harwood, to be Second Lieutenant, May 6. 
1861. [Company G.] 
28. Cadet Jacob H. Smyser, to be Second Lieutenant, May 6, 
1861. [Company E.] 3 
29. Cadet Jacob B. Rawles, to be Second Lieutenant, May 6, 1861. 
[Company D.] 
30. Cadet Erskine Gittings, to be Second Lieutenant, May 6, 1861. 
[Company A.] 
Fourth Regiment of Artiu.ery. 
8. Cadet Emery Upton, to be Second Lieutenant, May 6, 1861. 
[Company H.] 
19. Cadet George W. Dresser, to be Second Lieutenant, May 6. 
1861. [Company L.] 
21. Cadet Henry C. Hasbrouck, to be Second Lieutenant, May 6, 
1861. [Company A.] 
33. Cadet Leonard Martin, to be Second Lieutenant, May 6, 1861. 
[Company B.] 
First Regiment of Infantry. 
45. Cadet Sheldon Sturgeon, to be Second Lieutenant, May 6, 
1861. [Company K.] 
Second Regiment of Infantry. 
34. Cadet John S. Poland, to be Second Lieutenant, May 6, 1861. 
[Company K.] 
Third Regiment of Infantry. 
26. Cadet John B. Williams, to be Second Lieutenant, May 6, 
1861. [Company C.] 
31. Cadet Jacob F. Kent, to be Second Lieutenant, May 6, 1861. 
[Company B.] 
Fourth Regiment oe Infantry. 
16. Cadet Charles E. Patterson, to be Second Lieutenant, May 6, 
1861. [Company K.] 
Sixth Regiment of Infantry. 
35. Cadet Robert L. Eastman, to be Second Lieutenant, May 6, 
1861. [Company K.] 
38. Cadet Campbell D. Emory, to be Second Lieutenant, May 6, 
1861. [Company A.] 
42. Cadet Wright Rives, to be Second Lieutenant, May 6, 1861. 
[Company I.] 
Eighth Regiment of Infantry. 
36. Cadet Henry B. Noble, to be Second Lieutenant, May 6, 1861. 
[Company I.] 4 
Ninth Regiment of Infantry. 
41. Cadet Olin F. Rice, to be Second Lieutenant, May 6, 1861. 
[Company G.] 
The Companies to which these officers have been arranged, are 
those to which they succeeded in the natural course of promotion 
and appointment. 
By order : 
L. THOMAS, 
Adjutant General. 
Official : 
Assistant Adjutant General.