SERIES 1862. ANALYTICAL INDEX 
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For the Year 1862 
So. No. 
ABSENTEES. P»fr. 0°rd. 
When officers, absent over twenty days without authority^ 
to be dropped, and enrolled as conscripts .II 96 
If enlisted men, to be treated as deserters II 96 
ACTS OF CONGRESS. 
Granting bounties and furloughs to enlisted men. Decem- 
ber 11, 1861 1 I 1 
Sec. 1. Bounty of $50 to enlisted men serving continu- 
ously for three years; at what times paid. 
Sec. 2. Granting furloughs to twelve months men re- 
enlisting for three years or the war; when granted; 
regulating length of furlough; in lieu of, may receive 
commutation value of transportation home and back. 
Sec. 3. This act applies to all twelve months men en- 
listed and now in service of any state, and who may 
hereafter volunteer in service of Confederate States. 
Sec. 4. Authorizing re-enlisted men to reorganize in 
companies, battalions, and regiments, and elect offi- 
cers. After first election vacancies to be filled by 
promotion, except in lowest grade of company offi- 
cers. In cases of troops regularly enlisted into ser- 
vice of any particular state prior to formation of 
Confederacy, officers appointed as they were hereto- 
fore I I 
Securing bounty to heirs of deceased soldiers, eto. Oct. 11. I 93 
For recruiting service Provisional army. Dec. 19,1861.... I 2,6 viii 
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Sec. 1. Secretary of War to adopt necessary measures. 
Sec. 2. Secretary of War authorized to detail company 
officers for above duty. 
Sec. 3. Provides for filling vacancies in war companies 
by volunteers. 
Officers for recruiting service, how detailed. 
Limiting number enlisted men in each company. Recruits 
when mustered entitled to transportation, subsistence, and 
bounty. I 2, 6 
To provide for recruiting companies in service for twelve 
months. Jan. 27, 1862 I 6 
Sec. 1. Provides for recruiting twelve months compa- 
nies to 125, rank and file. At expiration of term of 
service commissioned officers to be elected; subse- 
quent vacancies to be filled by promotion, except, etc. 
Sec. 2. Commanding officers of regiments, battalions, 
etc., of twelve months men, to detail one officer and 
two privates from each company to recruit. Officers 
and men detailed entitled to transportation; recruits 
entitled to pay and subsistence from time of enlist- 
ment, and bounty on joining company. 
Sec. 3. Regiments, battalions, companies, etc., reorgan- 
ized before expiration of original term of service, may 
retain old designations. Companies reorganizing 
may remain as at first, or combine in new organiza- 
tions, electing field officers; vacancies occurring to 
be filled by seniority. 
Sec. 4. Companies organized by re-enlisted twelve 
months volunteers may be recruited to 125. 
Sec. 5. If, at expiration of term of service, recruits and 
enlisted men do not amount to minimum for company, 
may combine’with other companies to form new or- 
ganizations. 
Sec. 6. Secretary of War to make necessary rules, etc. I 6 
To organize Maryland line. Feb. 15, 1862 .....' I 8 
Sec. 1. Citizens of Maryland now in service, or who 
may hereafter volunteer, may be organized and en- 
rolled into companies, etc., and, with other Maryland 
organizations now in service, be formed into brigades 
to be known as “Maryland line.” I 8 
To establish uniform rule of naturalization. Aug. 22, 1862. I 13 
Sec. 1. Guarantees protection to all persons in military 
service who are not citizens; provides for their natu- 
ralization ; form of oath of allegiance. INDEX. 
IX 
Sec. 2. Designates persons before whom oath may be 
made. 
Secretary of "War to provide blank forms, and make neces- 
sary regulations to file for record in District Court, Con- 
federate States, all oaths... I 13 
To organize partisan rangers. April 21, 1862. 
Sec. 1. Authorizes President to commission officers to 
form bands of partisans in companies, regiments, and 
either cavalry or infantry. 
Sec. 2. After being received into service, entitled to 
same pay and allowances, and subject to same regu- 
lations, as other soldiers. 
Sec. 3. Provides for payment of arms and munitions 
* captured by partisan rangers..... I 30 
First Conscript act. April 16 . I 30, 82 
Sec. 1. All persons between 18 and 35, who are not le- 
gally exempt, to serve three years or the war. All 
twelve months volunteers within these ages to serve 
two years from expiration of their term of enlistment. 
All corps twelve months men have right to reorgan- 
ize by electing officers. Furloughs to be granted to 
twelve months men retained in service, or, in lieu, 
commutation of transportation may be received. All 
persons under 18 and over 35 nowin service for twelve 
months, to remain ninety days after expiration of 
term, unless places are sooner supplied by recruits. 
Sec. 2. All authority to raise' new companies is vacated, 
unless within thirty days from passage of this act the 
organization is complete, and has required number of 
recruits from persons not now in service. 
Sec. 3. Provides for enrolment of all persons compre- 
hended within provisions of this act. 
Sec. 4. Persons enrolled to be assigned by Secretary of 
War to companies from respective states that are be- 
low maximum. 
Sec. 5. Provides for transfer of seamen and ordinary 
seamen to navy. 
Sec. 6. Excess over and above amount necessary to fill 
regiments from any state kept as a reserve to be 
drawn from when required to fill vacancies in existing 
organizations. Preserve may be called out by Presi- 
. dent. 
Sec. 7. Grants bounty to soldiers now in army who are 
continued in service. X 
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See. 8. Provides for payment of approved weapons In 
hands of and belonging to soldiers. 
Sec. 9. Persons not liable for duty may be received as 
substitutes. 
Sec. 10. Provides manner of filling vacancies among 
officers. 
Sec. 11. Provisions of first section of this act relating 
to election of officers, applies to organization of 
twelve months men and war companies combined. 
Sec. 12. Fixing standard of different arms of service. I 30 
Sec. 13. Persons subject to conscription may volunteer 
previous to enrolment I 82 
Second Conscript act, amending first. Sept. 27, 1862... .1 82, 93 
Authorizes President to call out for war white residents 
between ages of 35 and 45 not legally exempt, to be first 
assigned to existing organizations from respective states. 
Surplus, if any, how disposed of. Execution of act may 
bo suspended in certain places. Where suspended, troops 
may be received under acts passed prior to passage of this 
act I 82, 93 
To amend second Conscript act. Oct. 8, 1862 I 82 
Persons subject to military service may be enrolled wherev- 
er found. The act not to extend to members of state 
military organizations serving without limits respective 
states. President may suspend execution of this act in 
certain localities.'. I 82 
To establish places of rendezvous for the examination of 
conscripts. Oct. 11, 1862 I 82 
Sec. 1. Places of rendezvous established in each state 
for examination of conscripts by surgeons to be as- 
signed to that duty by President. Decisions of sur- 
geons as to mental and physical capacity of con- 
scripts to be final. Conscripts thus ascertained fit for 
service to assemble at camps of instruction. 
Sec. 2. Constituting boards of examination for each 
congressional district. 
Sec. 3. Conscripts unable to attend place of rendezvous 
from sickness must forward certificate of physician, 
or be held liable as absent without leave I 82 
To establish camps of instruction. Oct. 8, 1862. 
President authorized to establish camps of instruction in 
such places and numbers as may be .necessary, and to ap- 
point officers to command the same I 93 INDEX 
XI 
To provide for raising additional military forces in States of 
Kentucky and Missouri. Oct. 11, 1862 I 03 
To exempt certain persons from enrolment. April 21, 1862. 
(See Exemption.) .1 32, 37 
To exempt certain persons from military duty, and repeal- 
ing Exemption act of April 21. Oct. 11, I 82 
To organize battalions of sharp-shooters. April 21, 1862.. I 84 
Sec. 1. One battalion for each brigade, consisting of 
not less than three nor more than six companies; 
composed of men selected from brigade; how armed; 
officers appointed by President. 
Sec.'2. Provides manner of arming sharp-shooters... I 34 
To punish drunkenness in army. April 21, 1862 I 38 
Sec. 1. Provides for punishment of any officer on con- 
viction before general court martial. 
Sec. 2. Duty of officers to report all cases of drunken- 
ness coming under their notice. Commanding offi- 
cers to organize court for trial of offenders. 
Sec. 3. Findings of court shall be properly transmit- 
ted to Secretary of War to be reported to Congress 
at next session by said Secretary I 38 
To organize signal-.corps. April 19, 1862 I 40 
Sec. 1. President authorized to appoint ten (10) officers 
in Provisional army for duty in signal corps. Fixing 
rank and pay. Also to appoint ten sergeants of in- 
fantry to be assigned to signal duty. Corps to be at- 
tached to the Adjutant and Inspector-General’s de- 
partment or Engineer department I 40 
To permit enlistments in navy and marine corps. Oct. 2, 
1862 I 89 
Sec. 1. ’ Persons subject to enrolment may enlist in ma- 
rine corps prior to being mustered'in army. 
Sec. 2. Persons enrolled in army may, ]®evious to being 
assigned to any company, be enrolled in navy. 
Sec. 3. Increases pay of sailors and marines four dol- 
lars per month...... I 89 
To increase signal corps. Sept. 27, 1862. 
Authorizing appointment of additional officers and ser- 
geants . I 93 
To organize army corps to be commanded by lieutenant- 
generals; how appointed ; fixing pay. Sept. 18, 1862... I 93 
To provide for organization of army corps. Oct. 6, 1862... I 93 
Authorizing additional officers for ordnance. Sept. 16, 1862. INDEX. 
President to appoint seventy officers of artillery in Provis- 
ional army, fixing duties, regulating rank I 93 
Authorizing transfers of enlisted men in regiments not from 
own state, provided applicant is not a substitute. Sept. 
23, 1862 I 93 
Allowing transportation to persons transferred under above 
act. Oct. 2.% I 93 
To regulate rank of engineer officers Provisional army Con-. 
federate States. Sept. 2£, 1862.. I 93 
May have rank during war equal to that authorized for en- 
gineer corps Confederate States army, limiting number in 
each grade . I 93 
To provide for sick and wounded in hospitals. Sept. 27, 
1862 I 93 
Sec. 1. Fixing commutation value of rations in hos- 
pitals to constitute hospital fund to be held by 
commissary; how disposed of; if fund exceed cer- 
tain amount, dxcess to he paid to Confederate States 
Treasury; how accounted for; medical officers held 
accountable for faithful application of fund, and to 
forward weekly abstract and vouchers to Surgeon- 
General, showing disposition made of fjmd. 
Sec. 2. Secretary of War to contract with railroad com- 
panies and boats for speedy transportation of sup- 
plies for hospitals. 
Sec. 3. Allowing clothing to hospitals; how drawn; 
how kept, and how accounted for. 
Sec. 4. Allowing matrons, female nurses, and attend- 
ants; fixing salary and duties; authorizing medical 
officers in charge of hospitals to employ other nurses 
that may be necessary, also cooks; soldiers may be 
permanently detailed as nurses, etc.- 
Sec. 5. Provides that hospitals of Confederate States 
shall be known and numbered as hospitals of a par- 
ticular state. 
Sec. 6. Persons employed in hospitals not in military 
service, and whose pay is not provided for by law, 
how and by whom paid. 
Sec. 7. Directing Secretary of War to arrange with 
railroad companies for transportation of sick and 
wounded soldiers in separate cars, and to have cars 
provided with pure water. * 
Sec. 8. Medical officers in charge of hospitals to detail INDEX. 
xiii 
competent person to accompany sick and wounded 
. soldiers to depots, to obtain seats on cars for said 
• soldiers I 93 
Authorizing appointment of adjutants to battalions on rec- 
ommendation battalion commander; how appointed; fix- 
ing rank, pay, and allowances. Oct. 2, 1862 I 93 
Authorizing a colonel in Adjutant - General’s department 
Confederate States army. Oct. 8, 1862 I 93 
To increase and regulate appointment of general officers. 
Oct. 13, 1862. 
President authorized to appoint twenty general officers, etc. I 93 
Allowing officers to be appointed during recess of Senate. 
Oct. 13, 1862. 
If not confirmed at next session of Senate, appointments to 
expire I 93 
Authorizing acceptance of certain regiments and battalions. 
Oct. 11, 1862 . I 93 
Sec. 1. President may accept regiments or battalions 
organized in good faith prior to Oct. 1,1S62, although 
composed of persons between eighteen and thirty-five 
years of age. 
Sec. 2. President may accept certain regiments or 
battalions organized in states west of Mississippi 
river. 
Seci 3. Authorizing acceptance of companies, battal- 
ions, or regiments ofganized before Dec. 1, 1862, of 
residents within limits of Middle and West Tennessee, 
and certain counties in North Carolina; officers, how 
elected, and vacancies, how filled .1 93 
To authorize formation of volunteer companies for local de- 
fence. Oct. 13, 1862 I 93 
Sec. 1. Any number of persons not less than twenty, 
not liable to military service, may form company, 
elect officers, etc., serving without pay, etc., and en- 
titled, when captured, to treatment as prisoners of 
war; muster-roll to be forwarded to Secretary of 
War; members to take oath of allegiance to Confeder- 
ate States; maybe disbanded by President or com- 
mander of military department I 93 
To amend an act authorizing payment to be made for cer- 
tain horses. Sept. 30, 1862 I 93 
Authorizing construction of railroad between Blue Moha- XIV 
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tain, in State of Alabama., and Rome, in State of Georgia. 
Oct. 2, 1862 I ’ 93 
Authorizing quartermasters and others to administer 6aths 
to enable sick or wounded soldiers io receive their pay. 
Oct, 2, 1862 ; ...I 93 
To provide for prompt settlement of accounts of deceased 
soldiers. Oct. 3, 1862 I 93 
Sec. 1. Claims due deceased soldiers may be paid with- 
out production of pay-roll. 
Sec. 2. Provides manner of settling with heirs of de- 
ceased soldiers. 
Sec. 3. Authorizing Secretary of Treasury to employ 
additional clerks to assist auditor fixing compensation. 
Sec. 4. This act to take effect from passage, and third 
section to continue in force twelve months.......... I 93 
Repealing law authorizing commutation of clothing. Oct. 
8, 1862. 
Secretary of War to furnish clothing in kind, prescribed by 
regulations, etc.....' I 100, I 93 
To provide shoes for the army. Oct. 9, 1862 I 93 
Sec. 1. Authorizing President, on requisition of Quar- 
termaster-General, to detail from army not to exceed 
two thousand shoemakers. 
Sec. 2. Fixing pay of men thus detailed I 93 
To organize military courts. Oct. 9, 1862 I 93 
Sec. 1. Court to consist of three members and judga 
advocate—two constituting a quorum; fixing rank 
and pay; how appointed; duties of judge advocate; 
in case of absence of judge advocate, etc. 
Sec. 2. Court to appoint provost marshal, with rank and 
pay of captain cavalry; also a clerk; fixing salary 
and duties ; officers and members of court to take 
oath, etc.; by whom administered. 
Sec. 3. Defining powers of military court. 
Sec. 4. Defining jurisdiction of court; officers, how 
punished. 
Sec. 5. Courts to attend army, and have appropriate 
quarters; final decisions and sentences subject to re- 
view ; mitigation and suspension as in cases of courts 
martial. 
Sec. 6. During recess of Senate, President may appoint 
members of cburt and judge adv'otfate I 93 INDEX. 
Making pay of cadets equal to pay of second lieutenant of 
same arm. Oct. 13, 1862 I 93 
To relieve army of incapable' officers, etc. Oct. 13, 1862 I 93 
Sec. 1. Authorizing department commander to organ- 
ize boards to examine into cases of officers brought to 
their attention, to determine their qualifications, etc. 
Sea. 2. When officers declared unfit to perform duties, 
may be suspended by department commander; pro- 
ceedings of board to be forwarded to Secretary of 
War. 
Sec. 3. If findings of board approved by Secretary of 
War, President‘may retire honorably, without pay, 
eto., or drop from army the officer unfit. 
Sec. 4. Tabular report to be made by brigadier-gener- 
al, giving number of days each officer absent, etc. 
Sec. 5. Provides for filling vacancies caused by offi- 
cers dropped under this act I 93 
Granting medals and badges of distinction. Oct. 13, 1862. 
(See Badges.) I 93 
ADJUTANTS. 
To report to War department all cases of slaves serving 
with regiment's without proper written authority .1 69 
Commissions of, expire if, at reorganization, commanding 
officer is not re-elected .V 82 
May be appointed for independent battalions I 93 
ALLEGIANCE. 
Form of oath of, for aliens in military service, wishing to 
become naturalized II 13 
Oaths of, to the United States, will not exempt from conscrip- 
tion ..II 62 
Persons having taken oaths of to United States, and after- 
ward conscribed, will, if oaptured, be demanded as pris- 
oners of war V 64 
Oaths of, to Confederate States, must be taken by members 
of companies organized for local defence I 93 
APPLICANTS. 
For appointments in ordnance corps, in what examined .. .IV 70 
For furloughs, discharges, etc., in and about Richmond, 
to address Major-General Smith. II 70 
■ For appointments in ordnance oorps, will present themselves 
fbr examination. ........ ... I 71 XVI 
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For examination in ordnance, to address commanding gen- 
eral of particular army Ill 80 
For furlough or discharge by medical board, to explain cause 
of absence from proper command V 72 
For transfer to navy, to forward applications through supe- 
rior officers I 77 
APPOINTMENTS OF OFFICERS. 
Authorizing lieutenant-generals to command army corps; 
fixing pay. Sept. 18, 1862 I 93 
ARMS. 
None but authorized, to be worn by rank and file......... I 17 
Requisition for, must certify condemnation of former is- 
sues II 17 
Belonging to states, not to be seized by Confederate officers. VI 50 
Not to be taken from camp, except on duty. .II 104 
Captured from enemy by partisan rangers to be paid for... I 30 
When furnished by men to be paid for. (Sec. 9) I 30 
Not to be diverted from legitimate destination by any officer. VI 50 
Schedule of average cost of. .II 78 
ARMY CORPS. 
Authorized to be formed I 93 
Lieutenant-generals may command I 93 
Each to have attached one military court ..I 93 
Commanders of, to make monthly returns to War depart- 
ment IV 64 
ARTILLERY. 
Establishing organization of light.. II 81 
ASSIGNMENTS TO DUTY. 
Lieutenant-Colonel George Deas, as Acting Assistant" Secre- 
tary of War . ...IV 77 
Lieutenant-Colonel Smith Stansbury, Ordnance Examining 
board ... IV 107 
Lieutenant-Colonel W. Leroy Broun, Ordnance Examining 
board .....Ill 80 
General R. E. Lee, as commander-in-chief 14 
Of members of military courts I 109 
Colonel Wm. M. Wadley to take supervision and control of 
railroad transportation, etc. 98 
Major A. H. Cole, inspector-general of field transportation. 76 
Major-General Huger, inspector of ordnance and artillery 
tdr donfbdb'rate States army I 02 INDEX. 
BADGES. 
Medals to bo bestowed on officers distinguished........... I 93 
Of distinction conferred on one soldier of each company 
after every signal victory it assists to achieve '. I 93 
Soldier entitled to, chosen by vote of company I 93 
If soldier entitled to, be dead, to go to widow .or other rela- 
tive I 93 
BLANKS. 
Brigadier-generals to make timely requisitions for .VI 39 
BOARDS. 
To examine officers, when necessary to be appointed by 
department commanders I 9$ 
Medical examining, to appoint days for examination of 
conscripts I 82 
Medical examining, to determine question of exemption, in 
case physical disability, and grant certificates therefor. .VI 82 
Adjourned meetings of ordnance, to be held convenient to 
head-quarters of different armies in field II 71 
Of examination for ordnance, to consist of Lieutenant-Col- 
onel Broun and officers associated with him by different 
. commanding generals .*. Ill 80 
Medical, to be established at each post or general hospital.IV 72 
Medical, to discharge and furlough soldiers on approval of 
senior surgeon IV 72 
Of examiners, to be convened by brigade commanders for 
examination of promoted and newly-elected officers II 36 
Of examiners for promoted and elected officers, to be at 
least equal in rank to officer examined I 39 
Of examiners for promoted and elected officers, to be assem- 
bled by brigade or division commanders I 39 
Of ordnance, convened in Richmond, to examine applicants. I 68 
Requisites to pass ordnance. I 68 
Lieutenant-Colonel Smith Stansbury appointed on ordnance 
examining . .IV 107 
Notice of sessions of ordnance, to be given in local papers. .IV 107 
Medical, sessions may be suspended by commanding gen- 
eral II 107 
BOUNTY. 
To be paid soldier or heirs, even though soldier be killed, 
honorably discharged, etc., before expiration of first year’s 
service. < I 93 INDEX. 
Of fifty dollars to be paid to all recruits. I 6 
How and when paid I 6 
To be paid to twelve months men continued in service.., ..I 82 
Officers charged with disbursement of, to render accounts at 
once to Quartermaster-General Ill 77 
Fifty dollars allowed to all re-enlisted men I 1 
How and when paid - I 1 
Receipted muster-roll to be voucher for payment of Ill 22 
Allowed by Conscript act I 30 
Officers paying, before volunteer is mustered or examined 
by army surgeon, to refund .IV 43 
CADETS. 
To report to War department where born, how and where 
appointed, and whether appointed to West Point, etc.... I 65 
Pay of, same as second lieutenant of same arm I 93 
CAMPS. 
Of instruction may be established, and officers appointed 
to command I 93 
Near towns, etc., must be avoided, when practicable I 104 
Arms must not be taken from, except on duty II 104 
Horses not to be ridden from, but on duty II 104 
CHAPLAINS. 
When taken prisoners in discharge of legitimate duties, to 
be immediately and unconditionally released. Ill 46 
CHIEFS OF ARTILLERY. 
Before an action, to dispose teams for moving captured 
pieces I 90 
CLOTHING. 
To recruits not allowed until inspected YI 2, V 6 
Caps, badges of rank, etc I 4 
To be furnished in kind, and not commuted .. I 93 
Value, of underdrawn to be pai4 soldier at end of year.... I 93 
Commutation of, not allowed after October 8, 1862 II 100 
Allowances of, to each soldier. ....Ill 100 
If soldier draws in excess of amount allowed, to be charged 
against him on muster-roll .Ill 100 
Needed for issue to men,do be procured from quartermaster.IY 100 
Ordinarily, to be procured and issued twice a year V 100 
Officers receiving, to render quarterly returns to Quarter- 
master-General YI 100 INDEX. 
XIX 
How accounted for by company commanders .VII 100 
Soldiers’ accounts for, how kept VIII 100 
Amount due for, to detached or transferred soldiers, to be 
stated on descriptive list IX 100 
Inspection of damaged. XII 100 
Necessary issues of, may be made to prisoners and con- 
victs .' iXIII 100 
Amount'due discharged soldiers for, to be stated X 100 
Deserters’ may be turned in, and may be reissued to prison- 
ers, etc XI 100 
Deficiency in accounts must be accounted for, etc XIV 100 
COMMANDANTS OF CONSCRIPTS. 
To be appointed for each state .II 82 
To establish camps of instruction for drill of conscripts... .II 82 
May recommend for appointment quartermaster, surgeon, 
etc II 82 
May recommend commandants for camps not under his im- 
mediate command... .....II 82 
Will establish "hospitals and huts for winter-quarters, and 
'cause conscripts to he vaccinated II 82 
Will require monthly reports from camps of instruction... .II 82 
Will render consolidated monthly reports to War depart- 
- ment II 82 
East of Mississippi river will receive orders only from War 
department , II 82 
West of Mississippi will receive orders from commanding 
general. II 82 
To consult wishes of conscripts, when consistent with inter- 
ests of service .II 82 
To pay attention to health, comfort, and instruction of con- 
scripts II 82 
To enroll officers dropped from rolls for unauthorized ab- 
sence II 96 
To publish certain orders in newspapers directing absentees 
to return to their commands ... .. .Ill 96 
May assign disabled soldiers to duty of collecting strag- 
glers Y 96 
To be furnished with list of enlisted men who fail to return 
to their commands 9® 
COMMANDANTS OF REGIMENTS, ETC.' 
"Wishing to obtain conscripts, how to proceed ...II 82 
Forbidden to impress men under any pretence.........XIII 82 XX 
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To make monthly returns to War department..: • • 'IV 64 
To report names of medical officers who lose their instru- 
ments, or undertake to perform their duties without them. V 43 
Failing to report absentees to be summarily dismissed ... .IV 96 
COMMISSARY DEPARTMENT. 
Officers of, to turn over excess of hospital fund to Treasury 
department. I 93 
Officers of, to take charge of hospital fund I 93 
Officers of, to transfer hides to Quartermaster’s department.Ill 64 
Returns of officers in, .to be promptly examined by com- 
manding generals Ill 70 
Officers of, to return all barrels and sacks IV 65 
Officers receiving provisions from, to state on hack of return 
amount actually received. I 12 
Officers of, to draw provisions on forms 13 and 14, Subsist- 
ence department IV 12 
Sales to officers from, made only by subsistence officers who 
draw stores in bulk .IV 12 
Issues from, not warranted by regulations, prohibited ... .IV 78 
Officers of, receiving beeves to return equal number of 
hides II 101 
Issuing commissary to transfer hides to proper quartermas- - 
ter II 101 
Officers of, to transfer to medical officer in charge of hospi- 
tal such portion of hospital fund as may he demanded on 
requisition I 95 
COMMISSIONS. 
May he issued before organization of appropriate commands, 
when deemed of interest to service I 93 
Of regimental staff officers, except that of adjutant, are not 
affected by reorganization. V 34 
Of officers not re-elected expire.. ... ... ..Ill 29 
Of general and staff officers, terminate with their icom- 
mands, except assigned to other appropriate duties - ..... I 48 
CONSCRIPTS. 
First act of Conscription. April 16, 1862 . .1 30, 82 
Second act of Conscription. Sept. 27, 1862, I 82,93 
President authorized to appoint enrolling officers of .1 30 
t Will be assigned to companies from own state I 30 
Excess to be kept in reserve. . I 30 
Entitled to pay for arms when furnishing themselves I 30 
Permitted to volunteer previous to enrolment... I 30 INDEX. 
To be collected in camps of instruction II 30 
To be assigned to different arms, according to wants of ser- 
vice .......11 30 
Only assigned to cavalry wben furnishing own horse... ,. .II 30 
Persons engaged in enrolling, to arrest deserters........... I 49 
Engaged on government work only to be removed for enrol- 
ment. (Modified by paragraph III, General Orders, No. 
57.). : I 50 
Paid from date of departure from home for camp IV- 50 
Will not be taken as partisan rangers. I 53 
Rules to guide enrolling and medical officers in examination 
‘of I 58 
All capable of bearing arms to be received ; II 58 
In employment of government or contractors, if leave work 
without authority, will be arrested as deserters. I 64 
Not fit for active service may be detailed ...,. V 65 
Employed at ordnance workshops not to be interfered with .II 66 
So employed to have passes countersigned by Col. Gorgas.III 66 
Execution of act suspended in Kentucky and Missouri.... I 74 
All resident white males between 18 and 35, not legally ex- 
empt, liable as,..... I 82 
All white male residents between 35 and 45, not legally ex- 
empt, or parts thereof, called into service, I 82 
First to be assigned to existing organizations. I 82 
Residue of, may be placed in new organizations I 82 
Persons not liable a3(,may be received as substitutes I 82 
May volunteer in old companies before, not after, enrolment. I 82 
Treated as deserters failing to appear at rendezvous I 82 
Once in service, to serve full time. I 82 
If partial calls be made, to be some age less than 45 .1 82 
Execution of act may be suspended in certain localities.. A I 82 
May be enrolled in state not their own I 82 
To be examined by medical board I 82 
Unable from sickness to attend place of rendezvous, to send 
physician’s certificate of fact, or be held liable, etc I 82 
Unable to perform military duty in the field, nofr to be en- 
rolled I 82 
■How assigned to regiments, battalions, etc. ...II 82 
For cavalry only taken from those who furnish own horses.II 82 
To be vaccinated at camps of instruction II 82 
How obtained by commanders of old regiments, etc II 82 
Disabled officers may be assigned to duty of IV 82 
Enrolment of, how conducted ' .1 IV 82 INDEX. 
May volunteer in companies in service on April 16, 1862, 
before, not after, enrolment XII 82 
Failing to appear at places of rendezvous for enrolment, 
treated as deserters .*.. .XIII 82 
Not to be impressed by commanders of regiments, etc.. .XIII 82 
Previous to assignment to company may be enrolled in 
navy I 89 
White residents between 35 and 45 liable as; how assigned; 
surplus, how disposed of. I 93 
West of Mississippi.may be formed into new organizations. I 93 
Officers resigning liable as .Ill 107 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
To be sent through proper channels . .Ill 20 
By telegraph, of certain kinds prohibited I 78 
DEATHS. 
Of officers, to be certified to by immediate commanding offi- 
cer, who will forward certificate and all necessary infor- . 
mation, etc., direct to 2d Auditor of Treasury I 80 
Of soldiers, commanding officer to send descriptive * list, 
etc., direct to 2d Auditor of Treasury I 80 
Of officers or men in hospitals, surgeon in charge to send 
certificates, etc., direct to 2d Auditor of Treasury; money, 
or other effects, how disposed of II 80 
DECEASED SOLDIERS. « 
Descriptive lists of, sent 2d Auditor of Treasury.. I 80 
Settlement of accounts of I 93 
Securing bounty to heirs of I 93 
DEPARTMENT LIMITS. 
Of Major-General Ltivell II 39 
Of General Beauregard Ill 39 
Of Trans-Mississippi department .IV 39 
Of Department No. 2 II 50 
Of East Tehnessee Ill 50 
Of Major-General G. W. Smith Ill 69 
Of Major-General J. C. Pemberton I 73 
DEPOTS. 
Establishing, at Augusta, Georgia, for molasses, sugar, etc., 
shipped f$om Jackson, Mississippi. IX 38 INDEX 
DESCRIPTIVE LISTS. 
Captains to take possession of, when detached men return 
to companies ....VIII 38 
Payments on, only to be made in case of necessity VIII 38 
Of deceased soldiers, to be sent to 2d Auditor of Treasury. I 80 
•DESERTERS. 
Sheriffs, their deputies, and constables of the State of Vir- 
ginia, authorized to arrest I 43 
Arrested, to be lodged in jail, and reported to Adjutant 
and Inspector-General I 43 
$30 reward will be paid for each deserter delivered to an 
officer.... I 43 
$15 reward will be paid for each lodged in jail I 43 
Jailors detaining will be allowed authorized fees.... I 43, II 49 
Enrolling officers will arrest, and turn them over to com- 
mandant of of instruction, etc. I 49 
Jailors requested to detain..... ....II 49 
To be sent to proper regiments by commandants of camps 
of instruction V 49 
Railroad employees authorized and requested II 52 
DETAILS. 
May be made to work nitre caves, on requisition of chief of 
bureau I 41 
Men on, if leave proper work, treated as deserters I 41 
Not to exceed sixty days for conscripts employed on gov- 
ernment work... I 50 
Extensions of, may be made, when necessary »... I 50 
None will be made in Quartermaster, Commissary, Ord- 
or Hospital departments, which separate able-bod- 
ied men from regiments IV 67 
Of enrolled men on government work, may be made by en- 
rolling officer, not to exceed sixty days .IX 82 
In case of, for contractors, employer to make affidavit that 
men will not be employed on any but government work.IX 82 
From corps in field only granted for govertiment work, and 
in cases of necessity. Ill 90 
For contract work pay ceases, and full wages must be paid 
by contractor. Ill 90 
Of men as shoemakers entitles them to thirty-five eents per 
pair made. .* IV 90 
Permanent, of soldiers may be made for hospitals I 93 XXIV 
INDEX. 
DISBURSING OFFICERS. . . 
Failing to render returns within three months to be drop- 
ped Ill 12 
Strictly to comply with regulations concerning returns ...III 12 
DISCHARGES. 
To be signed by regimental commanders I 26 
When granted by reason of substitution, officer granting is 
liable for soldier’s indebtedness to government I 29 
Granted by brigade commanders to persons over thirty-five 
years of age, drafted under Virginia state laws since March 
10,1862 I 36 
Citizens of Maryland whose terms of service have expired, 
entitled to IV 38 
Undomiciled foreigners entitled to, on completion of terms 
of service V 38 
Undomiciled foreigners receiving final papers; how made 
out V VI 38 
Erom Richmond hospitals, given by Brigadier-General Jno. 
H. Winder. (Revoked by paragraph IV, General Orders, 
No. 69).....' V 41 
Granted paroled prisoners not enlisted for war, at expiration 
of term of service I 44 
Granted to men under 18 and over 35, who have not re-en- 
listed for the war, on the. 16th July next. (Revoked by 
General Orders, No. 46, paragraph III, current series.). .IV 44 
Re-enlisted men not subject to conscription not entitled to.. V 44 
Granted to twelve months men under 18 and over 35, ninety 
days after expiration of term of service.........! II 46 
Authority for brigade commanders to grant, revoked II 48 
How granted on certificate of disability v*...Ill 48 
To be made under 11th Article of War, and General Orders, 
No. 26, current series Ill 56 
Granted to all soldiers under 18 and over 45, at expiration 
of term of service. (Modified by paragraph V, General 
Orders, No. 77.) II 57 
Previous, not acknowledged in case of conscription, except, 
etc '. IX 58 
Authority of General Winder for granting, revoked IV 69 
Enlisted men receiving honorable, entitled to transporta- 
tion I 70 
Applications for, in and about Richmond, to be made to 
General G. W. Smith. ;.: II 70 
May be granted by medical examining board . .II 72 INDEX. 
XXV 
Due notice of, by examining boards to be sent to War de- 
partment 72 
Granted to soldiers under 18 and over 40 at expiration of 
term of service. V 77 
Fact of having, doe3 not of itself exempt from conscrip- 
tion VI 82 
Form of .Ill 89 
DOMICIL. 
Consists in residence with apparent intention to remain per- 
manently IV 82, III 68 
Long residence does not of itself constitute IV 82 
Marriage, exercise of citizenship, etc., evidences of IV 82 
DRUNKENNESS. 
Adopting General Bragg’s order concerning .... I 3 
Act to punish, in army. April 21, 1862. 38 
ELECTIONS. 
None to bo held afterward except in lowest grade. (Nee. 4.). I 1 
Regularly enlisted state troops shall not hold. (Sec. 4.)... I 1 
May be held for all officers by reorganized troops Ill 1 
Manner of holding to be in accordance with state laws... .VI 30 
ENGINEERS CORPS. 
Officers of, in Provisional army, may have ranks conferred on 
them I 93 
Provisional officers of, not to exceed one colonel, etc I 93 
Act to regulate rank of officers in Provisional ....' I 93 
ENROLLING OFFICERS. 
Will arrest deserters I 49 
To arrest persons absent- over a certain time I 49 
To report to Adjutant and Inspector-General names of all 
absentees from army without authority I 49 
Rules for guidance of, in examination of conscripts I 58 
To arrest as deserters conscripts who have left employ of 
government contractors without authority I 64 
Not to interfere with conscripts employed at ordnance work- 
shops «II 66 
Not to remove men employed in nitre caves, or by Ordnance 
department, without first obtaining consent of officer in 
charge * * • V 66 
Expressly prohibited from enrolling undomiciled foreign- 
ers HI 68 XXVI 
INDEX. 
Notified that resignation of officer does not exempt from 
conscription Ill 68 
Disabled officers, etc., to be assigned to duty as IV 82 
Commanding generals may order such officers as they deem 
fit for, to report to commandant of conscripts of respec- 
tive states IV 82 
Of states to be paid compensation allowed by state laws . .IV 82 
For, particular regiments, etc., to report to commandant of 
conscripts...... IV 82 
To attend examination of conscripts VI 82 
EXEMPTION. 
Persons claiming, to make oath to enrolling officer XI 30 
Act of, April 21, 1862 I 32 
Certificates of, to be granted by enrolling officer . Ill 32 
Applications for, not considered at War department. V 37 
Undomiciled foreigners are exempt V 38 
Men employed in Nitre bureau exeqipt I 41 
Physical causes for 58 
Discharge on physical disability not of itself sufficient cause 
for VI 58, 82 
Act of, to be construed prospectively ; does not authorize dis- 
charge of men enrolled prior to October 11, 1862 V 82 
Question of, in case of physical disability, determined by 
medical examining board VI 82 
Persons not capable of bearing arms VI 82 
Certificates of, to state whether incapacity is temporary or 
permanent VI 82 
Act of, approved October 11, and repealing act April 21, 
1862 I 82 
Of Friends, Dunkards, Nazarenes, and Mennonites, on pay- 
ment of tax of $500 VII 82 
In case of shoemakers, tanners, etc .VIII 82 
Application for, to be made to enrolling officer—appeal may 
be taken to commandant of conscripts X 82 
Application for, not considered by department until referred 
by commandant conscripts X 82 
EXPRESS COMPANY. 
Will carry all government funds II 77 
EXTORTION. 
Provisions against.... ...VIII 82 
FORAGE. 
To be furnished to officers and men on nitre service Ill 41 INDEX 
FOREIGNERS. 
How naturalized, and uniform rule of naturalization I 13 
Undomiciled, not liable to enrolment IV 82, III 68 
FURLOUGHS. * 
Granted to all twelve months men re-enlisting I 1 
Duration of. I 1 
Value of transportation home and back to soldiers entitled 
to, may be commuted I 1 
All revoked 16 
Applications for, in and about Richmond, made to General 
G. W. Smith ....II 70 
May be granted by medical examining boards .II 72 
Due notice of, by examining boards, to be forwarded to War 
department VI 72 
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICE. 
Established to facilitate communication with the ai’my .... I 45 
Surgeons and commanders to furnish all information in 
power to I 45 
HABEAS CORPUS. 
Military commanders hhve no right to suspend writ of I 56 
HOSPITALS. 
Ration of, to be commuted at $1 per day I 93 
Fund of, how kept and how disbursed I 93 
Allowing suits of clothing equal to number of beds I 93 
Matrons, female nurses, and attendants allowed for I 93 
To be known and numbered as hospitals of a particular state. I 93 
Soldiers may be permanently detailed in I 93 
Persons employed in, not in military service, paid on rolls 
made out by surgeon in charge. I 93 
Medical officer in charge of, to detail competent persons to 
accompany sick and wounded to railroad depot, and to se- 
cure seat on cars I 93 
To be established at camps of instruction II 80 
Rations issued to, not subject to reduction Ill 72 
General, under authority of local commanding officer Ill 78 
Management of, under control senior surgeon Ill 78 
IMPRESSMENTS OF PROPERTY. 
Agents taking private property must have authority from 
commanding generals or commander of district under 
martial law II 44 
Written authority for must be shown by agents before seizure. II 44 
Receipts shall designate officer to pay for property II 44 INDEX. 
Necessity alone can warrant II 56 
Of any description belonging to states expressly prohibited. Ill 61 
When made by mistake, restitution to be made at once .. .Ill 61 
LEAVES OF ABSENCE. 
All revoked 16 
Applications for, from officers in Richmond who can not ap- 
ply to proper commanding officer, to be made to General G. 
W. Smith* II 70 
LIQUORS. 
Introduction of, into camps prohibited II 3 
If so introduced, to be destroyed II 3 
LOCAL DEFENCE. 
Companies for, may be organized from persons not liable to 
military duty . I 93 
’ Companies for, may establish own rules, but not entitled to 
pay I 93 
Will transmit muster-rolls to Governor of state and Secreta- 
ry of War I 93 
Members of companies for, to take oath of allegiance to Con- 
federate States I 93 
MAILS. 
Transportation of troops not to interfere with 22 
MARTIAL LAW. 
Proclaimed over Richmond 9 
Over Petersburg. 11 
Over various parts of Virginia 15,18 
Over Department of East Tennessee 21 
Over part of South Carolina 33 
Over counties of Lee, Wise, Buchanan, McDowell, and Wy- 
oming .* 35 
In places under, civil authorities to take cognizance of cer- 
tain laws 42, 55 
Where proclaimed, civil tribunals may take cognizance of 
certain cases II 42 
Does not justify arbitrary establishment of prices I 56 
All proclamationsvof, by general officers, annulled I 66 
MEDICAL OFFICERS. 
To inspect recruits before leaving state in which enlist- 
ed - ...IV 2, IV 6 
Regulations for guidance of 16 
After losing their instruments, etc., to be reported by com- 
manding offioers V 43 INDEX. 
XXIX 
Attached to regiments, not to remain with patients in gener- 
al hospital Y 44 
Taken prisoners of war, to be at once discharged II 45 
On parole, discharged therefrom, Ill 45 
Not to recommend furloughs, etc., in cases of sickness, ex- 
cept, etc IV 43 
Stationed at camps of instruction and such military stations 
as may be designated for examination of conscripts I 58 
Rules to guide, in examination of conscripts I 58 
Not to examine conscripts unless specially detailed X 58 
To have exclusive control of hospital wagons and ambiv 
lances, except, etc II 61 
Examining conscripts to forward weekly reports of men un- 
fit for active duty, who may be otherwise useful Y 65 
Senior to act as commandant of post, in absence of regular- 
ly appointed officer. (Revoked by General Orders, No. 
14, of 1863) IV 72 
In purveying department, will be authorized by command- 
ing generals to impress medical stores in hands of specu- 
lators....... I 73 
Senior surgeons to control general hospitals Ill 78 
In charge of hospitals, to make returns direct to 2d Audi- 
tor in cases of officers and soldiers I 80 
Examining conscripts, allowed $4 per diem while actually 
employed VI 82 
In charge of hospitals, may make requisitions on commis- 
sary for hospital fund for necessary purchases 93 
In charge of hospitals, to detail competent persons to accom- 
pany sick and wounded to railroad depots, and to secure 
seats on cars I 93 
Directors and inspectors to forward to Surgeon-General 
copies of all circulars, printed orders, etc., issued by them.II 90 
Instructions to 95 
One from army, associated with two others, in examination 
of conscripts I 101 
Not to issue certificates for furloughs, except in urgent cases. I 107 
MILITARY COURTS. • 
One to be appointed for each army corps in field I 93 
To consist of three members, two of whom shall be a quo- 
rum . I 93 
Judge advocate to be appointed by President I 93 
Commanding general may detail temporary judge advocate 
of , I 93 XXX 
INDEX. 
Each court may appoint a provost marshal and clerk to at- 
tend sittings I 93 
Members of, and judge advocate, may administer oaths I 93 
‘Jurisdiction and duties of, defined I 93 
Can not try officers of higher grade than colonel I 93 
Proceedings of, subject to review, mitigation, etc I 93 
Names of officers appointed on I 109 
Officers composing, to report to officers commanding respec- 
tive army corps II 109 
MILITARY TRIALS, ETC. 
Case of Captain W. T. Meeckling 25 
Case of Lieutenant-Colonel C. M. Bradford ‘27 
Case of Jno. Minor Botts 28 
Proceedings of, in case of drunkenness 69 
Case of Major Jno. G. Barnwell 79 
Case of Colonel Jno. Dunnovant 83 
Case of Private Jos. McIntyre 85 
Case of Thos. Gillispie 85 
Case of Michael Hagerty 85 
Case of Wm. Beasley 85 
Case of Private F. H. R. Mace 85 
Case of Lieutenant Alexander Doyle 87 
Case of E. Erwin . 88 
Case of Captain A. S. Cannet 94 
Case of Lieutenant Caldin Dickenson 103 
Case of alleged fraud in Commissary department 106 
Case of Lieutenant David A. Alexander 5 
Case of Captain W. B. Bruce 7 
Case of Colonel M. G. Harman 108 
Case of Lieutenant W. W. Dunlap, commuting sentence ... 102 
No. Par. MODIFICATIONS. 
24 Modified by General Orders, No. 46, paragraph first, section 
fourth, as to ordnance sergeants. 
24 III Modified by General Orders, No. 46, paragraph first, section 
first, to permit appointments of brigade ordnance officers, 
with rank of first lieutenant artillery. 
31 II Modified so as to make Augusta, Ga., the depot for said ar- 
ticles. General Orders, No. 38, paragraph IX; also, 
General Orders, No. 45, paragraph IV. 
32 IV Modified by General Orders, No. 45, series 1863, so as to 
allow only a two-horse wagon, and also by General Orders, 
No. 61, paragraph II, placing such wagons under exclusive 
control of medical officers, etc. INDEX. 
XXXI 
34 General Orders, No. 38, paragraph III, provides that the 
battalion be composed of soldiers from same state. 
36 II Revoked, and General Orders, No. 39, paragraph I, substitu- 
ted therefor. 
37 foreigners undomiciliated also exempt. General Orders, No. 
38, paragraph V. * 
42 II Revoked by General Orders, No. 55, paragraph I, which is 
substituted in lieu thereof. 
44 I Revoked by General Orders, No. 53, paragraph III. Those 
whose regiments are in the East will report at Richmond; 
those whose regiments are in the West, at Vicksburg, Miss. 
44 IV Rescinded, and General Orders, No. 46, paragraph II, sub- 
stituted in lieu thereof. 
47 IV Explained by paragraph I, General Orders, No. 24, series 1863. 
50 I Revoked by General Orders, No. 82, paragraph IX. 
53 IV Modified by General Orders, No. 61, paragraph III, omitting 
the words, “ especially of arms and ordnance stores.” 
56 I See also General Orders, No. 66, paragraph I, annulling all 
proclamations of martial law. 
56 III Explained by General Orders, No. 67, paragraph I. It ap- 
plies only to paroled or exchanged prisoners in hospitals 
without descriptive lists. 
58 General Orders, No. 65, paragraph V, provides, in addition, 
that medical officers forward weekly, to Richmond, names 
of conscripts recommended for light duty. 
58 General Orders, No. 67, paragraph II and III. Surgeons, 
quartermasters, and commissary - generals will cause in- 
spection to be made in respective departments of able- 
bodied men subject to conscription, and will fill their places 
with those recommended for light duty. 
61 II Enlarged, so as to make it also the duty of quartermasters 
to keep the ambulances and wagons in good condition, and 
ready for active service. See General Orders, No.-34, series 
1863, paragraph IV. 
62 II Amended by General Ordors, No. 64, paragraph V, the words 
“andparoled” being omitted. 
64 III Enlarged by General Orders, No. 119, paragraph IV, to ex- 
tend to slaughtered sheep. 
65 III Modified by General Ordors, No. 67, paragraph I; extended 
- by General Orders No. 68, paragraph I, to embrace all 
soldiers sick in hospitals or on furlough; amended by 
General Orders, No. 105, paragraph I, limiting such pay- 
ments to monthly pay of soldier mustered on hospital rolls, INDEX. 
and specific directions to quartermasters making such pay- 
ments. 
66 V Enlarged so as to include “furnace*” worked by government 
officers within its provisions. (See General Orders, JIo. 32, 
series 1863, paragraph I.) 
68 I Enlarged by General Orders, No. 70, paragraph IV, ordering 
additional qualifications for applicants for rank of captain 
of artillery in Ordnance department. 
68 II Limited by General Orders, No. 105, paragraph I. 
69 I Extended to include to commanders of posts, senior surgeons 
of hospitals, who will make similar reports, so far as they 
relate to their respective commands. (See General Orders, 
No. 59, paragraph I, series 1863.) 
12 IV Modified by General Orders, No. 107, paragraph I, ordering 
that surgeons referred to will not grant said certificates, 
unless health of soldier requires his removal. 
82 II Sec. 2. Modified by General Orders, aNo. 96, paragraph V, 
ordering that commissioned officers and privates incapable 
of bearing arms, be assigned to collecting stragglers and 
conscripts. 
82 VI Sec. 1. Amended by General Orders, No. 101, paragraph I, 
further amended by General Orders, No. 9, series 1863, 
further modified by General Orders, No. 15, series 1863. 
95 I Increased by General Orders, No. 62, paragraph I, to $1 25. 
96 VI Extonded so as to employ such persons as railroad guards, 
etc., at request of officers of staff departments, or of local 
military commanders. 
97 II Modified by General Orders, No. 28, series 1863, so as to apply 
also to “contractors with the Ordnance department.” 
100 III Amended so as to allow value of clothing to be paid upon 
descriptive list when soldier is absent with leave, and not 
to rejoin his command for sixty days. 
100 I Amended by General Orders, No. 9, series 1863, so as to allow 
the two surgeons to be selected from the districts where they 
are to act, when surgeons can not be obtained from their 
congressional districts. Further modified by General Or- 
ders, No. 15, series 1863, to allow commandants of con- 
scripts, when surgeons can not be “employed,” to constitute 
such boards, temporarily, by medical officers under their 
authority. 
MUSTERS. 
Captains to make out duplicate muster-rolls II 1 
Inspector-general to muster troops into service II 1 INDEX. 
Rolls for mustering out, to contain names borne on all pre- 
vious rolls I 19 
Rolls to be completed at time of company’s discharge I 19 
Brigade commanders to designate officers for purpose of. .Ill 19 
Rolls must be signed by company commanders I 26 
Sick or wounded in hospitals may be paid on hospital rolls’ .IL 68 
For payment, in case* of soldier’s discharge by medical board, 
to be made by senior surgeon on soldier’s affidavit1* IV 72 
Rolls of companies for local defence, to be forwarded to Sec- 
retary of War I 93 
NATURALIZATION. 
Uniform rule of, for persons enlisted in armies of Confederate 
States I 13 
NAVY AND MARINE CORPS. 
Act to permit enlistment in, approved October 2, 1862.... I 89 
Persons enrolled, or subject to enrolment, may at discretion 
join, provided whole number does not exceed maximum 
allowed by law I 89 
Pay of, increased $4 per month I 89 
Transfers to, to be made in presence of enrolling officer or 
officer of navy 1 II 89 
NITRE. 
Details may be made to work caves I 41 
Generals and military commandants to afford protection to 
works I 41 
Persons in employment of bureau exempt from service II 41 
Officers and men of bureau to be furnished with provisions 
and forage, as in case of ordnance officers and men in the 
field Ill 41 
Officers of bureau authorized to impress free negroes IV 41 
Impressment of, from plantation and domestic sources, au- 
thorized 99 
Labor for bureau, how procured 99 
Resignations in bureau placed on same footing as in line.;. 99 
Superintendent required to impress caves, etc., not properly 
worked; compensation therefor, how settled IV 66 
OATHS. 
Of allegiance and naturalization, form of, for aliens wish- 
ing to become naturalized; how, and before whom 
made II, III 13 
Of allegiance and naturalization taken by persons in mili- 
tary service, to be forwarded to War department........IV 13 XXXIV 
INDEX. 
Of allegiance to United States will not exempt from com 
scription II 62 
Persons taking, of allegiance to United States, and after- 
ward conscripted, will, if captured, be 'demanded as 
prisoners of war V 64 
May be administered by quartermasters to sick and wound- 
ed soldiers to enable them to draw pay I 93 
Members : and officers of military courts may administer 
certain I 93 
Of allegiance to Confederate States, to be taken by members 
of companies organized for local defence I 93 
OFFICERS'. 
Detailed on recruiting service to make requisitions on A. 
and I. G. for blanks, funds, etc Ill 2 
On recruiting service to keep strict account on disburse- 
ments VIII 2 
Detailed on recruiting service to make requisitions on A. 
and I. G. for blanks, funds, etc Ill 6 
Ou recruiting service to keep strict account of disburse- 
ments VIII 6 
Not to bo sent to seat of government on business except 
by commanding generals Ill 17 
One to be detailed from each state to take charge of enrol- 
ment, etc., of conscripts II 30 
Of sharp-shooters, to be appointed by President I 34 
Newly-elected, to be examined by boards of examination. .II 36 
In command ojf forts, etc., if compelled to withdraw, must 
save ammunition Ill 48 
In command of medical officers, to report them, if they lose 
or appear on field without proper instruments V 43 
Not to sieze arms belonging to states VI 50 
In command, to promptly examine commissary returns.. .Ill 70 
Charged with disbursement of bounty funds, to render ac- 
counts to Quartermaster-General Ill 77 
Commanding regiments, etc., forbidden to impress men on 
any pretence XIII 82 
May be appointed during recess of Senate, subject to ap- 
proval I 93 
May be suspended when pronounced unfit by boards of ex- 
aminers I 93 
Examined before boards entitled to call witnesses ...I 93 
May be retired or dropped from the army by President, on 
recommendation of examining board." I 93 INDEX. 
XXXV 
If dropped, to be succeeded by officer next in rank, if com- 
petent ' I 93 
May be appointed by President to command camps of in- 
struction I 93 
Distinguished in field of battle, to have medal bestowed... I 93 
Twenty generals authorized to be appointed by President.. I 93 
Absent twenty days without authority, to be dropped, and 
enrolled as conscripts II 96 
Disabled, may be assigned to duty of collecting stragglers.. V 96 
Resigning, subject to conscription ...Ill 107 
To report facts and circumstances of extraordinary valor 
and skill ” on part of and men I 110 
ORDERS. 
Complimentary to General Van Dorn, and Lieutenant 
Brown, C. S. N 51 
Published in Richmond Enquirer will be regarded as official I 61 
ORDNANCE. 
Quarterly returns of, to be made to department IV 17 
Heavy not to be fired oftener than once in five minutes II 20 
Returns of, to be made quarterly. 56 
Major-General Huger assigned to duty as inspector of I 62 
Regulation fixing price of arms, parts of aroi3, etc ........II 78 
Not to be contracted for, or purchased by ordnance officers 
serving on staffs of commanding generals, except, etc.. .IV 80 
ORDNANCE CORPS. 
Officers of, to receive damaged powder and ammunition, and 
forward it, ,etc V 13 
Officers assigned to duty in, with troops in field, to bo report- 
ed to Adjutant and Inspector-General I 24 
Sergeants in, how appointed, and duties of V 24 
Officers of, serving on staff of commanding generals, not to 
contract for or purchase ordnance supplies, excepted, etc. X .24 
Duties of officers in ... i ' VI,'VII, VIII, IX 24 
Authorizing assignment of officers for duty in, for different 
organizations II„III, IV 24 
Department to furnish arms for sharp-shooters ...IV 34 
Duties of sergeants in .... 35 
Instructions to officers of, in field 35, 56 
Officers of, with rank of first lieutenant, may he appointed • 
for brigades I 46 
Brigade ordnance officers to be subjected to, make requisi- 
tions on, and report to, division ordnance officers I 46 XXXVI 
INDEX. 
Sergeants of, subject to brigade ordnance officers I 46 
Appointments of sergeants of, made by Secretary of War 
on colonel’s recommendation I 46 
Convening board for examination of applicants for appoint- 
ment in ... I 68 
Applicants for appointment in, in what examined I 68 
Applicants for rank of captain, in what examined .IV 70 
Applicants for appointments in, to present themselves for 
examination, etc I 71 
Officers of, passing board, will be arranged for appoint- 
ment Ill 71 
Officers on duty in, to be examined before promotion IV 71 
Officers of, serving on stall' of commanding generals, not to 
contract for or purchase ordnance supplies, except, etc..IV 80 
Appointment of seventy additional officers of, authorized... 93 
ORGANIZATION. 
Troops, at expiration of term, have right of. I 1 
Companies failing to reorganize, to be organized by Presi- 
dent, who will appoint field officers VI 1 
Of Maryland line, by Col. G. II. Stewart Ill 8 
Twelve months troops, right of VI 30 
ORGANIZATIONS 
Cases only in which authority is granted for new I 20 
Authority for new revoked unless completed within sixty days 23 
New, allowed in the States of Kentucky and Missouri I 74 
Of twelve months volunteers, provision for T 82 
Authority for forming new vacated, unless completed within 
certain time I 82 
Vacancies in existing, how filled I 82 
New, formed in good faith prior to October 2, 1862, may be 
received I 93 
New, of conscripts west of Mississippi, may be received ... I 93 
* Formed in Middle and West Tennesseo, Eastern North Caroli- 
na, prior to December 1, 1862, may be received at discre- 
tion of President I 93 
PARTISAN RANGERS. 
Act authorizing organization of, April 21, 1862.... I 30 
Entitled to same pay, rations, and quarters as other soldiers I 30 
Receive pay for captured property I 30 
Transfers to, from line, not allowed II 43 
If officers of, enlist from line, authority for raising will 
bo revoked II 43 
Persons liable as conscripts not to be taken as I 53 INDEX. 
PAYMENTS. 
To be made, when practicable, once every two months II 19 
To companies not made to a fractional part of a month, ex- 
cept, etc II 19 
Made to officers by quartermasters of districts in which they 
serve .11 26 
To officers on leave, etc., made by anj' quartermaster II 26 
Due a soldier, go to his substitute (Section 3) I 29 
Partisan rangers entitled to same as other soldiers I 30 
On descriptive lists only to be made in cases of necessity. VIII 38 
Of $9 per month extra for each five years service in U. S. 
and C. S. armies VI 41. 
Of non-commissioned officers on duty in signal corps ...'. .Ill 40 
To brigade ordnance officers equal to 1st lieutenant of artil- 
lery I 46 
To troops raised by states, from date of rendezvous IV 50 
To paroled or exchanged prisoners, sick or wounded in hos- 
pitals, how made I 65, I 67 
To paroled and exchanged prisoners in hospitals without de- 
scriptive lists, how made Ill 65 
To soldiers discharged by medical board, how made IV 72 
Of commissioned officers, not to be made by other than 
own quartermaster, except, etc I 81 
Rate of, to enlisted men employed enrolling conscripts ... .IV 82 
Rate of, to state enrolling officers IV 82 
Medical officers examining conscripts entitled to $4 per diem 
while actually employed.... VI 82 
To sailors and marines increased $4 per month I 89 
Rate of, to lieutenant-gonerals I 93 
Rate of, to matrons, nurses, etc., in hospitals I 93 
Rate of, to adjutants of battalions I 93 
Of account deceased soldiers, how and by whom made .... I 93 
Rate of, to cadets, equal to 2d lieutenant of same arm ..I 93 
Of commissioned officers absent from command, not to be 
made without exhibition of authority for absence VI 96 
Made to officers from date of acceptance of appointment... 76 
PRISONERS. 
Paroled, not enlisted for war, names to bo dropped from rolls 
at expiration of term of service (revoked by paragraph 
III, General Orders, No. 44, current series) I 44 
Paroled, whose regiments are in East, to report at Rich- 
mond Ill 53 
Paroled, whoso regiments aro in West, to report at Vicks- 
burg .Ill 53 INDEX. 
From officers of Generals Pope and Steinwehr commands, 
be retained as hostages •. 54 
Paroled and exchanged in hospitals, without descriptive lists, 
to be paid on own affidavit Ill 65, I 67 
Notice of, duly exchanged. - I 75 
Exchanged, to join respective regiments, etc., without delay.II 75 
Notice of, duly exchanged I 86 
PRIVATE PROPERTY. 
Must invariably be respected Ill 104 
Only to be taken when indispensable for the public service, 
and then in prescribed manner Ill 104 
Commanders should do everything to protect .IV 104 
PROMOTION. 
To be by seniority, except in cases of disability (Sec. 10)... I 30 
Announced by brigade commanders, when occurring in com- 
pany officers .V 43 
Copy of order announcing, to be furnished to War depart- 
ment VI 43 
Of company officers in Provisional army, to take place in 
respective companies .. II 65 
To be by seniority, when vacancies occur from dropping offi- 
cers, competency for being first determined by board of 
examination I 93 
PROVISION RETURNS. , 
To be endorsed by officers receiving provisions I 12 
Commanding officers to reject those not endorsed II 12 
PROVOST MARSHALS. 
Prohibited from taking cognizance of civil cases........... I 42 
To aid civil authorities in places under martial law Ill 42 
Each military court may appoint one, with rank of captain 
of cavalry I 93 
QUARTERMASTER’S DEPARTMENT. 
Officers of, to make inspection of premises occupied by 
troops, and will be charged with damages if not re- 
ported V 39 
To mount enlisted men of signal corps, on order of com- 
manding general IV 40 
To furnish necessary flags, etc., for signal corps V 40 
Officers of, to preserve for tanning, hides received from com- 
missaries of subsistence Ill 64 
Not to issue fuel and straw to servants VI 66 
Officers of, to report to Major A. H. Cole number of horses, 
wagons, etc. 76 INDEX. 
XXXIX 
Chief quartermasters to see that sub-quartermasters make re- 
quired reports to Major Cole 76 
Officers of may receive and receipt for tax of $500, tendered 
by Friends, Dunkards, etc., for exemption VII 82 
Officers of, charged with payment of troops, prohibited 
from paying staff officers who do not exhibit evidence of 
appropriate assignment to duties I 91 
Officers of may administer oaths in certain cases I 93 
Not to pay officers or soldiers not showing good authority 
for absence from proper commands VI 96 
Officers of not to visit Richmond for supplies I 97 
Officers of not to interfere with ordnance agents in purchase 
of leather II 97 
Officers of, making payments to troops in hospital, to for- 
ward lists of, etc., to company commanders, through Ad- 
jutant and Inspector-General’s office I 105 
RAILROADS. 
General Lee’s brder to prevent Collisions on, etc 15 
RANK OE OFFICERS. 
Of new organizations to take effect from date of acceptance 
into Confederate service II 47 
To be determined by lot, when companies of same regiment, 
etc., enter service on same day, except in case of former 
commission Ill 47 
Of officers continuing in same grade after reorganization, 
to take effect from date.of original commission IV 47 
Changing grade, to take effect from such change IV 47 
May be conferred on engineer officers in Provisional army 
equal to Regular 93 
RATIONS. 
Commutation of, allowed to recruits from, etc., to V 2 
Issued to hospitals, not subject to reduction Ill 72 
Commuted value of, to sick and wounded in hospitals, $1 .. 95 
RECRUITING. 
Act authorizing, Dec. 19, 1861 .. I 2, I 6 
One subaltern and one enlisted man from each company 
may be detailed on II 2 
Officers detailed on, to make requisition on Adjutant and 
Inspector-General, for recruiting funds Ill 2 
Recruits to be inspected by medical officer IV 2 
Commutation of rations allowed recruits from, etc V 2, V 6 
No clothing allowed until recruit is inspected VI 2, VI 6 INDEX. 
Time allowed for, not to exceed thirty days ......VII 2, VII 6 
Officers on service to keep strict account of disbursements. VIII 2 
Recruits to be furnished with transportation I 6 
Regulations for service 22 
Officer* on service may commute fuel and quarters 22 
To be examined by surgeon before closing enlistment ... .VII 38 
REGULATIONS. 
Disbursing officers to comply strictly with Ill 12 
Concerning damaged powder Y 13 
Of medical department concerning surgeons’ reports, etc... 16 
Concerning number of men in companies (Sec. 12) I 30 
Paragraphs 160 and 161 of army, are revoked Ill 48 
REPORTS. 
Officers of signal corps to make quarterly, to Adjutant and 
Inspector - General of organization and general opera- 
tions IX 40 
Chiefs of medical, quartermaster, commissary, and ordnance 
buroaus to report all able-bodied men of conscript age in 
their employ, whose places can be supplied by men unfit 
for active duty Ill 67 
Of deaths in army to be made direct to 2d Auditor I 80 
Monthly, to be made to commandant of conscripts—to com- 
mandants camps of instruction II 82 
Consolidated monthly, to be made by commandant con- 
scripts to the War department II 82 
Tabular, to be made to brigade commanders, giving number 
of days each officer absent, character, etc I 93 
REQUISITIONS. 
For establishment, etc., of telegraphic lines, must be address- 
ed to Postmaster-General Ill 44 
RESIGNATIONS. 
In Nitre and Mining bureaus placed on same footing with 
resignations in the line in front of enemy 99 
Of officers does not exempt them from conscription Ill 107 
RETALIATION. 
Officers of Generals Pope and Stein wehr armies to be kept as 
hostages for safety of Confederate citizens 54 
Outlawing General Felch, and setting aside officers of U. S. 
A. for execution 59 
Outlawing Generals Hunter and Phelps, U. S. army ....... 60 
Order against any officer drilling slaves 60 
Order against Colonels Lowe, Harding, and other officers of 
U. S. army S4 INDEX 
Denouncing Butler and officers, decreeing Butler’s death 
if captured, and that of officers of negro organizations... Ill 
RETURNS. 
Of provisions to be endorsed by officer receiving. I 12 
Regulation concerning provision II 1J 
Of clothing, etc., to be made quarterly by company com- 
manders, etc .IV 17 
Of officers and men distinguished to be made by command- 
ing officers to Adjutant and Inspector-General II 52 
Of ordnance and ordnance stores to be made quarterly 56 
To be made monthly by commanders of army corps, etc ..IV 64 
To be made tri-monthly by commandants of camps of in- 
struction IV 64 
In commissary department, to be promptly examined by 
commanding officers Ill 70 
Of absentees to be made by all commanders to department 
head-quarters. IV 96 
Ho. Far. REVOCATIONS. 
24 Modified by General Orders, No. 46, paragraph I, section 4, 
as to ordnance sergeants. 
24 III Modified by General Orders, No. 46, paragraph I, section 1, 
to permit appointments of brigade ordnance officers, with 
rank of first lieutenant of artillery. 
31 II Modified so as to make Augusta, Georgia, the depot for said 
articles; General Orders, No. 38, paragraph IX, also Gen- 
eral Orders, No. 45, paragraph IV. 
32 IV Modified by General Orders, No. 45, series 1863, so as to 
allow only a two-horse wagon, and also by General Orders, 
No. 61, paragraph II, placing such wagons under exclusive 
control of medical officers, etc. 
34 General Orders, No. 38, paragraph III, provides that battal- 
ion be composed of soldiers from same state. 
36 II Revoked, and General Orders, No. 39, paragraph I, substi- 
tuted therefor. 
37 Foreigners undomiciliated also exempt, General Orders, No. 
38, paragraph V. 
41 II Revoked by General Orders, No. 55, paragraph I, which is 
substituted in lieu thereof. 
44 I Revoked by General Orders, No. 53, paragraph III. Those 
whose regiments are in the East will report at Richmond; 
those whose regiments are in the We3t at Vicksburg, 
Mississippi. INDEX 
44 IV Rescinded, and General Orders, No. 46, paragraph II, sub- 
stituted in lieu thereof. 
47 IV Explained by paragraph I, General Orders, No. 24, series 1863. 
60 I Revoked by General Orders No. 82, paragraph IX. 
50 IV Modified by General Orders, No. 61, paragraph III, omitting 
the words “ especially of arms and ordnance stores.” 
56 I See also General Orders, No. 66, paragraph I, annulling all 
proclamations of martial law. 
56 III Explained by General Orders, No. 67, paragraph I. It ap- 
plies only to paroled or exchanged prisoners in hospitals 
without descriptive lists. 
58 General Orders, No. 65, paragraph V, provides, in addition, 
that medical officers forward weekly, to Richmond, the 
names of conscripts recommended for light duty. 
58 General Orders, No. 67, paragraphs II and III. Surgeons, 
quartermasters, and commissary-generals will cause in- 
spection to be made in respective departments, of able- 
bodied men subject to conscription, and will fill' their places 
with those recommended for light duty. 
61 II Enlarged, so as to make it also the duty of quartermasters to 
keep the ambulances and wagons in good condition and 
ready for active service. (See General Orders, No. 34, 
series 64, paragraph IV.) 
62 II Amended by General Orders, No. 64, paragraph V, the 
words “ and paroled ” being omitted. 
64 III Enlarged by General Orders, No. 119, paragraph IV, to ex- 
tend to slaughtered sheep. 
65 III Modified by General Orders, No. 67, paragraph I, extended by 
General Orders, No. 68, paragraph I, to embrace all soldiers 
sick in hospitals or on furlough •, amended by General Or- 
ders, No. 105, paragraph I, limiting such payments to 
monthly pay of soldier mustered on hospital rolls, and 
specific directions to quartermasters making such payments. 
66 V Enlarged so as to include “furnaces ” worked by govern- 
ment officer within its provisions. (See General Orders, No. 
32, series 1863, paragraph I.) 
68 I Enlarged, by General Orders, No. 70, paragraph IV, ordering 
additional qualifications for applicants for rank of captain 
of artillery in Ordnance department. 
68 II Limited by General Orders, No. 105, paragraph I. 
69 I Extended to include commanders of posts, senior surgeons of 
hospitals, who will make sirfiilar reports, so far as they re- 
late to their respective commands. (See General Orders, 
No. 59, paragraph I, series 1863.) INDEX. 
72 IV Modified by General Orders, No. 107, paragraph I, ordering 
that surgeons referred to will not grant said certificates, 
unless health of soldier requires his removal. 
82 II See. 2. Modified by General Orders, No. 96, paragraph V, 
ordering that commissioned officers and privates incapable 
of bearing arms, be assigned to collecting stragglers and 
conscripts. 
82 VI Sec. 1. Amended by General Orders, No. 101, paragraph I, 
further amended by General Orders, No. 9, series 1863, 
further modified by General Orders, No. 15, series 1863. 
95 Sec. 1. Increased by General Orders, No. 62, paragraph I, to 
$1 25. 
96 V Extended, so as to employ such persons as railroad guards, 
etc., at request of officers of staff departments, or of local 
military commanders. 
97 II Modified by General Orders, No. 28, series 1863, so as to 
apply also to “ contractors with the Ordnance department." 
100 III Amended so as to allow value of clothing to be paid upon de- 
scriptive lists when soldier is absent with leave, and not to 
rejoin his command for sixty days. 
101 I Amended by General Orders, No. 9, series 1863, so as to allow 
the two surgeons to be selected from the districts where they 
are to act, when surgeons can not be obtained from their 
congressional districts; further modified by General Orders, 
No. 15, series 1863, so as- to allow commandants of con- 
scripts, when surgeons can not be “ employed,” to consti- 
tute such boards, temporarily, by medical officers under 
their authority. 
REVOKING. 
Paragraph IV, General Orders, No. 44, current series, con- 
cerning discharge of persons under 18 and over 35.......II 46 
Paragraphs 160 and 161, Army Regulations, concerning 
manner of discharging enlisted men on certificate of dis- 
ability Ill 48 
Paragraph I, General Orders, No. 44, Concerning paroled 
prisoners.. ..Ill 53 
Paragraph V, General Orders, No. 38, current series, con- 
cerning manner of signing soldier’s discharge ....Ill 56 
Paragraph V, General Orders, No. 41, current series, au- 
thorizing General Winder to grant discharges IV 69 
Paragraph V, General Orders, No. 41, current series, con- 
cerning discharge of soldiers in hospital in Richmond.. .IV 69 
Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 31, current series, con- INDEX. 
corning transportation of breadstuffs for committee of 
public safety, New Orleans .. II 72 
Paragraph IX, General Orders, No. 38, current series, mak- 
ing Augusta depot of sugar and molasses • II 72 
Clause 3, paragraph I, General Orders, No. 58, allowing re- 
ception of conscripts not equal to military duty. II 72 
Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 29, current series, con- 
cerning. substitutes.... XI 82 
SERVANTS. 
When slaves, serving with army without proper written 
authority, to be reported to War department by regimental 
adjutants I 69 
Not allowed issues of fuel and straw VI 66 
SHARP-SHOOTERS. 
Act to organize battalions of. April 21, 1862 I 54 
One battalion of, to each brigade—how armed, by whom or- 
ganized I 34 
Officers of, appointed by President. I 34 
Commanding generals may detail for or transfer to Ill 34 
Will be supplied with proper arms by Ordnance depart- 
ment - IV 34 
Battalions of, will be composed of troops from same state.Ill 38 
SIGNAL CORPS. 
Act to organize. April 19, 1862 I 40 
Will be attached to Adjutant-General’s department II 40 
An officer of to be assigned to each corps and division com- 
mander Ill 40 
Enlisted men may be detailed by commanding generals for 
duty in Ill 40 
Non-commissioned officers while on duty in, to receive 
forty cents extra duty pay per diem .,. Ill 40 
Oath administered to persons serving in Ill 40 
Officers of, entitled to allowances of cavalry IV 40 
Men, when necessary, to be mounted by quartermaster... .IV 40 
Officers of Adjutant-General’s department, etc., may be in- 
structed in duties of ..VI 40 
Officers and non-commissioned officers,' accepting appoint- 
ments in, to forward with acceptance pi’escribed oath. .VIII 40 
Officers of, to make returns of property IX 40 
Officers of, to make quarterly reports to Adjutant and In- 
spector-General of organization and general operations, 
etc IX 40 INDEX. 
Officers of, to instruct regimental adjutants X 40 
President authorized to appoint additional members of I 93 
STAFF OFFICERS. 
Of reorganized regiments, commissions are not affected by 
such reorganization except that of adjutant V 34 
Commissions of, terminate on expiration of appropriate 
. duties I 48, 91 
In Confederate army, holding higher line appointments in 
Provisional army, must signify preference, as can not hold 
both 63 
Aids only to be considered on personal staff II 89 
Other staff officers to be regarded as part of entire com- 
mand II 89 
One additional, with rank of colonel, added to Adjutant- 
General’s department 93 
STANDARDS. 
Names of battles in which regiments, etc., have been en- 
gaged, to be inscribed on. I 52 
SUBSTITUTES. 
Enlisted men not indebted to government may furnish I 29 
How procured I 29 
Not entitled to transportation I 29 
Soldiers discharged by reason of, not entitled to transporta- 
tion I 29, 92 
Enlisted men discharged by reason of, and indebted to gov- 
ernment, officer granting discharge liable for debt. I 29 
Pay and allowances of persons discharged by reason of, to 
go to substitute I 29 
Not to exceed one per month in each company. I 29 
Persons liable to military duty, but not mustered into Ser- 
vice, desiring to furnish, etc II 29 
Persons not liable to duty may go as. I 30 
Captains to furnish certificates of exemption to men furnish- 
ing v V 37 
Unnaturalized foreigners shall not be accepted as I 47 
Reception of, under 18 years, prohibited II 64, XI 82 
Reception of, into partisan rangers prohibited II 64 
Becoming liable to conscription render principal liable". ..II 64 
Shall not be received into companies before complete organi- 
zation and reception.. ..II 64 
Not entitled to be transferred to regiments-from own state. I 72 
Persons claiming exemption on ground of having furnished, INDEX, 
• must exhibit to enrolling officer discharge, etc XI 82 
Reception of undomiciled foreigners prohibited XI 82 
Persons subject to conscription before enrolment or as- 
signed to company, may put in XI 82 
TELEGRAPHS. 
For establishment of lines, requisitions, etc., to be sent to 
Postmaster-General ...Ill 44 
Of certain kinds must not be sent ...' I 78 
TRANSFERS. 
Applications for, to navy to be sent through superior officers. I 7 
Native and adopted Marylanders may receive to “Maryland 
line” II 8 
Seamen may obtain to navy 130, I 82 
No soldier can demand on plea of re-enlistment .IX 30 
From line to partisan corps not - allowed .. .II 43 
Applications for from soldiers in Richmond to be made to 
General G. W. Smith II 70 
To be granted to soldiers to regiments from own state—ap- 
plications for, how addressed I 72 
Applications for, from army to navy, how forwarded I 77 
May be granted to battalions of sharp-shooters Ill 82 
Of conscripts, from military to naval service, how effected. .II 89 
To be granted to soldiers to regiments from own state, ex- , 
cept in cases when applicant is a substitute. I 93 
Not allowed to substitutes to regiments from own state .... I 93 
When granted by Secretary of War entitled to transporta- 
tion ' I 93 
TRANSPORTATION. 
Furnished to recruits I 6 
Of troops not to interfere with mail 22 
Furnished to recruits. . 22 
Of provisions not to he interfered with I 31 
One wagon for each regiment allowed exclusively for hospi- 
tal IY 32 
Soldiers on sick furlough entitled to IV 48 
Authority for, and for mileage, only emanates from com- 
manding general Y 50 
When only allowed to artillery and cavalry horses by rail- 
road I 57 
To be furnished General Huger, his aids, and assistants, on 
his order • I 62 
Honorably discharged soldiers to receive. I 70 INDEX 
xlvii 
Granted on certificates of company commander and on sol- 
dier’s affidavit I 70 
Allowed home and back to furloughed, sick, and wounded 
soldiers Ill 74 
Major A. H. Cole announced as inspector-general of field 
transportation 76 
Not granted to soldiers discharged by reason of substitu- 
tion .....; 92, 29 
Allowed to agents for purchase of hospital supplies I 93 
In separate cars, may be furnished sick soldiers I 93 
Furnished men transferred by Secretary of War I 93 
President authorized to build railroad for purpose of mili- 
tary I 93 
Railroad under charge of Colonel Wm. M. Wadley 98 
.Duties connected with, of Colonel Wadley 98 
Tiekets only to be issued on conclusive evidence of author- 
ized absence * II 105 
Register to be kept at each transportation office ..II 1.05 
VACANCIES. 
When occurring among company officers of reorganized 
regiments, promotion of officer next in rank to he an- 
nounced by brigade commanders VI 43 
May be filled by President by selection from officers and men 
specially distinguished for valor, skill, etc II 52 
Occurring by promotion, how filled .' I 82 
Caused by officers retired or dropped, how filled I 9% 
WHEAT. 
In relation to exportation of seed from Virginia ..II 69 GENERAL ORDERS, 
No 1. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office. 
Richmond, January 1, 1862, 
I..The following act of Congress, with regulations of the Secretary 
of War thereupon, is published for the information of the army: 
No. 306—An ACT providing for the granting of Bounty and Furloughs to Privates 
and Non-commissioned Officers in the Provisional army. 
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do en- 
act, That a bounty of fifty dollars be and the same is hereby granted 
to all privates, musicians, and non-commissioned officers in the Pro- 
visional army who shall serve continuously for three years, or for the 
war — to be paid at the following times, to wit: to all now in the ser- 
vice for twelve months, to be paid at the time of volunteering or enlist- 
ing for the next two ensuing years subsequent to the expiration of their 
present term of service. To all now in the service for three years, or 
for the war, to be paid at the expiration of their first year’s service. 
To all who may hereafter volunteer or enlist for three years, or for the 
war, to be paid at the time of entry into service. 
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That furloughs, not exceeding 
sixty days, with transportation home and back, shall be granted to all 
twelve months men now in service, who shall, prior to the expiration of 
their present term of service, volunteer or enlist for the next two 
ensuing years, subsequent to the expiration of their present term of 
service, or for three years, or the war. Said furloughs to be issued at 
such times and in such numbers as the Secretary of War may deem 
most compatible with the public interest — the length of each furlough 
being regulated with reference to the distance of each volunteer from 
his home: Provided, That, in lieu of a furlough, the commutation 
value, in money, of the transportation herein above granted, shall be 
paid to each private, musician, or non-commissioned officer who may 
elect to receive it, at such time as the furlough itself would otherwise 
be granted. 
Sec. 3. This act shall apply to all troops who have volunteered or 
enlisted, for a term of twelve months or more, in the service of any 
state who are now in the service of the said state, and who may here- 
after volunteer or enlist in the service of the Confederate States, under 
the provisions of the present act. 
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all troops revolunteering or 
re-enlisting shall, at the expiration of their present term of service, have the power to reorganize themselves into companies, and elect their 
company officers; and said companies shall have the power to organize 
themselves into battalions or regiments, and elect their field officers; 
and, after the first election, all vacancies shall be filled by promotion 
from the company, battalion, or regiment in which such vacancies may 
occur: Provided, That whenever a vacancy shall occur, whether by 
promotion or otherwise, in the lowest grade of commissioned officers of 
a company, said vacancy shall always be filled by election: And pro- 
vided, further, That in the case of troops which have been regularly 
enlisted into the service of any particular state prior to the formation 
of the Confederacy, and which have by such state been turned over to 
the Confederate government, the officers shall not be elected, but ap- 
pointed and promoted in (he same manner and by the same authority 
as they have heretofore been appointed and promoted. [Approved De- 
cember 11, 1861.] 
11.. Captains or commanding officers of twelve months men will, 
under direction of regimental and battalion commanders, make out 
duplicate muster rolls of their companies, noting opposite the name of 
each man desiring to renew his enlistment for two years from the ex- 
piration of his present term of service the following remark—“ Enlist- 
ment extended for two years—bounty due, $50” — inserting the date 
of the remark. 
As soon as the intention of each man is thus ascertained, report will 
be made to the commanding officer of the army in which the troops 
are serving. The commanding officer will thereupon his Inspect- 
or-Generals, or other officers assigned for that purpose, to verify the 
rolls, and muster into service, for said additional term, all that arc 
fitted for service. One of the rolls, thus verified, and certified by the 
inspecting officers, will bo sent to the Adjutant and*Inspector-Gcneral. 
The other will be given to the company commander, from which to 
make out further musler rolls. 
111.. Whenever the number of men in a company who re-enlist 
shall suffice to form a new company, according to the number required 
by law, the men thus re-enlisted shall have the right immediately to 
reorganize themselves into a company, and elect their company officers 
— remaining attached to the regiment or battalion to which they 
belong until the expiration of the twelve months of the original enlist- 
ment. 
IV. .If the number of men re-enlisted in any company be insufficient 
to form a new company, their original organization will be preserved 
until within twenty day3 of the expiration of their term , at which date all the twelve mouths meu who have re-eulisted will proceed to organ- 
ize themselves afresh into new companies, and elect their company 
officers. 
V. .Whenever all the companies now forming a battalion or regiment 
shall have reorganized themselves into new companies, they shall have 
the right of reorganizing themselves at once into a new battalion or 
regiment, as the case may be, electing their field officers, as allowed 
by law. But if any one company of any battalion or regiment declines 
to reorganize itself, the present organization will remain until within 
twenty days of the expiration of the present term; at which time all 
re-enlisted companies will proceed immediately to organize themselves 
into new regiments, and elept their field officers, as provided by law. 
VI. .All re-enlisted companies which may fail, within the last twenty 
days of their present terms, to reorganize themselves into regiments or 
will be considered as independent companies re-enlisted for 
the war, and will be organized into battalions or regiments by the 
President, and their field officers appointed by him in the same manner 
as is provided by law for all other independent companies. 
VII. The furlough allowed by law, and directed to be regulated 
according to the distance of each volunteer from his home, is estab- 
lished as follows, viz: to each volunteer there will be allowed a fur- 
lough of full thirty days at home, to which will be added by the 
commanding officer of the army a number of days estimated to be 
sufficient to allow the volunteer to travel home and back. But in no 
case will the furlough exceed sixty days, even for those most distant 
from their h*mes. 
VIII. .. Commanding officers are directed to commence as soon as 
possible granting the furloughs allowed as above, in such numbers as 
may be deemed compatible with the safety of their commands, giving 
preference, as far as practicable, to the men in the order of their 
re-enlistment. 
IX. The bounty of fifty dollars will be paid to each man when he 
receives his furlough, at which time his transportation will also be 
furnished. 
X. man entitled to furlough may receive instead thereof the 
commutation value of his transportation, in addition to the bounty of 
fifty dollars provided by law. 
By order of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
, Adjutant and Insvector-Gcneral. GENERAL ORDERS,' 
. No. 2. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, January 6, 1862. 
I. The following act of Congress, and regulations in reference 
thereto, are published for the information of the army : 
An act for the Recruiting Service of the Provisional army of the Con- 
federate States. 
Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States do enact. That the Secretary of 
War be and he is hereby authorized to adopt measures for recruiting and enlisting 
men for companies for service in the war, or throe years, which by the casualties 
of the service have been reduced by death and discharges. 
Sec, 2, And be it f urther enacted, That the Secretary of War be and he is hereby 
authorized to detail the company commissioned officers for the above duty, in such 
numbers and at such timos as in his opinion will best comport with the public 
service. The officers thus appointed, to enlist and recruit for their respective 
companies. [Approved December 19, 1801.] 
II. .Commanding officers of all war regiments, battalions, squadrons, 
and independent companies will detail for recruiting service, subject to 
approval of the commanding officer of the army with which they are 
serving, a subaltern and one non-commissioned officer or private from 
each war company below the minimum organization, with instructions 
to proceed to the neighborhood where his company was raised, and there 
enlist recruits to raise the company to the maximum organization. 
III. .Officers detailed for recruiting service will make requisitions on 
the Adjutant and Inspector-General for recruiting funds, reporting the 
station to which they have been ordered, the company and regiment 
for which they have been directed to recruit, and the post-town, county, 
and state to which letters for them should he addressed. A similar 
report should also be made to the Commissary and Quartermaster’s 
departments, in order that the required instructions may issue to the 
proper officers of these departments to fill the requisitions necessary for 
such recruiting purposes. % 
IV. . As soon as possible after the enlistment of a recruit, he shall be 
inspected by a Commissioned surgeon or assistant surgeon of the Con- 
federate States, and if unfit for service shall be rejected. In all cases 
this inspection shall take place before the recruit leaves the state in 
which he is enlisted. 
V. commutation for rations, at the rate of twenty-five cents per 
ration, shall be allowed to each recruit from the date of his enlistment 
until he is supplied regularly with subsistence by an officer of the Com- 
missary department. VI. No clothing nor commutation for clothing will be allowed a 
recruit until after inspection. As soon as possible after inspection and 
muster, the recruit will be supplied with clothing, or commutation 
therefor, by the nearest quartermaster, in accordance with regulations. 
VII. .The time allowed for recruiting will in no case extend beyond 
thirty days, at the expiration whereof the recruiting party, with the 
enlisted men, will proceed to join their company. 
VIII. Officers in charge of recruiting parties will keep a strict ac- 
count of the disbursements made by them of moneys placed in their 
hands for the recruiting service, taking duplicate receipts for every 
item of expenditure; one set of these receipts will be retained by the 
officer for his security; the other sot, with an account current, will, at 
the expiration of the recruiting term, be transmitted to the Adjutant 
and Inspector-General for final settlement at the treasury. These 
vouchers and accounts current, addressed to the Adjutant and Inspect- 
or-General, will be marked on the upper right-hand corner of the en- 
velop which covers them, “Recruiting Service.” 
13y command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 3. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-Gen eral’s Office, 
Richmond, January 9, 1862. 
I. .The following order of Major-General Bkagg is adopted by the 
War department, and is republished for the information and govern- 
ment of the army: 
1. To insure proper economy in the administration of our military affairs is as 
necessary to the success of our cause as the defeat of our enemy. All command- 
ers and disbursing officers in this department will be required to give their closest 
attention to-expenditures, seeing they are necessary, and in conformity to law. A 
rigid scrutiny will be made by the Commanding General arid the chiefs of his staff, 
and abuses will be promptly exposed and checked. 
In location of troops, commanders and quartermasters will consult economy 
and efficiency. The vicinity of cities and towns will be avoided as far as possible, 
in order to secure health, and escape the demoralizing effects of dissipation. 
Rents will not be paid unless absolutely necessary. Fuel will be supplied as far as 
practicable by the labor of the troops, encampments being selected with this view. 
And works of defence, and huts for the winter, will bo built by the labor of sol- 
diers—officers being required* in all instances, to remain with and share the duties 
of their men. — 2. Commanders of all grades are earnestly called upon to suppress drunkenness 
by every means in their power. It is the cause of nearly every evil from which 
we suffer; the largest portion of our sickness and mortality results from it; our 
guard-houses are filled by it; officers are constantly called from their duties to 
form courts martial in consecjuence of it; inefficiency in our troops, and conse- 
quent danger to our cause, is the inevitable result. No one is benefited but the 
miserable wretch who is too cowardly to defend a country he is willing to sell by 
destroying those noble faculties lie has never possessed. Gallant soldiers should 
scorn to yield to such temptations—and intelligent and honorable officers should 
set them an example. They should be encouraged to send to their families and 
friends the pay they receive for their services, instead of wasting it in their own 
destruction, and at the risk of the holy cause in which they are engaged. Small 
as the amount is, it will cause many a dear one to rise up and call them blessed. 
‘‘ Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine to those that be 
of heavy heart”—but for us, the glorious cause in which we are engaged should 
furnish all the excitement and enthusiasm necessary for our success. 
The enemy', in large and increasing numbers, is upon our coasts. Let us cease 
all amusements and frivolities, and prepare diligently to meet him in defence of 
our homes, our firesides, and our altars. 
II..The introduction of spirituous liquors into any camp, barrack, 
or station of the army, except for medicinal purposes, duly recom- 
mended by the senior medical officer and approved by the General or 
other officer in command, is hereby expressly prohibited; and all spir- 
ituous liquors found in any of said camps, barracks, or stations, not 
authorized as above, will be confiscated or destroyed, under direction 
of the General or other officer in command. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 4. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, January 24, 1862. 
The following regulation is published for the information of all con- 
cerned : 
Forage Cap for the Army of the Confederate States. 
Pattern—Of the form known as the French kepi: to be made of 
cloth. 
For General Officers and Officers of the General Staff and Engineers— 
Dark blue band, sides, and crown. 
For the Artillery—Dark blue band: sides and crown red. 
For the Infantry—Dark blue band: sides and crown light blue. 
For the Cavalry—Dark blue band: sidesmid crown yellow. Four gold.braids for General Officers; three for Field Officers; two 
for Captains; and one for Lieutenants; to extend from the band on the 
front, back, and both sides to the top of the cap—and the centre of the 
crown to be embroidered with the same number of braids. 
For enlisted men—The cap will be of the same pattern; the band to 
be dark blue, and, as in the case o£ officers, the several arms of service 
will be designated by the color of the sides and crown — red for Artil- 
lery; light blue for Infantry ; and yellow for Cavalry. The number of 
the regiment will be worn in*front, in yellow metal. 
In hot weather, a, white duck, or linen cover, known as a havelock, 
will be worn — the apron to fall behind, so as to protect the ears and 
neck from the rays of the sun. In winter, in bad weather, an oil-skin 
cover will be worn, with an apron to fall over the coat-collar. > 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Insjiector-General. 
Marks to distinguish Rank. 
GENERAL 
No. 5. ; 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, January 25, 1802. < 
I..At a General Court Martial, convened at Camp Yancey, Arkan- 
sas, by General Orders, No. 18, 1861, from Brigadier-General Benjamin 
McCulloch’s head-quarters, whereof Major Robert W. Harper, Ar- 
kansas Rifles, was President, was arraigned and tried Lieutenant David 
A. Alexander, Napoleon Cavalry, Colonel Churchill’s regiment Arkansas 
volunteers, C. S,. A., on the following charge and specification: 
Charge. 
Taking the life of Private. Wm. Finerty, of the Napoleon Cavalry, of the regiment 
of Arkansas Mounted Riflemen. 
Speciflcation In this; ‘-That Lieutenant David A. Alexander, Napoleon Caval- 
ry, of Arkansas Volunteers, did stab, kill, and murder Private Wm. Finerty, 
of the company and regiment above mentioned, on the etening of .Tune 28, 
1861, near Fort Smith, in the County of Sebastian. State of Arkansas.” 
Findings and Sentence of the Court. 
The court finds the accused. Lieutenant David A. Alexander, of Napoleon Cav- 
alry, of the regiment of Arkansas Mounted Riflemen, as follows: “Guilty of man- 
slaughter.” 
And the court does, therefore, sentence him. the said Lieutenant David A. Alex- 
ander, of Napoleon Cavalry, of the regiment of Arkansas Mounted Riflomen, “to 
be cashiered, and dismissed from the service of the Confederate States of America.” 8 
II. proceedings of the General Court Martial in the foregoing 
case have been submitted to the Secretary of War, and.by him laid 
before the President, by whom they are approved. Lieutenant David 
A. Alexander accordingly ceases to be an officer of the Provisional 
army of the Confederate States from this date. 
III. .The General Court Martial of which Major Robert W. Harp- 
er, Arkansas Rifles, was President is dissolved. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 6. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, February 12,1862. 
l..The following acts of Congress, and regulations in reference 
thereto, are published for the information of the army: 
An act for the Recruiting Service of the Provisional army of the Con- 
federate States. 
Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States do enact, That the Secretary of 
War bo and lie is liereby authorized to adopt measures for recruiting and enlisting 
men for companies for service in the war, or three years, which by the casualties 
of the service have been reduced by death and discharges. 
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be and he is 
hereby authorized to detail the company commissioned officers for the above duty, 
in such numbers and at such times as in his opinion will best comport with the 
public service. The officers thus appointed, to enlist and recruit for their respective 
companies. [Approved December 19,1861.] 
Sec. 3. Any vacancy occurring in the ranks of companies mustered into the 
Confederate service for three years, or for the war. may be filled by volunteers; 
and the commander of eacli of said squadrons, battalions, or regiments, organized 
as aforesaid, may detail one commissioned officer and one non-commissioned officer, 
and one or more privates from each company of his command, with the approval 
of the Brigadier-General of the brigade to which said squadron, battalion, or regi- 
ment may be attached, to recruit men for such 'company; so that the same may 
contain not more than one hundred and twenty-five, rank and file; and the men so 
recruited shall be mustered at the time of enrolment, and shall be entitled to 
transportation and subsistence, or commutation of subsistence, till they join their 
respective companies, and to fifty dollars bounty, to be paid at the time of joining 
the same. [3d Sec. of act 28th January, No. 356.] * Aii act to provide for Recruiting Companies now in the service of the 
Confederate States for twelve months. 
Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That all 
companies of volunteers, now in the service of the Confederate States under en- 
listment for the term of twelve months, may be recruited by enlisting, or receiving 
volunteers for three years or the war, to a number not to exceed one hundred and 
twenty-five, rank and file; and companies so recruited shall, at the expiration of 
the term of service of the original company, elect their commissioned officers; and 
vacancies thereafter occurring in the commissioned offices of such companies 
shall be filled by promotion of said commissioned officers, except that vacancies in 
the lowest grade of such offices shall be filled by election. 
Sec. 2. The colonel or commanding officer of the several regiments, battalions, 
and squadrons enlisted for twelve months as aforesaid, may detail one commis- 
sioned officer and not exceeding two privates of each company, to recruit for 
their respective companies; and the officers and privates so detailed shall be en- 
titled to transportation while so engaged, and the recruits so enlisted shall he 
entitled to pay, transportation, and subsistence from the time and place of enlist- 
ment, together with the sum of fifty dollars, as a bounty, upon joining their 
respective companies. 
Sec. 3. The original volunteers in such companies re-enlisting according to the 
terms of the act entitled an act providing for the granting of bounty and furloughs 
to privates and non-commissioned officers in the Provisional army, may re-enlist in 
and form part of the companies to bo recruited as herein provided ; and when all 
the companies composing the regiment, battalion, or squadron as aforesaid, shall, 
by recruiting as aforesaid, or by re-enlistment and recruiting us aforesaid, have 
attained, at the date of the expiration of the term of service of the original com- 
panies, the number required by law for a company, the number and designation of 
such regiment, battalion, or squadron, may continue, or such of said companies as 
are complete at that date may reorganize into new regiments, battalions, or squad- 
rons, or attach themselves toother regiments, battalions, or squadrons; and in all 
such cases the field officers shall be elected, and vacancies thereafter occurring in 
such field offices shall be filled by promotion, as directed by the act aforesaid. 
Sec. 4. Companies organized by re-enlisted twelve months volunteers under 
the act aforesaid may be recruited to the number of one hundred aud twenty-five, 
in the manner prescribed in the second section of this act. 
Sec. o. Where, at the date of the expiration of the term of service of the origi- 
nal company, the number of recruits and enlisted men may not amount to the 
minimum number required for a company, the recruited men may combine with 
recruits of other companies in like situation, so as to form complete companies; 
and. in default of such combination, the said recruits may be assigned or distrib- 
uted to other companies from the state in which such recl'uits were enlisted. 
Sec. 6. The Secretary of War shall make all needful rules to carry into effect 
the foregoing provisions. [Approved January 27,1862.] 
II.. Commanding officers of all war and twelve months regiments, 
battalions, squadrons, and independent Companies, or three months 10 
volunteers now in service, will detail for recruiting service, subject to 
approval of the Brigadier-General of the brigade with which they are 
serving, a commissioned officer and one non-commissioned officer or 
private from each company below the maximum organization (one hun- 
dred and twenty-five meu), with instructions to proceed to the neigh- 
borhood where his company was raised, and there enlist recruits to 
raise the company to the maximum organization. 
III. .Officers detailed for recruiting service will make requisitions on 
the Adjutant and Inspector-General for recruiting funds, reporting the 
station to which they have been ordered, the company and regiment for 
which they have been directed to recruit, and the post-town, county, 
and state to which letters for them should be addressed. A similar 
report should also be made to the Commissary and Quartermaster’s 
departments, in order that the required instructions may issue to the 
proper officers of these departments to fill the requisitions necessary 
for such recruiting purposes. 
IV. .As soon as possible after the enlistment of a recruit, he shall be 
inspected by a commissioned surgeon or assistant surgeon of the Con- 
federate States, and if unfit for service shall be rejected. In all cases 
this inspection shall take place before the recruit leaves the state in 
which he is enlisted. 
V. .A'commutation for rations, at the rate of twenty-five cents per 
ration, shall be allowed to each recruit from the date of his enlistment 
until he is supplied regularly with subsistence by an officer of the Com- 
missary department. 
VI. .No clothing nor commutation for clothing will be allowed a re- 
cruit until after inspection. As soon as possible after inspection and 
muster, the recrvfit will be supplied with clothing, or commutation 
therefor, by the nearest quartermaster, in accordance with regulations. 
VII. .The time allowed for recruiting will in no case*extent beyond 
thirty days; at the expiration whereof the recruiting party, with the 
enlisted men, will proceed to join their company. y 
VIII. Officers in charge of recruiting parties will keep a strict 
account of the disbursements made by them of moneys placed in their 
hands for the recruiting service, taking duplicate receipts for every 
item of expenditure; one set of these receipts will be retained by the 
officer for his security; the other set, with an account current, will, at 
the expiration of the recruiting term, be transmitted to the Adjutant 
and Inspector-General for final settlement at the treasury. These vouchers and accounts current, addressed to the Adjutant and Inspect- 
or-General, will be marked, on the upper corner of the 
envelop which covers them, “ Recruiting Service.” 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,' 
No. 7. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, February 18, 1802. 
I. .At a General Court Martial, convened at Staunton, Ya., by virtue 
of General Orders, No. 24, of January 24, 1862, from the Adjutant and 
Inspector-General’s office, whereof Lieutenant-Colonel G. W. Carr, 
67th Regiment Virginia Volunteers, was President, was arraigned and 
tried Captain TP. B. Bruce, of Company K, 20th Regiment Virginia 
Volunteers, on the following charge and specification : 
Charge. 
Disobedience of orders. 
Specification “That he, Captain W. B. Bruce, of Company K, 20th Regiment 
Virginia Volunteers, did fail to have a guard placed at the government 
stables, after having been twice ordered by Lieutenant-Colonel M. G. Har- 
man, the commanding officer of the post, to do so.” This at or near Staun- 
ton, Va., on or about the 17 th of December, 1861. 
Findings and Sentence of the Court. 
The court finds the accused. Captain Wm. B. Bruce, Company K, 20th Regiment 
Virginia Volunteers, guilty of the specification and guilty of the charge, and does, 
therefore, sentonce him, the said Captain Wm. B. Bruce. “ to be reprimanded in 
orders by the Secretary of War.” 
II. .The proceedings in the foregoing case having been submitted to 
the Secretary of War, and by him laid before the President, are by him 
approved. 
The court have accompanied their sentence with the remark that 
they are “thus lenient” because it appears from the evidence that Cap- 
tain Bruce had not for duty men sufficient in number to furnish the 
sentinels required with the usual tours, in addition to those already on 
guard. That he stated this fact, and asked and was expecting further 
information. The court thus. appears to have availed themselves of 
the only excuse that can be found for the serious and reprehensible 
neglect of Captain Bruce, resulting as it has, not only in great loss of public property, but in the open exhibition of carelessness and inatten- 
tion to duty which deserves and receives as its lightest punishment 
the emphatic rebuke of the department. 
III. .The General Court Martial of which Lieutenant-Colonel G. W. 
Carr, 57th Regiment Virginia Volunteers, is President is dissolved. 
By order of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 8. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, February 26,1862. 
1.. The following act of Congress, with regulations of the Secretary 
of War thereupon, is published for the information of the army : 
Ail act to authorize and provide for the Organization of the Maryland 
Line. 
Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That all 
native or adopted citizens of the State of Maryland who have heretofore volun- 
teered, are now in, or may hereafter volunteer in the service of the Confederate 
States, may, at their option, he organized and enrolled into companies, squadrons, 
battalions, and regiments, and, with the First Maryland regiment, and several 
companies now in service, into one or more brigades, to be known as the Maryland 
Line: said organization to be in accordance with existing laws. [Approved Feb- 
ruary 15,1862.] 
II. .In accordance with the requirements of the above act, all Mary- 
landers now in service in the military organizations, other than that of 
the First Maryland regiment, will, upon application (proper evidence 
setting forth the fact that they are. native or adopted Marylanders 
being furnished), be transferred to the First Maryland regiment; or, 
where the numbers are sufficient, may be organized into companies, 
squadrons, battalions, or regiments, which, with the First Maryland 
regiment, will be formed into brigades, to be known as the Maryland 
Line. 
111.. Col. George II. Stewart, now commanding the First Mary- 
land regiment, is assigned to this duty of organization, re-enlisting 
for his own regiment, and reorganizipg from the material obtained by enlistments and transfers in accordance with the foregoing law — hav- 
ing command of the whole. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, March 18. 1862. 
Transfers above indicated being required by law, applications therefor, prop- 
erly vouched, will be made by Commanding Generals of departments, with whom 
the parties are serving. 
By order of the Secretary of War. 
R. H. CHILTON, 
- Assistant Adjutant-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, j 
No. 9. j 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, March 1, 1862. 
I. .The fofiowing proclamation of the President is published for the 
information of all concerned: 
PROCLAMATION. 
By virtue of the power vested in me by law to declare the suspension of the 
privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in cities threatened with invasion: 
I, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, do pro- 
claim that martial law is hereby extended over the City of Richmond and the 
adjoining and surrounding country to the distance of ten miles, and I do proclaim 
the suspension of all civil jurisdiction (with the exception of that of the mayor 
of the city), and the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus 
within the said city and surrounding country to the distance aforesaid. 
In faith whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and set my seal, at the City 
of Richmond, on this first day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred 
and sixty-two. 
[seal.] (Signed) JEFFERSON DAVIS. 
II. .Brigadier-General J. II. Winder, commanding the Department 
of Henrico, is charged with the due execution of the foregoing procla- 
mation. He will forthwith establish an efficient-military police, and 
will enforce the following orders : 
All distillation of spirituous liquors is positively prohibited, and the 
distilleries will forthwith be closed. The sale of spirituous liquors of 
any kind is also prohibited, and establishments for the sale thereof will 
be closed. 14 
III..All persons infringing tho above prohibition will suffer such 
punishment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a court martial : 
Provided, that no sentence to hard labor for more than one month shall 
be inflicted by the sentence of a regimental court martial, as directed 
by the 67th Article of War. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 10. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, March 8, 1862. 
General Order, No. 9, issued March 1, 1862, proclaiming the suspen- 
sion o,f all civil jurisdiction, with the exception of that of the mayor 
of the City of Richmond, within the city and the surrounding country 
to tho distance of ten miles, is hereby so modified as to permit the 
courts to take cognizance of the probate of wills, the administration 
of the estates of deceased persons, and the qualifications of guardians; 
to enter decrees and orders for the partition and sale of property; to 
make orders concerning roads and bridges; to assess‘county levies, 
and order the payment of county dues. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
[Extract.] 
GENERAL ORDERS. 
No. 11. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, March 8,1862. 
I..The following proclamation is published for the information of 
all concerned : 
PROCLAMATION. 
By virtue of the power vested in me by law to declare tho suspension of the 
privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in cities threatened with invasion: 
I, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, do proclaim 
that martial law is hereby extended over the City of Petersburg, and the adjoin- 
ing and surrouuding country to the distance of ten miles, and I do proclaim tb« 15 
suspension of all civil jurisdiction (with the exception of that of the mayor of 
the city, and that enabling the courts to take cognizance of the probate of wills, 
the administration of the estates of deceased persons, the qualifications of guar- 
dians, to enter docrees and orders for the partition and sale of property, to make 
orders concerning roads and bridges, to assess county levies, and-to order the pay- 
ment of county dues), and the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas 
corpus within the said city and surrounding country to the distance aforesaid. 
In faith whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and set my seal on, (his 
eighth day of March, in the year ono thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. 
[seal.] (Signed) JEFFERSON DAVIS. 
II. .William Pannill is appointed provost marshal, and is charged 
with the due execution of the foregoing proclamation. He will forth- 
with establish an efficient military police, and will enforce the following 
orders: 
III. .All distillation of spirituous liquops is positively prohibited, 
and the distilleries will forthwith be closed. The sale of spirituous 
liquors of any kind is also prohibited, and establishments for the sale 
thereof will be closed. 
IV. All persons infringing the above prohibition will suffer such 
punishment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a court martial: 
Provided, that no sentence to hard labor for more than one month shall 
be inflicted by the sentence of a regimental court martial, as directed 
by the 67th Article of War. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 12. 
WAR DEPARTMENT. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, March 10,1862. 
The following order is published for the instruction and guidance of 
officers of the army : 
I. All officers receiving provisions from officers of the Commissary 
department will state, on the back of the return, the amount of each- 
article of provisions actually received on that return ; and commissa- 
ries will make out their Abstracts of Issues in accordance with such 
receipts. 
II. .Commanding officers whose duty it may be to examine the 
“Abstracts of Issues” of the commissaries of their command will * 
reject all "Returns” for issue (made after tljc promulgation of tins 
order to their respective commands) which do not show the amounts 
actually issued by the statement of the receiving officbr to that effect, 
certifying that the abstracts are in accordance with the issues actually 
made. 
III..All disbursing officers will comply strictly with the require- 
ments of the regulations of their departments calling for the rendition 
of their monthly returns five days after the expiration of each month; 
and of quarter-yearly accounts twenty days after the expiration of 
each quarter: and, where failing within three months after the expira- 
tion of the quarter to make the proper returns, officers so failing shall 
then be dropped from the rolls of tho army. The onus of explaining 
such default to the satisfaction of the President, with the view to res- 
toration, shall in all cases rest entirely upon the party who may be so 
dropped. 
IY. .Commissaries and acting commissaries of subsistence of regi- 
ments and battalions will, whenever possible, draw provisions on re- 
turns according to forms No. 13 and 14 of the Subsistence Regula- 
tions. Commissaries who draw stores in bulk can alone make sales to 
officers. 
By order of tho Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 13. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, March 13, 1862. 
I. .The following act of Congress, and the regulations of the Secre- 
tary of War thereupon, with directions respecting damaged powder, 
etc., are published for the information of the army: 
An act to establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization for persons enlisted 
in the armies of the. Confederate States of America. 
Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That every 
person not a citizen of one of the Confederate States, engaged in the military ser- 
vice of the said Confederate States, during the existing war against the United 
States of America, shall thereby, and while in such service, be under the protec- 
tion of the Confederate States, as fully as if he were a citizen thereof, the rights 
of a citizen being to such extent hereby,conferred; and moreover, shall have the 
right to become naturalized and to become a citizen of any one of the Confederate 
States; and shall thereby be entitled to al! the rights and privileges of a citizen 17 
of said state of the Confederate States, upon taking an oath to support the consti- 
tution of such state, and well and faithfully to serve the Confederate States of 
America, to maintain and support the constitution and laws thereof, and to 
renounce all allegiauce and obedience to any foreign government, state, sover- 
eignty, prince, or potentate, and particularly, by name, the government, stato, 
sovereignty, prince, or potentate, of which ho may bo, or have boen, a citizen or 
subject, and stating which one of tho Confederate States he intends to become a 
citizen of. But if the state in which tho said applicant shall have resided next 
before his application shall afterward become a member of this Confederacy, the 
citizenship of said applicant shall remain in said state, at his election, notwith- 
standing proceedings under this act. 
Sec. 2. The oath prescribed in the preceding section maybe made by all persons 
below the rank of colonel before the colonel or commanding officer of the regi- 
mont to which such persons may be attached; and said oath may bo made by 
colonels, and all officers superior in rank to colonels, and by all persons enlisted 
in the military service of the Confederate States not attached to regiments, before 
an}- commissioned officer of the Confederate States of rank higher than that of 
colonel. And it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to provide blank forms 
of the oath required to be taken as aforesaid, and to cause the same to be distrib- 
uted whenever necessary, and to make the regulations necessary for informing all 
persons now engaged in the military service of tho Confederate States of tho 
provisions of this act, and to cause all the oaths so taken as aforesaid to be 
returned to the War department. And it shall be further the duty of the Sec- 
retary of War to file for record, in the district court of the Confederate States for 
the state and district where the capital may be situated, all the oaths so returned 
to the War department as aforesaid. And it shall be the duty of the clerk of 
said district court to record all oaths of naturalization filed with him as afore- 
said, and to keep an index of the same, for which service he shall be entitled 
to a fee of twenty-five cents for each naturalization oath, to be paid out of 
the public treasury, in the same manner as his other fees of office. [Approved 
August 22, 1861.] 
II..Any person under the rank of colonel, engaged in the military 
service of the Confederate States, and attached to a regiment, may 
become a citizen of one of said states, hy taking the following oath 
before the colonel or commanding officer of the'regiment to which be 
is attached : 
I, , do solemnly swear to support the constitution of the State 
of , of which said state I intend to become a citizen ; that I will 
well and faithfully serve the Confederate States of America, and main- 
tain and support the constitution and laws thereof; and that I do 
renounce all allegiance and obedience to any foreign government, state, 
sovereignty, prince, or potentate, and particularly all allegiance and 
obedience to 
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this day of , 186-, by 
, who is attached to the regiment under my command. III. .The same oath must be taken by coloiieis, and officers superior 
iii rank to oolotielg, and also by all persons enlisted in the military ser- 
vice of the Confederate States not attaohed to regiments, in order to 
become citizens of any ono of the Confederate States. In such cases, 
the oath must be taken and subscribed before a commissioned officer of 
the Confederate States, whose rank is higher than that of colonel, 
whose certificate must show that such oath was taken by a colonel, or 
by an officer superior in rank to a colonel, or by a person enlisted in 
the military service of the Confederate States not attached to any 
regiment. 
IV. .Any oath taken as aforesaid shall be returned to the War 
department by the officer before whom it is taken. 
V. Wastage of damaged powder and ammunition in camps and at 
batteries having been reported, it is made the duty of officers in charge 
thereof to turn it over to the nearest ordnance officer; or, ho being 
absent, to the quartermaster, who will forward it, with invoices of the 
amount, to the ordnance officer at Richmond, Raleigh, Augusta, or 
New Orleans, depending -on their distance from those points respect- 
ively. The same will bo done with all unserviceable arms 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 14. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, March 13, 1802. 
General Robert E. Lee is assigned to duty at the seat of govern- 
ment ; and, under the direction of the President., is charged with the 
conduct of military operations in the armies of the Confederacy. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and rnspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 15. 
AVAR DEPARTMENT. - 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, March 14, 1862. 
I..The following proclamation is published for the information of 
all concerned: 
PROCLAMATION. 
Uy virtue of the power vested in me by law to declare the suspension of the 
privilege of the writ of habeas corpus: 
I. Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, do proclaim 
that martial law is hereby extended over the counties of Elizabeth City, York, 
Warwick, Gloucester, and Matthews; and I do,proclaim the suspension of all civil 
jurisdiction (with the exception of that enabling the courts to take cognizance of 
the probate of wills, the administration of the estates of deceased persons, the 
qualification of guardians, to enter decrees and orders for the partition and sale of 
property, to make orders concerning roads and bridges, to assess county levies, and 
to order the payment of county dues), and the suspension of the privilege of the 
writ of habeas corpus, in the counties aforesaid. 
In faith whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and set my seal, this four- 
teenth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. 
[seal.] (Signed) JEFFERSON DAVIS. 
II. .Major-General Magrcder, commanding the Army of the Penin- 
sula, is charged with the due execution of the foregoing proclamation. 
He will forthwith establish an efficient military police, and will enforce 
the following orders : 
III. All distillation of spirituous liquors is positively prohibited, 
and the distilleries will forthwith be closed. The sale of spirituous 
liquors of any kind is also prohibited, and establishments for the sale 
thereof will be closed. 
IV. All persons infringing the above prohibition will suffer such 
punishment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a court martial: 
provided, that no sentence to hard labor for more than one month shall 
be inflicted by the sentence of a regimental court martial, as directed 
by the 67th Article of War. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inepector-General. GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 1. 
HEAD-QUARTERS, 
Richmond, Ya., March 20, 1862. 
To avoid the danger, if not the certainty of frequent collisions, and 
the consequent destruction of life and property, as well as obstruction 
to all transportation, it is absolutely necessary that the movements of 
railroad trains should be under one undivided control. These consid- 
erations make it imperative that all trains should be regulated in their 
movements and speed only by their conductors and engineers, in ac- 
cordance with the regulations and time tables of the company. All 
the operations of a road should be controlled by its superintendent, or 
other authorized officer; and all orders for transportation of every 
kind, and the movement of every train, will be directed through him, 
when the'Exigencies of the service demand a variation from the regu- 
lar schedule. Disregard of this rule will inevitably be attended with 
disastrous consequences. 
By order of General R. E. Lee. 
W. H. TAYLOR, 
Assistant Adjutant-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 16. 
WAR DEPARTMENT. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, March 2-f, 1862. 
All leaves of absence and furloughs, from whatever source obtained, 
are revoked; and officers and men absent from duty, except on sur- 
geon’s certificate of disability, will return at once to their respective 
commands. It is with extreme reluctance that the department adopts 
a measure which deprives our patriotic soldiers of the relaxation they 
have so well earned; but the enemy presses on every side, and the 
necessities of the service demand new illustrations of that noble self- 
denial which has been so many times evinced since the commencement 
of our struggle for independence. The furloughs of all who have 
engaged for the war which are thus curtailed will be extended here- 
after, when circumstances permit. But, judging from the past, no 
fears are entertained of an unwilling response to this call. Those who 
have so many times proved their devotion to their country, can not be 
indifferent or backward in this hour of her greatest need ! 
By order of the President. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Richmond, Va., March 26, 1862. 
I. .The following regulations are adopted in place of medical regula- 
tions, paragraphs 2 to 6, inclusive, and general regulations, paragraphs 
1151 to 1155, inclusive, and will be obeyed accordingly: 
1. An army corps or military department will have a medical officer 
assigned as medical director, who will have the general control of the 
medical officers and hospital. 
2. A division will have a medical officer assigned, on the recommen- 
dation of the medical director, as chief surgeon; or the senior medi- 
cal officer of the division, on the same recommendation, will be relieved 
from regimental duty, and placed in general charge as chief surgeon 
of division. 
3. A brigade will be under the general medical charge of the senior 
surgeon of brigade, who will not be relieved from regimental duty. 
4. Medical directors, chief surgeons of divisions, and senior sur- 
geons of brigades will inspect the hospitals of their commands, and 
see that the rules and regulations arc enforced, and the duties of the 
surgeons and assistant surgeons are properly performed. 
5. They will examine the case books, prescription, and diet books, 
and ascertain the nature of diseases which may have prevailed, and 
their probable causes; recommend the best method of prevention, and 
also make such suggestions relative to the situation, construction, and 
economy of the hospitals, and to the police of the camps, as may ap- 
pear necessary for the benefit and comfort of the sick, and the good of 
the service. 
6. Senior surgeons of brigades will receive the monthly reports of 
sick and wounded (Form 1) required from the medical officers, and 
transmit them through the chief surgeon of division to the medical 
director. 
7. The medical director will make to the surgeon - general a con- 
solidated monthly report of the sick and wounded from the monthly 
reports of the medical officers of the command. 
8. Chief surgeons of divisions and senior surgeons of brigades will 
see that the quarterly reports of sick and wounded, and monthly 
statements of hospital fund required from the medical officers are 
transmitted to the surgeon-general. 
9. Senior surgeons of brigades will make to the chief surgeons of 
divisions, and chief surgeons of divisions will make to the medical 
director, monthly returns of the medical officers of their commands. 
(Form 2.) 
10. The medical director will make to the surgeon-general a monthly 
return of the medical officers of the command. 22 
II. .Medical officers heretofore styled medical directors who do not 
come within the meaning of the first of the above regulations will be 
designated, as the case may be, in accordance with the second or third 
regulation; and medical officers heretofore called brigade surgeons, if 
not attached to regiments, will be assigned to regiments not provided 
with surgeons. 
GEO. W. RANDOLPH, 
Secretary of War. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 17. 
WAlt DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, March 27. 1862. 
The following orders are published for the direction and guidance of 
all concerned: 
1.. Hereafter the rank and tile of the army will not be permitted to 
carry other side arms than those issued by the government, or such as 
are appropriate to their arm of service. All side arms now borne by 
dismounted troops will be turned in to the Ordnance department, for 
which a fair value will be paid. 
11.. All requisitions made upon the Ordnance department for a new 
issue of arms, accoutrements, or equipments, must be accompanied by 
evidence that such articles previously issued have been condemned by 
a board of survey, and turned over to the nearest ordnance officer, be- 
fore a new issue can be made. 
111.. 0.ficers, other than Commanding Generals, are prohibited from 
sending officers to the seat of government for transaction of business 
in person, as it may be done by correspondence. 
IV.. All company commanders, commanding officers of battalions, 
and other officers having charge of clothing, camp and garrison equi- 
page, or other quartermaster’s property, are required to make a return 
of the same to the quartermaster - general at the expiration of each 
quarter, showing the receipts and issues during the quarter, and the 
balance on hand at the expiration of the quarter. This rule will also 
be observed with regard to the returns required by the Ordnance de- 
partment, • 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Innpcctor-Crcneral. GENERAL ORDERS,! 
No. 18. j 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, March 29,1862. 
1.. The following proclamation is published for the information of 
all concerned: 
PROCLAMATION. 
By virtue of the power vested in me by law to declare the suspension of the 
privilege of the writ of habeas corpus: 
I, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, do proclaim 
that martial law is hereby extended over the counties of Greenbriar, Pocahontas, 
Bath, Alleghany, Monroe,'Mercer, Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, and Randolph; and 
I do proclaim the suspension of all civil jurisdiction (with the exception of that 
enabling the courts to take cognizance of the probate of wills, the administration 
of the estates of deceased persons, the qualification of guardians, to enter decrees 
and orders for the partition and sale of property, to make orders concerning roads 
and bridges, to assess county levies, and to order the payment of county dues), and 
the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus in the counties aforesaid. 
In faith whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and set my seal, this the 29tli 
day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. 
[seal.] . (Signed) JEFFERSON DAVIS. 
II. .Brigadier-General Henry Heth is charged with tho due execu- 
tion of tho foregoing proclamation. lie will forthwith establish an 
etlicient military police, and will enforce the following orders: 
All distillation of spirituous liquors is positively prohibited, and the 
distilleries will forthwith be closed. The sale of spirituous liquors of 
any kind is also prohibited, and establishments for the sale thereof will 
be closed. 
111.. All persons infringing the above prohibition will suffer such 
punishment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a court martial: pro- 
vided, that no sentence to hard labor for more than one month shall be 
inflicted by the sentence of a regimental court martial, as directed by 
the 07th Article of War. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS," 
No. 19. 
AVAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, April 3,1862. 
The following order is published for the information of the army, 
and the guidance of all concerned in the subjects referred to : 
Volunteers mustered out of service, on the expiration of their term. 
!• - The rolls for this purpose must contain all the names which have been borne on the previous muster rolls, from the first, or the One 
mustering into service, including all who have died, been captured, din- 
chary ed, or have deserted, since the enrolment of the company, with 
appropriate remarks opposite the name of each respectively. All ab- 
sentees must be satisfactorily accounted for by explanations recorded 
in the column of remarks. This roll, containing the information above 
required, wTill be prepared and completed at the time that the com- 
pany may be discharged, and be forwarded in duplicate by the officer 
charged with mustering it out of service direct to the Adjutant and 
Inspector-General’s office, War department — one endorsed “For the 
Quartermaster-General.” The roll will only vary from the ordinary 
muster roll used for the payment of companies, by the addition of 
the names of all who have died, been captured, discharged, or have 
deserted, since the day of muster into service. 
11.. Payments upon company rolls will be made, when practicable, 
at the end of every two (2) months—as January and February, March 
and April, etc. In no instance must a company be paid to a date 
including a fractional portion of a month, unless discharged. 
111.. .Brigade commanders (where this shall not have been done by 
the Commanding General of the army with which they may be serving) 
will designate some officer of the brigade to muster his command upon 
the last day of every mouth, to examine and verify the muster rolls, 
to see that they conform in all respects to the requirements of printed 
notes thereupon; and to transmit, after such examination and signing 
of the said rolls by him, one copy thereof for each company to the 
Adjutant and Inspector - General; two copies of the muster and pay 
rolls to the Brigade Quartermaster, upon which to make his estimates 
for payment of the troops; and a third copy of the muster and pay 
rolls to the captain or commanding officer of the company, for the files 
of the company. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 20. 
WAlt DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, April 5,1802. 
I..From this date no authority will be granted by this department 
to raise new companies, battalions, or regiments, except upon applica- 
tion, approved by the General commanding the military department in which the services of such corps are specially required, and by the 
governor of the state in which it is proposed to raise the corps, if the 
quota of such state has not been already mustered into service. 
II. To insure a proper degree of deliberation and accuracy of fire, 
it is enjoined upon all officers commanding batteries of heavy guns, 
that, habitually, no gun shall be fired oftener than once in five minutes, 
except under extreme urgency. 
III. .The attention of the army is called to the regulations upon the 
subject of correspondence, which point out the channels through which 
communications should be made in the ascending line. Letters and 
communications outside of this channel will not receive attention. 
By order of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL 
No. 21. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, April 8,1862. 
I. The following proclamation is published for the information of. 
all concerned : 
PROCLAMATION. 
By virtue of the power vested in me by law to declare the suspension of the 
privilege of the writ of habeas corpus: 
I, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, do proclaim 
that martial law is hereby extended over the Department of East Tennessee, 
under the command of Major-General K. K Smith; and I.do proclaim the sus- 
pension of all civil jurisdiction (with the exception of that enabling the courts to 
take cognizance of the probate of wills, the administration of the estates of de- 
ceased persons, the qualification of guardians, to enter decrees and orders for the 
partition and sale of property, to make orders concerning roads and bridges, to 
assess county levies, and to order the payment of county dues), and the suspension 
of the writ of habeas corpus, in the department aforesaid. 
In faith whereof I have hereunto signed my name and set my seal, this eighth 
day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. 
[seal.] (Signed) JEFFERSON DAVIS. 
II. .Major-General E. K. Smith, commanding the Department of 
East Tennessee, is charged with the due execution of the foregoing 
proclamation. He will forthwith establish an efficient military police, 
and will enforce the following orders : 
All distillation of spirituous liquors is positively prohibited, and the 
distilleries will forthwith be closed. The sale of spirituous liquors of any kind is also prohibited, and establishments for the sale thereof will 
be dosed. 
III..All persons infringing the above prohibition will suffer such 
punishment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a court martial; pro- 
vided, that no sentence to hard labor for more than one month shall be 
inflicted by the sentence of a regimental court martial, as directed by 
the 67th Article of War. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, ; 
No. 22. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspectok-Genekal’s Office, 
Richmond, April 9,1862. 
The following regulations are published for the guidance of recruit- 
ing officers: 
1. The muster roll is the certificate of enlistment. No other blanks 
are furnished. 
2. The muster roll must be sent to, or deposited in, the office of the 
Adjutant and Inspector-General in Richmond. The recruiting officer 
will retain in his possession (to be deposited with the records of his 
company) a duplicate of this muster roll. 
3. A certified copy of this muster roll, duly receipted, will be a proper 
-voucher for the expenditure of the bounty money. 
4. The accounts for the settlement of the bounty money will be 
handed in, or sent to the Quartermaster-GenoralVoffice. All balances 
of this fund will be turned over to an officer of the Quartermaster’s 
department. 
5. Accounts for the settlement of the contingent fund of the recruit- 
ing service will be sent to, or handed in to the superintendent of the 
recruiting service. 
G. Officers will be careful not to confound this account with the 
bounty money. Each fund is to be accounted for separately. 
7. Officers on recruiting service are entitled to commutation of fuel 
and quarter!*, at the monthly rate of $9 per room, and wood at the 
market price of the locality where they are recruiting. 27 
8. Sergeants and privates, when ordered on the recruiting service 
are entitled to seventy-five cents a day from the time of leaving their 
companies, as commutation for their quarters and subsistence. ; 
9. Recruits will be allowed seventy-five cents a day each as commu- 
tation for quarters and subsistence from the date of enlistment to the 
day of joining their companies, or until subsistence is furnished in 
kind. This allowance will be paid from the contingent fund in the 
hands of the recruiting officers. 
10. Transportation will be furnished on railroads by the Quarter- 
master’s department; and agents on’thc road have been instructed to 
forward parties of recruits on the certificate or requisition of recruiting 
officers. % 
By order of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS. 
No. 2. 
HEAD-QUARTERS, 
Richmond, April 11,1862. 
As it is of the greatest importance to the country that the mails 
should he transmitted with regularity and promptness, it is ordered 
that, whenever the exigencies of the service render it necessary to use 
the mail trains for the transportation of troops and military supplies, 
the officer directing the movement will give orders to have the mail car 
attached to the train and carried on its proper route, or at least to the 
point where it may become necessary to stop or divert the transporta- 
tion train. 
By order of General Lee. 
T. A. WASHINGTON, 
Major and A. A. G. 
GENERAL ORDERS,' 
No. 23*. - 
WAK DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-Gf.nera i.’s Office, 
Richmond, April 15, 1862. 
Parties who have been authorized by the War department to raise 
troops in Texas are prohibited from enlisting or receiving twelve 
months men; and all authority heretofore granted by this government 28 
to raise troops in any state is hereby revoked, unless the organization 
is completed and the muster rolls returned to this office within sixty 
days from the date of this order. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and fnupector-Gcneral. 
GENERAL ORDERS,] 
No. 24. J 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's. Office, 
Richmond. April 16,1862. 
1.. All officers assigned to ordnance duty with troops in the field 
will be reported to the Adjutant and Inspector-General of the army, 
and will report by letter to the Chief of the Ordnance bureau in Rich- 
mond. 
11.. Every General in command of an army corps will, if no officer 
is assigned to his army for the purpose, designate an officer for ord- 
nance duty as “Chief of Ordnance” of that army, who shall, while on 
such duty, if of inferior grade in the Confederate army, he entitled to 
the rank and pay of major of artillery. 
» 
III. .Every Major-General in command of a division, or Brigadier- 
General whose brigade constitutes a separate command, will, under 
like circumstances, designate an officer for ordnance duty as “division 
ordnance officer” (or “brigade ordnance officer,” if the brigade consti- 
tutes a separate command), who shall, if a subaltern in the Confederate 
army, have the rank and pay of a captain of artillery. 
IV. Officers so appointed shall be selected on account of fitness for 
ordnance duties, and shall be considered ns attached to the Ordnance 
bureau, and will not be changed except by authority obtained from 
the head-quarters of the army, through the Chief of the Bureau of 
ordnance. 
V. Every commanding officer of a regiment will select from the 
non-commissioned offiegrs of the regiment the one best qualified for 
the duty of ordnance sergeant, and will appoint him acting ordnance 
sergeant. Such non-commissioned officer will have charge of all the 
surplus ordnance stores of the regiment, and will make returns of th6 
same to the Ordnance bureau. The arms and accoutrements of the 
sick and disabled of the regiment will be turned over to and bo ac- 
counted for by him. He will exercise supervision over the arms and 
ammunition in the hands of the men, and report any waste or damage to the division ordnance officer through the colonel of the regiment. 
All such appointments will be reported through the general head- 
quarters to the Chief of the Ordnance bureau. 
VI. The “Chief of Ordnance” of an army will require reports 
monthly, or ofterier, from “ division ordnance officers,” and will be 
responsible for the supply of ordnance and ordnance stores with the 
army to which it is attached. 
VII. The division ordnance officers will make reports monthly, or 
oftener, if required, to the “ Chief of Ordnance ” of the army to which 
the division belongs. They will be responsible for all ordnance stores 
with the division not in the hands of the troops, and make returns 
thereof to the Bureau of ordnance. 
VIII. Chiefs of ordnance of armies and all ordnance officers in the 
field are attached to the staffs of their respective commands, but will 
nevertheless conform to such orders and instructions received from the 
Chief of the Bureau of ordnance in relation to the execution of their 
appropriate duties as do not interfere with the orders of the command- 
ing officers in the field. 
IX. It is especially enjoined on all officers of ordnance to prevent 
waste of small arms and field ammunition in the hands of troops, and 
to cause unservicfeable ammunition to be sent off to the nearest ord- 
nance depot. Arms, accoutrements, and equipments which can not be 
repaired in the field will in like manner be forwarded for immediate 
repairs. 
X. .Ordnance officers serving on the staffs of Generals commanding 
will not enter into contracts for or purchase ordnance supplies, except 
in case of necessity, on the authority of the General, which must be 
attached to the contract or account for such purchase. The exigency 
requiring the contract or purchase will also be stated therein. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 25. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, Aptil 18, 1802. 
I..At a General Court Martial, convened at Galveston, Texas, by 
General Orders, No. 17, of November 14, 1861, from the Head-quarters, Department of Texas, whereof Major Frederick Tate, Nichols’ regi- 
ment, was President, was' arraigned and tried Captain Wm. T. Mechling, 
P. A. p. S., on the following charge and specification: 
Breach of Arrest. 
Charge. 
Specification...In this; “That Captain Wm. T. Mechling, P. A.C. S., while under 
arrest, by confinement to the limits of his camp, viz: Camp Edward Clark, did 
break his arrest by drilling the company under his command.” All tills at Camp 
Edward Clark, near San Antonio, Texas, on or about the 30th day of October, 
A. D. 1861. 
Findings and Sentence op the Court. 
The court finds the accused. Captain Wm. T. Mechling, P. A. C. S.. as follows: 
Of the Specification, guilty; of the Charge, guilty; and sentences him uto be 
cashiered.” 
II. .The proceedings in the foregoing case having been submitted to 
the Secretary of War, were by him laid before the President, by whom 
they are approved. Captain Wm. T. Mechling, P. A. C. S., accordingly 
ceases to be an officer of the C. S. army from this date. 
III. The General Court Martial of which Major Frederick Tate 
was President is dissolved. 
By ordef of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 26. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, ■•April 19, 1862. 
I. .It is made the duty of commanding officers of companies to sign 
with their own proper signatures all muster rolls of their companies, 
all final statements, certificates of disability, and descriptive lists. 
That power is not to be delegated to nor exercised by any other person. 
Soldiers’ discharges will be signed by commanding officers of regi- 
ments or commands to which their companies belong. Great confu- 
sion daily arises from the constant pursual of a different course. Sick, 
disabled, and discharged soldiers are very often unable to obtain their 
pay, the discrepancy of signatures rendering it impossible for this 
department to verify the same. 
II. .Attention is called to paragraph 1066, Army Regulations, which 
provides that “as far as practicable, officers are to draw their pay from 31 
the quartermaster of the district where they may be on duty.” Here- 
after, no payment will be made to an officer on separate pay account 
by any other than the quartermaster of the post or regiment to which 
the officer may belong, except he be absent from his station under 
orders, on leave, or on account, of sickness, and then only from the 
first of the month during which such absence occurs to its termination, 
and for such subsequent full month, or months, as he may continue to 
be detached from his regular station, unless he furnish satisfactory 
evidence that payment could not be made before leaving. 
order of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 27. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, April 24, 1862. 
I..At a General Court Martial, convened at Norfolk, Virginia, by 
Special Orders, No. 15, 1862, from the Adjutant and Inspector-General’s 
office, Richmond, whereof Col. D. A. Weisiger, 12th Virginia'volun- 
teers, is President, was arraigned and tried Lieutenant-Colonel 0. M. 
Bradford, 3d battalion Louisiana volunteers, on the following charges : 
[The Specifications being lengthy and minute are omitted in this 
order.] 
Charge I. 
, Conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline. 
Charge II. 
Contemptuous and disrespectful behavior toward his commanding officer, in viola- 
tion of the 6th Article of War. 
Charge III. 
Drunkenness on duty, in violation of the 4f>th Article of War. 
Charge IV. 
Disobedience, of orders, in violation of the 9th Article of War. 
Findings and Sentence of the Court. 
. The court finds the accused, Lieutenant-Colonel C. M. Bradford. 3d battalion 
Louisiana volunteers, as follows: 
Of the 1st Specification, 1st Charge, guilty. Of the 2d Specification, 1st Charge, 
guilty, with the exception of the words “was drunk and.” Of the 3d Specification, 1st Charge, guilty. Of the 1st Charge, guilty. Of the Specification of the 2d 
Charge, guilty, with the exception of the words 11contemptuous. insulting, and 
insubordinate.” Of the 2d Charge, guilty, with the exception of the words “ con- 
temptuous and.” [Here there is probably an omission in the record.] Of the Speci- 
fication of the 3d Charge, not guilty. Of the 3d Charge, not guilty. Of the Speci- 
fication of the 4th Charge, not guilty. Of the 4th Charge, not guilty. 
And the court does, therefore, sentence the said Lieutenant-Colonel C. M. Brad- 
ford, 3d battalion Louisiana volunteers, to be suspended from his rank and com- 
mand, and forfeit his pay for six months, and to be reprimanded in General 
Orders by the Secretary of War. 
II..The proceedings of the General Court Martial in the foregoing 
case have been submitted to the Secretary of War, and by him laid 
before the President, by whom they are approved. Lieutenant-Colonel 
C. M. Bradford, 3d Louisiana volunteers, is therefore suspended from 
rank and command, and from all pay, for six months from this date. 
The offence of which Lieutenant-Colonel Bradford has been found 
guilty could at no time be considered trivial; but it especially merits 
rebuke in an officer of any army called into active service under circum- 
stances and at a period when both the spirit and example of obedience 
in all who compose it are of the highest importance. An army can not 
exist even in peace without a proper observance of military decorum 
and discipline; and if in the day of-strife and battle officers, in whom 
“especial trust and confidence” are reposed, forget their obligations, 
and become obnoxious to charges “prejudicial to good order,” the men 
of their command will hardly profit by the example, or be disposed to 
a better course of conduct. In releasing Lieutenant-Colonel Bradford 
from his arrest, the departmentfindulges the hope that when he shall 
again return to duty he will bd.prepared to'sustain by his future course 
the good reputation and discipline of the service. 
By command of the Secretary'of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office. 
Richmond, April 25, 1862. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 28. 
A court of inquiry having assembled at Richmond, pursuant to 
Special Orders, No/ 81, April 9, 1862, from the Adjutant and Inspector- 
General’s office, to examine' “ into the causes of the arrest of John* 
Minor Botts, and to report the facts in reference thereto, and whether, 
in the opinion of the court, it is compatible witli the public safety to 
discharge” the said Joint Minor Botts; and the court having made such examination, and reported the result, with the evidence taken in 
the case, to the Secretary of War, the following are his decision and 
orders thereupon ; 
The Secretary of War, having considered the record of the examination in the 
case of John Minor Bolts, and the report of Brigadier-General J. H. Winder, as to 
the practicability of confining him to his house and premises, in the manner 
recommended by the court of inquiry, directs that he be discharged from Con- 
finement on his delivering to General Winder a written parole of honor to the 
following effect: , » 
That, until otherwise permitted by the department, he will sojourn in Lynch- 
burg, Danville, or Raleigh, or in such other place in the interior as may be selected 
by himself, with the consent of the department; that he will proceed, without 
unnecessary delay, to the place of his sojourn; that he will not depart therefrom? 
or go more than five miles from his residence; and that while on parole ho will do 
nothing to the injury of the Confederate government, nor express any opinion 
tending to impair the confidence of the people in the capacity of the Confederate 
States to achieve their independence. 
Mr. Bolts’ family will receive passports to join him, if desired. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS. 
No. 29. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, April 26,1862. 
I..The following regulations concerning substitutes in the army are 
published by direction of the Secretary of War: 
1. Any non-commissioned officer or soldier not indebted to the government who 
wishes to procure a substitute, may obtain from his captain a permit for the pro- 
posed substitute to report himself at the camp of the company for examination; 
and such permit shall operate as a passport, but shall not entitle the holder to 
transportation at the expense of the government. 
2. If the substitute be exempt from military duty, and on examination by a 
surgeon or assistant surgeon of the army be pronounced sound, and in all respects 
fit for military service, he shall be enrolled and mustered into service for three 
years, unless the war sooner terminate; and the non-commissioned officer or sol- 
dier procuring him shall thereupon be discharged, but shall not be entitled to 
transportation at the expense of the government. 
3. If a non-commissioned officer or soldier, discharged by reason of a substitute, 
be indebted to the government, the officer granting the discharge shall be liable 
for the debt. 4. All pay and allowances due to the non-commissioned officer or soldier dis- 
charged shall go to the substitute at the next pay-day. 
5. Substitution shall not exceed one per month in each company, and shall be 
noted in the next morning report, musterToll, and monthly return. 
II. .When any person liable to military duty under the act of Con- 
gress, but not mustered into service in any company, desires to furnish 
a substitute, he shall report himself with the substitute to the com- 
mandant of a camp of instruction for recruits raised under the said 
act; and, if the subsfftute be lawfully exempt from military dutjq and 
on examination by a surgeon or assistant surgeon be pronounced sound 
and in all respects fit for military service, he may be accepted and en- 
rolled, and the person furnishing such substitute may be discharged f>y 
the commandant of the camp. But no substitute shall be entitled to 
transportation or other allowance at the expense of the .government 
until so accepted and enrolled. 
III. On the reorganization of new companies from companies al- 
ready in service, and the election consequent thereon of officers accord- 
ing to existing laws, the commissions of such of the officers of former 
companies as may not be re-elected will necessarily expire, and they 
will cease to be in service from the date of reorganization and election. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
' S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, ) 
No. 30. f 
AVAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, April 28, 1862. 
I..The following acts having passed both houses of Congress, were 
duly approved by the, President, and are now published for the infor- 
mation of the army: 
An act to organize bands of Partisan Rangers. 
Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
President he and lie is hereby authorized to commission such officers as he may 
deem proper, with authority to form bands of partisan rangers, in companies, 
battalions, or regiments, either as infantry or cavalry—the companies, battalions, 
or regiments to be composed, each, of such numbers as the President may a p- 
prove. 
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That such partisan rangers after being regularly 
received into the service shall be entitled to the same pay, rations, and quarters during their term of servico, and ho subject to the same regulations as other 
soldiers. 
Sec. 3. Be. it f urther enacted, That for any arms and munitions of war captured 
from the enemy by any body of partisan rangers, and delivered to any quarter- 
master at such place or places as may be designated by a Commanding General, 
the rangers shall be paid their full value, in such manner as the Secretary of War 
may prescribe. [Approved April 21, 1862.] 
An act to further provide for the public defence. 
In view of the! exigencies of the country, and the absolute necessity of keeping 
in the service our gallant army, and of placing in the field a large additional 
force to meet the advancing columns of the enemy now invading our soil : There- 
fore, 
Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact. That the Pres- 
ident be and he is hereby authorized to call out and place in the military service of 
the Confederate States, for three years, unless the war shall have been sooner ended, 
all white men who are residents of the Confederate States, between the ages of 
eighteen and thirty-five years at the time the call or calls may be made, who are 
not legally exempted from military service. All of the persons aforesaid who are 
now in the armies of the Confederacy, and whoso terms of service will expire 
before the end of the war, shall bo continued in the service for three years from 
the date of their original enlistment, unless the war shall have been sooner ended; 
provided, however, that all -such companies, squadrons, battalions, and regiments 
whose term of original enlistment was for twelve months, shall have the right, 
within forty day's, on a day to be fixed by the commander of the brigade, to re- 
organize said companies, battalions, and regiments, by electing all their officers 
which they had a right heretofore to elect, who shall be commissioned, by the 
President: provided, further, that furloughs not exceeding sixty days, with trans’- 
portation home and back, shall be granted to all those retained in the service by 
the provisions of this act beyond the period of their original enlistment, and who 
have not heretofore received furloughs under the provisions of an act entitled “an 
act providing for the granting of bounty and furloughs to privates and non-com- 
missioned officers in the provisional army,” approved lltli December, eighteen 
hundred and sixty-one; said furloughs to be granted at such times and in such 
numbers as the Secretary of War may deem most compatible with the public in- 
terest : and provided, further, that, in lieu of a furlough, the commutation value in 
money of the transportation herein above granted shall be paid to each private, 
musician, or non-commissioned officer who may elect to receive it, at such time as 
the furlough would otherwise be granted: provided-further, that all persons under 
the age of eighteen years or over the age of thirty-five years, who are now enrolled 
in the military service of the Confederate States, in the regiments, squadrons, bat- 
talions, and companies hereafter to be reorganized, shall be required to remain in 
their respective companies, squadrons, battalions, and regiments for ninety days, 
unless their places can be sooner supplied by other recruits not now in the service, 
who are between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five years. And all laws and 
parts of laws providing for the re-enlistment of volunteers and the organization 
thereof into companies, squadrons, battalions, or regiments, shall be and the same 
are hereby repealed. 
Sec, 2. Be it further enacted, That such companies, squadrons, battalions, or regiments organized or in process of organization by authority from the Secretary 
of War, as may bo within thirty days from the passage of this act so far com- 
pleted as to have the whole number of men requisite for organization actually 
enrolled, not embracing in said organizations any persons now in service, shall be 
mustered into the service of {he Confederate States as part of the land forces of the 
same; to be received in that arm of the service in which they are authorized to 
organize; and shall elect their company, battalion, and regimental officers. 
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That for tire enrolment of all persons compre- 
hended within the provisions of this act, who are not already in service in the 
armies of the Confederate States, it shall be lawfhl for the President, with the con- 
sent of the governors of the respective states, to employ state officers; and, on 
failure to obtain such consent, he shall employ Confederate officers, charged with 
the duty of making such enrolment in accordance with rules and regulations to 
he prescribed by him. 
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That persons enrolled under the provisions of the 
preceding section, shall be assigned by the Secretary of War to the different com- 
panies now in service, until eacli “company is filled to its maximum number, and 
the persons so enrolled shall be assigned to companies from the states from which 
they respectively come. 
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That all seamen and ordinary seamen in the land 
forces of the Confederate States, enrolled under the provisions of this act, may, on 
application of the Secretary of the Navy, be transferred from the land forces to 
the naval service. 
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That in all cases where a state may not have in 
the army a number of regiments, battalions, squadrons, or companies sufficient to 
absorb the number of persons subject to military service under this act, belonging 
to such state, then the residue or excess thereof shall be kept as a reserve, under 
such regulations as may be established by the Secretary of War. and that at stated 
periods of not greater than three months, details, determined by lot, shall be made 
from said reserve, so that each company shall, as nearly as practicable, be kept 
full; provided, that the persons held in reserve may remain at home until called 
into service by the President; provided, also, that during their stay at home they 
shall not receive pay: provided further, that the persons comprehended in this 
act shall not be subject to the Rules and Articles of War until mustered into the 
actual service of the Confederate States; except that said persons, when enrolled 
and liable to duty, if they shall wilfully refuse to obey said call, each of them 
shall be held to ho a deserter, and punished as such under said Articles: provided 
further, that whenever, in the opinion of the President, the exigencies of the 
public service may require it, he shall be authorized to call into actual service the 
entire reserve, or so much as may be'necessary, not previously assigned to differ- 
ent companies in service under provision of section four of this act. Said reserve 
shall be organized under such rules as the Secretary of War may adopt: provided, 
the company, battalion, and regimental officers shall he elected by the troops 
composing the same: provided, the troops raised in any one state shall not be com- 
bined in regimental, battalion, squadron, or company organization with troops in 
any other states. 
Sec. 7. Beit further enacted, That all soldiers now serving in the army or mus- 
tered in the military service of the Confederate States, or enrolled in said service 
under the authorizations heretofore issued by the Secretary of War, and who are continued in the service by virtue of this act. who have not received the bounty of 
fifty dollars allowed by existing laws, shall be entitled to receive said bounty. 
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That each man who may hereafter be mustered 
into the service, and who shall arm himself with a musket, shot-gun, rifle, or car- 
bine, accepted as an efficient weapon, shall be paid the value thereof, to be ascer- 
tained by the mustering officer, under such regulations as may be prescribed by 
the Secretary of War, if he is willing to sell the same; and if he is not, then he 
shall be entitled to receive one dollar a month for the use of said received and 
approved musket, rifle, shot-gun, or carbine. 
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted. That persons not liable for duty may be received 
as substitutes for those who are, under such regulations as may bo prescribed by 
the Secretary of War. 
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That all vacancies shall be filled by the President 
from the company, battalion, squadron, or regiment in which such vacancies shall 
pccur, by promotion according to seniority, except in cases of disability or other 
incompetenc.y: provided, however, that the President may, when in his opinion it 
may be proper, fill such vacancy or vacancies by the promotion of any officer, or 
officers, or private or privates from such company, battalion, squadron, or regiment 
who shall have been distinguished in the service by exhibition of valor and skill, 
and that whenever a vacancy shall occur in the lowest grade of the commissioned 
officers of a company said vacancy shall be filled by election : provided, that all 
appointments made by the President shall be by and with the advice and consent 
of the Senate, * , 
Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of the first section of this act, 
relating to the election of officers, shall apply to those regiments, battalions, and 
squadrons which are composed of twelve months and war companies combined in 
the same organization, without regard to the manner in which the officers thereof 
were originally appointed. 
Sec. 12. Be it f urther enacted, That each company of infantry shall consist of 
one hundred and twenty-five, rank and file; each company of field artillery of one 
hundred and fifty, rank and file; and each of cavalry, of eighty, rank and file. 
Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, That all persons subject to enrolment, who ara 
not now in the service under the provisions of this act. shall be permitted, pre- 
vious to such enrolment, to volunteer in companies now in the service. [Approved 
April 16.1862.] 
II.—Enrolment and Disposition of Recruits. 
1. An officer not below the rank of major will be detailed for each 
state, to take charge of the enrolment, mustering in, subsistence, trans- 
portation, and disposition of the recruits raised under the above act. 
2. Application will be made immediately to the governors of the sev- 
eral states for permission to employ state officers for said enrolment; 
and in case such permission be not granted, officers of the army will 
be selected by the department to perform that duty, under such regula- 
tions as may be prescribed. Whc; state officers are employed, the regu- 
lations of the respective states in regard to military enrolment will be 
observed as far as applicable. 
3. The enrolled men in each state will be collected in camps of in- struction by the officers in command of the recruits, the said camps 
to be selected with reference to health and the facilities for obtaining 
subsistence and transportation. The number of these camps shall not 
exceed two in each state, without authority from the department,- and 
to each will be allowed a quartermaster and a commissary. 
v 4. The commandants of the camps of instruction in the several states 
will call upon the Generals commanding the military departments in 
which their camps may be situated for competent drill officers to instruct 
the recruits, and will prepare them for the field as rapidly as possible. 
They will cause them to be promptly vaccinated; and, in ordering them 
to the field, will, as far as practicable, prefer those who have passed 
through the usual camp diseases. They will establish hospitals in 
connection with their camps, and make requisition for such medical 
attendance and stores as may be required. 
5. The commandants of regiments, battalions, squadrons, and unat- 
tached companies in service on the 16th instant will send copies of 
their muster rolls to the commandants of the proper camps of instruction 
in their respective states, with officers to take charge of such recruits as 
may be furnished to said corps. The said commandants will apportion 
the recruits among such corps, in proportion to the deficiency of each, 
except when otherwise especially directed by the-department, allotting, 
as far as practicable, to each such corps the men from the regions of 
country in which it has been raised. They will from time to time send 
off such bodies of recruits as are ready for the field, and will report 
on the first Monday of every month to the department the number of 
recruits in camp, their condition, the number sent off during the month, 
and the regiments and corps to which they were sent. 
6. The commandants of regiments and corps will distribute the re- 
cruits among their several companies; and in such as have not the number 
of companies allowed by law to a regiment, the said commandants may 
organize the required number of now companies, after first filling up 
the existing companies to the minimum numbers required by law; that 
is to say, for each company of infantry, sixty-four privates ; of cavalry, 
sixty privates; of artillery, seventy privates. 
7. The recruits will be apportioned among the several arms of service 
according to their respective wants, consulting, as far as practicable, 
the preference of the men. Where a greater number offer for a particu- 
lar arm than can be assigned to it, the distribution will be determined 
by lot; but recruits for the cavalry will only be taken from those who 
furnish their own horses. 
III.—Volunteers for Existing Corps. 
8. Persons liable to military service under the above act, hot in ser- vice on the 16th of April, and wishing to volunteer in any particular 
company in the Confederate service on the 16th day of April, may 
report themselves, prior to their enrolment, at a camp of instruction 
within their respective states, where they will he enrolled, prepared for 
the field, and sent to the said company, until the same shall be filled up. 
9. Recruiting officers may be detailed, with the permission of the 
Generals commanding military departments, by the commandants of 
fegiinents and corps, and sent to their respective states for the purpose 
of receiving for such regiments and corps, in conformity with recruiting 
regulations heretofore adopted (General Orders, No. 6), all volunteers 
desiring to join them. Such volunteers may be assembled at the camps 
of instruction in their respective states, prepared for the field, and sent 
to their respective regiments and corps, until the same shall be filled 
up; or, if ready for the field, may be ordered directly to their corps by 
the otficer so recruiting them. 
IV.—Volunteer Corps heretofore authorized. 
10. Persons liable to military service under this act, and not in 
service on the 16th day of April, may, until the 17th day of May next, 
volunteer in corps heretofore authorized to be raised by the Secretary 
of War, or by the executive of any state, as part of the quota thereof, 
in pursuance of a call made upon such state by the President. Persons 
authorized to raise such corps, who may not on 4hat day have the 
necessary number of men enrolled and mustered into service, according 
to the terms of their authority, will proceed with their men to a camp 
of instruction in their respective states, and will deliver their muster 
rolls to the commandant thereof. 
11. The commandants of such corps as are completed on or before 
the 17th day of May, and not otherwise ordered, will report to the 
commandants of the recruits of their respective states, and with their 
corps will be placed by him in a camp of instruction, and reported 
immediately to the department. Such corps will be under the com- 
mand of the commandants of recruits in their respective states, and 
will be prepared for the field in like manner with the recruits, until 
removed from the camp. They will only be moved under orders from 
the department, from the Commanding General of the army, or, in 
urgent cases, from the Commanding General of the military depart- 
ment in which the camps may be situated; and, in such cases, report 
will immediately be made to the department by the officer in command 
of the camp. 
V.—Additional Corps. Guerilla Service. 
12. ymler the prohibition of this act against the organization of new 40 
corps, no further authority for that purpose can be given, except that 
specially provided for in the act of Congress, entitled “an act to organ- 
ize bands of partisan rangers.” For this latter purpose application 
must be made through the Commanding Generals of the military 
departments in which the sayi corps are to be employed. 
VI.—Reorganization op Twelve Months Corps. 
13. All regiments, battalions, squadrons, and .companies of twelve 
months volunteers will reorganize Avithin forty days from the 16th of 
April, by electing all their officers which they had a right heretofore to 
elect, and on such days as the brigade commander may prescribe; and 
the said brigade commanders are hereby ordered to fix and announce 
the day for such reorganization as soon as practicable. No person who 
is to be discharged under the provisions of the act will take part in 
such election. 
14. The form of holding and certifying the elections will be in con- 
formity Avith the laws of the state from which the men, or the major 
part thereof, may come; and when the election of field officers is to be 
made by company officers, the latter will be first elected. All certifi- 
cates of election will be returned to the Adjutant-General’s office, and 
the officers will be commissioned by the President. They will, how- 
ever, on receiving a copy of the certificate of election, immediately 
enter upon duty. Officers not re-elected will be relieved from duty, 
and the brigade commander will return their names to the department. 
VII.—Corps raised for Local Defence. 
15. Corps raised for local defence will retain their organization during 
the term of such enlistment, unless previously disbanded; but members 
of such corps may volunteer into corps for general service, as herein 
above provided. 
fyHI— Discharges. 
16. When any company now in service for tivelve months shall, 
before the 16tli day of July next, attain the maximum number pre- 
scribed by this act, without including the men under eighteen and over 
thirty-five years of age, all such men may be discharged: and such of 
them as remain in service on the said day will, upon their application, 
be then discharged, whether such maximum be obtained or not. 
IX.—Transfers. 
17. The right to change company or corps in virtue of re-enlistment 
ceases to exist by the repeal of all laws in regard to re-enlistment; but 
transfers of individuals or of companies may be made, as heretofore, 
within the discretion of the department, on applications approved by 
commanding officers. IS. When any person liable to military duty under this act, but not 
yet mustered into service in any company, desires to furnish a substi- 
tute, he shall report himself with the substitute to the commandant of 
a camp of instruction; and if the substitute be lawfully exempt from 
military duty, and, on examination by a surgeon or assistant surgeon, 
be pronounced sound and in all respects fit for military service, he 
may be accepted and enrolled; and the person furnishing-such sub- 
stitute may be discharged by the. commandant of the camp. But no 
substitute shall be entitled to transportation or other-allowance at the 
expense of the government until so accepted and enrolled. 
X.—Substitutes. 
XI.—Exemptions. 
19. Persons claiming exemptions from military duty under this act 
shall be required by the enrolling officer to make oath that they are 
lawfully exempt, and shall be furnished by him with a certificate of 
such exemption. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,'] 
No. 31. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, April 29, 1862. 
I. .Military commanders are hereby prohibited from interfering'with 
the transportation of provisions on railroads, except when the exi- 
gencies of the service require the exclusive use of the cars for the 
transportation of troops, arms, and munitions of war. 
II. All agents on railroads between Richmond, Va., and Jackson, 
Miss., will receive and forward promptly at least two trains weekly of 
flour and breadstuffs to Jackson, Miss., marked “For the Committee of 
Public Safety, New Orleansand, in return, shipments of sugar and 
molasses made by the committee to Richmond, or any other place on 
the route, at the expense of parties making such shipments. But this 
order is not to interfere with the transportation of troops or munitions 
of war, which in all cases will have preference, as above indicated. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 32. 
WAR DEPARTMENT. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, April 30, 1862. 
The following act of Congress, and regulations, haring been approved 
by the President, are published for the information of all concerned: 
An act to exempt certain persons from enrolment for service in the 
armies of the Confederate States. 
Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That all per- 
sons who shall be held to be unfit for military service under rules to be prescribed 
by the Secretary of War; all in the service or employ of the Confederate States; 
all judicial and executive officers of Confederate or state governments; the mem- 
bers of both houses of the Congress, and of the Legislatures of the several states, 
and their respective officers; all clerks of the officers of the state and Confederate 
governments; allowed by law; all engaged in carrying the mails; all ferrymen on 
post routes; all pilots and persons engaged in the marine service, and in actual 
service on river and railroad routes of transportation; telegraphic, operators, and 
ministers of religion in the regular discharge of ministerial duties; all engaged in 
working iron mines, furnaces, and fonnderies; all journeymen printers actually 
employed in printing newspapers; all presidents and professors of colleges and 
academies, and all teachers having as many as twenty scholars; superintendents of 
the public hospitals, lunatic asylums, and the regular nurses and attendants 
therein, and the teachers employed in the institutions for the deaf and dumb and 
blind; in each apothecary storo now established and doing business one apothecary 
in good standing, who is a practical druggist; superintendents and operatives in 
wool and cotton factories, who may be exempted by the Secretary of War, shall 
be and are hereby exempted from military service in the armies of the Confeder- 
ate States. [Approved April 21,1862.] * 
I. .All white men, residents of the Confederate States, between the 
ages of eighteen and thirty-five years, not specially exempted by the 
above act, are to be enrolled for military service. 
II. .The regulations already in force for ascertaining physical ability 
or disability for military service are continued. 
III. . Certificates of exemption under this act will be granted by 
enrolling officers, or by captains of companies and commandants of 
camps, by whom a substitute may have been received, to the person 
furnishing such substitute, in conformity with regulations already 
published. 
IV. In accordance with the General Regulations, page 284, one 
wagon with each regiment in the field will be appropriated for the 
transportation of hospital supplies. This wagon, with the ambulances, 
will bo reserved for the especial use of tho hospital department, and 43 
regimental commanders and others aro prohibited from using them for 
any other purposes. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS.j 
No. 33. j 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, May 1, 1862. 
T. .The following proclamation is published for the information of 
all concerned : 
PROCLAMATION. 
By virtue of the power vested in me by law to declare the suspension of the 
privilege of the writ of habeas corpus: 
I. Jefferson Davis. President of the Confederate States of America, do proclaim 
that martial law is hereby extended over that part of the State ot South Carolina 
from the Santee river to the South Kdisto river in that state, under the command 
of Major-General Pemberton; and I do proclaim the suspension of all civil juris- 
diction (with the exception of that enabling the courts to take cognizance of the 
probate of wills, the administration of the estates of deceased persons, the qualifi- 
cation of guardians, to enter decrees and orders for the partition and sale of prop- 
erty, to make orders concerning roads and bridges, to assess county levies, and to 
order the payment of county dues), and the suspension of the writ of habeas 
corpus in the country aforesaid. 
In faith ivhereof, I have hereunto signed my name jnd set my seal, this first day 
of May. in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. 
[seal.] (Signed) JEFFERSON DAVIS. 
II. .Major-General J. C. Pemberton, commanding the Department 
of South Carolina and Georgia, is charged with the due execution of 
the foregoing proclamation. He will forthwith establish an efficient 
military police, and will enforce the following orders : 
' All distillation of spirituous liquors is positively prohibited, and the 
distilleries will forthwith be closed. The'sale of spirituous liquors of 
any kind is also prohibited, and establishments for the sale thereof 
will he closed. 
III. All persons infringing the above prohibition will suffer such 
punishment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a court martial : 
provided, that no sentence to hard labor for more than one month shall 
be inflicted by the sentence of a regimental court martial, as directed 
by the 67th Article of War. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 34. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Insiusctor-Genefal’s Office, 
Richmond, May 3. 1862. 
1.. The following act of Congress, and accompanying regulations, 
are published for the information of all concerned: 
An act to organize battalions of Sharp-shooters. 
Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
Secretary of War may cause to be organized a battalion of sharp-shooters for 
each brigade, consisting of not less than three nor more than six companies, to be 
composed of men selected from the brigade, or otherwise, and armed with long- 
range muskets or rifles; said companies to be organized, and the commissioned 
officers therefor appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent 
of the Senate. Such battalions shall constitute parts of the brigades to which 
they belong, and shall have such field and staff officers as are authorized by law 
for similar battalions, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice 
and consent of the Senate. 
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of arming said battalions, 
the long-rango muskets and rifles in the hands of the troops may be taken for that 
purpose : provided, the government has not at its command a sufficient number of 
approved long-range rifles or muskets wherewith to arm said corps. [Approved 
April 21,1862.] 
11.. Generals commanding military departments may cause to be 
organized within their commands'battalions of sharp-shooters, as pro- 
vided in this act, in such numbers as they may deem necessary, not 
exceeding one such battalion for each brigade, and will report to the 
department the organization of such corps, recommending for appoint- 
ment the commissioned officers allowed by law. 
III. .In organizing such battalions, Generals commanding may cause 
such details or transfers to be-madc as will not reduce any company or 
corps below the minimum number required by law, taking the men for 
each such battalion, so far as possible, from the particular brigade of 
which it is to form part. 
IV. Requisitions will be made upon the Ordnance department for 
the arms for such battalions; and, until the said requisitions can be 
filled, the Generals commanding may cause such exchanges and trans- 
fers of long-range muskets and rifles to be made as may be necessary 
to arm the said battalion, returning surplus arms, when such requisi- 
tions are filled, to the Ordnance department. 
V.—Supplementary to General Order, No. 30, section VI. 
The commissions of the staff officers of reorganized regiments and 
battalions of twelve months volunteers are not affected bv such reor- 45 
ganization, except that of the adjutant, whose commission expires with 
that of the commanding officer, if the said officer be not re-elected. 
command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,! 
No. 35. j 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, May 1862. 
I. The following proclamation is published for the information of 
all concerned: • 
PROCLAMATION. 
By virtue of the power vested in me by law to declare the suspension of the 
privilege of the writ of habeas corpus : 
I, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, do proclaim 
that martial law is hereby extended over the counties of Lee, Wise, Buchanan, 
McDowell, and Wyoming, under the command of Brigadier-General Humphrey 
Marshall; and I do proclaim the suspension of all civil jurisdiction (with the ex- 
ception of that enabling the courts to take cognizance of the probate of wills, the 
administration of the estates of deceased persons, the qualification of guardians, to 
eijter decrees and orders for the partition and sale of property, to make orders 
concerning roads and bridges, to assess county levies, and to order the payment of 
county dues), and the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus in the counties 
aforesaid. 
In faith whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and set my seal, this third day 
of May, in the yearone thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. 
[seal.] (Signed) JEFFERSON DAVIS. 
II. .Brigadier-General Humphrey Marshall is charged with the 
due execution of the foregoing proclamation. He will forthwith estab- 
lish an efficient military police, and will enforce the following orders: 
All distillation of spirituous liquors is positively prohibited, and the 
distilleries will forthwith be closed. The sale of spirituous liquors of 
any kind is also prohibited, and establishments for the sale thereof will 
be closed. 
III. All persons infringing the above prohibition will suffer such 
punishment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a court martial: 
provided, that no sentence to hard labor for more than one month 
shall be inflicted by the sentence of a regimental court martial, ns 
directed by the 67th Article of War. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 46 
INSTRUCTIONS TO ORDNANCE OFFICERS IN 
THE FIELD. 
1st. The Chief of Ordnance of an army corps, and ordnance officers 
of separate commands, will correspond with the Chief of the Bureau 
of ordnance relative to supplies of ordnance and ordnance stores with 
the commands to which they are attached. Requisitions made, whether 
for money or stores, will be approved by the General commanding. 
2d. The division ordnance officers will correspond with the Chief of 
Ordnance of the army corps to which the divisions are attached, and 
obtaiu supplies through him. They will be responsible for the property 
under their charge, and may have an ordnance officer or military store- 
keeper to assist in the care and responsibility of the property. 
3d. Division ordnance officers will obtain one or more wagons for 
each regiment in their division as ordnance wagons. These wagons 
will be separate from the train of wagons for reserve ammunition, and 
will be marked with the name of the regiment to which they are 
assigned, and will be placed in charge of the ordnance sergeant of the 
regiment. The wagons will be covered, 1f possible, with painted cloth 
covers for security against the weather, and each wagon will be sup- 
plied with a spare tarpaulin. These wagons will habitually follow 
their respective regiments. 
4th. On the eve of battle the division ordnance officer will, under 
direction of the Chief of Ordnance of the army, station the ordnance 
wagons at the point selected for the division field depot of ammunition 
under charge of his assistant; each train of brigade ammunition 
wagons under charge of the senior ordnance sergeant of the brigade. 
He will keep himself acquainted with the movements of brigades, and 
cause the wagons of any brigade which may be detached to follow the 
movements of the brigade. 
5th. The ordnance sergeants, together with the details habitually 
assigned to (horn for their fegiments, will constitute a corps devoted as 
well to the preservation of the captured and other ordnance stores as 
to the supplies of ammunition of the various regiments. One man of 
each detail should follow the movements of the regiment, to ascertain 
its wants, and communicate with the field depot. The habitual details 47 
from each regiment should be augmented before a battle to not less 
than six men from each regiment. The ammunition wagons, their 
loads temporarily removed, will, as circumstances favor, bo employed 
to carry to the rear such arms and other captured stores as are left 
upon the battle-field. 
6tli. Especial care must be taken in selecting competent, prompt, and 
efficient men for the duties of ordnance sergeants. They may be re- 
moved for cause, and new appointments ordered, on the application of 
the division ordnance officers, through the Chief of Ordnance of the 
army corps, by the Commanding General. 
7th. The ammunition wagons to each regiment will not supersede 
the necessity for division supply trains. 
DUTIES OF ORDNANCE SERGEANTS. 
1st. To obey the directions of the division ordnance officer, or of 
the brigade ordnance officer (if the brigade is a separate command), 
in all relative to care and preservation of arms, and duties connected 
therewith. 
2d. To take charge of all supplies, arms, and ammunition of the 
regiment, and make returns of the same according to “ Ordnance 
Regulations.” 
Issues to be made on written requisitions approved by the' colonel, or 
commanding officer of the regiment; which requisitions are to be filed 
with his “ return of property.” 
2d. To take charge of the ordnance wagon or wagons attached to 
each regiment, and to see that it always contains at least fifteen rounds 
per man of the regiment — surplus arms or accoutrements to bo turned 
over to the brigade or division ordnance officer. 
4th. To supervise tl\e condition of the arms of the regiment, and get 
a detail of at least two mechanics to assist him in the necessary repairs 
to the arms; an account of these repairs to be kept, as far as possible, 
against each man of the regiment. Ropairs to be made on the order of 
the colonel of the regiment. 5th. To take charge of the arms and accoutrements of the sick of tho 
regiment in hospitals, which will be kept until the sick are sent to the 
general hospital, when their arms will be turned over to tho brigade or 
division depots. 
6th. In battle, it will be the duty of the ordnance sergeants to 
remain with the ammunition wagons, and act with the details assigned 
to them from the regiments, under the orders of the ordnance officer, in 
supplying the troops with ammunition, collecting arms of the killed 
and wounded, and securing captured arms and ammunition. 
Approved: 
J. GORGAS, Colonel, 
Chief of Ordnance. 
G. W. RANDOLPH, 
Secretary of War. 
GENERAL ORDERS, | 
No. 36, j 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant axd Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, May 17, 1862. 
I. All applications for discharge, made by persons over thirty-five 
years of age, who may have been drafted since the 10th March, 1862, 
under the Virginia laws, and assigned to military organizations serving 
under authority of the Confederate States, will be granted by brigade 
commanders, regimental and company commanders causing to be made 
out, and signing, the “ Soldier’s Discharge,” and “ Pinal Statements,” 
required in all cases of discharge : said papers to indicate cause for the 
discharge. 
II. .In all cases where promotion is due from seniority, and the com- 
petency of the parties entitled by position to promotion in questionable, 
a board of examination shall be convened by brigade commanders to 
determine the candidates’ capabilities of instructing and controlling 
the commands commensurate with the grade to which promotion is 
expected, as also their efficiency and perfect sobriety'. All newly- 
elected officers will be examined before similar boards of examiners, to 
determine their competency and the confirmation of their election. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 49 
GENERAL ORDERS,') 
No. 37. j 
WAIl DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, May 19, 1862. 
I. .The following act, and regulations in reference thereto, are pub- 
lished for the information of all concerned: 
An act to exempt certain persons from enrolment for service in the 
armies of the Confederate States. 
Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate Stales of America do enact. That all per- 
sons who shall be held to be unfit for military service under rules to be prescribed 
by the Secretary of War; all in the service or employ of the Confederate States ; 
all judicial and executive officers of Confederate or state governments; the mem- 
bers of both houses of the Congress, and of the Legislatures of the several states, 
and their respective officers; all clerks of the officers of the state and Confederate 
governments, allowed by law; all engaged in carrying the mails; all ferrymen on 
post routes; all pilots and persons engaged in the marine service, and in actual 
service on river and railroad routes of transportation; telegraphic operators, and 
ministers of religion in the regular discharge of ministerial duties; all engaged in 
working iron mines, furnaces, and founderies; all journeymen printers actually 
employed in printing newspapers f all presidents and professors of colleges and 
academies, and all teachers having as many as twenty scholars; superintendents 
of the public hospitals, lunatic asylums, and the regular nurses and attendants 
therein, and the teachers employed in the institutions for the deaf and dumb and 
blind; in each apothecary store now established and doing business one apothecary 
in good standing, who is a practical druggist; superintendents and operatives in 
wool and cotton factories, who may be exempted by the Secretary of War, shall 
be and are hereby exempted from military service in the armies of the Confeder- 
ate States. [Approved April 21,1862.] 
II. By the above act of Congress the following classes of persons 
are exempt from enrolment for military service: 
Justices of the peace; sheriffs and deputy sheriffs ; clerks and deputy 
clerks, allowed by law; masters and commissioners in chancery; dis- 
trict and state attorneys; attorneys general; postmasters, and deputy 
postmasters and clerks allowed by law; commissioners of revenue, 
and foreigners who have not acquired domicil in the Confederate States. 
III. .The following are not exempt: 
Militia officers not in actual service; persons exempt by state laws, 
but not by the above act; foreigners who have acquired domicil in the 
Confederate States. 
IV. No persons other than those expressly named or properly im- 
pliqfl in the above act can be exempted, except by furnishing a sub- stitute, exempt from military service, in conformity with regulations 
already published (General Orders, No. 29); and such exemption is 
valid only so long as the said substitute is legally exempt. 
V. .Persons who have furnished substitutes will receive their certifi- 
cates of exemption from the captains of companies, or the command- 
ants of camps, by whom the substitutes have been accepted. Other 
certificates of exemption will be granted by the enrolling officers only, 
who will receive full instructions in regard to the conditions and mode 
of exemption. Applications for exemption can not therefore be con- 
sidered by the War department. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 38. 
WAR DEPARTMENT. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office. 
Richmond, May 22, 1862. 
I. The following act of Congress is published for the information 
of all concerned: 
An act to punish drunkenness in the army. 
Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That any 
commissioned officer of the Regular or Provisional army who shall be found 
drunk, either while on or off duty, shall, on conviction thereof bofore a court, of 
inquiry, be cashiered or suspended from the service of the Coufedorato States, or 
be publicly reprimanded, according to the aggravation of the offence; and in addi- 
tion to a sontonce cashiering any such officer, ho may also be declared incapable 
of holding any military office under the Confederate States during tixAvar. 
Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of all officers to report to the commanding offi- 
cer of the post, regiment, or corps to which they belong, all cases coming under 
their observation of intoxication of commissioned officers, whether of superior or 
inferior grades to themselves; and it shall be of the commanding officer 
of the division or brigade to which said post, regiment, or corps belongs, to whom 
Buch report may be made, to report the same to the officer commanding the bri- 
gade or division, who shall organize said court and order the trial of said offender 
at the earliest time consistent with the public service. 
Sec. 3. Tiie findings of any such court shall be promptly transmitted to tire 
Secretary of War by the commanding officer, together with his approval or disap- 
proval thereof, and shall be reported to Congress at the next session thereafter by 
the said Secretary. [Approved April 21,1862.] 
II. .Commanding Q-sncrals will isEU® the necessary orders to carry 
into execution the above act. * 51 
III. Each battalion of sharp-shooters organized under the act of 
April 21, 1862 (see General Orders, No. 34), will be composed of sol- 
diers from the same state; those from different states will not be 
organized in the same battalion of sharp-shooters. 
IV. .Citizens of IVIaryland whose terms of service in the Confederate 
States army have expired are entitled to a discharge; and, upon proper 
evidence being furnished, their regimental commanders will order their 
discharge. 
\-.By General Orders, No. 37,. foreigners who have not acquired 
domicil are oxempt from service in the Confederate States army; and 
all such foreigners as may have enlisted in said servieo should be dis- 
charged by order of their brigade commanders when their terms of 
enlistment are at an end. The question of domicil or permanent resi- 
dence is, however, a question of law, and should be determined from 
the facts of the case, and not by the opinion or oath of the party. 
VI .Regimental and company commanders will cause to be made 
out, and will sign the Soldier’s Discharge,” and “ Final Statement,” 
as in all other cases of discharge. 
VII. .Recruiting officers are required to have their recruits exam- 
ined by a surgeon before closing enlistments. Two days after a re- 
cruiting officer shall have reported with his recruits to his regiment or 
camp, the regimental commander will assemble a board of examina- 
tion, to be composed of two regimental officers next in rank to himself, 
and the regimental surgeon or assistant surgeon, who shall reject all 
recruits unfit for service; and where such unfitness arises from causes 
existing at the time of enlistment, the names of the recruiting officer 
and the rejected recruits shall be reported, with expenses incurred by 
such enlistments, to this office, in order that said expenses may be 
reimbursed to the government by stoppage of the officer’s pay. 
VIII. Upon the return to their companies of detached men who 
have been furnished with “Descriptive Lists,” it is the duty of cap- 
tains or commanders of companies to take possession of such descrip- 
tive lists, and, should the soldier be again detached, to furnish him a 
new one. Payments upon descriptive lists will be made only in cases 
of necessity, and then only up to the date of last muster. 
IX. • Paragraph 2d of General Order, No. 31, of 29th April, 1862, is 
so modified as to make Augusta, Georgia, the depot for sugar and 
molasses shipped from Jackson, Mississippi, or places contiguous 
thereto, for transmission to other points; and also for the transmission of broa,dstuffs, flour, and rice, marked R. II. Mounce, t<5 Jackson, 
Mississippi, for the benefit of the of the adjoining states. 
By command of'the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
' Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS.] 
No. 39. J 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, May 26,1862. 
1.. The second paragraph of General Orders, No. 36, is hereby re- 
voked, and the following substituted therefor: When an officer elected 
or promoted in the Provisional army by reason of, seniority, is by law 
to be commissioned by the President, and there is reasonable ground 
to doubt his qualifications or fitness for the commission, his brigade 
commander, if there be one, or if not, then his division commander, 
will assemble a board of not less than three commissioned officers of 
equal or superior rank to the officer elected or promoted, who shall 
inquire into his qualifications and fitness for the commission, and shall 
report to this office, for the information of the War department, the 
facts of the case, and their own opinion of the qualifications and fitness 
of the officer. This order will apply to all persons not yet commis- 
sioned or recognized as in commission by the department. 
11.. The limits of Department No. 1, under command of Major- 
General Lovell, will hereafter embrace that portion of the State of 
Mississippi south of the 33d parallel, and west of Pascagoula and 
Chickasawha rivers, including also that part of the State of Louisiana 
east of the Mississippi river. 
III. .Department No. 2, under command of General Beauregard, is 
extended south to the 33d parallel east of the Mississippi river, and 
extending on that parallel to the eastern boundary of Alabama. 
IV. The boundary of the Trans-Mississippi department will em- 
brace the States of Missouri and Arkansas, including the Indian Ter- 
ritory, the State of Louisiana west of the Mississippi, and the State of 
Texas. 
V. .Frequent complaints having been made of injury to fencing and 
to the grounds on or near which troops have encamped, attention is 
called to the 983d paragraph of the Army Regulations, which requires 
the commanding officer and quartermaster to make an inspection of 53 
buildings occupied as barracks, quarters, or lands occupied for en- 
campments when they are vacated, and a report to be made to the 
Quartermaster-General of their condition, and of any injury to them 
by the use of the troops. 
This regulation will be strictly enforced; and in case of injury not 
reported by the commanding officer and quartermaster, they will be 
charged on their pay account of the troops with the damage done. If 
report be made, it must specify by whom the injury was inflicted, and 
the deduction, in such case, will be made from the pay of the offending 
party. 
VI.. Hereafter Brigadier-Generals will have timely requisitions made 
for all blanks issued from this office, in order that they may be for- 
warded for early distribution. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,-] 
No. 40. j 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, May 29,1862. 
I. .The following act of Congress, and regulations in reference there- 
to, are published for the information of the army: 
As act to organize a Signal Corps. 
Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
President be and is hereby authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate, to appoint ten officers in the Provisional army, of a grade not exceeding 
that of captains, and with the pay of corresponding grades of infantry, who shall 
perform the duties of signal officers of the army. And the President is hereby 
authorized to appoint ten sergeants of infantry in the Provisional army, and to 
assign them to duty as signal sergeants. The signal corps above authorized may 
be organized as a separate corps, or may be attached to the department of the 
Adjutant and In sp ec t or-Geriera 1, or to the Engineer corps, as the Secretary of War 
shall direct. [Approved April 19,1862. ] 
II. The signal corps authorized by this act will be attached to the 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s department; and officers of that de- 
partment may be instructed in and assigned to signal duty. 
III. .A signal officer will be attached to the staff of each General or 
Major-General in command of a corps, and of each Major-General in 54 
command of a division. These signal officers will each be assisted by 
as many signal sergeants, and instructed non-commissioned officers 
and privates, selected from the ranks for their intelligence and re- 
liability, as circumstances may require; and as many lance sergeants 
as are required may be appointed. Such non-commissioned officers 
and privates may be detailed for- this duty by the Generals in whose 
command they are serving. Before being instructed, they will each be 
required by the signal officer to take an oath not to divulge, directly or 
indirectly, the system of signals, the alphabet, or any official message 
sent or received thereby. Non-commissioned officers, while on signal 
duty, and privates on this duty, will receive forty cents per day extra 
pay. 
IV. .Commissioned officers of the signal corps, or officers serving on 
signal duty, will be entitled to the forage and allowance of officers of 
similar rank in the cavalry.' Non-commissioned officers and privates 
on signal duty will be mounted by the quartermaster, on the order of 
the Commanding General. 
V. .Requisitions for flags, torches, glasses, and all the material re- 
quired, will be made on the Quartermaster’s department, or the}' may 
be purchased by the quartermaster of any division, on the order of the 
Major-General commanding^ 
VI. On the order of a General commanding a corps, other officers, 
non-commissioned officers, or privates than those regularly on signal 
duty, may be instructed in the system of signals, after having taken 
the oath prescribed above. Wherever it is practicable, it is specially 
recommended to all general officers to have their assistant adjutant- 
generals and aides-de-camp instructed. 
VII. .Whatever is prescribed herein for a division, or for a Major- 
General, will be observed in the case of each brigade which constitutes 
a separate command. 
VIII. All officers and non-commissioned officers accepting appoint- 
ments to the signal corps, will forward with their acceptances the oath 
prescribed above, sworn to before a magistrate, notary public, or com- 
missioned officer of the corps. " 
IX. .Quarterly returns of signal property will be made by all officers 
having it in charge to the Quartermaster’s department, and the senior 
signal officer of each-separate army in the field will report quarterly to 
the Adjutant and Inspector-General the number and organization of 
the signal corps of the army, and its general operations during the pre- 
vious quarter. X. .It will be the duty of the signal officer of every division in the 
field to instruct the adjutant of each regiment in the division in the 
system of signals in use in the army. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-Gentral. 
GENERAL ORDERS,' 
No. 41. j 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, May 31,1862. 
I. .General officers and officers in command of departments, districts, 
and separate posts, will make a detail of men from their commands to 
work the nitre caves which maybe situated within the limits of their 
respective commands. These "details will be made on the requisition of 
the officer in charge of the Nitre bureau in the War department. The 
men thus detailed will be organized temporarily under the command of 
the nitre officer in charge of the particular cave, who will make monthly 
reports to the General or other officer commanding the department, 
district, or post in which the cave may be located, in order that such 
commanding officer may treat as deserters such of the detailed men as 
may leave the works without permission. And it is enjoined upon Gen- 
erals and other commanding officers to give protection, as far as possi- 
ble, and to the extent of their moans, against any encroachments of the 
enemy upon the nitre caves within the limits of their commands. 
, II. .All persons in the employment of the Nitre bureau, whether con- 
tractors for manufacturing saltpetre, or laborers in their employment, 
arc exempt by law from enrolment. 
III. .Officers of the Quartermaster and Commissary departments will 
furnish the officers and men of the Nitre bureau with provision and 
forage, as in the case of ordnance officers and men in the field. 
IV. Officers of the Nitre bureau are authorized to impress free ne- 
groes for the purpose of working the nitre caves, who will be paid 
wages, and be furnished with subsistence. 
V. Paragraph No. 161, General'Regulations of the Army, relating 
to discharges in hospital, is so far modified as to dispense with the 
necessity of sending certificates of disability, in the case of soldiers 
sick in the hospitals in Richmond, to the commandants of regiments, 
where communication with them is difficult and the cases urgent. In 56 
all such cases, the certificate will be sent to Brigadier-General John 
II. Winder, commanding the department of Henrico, who will grant 
the discharge, and notify the same to the regimental commander, who 
will cause the final statements in each case of discharge to be made out 
and sent to the officer granting the discharge, for the benefit of the 
discharged soldier. 
VI. .The following is published for the information of all concerned: 
The act No. 52, approved March 6, 1861, section 19, provides, “that 
there shall be allowed, in addition to the pay herein before provided, 
to every commissioned officer, except the Surgeon-General, nine dollars 
per month for every-five years service; and to the officers of the army 
of the United States, who have resigned, or may resign, to be received 
into the service of the Confederate States,"'this additional pay shall be 
allowed from the date of their entrance into the former service.” 
The foregoing act applies to all officers of the United States army 
who have resigned from that army, to be received into the service of 
the Confederate States, whether in the Regular or Provisional army. 
By command of the Secretary of AVar. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 42. 
AVAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, June 11, 1862. 
1.. Provost marshals are prohibited from taking cognizance of civil 
cases. 
11.. When martial law has been proclaimed, the civil tribunals are 
authorized to take cognizance of civil cases to the extent of granting 
injunctions as usual, when it is necessary to prevent irreparable mis- 
chief, to make orders necessary to enforce the same, and to secure the 
custody of infants in persons entitled thereto, to decide suits for divorce, 
and to make the necessary orders for alimony and personal safety of 
the parties, to recover rents and the possession of real estates and slaves. 
III. .AVhen the officers of the court can not execute the judgments, 
decrees, and orders in the cases above mentioned, they may be certified 
to the provost marshal, who will receive instructions to carry them into 
effect. 
By command of the Secretary of AA’ar. 
» S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 57 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 43. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, Jwwe.13,1862. 
I. .With the consent and approbation of bis Excellency Governor 
Letcher, all sherilfs, deputy sheriffs, and constables of the State of Vir- 
ginia are authorized and requested to apprehend deserters from the 
army, wherever they may he found, and to deliver them to an officer of 
the army, at the most convenient post or station, or to lodge them in 
‘jail, and report their names and regiments to General S. Cooper, Adju- 
tant and Inspector-General, Richmond. Thirty dollars will be paid for 
all deserters delivered to an officer, and fifteen dollars for each deserter 
lodged in jail. No allowance will be made for the expenses of appre- 
hension and transportation. All jailors receiving deserters are request- 
ed to detain them. The usual allowance for the support of prisoners 
will be made. 
II. .Transfers from the line to partisan corps will not be permitted; 
and if any officer of partisan corps knowingly enlist them from the 
line, the authority to raise the partisan corps will be revoked, in addi- 
tion to such punishment as a court martial may inflict. 
III. The attention of officers in command of forts and other posi- 
tions is called to the necessity of making every exertion, upon with- 
drawal, to save the ammunition and powder under their control. The 
waste which has lately occurred on such occasions, will, if continued, 
produce great mischief, and, possibly, irreparable loss. 
IV. .All officers paying bounty to volunteers before having them ex- 
amined by an army surgeon, or assistant surgeon, and duly mustered 
into the service, will he required to refund it themselves. 
V. .Commanders of regiments, or other corps having medical officers, 
will report the names of the surgeons and assistant surgeons who lose 
their surgical instruments, or who from any cause appear on the field 
without surgical instruments, or undertake to discharge their regimental 
duties without them. 
VI. When vacancies occur among the company officers of reorgan- 
ized regiments, the brigade commander will announce, in orders, the 
promotion of the officer next in rank in the company in which such 
vacancies exist, except in cases covered by paragraph II of General 
Orders, No. 36, current series. A copy of the order will in all cases be 
furnished to this office for the approval of the Secretary of War. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS. 
No. *14. 
\V\R DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, June 17. 1802. 
I. .At the expiration of their term of service, all paroled prisoners 
who are not enlisted for the war will have their names dropped from 
the muster rolls, and will be discharged the service of the Confederate 
States. The commissions of the officers will expire with the terms of 
their men. 
II. No persons, other than those authorized by the Commanding 
General of an army, or the commanding officers of districts under mar- 
tial law, shall be recognized as agents for taking possession of private 
property. These agents, before making any impressments, shall pre- 
sent their written authority, and when they take property their receipts 
shall designate the officer who is to pay for it. 
III. .Congress having conferred on the President the right during 
the existing war “to take such control of the lines of telegraph in the 
Confederate States, and of such- offices connected therewith as will 
enable him effectually to supervise the communications passing through 
the same,” and to exercise other powers in reference to telegraph lines, 
and the President having charged the Postmaster-General with the dis- 
charge of these duties, requisitions for building lines, the establishment 
and discontinuance of offices, the appointment of operators and agents, 
the disposition of material, etc., must be addressed to the Postmaster- 
General, and officers are prohibited from exercising these powers. 
IV. To prevent misconception in reference to the discharge of men 
under eighteen and over thirty-five years of age, under the Conscript 
act, the army is informed that only such persons as have not re-enlisted 
for three years or the war will be entitled to their discharge on the 16th 
of July next. Those of the ages above mentioned who have so re- 
enlisted, whether they are in twelve months regiments or war regiments, 
are not entitled to discharge until they have served out their terms of 
enlistment. 
V. .Regimental medical officers, when in charge of patients brought 
to general hospitals, or in the vicinity of the same, will turn them over 
to the surgeons in charge, and return without delay to their legitimate 
duties. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector General. GENERAL ORDERS,' 
No. 45. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-Genf.ral’s Office, 
Richmond, June. 26, 1862. 
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1.. A General Intelligence office, to enable the friends of the sick 
and wounded to find them out, and to facilitate communication with 
the army, is hereby established. Military commanders and surgeons 
will afford all the means in their power to promote the ends of its 
establishment. 
11.. Medical officers, taken prisoners of war by the armies of the 
Confederate States, will be immediately and unconditionally discharged. 
111.. The Government of the United States having recognized the 
principle that medical officers should not be held as prisoners of war, 
and having ordered the immediate and unconditional release of all 
medical officers so held, all medical officers of the Confederate States 
now on parole are hereby discharged from their parole. 
IV.. Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 31, current series, is so 
modified as to designate Augusta, Georgia, as the point from which 
breadstuffs may be transported to Jackson, Mississippi, and to which 
shipments of sugar and molasses may be made from Jackson, Missis- 
sippi. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant, and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,' 
No.' 46. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inpf-ctor-General’s Office, 
Richmond, July 1, 1862. 
I..The following regulations are published for the information of 
the army: 
1. Paragraph III, General Orders, No. 24, current series, is so 
modified as to permit the appointment of brigade ordnance officers, 
who shall have the rank and pay of first lieutenants of artillery. 
2. Brigade ordnance officers so appointed will be subject to the 
division ordnance officers, so far as relates to ordnance duties, and 
will make requisitions on them. They will also make such reports as 
may be required to the division ordnanoe officers. 
3. Ordnance sergeants of regiments will be subject to, and make 
reports to the brigade ordnance.officers. 60 
4. Since the act of April 19, 1862, providing an ordnance sergeant 
to each regiment, the acting appointees, authorized under General 
Orders, No. 24, current series, and made by colonels of regiments, will 
be reported for appointment under the above act, in cases where such 
report has not been made to the Ordnance bureau. Hereafter tho 
appointments will be made to regiments as to military posts, by the 
Secretary of War, and upon the recommendation of colonels of regi- 
ments, through the bureau, the non-commissioned officers 
recommended being at once placed upon duty in anticipation of the 
appointment. 
II. . Paragraph IV, General Orders, No. 44, current series, is hereby 
feseinded, and the following paragraph is substituted in lieu thereof: 
Persons under eighteen and over thirty-five years of age, who have 
re-enlisted for three years or the war, are not entitled to their dis- 
charge under the Conscript act. Persons of the ages above mentioned, 
who enlisted for twelve months, or for a shorter term, will be entitled 
to their discharge uinety days after the expiration of their term of 
service. 
III. .All chaplains taken prisoners of war by the armies of the 
Confederate States, while engaged in the discharge of their proper 
duties, will be immediately and unconditionally released. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 47. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, July 9, 1862. 
1.. The reception of unnaturalized foreigners as substitutes in tho 
army is hereby forbidden. 
11.. Commissioned officers of new companies, battalions, and regi- 
ments coming into service, will take rank from the date of acceptance 
in the service of the Confederate States; which date of acceptance 
will not precede the complete organization of the company, battalion, 
or regiment, the proof of which will be considered in the act of muster, 
or of any exercise of authority by the Confederate States over the 
company, battalion, or regiment. III. Where companies of the same battalion or regiment enter the 
service on the same day, the relative rank of the officers of the same 
grade therein will be determined by lot, except in the case of former 
commissions in the Confederate service, when the 5th paragraph of the 
General Regulations of the Army will govern. 
IV. The relative rank of commissioned officers of companies, bat- 
talions, or regiments, who continue in service by re-election to the same 
grade in the same corps, will bo fixed by the date of their original 
election or appointment; but those who change their grade or corps 
by re-electiou will take rank from the date of such re-election. 
By command of the Secretarjflbf War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,] 
No. 48. J 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-Generai.’s Office, 
Richmond, July 11,18G2. 
1.. The appointments of general officers and officers of the general 
staff in the Provisional army being made under special authority, and 
for specific objects, terminate with their commands, except in case of 
assignment to other appropriate duties. 
11.. General Orders, No. 17, Adjutant and Inspector-General’s 
November 7th, 1861. authorizing discharges from the service and fur- 
loughs by brigade commanders, are hereby revoked. 
III. .Paragraphs 160 and 161, Regulations for the Army, published 
March 13, 1862, are revoked, and the following regulations are substi- 
tuted : 
160. When a non-commissioned officer or soldier shall be unfit for 
military service in consequence of wounds, disease, or infirmity, his 
captain shall forward to the commandant of the department, or of the 
army in the field, through the commander of the regiment or post, a 
statement of the case, with “ certificates of disability,” signed by the 
senior surgeon of the regiment or post, according to the form pre- 
scribed in the irfedical regulations. If the recommendation for the 
discharge of the invalid bo approved, the authority therefor will be 
endorsed on the “certificates of disability,” which will be sent back to 
be completed and signed by the commanding officer of the regiment or 
command to which the invalid's company belongs, who will also sign the discharge, and cause the final statements to be made and 
forward the certificates of disability to the Adjutant and Inspector- 
General. 
161. When a non-commissioned officer or soldier is absent from his 
regiment or company, in hospital, and shall be unfit for military ser- 
vice, for the reasons set forth in the preceding paragraph, the senior 
surgeon of the hospital will make out “ certificates of disability,” and 
forward them, through the commander of the company or regiment, to 
the commander of the department, or of the army in the field, whose 
approval being given, the commanding officer will complete and for- 
ward the certificates of disability to the Adjutant and Inspector-Gen- 
eral, and send the papers <af discharge *o the surgeon. But when access 
to commanders is difficult, and attended with great delay, theTOrtifi- 
cates of disability may, in urgent cases, he forwarded by the surgeon 
to the Surgeon-General for approval: which being given, the discharge 
will be authorized from the Adjutant and Inspector-General’s office; 
and the surgeon will make out final statements. 
IV.. Medical officers are prohibited from recommending leaves of 
absence and furloughs to sick and wounded officers and softiiers, except 
when it is absolutely necessary for them to go home to be restored to 
health ; in which case the soldier only will be entitled to transportation 
to bo given in kind. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and jmpcctor-Gcna nl. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 40. 
tVAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector (Jkneral’s Office. 
Richmond, July 14. 1862. 
All persons engaged in enrolling conscripts are hereby authorized 
and required to arrest deserters from the army, and to deliver them to 
the commandant of the nearest camp of instruction, or to lodge them 
in the nearest jail, and to return their names, company, and regiment to 
the Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
Jailors are requested to detain them, and will be allowed the fees and 
charges for the detention of prisoners prescribed by the laws of the 
state in which the jail is situated. 
Enrolling officers are also required to report to the Adjutant and 
Inspector-General the names and address of all persons absent from the army, without leave, whether by the expiration of their leaves of 
absence, furloughs, details, or otherwise: and where this unauthorized 
absence exceeds the time required to correspond with the War depart- 
ment, the enrolling officer will arrest the person, and send, him to the 
nearest camp of instruction, reporting the arrest to the Adjutant and 
Inspector-General. 
Commandants of camps of instruction are required to forward .desert-* 
ers and persons absent without leave to their regiments, and have the 
powers of arrest conferred upon enrolling officers. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and fnnpector-Gcncral• 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 50. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-Generai/s Office, 
Richmond, July 18, 1862. 
I. .Conscripts engaged on government work, either directly or by 
contractors, will not be taken from the work on which they are 
engaged, except for the purpose of enrolment, after which they will be 
returned on the certificate of the officer under whose charge the work 
is being performed, or with whom the contract is made. Such certifi- 
cate will be presented to tho enrolling officer, who will thereupon order 
the detail of the men specified for a period not to exceed sixty days. 
A duplicate of such detail will be forwarded at once to the Adjutant 
and Inspector-General, and a triplicate to the Chief of the department 
or bureau for which the work is performed. 
Extensions of these details will be made when deemed necessary, on 
application through the heads of the departments or bureaus. 
II. .Military department No. 2 will embrace the States of Missis- 
sipi, Alabama, East Louisiana, and that part of Florida which is west 
of the Chattahoochee and Appalachicola rivers. 
III. The Department of East Tennessee will include that part of 
the State ’of Georgia which is north of the railroad leading from 
Augusta, via Atlanta, to West Point, and so much of North Carolina 
as is west of the Blue Itidgo mountains in that state. 
IV. .Conscripts will be paid from the date of their departure from 
home for camp of instruction. Troops raised by the states under 
requisitions made on them by the Confederate States government will be paid from the date of their assembling at the rendezvous for ser- 
vice, being already enlisted, or from the date of the enlistment, if that 
takes place at the rendezvous. 
V. .The only authority giving mileage or transportation to officers of 
soldiers in the field, emanates from the General commanding the par- 
ticular army. 
VI. Arms and munitions of war belonging to states are strictly 
prohibited from being seized by any Confederate officer; and public 
arms and supplies will not be diverted from their legitimate destination 
by any officer of the army. 
By comniand of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General■ 
GENERAL ORDERS. 
No. 51. 
WAR DEPARTMENT. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, July 22, 1862. 
The successful defence of Vicksburg against the mortar fleet of the 
enemy by Major-General Van Dorn and the officers and men under 
his command entitles them to the gratitude of the country, the thanks 
of the government, and the admiration of the army. By their gal- 
lantry and good conduct they have not only saved the city entrusted 
to them, but they have shown that bombardments of cities, if bravely 
resisted, achieve nothing for the enemy, and only servo to unveil his 
malice and the hypocrisy of his pretended wish to restore the Union. 
The world now sees that his mission is one of destruction, not restora- 
tion. 
Lieutenant Brown, and the officers and crew of the Confederate 
steamer Arkansas, by their heroic attack upon the Federal fleet before 
Vicksburg equalled the highest recorded examples of courage and skill. 
They prove that the navy, when it regains its proper element, will be 
one of the chief bulwarks of national defence, and that it is entitled to 
a high place in the confidence and affection of the country. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS, ; 
No. 52. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, July 23 1862. 
I. .It will be the duty of the Commanding Generals of separate armies 
to cause to be entered, in some conspicuous place on the standards of 
regiments, battalions, and separately organized squadrons of their com- 
mands, the names of the several battles in which their regiments, bat- 
talions, and separate squadrons have been actually engaged. 
II. .With a view to carry into effect so much of the act of April 21, 
1862, as provides “that the President may, when in his opinion it is 
proper, fill any vacancy, by the promotion of any officer from any com- 
pany, battalion, squadron, or regiment in which the same may occur, 
who shall have been distinguished in service by the exhibition of ex- 
traordinary valor or skill, and that when any vacancy shall occur in 
the lowest grade of commissioned officer of any company, the same 
may be filled by selection, by the President, of any non-commissioned 
officer or private from the company in which the said vacancy may 
occur who shall have been distinguished in the service by the exhibition 
of extraordinary valor and skill,” it will be the duty of the several 
commanding officers herein referred to to furnish reports, setting forth 
the facts and circumstances of .the “extraordinary valor and skill” 
displayed by such officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates as 
may be recommended by them for promotion, agreeably to the provision 
of this act. These reports will be passed through the ascending chan- 
nel of communication provided by the Army Regulations to the Com- 
manding General, who will forward the same, with such remarks as he 
may deem necessary, to the Adjutant and Inspector-General, for the 
action of the Secretary of War. 
III. The employees of railroad companies are authorized and re- 
quested to examine the passes and furloughs of soldiers passing over 
their roads, and to arrest all deserters and persons absent without leave 
from the army, whenever they may be found on said roads, and to 
deliver them to an officer of the army at the most convenient post or 
station, or to lodge them in jail, and repqrt their names and regiments 
to the Adjutant and Inspeetor-Qeneral, Richmond. Thirty dollars will 
be paid for all deserters delivered to an officer, and fifteen dollars for 
each deserter lodged in jail. No allowance will be made for the ex- 
penses of apprehension and transportation. All jailors receiving de- 
serters are requested to detain them. The usual allowance for prisoners 
will be made. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
• S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and fnnpcctor-Gcvcral. GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 53. 
WAR DEPARTMENT. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, July 31, 1862.. 
I. .Persons who aro liable to conscription under the act of April 16, 
1862, will not be taken to servo as partisan rangers. Such as may be 
engaged for that branch of service must be over thirty-five years of 
ago. 
II. .Only aides-de-camp are to be considered as the personal staff of 
general officers; all other general staff officers assigned to the com- 
mands of general officers, or who may be attached by assignment to 
their respective head-quarters, will be regarded as forming a part of 
their entire commands; and any change of commanding officers in such 
commands will not imply a change in the assignment of the general 
staff officers. 
III. .Paragraph I, General Orders, No. -It, current series, is hereby 
revoked, and all paroled prisoners whose regiments are in the East will 
report at Richmond, Virginia, and those whose regiments are in the 
West, at Vicksburg, Mississippi. 
IV. All seizures and impressments of any description of property 
whatever, and especially of arms and ordnance stores belonging to the 
states of the Confederacy, are hereby prohibited, and officers of the 
Confederate States army are enjoined to abstain carefully from such 
seizures and impressments; and in case they arc made by mistake, such 
officers are ordered to make prompt restitution. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and lnspector-Gmeral. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No 54. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, August 1, 1862. 
I. .The following orders arc published for the information and observ- 
ance of all concerned: 
II. Whereas by a General Order, dated the 22d July, 1862, issued 
by the Secretary of War of the United States, under the order of the 
President of the United States, the military commanders of that gov- 
ernment within the States of Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, 
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas, are directed to 67 
seize and use any property, real or personal, belonging to the inhabi- 
tants of this Confederacy, which may be necessary or convenient for 
their several commands, and no provision is made for any compensa- 
tion to the owners of private propex-ty thus seized and appropriated by 
the military commanders of the enemy : 
III. .And whereas by General Order, No. 11, issued on the 23d July, 
1862, by Major-General Pope, commanding the forces of the enemy in 
Northern Virginia,.it is ordered that all “commanders of army corps, 
divisions, brigades, and deta.ched commands, will proceed immediately 
to arrest all disloyal male citizens within their lines or within their 
reach, in rear of their respective commands. Such as are willing to 
take the oath of allegiance to the United States, and will furnish suffi- 
cient security for its observance, shall be permitted to remain at their 
homes, and pursue in good faith their accustomed avocations. Those 
who refuse, shall be conducted south, beyond the extreme pickets of 
this army, and be notified that if found again anywhere within our 
lines, or at any point in rear, they will be considered spies, and subject- 
ed to the extreme rigor of military law. If any person having taken 
the oath of allegiance as above specified, be found to have violated it, 
he shall be shot, and his property seized and applied to the public use 
IV. And whereas by an order issued on the I3th July, 1862, by 
Brigadier-General A. Steinwehr, Major William Steadman, a cavalry 
officer of his brigade, has been ordered to arrest five of the most prom- 
inent citizens of Page county, Virginia, to be held as hostages, and to 
suffer death in the event of any of the soldiers of said Steinwehr being 
shot by “bushwhackers,” by which term are meant the citizens of this 
Confederacy who have taken up arms to defend their homes and fam- 
ilies : 
V. whereas it results from the above orders that some of the 
military authorities of the United States, not content with the unjust 
and aggressive warfare hitherto waged with savage cruelty against an 
unoffending peoplp, and exasperated by the failure of their effort to sub- 
jugate them, have now determined to violate all the rules and usages of 
war, and to convert the hostilities hitherto waged against armed forces 
into a campaign of robbery and murder against unarmed citizens and 
peaceful tillers of the soil: 
VI. .And whereas this government, bound by the highest obligations 
of duty to its citizens, is thus driven to the necessity of adopting such 
just measures of retribution and retaliation as shall seem adequate to 
repress and punish these barbarities : and whereas the orders above 
recited have only been published and made known to this government 68 
since the signature of a cartel for exchange ol prisoners ol war, which 
cartel, in so far as it provides for an exchange of prisoners hereafter 
captured, would never have been signed or agroed to by this govern- 
ment if the intention to change the war into a system of indiscriminate 
murder and robbery had been made known to it: and whereas a just 
regard to humanity forbids that the repression of crime which this 
government is thus compelled to enforce should be unnecessarily ex- 
tended to retaliation, on the enlisted men in the army of the United 
States who may be the unwilling instruments of the savage cruelty of 
their commanders so long as there is hope that the excesses of the 
enemy may be checked or prevented by retribution on the commis- 
sioned officers who have the power to avoid guilty action by refusing 
service under a government which seeks their aid in the perpetration 
of such infamous barbarities: 
VII. .Therefore, it is ordered th"t Major-General Pope, Brigadier- 
General Steinwehr, and all commissioned officers serving under their 
respective commands, be and they are hereby expressly and specially 
declared to be not entitled to be considered as soldiers, and therefore 
not entitled to the benefit of the cartel for the parole of future prisoners 
of war. Ordered, further, that in the event of the capture of Major- 
General Pope, or Brigadier-General Steinwehr, or of any commissioned 
officer serving under them, the captive so taken shall be held in close 
confinement so long as the orders aforesaid shall continue in force and 
unrepealed by the competent military authorities of the United States; 
and that in the event of the murder of any unarmed citizen or inhabi- 
tant of this Confederacy by virtue or under pretext of any of the orders 
herein before recited, whether with or without trial, whether under 
pretence of such citizen being a spy or hostage, or any other pretence, 
it shall be the duty of the Commanding General of the forces of this 
Confederacy to cause immediately to be hung, out of the commissioned 
officers, prisoners as aforesaid, a number equal to the number of our 
own citizens thus murdered by the enemy. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 55. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-Geneiial?h Office, 
Richmond, August 2,1862. 
Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 42, current series, is hereby re- 
voked, and the following is substituted in lieu thereof: 
Where martial law has been proclaimed, the civil tribunals arc authorized to grant injunctions, to make orders, and to take such steps 
as may be necessary to prevent irroparable mischief, to secure the 
possession of infants in the persons entitled thereto, to decide suits for 
divorce, to make orders for alimony, and to secure the personal safety 
of the parties to such suits, to recover rents and the possession of real 
estate and slaves, and to restore the possession of property tortiously 
changed. 
By order. 
* S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 56. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, August 6,1862. 
I. Military commanders have no authority to suspend the writ of 
habeas corpus; nor does martial.law, when declared by the President 
under the act of Congress, justify the arbitrary establishment of the 
price of commodities in the trade of the citizens of the Confederate 
States. 
II. .Necessity alone can warrant the impressment of private prop- 
erty for public use; and wherever the requisite supplies can be 
obtained by the consent of the owners at fair rates, and without 
hazardous delay, the military authorities will abstain from the harsh 
proceeding of impressment. 
III. .Paragraph V, General Orders, No, 38, current series, is hereby 
revoked; and all discharges will hereafter be made under the 11th 
Article of War, and General Order, No. 26, current series. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 70 
INSTRUCTIONS TO ORDNANCE OFFICERS IN 
THE FIELD. 
[No. 2.] 
Relative to Returns of Ordnance Stores. 
1.. Returns for ordnance and ordnance stores issued to troops will 
be made quarterly on the 31st March, 30th June, 30th September, and 
31st December, according to Form I, “ Ordnance Regulations,” as fol- 
lows : 
11.. For all ordnance stores —such as arms, accoutrements, equip- 
ments, and ammunition in the hands of a regiment or battalion, 
including the supplies carried in the ordnance wagon of the regiment— 
by the colonel of the regiment, assisted by his ordnance sergeant. 
III. .For all ordnance stores—such as artillery harness, equipments, 
accoutrements, and ammunition in the possession of field batteries—by 
the captains of batteries. 
IV. .For ordnance and ordnance stores at posts or garrisons—by the 
commanding officer, assisted by his'ordnance sergeant. 
V. ordnance stores in the division and army trains — by the 
division ordnance officer and by the assistant to the Chief of Ordnance 
of the army. 
VI. .Invoices to show what has been received, and receipts for issues 
must accompany the “Returns,” and the line of “Expenditures” 
must mention the actions or practice causing the expenditure ,• and, 
where ammunition or stores are lost, proper evidence and explanation 
must be furnished attached to the return. 
VII. In many cases captains of infantry companies have given 
receipts for their arms and equipments. In such cases the colonel of 
the regiment to which the company belongs should giv.e a receipt for 
the property in the possession of the company commander at the 
organization of the regiment, making the necessary expenditures for 71 
property lost, worn out, and expended on the regimental returns. 
Where property has been furnished by a state or by the company 
themselves, it will be accounted for on a separate return by the com- 
pany commander, a remark to that effect being made in the regimental 
return. 
VIII. .Wherever there are field depots, with workmen attached, the 
usual monthly summary statement of work done should be transmitted. 
(Sec Form 29, “ Ordnance Regulations.”) 
J. GORGAS, Colonel, 
Chief of Ordnance. 
August 1, 1862. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 57. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, August 14. 1862. 
1.. The transportation by railroad of cavalry and artillery horses, 
unless orders be given in each case permitting such transportation, is 
hereby prohibited. 
IT..Hereafter all soldiers under eighteen and over thirty-live years 
of age will be discharged at the expiration of the term for which they 
have engaged to serve. 
111.. The words “either directly or,” first line General Orders, No. 
50, will be omitted. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, j 
No. 58. j 
WAR DEPARTMENT. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, August 14, 1862. 
I. .The following rules in relation to the examination of conscripts 
are published for the guidance of the enrolling and medical examining 
officers : 
1. At each camp of instruction and at such military stations and 
other points as may be designated, an experienced army surgeon, from 
a different section of the country, will be detailed to examine con- 
scripts. 2. All conscripts capable o'f bearing arms will be received. 
3. Conscripts not equal to all military duty may be valuable in-the 
hospital, quartermaster’s, or other staff departments; and if so will be 
received. 
4. Blindness, excessive deafness, and permanent lameness, or great 
deformity, are obvious reasons for exemptions. 
5. Confirmed consumption, large, incurable ulcers, and chronic con- 
tagious diseases of the skin, are causes for exemption. 
6. Single reducible hernia, the loss of an eye, or of several fingers, 
will not incapacitate the subject for the performance of military duty. 
7. A certificate of disability of a conscript given by a private physi- 
cian will not be considered, unless affidavit is made that the conscript 
is confined to bed, or that his health and life would be endangered by 
removal to the place of enrolment. 
8. But when a conscript is incapacitated by temporary sickness, he 
must present himself §b soon as recovered to the enrolling officer, or to 
the nearest school for conscripts. 
9. No previous discharge, certificate, or exemption, from any source, 
will be acknowledged, except those granted to foreigners not domiciled, 
and to those persons who have furnished substitutes. 
10. Medical officers of the army are not allowed to examine con- 
scripts and give certificates unless they are regularly detailed for that 
duty. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
■ Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS. 1 
No. 59. ) 
AVAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, August 20, 1862. 
Whereas information has been received that certain peaceable citizens 
of the Confederate States have been seized and put to death by order of 
General Fitch, commanding the army of the United States, which had 
invaded the State of Arkansas, upon the ground that one of the said 
invading army had been shot by some unknown person, who, whatever 
his condition, had an unquestionable right to defend his home: And 
whereas inquiry has been made of the Government of the United States 
as to the correctness of the said information, and whether the action of 
General Fitch has the sanction of the said government; to which in- 
quiry the authorities of the United States have refused to answer : 
And whereas our government is driven to retaliatory measures as the only means to protect the lives of the peaceable citizens of the Confed- 
erate States who may fall into the hands of General Fitch, or any per- 
sons acting under his authority: 
It is hereby ordered that general officei-s commanding troops of the 
Confederate States shall forthwith ascertain and report to the President 
whether such acts have been committed; and upon being certified 
thereof, shall forthwith set apart by lot, frorp among any prisoners 
taken from the army under the command of General Fitch, a number 
of officers equal in number to the persons who have been put to death 
as aforesaid, and place them in close confinement for execution at such 
time thereafter as may be ordered by the President; and shall regard 
the said General Fitch, if captured, not as a prisoner of war, but 
place him in confinement as a felon, until the further order of the 
President. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,' 
No. 60. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, Av-gmt 21,1862. 
I..Whereas Major-General Hunter, recently in oommand of the 
enemy’s forces on the coast of South Carolina, and Brigadier-General 
Phelps, a military commander of the enemy in the State of Louisiana, 
have organized and armed negro slaves for military service against 
their masters, citizens of this Confederacy: And whereas the Govern- 
ment of the United States has refused to answer an inquiry whether 
said conduct of its officers meets its sanction, and has thus left to this 
government no other means of repressing said crimes and outrages 
than the adoption of such measures of retaliation as shall serve to pre- 
vent their repetition : 
Ordered, that Major-General Hunter and Brigadier-General Phelps 
be no longer held and treated as public enemies of the Confederate 
States, but as outlaws; and that in the event of the capture of either 
of them, or that of any other commissioned officer employed in drilling, 
organizing, or instructing slaves, with a view to their armed service in 
this war, he shall not be regarded as a prisoner of war, but held in 
close confinement for execution as a felon, at such time and place as 
the President shall order. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Intpector-Gtntral. 74 
GENERAL ORDERS,j 
No. 61. J 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, August 23, 1862. 
1.. Hereafter all orders from this office published in the Richmond 
Enquirer will be considered by the army as official. 
11.. 1n connection with paragraph IV of General Orders, No. 32, 
from &is office, ambulances and wagons for the transportation of regi- 
mental hospital supplies are reserved for the special use of the hospital 
department. While the ambulances, wagons, teams, drivers, etc., will 
be borne on the returns of the quartermasters, they will be under the 
exclusive control of the medical officers, and will not be interfered with 
by any officer, except in permanent encampments, when by direction of 
the Generalcommanding, the wagons may, if necessary, be temporarily 
used for local purposes. 
III. .Paragraph IV, General Orders, No. 53, current series, is so 
modified as to read as follows: . 
All seizures and impressments of any description of property what- 
ever, belonging to the states of the Confederacy, are hereby prohibited, 
and officers of the Confederate States army are enjoined to abstain 
carefully from such seizures and impressments; and in case they are 
mad* by mistake, such officers are ordered to make prompt restitution. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,! 
No. 62. j 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, August 26, 1862. 
I. .Major-General Huger, having been appointed Inspector of Ord- 
nance and Artillery for the C. S. army, is authorized to inspect and 
examine into all the establishments of the Ordnance department, and 
the works of all contractors for Ibis department, including all founderies, 
and mines of iron, lead, copper, and nitre working under permanent 
contract, and the condition aud armament of all forts and batteries, 
and to give such orders and instructions as will tond to increase their 
efficiency. All commanding officers, and others in charge of such 
works, are required to give him all facilities and assistance in their 
power in t.he performance of hie duties. Such orders and instructions 
a* he may consider necessary, and as do not conflict wjth the orders of 75 
this department, will be considered the orders of the War department, 
and will be transmitted, at once, through the office of the Chief of 
Ordnance. Reports of inspections will be remitted to the War depart- 
ment through the same chanuels. The rules and mode of inspection 
will be, in other respects, in conformity with section II of the Regula- 
tions of the Ordnance department, approved February 1, 1862. All 
officers of the Quartermaster’s department are required to furnish 
transportation to himself and his aids and assistants on his order. 
Where there are no lines of transportation, he will procure it, and keep 
an account of the actual expenses; which account will be paid by the 
Quartermaster’s department, on his certificate and order. 
II..It is hereby announced that no oath of allegiance to the United 
States, and no parole by a person not in military service, pledging him- 
self not to bear arms against the United States, will be regarded as an 
exemption from service in the armies of the Confederate States; but 
persons liable to conscription taking such oath or giving such parole 
will be enrolled for service. If captured by the onemy, they will bo 
demanded, and paroled as prisoners of war. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 63. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, September 4, 1862. 
All general staff officers who hold appointments as such in the Con- 
federate States army, and who hare received, or may hereafter receive 
appointments of higher grade in the line of the Provisional army of 
the Confederate States, will immediately signify to this office their 
preference for one or other of these appointments, as both can not be 
held by the same officer. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector.General. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’* Office, 
Richmond, September 8, 1862. 
GENERAL ORDERS,’’ 
No, 64. 
J., Conscripts in the employment of the government who leave their 
employment without Authority will he arrested as deserters on the order of the officer under whom they are employed. Conscripts work- 
ing for contractors will, under like circumstances, be arrested as desert- 
ers by the enrolling officer of the district on complaint and proof by 
the contractor. 
11.. The reception of substitutes under eighteen years of age is 
hereby prohibited. The reception of substitutes into partisan corps is 
prohibited, as is also the reception of substitutes into any company not 
fully organized and received by the department. A substitute becoming 
liable to conscription renders his principal also liable, unless exempt on 
other grounds. 
111.. Commissaries of subsistence in the field and at depots will 
transfer all the hides of slaughtered beeves to officers of the Quarter- 
master’s department, who will receive them, and preserve the same to 
be tanned. 
IV. .Commanders of army corps, regiments, and battalions will make 
to this office monthly returns of their respective commands, on the 
forms furnished, and according to the directions expressed on them. 
Officers in charge of camps of instruction will make to this office, on 
the 10th, 20th, and 30th of each month, returns of the state of the 
recruiting service, showing the number of conscripts enrolled in camp 
at the date of last report, the number enrolled and accepted during the 
period for which report is made, the number sent forward to regiments, 
and the total remaining in camp. 
V. Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 62, current series, is amended 
so as to read as follows : 
It is hereby announced that no oath of allegiance to the United 
States, and no parole by a person not in military service, pledging him- 
self not to bear arms against the United States, will be regarded as an 
exemption from service in the armies of the Confederate States; but 
persons liable to conscription, taking such oath or giving such parole, 
will be enrolled for service. If captured by the enemy, they will be 
demanded as prisoners of war. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 77 
GENERAL ORDERS. 
No. 65. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, September 9, 1862. 
I. .Each cadet in the Confederate States service will forthwith report 
to the Adjutant ancf Inspector-General, Richmond, Virginia, the state 
in which he was horn, the county and state whence appointed, and 
whether the appointment was “at large” or from a “Congressional 
district;” his age at the date of his appointment in the Confederate 
service, and whether he was appointed to West Point, together with 
the date of such appointment, and the date of his leaving. 
II. .Promotions of company officers, as such, in the Provisional 
army, take place in the respective companies in which the officers are 
serving, and not through the line of the regiment or battalion; that is, 
on the vacancy of the captain the first lieutenant of the company will 
succeed, and the second lieutenant of the same company will be enti- 
tled to succeed to the vacancy created by the promotion of the first 
lieutenant. 
III. .Paroled or exchanged prisoners, sick or wounded, in hospitals, 
who have not been furnished with descriptive lists, will be mustered 
for payment upon the hospital rolls by surgeons in charge, upon their 
affidavit that they have not received pay for the period for which they 
claim it to be due, and are not indebted to the Confederate government 
beyond the amount which may be stated. 
IV. .All officers of the Subsistence department will return to the com- 
missary from whom they draw subsistence all barrels and sacks. If 
they fail to return them they will be, charged 75 cents for each barrel, 
and $1 25 for each sack. 
V. medical officers detailed by virtue of paragraph I, General 
Orders, No. 58, current series, to examine conscripts at camps of in- 
struction will forward every week, through the commanding officers, to 
the Adjutant and Inspector-General, Richmond, the names in full of 
the conscripts received who are not equal to all military duty, but may 
be valuable in the hospital, quartermaster’s, or other staff department, 
in order that they may be detailed for those branches of the service. 
The previous occupation of the conscript will be reported, with a rec- 
ommendation for any special duty for which he may appear suited. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 66. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, September 12, 1862. 
I. .Agreeably to Paragraph I, General Orders, No. 56, current series, 
declaring that “ military commanders have no authority to suspend 
the writ of habeas corpus,” all proclamations of martial law by general 
officers, and others assuming a power vested only in the President, are 
hereby annulled. 
II. . Conscripts employed at the government workshops of the Ord- 
nance department will not be interfered with by enrolling or other 
officers. All proceedings in reference to them will be made through the 
commanding officer of the ordnance establishments. 
III. All conscripts, or detailed or hired workmen, engaged in such 
establishments will be provided with passes, signed by the officer im- 
mediately in charge, and countersigned by Colonel J. Gorgas, Chief 
of Ordnance. 
IV. The Superintendent of the Nitre and Mining bureau, or such 
officers as he may designate, are authorized and required to impress for 
the government any mineral mines or nitre caves, or deposits required 
for the wants of the service, in all cases where such mines, caves, or 
deposits are suffered to remain unworked, or which may be imperfectly 
worked by the owner or lessor. Compensation for ore, earth, buildings, 
timber, and all materials necessary for such work, thus taken and used, 
may be settled by private agreement, or by arbitration, under the di- 
rection of the Nitre and Mining bureau. 
V. Enrolling and rocruiting officers in the-discharge of their duties 
under the Conscript or other acts, are enjoined not to remove or inter- 
fere with workmen or employees at the nitre, lead, or copper works, or 
mines worked by government officers, or by contractors for the Ord- 
nance department, without first apprising and obtaining the consent of 
the superintendent or officer in charge, who will be held strictly respon- 
sible,for any abuse or evasion of the law. 
VI. .Through an error in tho printed text of the “Army Regulations” 
of the Confederate States, quartermasters have allowed to servants 
issues of fuel, and straw, etc. All officers of the Quartermaster’s de- 
partment will hereafter take notice that-such allowances are illegal, 
and will not be admitted in accounts passing through the Quartermas- 
ter-General’s office. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 79 
GENERAL ORDERS, "| 
No. 67. j 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, September 13, 1862. 
1.. Different constructions having been placed on paragraph III, 
General Orders, No. 65, current series, it is hereby declared that it only 
applies to paroled or exchanged prisoners who are sick and wounded 
in hospitals, and who have not been furnished with descriptive lists. 
11.. The Surgeon-General, the Quartermaster-General, the Commis- 
sary-General, and the Chief of Ordnance will cause an immediate and 
thorough inspection to be made in all the branches of their several de- 
partments, and will report to the Adjutant and Inspector-General the 
number of able-bodied men of conscript age now in department employ 
.whose places can be filled by conscripts accepted for such duty under 
the requirements of paragraph III, General Orders, No. 58, current 
series. 
III. .Surgeons in charge of hospitals, assistant quartermasters, as- 
sistant commissaries, and ordnance officers having in their employ 
able-bodied men of conscript age whose places can be filled by con- 
scripts enrolled under paragraph III, General Orders, No. 58, current 
series, will report the facts to the nearest enrolling officer, who will 
cause an exchange to be made, and will order the soldiers thus relieved 
from department employ to duty with their commands. 
IV. .Hereafter no new details which will separate able-bodied men 
from their regiments will be made for duty in the hospital, quarter- 
master, commissary, or ordnance departments. 
By order. S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, j 
No. 68. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, September 17, 1862. 
I. .A board of officers will convene in this city to examine appli- 
cants for appointments as artillery officers for ordnance duty. 
The board will consist of: 
Colonel T. S. Rhett, Provisional artillery, on ordnance duty. 
Major S. Stansbury, “ “ “ “ 
Captain Benjamin Sloan. 
Superintendent W. Leroy Brown. 
Captain Sloan will record the proceedings of the board. 80 
The senior officer present will act as president, and will cause due 
notice to be given of the days and place of meeting of the board, 
which will sit from time to time as candidates may apply for examina- 
tion. 
The requisites to pass the examination will be: 
1st. An ordinary English education. 
2d. A knowledge of arithmetic, including the use of fractions. 
3d. A knowledge of the Field Manual prepared under the direction 
of the Ordnance bureau. 
4th. The board will also examine the credentials of the applicants, 
and take into consideration prior services tending to qualify them as 
artillery officers. 
5th. The board must satisfy themselves of the moral character of 
the candidates, and especially of their habitual sobriety; and they will 
pass no one physically unfit for the duties of an ordnance officer in 
the field. 
After such examination as the board thinks necessary, the candi- 
dates will be arranged according to a roll of merit, based upon exam- 
ination and testimonials, recommending them to such grade as they 
deem them qualified for, not above the grade of captain ; the promotion 
to higher grade being dependent on vacancies in the field, or at 
arsenals. 
II. .Paragraph III, General Orders, No. Go, current series, modified 
by paragraph I, General Orders, No. 67, is extended to embrace all 
soldiers sick in hospitals or oh furlough. 
III. All enrolling officers are hereby expressly prohibited from 
enrolling as conscripts foreigners not domiciled in the Confederate 
States. By domicil is meant permanent residence. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
NERAL ORDERS. 
No. 69. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond. September 19, 1862. 
I. .The adjutants of the regiments throughout the army will inquire 
into and report all eases of slaves serving with their respective regi- 
ments without written authority from their masters. The names of 
such slaves and their masters will be forwarded to the office of the 
Adjutant and Inspector-General, to be published in the newspapers. 81 
II. The prohibition of the exportation from Virginia of wheat, 
flour, bacon, and corn does not extend to seed wheat. Therefore, in 
all cases where the Commanding General of the department- through 
which it is desired to export wheat shall be satisfied that it is intended 
for seed and not for consumption, he shall permit it to pass. 
III. .Hereafter the command of Major-General G. W. Smith will 
embrace that part of the country lying south of the line of operations 
under General R. E. Lee, including the Department of North Carolina. 
All commanders within these geographical limits will report to and 
receive their orders from Major-General Smith. 
IV. Paragraph V, General Orders, No. 41, current series, is hereby 
revoked. 
By order. S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT. 
Confederate States of America, 
Executive Office, 
Richmond, October 2, 1862. 
To the Senate and House of Representatives: 
I herewith transmit for your information a communication from the 
Secretary of War, submitting “The report of the Adjutant-General 
of the proceedings of courts martial in cases of drunkenness.” 
JEFFERSON DAVIS. 
LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR. 
Confederate States of America; 
War department, 
Richmond, October 2, 1862. 
His Excellency the President : 
Sir—I hare the honor to submit, for transmission to Congross, the 
report of the Adjutant-General of the proceedings of courts martial 
in cases of drunkenness. 
Very respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
GEO. W. RANDOLPH, 
Secretary of War. 82 
PROCEEDINGS OF COURTS MARTIAL IN CASES OF DRUNK- 
AND INSPECTOR-GENERAL 
6 
Name and Rank op 
Accused. 
Date op Order Con- 
vening Court. 
Where Held. 
1.. 
2.. 
E. N. Fuller, 2d Lieut. 1st 
Infantry, C. S. P. A 
C. E. Kauapaux, Company 
D, Palmetto batt’n, Light 
Head-quarters, Department 
S. C. and Ga., Charleston, 
May 13, 1862 
Head-quarters, Department 
S. C. and Ga., Charleston, 
May 26. 1862 
Adam’s Run 
3.. 
J. S. Worford, Capt. Com- 
pany D, Wither’s regi- 
Vicksburg, Miss, June 9, 
1862 
4.. 
T. H. W. Upshur. Assistant 
Surgeon P. A. C. S 
Head-quarters. Department 
Northern Va., July 16, 
1862 
Camp of Maj.-General 
5.. 
W. L. Wall, Lieut. Co. C, 
Col. J. Brown’s regiment. 
Head-quarters, Department 
S. C. A Ga., July 25, 1862. 
Macon, Ga 
6.. 
♦Reuben Brown, Co. G, Col. 
Jack Brown’s regiment... 
Head-quarters. Department 
S. C. & Ga., July 25, 1862. 
Macon, Ga 
7.. 
A. S. Haynes, Capt. 11th 
Head-quarters, Department 
N. C., Petersburg, July 
18,1862 ! 
8.. 
9.. 
T. 0. Jones, Lieut. 40th reg- 
iment N. (j. volunteers.... 
J. D. Wright, Lieut. Co. B, 
Speight’s regiment, Tex. 
Head-quarters. Dep’t N. C., 
Petersburg. July 18,1862. 
Head-quarters. Tyler,Texas, 
Wilmington, N. C 
1.. 
John Dunovant, Col. 1st S. 
C. regiment 
Head-quarters, S. C. A Ga., 
Charleston, Aug, J8,1862. 
■ 
COURTS OF 
Adams’ Run, S. C 
. 
[Duplicate.] 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Ofpic*. 
Richmond, September 30, 1862. ENNESS ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT 
SINCE APRIL 21st, 1862. 
Charge. j Findings. 
Sentence. 
| Remarks 
Cashiered. 
Honorably acquitted. 
To be publicly repriman- 
ded in orders, and sus- 
pended from rank for 
one month. 
Acquitted. 
Honorably acquitted. 
Dismissed from the ser- 
vice of the C. S. A. 
*To be publicly reprimanded by commanding officer at dress parade, 
in presence of company officers. 
Of 1st, 2d, 4th, 5th, 6th spe- 
cifications. not guilty; 
on 3d specification, had 
been drinking, and ca- 
pacities may have been 
somewhat impaired,but 
not so much that the 3d 
specification or charge 
should be further con- 
sidered. 
Violation of 83d Article 
of War. Specification: 
Abusive language while 
under influence of li- 
Violation of 83d Article 
of War. Specification 
1st: In the habit of get- 
ting drunk. Specifica- 
tions 2d and 3d do not 
refer to drunkenness. 
Prejudicial to good order 
and military discipline. 
Conduct unbecoming an 
officer and a gentleman. 
1st. Violation of 45th Ar- 
ticle of War. 2d. Con- 
duct unbecoming an 
officer and agentleman. 
3d. Violation of 7 th,and 
4 of the 8th Article ot 
Of the charge and speci- 
fication 2d. guilty; of 
specifications 1st and 
3d, not guilty. 
Of charge and specifica- 
tion, not guilty 
Guilty of the charge and 
specification 
INQUIRY. 
Drunkenness on duty 
Respectfully subrn 
Note.—Of specification Is 
in the language of the 
2d, guilty, with the sar 
the specification. Of 
the same change in the 
Of the charge, guilty, 
ceedings. 
tted to the Secretary, of 
S. COOPER, Adj 
vice of the C. S, A. 1 
guilty, with the same change 
specification. Of specification 
ne change in the language of 
specification 3d, guilty, with 
language of the specification. 
For these alterations, see pro- 
i'ar. 
ulant and Imptetor-General. 84 
GENERAL ORDERS,' 
No. 70. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond. September 23,1862. 
I. .Non-commissioned officers and privates receiving an honorable 
discharge shall be entitled to transportation home on the certificate of 
the commandant of their company; or, in case they can not communi- 
cate with him, on their own affidavits that they went from tbeir homes 
to the place of enlistment for the purpose of enlistment. 
II. .Applications for leaves of absence, furloughs, discharges, and 
transfers, from persons in and about Richmond, who, from sickness or 
other cause, can not communicate with their immediate commanding 
officers, will be made to Major-General G. W. Smith, and will not be 
considered by the department, except on an appeal from his decision, 
lie will prescribe the mode of examination in cases of alleged physical 
disability, and will submit to the department applications for transfers 
to and from troops not under his command. 
III. . Commanding officers are directed, and will be required to 
examine promptly the returns of their commissaries, whether the issues 
were made by direction of their predecessors in command, or under 
their own direction. 
IV. .Applicants for the rank of captain of artillery in the Ordnance 
department, in addition to the subjects mentioned in paragraph I, 
General Orders, No. 68, current series, will be examined upon the ele- 
ments of algebra, plane trigonometry, mechanics, and chemistry, as 
applicable to projectiles and ordnance. 
t By order. 
1 S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 71. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office. 
Richmond, September 26, 1862. 
I..All persons who have made application for appointments in the 
ordnance corps Since the meeting of the present Congress will present 
themselves for examination by the hoard of officers convened by 
General Order, No. 68, Adjutant and Inspector-General’s office, as 
soon as practicable. 85 
II. .Adjourned meetings of the board will hereafter be held conven- 
ient to the head-quarters of the armies in the field, for the examination 
of officers who are acting but have not been commissioned. 
III. Those who pass the examination at the present session of the 
board'will be arranged for appointment as captains, first, and second 
lieutenants according to merit, and the appointments will be made from 
the head of the list. 
IV. All officers on duty in the ordnance corps will hereafter be 
examined before promotion. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS 
No. 72. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, September 29, 1862. 
I. .The President having approved an act of Congress requiring the 
Secretary of War “to transfer any private or non-commissioned officer 
who may he in a regiment from a state of this Confederacy other than 
his own, to a regiment from his own’ state, whenever such private or 
non-commissioned officer may apply for such transfer, and whenever 
such transfer can be made without injury to the public service, and that 
the Secretary of War shall make regulations to facilitate such transfer, 
provided that this act shall not apply to any person who has enlisted as 
a substitute” — it is ordered that all such applications for transfers as 
are contemplated by the foregoing act shall be addressed to the General 
commanding the army in which the applicant is serving, and shall be 
granted by him, without reference to the War department, whether the 
transfer is within his own military department or not, provided the 
written consent of the commandant of the company to which the trans- 
fer is sought to be made shall first be given, and the transfer can be 
made without injury to the public service. In all cases in which the 
Commanding General shall think proper to refuse such application, he 
shall endorse the reasons for such refusal, and forward the application 
to the department. 
II. .Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 31, current series; paragraph 
IX, General Orders, No. 38, current series ; and clause 3, paragraph I, 
General Orders, No. t>8, current series, are hereby revoked. III. The ration issued to hospitals will not hereafter be subject to 
the reduction authorized April 28, 1862, but will remain as prescribed 
by paragraph 1107, General Regulations. 
IV. For the prompt relief of the sick and wounded of posts and 
general hospitals, not including those in the City of Richmond, it is 
ordered : 
1. That the commandant of the post shall cause to be established'a 
board, to consist of two or more medical officers at each post or general 
hospital, for the examination of all soldiers who may be considered fit 
subjects for furlough or discharge. 
2. That in.the absence of any regularly appointed officer the senior 
surgeon of the post or general hospital will act as commandant of the 
post. 
3. That a certificate of disability, with a recommendation for furlough, 
signed in due form by the examining board, and approved by the sen- 
ior surgeon of the post, shall entitle the soldier to a furlough, to be 
granted by the commandant of the post. 
•i. That a certificate of disability, with a recommendation for dis- 
charge, signed in due form by the examining board, and approved by 
the senior surgeon of the post, shall, if the soldier is declared to be 
unfit for service in the fiold, or in any department of the government, 
entitle him to his discharge, which will be signed by the commandant 
of the post; and in all casos where the descriptive list and final papers 
cannot be obtained, the patient will be mustered for payment upon 
hospital rolls, by the surgeon in charge, or his affidavit that he has not 
received pay for the period 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. 
V. all cases of application lor furlough or discharge under the 
foregoing paragraph the applicant will be required to explain satisfac- 
torily his absence from the regiment, battalion, or squadron to which 
he belongs. 
VI. Due notice of all furloughs and discharges granted under this 
order will be forwarded through department commanders to the Adju- 
tant and Inspector-General. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS, j 
No. 73. | 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond. October 1. 1862. 
1.. The State of Mississippi, and that part of Louisiana east of the 
Mississippi river, are constituted a separate military department, the 
command of which is assigned to Major-General John C. Ppjmbkkton. 
11.. Generals commanding will authorize their medical purveyors to 
impress all medical supplies held by speculators, paying them the cost 
price for the articles. The Generals will give the purveyors the neces- 
sary aid to carry this order into effect. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,' 
No. 74. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, October 2,1862. 
1.. The execution of the act approved April 16th, 1862, commonly 
called the Conscription act, and of all the amendments thereto, is sus- 
pended, by direction of the President, in the States of Kentucky and 
Missouri. Troops from those states will, until further orders, be re- 
ceived into the Confederate service under the acts passed by the Con- 
federate Congress prior to the passage of the act above referred to, the 
execution of which is hereby suspended. 
II. .The attention of officers and all others concerned is called to' the 
fact that General Orders, No. 72, published incorrectly in the Richmond 
Enquirer of September 30th, and the Richmond Whig of October 1st 
and 2d, was published correctly on the 1st instant and thereafter in the 
Enquirer, and on the 3d instant and thereafter in the Whig. 
111.. All furloughed, sick, and wounded soldiers will have transpor 
tation furnished them to their homes and back, where their furloughs 
are of sufficient length to warrant it. 
By order. 
§ COOPER, 
. . Adjutant and Inspector-General. 88 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, October 13, 1862. 
GENERAL ORDEBS, 
No. 76. 
I. .The following notice of the officers and men who have been duly 
exchanged as prisoners of war is published for the information of all 
concerned: 
Richmond, September 22,1862. 
1st. All officers and men who have been delivered at Aikin’s landing, Virginia, 
up to this date. 
2d. All officers who have been delivered at Vicksburg. Mississippi, up to this 
date. 
3d. Ten thousand three hundred and sixty-eight men of the first deliveries at 
Vicksburg, Mississippi. 
(Signed) ROBERT OULD, 
Agent for Exchange. 
II. .All officer8 and men who have been duly exchanged as prisoners 
of war will, without delay, join their respective regiments and corps. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,! 
No. 76. j 
Adjtuant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, October 17,1862. 
Major A. H. Cole, quartermaster, is announced as Inspector-Gen- 
eral of Field Transportation for the Confederate States army, head- 
quarters Richmond, Virginia. 
All officers of the Quartermaster’s department will report to him, 
without further orders, the number of wagons, horses, mules, sets of 
harness, and their condition. 
The chief quartermasters of the armies in the field will see that this 
order is observed by all officers of the Quartermaster’s department 
within the limits of their respective commands. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant, and Inspector-General. CIRCULAR. 
Quartermaster-General’s Office, 
Richmond, February 19, 1862. 
The attention of officers and others is called to paragraph 9 of the 
Regulations for the Pay department, which, as amended, is as follows : 
9. Officers are entitled to pay from the date of the acceptance of their appoint- 
ments. and from the date of promotion; except, that officers who are required to 
give bond are entitled to pay only from the date of the acceptance and approval 
of their official bonds. Officers who fail to return their bonds, duly executed, 
wittiin ninety days from the date of their receipt, will be considered to have 
declined their appointments, and be dropped from the rolls, 
A. C. MYERS, 
Approved : Quartermaster-General. 
J. P. Benjamin, Secretary of War. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 77. 
Adjotant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, October 22,1802. 
1.. cases of applications for transfer from, the army to the navy 
must be forwarded through superior officers, who will certify whether' 
the party whose transfer is sought is or is not a seafaring person. 
II. .The proposal of the Southern Express Company to carry funds 
for the government having been accepted, all officers are hereby forbid- 
den sending persons for funds in cases where the Express Company 
can be used. 
111.. Officers who have been charged with the disbursement of 
Bounty Funds will immediately render their accounts to the Quarter- 
master- General; otherwise they will be reported for dismissal, as 
required by law. 
IV. .Lieutenant-Colonel George Deas, Assistant Adjutant-General, 
Confederate States army, is assigned to duty in the War department 
as Acting Assistant Secretary of War, and will be obeyed and respected 
accordingly. 
V. Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 57, current series, is modified 
so as to read as follows : Hereafter all soldiers wider eighteen and over 90 
forty years of age will be discharged at the expiration of the terms for 
which they have engaged to serve. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, October 28, 1862. 
GENERAL ORDERS,' 
No. 78, 
I. .Commandants of posts, when consulted by officers of the tele- 
graph companies as to the propriety of sending a message, will advise 
against it: 
1st. When it relates to the movements of troops. 
2d. When it relates to the position of particular corps. 
3d. When it gives information from which the movements and strength 
of the armies of the Confederate States, or any portion of them, can he 
inferred. 
II. The following is published as the schedule of average cost of 
arms, or parts of arms and accoutrements required by paragraph 78 of 
Ordnance Regulations: 
Soldiers will be charged for loss on" the muster rolls according to 
this table: 
Arms. 
Enfield rifles $50 00 
Rifle muskets, cal. 58 35 00 
“ “ “ 69 25 00 
All other rifles, with bayonets ’. 30 00 
“ “ without 25 00 
Smooth-bore musket and bayonet. .- . 18 00 
“ musketoons 16 00 
Hall’s carbines 15 00 
Sharpe’s “ 45 00 
All other carbines at valuation, or not to exceed 35 00 
Sabres of all kinds 18 00 
Parts of Arms. 
Bayonets .....$5 00 
Sabre-bayonets 8 00 
Ramrods 2 00 
Wiper, screw-driver, or ball-screw 1 00 
Spring-vice 1 50 
Cock-screw 1 00 91 
Accoutrements. 
Cartridge-box ..., 50 
Cap-pouch 1 00 
Waist-belt 0 75 
Shoulder-belt I 00 
Bayonet-scabbard p 00 
Sword-belt 3 qo 
III. General hospitals are under the authority of the local command- 
ing officers; but their general management, and the medical officers 
thereof, should be left to the control of the senior surgeon and medical 
director, to be interfered with by the commanding officer only in spe- 
cial cases, which will be referred to-the commander of the department. 
IV. Inasmuch as the regulations concerning the issue of commis- 
sary stores have been violated by issuing the same to civilians, here- 
after all issues of subsistence not warranted by the regulations are 
positively prohibited. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, October 29, 1862. 
GENERAL ORDERS. 
No. 79. 
I. .At a General Court Martial, convened at Tallahassee, Florida, on 
the 12th day of September, 1862, by virtue of Special Orders, No. 191, 
dated August 16, 1862, from the Adjutant and Inspector-General's 
office, Richmond, whereof Colonel George P. Harrison, Jr., 32d 
regiment Georgia volunteers, was President, was arraigned and tried 
Major John G. Barnwell, Corps of Artillery, C. S. A., on the following 
charges and specifications: 
Charge I. 
Abandoning his post. 
Specification In this; ‘‘That Major John G. Barnwell, while in command of the 
detachment of troops at or near New Smyrna, Florida, for the purpose of 
protecting the government property landed at that point by the steamers 
‘Kate’ and ‘Cecile,’ did, on or about the 11th day of March, 1862, abandon 
his post or position, ordering all the troops of the command off, leaving the 
arms and ammunition, and other valuable property, which he was under 
orders to protect, abandoned to such evil-disposed persons as might choose 
to take them away, and to the enemy, whose approacli in that quarter was 
momentarily expected.” . Charge II. 
Conduct subversive of good order and military discipline. 
Specification In this; “That the said Major John O. Barnwell after abandoning 
his command, and while proceeding in the direction of Tallahassee, Florida, 
through the interior of the state, did state to divers persons in the country 
‘that the property landed at Smyrna was abandoned ‘ that he believed the 
last package had crossed the St. John’s river‘ that the only way to save 
even a portion of it was for the people to rush over and take what they 
could carry off in their hands;’ ‘ that there were splendid guns, swords, pis- 
tols, shoes, blankets, etc., which could be had for ttie taking,’ or words and 
expressions of like tenor; which words and expressions did induce many to 
congregate about the camps, and tempted them to appropriate to them- 
selves articles of value, to the detriment of the public service.” 
Findings and Sentence of the Court. 
The court finds the aocused, Major John G. Barnwell Corps of Artillery, C. S. 
army, “Not Guilty of the charges and specifications preferred against him, and 
does, therefore, honorably acquit him.” 
11.. The proceedings in this case being irregular, in the essential 
particular that one of the members of the court, who appears by the 
record to have been absent one day while the testimony was taking, 
afterward resumed his seat, and participated in the further action of 
the court, thereby vitiating its judgment, are disapproved. 
While there is nothing in the record of this case to leave any imputa- 
tion upon the courage and zeal of Major Barnwell, and his skill and 
judgment in managing his troops, his appropriation of the arms and 
equipments to the use of the men under his command is not justified 
by any exigency that seems to have existed, nor to have been made 
with proper regard for the responsibility of the officer under whose 
immediate charge they were. 
Neither Major Barnwell nor Major Simkius, assistant quartermaster 
(the prosecutor in the case), seem to have apprehended the extent of 
their duty in regard to the proper protection of these public stores, and 
to their failure and want of a hearty co-operation some loss of public 
property is undoubtedly due. 
Major John G. Barnwell, Corps of Artillery, C. S. A., is released from 
arrest, and will return to duty. 
111.. The General Court Martial of which Col. George P. Harri- 
son, Jr., 32d Regiment Georgia volunteers, is President is dissolved. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 80. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, October 30, 1862. 
1.. Upon the death of a commissioned officer in the service of the 
Confederate States, his immediate commanding officer will forthwith 
make out a certificate of the fact, stating his rank and the command 
to which he belonged; when, where, and from what cause he died; 
and, if possible, when, and by whom he was last paid. 
Upon the death of a non-commissioned officer or private in said ser- 
vice, the officer commanding his company+at the time of his death will in 
like manner forthwith make out a descriptive list, in which he will set 
forth when, where, and by whom he was enlisted: when, where, and 
from what cause he died; when and by whom he was last paid; 
whether there is any bounty or commutation for clothing due him; 
and whether there are any stoppages against him; for what cause, and 
of what amount. 
These certificates and descriptive lists will be transmitted directly to 
the Second Auditor of the Treasury of the Confederate States. 
11.. 5urgeons and assistant surgeons in charge of military hospitals, 
or of sick and wounded officers and soldiers in private hospitals and 
houses, upon the death of either an officer or a Soldier, will forthwith 
make out and forward directly to the Second Auditor of the Treasury 
of the Confederate States a certificate stating, in the case of a commis- 
sioned officer, his rank, and the command to which he belonged; in the 
cases of non-commissioned officers and privates, the company and regi- 
ment to which they belonged; and in all cases, when, where, and from 
what cause they died. Should the deceased leave any effects or money, 
a statement setting forth a list of the effects, the amount of the money, 
and in whose hands the same will remain until legally called for, will 
accompany said certificate. 
III. .Lieutenant - Colonel W. Leroy Broun, on ordnance duty, is 
hereby detailed to supervise the examination of candidates in the army 
for appointments as artillery officers for ordnance duty as authorized 
by act of Congress, approved I6th September, 1862. 
He will, in succession, proceed to the several head-quarters of the 
armies, under such special instructions as may be given him hereafter; 
and the General commanding will, on his application, associate with 
him any two artillery officers he may select, performing ordnance 
duties, who together with himself will constitute an Examining Board. 
Due notice will be given through the Richmond Enquirer of the time 
at which examinations will be held. Applications for permission to be examined will be addressed to the 
General commanding each army, and will be filed with his Chief of 
Ordnance, to be laid before the board of examiners. 
TV'.Ordnance officers serving on the staffs of Commanding Generals 
will not enter into contracts for, nor purchase ordnance supplies, ex- 
cept in cases of necessity, on the authority of the General, which must 
be attached to the contract or account for purchase. 
The exigency requiring the purchase or contract will also be stated. 
By order. * 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, j 
No. 81. | 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, November 1, 1862. 
1.. The payment of commissioned officers by any other quartermaster 
than the quartermaster of the command tg which they belong is hereby 
prohibited, unless they exhibit to the quartermaster to whom applica- 
tion for payment is made orders from their commanding officers, or 
from the department, showing them to be absent on detached duty, or 
leaves of absence from the Commanding General under whom they are 
serving. 
11.. The following will be the organization of a company of Light 
Artillery, according to the number of guns composing the battery, viz: 
Foil a Battery of Six Guns. 
1 Captain. 
2 First Lieutenants. 
2 Second Lieutenants. 
1 Sergeant-Major or First Sergeant. 
1 Quartermaster-Sergeant. 
6 Sergeants. 
12 Corporals.- 
2 Buglers or Trumpeters. 
1 Guidon. 
2 Artificers. 
Cl to 125 Privates. For a Battery op Four Guns. 
1 Captain. 
1 First Lieutenant. 
2 Second Lieutenants. 
1 Sergeant-Major or First Sergeant. 
1 Quartermaster-Sergeant. 
4 Sergeants. 
8 Corporals. 
2 Buglers. 
1 Guidon. 
2 Artificers. 
64 to 125 Privates. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,' 
No. 82. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, November 3, 1862. 
I. .The following acts of Congress and regulations are published for 
the information of all concerned: 
* An act to further provide for the Public Defence. 
In view of the exigencies of the country, and the absolute necessity of keeping 
in the service our gallant army, and of placing in the field a large additional 
force to meet the advancing columns of the enemy now invading our soil: There- 
fore; 
Sec. I. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the Pres- 
ident he and he is hereby authorized to call out and place in the military service of 
the Confederate States for three years, unless the war shall have been sooner ended, 
all white men who are residents of the Confederate States, between the ages of 
eighteen and thirty-five years at the time the call or calls may be made, who are 
legally exempted from military service. All of the persons aforesaid who aro 
now in the armies of the Confederacy, and whose terms of service will expire 
before the end of the war, shall be continued in the service for three years from 
the date of their original enlistment, unless the war shall have been sooner ended; 
provided, however, that all such companies, squadrons, battalions, and regiments 
whose term of original enlistment was for twelve months, shall have the right, 
within forty days, on a day to be fixed by the commander of the brigade, to re- 
organize said companies, battalions, and regiments, by electing all their officers 
which they had a right heretofore to elect, who shall be commissioned by the 
President: provided, further, that furloughs not exceeding sixty days, with trans- 
portation homo and back, shall be granted to all those retained in the service by tho provisions of this act beyond the period of their original enlistment, and who 
have not heretofore received furloughs under thej>rovisions of an act entitled “ an 
act providing for the granting of bounty and furloughs to privates and non-com- 
missioned officers in the Provisional army,” approved 11th December, eighteen 
hundred and sixty-one; said furloughs to be granted at such times and in such 
numbers as the Secretary of War may deem most compatible with the public in- 
terest: and provided, further, that, in lieu of a furlough, the commutation value in 
money of the transportation herein above granted shall be paid to each private, 
musician, or non-commissioned officer who may elect to receive it, at such time as 
the furlough would otherwise be granted: provided, further, that all persons under 
the age of eighteen years or over the age of thirty-five years, who are now enrolled 
in the military service of the Confederate States, in the regiments, squadrons, bat- 
talions. and companies hereafter tq be reorganized, shall be required to remain in 
their respective companies, squadrons, battalions, and regiments for ninety days, 
unless their places can be sooner supplied by other recruits not now in the service, 
who are between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five years. And all laws and 
parts of laws providing for the re-enlistment of volunteers and the organization 
thereof into companies, squadrons, battalions, or regiments, shall be and the same 
are hereby repealed. . 
Sec. 2 it further enacted, That such companies, squadrons, battalions, or 
regiments organized or in process of organization by-authority from the Secretary 
of War, as may be within thirty days from the passage of this act so far com- 
pleted as to have the whole number of men requisite for organization actually 
enrolled, not embracing in said organizations any persons now in service, shall bo 
mustered into the service of the Confederate States as part of the land forces of the 
same; to be received in that arm of the service in which they' are authorized to 
organize; and shall elect their company, battalion, and regimental officers. 
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted. That for the enrolment of all persons compre- 
hended within the provisions of this act, who are not already in service in tho 
armies of the Cpnfederate States, it shall be lawful for the President, with the con- 
sent of the Governors of the respective states, to employ state officers; and, on 
failure to obtain such consent, he shall employ Confederate officers, charged with 
the duty of making such enrolment in accordance with rules and regulations to 
be prescribed by him. 
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That persons enrolled under the provisions of the 
preceding section shall be assigned by the Secretary of War to the different com- 
panies now in service, until each company is filled to its maximum number, and 
the persons so enrolled shall be assigned to companies from the states from which 
they respectively come. 
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That all seamen and ordinary seamen in the land 
forces of the Confederate States, enrolled under the provisions of this act, may', on 
application of the Secretary of the Navy, be transferred from the land forces to 
the naval service. 
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted. That in all cases where a state may not have in 
the ftrmy' a number of regiments, battalions, squadrons, or companies sufficient to 
absorb the number of persons subject to military' service under this act, belonging 
to such state, then the residue or excess thereof shall be kept as a reserve, under 
such regulations as may be established by the Secretary of War. and that at stated 
periods of not greater than three months, details, determined by' lot, shall bo made 
from said reserve, so that each company shall, as nearly as practicable, bo kept 97 
full: providet, that the persons held in reserve may remain at home until called 
into service by the President: provided, also, that during their stay at home they 
shall not receive pay: provided,further, that the persons comprehended in this 
act shall not be subject to the Rules and Articlos of War until mustered into the 
actual service of the Confederate States; except that said persons, when enrolled 
and liable to duty, if they shall wilfully refuse to obey said call, each of these 
shall be held to be a deserter, and punished as such under said Articles: provide*.! 
further, that whenever, in the opinion of the President, the exigencies of the 
public service may require it, he shall be authorized to call into actual service the 
entire reserve, or so much as may be necessary, not previously assigned to differ- 
ent companies in service under provision of section four of this act. Said reserve 
shall be organized under such rules as the Secretary of War may adopt: providta. 
the company, battalion, and regimental officers shall be elected by the troops 
composing the same: provided, the troops raised in any one state shall not be com- 
bined in regimental, battalion, squadron, or company organization with troope 
raised in any other states. 
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted. That all soldiers now serving in the. army or raf- 
tered in the military service of the Confederate States, or enrolled in said service 
under the authorizations heretofore issued by the Secretary of War, and who are 
continued in the service by virtue of this act. who have not received the bounty ti 
fifty dollars allowed by existing laws, shall be entitled to receive said bounty. 
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That each man who may hereafter be mustered 
into the service, and who shall arm himself with a musket, shot-gun, rifle, or car- 
bine, accepted as an efficient weapon, shall be paid the value thereof, to be ascer- 
tained by the mustering officer, under such regulations as may be prescribed by 
the Secretary of War, if he is willing to sell the same; and if he is not, then he 
shall be entitled to receive one dollar a month for the use of said received and 
approved musket, rifle, shot-gun, or carbine. 
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted. That persons not liable for duty may be received 
as substitutes for those who are, under such regulations as may be prescribed by 
the Secretary of War. 
Sec. 10. Be it farther enacted, That all vacancies shall be filled by the President 
from the company, battalion, squadron, or regiment in which such vacancies shall 
occur, by promotion according to seniority, except in cases of disability or olber 
incompetency: provided, however, that the President may, when in his opinion it 
may be proper, fill such vacancy or vacancies by the promotion of any officer, or 
officers, or private or privates from such company, battalion, squadron, or regiment 
who shall have been distinguished in the service by exhibition of valor and skill, 
and that whenever a vacancy shall occur in the lowest grade of the commissioned 
officers of a company said vacancy shall be filled by election; provided, that ail 
appointments made by the President shall be by and with the advice and consent 
of the Senate. 
Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of the first section of this act, 
relating to the election of officers, shall apply to those regiments, battalions, and 
squadrons which are composed of twelve months and war companies combined in 
the same organization, without regard to the manner in which the officers thereof 
were originally appointed. 
Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, That eSoh company of infantry shall consist • f 
one hundred and twenty-five, rank and file; each company of field artillery of one 
hundrod and fifty, rank and file; and each of cavalry of eighty, rank and file. 98 
Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, That all persons subject to enrolment, who are 
not now in service under the provisions of this act. shall be permitted, previous 
to such enrolment, to volunteer in companies now in the service. [Approved 
April lb. 1862.] 
[No. 17.] 
An act to amend an act entitled an act to provide further for the Public 
Defence, approved April 16, 1862. 
The. Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact. That the President 
be and he is hereby authorized to call out and place in the military service of the 
Confederate States for three years, unless the war should have been sooner ended, 
aii white men who are residents of the Confederate States, between the ages of 
thirty-five and forty-five years at the time the call or calls may be made, and who 
are not at such time or times legally exempted from military service, or such 
part thereof as in his judgment may be necessary to the public defence; such 
call or calls to be made under the provisions and according to the terms of the act 
to which this is an amendment; and such authority shall exist in the President, 
during the present war, as to all persons who now are or may hereafter become 
eighteen years of age; and when once enrolled, all persons between the ages of 
eighteen and forty-five shall serve their full time : provided, that if the President, 
in calling out troops into the service of the Confederate States, shall first call for 
only a part of the persons between the ages heretofore stated, he shall call for 
those between the ages of thirty-five and any other age less than forty-five: pro- 
vided. that nothing herein contained shall be understood as repealing or modifying 
any part of the act to which this is amendatory, except as herein expressly stated: 
and provided, further, that those called out under this act, and the act to which 
this is an amendment, shall he first and immediately ordered to fill to their maxi- 
mum number the companies, battalions, squadrons, and regiments from the 
respective states at the time the act to further provide for the public defence, 
approved 16th April, 1862. was passed, and the surplus, if any. shall he assigned to 
organizations formed from each state since the passage of that act, or placed in new 
organizations, to he officered by the state having such residue, according to the 
laws thereof, or disposed of as now provided by law: provided, that the President 
is authorized to suspend the execution of this act, or the act to which this is an 
amendment, in any locality where lie may find it impracticable to execute the 
same, and that in such locality, and during said suspension, the President is 
authorized to receive troops into the Confederate service under any of the acts 
passed by the Confederate Congress prior to the passage of the act to provide 
further for the public defence, approved I6th April, 1862. [Approved September 
2T, 1862.] 
[No. 53.] 
An act to exempt certain Persons from Military Duty, and to repeal an 
act entitled “An act to exempt certain Persons from Enrolment for 
Service in the army of the Confederate States,” approved 21 st April. 
1862. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That all persons 
who shall be held unfit for military service in the field, by reason of bodily or 99 
mental incapacity or imbecility, under rules to be prescribed by the Secretary of 
War: the Vice-President of the Confederate States; the officers, judicial and 
executive, of the Confederate and state governments, including postmasters 
appointed by the President and continued by the Senate, and such clerks in their 
offices as are allowed by the Postmaster-General and now employed, and excluding 
all other postmasters, their assistants and clerks, and except such state officers as 
the several states may hove declared, or may hereafter declare by law to be liable 
to militia duty; tiie members of both houses of the Congress of the Confederate 
■States, and of the legislatures of the several states, and their respective officers ; 
all clerks now in the offices of the Confederate and state governments authorized 
by law. receiving salaries or fees; all volunteer troops, heretofore raised by any 
state since the passage of the act entitled "An act further to provide for the 
public defence/’ approved April Iti. 1862. while such troops shall be in active 
service under state authority : provided, that this exemption shall not apply to 
any person who was liable to be called into service by virtue of said act of April 
16, 1862; all pilots and persons engaged in the merchant-marine service; the 
president, superintendents, conductors, treasurer, chief clerk, engineers, managers, 
station agents, section masters, two expert track hands to each section of eight 
miles, and mechanics in the active service and employment of railroad companies, 
not to embrace laborers, porters, and messengers; the president, general superin- 
tendent, and operators of telegraph companies, the‘local superintendent and 
operators of said companies, not to exceed four in number at any locality, but that 
at the seat of government of the Confederate States; the president, superintend- 
ents, captains, engineers, chief clerk, and mechanics in the active service and 
employment of all companies engaged in river and canal navigation, and all cap- 
tains of boats and engineers therein employed; one editor of each newspaper now 
being published, and such employees as the editor or proprietor may certify upon 
oath to be indispensable for conducting the publication; the public printer, and 
those employed to perform the public printing for the Confederate arid state 
governments; every minister of religion authorized to preach according to the 
rules of his sect and in the regular discharge of ministerial duties, and all persons 
who have been and now are members of the society of Friends, and the association 
of Dunkards, Nazarenes.and Mennonists, in regular membership in their respective 
denominations: provided, members of the society of Friends. Nazarenes. Mennon- 
ists, and Dunkards shall furnish substitutes or pay a tax of $500 each into the 
public treasury; all physicians who now are, and for the last five years have been, 
in actual practice of their profession; all shoemakers, tanners, blacksmiths, 
wagon-makers, millers, and their engineers, millwrights, skilled and actually 
employed at their regular vocation in the said trades, habitually engaged in work- 
ing for the public, and while so actually employed: provided, said persons shall 
make oath in writing that they are so skilled and actually employed at the time 
at their regular vocation in one of the above trades; wliiclj affidavit shall only be 
prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated: provided, further, that the 
exemptions herein granted to persons by reason of their peculiar mechanical or 
other occupation or employment, not connected with the public service, shall bo 
subject to the condition that the products of the labor of such exempts, or of the 
companies and establishments with which they are connected, shall be sold and 
disposed of by the proprietors at prices not exceeding seventy-five per centum 
upon the cost of production, or within a maximum to be fixed by the Secretary of 
War, under sucb regulations as he may prescribe: a ltd it is further provided, that if the proprietors of any such manufacturing establishments shall be shown, upon 
evidence, to be submitted to, and judged of by the Secretary of War, to have 
violated, or in any maimer evaded the true intont and spirit of the foregoing pro- 
viso, the exemptions therein granted shall no longer be extended to them, their 
superintendents, or operatives in said establishments, but they and each and every 
of them shall be forthwith enrolled under the provisions of this act, and ordered 
into the Confederate army, and shall in no .event be again exempted therefrom by 
reason of said manufacturing establishments or employment therein ; all superin- 
tendents of public hospitals, lunatic asylums, and the regular physicians, nurses, 
and attendants therein, and the teachers employed in the institutions for the deaf, 
dumb, and blind: in eacji apothecary store now established and doing business 
one apothecary in good standing, who is a practical apothecary; superintendents 
and operators in wool and cotton factories, paper-mills, and superintendents and 
managers of wool-carding machines, who may he exempted by the Secretary of 
War: provided, the profit s of such establishments shall not exceed seventy-live per 
centum upon the cost of production, to be determined upon oath of the parties 
subject to the same penalties for violation of the provisions herein contained as 
are herein before provided in case of other manufacturing and mechanical employ- 
ments ; all presidents and teachers of colleges, academies, schools, and theological 
seminaries who have been regularly engaged as such for two years previous to the 
passage of this act: all artisans, mechanics, and employees, in the establishments 
of the government for the manufacture of arms, ordnance, ordnance stores, and 
other munitions of war, saddles, harness, and army supplies, who may be certified 
by the officer in charge thereof, as necessary for such establishments; also, all 
artisans, mechanics, and employees in the establishments of such persons as are or 
may be engaged under contracts with the government in furnishing arms, ord- 
nance, ordnance stores, and other munitions of war: provided that the Chief of the 
Ordnance bureau, or some ordnance officer authorized by him for the purpose, shall 
approve of the number of operatives required in such establishments; all per- 
sons employed in the manufacture of arms, or ordnance of any kind by the several 
states; or by contractors to furnish the same to the several state governments, 
whom the Governor or Secretary of State thereof may certify to be necessary to 
the same; all persons engaged in the construction of ships, gun-boats, engines, 
sails, or other articles necessary to the public defence, under the direction of the 
Secretary of the Navy; all superintendents, managers, mechanics, and miners 
employed in the production and manufacture of salt to the extent of twenty 
bushels per day, and of lead and iron, and all persons engaged in burning coke for 
smelting, and manufacture of iron; regular miners in coal mines, and all colliers 
engaged in making charcoal for making pig and bar iron, not to embrace laborers, 
messengers, wagoners, and servants, unless employed at works conducted tinder 
the authority and by the officers or agents of a state, or in works employed in the 
production of iron for the Confederate States; one male citizen for every 500 head 
of cattle, for every 250 head of horses or mules, and one shepherd for every 600 
head of sheep, of such persons as are engaged exclusively in raising stock: pro- 
vided, that there is no white male adult not liable to do military duty engaged 
with such person in raising stock; to secure the proper police of the country, one 
person either as agent, owner, or overseer on each plantation on which one white 
person is required to be kept, by the laws or ordinances of any state, and on which 
there is no white male adult not liable to do military service; and in states having 
no such law, one person as agent, owner, or overseer on each plantation of twenty 101 
negroes, and on which there is no white male adult not liable to military service; 
and furthermore, for additional police for every twenty negroes on two or more 
plantations, within five miles? of each other, and each having less than twenty ne- 
groes, on which there is no male white adult not liable to military duty, one person, 
being the oldest of the owners or overseers on suoli plantations; and such other 
persons as the President shall be satisfied on account of justice, equity, or neces- 
sity ought to be exempted, are hereby exempted from military service in the 
urmios of tho Confederate States; also a regiment raised uuder and by authority 
of the State of Texas for frontier defence, now in the service of said state, while 
in such service; provided, further, that the exemptions herein above enumerated 
and granted hereby, shall only continue while the persons exempted are actually 
engaged in their respective pursuits or occhpations. 
Sec. 2. Be. it further enacted, That the act entitled “ An act to exempt certain 
persons from enrolment for service in the armies of tho Confederate States,” 
approved the 21st of April, 1862, is hereby repealed. [Approved October 11, 1862.J 
, [No. 42.] 
.4n act to amend an act. entitled An act to further provide for the Pub- 
lic Defence,” approved 1 (itA April, 1862, and the act to amend the, 
aame, approved September 27, 1862. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That all persons sub- 
ject to enrolment for military service may be enrolled under instructions from 
the War department, and reported by tho enrolling officer wherever found, 
whether within the state or county of their residence or not; and when so 
enrolled, shall be subject to tho provisions of law as fully as if enrolled within 
the county and state of which they may be residents: provided, that this act shall 
not extend to any membef of a military organization under any state law while 
he remains in actual service without tho limits of his state; und provided, further, 
that the President is authorized to suspend the execution of this act as regards tho 
residents of any locality where he may find it impracticable to execute the act 
entitled " An act to further provide for the public defence.” approved April 16, 
1862, and the act to amend the last mentioned act, approved September 27,1862. 
[Approved October 8, 1862.] 
[No. 49.] 
An act to establish places of Jlendezvom for the Examination of Enrolled 
men. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That there shall be 
established in each county, parish, or district, and in any city in a county, parish, 
or district in the several states, a place of rendezvous for the persons in said 
county, district, parish, or city enrolled for military duty in the field, who shall be 
there examined by one or more surgeons to be employed by the government, to 
be assigned to that duty by the President on a day of which ten days notice shall 
be given by said surgeon, and from day to day next thereafter until all who shall 
be in attendance for the purpose of examination shall have been examined; and 
theilecisions of said surgeons, under regulations to be established by the Secretary of War, as to the physical and mental capacity of any snob person for military 
duty in the field, shall be final; and those only thus ascertained to be fit for mili- 
tary duty in the field shall be required to assemble at camps of instruction. 
Sec. 2. There shall be assigned to each congressional district in the several 
states three surgeons, who shall constitute a board of examination in such dis- 
trict, f ,r the purpose specified in the foregoing section any one or more of whom 
may act at any place of rendezvous in said districts. 
Skc. 3. When it shall appear to any surgeon attending such place of rendezvous 
hv tlie certificate of a respectable physician resident in that county, district- 
parish or city in a county. parish, or district that any sfirolled person therein is 
unable to attend on account of sickness, it shall be the duty of said surgeon to file 
said certificate with the commandant of the nearest Camp of instruction; and if 
the person named therein shall not within a reasonable time report himself for 
examination at said camp of instruction or his continual disability certified by 
the certificate of a respectable physician of his county, city, district, or parish, be 
shall be held liable as absent without leave of his commanding officer. (Approved 
October 11. 1862-] 
If. Commandants of Conscripts and Camps of Instruction. 
1. An officer, styled the commandant ol' conscripts, will be ap- 
pointed for each state, who will be charged with the supervision of the 
enrolment and disposition of conscripts. He will establish one or 
more camps, in which conscripts will be assembled and instructed, and 
may recommend for appointment a surgeon, a quartermaster, a com- 
missary, and the requisite number of drillmasters for each camp. If 
more than one camp be established, be may also recommend a com- 
mandant for each camp not under his own immediate command. 
2. A hospital will be established and huts for winter quarters con- 
structed at each camp; and all conscripts assembled at the camps will 
be promptly vaccinated, if it has not already been done. 
3. The commandant of conscripts will require from each camp a 
report on the first Monday in every month, showing the expenses of 
the preceding month; the number of conscripts in the camp : the num- 
ber received and sent away during the preceding month ; the regi- 
ments, battalions, or companies to which they were sent; the number 
transferred to the navy; the number of sick; the nature of their 
diseases, and the number of deaths. He will make a consolidated 
monthly report to the Adjutant and Inspector-General of the army. 
4. The commandants of conscripts east of the Mississippi river will 
receive orders only from the War department, and will not be inter- 
fered with by Generals commanding departments or armies in the field. 
West o£ the Mississippi they will report to and receive instructions 
from the Commanding General of the Trans-Mississippi department, 
who will require them to conform as nearly as possible to this order, 103 
and to tne regulation# prescribed for commandants east of the Missis- 
sippi. He will make a consolidated monthly report to the Adjutant 
and Inspector-General of the army. 
o. The commandants of all regiments, battalions, squadrons, or unat- 
tached companies which were in service on the 16th of April, 1862, 
desiring to receive conscripts, may transmit, through the Adjutant and 
Inspector-General of the army, statements of the strength of their 
commands to the commandant of conscripts in their respective states, 
who. unless otherwise ordered, will, as far as practicable, distribute the 
conscripts of the state among its regiments, battalions, and companies 
thereof, in proportion to their respective deficiencies. 
He will consult the wishes of the conscripts in assigning them to 
companies or regiments, so far as may be consistent with their proper 
distribution, and will not separate men from the same county, district, 
or parish, if it can be avoided. The same rule will be observed by the 
commandants of corps in assigning conscripts to companies. 
6. Conscripts for cavalry will only be taken from those who furnish 
their own horses. No conscripts can be assigned to companies mustered 
into service since the 16th of April, 1862. 
7. The commandants of conscripts are specially enjoined to pay un- 
ceasing attention to the health, comfort, and instruction of the con- 
scripts under their command, and to bear in mind that the efficiency of 
the army and the safety of the country depend in a great measurfe upon 
their faithful discharge of these duties. 
All white male residents of the Confederate States, between the a,ges 
of eighteen and forty, not exempted by act of Congress, or not already 
in the service, will be enrolled. Persons liable to enrolment may be 
enrolled wherever they may be found, as provided by the act No. 42, 
herewith published. 
III. Enrolment of Conscripts. 
IV. Undomicii.ed Foreigners. 
I. Foreigners not domiciled in the Confederate States are not liable 
to enrolment. Domicil in the Confederate States consists in residence 
with intention permanently to remain in those states, and to abandon 
domicil elsewhere. Long residence of itself does not constitute domi- 
cil. A person ma£ acquire domicil in less than one year, and he may 
not acquire it in twenty years residence, if there is a determination to 
return to the native country and to retain the domicil there, no length 
of residence can confer domicil. 
The principal evidences of intention to remain are the declarations of 
the party, the exercise of rights of citizenship, marriage, and the ae- 104 
quisition of real estate : but the intention may be gathered from other 
facts. 
2. The enrolment will be made by the enrolling officers of the state, 
if the Governor thereof will permit them to act under the orders of the 
commandant of conscripts, and application will bo made by the said 
commandant for such permission. If it be declined, the commandant 
will report the fact to the Adjutant and Inspector-General, and ask for 
the employment of Confederate officers for the purpose of making en- 
rolments. If the Governor consent, but the enrolling officers of the 
state be found unable or unwilling to discharge their duty efficiently, 
the like application will bo made to the Adjutant and Inspector-Gen- 
eral; and, in such event, a commissioned officer for each congressional 
district, and a non-commissioned officer or private for each county, 
city, town, district, or parish will be assigned to such duty. 
In making such assignment, officers and men disabled by wounds 
from active duty in the field, and acquainted in the localities in which 
they are required to sorvo, will, as far as practicable, be soleoted. The 
commissioned officer in each district will superintend the enrolments 
and collection bf conscripts therein. Non-commissioned officers and 
privates, while so employed, will be allowed pay as extra-duty men. 
The enrolling officers of the states, if employed, will be paid the com- 
pensation allowed by the state laws for similar services. 
The Commanding Generals of armies in the field will order such com- 
missioned officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates as they think 
qualified to be enrolling officers or drill officers, and who are unfit for 
active service in the field, to report to the commandant of conscripts in 
their respective states, who will order such of them to duty as may be 
required, and report the remainder by letter to the Commanding Gen- 
eral as not needed for such service. 
3. Enrolments for particular regiments, squadrons, battalions, and 
companies in service on the 16th of April, 1862, may be made by offi- 
cers detailed for the purpose by the Commanding General of a depart- 
ment or an army in the field; but such officers must report to the com- 
mandant of conscripts in their respective states, receive instructions 
from him, and assemble their conscripts at such point as he may desig- 
nate. Conscripts enrolled without reporting to such commandant will 
be deemed to be enrolled for general service, and shall at any time be 
transferred, on their own application, or on the application of com- 
mandants of corps needing conscripts, to such corps* 
V. Exemptions. 
The Exemption act will be construed prospectively, and Hloes not 
authorize the discharge of any one enrolled or in service prior to the 
11th day of October, 1862. 105 
VI. Bodily and Mental Infirmity. 
1. Questions of bodily and mental incapacity will be decided by 
surgeons employed for the purpose, by virtue of the act of Congress 
approved on the 11th of October, 1862. 
Three surgeons in each congressional district will be recommonded 
by the commandants of conscripts to the Adjutant and Inspeetor- 
tieneral for employment under the foregoing act; and the said com- 
mandants will establish in each county, city, parish, or district a place 
of rendezvous for the examination of conscripts enrolled therein. 
2. The three surgeons employed in each congressional district will 
constitute a board of examination fof the district; and one or more of 
them may act at any place of rendezvous therein. They shall fix days 
for the examination of conscripts in each county, city, parish, or dis- 
trict, and give at least ten days notice thereof, by publication in one or 
more newspapers circulating in the congressional district, and by notice 
posted at the principal places o-f public resort. 
3. The enrolling officer for the county, city, parish, or district shall 
attend at such examinations, and enroll and send to the camp o-f 
instruction such persons as are examined and found by the surgeon to- 
*be incapable of bearing arms. The standard of bodily capacity shall 
be that established by (General Order, No. 58, modified by the omission 
of the 3d paragraph, which authorized the enrolment of persons not 
equal to all military duty. No person, will lie enrolled as a conscript 
who is not capable of bearing arms. 
4. Persons deemed incapable of bearing arms shall be reported by 
the examining surgeon to the board of examination, who shall deter- 
mine the questions of exemption, and grant certificates thereof. The 
certificates shall specify whether the incapacity is temporary or perma- 
nent; and, if permanent, the party shall be exempt from future exami- 
nation, unless specially ordered by the board. So soon as the examining 
board shall be organized in any congressional district, and shall enter 
upon the discharge of their duties, no other mode of examination for 
persons in that district will be pursued, and the decision of the exam- 
ping board will be deemed final. 
5. The fact that a person has been discharged from service for phys- 
ical disability or other cause, docs not of itself exempt from enrolment 
as a conscript. 
6. If any enrolled person is unable to attend at the rendezvous on 
account of sickness, be will send to the examining surgeon a certifi- 
cate specifying the cause of absence, and its probable duration, from 
some respectable physician resident in the county, city, parish, or 
district in which the rendezvous is situated. The examining surgeon shall send the certificate to the commandant of the nearest camp of 
instruction : and if the person mentioned therein shall not report him- 
self for examination at the said camp within a reasonable period, or 
send to the commandant of the camp a renewal of the certificate, 
showing his continued disability, he shall bo deemed absent without 
leave. 
7. A compensation of $4 per diem, while actually employed, will be 
allowed to each of the examining surgeons, and will be paid on 
their certified account by the quartermaster of the nearest camp of 
instruction. 
106 
VII. Friends, Dunkards, JJazarenes, and Mennonites. 
All persons of the above denominations, in regular membership 
therein on the 11th day of October. 1862, shall be exempt from enrol- 
ment, on furnishing a substitute, or on presenting to the enrolling 
officer a receipt from a bonded quartermaster for the tax of five hun- 
dred dollars imposed by act of Congress, and a.n affidavit by the 
bishop, presiding elder, or other officer whose duty it is to preserve 
the records of membership iu the denomination to which the party 
belongs, setting forth distinctly the fact that the party on the 11th day 
of October, 1862, was in regular membership with such denomination.* 
The affidavit must be taken and certified by a justice of the peace, or 
other officer appointed by the law of his state to administer oaths : 
and his authority to administer oaths must be certified by the clerk of 
a court of record, under the seal of the court. 
All assistant quartermasters to whom the said tax is tendered will 
receive and receipt for it, and pay the same into the treasury of the 
Confederate States without unreasonable delay. The enrolling officer 
will receive the receipt and* forward it to the commandant of con- 
scripts, by whom it will bo forwarded to the Quartermaster-General, 
who will charge the assistant quartermaster with the amount received 
by him. 
1. When application for exemption is made by any shoemaker, tan- 
ner, blacksmith, wagon-maker, miller, mill engineer, or millwright, not 
in the employment of any company or establishment, but working for 
himself, the part}' seeking exemption shall state in writing, under oath, 
that he is skilled and actually employed in his said trade; that he is 
habitually engaged in working for the public ; that the products of bis 
labor, while exempt from military service, shall not be sold, exchanged, 
or bartered for a price exceeding the cost of production and seventy- 
five per cent- profit thereon; and that he will not by any arrangement. 
VIII. Provision against Extortion. 107 
shift, or contrivance, evade the law, or receive a greater price or 
reward than it allows. 
2. Where application is made to exempt superintendents and opera- 
tives in wool and cotton factories and paper-mills, and superintendents 
and managers of wool-carding machines, shoemakers, tanners, black- 
smiths, wagon-makers, millers, mill engineers, or millwrights, not 
working for themselves, but in the employment of some company or 
establishment, the president or seme director, if the company be incor- 
porated, if not, the proprietor of the business, or, if there be a firm, some 
partner therein, shall make oath in writing that the said superintendents, 
operatives, mauagers, or mechanics, as the ease may be, are skilled and 
actually employed in their said vocations: that they are habitually 
working for the public;,that they are absolutely necessary for the suc- 
cessful prosecution of the business of the concern; that the products 
thereof shall not be sold, or exchanged, or bartered, during the said 
exemption, for a price exceeding the cost of production and seventy- 
five per cent, profit thereon; that no shift, contrivance, or arrangement 
shall be made to evade the law, or to secure a larger return or profit 
than it allows; and that exemption is not sought for a larger number 
of persons than is absolutely necessary for the successful prosecution 
of the business of the concern. 
?>. The foregoing affidavits shall he made before some justice of the 
peace, or other person authorized by law to administer oaths, and if 
such justice or other person be not personally known to the enrolling 
officer to be what he purports to be, his official character and his right 
to administer oariis must be certified by the clerk of some court of 
record, under the seal of his eourt. 
The affidavits shall be returned to the commandant of conscripts, 
and exemptions shall be granted by the enrolling officer. If, however, 
he suspect false swearing or mistake, he shall refuse the exemption, and 
refer the case, after first enrolling the names of the parties in question, 
to the commandant of conscripts, who shall dispose of it. If at any 
time the enrolling officer have cause to suspect false swearing or mis- 
take in the foregoing affidavits, he shall report the fact to the com- 
mandant of conscripts, and if the said commandant be satisfied after 
due investigation that a larger number of persons is designedly em- 
ployed than is necessary, or that a larger profit than the law allows is 
received either directly or indirectly, he shall order the enrolment of 
ihe parties exempted upon the said affidavits. 
IX. Details. 
Citizen employees and mechanics who are employed in establishments 
of the government, or by contractors with the government in the manu- 108 
facture of arms, ordnance, ordnance stores, and other munitions of war, 
saddles, harness, and army supplies, will be enrolled and returned to 
their work: provided the Chief of the Ordnance bureau, or some 
ordnance officer authorized by him for the purpose, shall certify that 
the number of operatives required by the officer in charge of such 
establishment, or by such contractor for government work, is reason- 
able, and not excessive. Such certificate will be presented to the 
enrolling officer, who will thereupon make the detail of the men speci- 
fied for a period not exceeding sixty days, and return the certificate to 
the commandant of conscripts. At the expiration of such detail, the 
officer in charge of the government shop, or the contractor in whose 
employment said conscripts are, shall cause said certificates to be re- 
newed, or return the conscripts to the nearest camp of instruction. If 
the certificate be not renewed, or the conscripts be not returned, no 
other detail shall be granted to such establishment or contractor. In 
all cases of details for contractors, the party requesting the detail shall 
make affidavit that the persons so detailed will not be employed on any 
other than government work, which affidavit shall be returned to the 
commandant of conscripts; and if it be found that at any time such 
detailed conscripts are employed by said contractors upon work for 
private individuals, the detail shall be cancelled by the commandant of 
conscripts. 
Paragraph I, General Orders, No. bO, current series, is hereby re- 
voked. 
X- To whom Applications fob Exemption must be addressed. 
Applications for exemption must, in all cases, be made to the enroll- 
ing officer, from whose decision an appeal may be taken to the com- 
mandant of conscripts. The department will not consider the appli- 
cation until it has been referred by the latter officer. 
XI. Substitutes. 
1. When a person claims exemption on the ground that he has put a 
substitute in service, he must exhibit to the enrolling officer a discharge 
from some company, signed by the commanding officer of the regiment 
or command to which the said company belongs, or then belonged (see 
General Order, No. 26), or an exemption signed by the commandant of 
conscripts. And if the said discharge or exemption do not show that 
it was granted in consideration of a substitute having been furnished, 
such fact must be certified in writing by the commanding officer of the 
regiment or command to which the company belongs, or by the com- 
mandant of conscripts, as the case may be. 109 
But in all cases arising within thirty days from the date of this order, 
the enrolling officer may grant the exemption upon satisfactory proof 
that the party furnished a substitute, who was actually received into 
the service of the Confederate States for three years or the war, and the 
substitute is not liable to military service. Such exemption may at 
any time be cancelled, if fraud or mistake be discovered. 
2* Paragraph IT, General Order, No. 29, current series, is hereby 
revoked. No person under eighteen years of age, or not domiciled in 
the Confederate States, or not of good moral character, or who is liable 
under the existing order to enrolment as a conscript, shall be received 
as a substitute. 
And in all cases in which a substitute becomes subject to military 
service, the exemption of the principal, by reason of (he substitution, 
shall expire. * 
Any person subject to enrolment, who desires to furnish a substitute, 
may, at any time before enrolment, or before be is assigned to a com- 
pany and sent from the camp of instruction, present a substitute at 
such camp. And if the substitute be capable of bearing arms, and b,; 
of good moral character, and not within the prohibited classes,- he 
shall he received, and the principal shall be exempt from military 
service. 
XII. Vo LV X TK E It I VO. 
All persons liable to conscription may, before enrolment, volunteer 
iu companies in service on the 16th April, 1862. But after enrolment 
they can not volunteer, nor can they at any time volunteer in companies 
received into service since the 16th of April, 1862. 
XIII. Miscellaneous. 
1. All impressments of men by regimental, battalion, or company 
commanders, under any pretence,whatevey, are prohibited, it being the 
design of the department to supply the army exclusively through the 
officers appointed by this act. 
2. All the laws and regulations applicable to deserters shall be ap- 
plied to such consoripts as fail to repair to the place of rendezvous for 
enrolment, or who shall desert after enrolment. 
3. All the agencies employed for the apprehension and confinement 
of deserters, and their transportation to the commands of their respec- 
tive commanders, shall be applicable to persons liable to duty as con- 
scripts who shall fail to repair to the place of rendezvous after the 
publication of the call. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and InHpcctor-GeueraL 110 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's* Oppicb, 
Richmond, November 8, 1862. 
GENERAL ORDERS.') 
No. 83. . J 
I. .A Court of Inquiry was convened at Adams’ Run, S. C., August 
25, 1862, by virtue of Special Orders, No. 137, from the Head-quarters 
of the Department of South Carolina and Georgia, of August 16, 1862, 
issued by direction of the Secretary of War, under authority of the act 
of Congress entitled “An act to punish drunkenness in the army,” 
approved April 21, 1862, when the following proceedings were had 
upon charges and specifications against Colonel John Dunovant, 1st 
regiment South Carolina volunteers: 
Charge. 
Drunkenness on duty. 
Specification 1st In tills; “ That he, Colonel John Dunovant. of the 1st regiment 
8. C. regulars, having Ween detailed by his Commanding General, X. G. 
Evans, P. A. 0. S., to lead the advance, with his battalion, against the enemy, 
known to be at Legareville, did become so drunk as to be entirely unable to 
execute said order.” This in front of the troops of the brigade, on John's 
island, S. C., on or about the 9th June, 1862. 
Specification 2d In this: “ That he. the said Colonel John Dunovant. having re- 
ceived an order from his Commanding General. Brigadier-General N. G. 
Evans,in words and figures following, viz: 
“‘On intimation given by the Commanding General, Colonel Dunovant 
will storm the bridge at Beezan's, and, in co-operation with Colonel Means, 
capture the advance guard of the enemy, said to be at Beezan’s house. 
Should the enemy advance, Colonel Dunovant will attack him (his right 
being supported by Colonels Slaughter and Means), and drive the enemy 
to his gun-boats.’ 
“Which order having been received by Colonel Dunovant.and having been 
ordered by his Commanding General to have the guns of his battalion loaded 
ready to advance, was so drunk as to be unable to execute said order.” This 
on John’s island, S. C., on or about the night of the 9th June, 1862. 
Specification 3d In this; “ That he. the said Colonel John Dunovant, 1st regi- 
ment S. C. regulars, having arrived with his battalion at a point near which 
the enemy were supposed to be, and being ordered by his Commanding Gen- 
eral to have his guns loaded and be ready to advance, did become so drunk as 
to be unable to execute the order; and did thus expose himself to the officers 
and soldiers of his command, lying drunk by the roadside.” This on John’s 
island, on or about the night of the 9th of June, 1862. 
II. The court, after full deliberation on the testimony in the case, 
found the accused “guilty of the charge and submitted their proceed- 
ings to the Secretary of War, by whom they have been laid before the 
President, whose orders thereupon are as follows : 
“ The offence is of too grave a character to be overlooked in an officer of such high rank, and is aggravated by the circumstances under which 
it was committed. Col. Dunovant will be dismissed from the ser-vice.” 
Colonel John Dunovant, 1st regiment of South Carolina infantry, 
therefore ceases to be an officer of the army from this date. 
III..The above named Court of Inquiry, whereof Brigadier-General 
•I. Hagood, P. A. C. S., is President, is dissolved. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,' 
No. 84. 
Adjutant and Insfector-General’s Officm, 
Richmond, November 10, 1862. 
I. .The following orders are published for the information hud guid- 
ance of the army: 
II. Whereas reliable information has been received that Colonel 
Lowe, and Colonel A. C. Harding, 8th Illinois regiment, U. S. 
army, have been engaged in a series of wanton cruelties and depreda- 
tions in Clarksville, Tennessee, and the surrounding counties, which in 
many instances have resulted in the arrest, incarceration, and mal- 
treatment of non-combatants and peaceful citizens of the Confederate 
States, and in others in the unjustifiable destruction of private prop- 
erty, without compensation, and contrary to the rules and practice of 
civilized warfare: Therefore, it is ordered that the aforesaid Colonel 
Lowe, and Colonel A. C. Harding, 8th Illinois volunteers, U. S. 
A., be and they are hereby declared no longer entitled to be regarded 
as soldiers, and that they have forfeited all claim to the benefits of the 
cartel existing between Idle Governments of the Confederate States and 
the United States for the exchange of prisoners of warj and, further, 
that in the of their capture they shall be kept in close confine- 
ment and treated as felons until otherwise ordered by the President of 
the Confederate States. 
III. And whereas other officers of the United States army, yet un- 
known to the Confederate government, are represented and believed to 
have participated in the prongs and outrages before referred to: There- 
fore, it is also ordered, that the provisions of the first paragraph of 
this order shall be applicable, to any other officers of the Federal 
army in the State of Tennessee, upon pro»f of their guilt deemed sat- 
isfactory by the commanding officer of the department in which they 
may he captured and held. 112 
IV..And whereas Major-General John Pope has been removed from 
the Federal army operating in Virginia, and the obnoxious order, No. 
II, of July 23, 1862, issued by him, has been stated by the United 
States authorities to be inoperative and without effect: Therefore, it is 
ordered, that so much of General Orders, No. 54, of August 1, 1862, 
from the Adjutaut and Inspector-General’s office, Richmond, as applies 
to the said Major-General John Pope, and the officers serving under 
him. in Virginia, he and is hereby rescinded. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS.' 
No. 85. ' 
Adjutant and I.vspector-Grnekal’s Oik ice, 
Richmond, November 11. 186:2. 
1.. a General Court Martial, held at Savannah, Georgia, May 2, 
1862, by virtue of General Orders, No. 216. from Head-quarters of the 
Department of South Carolina and Georgia, the following-named par- 
ties were arraigned and tried: 
1. - Private -Joseph McIntyre, Company D, 1st Georgia volunteers : 
Charge...—Violation of the 9th Article of War, i» resisting his superior officers 
while in the discharge of their duty, and in the use of violent and improper 
language and gestures toward said officers. 
Verdict Guilty, 
■Sentence Death. 
2.. Private Thomas Gillespie, of the Chatham artillery, 1st Georgia 
brigade: 
Charge Violation of the 20th Article of War, in having deserted from his com- 
pany, and also in being absent therefrom without leave. 
Verdict....* Guilty. 
Sentence Death. 
3.. Michael Hagerty, of the Chatham artillery, 1st Georgia 
brigade : 
Charge 1 Violation of the 20th Article of War. in having deserted from his 
company. 
Charge 2...—Violation of the 22d Article of War, in having deserted from his com- 
pany and enlisted in another. 
Verdict Guilty. 
Sentence Death. 113 
4. Private William M. llcasley, Company I), 1st Georgia volun- 
teers : 
Charge Desertion. 
Verdict Guilty. 
Sentence Death. 
5. Private F. V. R. Mace, of the Chatham light horse, Georgia 
volunteers: 
Charge Desertion. 
Sentence Death. 
11.. The proceedings in the forogoing cases having been submitted 
by the Commanding General of the Department of South Carolina, 
Georgia, and Florida for the consideration of the President, under the 
Article of War for pardon or mitigation, he has been pleased to extend 
to the several parties the Executive clomeney; and therefore directs, 
in mitigation of the punishment adjudged by the court, that the sen- 
tence in each of the cases be changed to hard labor, with ball and 
chain attached to the leg, for the period of twelve months; a forfeiture 
of monthly pay for the same period of time; and eontiuemenb in the 
guard-house whenever not employed at hard labor. This order will be 
carried into elFeet under the direction of the Commanding Geueral of 
the department. 
111.. The General Court Martial by which the above-named eases 
were tried is hereby dissolved. 
« 
By order. 
8. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 86. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, November 12, 1802. 
I..The following notice of the officers and men who have been duly 
exchanged as prisoners of war is published for the information of all 
concerned : 
EXCHANGE NOTICE, NO. S. 
Richmond, Vh., November 11,1862. 
1. All Confederate officers and men who have been captured and paroled in Vir- 
ginia or Maryland at any time from the beginning of hostilities to the 1st of 
November, 1862, have been duly exchanged, and are hereby so declared. 
3. All Confederate officers and men who have been delivered at Aikin’s landing on James river, at any time previous to the 11th of November, 1862, have been 
duly exchanged, and are hereby so declared. 
3. All Confederate officers and men who have been delivered at Vicksburg. Mis- 
sissippi, previous to the 1st of November, 1862, and including said date, have been 
duly exchanged, and are hereby so declared. 
(Signed) RORERT OULD, 
• Agent for Exchange. 
II.. All officers and men who have been duly exchanged as prisoners 
of war, will, without delay, join their respective regiments and corps. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inepectnr-General. 
114 
OENERAL ORDERS.' 
No. 87. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’S Office, 
Richmond, November 15,1862. 
At a General Court Martial, convened at Savannah, Georgia, Sep- 
tember 20, 1862, pursuant to Special Orders, No. 118, dated July 28, 
1862, from the Head-quarters of the Department of South Carolina 
and Georgia, was arraigned and tried First Lieutenant Alexander 
Doyle, Company A, 47th Georgia volunteers, on the following charges 
and specifications: 
Charge 1 Violation of the 36tli Article of War. 
Specification Misapplication and embezzlement of rations belonging to his 
compnny. 
Charge 2 Violation of the 9th Article of War. 
Specification Disobedience of the orders of his superior officer. 
Findings and Sentence of the Court. 
The court finds the accused, First Lieutenant Alexander Doyle, Company A, 
47th Georgia volunteers, as follows: 
Of the Specification, 1st Charge, Guilty. 
Of the 1st Charge, Not Guilty. 
Of the Specification of the 2d Charge, Guilty. 
Of the 2d Charge, Guilty. 
And the court does, therefore, sentence the said First Lieutenant Alexander 
Doyle, Company A, 47th Georgia volunteers, P, A. C. S., “to be cashiered.” 
II. .The proceedings in the foregoing case having been submitted to 
the President, the following is his decision thereon : 
® *- * The accused was not found guilty of violating tho 36th 
Article of War. The finding of the court on the charge of violating 
the 9th Article of War is scarcely sustained by the evidence, itappear- 115 
ing to have been rather an inquiry and answer than an order and 
refusal to obey. Sentence remitted. 
III..First Lieutenant Alexander Doyle, Company A, 47th Georgia 
volunteers, will therefore ho released from arrest, and restored to duty. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-Genera/, 
GENERAL ORDERS. 
No. 88. 
Adjutant ani> IxBPiscTon-Or.ssRAt’s Office, 
Richmond, November 17,1862. 
1.. At a General Court Martial, convened at Charleston, S. C., 
September 10, 1862, by virtue of Special Orders, No. 147, from the 
Head-quarters of the Department of South Carolina and Georgia, was 
arraigned and tried First Lieutenant W. E. Erwin, S. C. artillery, 
P. A. C. S., on the following charge and specification : 
Charge. 
Intoxication on duty. 
Specification In this; “That ho. the said First Lieutenant W. 77. Erwin. 8. C. 
artillery, P. A. C. S., at Castlo Pincknoy, S. C., on or about the 13th day of 
June, 1862, did, when on duty as officer of the day, become grossly intoxi- 
cated.’’ 
Findings and Sentence of the Court. 
The court, having maturely weighed and considered the evidence in support oi' 
the charges against the prisoner, First Lieutonant IF. E. Erwin. S. C. artillery, his 
defence, and the evidence in support of it, is of opinion that the said First Lieu- 
tenant IF. E. Erwin. S. C. artillery, is 
Of the Specification of the Charge, Guilty, with the exception of the word 
“grossly.” 
Of the Charge. Guilty. 
And the court does, therefore, sentence the said First Lieutenant IF E. Erwin, 
S. C. artillery, “to be cashiered.” 
11.. The proceedings in the foregoing case having been submitted 
to the Secretary of War, and by him laid before the President for his 
decision, the following are his orders thereon : 
In accordance with the unanimous recommendation of the court, and 
especially for the reason assigned, the facts developed by the evidence 
adduced, the sentence is remitted. 
III. .First Lieutenant IF. E. Erwin, S. C. artillery, will therefore be 
released from arrest, and restored to duty. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General, Aiji’tant and Insrsci or-Genekal’s Office, 
Richmond, November 18, 1862. 
GENERAL ORDERS,) 
V 
No. 89. j 
I. The following act of Congress is published for the information of 
all concerned, aud will he observed by all enrolling officers : 
[No. 20.] 
yin act to permit Enlistment* in the Navy and Marine Corps. 
77ie Cbnyrces of the Confederate States of America do enact. That, from and after 
the passage of this act. any person subject to enrolment for military service, 
under the acts of Congress providing for the public defence, shall be permitted to 
enlist in the marine corps at any time prior to being mustered into the army of the 
Confederate States: provided, that the number of men so enlisted does not increase 
the marine corps beyond the strength authorized by law. 
Sue. 2. That if any person who has been or ill about to be enrolled for service in 
the army shall, at any time before beirig assigned to any company, declare to the 
enrolling or commanding officer that he prefers being enrolled for service in the 
navy or marine corps, it shall be the duty of the said officer to enroll such person for 
the service ho may prefer, and to transmit to the Secretary of the Navy a list of 
the persons so enrolled. 
Sec. 3. That from and after the passage of this act the pay of sailors and marines 
shall be increased four dollars per month. [Approved October 2, 1802.] 
II. .Transfers from the military to the naval service will be effected 
in the presence of an enrolling officer, or an officer of the navy, in order 
that when the soldier is in due form discharged from the army, he shall 
be at once enrolled and received into the navy. 
III. The following form will be used in all cases of discharge, to bo 
signed as required by the 11th Article of War. Orders for discharge 
emanating from this office will be considered simply the authority 
whereon to grant the discharge, and not the discharge itself: 
80LD1ER’.S DISCHARGE. 
To ,V L t WHOM I T M AY C 0 N C K It N . 
Know ye, That a of Captain Company, Regiment 
of who was enlisted the day of one thousand eight hundred and 
to servo , is hereby honorably discharged from the army of the Confederate 
States. . 
Said was born in in tho State of , is years of age, 
feet inches high, complexion, eves, hair, and by occupation, 
when enlisted, a -. 
Given at this day of , 1S6-. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and IvaprHor-Gfevieral. GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 90. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, November 19,1862. 
I. .Beforo going into action, the chief of artillery of each army will 
make such disposition of the teams attached to the battery wagons and 
travelling forges as will render them most available for the purpose of 
securing artillery captured on the battle-field. 
II. .Medical directors and inspectors will forward to the office of 
the Surgeon-General eopies of all circulars, arid of all printed orders 
or instructions, and of all written orders of importance issued by them. 
III. .Details from corps in the field will only be granted for govern- 
ment work, and, in cases of urgent necessity, for work under contract. 
In the case of details for contract work, the consent of the men must 
be obtained, and the order detailing them will direct that their pay 
and allowances shall cease during the detail, and that in lieu thereof 
the contractors shall pay them full wages. 
IV. .Agreeably to act of Congress, approved October 9, 1862, eviiry 
man detailed as a shoemaker will be entitled to receive, in addition 
to his extra-duty pay, thirty-five cents for each pair of shoes made by 
him. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector- Genera’. 
GENERAL ORDERS,) 
No. 91. f 
Adjutant and Inspectok-Geneiiai.'s Office, 
Richmond, November 20.1862. 
Tbo officers of the Quartermaster’s department charged with paying 
the troops arc hereby prohibited from making payment to any gen- 
eral staff officer of the Provisional army who does not exhibit the 
evidence of assignment to the appropriate command under which he 
claims payment, agreeably to paragraph I, General Orders, No. 48, 
current series. A departure from this order will render the paying 
officer liable to stoppage to the amount of such payment, should it 
be found in the settlement of his account at the treasury that he 
has disregarded this regulation. The large number of general staff 
officers of the Provisional army who are without assignment to 
appropriate commands, including those of the Adjutant and Inspects 
or-Goneral’s department. Quartermaster’s department. Commissary department, and other departments of the general staff, renders it nec- 
essary to publish this order, and to append to it the subjoined para- 
graph of General Orders, No. 48, above referred to, to wit: 
The appointments of general officers and officers of the general staff in the 
Provisional army being made under special authority, and for specific objocts, 
terminate with their commands, except in cases of assignment to other appropri- 
ate duties. 
This order is not designed to affect those general staff' officers who are 
temporarily absent on leave, or sick, while under proper assignment to 
their appropriate commands. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS. 
No. 92. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, November 21, 1862. 
The second clause of paragraph I, General Orders, No. 29, current 
series, is hereby amended to read as follows: 
2d. If the substitute be of good moral character, not within the pro- 
hibited classes, and, on examination by a surgeon or assistant surgeon 
of the army, be pronounced capable of bearing arms, he may, upon 
the written consent of the company and regimental or battaliou com- 
mander, provided the substitution can be effected without manifest 
injury to the public service, be enrolled and mustered into the com- 
pany for three years, unless the war sooner terminates; and the non- 
commissioned officer or soldier procuring him shall thoreupou be dis- 
charged, but shall not be entitled to transportation at the expense of 
the government. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 93. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office. 
Richmond, November 22,1802. 
I..The following acts of Congress, having been approved by the 
President, are published for the information of the army: 
No. 2.—An ACT to amend an act entitled an act to provide for the Public Defence. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
sixth section of the act to provide for the public defence, approved on 119 
the 6th of March, 1861, be amended by adding after the words “bri- 
gades into divisions,” the words “and divisions into army corps,” and 
such army corps shall be commanded by a Lieutenant-General, to be 
appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate, who shall receive the pay of a Brigadier-General. [Approved 
September 18, 1862.] 
No. 3.—An ACT to authorize the appointment of additional Officers of Artillery 
for Ordnance Duties. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of A merica do enact, That the 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, may 
appoint seventy officers of artillery in the Provisional army, for the 
performance of ordnance duties, in addition to those authorized by the 
act entitled “An act to authorize the appointment of officers of artillery 
in the Provisional army,” approved April 21, 1862, and that from the 
whole number of artillery officers appointed to discharge ordnance 
duties there shall be one with the rank of lieutenant-colonel for each 
command composed of more than one army corps, one with the rank of 
major for each army corps composed of more than one divisiop, and 
the residue with the rank of captain, and of first and second lieutenant, 
in such proportion as the President shall prescribe. [Approved Sep- 
tember 16, 1862.] 
No. i.—An ACT in relation to the Transfer of Troops. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That it 
shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to transfer any private or 
non-commissioned officer, who may be in a regiment from a state of 
this Confederacy other than his own, to a regiment from his own state, 
whenever such private or non-commissioned officer may apply for such 
transfer, and whenever such transfer can be made without injury to 
the public service : and the Secretary of War shall make regulations to 
facilitate such transfer: provided, that this act shall not apply to any 
one who has enlisted as a substitute. [Approved September 23, 1862.] 
No. 5.—An ACT to regulate the rank of Officers of the Provisional Corps of 
Engineers. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
officers of the Engineer corps of the Provisional army may have rank 
conferred on them during the war, equal to that authorized by law for 
the Engineer corps of the Confederate States army: provided, that the 
number of officers in each grade be limited to one colonel, three lieu- 
tenant-colonels, six majors, fifty captains, thirty first lieutenants, and 
twenty second lieutenants. [Approved September 23, 1862.] 120 
No. 6.—An ACT to increase the Signal Corps. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
r President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, may ap- 
point one major, ten first, and ten second lieutenants in the signal corps, 
and that the Secretary of War may appoint twenty additional sergeants 
in the signal corps. [Approved September 27, 1862.] 
No. 7.—An ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to provide further for the Public 
Defence,” approved April 10. 1862. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
President be, and he is hereby authorized to call out and place in the 
military service of the Confederate States for three years, unless the 
war should have been sooner ended, all white men who are residents of 
the Confederate States, between the ages of thirty-five and forty-five 
years, at the time the call or calls may be made, and who are not, at 
such time or times, legally exempted from military service, or such part 
thereof as in his judgment may be necessary to the public defence; 
such call or calls to bo made under the provisions and according to the 
terms of the act to which this is an amendment; and such authority 
shall exist in the President during the present war, as to all persons 
who now are, or may hereafter become eighteen years of age; and when 
once enrolled, all persons between the ages of eighteen and forty-five 
shall servo their full time: provided, that if tho President, in calling 
out troops into the service of the Confederate States, shall first call for 
only a part of the persons between the ages heretofore stated, he shall 
call for those between the ages of thirty-five and any other age less 
than forty-five: provided, that nothing herein contained shall he under- 
stood as repealing or modifying any part of the act to which this is 
amendatory, except as herein expressly stated: and provided, further, 
that those called out under this act, and the act to which this is an 
amendment, shall be first and immediately ordered to fill to their 
maximum number the companies, battalions, squadrons, and regiments 
from the respective states, at the time the act to further provide for the 
public defence, approved 16th April, 1S62, was passed, and the surplus, 
if any, shall be assigned to organizations formed from each state since 
the passage of that or placed in new organizations, to be officered 
by the state having such residue, according to the laws thereof, or dis- 
posed of as now provided by law: provided, that tho President is 
authorized to suspend the execution of this act, or the act to which this 
is an amendment, iu any locality where he may find it impracticable to 
execute the same, and that in such locality, and during said suspen- 
sion, tho President is authorized to receive troops into the Confederate 121 
►ervice, under any of the acts passed by the Confederate Congress 
prior to the passage of the act to provide further for the public defence, 
approved 16th April, 1862. [Approved September 27, 1862.] 
No. 8.— An ACT to better provide for the sick*and wounded of the army in 
hospitals. 
The Cont/res« of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
commutation value of rations of sick and disabled soldiers in the hos- 
pitals of the Confederate States is hereby fixed at one dollar, instead 
of the commutation now allowed by law, which shall constitute the 
hospital fund, and be held by the commissary, and be paid over by him 
from time to time to the surgeon or assistant surgeon in charge of the 
hospital of which the soldier whose ration was commuted is an inmate, 
upon the said surgeon or assistant surgeon’s requisition, made in 
writing, when necessary to purchase supplies for said hospital: pro - 
vided, however, when said fund for any one hospital shall increase over 
and above the monthly expenditures of the same to an amount exceed- 
ing the sum of five thousand dollars, the said commissary shall be 
required to deposit the said excess over and above the said five thou- 
sand dollars in the treasury of the Confederate States, or such other 
place of deposit where government moneys are ordered to be kept; 
which said deposits, when so made, shall be passed to the credit of the 
said Confederate States, and be liable to draft as other public moneys 
are; and all such funds shall be accounted for by the said commissary 
in his monthly report and abstract, as now required by law: and pro- 
vided, further, that all such surgeons and assistant surgeons who shall 
receive from the said commissary any part of said hospital fund, to be 
expended for the use of hospitals, shall be held liable for a faithful ap- 
plication of it, and in a weekly accouut and abstract, to be made out 
and forwarded to the office of the Surgeon-General, to bo verified in 
every instance by vouchers, shall show what disposition has been made 
of it; which account, abstract, and accompanying vouchers, shall bo 
placed on file. 
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed 
to make a contract with the several railroad companies and lines of 
boats for the speediest practicable transportation of all supplies pur- 
chased for the use of hospitals by agents accredited by the surgeon or 
assistant surgeon in charge for that purpose, or donations by indi- 
viduals, societies, or states; and it shall be lawful for the Quarter- 
master-General to furnish general transportation tickets to such agents 
upon all railroad trains and canal boats, when engaged in the actual 
service of said hospitals, upon the request of said surgeon or assistant 
surgeon. 122 
Sec. 3. That there shall bo allowed to each hospital of the Confed- 
erate States suits of clothing, consisting of shirts, pantaloons, and 
drawers, equal to the number of beds in the same, for the use of the 
sick while in the hospitals, when so ordered by the surgeon or assistant 
surgeon in charge; which said clothing shall be drawn upon the written 
requisition of said surgeon or assistant surgeon, and shall be receipted 
for and kept as hospital clothing, and be accounted for as other public 
property. 
Sec. 4. That there be allowed to each hospital, with rations and 
suitable places of lodging, the following matrons and female nurses 
and attendants, viz: Two matrons, to be known and designated as 
hospital matrons-in-ehief, at a salary not to exceed forty dollars per 
month each, whose general duties shall be to exercise a superintendence 
over the entire domestic economy of the hospital: to take charge of 
such delicacies as may be provided for the sick; to apportion them out 
as required; to see that fhe food or diet is properly prepared; and all 
such other duties as may be necessary. Two matrons, to be known and 
designated as assistant matrons, whose general duties shall be to super- 
intend the laundry ; to take charge of the clothing of the sick ; the bed- 
ding of the hospital; to see that they are kept clean and neat, and 
perform such other duties as may be necessary, at a salary not to 
exceed thirty-five dollars per month each. Two matrons for each ward, 
at a salary not to exceed thirty dollars per month each, to be known 
and designated as ward-matrons, whose general duties shall be to pre- 
pare the beds and bedding of their respective wards; to see that they 
are kept clean and in order; that the food or diet for the sick is care- 
fully prepared and furnished to them; the medicine administered: and 
that all patients requiring careful nursing are attended to, and all such 
other duties as may be necessary. And all surgeons and assistant sur- 
geons in charge of a hospital are hereby authorized to employ such 
other nurses, either male or female, as may be necessary to the proper 
care and attention of the sick, at a salary each not to exceed twenty- 
five dollars per month; and also the necessary cooks, at a salary not to 
exceed twenty-five dollars per month each; and one ward-master for 
each ward, at a salary not to exceed twenty-five dollars per month 
each; giving preference in all cases to females whero their services 
may best subserve the purpose; and in the event a sufficient number of 
such nurses and ward-masters can not be employed not liable to military 
service, and it shall become necessary to assign to this duty soldiers in 
the service, then, upon the requisition of such surgeon or assistant sur- 
geon in charge of such hospital, the soldier or soldiers so assigned, who 
are skilful and competent, shall be permanently detailed to this duty, 
and shall only be removable for neglect or inattention, by the surgeon 123 
or assistant surgeon in charge : provided), in all cases, that all other 
attendants and servants, not herein provided for, necessary to the ser- 
vice of said hospital, shall be allowed, as now provided by law. 
Sec. 5. That the hospitals of the Confederate States shall hereafter 
be known and numbered as hospitals of a particular state; and in all 
eases where the same can be done without injury to the patients or 
great inconvenience to the government, all sick or wounded soldiers, 
being citizens or residents of such particular state, shall, be sent to 
such hospitals as may represent the same, and to such private or state 
hospitals representing the same which may be willing to receive them. 
Sec. 6. That all persons authorized to be employed by section 4 of 
this act, who are not engaged in the military service, and whose pay is 
not now provided for by law, shall be paid monthly by any quarter- 
master or other person authorized to pay troops in the military service, 
upon a muster or pay roll, to be made out and certified to by the sur- 
geon or assistant having in charge the hospital or hospitals in which 
said persons have been employed. 
Sec. 7. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized, in such 
way and manner as he may deem best, and under such rules and regu- 
lations as he may prescribe, to enter into and perfect some suitable 
arrangement with the railroad companies, their officers or authorized 
agents, whereby seats ip one or more cars of each railroad train, as 
the necessities of the case may be, shall be reserved for the use of the 
sick and wounded soldiers who may desire transportation on any such 
railroad, and that no person not sick or wounded, and not an attendant 
upon the sick or wounded, shall be permitted to enter any such car or 
cars so reserved until the said sick and wounded and their attendants 
shall first have obtained seats; and, also, shall perfect some arrange- 
ment with the said railroad companies, their officers or agents, whereby 
all conductors having in charge any such trains shall be required to 
provide for the use of the sick and wounded in the cars so reserved a 
sufficient quantity of pure water. 
Sec. 8. That all surgeons and assistant surgeons in charge of a hos- 
pital, having in his or their charge any sick or wounded soldier, 
desiring transportation as aforesaid, shall, in all cases, detail some 
competent person acting under his or their authority, whose duty it 
shall be to accompany all such sick and wounded to the depot of any 
such railroad, to see that all such are properly cared for, and that they 
obtain seats in the said car or cars so reserved. [Approved September 
27, 1862.] 124 
);<>. 9.—An ACT to amend the “ Act to authorize payment to bo made for certain 
horses purchased for the army by Colonel A. W. McDonald,” approved August 
21,1862. 
The, Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
above-recited act be amended so as to insert after the word “ horses,” 
wherever it occurs in said act, the words “ and cavalry equipments.” 
[Approved September 30, 1862.] 
Jv'o. 10.—An ACT to enable the I’resident of the Confederate States to provide 
the means of military transportation, by the construction of a railroad between 
Blue Mountain, in the State of Alabama, and Rome, in the State of Georgia. 
Whereas the Confederate States are engaged in a war, the extent of 
which has no parallel in modern history, and the President, by his 
message of the 24th September, 1S62, to the Congress, has recom- 
mended the importance of constructing a railroad between Blue Moun- 
tain, in Calhoun county, Alabama, and Romo, in the State of Georgia, 
as a means of transportation needful for the public defence, and the 
construction of which is also strongly recommended by the General in 
command of the military district in which said road is situated : 
Therefore, 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
the President he and he is hereby authorized and empowered to make 
all contracts, embracing such terms and provisions as he may .deem 
expedient to effect a speedy construction and completion of the link of 
railroad aforesaid, with the several railroad companies whose charters 
extend over said line, in the manner ho may think best calculated to 
promote the public interest and provide for the public defence. 
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That, to enablo the President to accom- 
plish the object herein contemplated, the sum of one million one hun- 
dred and twenty-two thousand four hundred and eighty dollars and 
ninety-two cents, in the bonds of the Confederate States, is hereby 
appropriated, to he issued and applied by order of the President, at 
such times and in such sums as he may deem proper; and that the 
President be directed to take a mortgage on said road and its appur- 
senances for the ultimate repayment of the money so expended, with 
interest at eight per centum per annum, in aid of its construction. 
[Approved October 2, 1862.] 
JJo. 11.—An ACT to amend an act entitled “ An act providing for the appointment 
of adjutants of regiments and legions of the grade of subaltern, in addition to 
the subalterns attached to companies,” approved August 31, 1861. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
provisions of said act shall be extended so as to apply to independent 125 
battalions, and that, on the recommendation of the commander of any 
such battalion, an adjutant of the grade of subaltern may be appointed 
by the President for said battalion, who is not attached as subaltern to 
said battalion, and that said adjutant, when so appointed, shall have 
the same rank, pay, and allowance as are provided by law for adjutants 
of regiments. [Approved October 2, 1862.] 
No. 12.—An ACT supplemental to “An act authorizing the Secretary of War to 
grant Transfers,” approved September 20,1862. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, Thai 
whenever the Secretary of War shall grant transfers agreeably to the 
above act to any soldier now in the service, he shall furnish transporta- 
tion also. [Approved October 2, 1862.] 
No. 13.—An ACT to empower certain Persons to administer Oaths in certain Cases. 
The Congress of the Confederate. States of America do enact, That the 
oath required to enable sick, wounded, or other soldiers to receive their 
pay, may he taken before any quartermaster, who is hereby authorized 
to administer the same, or before any justice of the peace having juris- 
diction, or any other officer having the right by the laws of the state to 
administer oaths. [Approved October 2, 1862.] 
NTo. 14—An ACT supplementary to “ An act concerning the Pay and Allowances 
due to deceased Soldiers,” approved February 15,1862; and to provide for the 
prompt settlement of Claims for arrearages of Pay. Allowances, and Bounty due 
deceased Officers and Soldiers. 
The Congress of the Confederate Slates of America do enact, That 
claims due to deceased non-commissioned officers and privates for pay, 
allowances, and bounty, may ho audited and paid without the necessity 
of the parties entitled producing a pay-roll from the captain or corn- 
standing officer, when there is other official evidence of the amount 
due satisfactory to the Second Auditor, under such regulations as he 
has or may prescribe, with the approval of the Secretary of War. 
Sec. 2. The claims of deceased commissioned officers shall be paid t<* 
their heirs or representatives in the same manner as similar claims of 
non-commissioned officers and privates are now, or may be directed by 
law to be paid ; and to assist the Second Auditor in more effectually 
carrying out the provisions of this act and other pressing business of 
his office, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to appoint an 
experienced accountant, who, with the chief clerk, shall have authority 
to sign and attest sueh official business as said Auditor shall approve 
and direct. 
Sec. 3. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to employ in the office of the Second Auditor as many additional temporary clerks 
as he may think necessary to assist said Auditor in the settlement of 
the claims of deceased officers and soldiers, the compensation of said 
clerks to be four dollars per day, and without any addition whatever, 
for every day they shall be so actually engaged, except one, whoso 
annual compensation shall be fifteen hundred dollars, the others to be 
paid weekly at the treasury, upon a certificate of service of said Auditor. 
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect from its passage, and the third 
section shall continue in force for twelve months, and no longer. [Ap- 
proved October 3, 1862.] 
No. la.—An ACT to provide for the organization of Army Corps. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
sixth section of an act to provide for the public defence, approved 
March 6, 1862, be so amended as to authorize the President to organize 
divisions of the Provisional army of the Confederate States into army 
eorps, and. by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint 
officers to the command thereof. [Approved October 6, 1862.] 
Xo. 16.—Au ACT to authorize the establishment of Camps of Instruction, and the 
appointment of officers to command the same. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
President be and he is authorized to establish camps of instruction for 
persons enrolled for military service, at such places and in such num- 
bers in the several states as he may d§em necessary, and to appoint, 
by and with tho advice and consent of the Senate, officers in the Pro- 
visional army, with the rank and pay of major, to superintend and 
command the same. [Approved October 8, 1862.] 
No. 1".—Au ACT to repeal the law authorizing commutation for Soldiers' Clothing, 
and to require Clothing to he furnished by the Secretary of War in kind. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That so 
much of the existing law as provides commutation for clothing to the 
soldiers in the service of the Confederacy, be and the same is hereby 
repealed; and hereafter the Secretary of War shall provide in kind to 
the soldiers respectively the uniform clothing prescribed by the regu- 
lations of the army of the Confederate States; and should any balance 
of clothing be due to any soldier at the end of the year, the money value 
of such balance shall he paid to such soldier, according to the value of 
such clothing, fixed and announced by order from the War department. 
[Approved October 8, 1862.] 127 
No. 18.—Au ACT to amend an aet entitled “ An act for the organization of the 
Staff departments of the Army of the Confederate States of America,approved 
March 14,1861. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
first section of the act entitled “An act for the organization of the Staff 
departments of the army of the Confederate States of America,” ap- 
proved March 14, 1861, be amended by adding to the Adjutant and 
Inspector-General’s department one assistant adjutant-general, with 
the rank of colonel. [Approved October 8, 1862.] 
Xo. 19—An ACT to organize Military Courts to attend the army of the Confeder- 
ate States in the Field, and to define the Powers of said Courts. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
courts shall be organized, to be known as military courts, one to attend 
each army' corps in the field, under the direction of the President. 
Each court shall consist of three members, two of whom shall consti- 
tute a quorum, and each member shall be entitled to the rank and pay 
of a colonel of cavalry, shall be appointed by the President, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall hold his office 
during the war, unless the court shall be sooner abolished by Congress. 
For each court there shall be one judge advocate, to be appointed by 
the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, with 
the rank and pay of a captain of cavalry, whose duties shall be as pre- 
scribed by the Rules and Articles of War, except as enlarged or modified 
by the purposes and provisions of this act, and who shall also hold his 
office during the war, unless the court shall be sooner abolished by the 
Congress; and in case of the absence or disability of the judge advocate, 
upon the application of the court, the commander of the army corps to 
which such court is attached may appoint or detail an officer to perform 
the duties of judge advocate during such absence or disability, or until 
the vacancy, if any, shall be filled by the President. 
Sec. 2. Each court shall have the right to appoint a provost marshal 
to attend its sittings and execute the orders of the court, with the rank 
and pay of a captain of cavalry; and also a clerk, who shall have a 
salary of one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month, who shall 
keep the record of the proceedings of the court, and shall reduce to 
writing the substance of the evidence in each case, and file the same in 
court. The provost marshal and the clerk shall hold their offices 
during the pleasure of the court. Each member and officer of the court 
shall take an oath well and truly to discharge the duties of his office to 
the best of his skill and ability, without fear, favor, or reward, and to 
support the Constitution of the Confederate States. Each member of 
the court, the judge advocate, and the clerk, shall have the power to 
administer this. Src. 3. Each court shall have power to adopt rules for conducting 
business and for the trial of causes, and to enforce the rules adopted, 
and to punish for contempt, and to regulate the taking of evidence, and 
to secure the attendance of witnesses, and to enforce and execute its 
orders, sentences, and judgments, as in cases of courts martial. 
Rec. 4. The jurisdiction of each court shall extend to all offences now 
cognizable by courts martial under the Itulfes and Articles of War and 
the customs of war, and also to all offences defined as crimes by the 
laws of the Confederate States or of the several states, and, when beyond 
the territory of the Confederate States, to all cases of murder, man- 
slaughter, arson, rape, robbery, and larceny, as defmed.hy the common 
law, when committed by any private or officer in the army of the Con- 
federate States against any other private or officer in the army, or 
against the property or person of any citizen or other person within the 
army; provided., said courts shall not have jurisdiction of offenders 
above the grade of colonel. For offences cognizable by courts martial, 
the court shall, on conviction, inflict the penalty prescribed by tho 
Rules and Articles of War, and in the manner and mode therein men- 
tioned; and for offences not punishable by the Rules and Articles of 
War, but punishable by the laws of the Confederate States, said court 
shall inflict the penalties prescribed by the laws of the Confederate 
States; and for offences against which penalties are not prescribed by 
the Rules and Articles of War, nor by the latys of the Confederate 
States, but for which penalties aro prescribed by the laws of a state, 
said-court shall inflict the punishment prescribed by the laws of the 
state in which the offence was committed: provided, that in cases in 
which, by the laws of the Confederate States or of the state, the pnn- 
ishmont is by fine or by imprisonment, or by both, the court may, in its 
discretion, inflict any other punishment less than death ; and for the 
offences defined as murder, manslaughter, arson, rape, robbery, and lar- 
ceny, by tho common law, when committed beyond the territorial limits 
of the Confederate States, the punishment shall be in the discretion of 
the court. That when an officer under the grade of Brigadier-General, 
or private, shall be put under arrest for any offence cognizable by the 
court herein provided for, notice of his arrest and of the offence with 
which he shall be charged shall he given to the judge advocate by the 
officer ordering said arrest, and he shall he entitled to as speedy a trial 
as the business before said court will allow. 
Snc. 5. Said courts shall attend the army, shall have appropriate 
quarters within the lines of the army, shall he always open for the 
transaction of business, and the final decisions and sentences of said 
courts in convictions shall be subject to review, mitigation, and suspen- 
sion, as now provided by the Rules and Articles of War in eases of 
courts martial. Sec. 6. That during the recess of the Senate, the President may 
appoint the members of the courts and the judges advocate pfovided 
for in the previous sections, subject to the confirmation of the Senate 
at its session p.ext ensuing said appointments. [Approved October 9, 
1862.] 
No. 20.—An ACT to provide Shoes for the Army. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
the President be and he is hereby authorized, on the requisition of the 
Quartermaster-General, to detail from the army persons skilled in the 
manufacture of shoes, not to exceed two thousand in number; and it 
shall be the duty of the Quartermaster-General to place them, without 
delay, at suitable points in shops, under proper regulations prescribed 
by him, and employ them diligently in the manufacture of shoes for 
the army. 
Sec. 2. He. it. further enacted, That soldiers detailed under the pro- 
visions of this act shall be entitled to receive pay for extra duty, and 
also thirty-five cents per pair for shoes manufactured by them sever- 
ally, in addition to regular pay and rations. [Approved October 9, 
1862.] 
No. 21.—An ACT to authorize the President to accept and place in the service 
certain Regiments and Battalions heretofore raised. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
the President be and he is hereby authorized and empowered, when- 
ever in his opinion tbo public good would he promoted thereby, to 
receive into the service regiments or battalions which have been organ- 
ized in good faith prior to the 1st day of October, 1862, under authority 
or by direction of the Secretary of War, or any general officer of the 
government, although said regiments or battalions may he composed 
in part of persons between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five years: 
prodded, that this authority shall not extend to regiments or battal- 
ions organized aftor the said 1st day of October. 1862, except in those 
states and locations where the conscript law may be suspended. 
Sec. 2. That the President be and he is hereby authorized and 
empowered, whenever in his opinion it would promote the public good, 
to receive into service regiments or battalions which have been hereto- 
fore organized of conseript%by a general officer in any of the states 
lying west of the Mississippi river. 
Sec. 3. That all companies, battalions, and regiments of infantry 
raised or organized before the first day of December next, within the 
limits of Middle and West Tennessee, to be composed of residents of 
said districts, may be accepted by the President, when in his opinion 130 
the public interest will be promoted thereby, and said troops shall be 
allowed to elect their own officers for the first election, after which all 
vacancies shall be filled by the President under the act, and the acts 
amendatory of the same, providing for the public defence, passed 16th 
of April, 1862, and also such counties in North Carolina lying east of 
the line of the Wilmington and Weldon railroad as are beyond the 
lines of the army and exposed to the incursions of the enemy. [Ap- 
proved October 11, 1862.] 
No. 22.—An ACT to amend an act entitled “An act to raise an additional Military 
1'orce to serve during the war,” approved 8th May, 1861, and to provide for 
raising forces in the States of Missouri and Kentucky. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
the first and second sections of the act to which this is an amendment 
are hereby declared to have full force and effect in those states and 
districts in which the President may, under the law, suspend the pro- 
visions of the acts providing for the enrolment of persons for military 
service, or when said acts can not be enforced by reason of the occupa- 
tion of the enemy: provided, that the troops received under the sec- 
tions of said act shall be roceived for three years or for the war. 
Sec. 2. That the President may, in cases when in his opinion the 
public interest requires that he should do so, appoint major and briga- 
dier-generals with their appropriate staffs, and also the field, company, 
and staff officers to regiments, battalions, companies, or squadrons, 
before the same are organized, by and with the advice and consent of 
the Senate; and if said regiments, battalions, companies, or squadrons 
are not reported as complete within a reasonable time, the President 
may, in his discretion, vacate the commissions of said officers, who 
shall be entitled to the pay of their respective grades from the date of 
their respective appointments until their commissions are vacated : and 
that companies of infantry shall consist of at least one hundred and 
twenty-five, rank and file, companies of artillery of at least one hun- 
dred and fifty, rank and file, and companies of cavalry of at least 
eighty, rank and file. [Approved October 11, 1862.] 
No. 23.—Au ACT amendatory of an act entitled “An act providing for the granting 
of Bounties and Furloughs to Privates and Non-Commissioned Officers in the 
Provisional Army,” approved December 11, 1861. 
• 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
the above-recited act be so amended as to secure to all soldiers and 
non-commissioned officers who shall have entered the armies of the 
Confederate States for three years or during the war, the bounty of 
fifty dollars, as therein provided, although such soldier or non-com- 131 
missioned officer may have been killed in battle, died, or been hon- 
orably discharged before the expiration of the first year's service of 
his term, to be paid as other arrearages. [Approved October 11, 1862.] 
No. 24.—An ACT to authorize the President to make certain appointments during 
the recess of the Senate. 
The Congress of the Confederate Slates of America do enact, That 
the President be and he is hereby authorized to fill by appointment all 
offices created, and all vacancies which may have occurred during the 
present session of Congress: prodded, that said appointments shall, 
at the next session of Congress, be submitted to the Senate for its 
advice and consent: and prodded, further, that said appointments 
shall expire, unless confirmed during the next session of the Senate. 
[Approved October 13, 1862.] 
No. 25.—Au ACT to regulate and fix the pay of Cadets iu the service of the Con- 
federate States. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
the pay of cadets in the service of the Confederate States shall be the 
same as second lieutenants of the arm of service to which they are 
attached. [Approved October 13, 1862.] 
No. 2ti.—An ACT to relieve the Army of disqualified, disabled, and incompetent 
Officers. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
whenever, in the judgment of the general commanding a department, 
the good of the service and the efficiency of his command require it, 
he is authorized, and it is hereby made his duty, to appoint an exam- 
ining board, to be composed of officers of a rank at least as high as 
that of the officers whose qualifications it is proposed to inquire into, 
which board shall immediately proceed to examine into the cases of 
such officers as may be brought to their attention, for the purpose of 
determining their qualifications for the discharge of the duties prop- 
erly appertaining to their several positions. 
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That whenever such examining board 
shall determine that any officer is clearly unfit to perform his legiti- 
mate and proper duties, or careless and inattentive iu their discharge, 
then the said board shall communicate their decision, together with the 
full report of their proceedings in the case, to the general commanding 
the department in which the examination shall have been held, who 
shall, if he approve the finding of the board, be authorized to suspend 
the officer who has been pronounced unfit for his position, and shall immediately transmit to the Secretary of War the decision and pro- 
ceedings of the examining- board, with his own action and opinion 
endorsed thereon : provided, that such officer shall be entitled to be 
heard, and to call witnesses in his defence. 
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War, if he 
approve the finding of the board and the action of the general com- 
manding the department, shall lay the same before the President, who 
is authorized to retire honorably, without pay or allowance, or to drop 
from the army, as the circumstances of the case may warrant and the 
good of the service may require, the officer who has been found unfit 
for his position. 
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That, in order to secure reliable infor- 
mation of the efficiency and competency of officers, it is hereby made 
the duty of each officer commanding a regiment, separate battalion, 
company, battery, or squadron, to make to his immediate commanding 
officer, who shall transmit the same to the brigadier-general command- 
ing, a. monthly report, in tabular form, a copy whereof shall be retained 
by the reporting officer, subject to the inspection of all officers interested 
therein, containing a list of all commissioned officers of such regiment, 
separate battalion, company, battery, or squadron, in which shall be 
stated the number of days each officer has been absent from his com- 
mand, with, or without, or on sick leave; the number of times each 
offiofr has been observed to have been absent from his command wrhen 
on march or in action; when and where each officer has been observed 
to have performed signal acts of service; when and where negligent in 
the performance of duty, and inattentive to the security and econoim- 
of public property; printed blank forms of which said reports shall be 
furnished by the Secretary of War for the use of the officers whose 
duty'it is made to make such reports. 
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That whenever any officer of a com- 
pany, battalion, squadron, or regiment, shall have been dropped or 
honorably retired, in accordance with the provisions of this act, then 
the officer next in rank shall be promoted to the vacancy, if competent, 
such competency to be ascertained as provided in the first and second 
sections of this act; and if not competent, then the next officer in rank 
shall be promoted; and so on, until all the commissioned officers of the 
company, battalion, squadron, Or regiment, shall have been gone 
through with; and if there be no officer of the company, battalion, 
squadron, or regiment, competent to fill the vacancy, then the Presi- 
dent shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, fill the 
same by appointment:provided, that the officer appointed shall be from 
the same state as that to which the company, battalion, squadron, or 
regiment belongs: and provided, further, that nothing herein contained 133 
shall be construed as limiting the power heretofore conferred upon the 
President by existing laws to fill any vacancy by the promotion of 
officers or the appointment of privates “distinguished in the service by 
the exhibition of extraordinary valor and skill;” and provided, further, 
that vacancies arising under the operation of this act in regiments or 
battalions which were organized under the laws of a state for the war, 
or for a period not yet expired, shall be filled as in case of death or 
resignation. [Approved October 13, 1862.] 
• 
No. 27.—An ACT to authorize the grant of Medals and Badges of Distinction as a 
reward for Courage and Good Conduct on the Field of Battle. 
T!te Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the 
President be and he is hereby authorized to bestow medals, with proper 
devices, upon such officers of the armies of the Confederate States as 
shall be conspicuous for courage and good conduct on the field of battle; 
and also to confer a badgo of distinction upon one private or non-com- 
missioned officer of each company after every signal victory it shall 
have assisted to achieve. The non-commissioned officers and privates 
of the company who may be present in the first dress parade there- 
after may choose, by a majority of their votes, the soldier best entitled 
to receive such distinction, whose name shall be communicated to the 
President by commanding officers of the company; and if the award 
fall upon a deceased soldier, the badge thus awarded him shall be 
delivered to his widow; or if there be no widow, to any relation the 
President may adjudge entitled to receive it. [Approved October 13, 
1862.] 
No. 28.—An ACT to authorize the formation of Volunteer Companies for Local 
Defence. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That for 
the purpose of local defence in any portion of the Confederate States, 
any number of persons not less than twenty, who are over the age of 
forty-five years, or otherwise not liable to military duty, may associate 
themselves as a military company, elect their own officers, and establish 
rules and regulations for their own government, and shall be considered 
as belonging to the Provisional army of the Confederate States, serving 
without pay or allowances, and entitled, when captured by the enemy, 
to all the privileges of prisoners of war: provided, that such company 
shall, as soon as practicable, transmit their muster-roll, or a list of the 
names of the officers and privates thereof, to the Governor of the state, 
the commanding general of the department, or any brigadier-general 
in the state or Confederate service, to be forwarded to the Secretary of 
War; but the President or the commander of the military district may, 134 
at any time, disband such companies: provided, that in the states and 
districts in which the act entitled “An act to further provide for the 
public defence,” approved April 16, 1862, and the acts amendatory 
thereof, have been suspended, persons of any age, resident within such 
states or districts, may volunteer and form part of such companies so 
long as such suspension may continue: provided, that no person shall 
become a member of said company until he shall have first taken the 
oath of allegiance to the Confederate States of America in writing, a 
copy of which shall be filed with the muster-roll of said company as 
above prescribed. [Approved October 13, 1862.] 
No. 29.—An ACT to increase and regulate the appointment of General Officers in 
the Provisional Army. 
The Congress of the Confederate Staten of America do enact, That the 
President be and he is hereby authorized, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate, to appoint twenty general officers in the Provis- 
ional army, and to assign them to such appropriate duties as he may 
deem expedient. [Approved October 13, 1862.] 
By order. 
S. COOPEK, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS," 
No. 94. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, November 24,1862. 
I. .At a General Court Martial held at Savannah, Georgia, Septem- 
ber 10, 1862, by virtue of Special Orders, No. 118, of July 28, 1862, 
from the Head-quarters of the Department of South Carolina and 
Georgia, was arraigned and tried: 
Captain A. S. Cannet, Company C, 47th Georgia volunteers, on the 
following charges and specifications: 
Charge I. 
Violation of the 52d Article, of War. 
Specification.—In this; “That he, the said A. S. Cannet. acting Second Lieuten- 
ant, Company C, 47th Georgia volunteers. P. A. C. S., did shamefully abandon his 
post, and leave the same exposed to the enemy.” All this on James island, on or 
about the morning of the 1st of July, 1862. 135 
Charge II. 
Violation of the 99th Article of War. 
Specification,.—In this; “That lie, the said A. S. Cannet, acting as Second Lieu- 
tenant of Company C, 47th Georgia volunteers, P. A. C. S., did neglect to halt the 
fleeing sentinels and make them stand to their post until it was actually neces- 
sary to abandon itr” All this on James island, on or about the 1st day of July, 
1862. 
. II...Findings and Sentence of the Court. 
After mature deliberation, the Court finds the accused, Captain A. S. Cannet, 
47th Georgia volunteers, 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 does, therefore, sentence the said Captain A. S. Cannet, of Company 0, 47tli 
Georgia volunteers, “tobe cashiered.” 
III. .The proceedings in the foregoing case having, with the findings 
and sentence of the Court, been submitted to the Secretary of War, and 
laid before the President, and by him approved and confirmed, Captain 
A. S. Cannet, of Company C, 47th Georgia volunteers, therefore ceases 
to be an officer of the Confederate States army from this date. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and fnepectov-Generah 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 95. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, November 25, 1862. 
To carry into effect the provisions of “An act to better provide for 
the sick and wounded of the army in hospitals,” approved September 
27, 1862, the following instructions are published: 
1. The commuted value of rations for the sick and wounded in hos- 
pitals will be one dollar. Rations for hospital attendants will be com- 
muted at the rates heretofore fixed by regulations. 
2. Commissaries of subsistence will transfer, for the purchase of 
necessary supplies for the sick and wounded, to the medical officer in 136 
charge of a hospital (taking duplicate receipts therefor) such portion 
of the hospital fund as may be demanded on requisition. 
3. Accounts current of the portion of the hospital fund thus trans- 
ferred will be rendered weekly to the Surgeon-General by the medical 
oflicer in charge of a hospital, accompanied by vouchers (numbered) for 
the expenditures. The fractional part of the week corresponding with 
tire termination of a month will he included in the fourth or last account 
current of the month. The following form will be adopted: 
Account Current of the Hospital Fund expended for the 
WEEK COMMENCING AND ENDIJWt 180 . 
Surgeon , in charge of Hospital at , in account with 
Confederate States. 
ISO . 
1)R. 
October 1... 
To balance on hand by last account 
65; 
50 
<>• 2... 
To amount transferred by the commissary for the pur- 
. 
chase of supplies for the subsistence or comfort of the 
sick ancl wounded 
500: 
00 
—; 
_ 
555' 
50 
Or. Purchased: 
Vouchor Xo.l. ... 
By 70 qts. milk, at 10 cents 
1 
7! 00 
U - 4. ‘J 
*S 44 3 
12160 
I 
( 
By 12 bu. potatoes, at 75 cents 
..(| 9j00 
“ 4-4 
By 35 lbs. butter, at 30 cents 
( 
By 28 doz. eggs, at 25 cents 
-II 7 100 
16150 
Total purchased 
221 
joo 
Balance on hand 
$334 
|50 
Hospital at , 186 . 
Surgco 
u in Chartjc. 
4. A copy of the i:Statement of the Hospital Fund” will be rendered 
monthly by medical otlicers to the Surgeon-General, according to the 
following form : 137 
Statement of the Hospital Fund at for the month 
of 186 . 
Dr. 
To balance due hospital last month 
4,820 
20 
1,532 rations, being whole amount clue this month 
for the sick and wounded, at $1 per ration 
1.532 
00 
450 rations for hospital attendants, at 30 cents per 
135 
00 
1,667 
0( 
6,487 
20 
Cr. Issued: 
By the following provisions at contract prices: 
2S3% lbs. of pork, at 10 cents per lb 
28 
35 
690 lbs. of fresh beef, at Si cents per lb 
55 
2D 
1,61214 lbs. of flour, at 3% cents per lb 
56 
42 
10 lbs. of hard bread, at 4 cents per lb 
0 
40 
70 lbs. of rice, at 6 cents per lb 
4 
20 
56 lbs. of coffee, at 12% cents per lb 
7 
00 
193% lbs. of sugar, at 8 cents per lb 
15 
51 
17% I*3- vinegar, at 5 cents per qt 
0 
86 
15 5-16 lbs. of candles, at 12 cents per lb 
1 
S3 
61% lbs. of soap, at 6 cents per lb 
3 
68 
16% qts of salt, at 3 cents per qt 
0 
50 
12 galls, of molasses, at 28 cents per gall... 
3 
36 
177 
31 
Transferred: 
Amount transferred to the medical officer in 
charge for the purchase of supplies for the 
subsistence or comfort of the sick and 
wounded: 
October 2 || 500 00 
“ ' 12 |! 250 ou 
“ 27 150 00 
900100 
1,077 
31 
Amount of hospital fund 
5.409 
89 
Excess of fund (over $5,000), to be returned to treasury 
409 
89 
Balance due this month 
00 
Surgeon in Charge. 
186 . 
5. When a hospital fund shall exceed five thousand dollars the Com* 
missary of subsistence having the fund in hand will deposit such 
excess in the Treasury of the Confederate States, or other place of 
deposit where government moneys are kept, to be liable to draft as 
other public moneys are. Commissaries will account for hospital funds 
on their monthly abstracts and summary statements. 
6. The Quartermaster will have arrangements made with the various 
railroad companies and lines of boats for the- speediest practicable 
transportation of supplies for the hospitals; and general transports- 138 
tion tickets will be furnished to accredited agents engaged in the 
actual purchase of these supplies upon the request of the medical 
officer in charge of a hospital. 
7. Medical officers in charge of general hospitals will make requisi- 
tions on the medical purveyors for hospital suits (shirts, pantaloons, 
and drawers) for the use of the sick and wounded while in hospital, 
not to exceed in number the number of beds; which clothing shall be 
borne on the returns, and be accounted for as other hospital property. 
8. There will be allowed to each general hospital, with rations and 
suitable places of lodging, two chief matrons, at a salary not to 
exceed forty dollars per month each, whose general duties shall be to 
exercise a superintendence over thd entire domestic economy of the 
hospital; to take charge of such delicacies as may be provided for the 
sick; to apportion thorn out as required; to see that the food or diet 
is properly prepared; and all such other duties as may be necessary : 
two assistant matrons, at a salary not to exceed thirty-five dollars per 
month each, whose general duties shall be to superintend the laundry ; 
to take charge of the clothing of the sick and the bedding of the hos- 
pital; to see that they are kept clean and neat; and perform such other 
duties as may be necessary: two wardmatrons for each ward (esti- 
mating 100 patients for each ward), at a salary not to exceed thirty 
dollars per month each, whose general duties shall be to prepare the 
bods and bedding of their respective wards; to see that they aro kept 
clean and in order; that the food or diet for the sick is carefully pre- 
pared and furnished to them; the medicine administered; and that all 
patients requiring careful nursing are attended to; and all such other 
duties as may be necessary: one wardmaster for each ward (estimating 
100 patients for each ward), at a salary not to exceed twenty-five dol- 
lars per month each ; and such other nurses and cooks, male or female 
(giving preference to females when their services may best subserve the 
purpose), at a salary not to exceed twenty-five dollars per month each, 
as may be necessary for the proper care of the sick. These attendants 
to be paid monthly, on hospital muster-rolls, by the Quartermaster’s 
department, and to be removed when expedient by the medical officer 
in charge. Other attendants not herein provided for, necessary to the 
service, shall bo allowed as now provided by law. 
9. If a sufficient number of nurses and wardmasters not liable to 
military service can not be employed, and it shall become necessary to 
assign to this duty soldiers in the service, then, upon the requisition of 
the medical officer in charge of a hospital, the soldiers so assigned who 
are skilful and competent shall be permanently detailed to this duty, 
and shall only be removable for neglect or inattention, by the medical 
officer in charge. 10. Hospitals will be known and numbered as hospitals of a par- 
ticular state. The sick and wounded, when not injurious to themselves 
or greatly inconvenient to the service, will be sent to the hospitals 
representing their respective states, and to privato or state hospitals 
representing the same. 
11. Tho Quartermaster-General will have arrangements made with 
the railroad companies to reserve seats in one or more cars, as may be 
necessary, for the use of the sick and wounded soldiers and their 
attendants to be transported; and until they are seated to prevent 
other persons from entering those reserved cars; and also to require 
conductors of the trains to provide for the use of the sick and wounded 
in the reserved cars a sufficient quantity of pure water. 
12. Medical officers in charge of hospitals will detail an attendant to 
accompany the sick and wounded, furloughed, discharged, or trans- 
ferred, to railroad depots, to see that they aro cared for and provided 
with seats in the reserved cars. 
By order. 
8. COOPER, 
Adjutant and lnupeetor-General, 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 96. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office. 
Richmond, November 27. 1862. 
Commandants of conscripts will cause the following order to be pub- 
lished for at least seven times in a sufficient number of newspapers in 
each state of the Confederacy to insure its reaching every part of the 
country: » 
1.. All commissioned officers and enlisted men who are now absent 
from their commands from any other cause than actual disability, or 
duty under orders from the Secretary of War, or frdm their department 
commanders, will return to their commands without delay. 
11.. Commissioned officers failing to comply with the provisions of 
the foregoing paragraph within a reasonable length of time, in no case 
to exceed twenty days after the publication of this order, shall be 
droppod from the rolls of the army in disgrace, and their names will be 
furnished to the commandant of conscripts for enrolment in the ranks. 
III. .All enlisted men who shall fail to comply with the provision's of 
paragraph I of this order, within a reasonable length of time, shall be 
considered as deserters, and treated accordingly; their names to be furnished to the commandant of conscripts in their state for publication, 
or such other action as may be deemed most efficacious. 
IV. In order to insure the efficient co-operation of all concerned to 
carry this order into immediate effect, department commanders are 
directed to require from the commanding officer of each separate com- 
mand in their departments a prompt report of the names of all com- 
missioned officers and enlisted men now absent from their commands. 
These reports must state in each case the cause of absonce; and any 
regimental, battalion, or company commander who shall neglect to 
furnish such a report, or who shall knowingly be guilty of concealing 
any case of unauthorized absence shall, on conviction thereof, be sum- 
marily dismissed. 
V. .Under the provisions of the 2d clause of paragraph II of General 
Orders. No. 82, commissioned officers and.privates who are incapable 
of bearing arms in consequence of wounds received in battle, but who 
ar.e otherwise tit for service, are required, if not otherwise assigned, to 
report to the nearest commandant of conscripts in their respective 
states, who will, if they are fitted for such duty, assign them to the 
collection of stragglers and the enforcement of the provisions of this 
order, with full powers to call upon the nearost military authority for 
such assistance as may be necessary thereto. 
VI. Officers of the Quartermaster’s department charged with pay- 
ment of troops are hereby directed not to pay any commissioned officer, 
non-commissioned officer, or private who does not furnish satisfactory 
evidence that he is not liable to the penalties described in the fore- 
going order. Any disbursing officer who shall make payment in 
violation of this order shall be liable on his bond for the amount of 
such payment. 
By order. 
8. COOPER, 
» Adjutant and Inepector-Gencral. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, December 1,1862. 
GENERAL ORDERS, | 
No. 97. 
I..Officers of the Quartermaster's department are expressly pro- 
hibited from visiting the seat of government for the purpose of obtain- 
ing supplies. The usual mode of effecting these objects, by requisition, 
is deemed sufficient; and no deviation from the established rules of 141 
the service in this respect will be permitted, -without the previous 
sanction of the Quartermaster-General, obtained through the regular 
channel of communication. 
II..Officers and agents of the Quartermaster’s department are 
hereby ordered not to interfere with loather purchased or contracted 
for by officers or agents of the Ordnance department. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 1 
No. 98. j 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office. 
Richmond, December 3,1862. 
Colonel William M. Wadley, Assistant Adjutant-General, is hereby 
specially assigned to take supervision and control of the transportation 
for the government on all the railroads in the Confederate States. 
1. He is empowered to make contracts for transportation with said 
railroads, or auy of them, and such negotiation and arrangements with 
them as may be requisite or proper to secure efficiency, harmony, and 
co-operation on the part of said railroads, or any proper number of 
them, in carrying on the transportation of the government. 
2. He will take direction of all agents or employees engaged by the 
government in connection with railroad transportation ; will retain, 
engage, or dismiss such as may be requisite, and take charge of and 
employ all engines, machinery, tools, or other property of the govern- 
ment owned or used for railroad transportation; and may exchange, 
sell, or loan such machinery with or to any railroad company, to 
facilitate the work of transportation ; and may generally assist and 
co-operate with the railroads in effecting the work of transportation. 
3. The better to accomplish such ends, he may require co-operation 
and assistance to such an extent as can be reasonably granted by the 
Quartermaster and Commissary bureaus; and may apply for details 
from the army, of such artisans, mechanics, and workmen as may be 
necessary to facilitate the due accomplishment of his duties. 
4. He will report, through the Adjutant and Inspector-General, to 
the Secretary of War. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 142 
GENERAL ORDERS. 
No. 99. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond. December 6,1862. 
The Superintendent of the Nitre and Mining bureau is authorized 
and directed to press the home production of nitre from plantation and 
domestic sources. 
Where indispensable, the labor of conscripts is authorized iu interior 
districts, and details will continue to be made as at present; but officers 
and agents of the bureau will exercise especial caution to use this labor 
as a last resort. 
Resignations in the nitre and mining corps must be placed upon 
th6 same footing with resignations in the line in front of the enemy. 
Faithfully executed, this service is second to no other engaged in the 
public defence. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-Generul. 
GENERAL ORDERS,! 
No. 100. j 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, December 8.1862. 
I. .The following act, and regulations in reference thereto, are pub- 
lished for the information of all concerned: 
An act to repeal the law authorizing Commutation for Soldiers’ Clothing, 
and to require Clothing t<> be furnished by the Secretary of War in kind. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact. That so much of the 
existing law as provides commutation for clothing to the soldiers in the service of 
the Confederacy be and the same is hereby repealed; and hereafter the Secretary 
of War shall provide in kind to the soldiers respectively the uniform clothing 
prescribed by the Regulations of the Army of the Confederate States. And should 
any balance of clothing be due to the soldier at the end of the year, the money 
value of such balance shall be paid to such soldier, according to the value of such 
clothing, fixed and announced by order of the War department. [Approved 
October 8. 1862.] 
II. In accordance with the above act of Congress, no payment of 
commutation for clothing will be made for a period extending beyond 
October S, 1862. When payment of said allowance has been made 
prior to the promulgation of this order for a term which will not 
expire until after the date of this act, issues of clothing in kind will 
be made, to commence at the end of such period. Where it has not 
been so paid, clothing will be furnished from the 8th October, 1862. 143 
III. .A soldier is allowed the uniform clothing stated in the following 
table, or articles thereof of equal value. When a balance is due him 
at the end of the year, he will be allowed the money value thereof, as 
herein set forth : to be paid him upon the muster and pay-roll of his 
company. When he shall have drawn clothing in excess of the amount 
allowed, it will be charged against him upon the muster and pay roll 
of his company. If discharged before the expiration of the year, and 
he shall not have been furnished with clothing in kind, or paid com- 
mutation thereof for the period of service rendered since the 8th 
October, 1862, he will be entitled to receive the money value of the 
clothing allowed, in proportion to such period of service. 
CLOTHING. 
FOR THREE YEARS. 
Price of each 
article. 
1st. ; 2d. 
:)d. 
Cap, complete 
2 i 1 
I 
$2 on 
Cover 
1 1 
l 
;ss 
2 1 
1 
12 00 
a 
9 00 
3 ' 3 
3 2 
Shoes, pairs 
4 4 
4 
6 00 
Socks, pairs 
4 4 
4 
1 00 
Leather stock 
I | ... 
26 
Great-coat 
1 
25 00 
Stable-frock (for mounted men) 
1 
2 00 
Fatigue overall (for engineers and ordnance) 
1 1 1 
i 
3 00 
Blanket 
1 i ... 
i 
7 50 
IV. .When clothing is needed for issue to the men. the company com- 
mander will procure it from the quartermaster on requisition approved 
by the commanding officer. 
V. . Ordinarily, the company com-mander will procuro and issue 
clothing to his men twice a year. At other times, in special cases, 
such articles as the soldier may need will be issued to him. 
VI. Officers receiving clothing will render quarterly returns to the 
Quartermas ter-General. 
VII. .Commanders of companies will take the receipts of their men 
for the clothing issued to them, on a receipt-roll, witnessed by an officer, 
or, in the absence of an officer, by a non-commissioned officer; the 
witness to be witness to the fact of the issue and the acknowledgment 
and signature of the soldier. The several issues to a soldier to be 
entered separately on the roll, and all vacant spaces on the roll to be 
filled with a cipher. The roll is the voucher for the issue to the quar- 144 
terly return of the company commander. Extra issues will be so noted 
on the roll. 
VIII. .Each soldier’s clothing account is kept by the company com- 
mander in a company book. This account sets out only the money 
value of the clothing which he received at each issue, for which his 
receipt is entered in the book, and witnessed as in the preceding para- 
graph. 
IX. .When a soldier is transferred or detached, the amount due to or 
by him for clothing will be stated on his descriptive list. 
X. a soldier is discharged, the amount due to or by him for 
clothing will be stated on the duplicate certificates given for the settle- 
ment of his accounts. 
XI. .Deserters’ clothing will be turned into store. The invoice of it, 
and the quartermaster’s receipt for it, will state its condition, and the 
name of the deserter. 
XII. The inspection report on damaged clothing shall set out, with 
the amount of damage of each article, a list of such articles as are fit 
for issue, at a reduced price stated. 
XIII. . Commanding officers may order necessary issues of clothing 
to prisoners and convicts, taking deserters’ or other damaged clothing, 
when there is such in store. 
XIV. . In all cases of deficiency, or damage of any article of clothing 
or camp or garrison equipage, the officer accountable for the property 
is required by law to show by one or more depositions setting forth the 
circumstances of the case that the deficiency was by unavoidable 
accident or loss in actual service, without any fault on his part, and in 
case of damage, that due care and attention were exerted on his part, 
and that the damage did not result from neglect. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
• No. 101. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, December 9, 1852. 
I..Clause I, paragraph VI, General Orders, No. 82, current series, 
is so amended as to provide that one of the three surgeons for each 145 
congressional district shall be a medical officer of the army, and that 
the two others (to be recommended by the commandant of conscripts 
to the Adjutant and Inspector-General) shall be selected from con- 
gressional districts different from that in which they are to examine 
conscripts. 
II. .As in the case of “barrels and sacks,” officers of the Subsistence 
department receiving beeves will deliver to the commissaries from 
whom they draw supplies a like number of hides. The issuing com- 
missary will transfer them to the quartermaster charged with their col- 
lection. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, j 
No. 102. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, December 10, 1862. 
The sentence of dismissal pronounced in Special Orders, No. 4, 
Head-quarters of the Department of Mississippi, September 4, 1862, 
against 2d Lieutenant W. W. Dunlop, C. S. A., and approved by Gen- 
eral Bragg, is by direction of the President commuted, so as to require 
of Lieutenant Dunlop a written apology to his Commanding General 
for the disrespect exhibited in the disobedience of orders complained 
of, and the language employed by him on that occasion. 
The President is thus lenient toward Lieutenant Dunlop in consid- 
eration of his youth and inexperience and the pledges which he has 
given of amendment: but the conduct of this officer must be remarked 
on as both unbecoming in itself, and calculated to degrade his pro- 
fession. 
Upon making the required apology, Lieutenant Dunlop will be 
restored to the service, and will report for duty to General Bragg. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,! 
No. 103. j 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, December 12, 1862. 
I..At a Court of Inquiry, convened at Camp French, near Peters- 
burg, Virginia, by virtue of Special Orders, No. 31, Pettigrew’s bri- 
gade, October 2, 1862, and by authority of the act of April 21, 1862, 146 
was arraigned and tried Lieutenant Calvin Dickerson, Company B, 
26th North Carolina volunteers, P. A. C. S., on the charge of “drunk- 
enness ” while on the march from Black creek to Petersburg. 
II..The court having found the accused guilty, as charged, and the 
proceedings and findings in the case having been submitted to the 
Secretary of War, and by him laid before the President, he approves 
the findings of the court, and directs that the said Lieutenant Calvin 
Dickerson, Company B, 26th North Carolina volunteers, P. A. C. S., 
be therefore dismissed the service. Lieutenant Dickerson accordingly 
ceases to be an officer of the Provisional army of the Confederate 
States from this date. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS.I 
No. 104. j 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, December 13, 1862. 
I. .Encampments of troops near towns and villages must be avoided 
where it is not indispensable. Whenever it is so, a sufficient force for 
guards and outposts must be selected from the best disciplined troops, 
and assigned as a garrison, etc.: and officers and men will not be per- 
mitted to enter the town or village, except on written permission of the 
commanding officer. 
II. .Arms must not be carried from the camp, nor will mounted men 
in camp be permitted to ride their horses except upon duty. 
III. .Private property is invariably to be respected, and must not be 
taken or used, except when indispensable for the public service, and 
then only by orders of competent authority, and in the manner pointed 
out in the Army Regulations and orders of the Quartermaster and 
Commissary departments. 
IV. .The reckless destruction of fencing, wood, and other property of 
the citizens, Vhich has occurred in so many instances, can not be too 
strongly condemned. Commanders of troops of whatever grade should, 
by the exercise of diligence and strict discipline, endeavor to prevent 
such results, entailing, as they will, poverty upon individuals, and use- 
less expense on the government. Fencing ought not to be disturbed 147 
where it can possibly be avoided; and when wood is necessary for the 
public use, that which is least valuable must be selected, with as little 
waste as practicable. 
V. .A careful observance of these orders is enjoined on the army a? 
of the first importance to the public interests. All violations of them 
are directed to be reported to the proper authority, for such punishment 
as may be requisite. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS. 
No. 105. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, December 15.186i 
1.. 50me confusion having occurred in the payment of troops in 
hospital, as authorized in paragraph III, General Orders, No. 65, modi- 
fied by paragraph I, General Orders, No. 67, and by paragraph II, 
General Orders, No. 68, it is hereby directed that the orders above 
referred to be so limited as to embrace only the monthly pay of the 
soldier mustered on the hospital rolls ; and all quartermasters making 
payments to troops referred to in said orders are required regularly to 
forward, through the Adjutant and Inspector-General’s office, to the 
company commanders of such troops (to be noted on the company 
rolls) an accurate list of the persons and amounts so paid, and the 
particular time for which such payments have been made. 
11.. No transportation tickets will be issued except when the appli- 
cant presents conclusive evidence that he has proper authority for his 
absence from his command, and is entitled to transportation. A 
register will be kept in the transportation office, upon which the name 
of the applicant for transportation, and the authority upon which 
transportation is given, will be recorded in every case. Every precau- 
tion will be taken against imposition and fraud; and whenever such 
fraud or imposition is detected, it will be immediately reported to the 
proper authorities. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 148 
GENERAL ORDERS.~j 
No. 106. J 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, December 15, 1802. 
1.. A Court of Inquiry having been convened, November 14, 1862, at 
Richmond, Va., by direction of the President, and under Special Orders, 
No. 265, paragraph XXXV, from the Adjutant and Inspector-General’s 
office, “to report upon the charge of fraud and peculation against an 
officer in the Bureau of the Commissary-General, which appeared in an 
editorial of the Richmond Examiner of October 20, 1862, entitled ‘The 
Commissary Department: how purchases are made;’” and having made 
the required examination and report, the result is, by direction of 
the President, published for the information of all concerned: 
Findings of the Court. 
11.. The court, having maturely considered the evidence adduced, 
finds the following facts proved: 
1. That by the Revenue laws of the State of Virginia a license is 
required to be taken out by cattle dealers; and every person who buys 
to sell again must either take out such license himself, or employ the 
services of a cattle dealer, who is, of course, entitled to the customary 
compensation for his services. 
2. That the cattle in this case were consigned for sale to Mr. John G. 
Moffit, a licensed cattle dealer in the City of Richmond. 
3. That Mr. John G. Moffit was in the employment of the Commis- 
sary department, to make purchases for its use, at a regular stated 
salary. 
4. That the sale was made to the Commissary department through 
Mr. John G. Moffit, the parties being fully apprised of his relation to 
the department in the transaction of the 29th July, 1862. 
5. That before the sale, and while the cattle were still in the hands 
of the owners, Mr. Jonathan II. Raymond was informed by.Mr. Moffit, 
in answer to a suggestion made by him, that the usual commission of 
one dollar per head, and one per centum on the amount of sale, would 
be deducted from the gross price of the cattle, and would be retained 
by the government for its own benefit. 
6. That on the 30th July, 1862, the parties met at the office of the 
Commissary-General in this city, to make the settlement and receive 
their money — when the settlement was made, showing the number of 
cattle and the gross amount of purchase money, from which the com- 
missions, amounting to one hundred and ninety dollars and thirty-nine 
cents ($190 39), were deducted as a credit to the government, and the 
net balance, amounting to nine thousand six hundred and forty-nine 149 
dollars and one cent ($9,649 01), was paid to the owners; for which 
amount, and that only, a receipt was taken. 
7. That the commission of one hundred and ninety dollars and thirty- 
nine cents.($190 39) enured to the benefit of the government, and not 
to that of any of its employees. 
8. That all of the parties interested in the cattle were entirely satisfied 
with the propriety of the deduction, and yielded a cheerful acquiescence 
thereto, except Mr. Haymond. who did not attend at the time of settle- 
ment, or make known his objection to any one in the Commissary 
department, until, on the Saturday preceding the 20th December, 1862, 
he applied to the Commissary-General, when, not being satisfied with 
the result of his interview, he complained to the associate editor of the 
Richmond Examiner. 
9. That there is no fact or circumstance disclosed or suggested, tend- 
ing to show any fraud or peculation committed or attempted, but on 
the contrary, that great and exemplary zeal and devotion to the public 
service were evinced, by all the officers and employees of the Commis- 
sary department. 
III. .The court, having accomplished the business before it, is hereby 
dissolved. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,' 
No. 107. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, December 17, 1862. 
I. .Paragraph IV, General Orders, No. 72, current series, is modified 
as follows: 
Medical officers referred to in said order will not hereafter issue 
certificates for furloughs, except when the health of the soldier requires 
his removal, or a change of climate; and in all such cases this fact 
must be distinctly stated in the surgeon’s certificate. 
II. .Whenever, in the opinion of the commanding officer of a mili- 
tary department, the object of the fourth paragraph of General Orders, 
No. 72, has been for the time being accomplished, by sufficiently re- 
ducing the number in hospital, he may suspend the sessions of the 
medical boards until the condition of the sick and wounded renders it 
expedient to reassemble said boards. 150 
III. .Officers charged with the duty of enrolling conscripts are hereby 
instructed that the resignation of officers does not, of itself, exempt the 
party resigning from the provisions of the Conscript law. All such per- 
sons are subject to enrolment and examination in common, with other 
parties of conscript age. 
IV. Smith Stansbury is hereby detailed for the 
same duty as that assigned in paragraph III, General Orders, No. 80, 
current series, to Lieutenant-Colonel W. Leroy Broun, and he will 
proceed immediately to Charleston, S. C., and to Mobile, Ala., for the 
purpose of examining candidates for appointments as artillery officers 
for ordnance duty, under the act of Congress approved September 16, 
1862. 
The Geneials commanding at those points will, on his application, 
associate with him any two artillery officers performing ordnance duties 
he may select, who, together with himself, will constitute an Examining 
Board. 
Due notice will be given through the local papers of the time at 
which examinations will be held. 
Applications for permission to be examined will be made, as per 
General Orders, No. 80, to the General commanding. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-Genera/. 
GENERAL ORDERS l 
No. 108. j 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office. 
Richmond, December 18, 1862. 
I..At a Court of Inquiry, convened at Staunton, Va., December 3, 
1S62, by virtue of Special Orders, No. 278. paragraph NIX, from the 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s office, Richmond, to examine and 
report upon certain charges and imputations against Colonel M. G. 
Harman, 52d Virginia volunteers, respecting his conduct while- acting 
as quartermaster at Staunton, Virginia, and also as enrolling officer at 
the same place, the following report and finding of facts were duly 
made, and are now published for the information of all concerned : 
II..Report and Findings of the Court. 
The court, * * * having considered the evidence adduced, re- 
spectfully reports, that immediately after its organization the Recorder 
addressed a note to the Hon. A. II. H. Stuart, requesting an interview 151 
for the purpose of obtaining specific information upon the subject of 
its inquiry. The interview was declined, but the desired information 
was set forth in a letter from that gentleman, which was in part adopted 
by the court as a basis of its investigation. This communication, to 
which special reference is here made, appears in the records, beginning 
at page 3. 
The court declined to receive any testimony upon points not affecting 
Colonel Harman as quartermaster and enrolling officer at Staunton, 
although evidence was tendered by him to overthrow every imputation 
brought to the knowledge of the court. It will be perceived, upon 
inspecting the record, that several of these alleged improprieties refer 
to a period when Colonel Harman was not in the service of the Con- 
federate States, and were not, therefore, questions within the jurisdic- 
tion of the court. 
In the 4th specification of rumors contained in Mr, Stuart’s letter 
to the court it is asserted that Colonel Harman sold hay, pasturage, 
corn, and wood to the government, and employed.government teams in 
hauling the wood and hay, contrary to the 903d regulation. The proof, 
however, shows that these articles were purchased by Captain Peyton, 
a quartermaster at Staunton, at lower rates than could be had else- 
where. It was also proven that a few loads of wood were hauled by 
the government teams, at the instance of Captain Peyton, to relieve 
the immediate wants of the government, and without the knowledge or 
consent of Colonel Harman. These facts do not, in the judgment of 
the court, constitute a violation of the regulations above cited; but 
whatever construction may prevail upon this point, the court is satisfied 
that the transaction was without fraud, to the interest of the govern- 
ment, and unworthy of further consideration. 
The court was unable to procure the least evidence in support of any 
other charge than the one just disposed of, although every person men- 
tioned by Mr. Stuart as likely to possess information was examined, 
except when the person disclaimed such knowledge after appearing 
before the court in obedience to its summons. 
The record will also show that diligent but fruitless efforts were 
made to obtain information from other sources than those suggested by 
Mr. Stuart; and it is but just to state that every facility that the 
defence could render to help forward the investigation was promptly 
and cheerfully accorded. 
In the opinion of the court, Colonel Harman has discharged the 
responsible duties devolved upon him with a zeal, fidelity, and intelli- 
gence rarely observed. His official conduct in those departments of 
the service respecting which it has been the duty of the court to inves- 152 
tigate furnishes an example worthy of all imitation, alike creditable to 
himself and advantageous to the government. 
III..The above-named Court of Inquiry, in the case of Colonel M. 
G. Harman, 52d Virginia volunteers, is hereby dissolved. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 109. 
Adjutant and Inspeotor-General’s Office, 
Richmond, December 20,1862. 
I..The following appointments under the act of October 9, 1862, 
providing for the appointment of military courts to attend the army, 
have been made by the President, and are announced for the informa- 
tion of all concerned: 
1. Lieutenant-General James Longstreet’s Corps. 
Charles L. Scott, Alabama, Presiding Judge. 
Albert P. Hill, Mississippi. 
L. W. Spratt, South Carolina. 
Charles M. Blackford, Virginia, Judge Advocate. 
2. Lieutenant-General T. J. Jackson’s Corps. 
Richard H. Lee, Virginia, Presiding Judge. 
James Jackson, Georgia. 
David H. Carter, North Carolina. 
Daniel A. Wilson. Louisiana, Judge Advocate. 
3. General G. T. Beauregard’s Cops. 
D. F. Jamison, South Carolina, Presiding Judge. 
L. M. Lamar, Georgia. 
Captain W. C. Bird (1st Florida volunteers), Florida. 
A. H. Boykin, South Carolina, Judge Advocate. 
4. Lieutenant-General Leonidas Polk’s Corps. 
Andrew Ewing, Tennessee, Presiding Judge. 
Edward S. Worthington, Kentucky. 
J. A. P. Campbell, Mississippi. 
Thomas W. Brown, Tennessee, Judge Advocate. # 153 
5. Lieutenant-General E. K. Smith’s Corps. 
Thomas Ruffin, North Carolina, Presiding Judge. 
James Neil, Tennessee. 
Charles B. Thomas, Kentucky. 
Shelby Williams, Tennessee, Judge Advocate. 
6. Lieutenant-General T. H. Holmes’ Corps. 
Justin Polk, Missouri, Presiding Judge. 
George C. Watkins, Arkansas. 
Major W. P. Townsend (4th Texas volunteers), Texas. 
Lionel L. Levy, Louisiana, Judge Advocate. 
7. Major-General John H. Forney’s Corps. 
Thomas J. Judge, Alabama, Presiding Judge. 
S. W. Fisk, Louisiana. 
Samuel J. Douglass, Florida. • 
J. Little Smith, Judge Advocate. 
8. Major-General Samuel Jones’ Corps. 
Colonel P. T. Moore, Virginia, Presiding Judge. 
, W. H. Norris, Maryland. 
Colonel A. T. M. Rust, Virginia. 
Septimus T. Wall, Kentucky, Judge Advocate. 
9. Major-General G. W. Smith’s Corps. 
Wm. B. Rodman, North Carolina, Presiding Judge. 
John M. Patton, Virginia. 
Bradly T. Johnson. Maryland. 
W. P. Johnson, Georgia, Judge Advocate. 
II. .The,above-named members of the courts referred to will report 
without delay to the commanding officers of the respective army corps 
to which they have been assigned, to whom the letters of appointment 
will be forwarded, except in those cases where they have been de- 
livered to the parties, or may be called for at this office at an early 
day. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
, Adjutant and Inspector-General. 154 
GENERAL ORDERS, ) 
No. 110. ) 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office. 
Richmond, December 22,1862. 
1.. The attention of the army is called to General Orders, No. 52, 
from this office, requiring commanding officers to report the facts and 
circumstances of “extraordinary valor and skill” displayed by officers 
and soldiers, which may entitle them to recommendation to the Presi- 
dent for promotion to vacancies in their companies, as provided by the 
act of April 21, 1862'; and due observance of said order is enjoined on 
all concerned. 
11.. The 52d Article of War directs that “any officer or soldier who 
shall misbehave himself before the enemy, run away, or shamefully 
abandon any fort, post, or guard which he or they may be commanded 
to defend, or speak words inducing others to do the like, or shall cast 
away his arms and ammunition, or who shall quit his post or colors to 
plunder and pillage, every such offender, being duly convicted thereof, 
shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall be ordered by the 
sentence of a general court martial.” 
The enforcement of the foregoing article is enjoined on all officers 
aud non-commissioned officers of the army; and in order the better to 
carry its provisions into effect it is hereby made the duty of all com- 
pany commanders to see that the company roll is regularly called 
before and after each battle; and to arrest, and, whenever proper, 
report for trial by court martial all absentees who are without the 
requisite excuse. 
The number of the Confederate army who bring disgrace upon it by 
a violation of the article above quoted is happily small; and it is, 
therefore, the more incumbent that their disreputable conduct should be 
exposed and punished, and the fair name of the large number who 
respect its honor and character be thus publicly vindicated. 
By order. 
* S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 111. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office. 
Richmond, December 24, 1862. 
I..The following proclamation of the President is published for the 
information and guidance of all concerned therein : 
By the President of the Confederate States—.-1 Proclamation. 
*• Whereas a communication wus addressed, on the 6th day of duly 
last (1862), by General Robert E. Lee, acting under the instructions 155 
of the Secretary of War of the Confederate States of America, to 
General II. W. Halleck, General-in-chief of the United States army, 
informing the latter that a report had reached this government that 
Wm. B. Mumford, a citizen of the Confederate States, had been ex- 
ecuted by the United States authorities at New Orleans for having 
pulled down the United States flag in that city before its occupation by 
the forces of the United States, and calling for a statement of the 
facts, with a view to retaliation, if such an outrage had really been 
committed under sanction of the authorities of the United States : 
‘•And whereas (no answer having been received to said letter) 
another letter was, on the 2d August last (1862), addressed by General 
Lee, under my instructions, to General Halleck, renewing the inquiry 
in relation to the said execution of said Mumford, with the information 
that in the event of not receiving a reply within fifteen days it would 
be assumed that the fact alleged was true, and was sanctioned by the 
government of the United States : 
“And whereas an answer, dated on the 7th August last (1862), was 
addressed to General Lee by General It. W. Halleck, the said General- 
in-chief of the armies of the United States, alleging sufficient cause 
for failure to make early reply to said letter of 6th July, asserting 
that * no authentic information had been received in relation to the 
execution of Mumford, but measures will be immediately taken to 
ascertain the facts of the alleged execution,’ and promising that Gen- 
eral Lee should be duly informed thereof: 
“And whereas on the 29th November last (1862) another letter was 
addressed, under my instructions, by Robert Ould, Confederate agent 
for the exchange of prisoners, under the cartel between the two govern- 
ments, to Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Ludlow, agent of the United 
States under said cartel, informing him that the explanations promised 
in the said letter of General Halleck, of 7th of August last, had not 
yet been received, and that if no answer was sent to the government 
within fifteen days from the delivery of this last communication, it 
would be considered that an answer is declined: 
“And whereas, by letter dated on the third day of the present month 
of December, the said Lieutenant-Colonel Ludlow apprised the said 
Robert Ould that the above-recited communication of 29th of Novem- 
ber had been received and forwarded to the Secretary of War of the 
United States: 
“And whereas this last delay of fifteen days allowed for answer has 
elapsed, and no answer has been received: 
“And whereas, in addition to the tacit admission resulting from the 
above refusal to answer, I have received evidence fully establishing the 
truth of the fact that the said William B. Mumford, a citizen of this 156 
Confederacy, was actually and publicly executed in cold blood by 
hanging, after the occupation of the City of New Orleans by the forces 
under the command of General Benjamin F. Butler, when said Mum- 
ford was an unresisting and non-combatant captive, and for no offence 
even alleged to have been committed by him subsequent to the date of 
the capture of the said city: 
uAnd whereas the silence of the Government of the United States, 
and its maintaining of said Butler in high office under its authority 
for many months after his commission of an act that can be viewed in 
no other light than as a deliberate murder, as well as of numerous 
other outrages and atrocities hereafter to be mentioned, afford evidence 
only too conclusive that the said government sanctions the conduct of 
said Butler, and is determined that he shall remain unpunished for his 
crimes: 
“Now, therefore, I, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate 
States of America, and in their name, do pronounce and declare the 
said Benjamin F. Butler to be a felon, deserving of capital punishment. 
I do order that he be no longer*considered or treated simply as a public 
enemy of the Confederate States of America, but as an outlaw and 
common enemy of mankind, and that in the event of his capture, the 
officer in command of the capturing force do cause him to be imme- 
diately executed by hanging; and I do further order that no commis- 
sioned officer of the United States, taken captive, shall be released on 
parole before exchange, until the said Butler shall have met with due 
punishment for his crimes: 
“And whereas the hostilities waged against this Confederacy by the 
forces of the United States under the command of said Benjamin F. 
Butler have borne no resemblance to such warfare as is alone permis- 
sible by the rules of international law or the usages of civilization, but 
have been characterized by repeated atrocities and outrages, among 
the large number of which the following may be cited as examples : 
“ Peaceful and aged citizens, unresisting captives, and non-combat- 
ants have been confined at hard labor, with balls and chains attached 
to their limbs, and are still so hold in dungeons and fortresses. Others 
have been subjected to a like degrading punishment for selling medi- 
cines to the sick soldiers of the Confederacy. 
“ The soldiers of the United States have been invited and encour- 
aged by general orders to insult and outrage the wives, the mothers, 
and the sisters of our citizens. 
“Helpless women have been torn from their homes and subjected to 
solitary confinement, some in fortresses and prisons, and one, espe- 
cially, on an island of barren sand, under a tropical sun; have been 157 
fed with loathsome rations that had been condemned as unfit for sol- 
diers, and have been exposed to the vilest insults. 
“ Prisoners of war who surrendered to the naval forces of the United 
States, on agreement that they should be released on parole, have been 
seized and kept in close confinement. 
“ Repeated pretexts have been sought or invented for plundering the 
inhabitants of the captured city by fines, levied and exacted under 
threat of imprisoning recusants at hard labor with ball and chain. 
“ The entire population of the City of New Orleans have been forced 
to elect between starvation, by the confiscation of all their property, 
and taking an oath against conscience to bear allegiance to the invaders 
of their country. 
“ Egress from the city has been refused to those whose fortitude 
withstood the test, even to lone and aged women and to helpless 
children; and, after being ejected from their homes and robbed of their 
property, they have been left to starve in the streets or subsist on 
charity. 
“ The slaves have been driven from the plantations in the neighbor- 
hood of New Orleans till their owners would consent to share the 
crops with the Commanding General, his brother, Andrew J. Butler, 
and other officers; and when such consent had been extorted the 
slaves have been restored to the plantations, and there compelled to 
work under the bayonets of guards of United States soldiers. 
“Where this partnership was refused, armed expeditions have been 
sent to the plantations to rob them of everything that was susceptible 
of removal, and even slaves too aged or infirm for work, have, in spite 
of their entreaties, been forced from the homes provided by the owners, 
and driven to wander helpless on the highway. 
“ By a recent General Order (No. 91) the entire property in that 
part of Louisiana lying west of the Mississippi river has been seques- 
trated for confiscation, and officers have been assigned to duty, with 
orders to ‘ gather up and collect the personal property, and turn over 
to the proper officers, upon their receipts, such of said property as may 
be required for the use of the United States army ; to collect together 
all the other personal property, and bring the same to New Orleans, 
and cause it to be sold at public auction to the highest bidders’—an 
order which, if executed, condemns to punishment, by starvation, at 
least a quarter of a million of human beings of all ages, sexes, and 
conditions; and of which the execution, although forbidden to mili- 
tary officers by the orders of President Lincoln, is in accordance with 
the confiscation law of our enemies, which he has directed to be en- 
forced through the agency of civil officials. And, finally, the African 
slaves have not only been excited to insurrection by every license and 158 
encouragement, but numbers of them have actually been armed for a 
servile war—a war in its nature far exceeding in horrors the most mer- 
ciless atrocities of the savages. 
“And whereas the officers under the command of the said Butler 
have been, in many instances, active and zealous agents in the commis- 
sion of these crimes, and no instance is known of the refusal of any 
one of them to participate in the outrages above narrated : 
“And whereas the President of the United States has, by public and 
official declaration, signified not only his approval of the effort to 
excite servile war within the Confederacy, but his intention to give aid 
and encouragement thereto, if these independent states shall continue 
to refuse submission to a foreign power after the first day of January 
next; and has thus made known that all appeals to the laws of nations, 
the dictates of reason, and the instincts of humanity would be ad- 
dressed in vain to our enemies, and that they can be deterred from the 
commission of these crimes only by the terms of just retribution : 
“Now, therefore, I, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate 
States of America, and acting by their authority, appealing to the 
Divine Judge in attestation that their conduct is not guided by the 
passion of revenge, but that they reluctantly yield to the solemn duty 
of repressing, by necessary severity, crimes of which their citizens are 
the victims, do issue this my proclamation, and, by virtue of my author- 
ity as Commander-in-chief of the armies of the Confederate States, do 
order— 
“ 1st. That all commissioned officers in the command of said Benjamin 
F. Butler be declared not entitled to be considered as soldiers engaged 
in honorable warfare, but as robbers and criminals, deserving death; 
and that they and each of them be, whenever captured, reserved for 
execution. 
“2d. That the private soldiers and nou-commissioned officers in the 
army of said Butler be considered as only the instruments used for the 
commission of the crimes perpetrated by his orders, and not as free 
agents; that they therefore be treated, when captured, as prisoners of 
war, with kindness and humanity, and be sent home on the usual 
parole, that they will in no manner aid or serve the United States in 
any capacity during the continuance of this war, unless duly ex- 
changed. 
“3d. That all negro slaves captured in arms be at once delivered 
over to the executive authorities of the respective states to which they 
belong, to be dealt with accordiug to the laws of said states. 
“4th. That the like orders be executed in all cases with respect to 
all commissioned officers of the United States, when found serving in 159 
company with armed slaves in insurrection against the authorities of 
the different states of this Confederacy. 
“ [L. 8.] In testimony whereof, I have signed these presents, and 
caused the seal of the Confederate States of America to be affixed 
thereto, at the City of Richmond, on this 23d day of December, in the 
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. 
(Signed) JEFFERSON DAVIS.” 
By the President: 
J. P. Benjamix, "Secretary of State. 
II..Officers of the army are charged with the observance and 
enforcement of the foregoing orders of the President. .Where the, 
evidence is not full, or the case is, for any reason, of a doubtful 
character, it will be referred, through this office, for the decision of the 
War department. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-Genera-i. SERIES 1863. 
JANUARY TO DECEMBER. ANALYTICAL INDEX 
TO 
(Srnrtal (Orders from War Hrpartmrnt, 
From January to December, 1863. 
No. No. 
ACTS OF CONGRESS. Peafri 
To protect the rights of owners of slaves taken by or em- 
ployed by the army. Chapter lxii. Approved October 
13, 1862 , I 25 
Sec. 1. Disposition of slaves captured from enemy. 
Sec. 2. Depots for reception of slaves to be estab- 
lished by Secretary of War. 
Sec. 3. List and description of slaves to be advertised. 
Sec. 4. Slaves in depots may be employed on public 
work. 
Sec. 5. May be inspected and examined to establish 
ownership. 
Sec. 6. Secretary of War to require list of slaves in 
employment of officers and soldiers. 
Sec. 7. Slaves in depots to be furnished with subsist- 
ence I 25 
To punish drunkenness in army. April 21, 1862 1 34 
Sec. 1. Any officer while on or off duty convicted 
thereof, to be cashiered, suspended, or reprimanded, 
according to nature of offence. 
Sec. 2. Duty of all officers to report cases coming 
under observation that they may be brought to trial ; 
findings of court to be transmitted for approval of 
Secretary of War, to be reported to Congress at next 
session thereafter I 84 
Impressment act. (See impreaementa of property) 37 
To amend an act entitled “An act to regulate impressments INDEX, 
of property by officers of the army.” April 27,1863. (See 
impressments of property) 53 
To prohibit the punishment of Soldiers by whipping. Ap- 
proved April 13, 1863 44 
Sec. 1. Courts-martial not to cause any soldier to be 
punished by whipping. 
Sec. 2. Deserters, how punished 44 
To exempt mail contractors and drivers of post-coaches and 
hacks from military service. Approved April 14, 1863. 
(See exemption) 44 
To discharge persons in military service appointed or elected 
to certain civil offices. April 2, 1863 I 48 
To provide and organize engineer troops to serve during the 
war. Approved March 20, 1863. (See Engineer corps) I 66 
To abolish supernumerary officers in the Commissary and 
Quartermaster’s departments. May 1, 1863 I 70 
jS'ec. 1. Abolishes regimental commissaries; duties of, 
to be performed by regimental quartermasters. 
Sec. 2. Enlisted men may be detailed by regimental or 
battalion commanders to perform duties now per- 
formed by commissary sergeant, to receive extra pay 
of $20 per month. 
Sec.f. Supplies for regiments, how drawn. 
Sec. 4. Sales to officers, by whom made. 
Sec. 5. Officers of Commissary and Quartermaster’s de- 
partments becoming permanently detached from or- 
ganizations to which originally appointed, cease to be 
officers, unless reassigned by Secretary of War. 
‘ Sec. 6. Secretary of War to communicate to chiefs of 
Subsistence and Quartermaster’s bureaus names of 
officers dropped under this act. 
Sec. 7. Repealing laws and parts of laws contravening 
provisions of this act X 70 
To allow hospital accommodations to sick and wounded 
officers. April 29, 1863 71 
Sec. 1. Fixes rate per diem. 
Sec. 2._ In case officer has no money, hospital fee— 
how, when, and by whom drawn 71 
To regulate pay of detailed men. May 1, 1863 I 75 
Sec. 1. Enlisted men employed on detailed or detached 
service, by departmental or other commander of dis- 
trict, or by military bureaus, compensation in lieu of 
other allowances to bo $3 per day. INDEX. 
Sec. 2. Act to remain in force until January 1, 1864.. I 76 
To establish a Nitre and Mining bureau. Approved April 
22, 1863 I 85 
Sec. 1. Certain officers to constitute independent bu- 
reau, entitled “The Nitcg and Mining bureau.” 
Sec. 2. Defines duties of bureau—what cnarged with— 
specifying authority and duties o? superintendent of 
bureau. 
Sec. 3. llank and pay of officers constituting bureau. I . 85 
To provide for local defenceand special service. August 21, 
1861 XII 86 
Sec. 1. Authorizes President to accept services of cer- 
tain persons for defence of exposed places, etc. 
Sec. 2. How mustered—pay and subsistence. 
Sec. 3. How organized. Field-officers appointed by 
President. Company officers elected XII 86 
To §,mend an act entitled An act to provide for an increase 
of the Quartermaster’s and Commissary departments, 
approved February 15, 1862. Approved April 22, 1863.. I 105 
Strikes out proviso at end of act February 15, 1862, and in 
lieu, prohibits quartermasters and commissaries from em- 
ploying any one as clerk who is liable to military service; 
provides for details of clerks from ranks; where can be 
found only disabled soldiers to be so detailed I 105 
To provide for transportation of persons who have been 
mustered into service for the war. Approved February 
7, 1863 
Grants transportation home and. back to men enlisted for 
the war, to whom furloughs may be granted for not moro 
than sixty days. This allowance only to be made once 
during term of enlistment I 108 
To amend an act for the establishment and organization of 
a general staff for the Army of the Confederate States. 
Approved March 20, 1S63. 
Provides that rank, pay, and allowances of quartermaster- 
general shall be those of brigadier-general, P. A. C. S... • I 108 
To prevent the absence of officers and soldiers without 
leave. Approved April 16, 1863 I 103 
Sac. 1. Prohibits payments to officers and soldiers 
during period for which absent without leave. This 
restriction not to affect sick or wounded in hospitals. 
Sec. 2. Commanders of Companies to noto on muster 
and pay rolls time of unauthorized absence of any VI 
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officer or soldier; failing to do so, held responsible 
for amount forfeited. Quartermasters to deduct pay 
for unauthorized absence as per muster and pay roll. 
Sec. 3. Officers to certify upon honor on pay accounts, 
whether they have or have not been absent without 
leave—if absent, stating period. Commanding officers 
of companies to certify on pay accounts that the 
muster-rolls of their companies were fully and cor- 
rectly made out. 
Sec. 4. This act not to relieve persons from other pen- 
alties to which liable under existing regulations I 108 
Explanatory of an act entitled An act to authorize the 
President to place in service certain regiments and battal- 
ions heretofore raised, approved October 11, 1862. Ap- 
proved April 16, 1863. 
Second section of above recited act not to be so construed as 
to allow general officers to appoint any of the officers ojf 
said regiments, etc., which shall have right to reorganize, 
provided, etc 
To repeal certain clauses of Exemption act, approved Oc- 
tober 11, 1862. Approved May 1, 1863 I 108 
Sec. 1. Repeals so much as exempts agent, owner, or 
overseer on plantation; also clause providing for ad- 
ditional police, etc. 
Sec. 2. Provides for exemption of certain persons to 
secure proper police and management of slaves. 
Sec. 3. Authorizes President to exempt certain persons 
in districts deprived of white or slave labor indispen- 
sable for production of grain and provisions necessary 
for population at home, etc. 
Sec. 4. Provides for exemption of additional state 
officers. 
To amend an act entitled An act to organize military 
courts, approved October, 1862. Approved May 1, 1863. 
Authorizes organization of one military court in each de- 
partment, in addition to the military courts for each army 
corps in the field ......' ’. .' I 108 
To continue In force the third section of ah act relating to 
settlement of claims for pay, etc., due deceased soldiers. 
Approved May 1, 1863 I 108 
Joint resolutions on subject of retaliation. Approved May 
1, 1863. . . 
Sec. 1. Commissionexl officers of enemy ought not to INDEX. 
be delivered to authorities of states, as suggested in 
President’s message, but should be dealt with by 
Confederate government. 
Sec. 2. The Proclamations of the President of the 
United States, dated respectively September 22, 1862, 
and January 1, 1863, may be properly and lawfully 
repressed by retaliation. 
. Sec. 3. Authorizing the President to retaliate for any 
violations by the enemy of the laws or usages of war. 
Sec. 4. Provides for the punishment, in the event of 
capture, of every white person, being a commissioned • 
officer or acting as such, who shall command negros 
in arms against Confederate States, etc. 
Sec. 5. Provides for the punishment, in the event of 
capture, of every person, being a commissioned officer 
or acting as such, who shall excite or cause to be ex- 
cited a servile insurrection, etc. 
Sec. 6. Provides manner of trial for any person charg- 
ed with offences punishable under above resolutions. 
Sec. 7. Negroes and mulattoes engaged in war, or taken 
in arms against Confederate States, when captured 
to be delivered to authorities of state in which cap- 
tured, to be dealt to laws of said 
state. . *, 
To provide for appointment of military storekeepers, P. A. 
C. S. Approved May 1, 1863. 
Sec. 1. Authorizing President to appoint not to exceed 
eight (8) storekeepers ; four with pay and allowances 
of captain of infantry, four with pay and allowances 
of first lieutenant of infantry. 
Sec. 2. Who may be appointed. Fixes amount of 
bond I 103 
To prevent fraud in the Quartermaster’s and Commissary 
departments, etc. Approved May 1 I 108 
Sec. 1. Disbursing officers not to invest on private ac- 
count any public moneys entrusted to them for safe- 
keeping, or other purpose. 
Sec. 2. Disbursing officers not to trade, speculate, or 
traffic in any article which is or may be required to 
be purchased for use of the army or prosecution of 
the war. 
Sec. 3. No officer shall take receipts in blank for any 
article purchased -by him for government; receipts 
shall specify, etc. INDEX. 
Sec. 4. Prohibits officers from forwarding by govern- 
ment conveyance, or at expense of government, any 
article not belonging to government, except as author- 
ized by law. 
Secs. 5 ancf 6. Provides for punishment of officers and 
of persons in employment or service of government 
who shall violate provisions of this act. 
To pay officers and enlisted men not legally mustered into 
service of Confederate States, for services actually per- 
formed. Approved May 1, 1863. 
Provides for payment of persons in legally constituted mili- 
tary organizations which have been actually received into 
service of Confederate States by any general officer 
thereof. I 108 
To provide for transfer of persons from army to navy. Ap- 
proved May 1,1863 I 108 
All persons who may desire transfer from army to navy, 
and whose transfer as seamen or ordinary seamen shall 
be applied for by Secretary of Navy, shall receive trans- 
fer. 
Regulating the granting of furloughs and discharges in hos- 
pitals. Approved May 1, 1863 108 
Sec. 1. Constitutes boards for examination of subjects 
for furloughs and discharge. Boards may grant fur- 
. loughs not to exceed sixty days ; may employ clerk to 
issue all furloughs which shall specify, etc. 
Sec. 2. No further regulation shall be .required of 
soldier, and his furlough shall be equivalent to a 
passport. 
Sec. 3. Said board may recommend discharges, which, 
when approved by Surgeon-General or commanding 
general of soldier, will entitle him to a discharge and 
transportation. 
Sec. 4. Provides for constitution of board where only 
two hospitals; where but one hospital. 
Sec. 5. House surgeon in all hospitals shall see each 
patient under his charge once every day. 
Act to punish persons not subject to Articles of War who 
shall entice soldier to desert, or who shall purchase his 
arms, uniform, etc., or any part thereof. 
ABSENTEES. 
When officers absent without authority thirty days from 
publication of this order, to be dropped I 15 INDEX. 
IX 
Not to be paid without exhibiting authority for absence ... I 15 
Men absent without authority from commands and em- 
ployed on government work must return to respective 
companies 94 
Amnesty granted by President to, who shall return to their 
posts within twenty days I 109 
Not to receive pay for time during which absent without 
authority 108 
Monthly roll of all without authority, to be furnished by 
regimental, battalion, etc., commanders to Chief Bureau of 
Conscription I 122 
Modification of above order VII 125 
Not to be paid for time for which absent without au- 
thority I 103 
ADJUTANTS. 
To report to Adjutant and Inspector-General’s office cases of 
slaves serving without written authority of master I 59 
Allowed to regiments and regularly organized battalions 
only Page 227 
Of battalions, when competent, not to be changed should 
battalion be increased to a regiment Page 227 
AIDES-DE-CAMP. 
Supernumerary, not to be accepted by general officers unless 
they are exempt from military service V 107 
ALIENS. 
Respecting discharge of (Opinion of Attorney-General). .Page 227 
Must be domiciliated to be subject to military duty Page 227 
AMMUNITION. 
Por organizations for local defence furnished by Confeder- 
ate States VII 86 
Practice of issuing on eve of battle twenty rounds over 
and above capacity of cartridge-boxes to be discontinued, 
except on special order of commanding general Page 225 
Issues of, except to cover expenditures in battle, limited to 
three rounds per man per month .Page 225 
Supplies of, to cover expenditures in battle — how fur- 
nished Page 225 
Issues of—how made Page 240 
Chests for twelve-pounder Napoleons; howpacked Page 239 
Captured, to be kept separate from that of our own manu- 
facture Page 239 INDEX. 
AMNESTY. 
Granted by President to all unauthorized absentees who 
shall return to duty within certain time I 109 
Granted to all who have been accused, convicted, and under- 
going sentence for absence without leave or desertion, 
except it be second offence II 109 
APPLICATIONS. 
For staff appointments to fill vacancies to be sent through 
proper channel) and to show how vacancies have occurred. I 8 
For military appointments to give character and qualifica- 
tions of persons recommended, and name of state in 
which* born and of which citizen VII 28, I 165 
APPOINTMENTS. 
Applications for staff, to fill vacancies, to be sent through 
proper channel, and to state how such vacancies occurred. I 8 
Of artillery officers who have passed examinations not to 
exceed half the number passed; how selected; commis- 
sions, when issued ,• regulating pay I 12 
Applications for, to give character of person recommended 
and name of state in which born, etc .VII28, I 163 
Of provost marshals from persons not belonging to army 
prohibited I 74 
Of field-officers for organizations for local defence made by ' 
President IX 86 
Of battalion and regimental commissaries will not be made. I 70 
Of military storekeepers may be made not to exceed eight— 
rank and pay (Sec. 1) I 108 
Of artillery officers under rank of major (except for ord- 
nance duty) can not be made by War department Page 228 
Can not be made to grade of brevet second lieutenant, 
except, etc Page 233 
ARMS. 
When furnished by men, to be paid for at rate of one dollar 
per month; or may be sold to government at prices fixed 
by mustering officer—fact to be noted on muster-rolls, to 
be paid for by brigade, division, or other ordnance 
officers " I g 
Captured on battle-field not to be exchanged by troops 
without proper authority Ill 19 
Captured to be turned over to chief ordnance officer Ill 19 
Captured by partisan rangers to be assessed under orders INDEX 
of commanding general, and paid for by Ordnance de- 
partment . II 20 
For organizations for local defence to be furnished by Con- 
federate States YII ' 86 
Left by stragglers in hands of citizens to be collected by 
officers of Quartermaster’s, Commissary, and Conscription 
departments... I 119 
So collected to be turned over to nearest ordnance officer, 
who will receipt for, and upon proper vouchers will pay ~ 
reasonable transportation II 119 
Schedule of average cost of, parts of, and accoutrements... 158 
Calibre of Enfield rifles adopted for infantry, made at gov- 
ernment establishments Page 234 
Classification of Page 240 
ARTILLERY. 
Field, belonging to separate army, to be parked together 
under the direction of the general, etc ._ II 7 
Public horses suitable for, to be turned over to chief quar- 
termaster of armies, and collected under orders of inspect- 
or field transportation 60 
Horses for, to be Carefully husbanded I 142 
Inspections, impressments, and issues of horses for, made 
under orders inspector-general of transportation (Major 
A. H. Cole) II 142 
Horses for, condemned; how disposed of IY 142 
Fixing calibre of, to be hereafter made Page 234 
Regulation, with a view to trace history of, employed in the 
service Page 238 
Organizations of light, received under act May 10, 1861, 
not affected by General Order, No. 81, Adjutant and In- 
spector-General’s office, of 1862 ... Page 227 
Officers of, under rank of major (except for ordnafice duty) 
can not be appointed by War department Page 228 
ARRESTS. 
Stragglers and deserters to be arrested by enrolling officer. .II 1 
Of disbursing officers to be stayed until facts are reported 
to War department II 15 
ARSENALS. 
Names of, under immediate charge of War department; 
orders to be given directly through Ordnance bureau.... 'I 13 
Stores fabricated and deposited at; how drawn II 13 
Officers stationed at, to report upon arrival to commanding INDEX. 
general of department, and to obtain leave of absence 
from him I-II 13 
Officers stationed at, subject only to orders from War de- 
partment, ? Ill 13 
Officers in charge of, to forward list and description of em- 
ployees, with statement of pay Ill 33 
Officers stationed at, to be employed on duties appropriate 
to their commissions, etc Page 236 
Wages paid at, on March 31, 1863, considered fixed and not 
to be changed, except Page 236 
No building costing more than $1,000 begun without esti- 
mate Page 233 
ASSIGNMENTS. 
Of officers stationed at permanent posts, etc., established by 
Quartermaster’s department, not to be changed except 
through Adjutant and Inspector-General’s office II 114 
Of officers will not be made until after reception of ap- 
- pointment I 121 
As inspector of arsenals, of Lieut. Col. J. A. DeLagneK .Page 242 
As inspector of small arms, of Major F. F. Jones -Page 242 
As superintendent of laboratories, of Maj. G. W. Mallett.Page 243 
BADGES. 
Names of those entitlW to 131 
BOARDS. 
Of examinations for conscripts—additional instructions to.. 22 
For examination of cadets to be assembled by commanders 
of armies infield ..II 38 
Of examiners, composed of surgeons in charge of hospitals, 
authorized to grant limited furloughs I, V 69 
Will exaihine and may recommend applicants for dis- 
charge .. -. IV 6 9 
Of examiners can not grant leaves of absence to officers— 
can only rectynmend for consideration of department or 
army commanders X 69 
Temporary, for examination of conscripts, may be appointed 
by commandants of conscripts Ill 15 
Medical examining, granting furloughs, to specify length 
of furlough, places of residence, company, etc ..II 69 
Of examination for discharge may recommend applicants 
lor detail in stall' departments I 96 
Medical, can not extend leaves of absence or furloughs— 
can only recommend Ill 96 INDEX 
Of examination of officers for promotion; how conduct- 
ed Page 223 
CADETS. 
Boards for examination of—how assembled . II 38 
On attaining majority to be examined, and may be promot- 
ed to grade of second lieutenant.... II 38 
Bailing to report to War department within twenty days 
where born, how and whence appointed, etc., to be dropped . 
from rolls of army.... . I 132 
CAMPS OF INSTRUCTION. 
To be established at Petersburg .. I 4 
Commandants of, to provide quarters for recaptured negroes 
sent to depots Ill 25 
CARTRIDGES. 
Each package of manufactured, to be labelled, etc Page 234 
CAVALRY. 
Companies of, to be kept with regiment Ill 5 
Companies of, not to be detailed as couriers and guides for 
head-quarters Ill 7 
Equipments brought into service by men to be paid for; 
value, bow fixed II 9 
Members of, refusing to keep themselves provided with 
horses, may be transferred to infantry or artillery II 67 
Soldiers able to furnish horses may be transferred to .II 67 
Members of companies of, for local defence, must furnish 
own horses, and will receive 40 cents per day for hire II 86 
CERTIFICATES. 
Of exemption granted by enrolling officer I l 
Of exemption not to be granted by officers acting under 
authority of circular of January 8, 1863 I 16 
Of disability to be made out in accordance with established 
forms IV 7 
Of disability not to contain recommendations for light duty. IV 7 
Of last payment to be furnished by quartermasters to officers 
leaving op detached duty IV 28 
Of disability granted by examining boards to be completed 
by commandant of post and forwarded to the Adjutant and 
Inspector-General IV 69 
CLAIMS. 
For impressed property; how settled... .VI SI XIV 
INDEX 
For commutation of transportation due enlisted men who 
have been promoted, settled by Quartermaster's depart- 
ment V 33 
For commutation of transportation due personal representa- 
tives soldiers, settled by Second Auditor V 33 
For horses and mules left on premises of farmers by enemy 
will not be made by government unless value exceed 
amount property of which said farmer has beendespoiled.il 61 
Regulations adopted by Second Auditor for settlement of, 
for pay and allowance due deceased soldiers........ .Page 229 
CLOTHING. 
Of deceased soldiers in hospitals ; how disposed of. I 49 
Of deceased soldiers will be reissued by quartermaster at 
appraised value I 49 
Of deceased soldiers, appraisement of to be made after being 
washed and put in condition 93 
Of detailed men absent from commands when disbanded; 
by whom drawn and issued Ill 80 
Due soldier at end of year, money value of, may be paid 
upon descriptive list, when soldier is properly absent and 
will beprevented from joining within sixty days thereafter. 136 
Statement of cost of, for army I 146 
Soldiers to be charged an d credited on account of, as provid- 
ed in General Orders, No. 100, of 1862, at above rates and 
not invoice prices II 146 
COMMANDS. 
Not to be disbanded prior to expiration of service without 
authority from War department I 28 
Brigadier-generals not to be permanently detached from, 
without authority from War department II 28 
Colonels will not be permanently detached from, without 
authority from War department II 28 
COMMANDANTS OF CONSCRIPTS. 
To forward monthly return of conscripts to bureau at Rich- 
mond .... Ill 1 
May appoint temporary boards for examination of con- 
scripts HI 15 
Names of persons enlisting recruits for new organizations to 
be reported to Ill 18 
To report separately conscripts gathered under system ini- 
tiated by. circular of January 8, 1863 .II 16 
To make requisition for conscripts who have volunteered in 
organizations formed since Ajiril 16, 1862. Ill 125 INDEX 
May employ officers and soldiers coming within their juris- 
diction, under paragraph II, General Orders, No. 82, and 
paragraph V, General Orders, No. 96, of 1862, in duties 
of railroad guards, bridge or ferry guards, in protection of 
property, etc.... 137 
May also detail as above, convalescents recommended by hos- 
pital boards 137 
COMMANDING OFFICERS. „ 
Of regiments, battalions, etc., to forward to Chief of Bureart 
of Conscription list of substitutes in respective commands. I 122 
Of regiments, battalions, etc., to forward also monthly list 
of deserters and absentees without leave I 122 
Examining abstracts of issues of commissaries to see that 
only number of men present for duty are included on pro- 
vision return . II 149 
Camps of instruction may make requisitions for ordnance 
stores Page 234 
COMMISSARIES. 
To exercise discretion in shipping freight not wanted for 
immediate use VI 2 
To account for funds received from Quartermaster’s depart- 
ment for hides Ill 34 
Office of regimental abolished; duties of devolve on regi- 
mental quartermaster I 70 
Becoming detached from commands to which originally ap- 
pointed, cease to be officers unless reassigned by Secretary 
of War I 70 
Brigade, may make sales to officers. I 70 
Appointments of battalion and regimental will not be made. I 70 
Act to prevent fraud in department. Approved May 1, 1863. 
(See Acts of Congress.) I 108 
Not to employ as clerks persons liable to military service.. I 105 
In the field to report to commanding general number and 
names of clerks, whether citizens or soldiers; if former, 
whether or not exempt; if soldiers, whether or not dis- 
abled, etc II 105 
At posts, to make similar report through chief of bureau. .Ill 105 
Serving with troops, when properly authorized, may receive 
tithe tax V 117 
To render assistance in collecting arms left by stragglers in 
hands of citizens I 119 
In the field and at depots to transfer hides of slaughtered 
sheep to officers of Quartermaster’s department IV 119 INDEX 
Appointed prior to January 12, 1863 (except, etc.), and 
whose bonds are not filed in and approved by War depart- 
ment, dropped, provided, etc.... II 121 
May receive leaves of absence in certain cases, to make their 
bonds II 121 
No application by individuals for revocation of above or- 
der, will be entertained by War department Ill 121 
Vacancies of, in brigade, regiment, etc., bow filled; ap- 
pointee held strictly to requirements of preceding para- 
graph I Ill 121 
In charge of depots, to receive from collectors of taxes in 
kind, and receipt for all produce belonging to their de- 
partment, and also provide storehouses for same II 132 
And agents of department appointed by Secretary of War 
entitled to personal expenses in lieu of allowances for quar- 
ters, fuel, etc., when temporarily absent under special or- 
ders from posts I 157 
COMMISSIONS. 
To be issued to acting ordnance officers when examinations 
are completed in all the armies I 12 
Not issued to company officers ; orders placing them on du- 
ty, together with rolls, take place of. Page 230 
COMPANY COMMANDERS—DUTIES OF. 
Note on muster and pay rolls amounts of commutation of 
transportation received by soldiers in lieu of furlough 
authorized by act approved December 11, 1861, and April 
16, 1862 VI 20 
COMPANY COMMANDERS. 
To note on muster-rolls time of unauthorized absenoe of any 
officer or soldier ' I 108 
Failing so to do, shall refund amount forfeited by such ab- 
sent officer or soldier I 108 
To certify on own pay accounts that muster and pay rolls 
were properly made out as above I 108 
To report to commandant of conscripts name of any con- 
script who may volunteer in his company II 113 
If company reaches maximum, not to receive recruits as vol- 
unteers or otherwise. IV 125 
Not to receive or muster in recruits of conscript age unless 
recruit shows certificate approved by enrolling officer, 
statiug, etc V 125 
Receiving notices of furloughs granted by examining 
boards, will forward to Superintendents of Bureau of INDEX 
Conscription monthly lists of men who do not promptly 
return, etc. .II 130 
To enlist four cooks, to cook for each company!.........Page 230 
CONSCRIPTS. 
All white male citizens between eighteen and forty not ex- 
empt by act of October 11, 1862, liable as. I 1 
Monthly roll’ of to be furnished to commandants camps of 
instruction by enrolling officer Ill 1 
Monthly rolls of to be forwarded by commandants camps of 
instruction to bureau at Richmond ....Ill 1 
All commissioned officers between eighteen and forty who 
hare become disconnected with army, unless actually dis- 
abled, liable as IV . 1 
Principals who have substitutes between the ages of eighteen 
and forty, liable atf IV 1 
Substitutes between eighteen and forty, not otherwise ex- 
empt, liable as, and will be held in service IV 1 
Enrolled, in employment of railroads, to remain until other- 
wise decided by Col. Wadley VIII 2 
Persons liable as, in certain counties in Virginia, to repair to 
camp of instruction at. Petersburg, Va I 4 
.May be examined by surgeons selected from districts in 
which they are to act Ill 9 
May be examined by temporary boards of medical officers 
appointed by commandants of conscripts Ill 15 
In custody of regular enrolling officers, not to be interfered 
with by officers acting under authority of circular of 
January 8, 1863 . .* ....I 10 
Will not be recruited into organizations not in service April 
16, 1862, unless such organization shall be completed and 
reported to Adjutant and Inspector-General’s office before 
March 10, 1863 I 17 
To be received when equal to active duties of various occu- 
pations of civil life y II 22 
Who have received temporary exemption to report at expi- 
ration thereof for examination Ill 22 
Leaving employment without permission, to be reported to 
nearest enrolling officer, and punished as deserters iIII 30 
Examined prior to publication of General Orders, No. 22, 
series 1863, will be re-examined II 39 
Persons discharged on certificates of disability liable as, 
when disability ceases 89 xviii 
INDEX. 
All white male residents of Confederate States between ages 
of eighteen and forty-five, liable as I 98 
May be enrolled wherever found . I 98 
Persons not liable as (i. e. under eighteen and over forty- 
five) may organize for local defence II 98 
Persons liable as, not to be employed as clerks by commis- 
saries or quartermasters I 105 
Who have been sent to camps of instruction or to regiments 
in field and pronounced fit for service by proper boards, 
can only be discharged in accordance with regulations for 
discharge of soldiers I 107 
Assigned to regiments, under General Orders, No. 82, of 
1862, must be received and taken up on rolls .. .Ill 107 
• Persons liable as, who may volunteer, not to receive fur- 
loughs for more than ten (10) days before entering active 
service I 110 
Persons liable as, who may volunteer, to report himself and 
company in which he volunteers to commandant of con- 
scripts—otherwise held subject to enrolment and assign- 
ment II 110 
Persons liable as, not permitted to volunteer in battalions, 
etc., organized since April 16, 1862, except I 125 
Not to be assigned to companies which have maximum 
number of men IY 125 
Persons liable as, not to be received or mustered except on 
certificate approved by enrolling officer stating, etc V 125 
Will not be granted permits by recruiting officers to visit 
or remain at their homes for any purpose I 135 
Persons liable as, and employed to aid enrolling officers, 
must be enrolled, and unless detailed by written orders 
from War department will be reported to Conscript 
bureau, etc Ill 135 
Assignment of, made only by Bureau of Conscription, except 
such as may be made by Major-General Pillow within 
territory allotted to him 140 
Persons liable as, belonging to organizations for local 
defence, to be discharged and conscribed II 150 
CONSCRIPTION DEPARTMENT. 
Officers and'agents of, to render assistance in collecting arms 
left by stragglers in hands of citizens I 119 
Officers of, temporarily absent from post, may be allowed 
personal expenses in lieu of fuel, forage, etc.—how paid. .II 133 INDEX 
XIX 
COOKS. 
Four (4) to be enlisted to cook for each company, entitled to 
ordinary rate of “extra duty” pay Page 230 
CORRESPONDENCE—MILITARY. 
To be sent through proper channels; indirect with depart- 
ment prohibited I 3 
Officers through whom sent to express opinions thereon .. .II 3 
To whom addressed VI- 28 
COURTS OP INQUIRY. 
Case of Lieutenant Thos. Nall, Company B, 5th Georgia 
volunteers 29 
Case of Captain H. T. Blocker, P. A. C. S 40 
Case of Colonel R. H. Chilton, A. A. G 64 
Case of Lieutenant-Colonel Eugene E. McLean, A. Q. M. 
General SI 
COURTS-MARTIAL. 
Not to cause any soldier to be punished by whipping. 
(Sec. l.j ,i 44 
Note.—For trials by, see “Military Trials.” 
DECEASED SOLDIERS. 
Effects of (except clothing); how disposed of .Ill 67 
Clothing of, in hospitals; how disposed of I 49 
Appraisement of clothing of, to be made after being washed 
and put in condition 93 
Commutation of transportation due, may be paid to personal 
representatives of IV 31 
Act relating to settlement of claims for pay, etc., due, con- 
tinued in force until otherwise provided I 108 
DEPARTMENT LIMITS. 
Of Lieutenant-General Longstreet II 34 
Of General R. E. Lee.. II 34 
Of Major-General Elzey * II 34 
Of Major-General D. II. Hill II 34 
DEPOTS. 
Permanent, established by Quartermaster’s department, 
placed under control of Quartermaster-General I 114 
Location of permanent, not to be changed by department 
commander, except, etc.; if changed, to be roported to 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s office * • »H H4 
DESERTERS. 
To be arrested by enrolling officers.. II 1 XX 
INDEX 
Who have joined other companies to he returned to original 
commanders II 19 
How punished 44 
Conscripts leaving employment without proper authority, 
punished as 30 
Found within the lines of any commanding general to be ar- 
rested and turned over to nearest enrolling officer to be 
forwarded to proper command I 116 
Modification of above order II 126 
Monthly roll of, to be furnished by regimental, battalion, 
etc., commanders to Chief Bureau of Conscription I 122 
Officers charged with duty of arresting, to report to and co- 
operate with commandant of conscripts of state to which 
sent II 122 
Will not be granted permits by recruiting officers and others, 
to visit or remain at their homes for any purpose........ I 135 
Horses of, can not be retained in service and used to mount 
another soldier deficient in a horse Page 230 
DETAILS. 
Of conscripts in employment of railroads to be decided by 
military superintendent of transportation VIII 2 
Not to be made from cavalry companies to act as guides and 
couriers for head-quarters : Ill 7 
Men on, leaving employment without permission, to be re- 
ported to nearest .enrolling officer, and treated as desert- 
ers ... . HI 30 
Men on, in government establishments not to be received in 
other government establishments, or by contractors, with- 
out proper discharge from previous employment I 30 
Of competent clerk to issue furloughs granted by examining 
board .' .....II 69 
Enlisted men may be, to perform duties now performed by 
commissary sergeant, with extra pay of $20 per month... I 70 
Men on (except clerks in City of Richmond), pay not to ex- 
ceed $3 per day. {Sec. 1.) II 75 
Maximum allowance to men on, only paid at posts or sta- 
tions without troops, etc, {Sec. 2.) .II 75 
Rate of allowance to men on, serving at head-quarters, ord- 
nance, etc.; how fixed; not to exceed $1 25 per diem, ex- 
cept, etc. {Sec. 3.) II 75 
Extra compensation to men on ; by whom paid; to be in 
full of all allowance except company pay. {Sec. 4.) II 75 INDEX 
Of shoemakers ; fixing pay. (Sec. 5.) II 75 
Payments under act May 1 to men on, not to be continued 
beyond December 31, 1863. (Sec. 6.) II 75 
Payments to men on; each bureau may prescribe general 
regulations for. (Sec. 7.) .........II 75 
Infantry soldier on, as courier allowed 40 cents per day for 
use and risk of horse 77 
Soldiers not deemed subjects for discharge under paragraph 
IV, General Orders, No. 69, Confederate States, may re- 
ceive, as nurses, guards, etc I 96 
Soldiers receiving, under above paragraph, to be relieved 
when fit for field cluty II 96 
Of disabled soldiers may be made to act as clerks in Com- 
missary and Quartermaster’s departments I 105 
Of convalescents in general hospitals recommended by hos- 
pital boards, may be made by commandant of conscripts 
for bridge and railroad guards, etc 137 
In above cases, to cease at time indicated by examinations 
' of board 137 
DISCHARGES. 
Act granting, to persons in military service, appointed or 
elected to certain civil offices. April 2, 1863 I 48 
In case of soldier present with command ; how effected....’. I 51 
In case of soldier absent from command; how effected ... .Ill 51 
In case of, under above paragraph, and final statements can 
not be had; how mustered for payment V 51 
Due notice of, under this act, to be forwarded to Adjutant 
and Inspector-General’s office, and to immediate company 
commander VI 51 
In case of soldier in hospital; how effected IV 69 
In case of, under above paragraph and final statements, etc., 
can not be had; how mustered for payment VI 69 
Notices of, to be forwarded weekly to Adjutant and Inspec- 
tor-General’s office, and to immediate company command- 
er of soldier VII 69 
Of detailed men absent from command, when disbanded, to 
be ordered by Adjutant and Inspector-General.........Ill 80 
Form of, by reason of substitute 87 
For disability, held as conditional, and only valid during its 
continuance 89 
May be granted to persons between forty and forty-five in 
organizations for local defence XII 86 XXII 
INDEX 
Soldiers not subjects for, under paragraph IV, General Or- 
ders, No. 69, Confederate States, because of fitness for 
service in staff departments, may be detailed by command- 
ing generals as nurses, guards, etc I 96 
Soldiers receiving, delayed at way hospitals, entitled to 
rations V 96 
Persons between eighteen and forty-five,belonging to organi- 
zations for local defence will receive, unless exempt from 
military duty... II 98 
To conscripts pronounced fit for service by proper boards 
and sent to camps of instruction or to regiments in field; 
how granted . I 107 
To conscripts at camps of instruction supposed to be disquali- 
fied for service; how granted II 107 
To sick and wounded in hospitals; how granted 108 
Taking a contract to carry the mail does not entitle soldier - 
to Page 230 
DISABLED SOLDIERS. 
Details of, may be made for service as clerks in Commissary 
and Quartermaster departments I 105 
Permanently, holding certificates of examining board to that 
effect and who are not discharged, entitled to have rations 
commuted at $1 25 per day I 150 
DOMICIL. 
Opinion of Attorney-General concerning Page 227 
Fact of having acquired; how established Page 227 
Decision of question of; how arrived at. Page 227 
DRUNKENNESS. 
Act to punish in army. April 21, 1862 .. I 34 
Officers on or off duty convicted of; how punished. (Sec. 1.) I 34 
Duty of all officers to report cases of. (Sec. 2.) I 34 
Findings of court in cases of, to be transmitted to Secretary 
'of War for approval; to be reported to Congress at next 
session thereafter. (Sec. 2.) I 84 
ELECTIONS. 
For members of General Assembly, State of Virginia; act of 
General Assembly published for information of such as it 
couc.erns I 38 
Majority of votes cast at, necessary to a choice IV 80 
Can not be held for first lieutenant ...I.. .Page 231 
ENGINEER CORPS. 
Officers of, on reconnoissances, etc., may be allowed per- 
sonal expenses, in lieu of other allowances. ....II 49 INDEX 
“Act Co provide and organize engineer troops to serve dur- 
ing the war.” . ... I 66 
Sec. 1. One company to be selected from each division 
of infantry; men, how chosen; to serve how long.... I 66 
Sec. 2. Fixes number of non-commissioned officers, ar- 
tificers, and laborers for each company I 66 
Sec. 3. Fixes number of commissioned officers; origi- 
nal vacancies, how filled; who shall not be selected.. I 66 
Sec. 4. Companies to be organized into regiments; or- 
ganizing field and staff; vacancies, how filled; sergeant- 
major and quartermaster-sergeant, how selected I 66 
Sec. 5. Assigning two companies of each regiment to duty 
' as pontoriiers.... I 66 
Sec. 6. Prescribes number and size of wagons, pon- 
toons, etc.......' I 66 
Sec. 7 Vacancies in established regiments to rank of col- 
onel filled by promotion, regimentally, except, etc I 66 
Sec. 8. Monthly pay of officers I 66 
Sec. 9. Monthly pay of enlisted men I 66 
Sec. 10. Mounted engineer troops may be selected from 
cavalry I 66 
Regulations by Secretary of War for selection and organiza- 
tion under foregoing act..... II 66 
Duties of, and instructions to officers of, serving in the field. 90 
ENGINEER CORPS—DUTIES OF. 
Officers of engineer troops serving in field same as officers of. I 104 
ENGINEER TROOPS. 
Duties of officers of, wfyen in the field same as “officers of 
engineers serving with Armies of the Confederate States” I 104 
On the march, will serve as pioneers. II 104 
Will be employed in making rapid reconnoissances II 104 
During battle, how used II 104 
General duties of II 104 
Will be drilled and instructed in duties of engineer soldiers 
by battalions and regiments..... Ill 104 
Companies of, serving with an army, to be kept together,. .Ill 104 
Will be furnished with light arms Ill 104 
Entrenching tools will be issued to, by Engineer depart- 
ment Ill 104 
Each company of will be provided with horses, teams, etc., 
for transportation of tools, etc IV 104 
Additional horses to be furnished for use of officers and non- INDEX 
commissioned officers in making rapid reconnoissarices, 
' etc IV 104 
Officers of, and of engineer corps engaged on same service, 
senior to control location and construction of defences, etc. Y 104 
Will, in all cases, be under command of own officers Y 104 
Officers of engineer corps will not assume command of V 104 
ENROLLING OFFICERS—DUTIES OF. 
May grant certificates of exemption I 1 
To arrest stragglers and deserters II 1 
To furnish monthly roll of conscripts to commandants camp 
of instruction Ill 1 
To permit enrolled conscripts to remain on railroads until 
otherwise decided by the military superintendent of trans- 
portation VIII 2 
To hasten forward to Petersburg conscripts from certain 
counties I 4 
To enroll route agents of Post-office department, and grant 
exemption during continuance of appointments I 7 
Not to remove or interfere with employees in nitre, lead, or 
copper works, or furnaces worked for government, without 
consent of officers in charge I 32 
To enroll detailed men, of conscript age, absent from com- 
mands when disbanded Ill 80 
Names of officers dropped from rolls to be furnished to... .II 24 
ENROLLING OFFICERS. 
To enroll all white male residents of the Confederate States 
between eighteen and forty-five not in service, and who 
are not exempt by law ,..... I 98 
To enroll persons of conscript age discharged under this or- 
der from organizations for local defence. II 98 
To enroll principals whose substitutes have deserted, etc. .Ill 98 
To enroll citizens employed as clerks in Commissary and 
Quartermaster’s departments, if not exempt II 105 
To receive deserters turned over by commanding officers, and 
forward them to proper commands ; in case of conscripts, 
to assign them to nearest army, at discretion.... I .116 
To receive deserters turned over by commanding officers, and 
forward them to proper gommands; in case of conscripts, 
to assign them to nearest army, at discretion ... I 126 
One to be attached to each department to carry out pur- 
poses indicated above. II 116 
To assist in collecting arms left by stragglers in hands of 
citizens .. Ijg INDEX 
To arrest persons reported absent without authority by 
company commanders II 130 
To keep register of names of soldiers on furlough who report 
to him; descriptive list, length of furlough,etc.,etc II 141 
To order soldiers, whose furloughs have expired and who are 
unable to travel, before board for examination of conscripts, 
for extension of furlough Ill 141 
Duties of, when soldier is physically unable to appear be- 
fore board II 157 
To send soldiers to nearest camp of instruction for hospital 
treatment in cases of sickness and wounds which are neg- 
lected, etc IV 141 
EXEMPTION. 
Of white male citizens between eighteen and forty, under act 
October 11, 1862 I 1 
Not to take place until after enrolment .... I 1 
Certificates of, granted by enrolling officer I 1 
Doubtful cases referred to commandant camp of instruction 
or bureau at Richmond I 1 
Route-agents of Post-office department, after enrolment, to 
be furnished with certificates of, during continuance of 
appointments I 7 
Certificates of, granted by regular enrolling officers, to be 
respected by officers acting under authority of circular of 
January 8, 1863. .. v I 16 
Certificates of, not to be issued by officers acting under au- 
thority of circular of January 8, 1863 I 16 
Examining surgeon to fix periods for which granted Ill 22 
Grounds not deemed sufficient for IV 22 
Temporary, not to be given for a “ period beyond thirty 
days” II 39 
“Act of,” approved April 14, 1863 44 
Sec. 1. Mail contractors, while so employed; not more 
than one on each route; only one member of any firm ; 
no contractor on route less than ten miles, and on 
• which mail is carried on horse; if any member of firm 
is exempt, other members not to be exempt by this 
act. If contract be transferred, sub-contractor not 
exempt 44 
Sec. 2. Drivers of post-coaches and hacks 44 
Members of organizations for local defence entitled to from 
militia duty . • *X 86 XXVI 
INDEX 
Persons discharged for temporary disability not entitled to'. 89 
Act repealing certain clauses of act of, approved October 11, 
1862. Approved May 1, 1863 I 108 
To repeal certain clauses of act of, approved October 11, 1862. 
(April 16, 1S63) 108 
All who have received temporary, for disability, must be re- 
examined, etc ..II 135 
FORAGE. 
In kind, for one horse each, issued to officers entitled to jt 
serving at post not in field. I 151 
■ Commutation of $8 per month may be allowed for each horse 
to which officer may be entitled, etc I 151 
Who are included in this order. II 151 
How supplied to detachments unaccompanied by quarter- 
masters, etc.... 1155 
May ho commuted in advance to small detachments sent off 
unaccompanied by commissioned officer .II 155 
If not commuted in advance, expenditures incurred for by 
officer in command, how reimbursed II 155 
FREIGHT—REGULATIONS. 
Railroad; what shall take precedence; how designated.. .Ill 2 
To he moved by railroad; military officer in charge to fix 
time of departure with railroad officers IV 2 
Quartermasters and commissaries to exercise discretion in 
shipping.. ...VI 2 
Messengers with; transportation, how specified VII 2 
FUEL. 
To be issued to officers of army engaged in enrolling con- 
. scripts II 12 
FURLOUGHS. 
On certificates of disability approved by senior surgeon of 
post may be granted by commandant of post, not to ex- 
ceed thirty days; for longer period, must be approved by 
general to whose command soldier belongs I 14 
Non-commissioned officers and privates entitled to, under 
act December 11, 1861, and April 16, 1862, may receive 
commutation of transportation home and back, to be paid 
by regimental quartermaster at the rate of two and a half 
cents per mile IV 20 
Enlisted men entitled to, under above acts, who have died 
or may die before receipt thereof, commutation of trans- 
portation may be paid to personal representative....... IV 81 INDEX. 
xxvu 
Enlisted men entitled to, under above acts, if promoted 
prior to the receipt of, may draw commutation V 31 
To soldiers present with command, may be granted by de- 
partment commander on surgeon’s certificate II 51 
To soldier absent from command, may be granted for thirty 
days by commander of post, on surgeon’s certificate IV 51 
granted by medical examining boards, to specify 
length of furlough, place of residence, company, regi- 
ment, etc . .. .II 69 
Cases of, granted by medical examining board, to be report- 
ed to Surgeon-General .....Ill 69 
Improperly granted by examining board, derelict officer held 
responsible • ,..>....111 69 
Notices of, by examining board, to be forwarded weekly to 
Adjutant and Inspector-General, and to immediate com; 
pany commander of soldier VII 69 
May be granted by examining board I, V 69 
Can not be extended by medical boards. Ill 96 
To sick and wounded in hospitals, how granted ... 108 
Soldiers returning home on, to report immediately to near- 
est enrolling officer, who will keep register of names, 
length of furlough, etc., etc. II 141 
At expiration of, and soldier being unable to travel and not 
being near hospital examining board, extension of, how 
procured Ill 141 
Recommendations for extensions of, by whom and in what 
cases given... V 141 
Recommendations for, from private physicians or from medi- 
cal officer singly, not received. V 141 
Soldiers on, not permitted to go within lines of enemy... .VI 141 
At expiration of, a soldier not able to appear before board, 
as prescribed in paragraph III, General Orders, No. 141; 
extension of, how procured.... II 157 
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS. 
Not to employ, without proper discharge, employees of other 
contractors for government II 30 
Not to employ, without proper discharge, employees of other 
contractors for government Ill 32 
For supply of paper, authorized to send agents to armies in 
the field I 80 
Commanders of armies and departments to give facilities to 
such agents of .II SO INDEX. 
HIDES. 
Establishing price of, in Trans-Mississippi and east of Mis- 
sissippi ....Ill 34 
Of slaughtered sheep to be turned over to officers of Quar- 
termaster’s department to be tanned IV 119 
HOSPITALS. 
To be under supervision of medical directors selected for 
the purpose V 28 
Not to be interfered with by medical directors of armies, 
army corps, or departments V 28 
On death of soldier in, clothing, how disposed of. I 49 
Surgeon in charge of, to make separate provision returns 
for persons attached to. II 59 
Rations for persons attached to, may not be commuted un- 
less, etc II 59 
Separate provision returns for sick and wounded in, made 
according to form annexed... .II 59 
Commuted value of rations for patients in, $1 25 I 62 
Laundresses in, pay $25 per month, rations and quarters..II 62 
Where three or more, surgeons in charge to constitute board 
for granting furloughs and certificates for discharge.... I 69 
House-surgeon in, to see each patient under his charge once 
each day VIII 69 
Medical officers in charge of, will receive and care for sweet 
potatoes gathered under tax law, by commissaries and 
quartermasters, who are within reach of place where hos- 
pitals are located I 124 
When more convenient to former than depot, medical officers 
to receive and receipt for sweet potatoes (tax in kind.).. I 124 
Payments upon affidavits to sick or wounded in, limited to 
four months’pay. Ill 130 
For prisoners of war, on same footing as other Confederate 
States hospitals I 159 
Rations for, same as to soldiers in field.. ,,...11 150 
Above order amended II 164 
Surgeons in charge of, to endorse on furloughs of enlisted 
men who le&ve hospital on furlough, days and dates he 
has drawn rations for them II 162 
IMPRESSMENTS OF PROPERTY. 
When necessary for owner’s consumption, or that of family, 
employees, or slaves, prohibited. I 31 INDEX 
XXIX 
Supplies on way to market for sale on arrival, prohibited, 
unless specially ordered by commanding general........II 31 
“ Any one acting without or beyond” authority held respon- 
sible for Ill 31 
Claims for, how settled. .VI 31 
Impressnfcnt act .' I 37 
Sec. 1. May be made by officers whose duty it is to 
furnish such articles, when required by exigenciesfof 
service; where value cannot be agreed upon, how de- 
termined I 37 
Sec. 2. Official certificates by officers making, that prop- 
erty is essential for uge of army; stating time and 
place when taken, amount compensation appraised, 
sum paid; said certificate evidence for owner of right 
to compensation fixed. If owner not paid, entitled 
to speedy pay by proper disbursing officer I 37 
Sec. 3. Appraisements, when impracticable at time of 
impressment, value of property, how ascertained I 37 
Sec. 4. May be made by order Secretary of War when 
necessary for public use, to accumulate supplies for 
army. Compensation fixed a.s by first and second 
sections I 37 
See. 5. Commissioners to fix prices in each state, how 
appointed, pay; must be residents of state in which 
appointed. «$. I 37 
Sec. 6. Property in hands of other than producers, at 
what rate paid ; quality of, how determined I 37 
Sec. 7. Fixes quality of supplies not subject to im- 
pressment; how determined I 37 
Sec. 8. For temporary use, if lost, destroyed, or injured; 
compensation allowed, how ascertained I 37 
Sec. 9. If slaves, impressment made according to state 
laws, if any; otherwise, regulations of Secre- 
tary of War; must not be impressed if they can be 
* hired I 37 
Sec. It). Slaves on plantations exclusively producing 
grain and provisions not to be taken previous to 
December, 1863) without owners’consent I 37 
Sec. 11. Commissioned officers and enlisted men not. to 
violate this act; on conviction thereof, how pun- 
ished I 37 
Eecognized by Secretary of War as legal for securing medi- 
cal, quartermaster’s, and subsistence supplies for army . .II 37 XXX 
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May be made by commanders of armies, departments, corps, 
divisions, brigades, and commanders of detached parties 
and posts , II 37 
Persons competent to make to be designated by Quarter- 
master-General, Commissary-Genoral, and Surgeon-Gen- 
eral .*. II 37 
When necessary for supply of owner, not to be made II 37 
Before making, impressing officer to make offer for same. 
(Sec. 4.) II 37 
Compensation, in event of refusal of price offered; how set- 
tled; how paid. (Sec. 5.).. II 37 
Pending assessment of value, property to remain in posses- 
sion of owner. (Sec. 6.)... II 37 
To be paid for at date of impressment, if practicable, by im- 
pressing officer; if not, how paid. (Sec. 7.) II 37 
If made before appointment of commissioners, shall be legal; 
compensation, how adjusted. (Sec. 8.) II 37 
Made previous to passage of “Impressment act;” compen- 
sation, how determined I 39 
Of supplies of government contactors in iron or munitions 
of war exempt Ill 49 
Appraisement, if deemed fair and just, to be endorsed “ap- 
proved” by impressing officer, otherwise to be finally 
revised by boards of appraisers 53 
* Details concerning, and schedule of prices adopted for States 
of Georgia and Virginia 65 
Of iron, and by whom conducted II 85 
In case of goods, e_tc., supposed to be couce'aled, how 
made II 92 
Schedule of prices adopted for, in Virginia I 99 
Schedule of prices adopted for, in Virginia . I 115 
When covering the whole of any one article, or all articles 
of planters’ production taxed in kind, the post quarter- f 
master of district will transfer to district colleotor asses- 
sor’s estimate, to be collected in money value only, at 
rate of impressment or purchase I 117 
Schedule of prices adopted for, in South Carolina I 128 
Schedule of prices adopted for, in Virginia I 129’ 
-Instructions for carrying into effect 9th section, act of March 
26, to regulate, in respect to labor on fortifications, etc., 
when provisions have not beon made on subject. (See 
slaves'.) 133 INDEX 
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Of horses and other property in use in Commissary depart- 
ment, prohibited VI 142 
Republication of General Orders, No. 31, on subject of 144 
Schedule of prices adopted for, in Virginia 145 
Schedule of prices adopted for, in Virginia 160 
Amendment to paragraph II, section 5, General Orders, No. 
37, Confederate States, on subject of. 101 
In cases of, where price offered is refused; compensation, 
how settled.... 161 
In cases of, where impressing officer deems appraisement 
fair, to endorse on it his approval, otherwise his disappro- 
val; final appraisement, by whom made 161 
IRREGULARITIES. 
Troops on battle-field not to exchange arms and field-pieces 
for those captured from enemy, without proper au- 
thority ...Ill 19 
Regulations to prevent, in partisan rangers 82 
LAUNDRESSES. 
In hospitals, pay of $25 par month, rations and quarters . .II 62 
Just dues of excepted, where courts-martial sentence for- 
feiture of pay Ill 17 
LEATHER. 
Purchased or contracted for by Ordnance department not 
to be interfered with by Quartermaster’s department.. .VIII 28 
LEAVES OF ABSENCE. 
Can not be granted by examining boards or post command- 
ers. Can only recommend for consideration ,of depart- 
ment or army commander X 69 
Can not be eXtendod by boards of examiners or by post com- 
manders Ill 08 
Recommendations for extensions of, by whom, and in what 
cases given »..V 141 
Recommendations for, by private physicians or by medical 
officer singly, not received V 141 
LOCAL DEFENCE. 
Organizations for, composed of persons under eighteen and 
over forty, will be accepted I 80 
Organizations of companies for, to conform to that of com- 
panies, battalions, etc., of Provisional army II 86 
Cavalry companies for, to furnish own horses II 86 
Furnishing own horses for, to receive forty cents per day 
for hire / II 80 INDEX 
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Muster-rolls of organizations for, shall specify, etc Ill 86 
Organizations for, not considered in actual service except 
when called for hy President. IV 86 
Organizations for, not called for except in case of necessity, 
and not required to go beyond limits of state to which 
belong V 86 
Organizations for, to serve only so long as emergency 
exists VI 86 
Arms and ammunition for, furnished by Confederate 
States VII 86 
Members of organizations for, if captured, will be demanded 
as prisoners of war VIII 86 
Field-officers of organizations for, appointed by President.IX 86 
Members of organizations for, exempt from militia calls .. .X 86 
Muster-rolls may be certified by any military commander, 
sheriff of county, etc XI S6 
Persons between forty and forty-five in organizations for, 
may be transferred or discharged should conscription 
extend to those ages XII 86 
Organizations composed of persons under eighteen and 
over forty-five may be accepted for II 98 
Persons belonging to organizations for, between ages of 
eighteen and forty-five, unless exempt by law, will be 
discharged, and reported to Bureau of Conscription for 
enrolment II 98 
Persons engaged in working nitre not to be called for, ex- 
cept, etc., etc 127 
Members of organizations for, liable to conscription, to be 
discharged and conscribed, except, etc II 150 
MEDICAL DIRECTORS. 
Senior surgeon of commands entitled to, will be detailed as; 
when interest of service requires it, will be recommended 
by Surgeon-General I 23 
Of armies, etc., not to interfere with general hospitals....... V 28 
Of hospitals will he announced; duties of V 28 
MEDICAL OFFICERS. 
In giving certificates of disability, to confine themselves to 
established forms. jy 7 
Will abstain from recommending light duty. .IV 7 
Employed to examine conscripts may, under certain cir- 
cumstances, be selected from districts in which they are 
to act ,., Ill 9 INDEX. 
Under authority of commandants of conscripts, may consti- 
tute boards for examination of conscripts Ill 15 
In examination of conscripts, to exercise sound and firm 
discretion I 22 
To accept conscripts when equal to active duties of various 
occupations of civil life . II 22 
In granting temporary exemption to conscripts, to fix period 
for which granted Ill 22 
"Will not grant temporary exemption for period longer than * 
thirty days II 39 
In charge of hospitals, to make an inventory and appraise- 
ment of clothing of deceased soldiers, to be forwarded to 
Second Auditor; articles to be turned over to quarter- 
master for reissue I 49 
' In charge of hospitals, to make separate provision returns 
for persons attached, and for sick and wounded; form 
annexed II 59 
Compensation to, employed under act approved October 11, 
1862, to examine conscripts; how and by whom paid....IV 107 
Inspectors will be recommended by Surgeon-General, and 
announced in orders from Adjutant and Inspector-Gen- 
eral’s office Ill 119 
In charge of hospitals to receive, take care, and receipt for 
sweet potatoes gathered under tax law by certain commis- 
saries and quartermasters I 124 
In charge of hopitals, in certain cases must receive and re- 
ceipt for sweet potatoes (tax in kind) from farmers ..... I 124 
“Assistant Medical Directors” and “Assistant Medical In- 
spectors ” not being authorized, titles not to be used....Ill 124 
Attention of, called to paragraph VII, General Orders, No. 
69, current series. I 130 
MILITARY COURTS. 
Organized under act approved October 9, 1862, to bo gov- 
erned and controlled by Articles of War and Regulations 
of Army I 11 
Proceedings of, subject to review by commanding general.. I 11 
Original proceedings of, after final action, to be transmitted 
to Adjutant and Inspector-General’s office ... I 11 
Additional appointments of members of I 17 
Where sentence of directs forfeiture of pay, just dues of 
laundress are excepted Ill 17 
Not to cause any soldier to be punished by whipping 44 XXXIV 
INDEX. 
To amend an act organizing, approved October 9, 1862. 
Approved May 1, 1866 108 
One additional may be organized and attached to any de- 
partment, at discretion of the President 108 
MILITARY REPORTS. 
Of sieges, campaigns, and battles, to contain only statement 
of facts and events connected with subject matter .. 76 
MILITARY SUPERINTENDENT OF RAILROADS. 
. Violation of orders concerning railroads by railroad officers 
to be reported to .IX 2 
To indicate, from time to time, his head-quarters....... .IX 2 
MILITARY STOREKEEPERS. 
Act to provide for appointment of (May 1, 1863.) 108 
Pay and allowances of 108 
Who shall be appointed 108 
MILITARY TRIALS. 
Case of Captain II. B. Latrobe. I 27 
“ Private J, T. Wilder, Company E, 4th Georgia vol- 
unteers , II 27 
“ Major M, R. Marks, 2d Alabama cavalry ... I 35 
“ Colonel F. M. Hunter, 2d Alabama cavalry. I 35 
“ Lieutenant Mason G. Anderson, Company G, 31st 
Mississippi volunteers 41 
“ Major Kirkwood Otey, 11th Virginia infantry 42 
“ Lieutenant John N. C. Stockton, 1st Virginia in- 
fantry 43 
“ Major Elias Griswold, P. A. C. S 46 
“ Lieutenant J. W. Gibson, Company D, 22d Missis- 
sippi volunteers. 60 
“ Private Granville S. McCutchen, Company C, 22d 
Virginia volunteers 62 
“ Surgeon Edward Cross, 31st Arkansas volunteers.. 54 
“ Captain John W. Bell, quartermaster 49th Virginia 
volunteers 65 
“ Lieutenant J.'K. Martin, 22d North Carolina vol- 
unteers 56 
“ Lieutenant Robt. W. Sanders, 8th Alabama volun- 
. leers 63 
“ Captain J. Q. Arnold, 12th battalion Tennessee cav- 
alry CS 
“ Captain Wm. S. Rowan,- Company A, 60th Virginia 
volunteers 72 INDEX 
Case of Captain W. W. W. Wood, Company L, Blythe’s 
Mississippi regimont. 73 
“ Private Allen Matthews, Company E, 6th Virginia 
infantry 73 
“ Private George Mormon, Company C, 8th Alabama 
volunteers 79 
“ Major-General John P. McCown, P. A. C. S „ 83 
“ Lieutenant-Colonel C. C. Flowerree, 7th Virginia 
infantry 91 
“ Private M. Ricket, Company H, 27th Virginia in- 
fantry I 95 
“ Private Wm. G. Clark, Stuart’s horse artillery II 95 
“ Private J. R. Humphreys, Stuart’s horse artillery. .II 95 
“ Private Jno. Q. Childres, Company G, 5th Florida.Ill 95 
“ Private Henry Smith, Company E, 22d battalion 
Georgia artillery ...IV 95 
“ Assistant Surgeon W. T. Lockhart, P. A. C. S....VI 95 
“ Captain W. S. Reed, President’s Guard VIII 95 
c‘ Second Lieutenant H. J. Ballentine, 47th Tennessee 
regiment X 95 
“ First Lieutenant Israel P. Guy, 16th Alabama... .XII 95 
“ Private Grif. Nunnally, Company C, 41st Virginia 
regiment XIV 95 
“ Private C. Edgeworth, Company E, 3d Georgia... 97 
“ Z. M. Kent, 3d Company, battalion Washington 
Artillery.. I 100 
“ Captain G. D. Mitchell, A. Q. M II 100 
“ Captain J. J. Maguire, Company H, Aiken’s parti- 
san rangers Ill 100 
“ Lieutenant J. B. Countiss, 21st Georgia regiment.. I 101 
“ Priva/to John Whitehead, Company F, 16th Tennes- 
see regiment. I 106 
“ Private L. H. Toole, Company E, 3d Georgia regi- 
ment II 106 
“ Major Wm, Norris, Chief of the Signal Corps I 112 
“ Captain G. D. Mitchell, A. Q. M., P. A. C. S I 120 
“ Lieutenant J. M. Youngblood, Company B, 2d Mis- 
sissippi battalion I 134 
“ Lieutenant E. M. P. BroAvn, Company H, 8th 
Georgia battalion I 139 
“ Sergeant Abner Underwood, Company D, 8th 
Georgia I 1S9 
“ Private T. P. Wood. 1139 INDEX 
Case of Private T. W. Cannon.... I 139 
“ Private Wm. Garner....... I 139 
“ Private T. Roberts, Company B I 139 
“ Private Dan’l Hollis, Company B I 139 
“ Private Stephen Outlaw, Troop A, 5th Georgia cav- 
alry II 139 
“ Lieutenant-Colonel A. C. Edwards II 139 
“ Lieutenant James M. Chesser, 47th Georgia volun- 
teers ..II 139 
“ Lieutenant J. J. Wortham, Waccamaw light artil- ' 
lery Ill 139 
“ Lieutenant W. J. Gore Ill 139 
“ Lieutenant L. A. Rice, 2d regiment South Caro- 
lina volunteers Ill 139 
“ Lieutenant W. C. Pruitt, Company E, 20th South 
Carolina volunteers Ill 139 
“ Private C. H. Kent, Company D, 18th Virginia bat- 
talion Ill 139^ 
“ Private Major Runnels, Company II, 2d South 
Carolina rifles Ill 139 
“ Captain R. Y. L. Long, Company D, Phillips’ le- 
gion cavalry Ill 139 ' 
“ Captain R. Z. Harloe, Company D, 10th South Car- 
olina volunteers Ill 139 
“ Private Henry Taylor, Company F, 11th Mississip- 
pi volunteers Ill 139 
“ Private Freeman W. Johnson, Read’s light bat- 
tery Ill 139 
“ Private Jno. Duncan* Company F, 3d Tennessee. .Ill 139 
“ Lieutenant E. H. Hammell, Company B, 8th Arkan- 
sas volunteers Ill 139 
“ Private T. W. Barlow, Carne’s light artillery.. .Ill 139 
“ Lieutenant J. R. Simmons, Company E, 12th • 
Georgia.... Ill 139 
“ Lieutenant E. S. MeClung, McClung’s battery.. .Ill 139 
“ Major-General Mansfield Lovell, P. A. C. S...... 152 
“ Qolonel R. M. Mayo, 47th Virginia regiment T 156 
r«f. MODIFICATIONS. 
7 III Allowing 40 cents per day for use and risk of horse, by Gener- 
al Orders, No.. 77. 
22 Conscripts examined prior to the order, to be re-examined. 
See General Orders, No. 39, paragraph I. INDEX. 
28 IV Modified by General Orders, No. 57* so as to allow payment 
of officers in hospitals, without certificate of last payment; 
quartermasters making said payment will still furnish cer- 
tificate. 
30 II Amended by this addition : “The bureau or department for 
the service of which the details were made.” See General 
Orders, No. 32, paragraph III. 
31 IV To be paid by Second Auditor. 
31 V • Quartermaster’s department, certified by commanding officer 
of regiment to which claimant belonged at date of promo- 
tion. See General Orders, No. 33, paragraph V. 
30 Revoked by General Orders, No. 102, and travelling expenses 
to be paid out of funds appropriated for expenses of said 
bureau. 
37 I Sec. 6. Amended by act of April 27, 1863. See General Or- 
ders, No. 58. 
37 II Sec. 2. Modified by General Orders, No. 39, paragraph I. 
49 I Monej-and other effects disposed of as directed in General 
Orders, No. 67, paragraph III; also, modified by General 
Orders, No. 93, which orders that the appraisement be 
made after clothing has been washed and repaired, and will 
approximate to the government prices at which issued. 
51 III, IV, and V are rescinded, and matters therein contained are 
regulated by General Orders, No. 59. 
51 I Amended by General Orders, No. 141, paragraph V, requiring 
that all certificates be given by authorized boards of ex- 
aminers, and not by single medical officer. 
67 Extended by General Orders, No. 157, to include officers of 
the Commissary department, and such agents of that de- 
partment appointed by Secretary of War. 
67 I Extended by General Orders, No. 133, paragraph II, to offi- 
cers in Conscription bureau—payments to be made out of 
funds of that bureau; also, extended by General Orders, 
No. 135, paragraph V, to officers of Major Cole’s depart- 
ment.’ 
69 IV Modified by General Orders, No. 96, paragraph I, which or- 
ders that soldiers not discharged because fit for service in 
staff departments, will be recommended for such detail. 
69 X Amended1 to prohibit extension; also, of leaves of absence 
and furloughs. 
86 I Amended by General Orders, No. 98, paragraph II, to raise 
age to 45; and to order that all who are of conscript age, INDEX. 
and neither exempted by law nor already in service, be 
conscripted. 
87 Modified by General Orders, No. 98, paragraph III, ordering 
principal to be conscribed, when services of substitute are 
lost from any cause other than casualties of war. 
116 I Modified by General Orders, No. 126, making it duty of en- 
rolling olficer to assign conscripts to service, at the discre- 
tion of commandant of conscripts in the state. 
122 I Altered and enlarged by General Orders, No. 125, paragraph 
VII, requiring statement as to whether the substitute is now 
serving ; and if not, why ? 
141 III Modified by General Orders, No. 157, paragraph II, allowing 
soldier, when unable to travel, to send certificate of his at- 
tending physician, said certificate to be submitted to board, 
who will act on it. 
MUSTER AND PAY ROLLS. 
Company.commanders to note on, commutation of transpor- 
tation received by soldiers in lieu of furloughs authorized 
by ac.ts approved December 11, 1861, and April 16, 1862. VI 20 
Payments to men for arms furnished by them to “be noted on. I 9 
MUSTERS. . ' 
For payment in cases of men discharged when final state- 
ment can not be had; V 51 
Rolls of organizations for local defence shall specify, etc. .Ill 86 
Of troops called out by Governor of Virginia; by whom and 
when made II 4 
NITRE BUREAU. 
Superintendent of, authorized to enforce existing contracts 
in iron, lead, etc.; and when not promptly delivered,may 
be seized .II 14 
Where contract with has been violated, after ten days’ no- 
tice, all detailed men or conscripts to bo withdrawn II 14 
Employees of, not to be interfered with by enrolling or re- 
cruiting officers, without consent of officer in charge...... I 32 
Superintendent of, authorized to pay actual expenses of 
officers of, on duty under orders, in lieu of commutation 
for rations and forage 36 
Act approved April 22; 1863, establishing.i.. I 85 
Sec. 1. Certain officers to constitute’. I 85 
Sec. 2. Specifying duties of, and of superintendent of. I 85 
. Sec. 3. Rank and pay of officers of I 85 
Regulation* of Secretary of War concerning..... .II, III, IV 85 INDEX 
XXXIX 
Superintendent of bureau authorized to pay actual travel- 
ling expenses of officers of same under orders, in lieu of 
commutation of rations and forage II 102 
Workmen in exposed districts not to be called for local de- 
fence, except in extreme urgency, and then how and by 
whom called. 127 
In districts lately overrun, workmen to be returned ; officers 
to extend reasonable facilities for resuming operations.. 127 
Chief of bureau directed to impress copper, coal, and other 
minerals for use of government .■ I 133 
OFFICERS. 
Between ages of eighteen and forty, who are discharged, 
or who resign, liable to conscription unless actually dis- 
abled ...: IY 1 
Prohibited from interfering with running of railroad trains. I 2 
On duty enrolling conscripts may draw fuel and stationery.il 12 
Stationed at arsenals to report upon arrival to commanding 
general of department, and will obtain leaves of absence 
from him Ill 13 
Stationed at arsenals subject only to orders from War de- 
partment Ill 13 
In charge of arsenals to forward list and description of 
employees, with statement of pay .....Ill 13 
Arrests of disbursing, to be stayed until facts are reported 
to War department II 15 
Absent without authority thirty days from publication of 
this order, to be dropped I 15 
Not to be paid without exhibiting authority for absence... I 15 
Having authority to recruit new organizations, to report to 
commandants of conscripts of respective of 
persons enlisting recruits Ill 18 
Dropped from rolls, or cashiered when with commands, to 
be enrolled by brigade commanders; when not present, 
names to be furnished to enrolling officers II 24 
Not to be appointed by commanding officers ..Ill 28 
Elected or appointed to certain civil offices, may resign on 
proper certificate of fact to accompany letter of resigna- 
tion 43 
In hospitals may be paid without certificate of last pay- 
ment 57 
On ordnance duty, temporarily absent under special orders, INDEX. 
allowed personal expenses in lieu of allowances of fuel, 
-quarters, and forage ...II 67 
Sales of subsistence to, by whom made. (Sec. 4) ». I 70 
Hospital accommodations allowed to sick and wounded.... 71 
In official reports of battles, etc., to confine their statements 
to facts and events connected therewith 76 
To observe strictly requirements of law in impressments of 
property I 92 
Authorized to make impressments may apply to any judge, 
justice of the peace, etc., for warrant to search for any 
articles supposed to be concealed II 92 
Not to employ soldiers on government work unless regular- 
ly detailed 94 
So employing held responsible before a court-martial 94 
To certify on pay account whether or not they have been 
“ absent without leave ” during time for which pay is 
claimed I 108 
Of ordnance duties, apppointed under acts of April 21 and 
September 16, 1862, to be distributed into grades, as au- 
thorized by latter act, as follows, etc I 110 
Appointments of to these grades, how made. I 110 
Receiving volunteers from those liable to not 
to grant them furloughs to exceed ten days before enter- 
ing active service I 113 
Entitled to pay from date of acceptance of appointment and 
from date of promotion I 121 
Disbursing entitled to pay from date of approval of bonds 
by War department I 121 
Will not be assigned or receive pay until reception of ap- 
pointments I 121 
Disbursing will be notified of reception and approval of 
bonds by chief of bureau to which they belong I 121 
Commanding to recommend for appointment as disbursing 
officers only such persons as furnish reasonable assurances 
of ability to execute bonds V 121 
Charged with duty of arresting deserters, to report to com- 
mandant of conscripts of state to which sent, and to co- 
operate with enrolling officers. , II 122 
Payments to absent from commands, and who have not re- 
ceived letters of appointment, how made. I 126 
Attention of called to paragraph VII, General Orders, No. 69, 
current series ... I 130 INDEX 
On recruiting service, not to grant permits to conscripts or 
deserters to visit or remain at their homes for any pur- 
pose. . .... I 135 
Held to strict account for violation of this order .IV 13 $ 
Not to be relieved, and ordered to report for further assign- 
ment to Adjutant and Inspector-General’s office, except, 
eto .'. I 141 
Charged with inspection of field transportation, duties of. .IV 142 
To be assigned by Quartermaster-General for above pur- 
pose.... Ill 142 
Stationed at arsenals to be employed on duties appropriate 
to their commissions, etc. Page 236 
Manner of creating, can not be changed by state laws in- 
tended to operate upon organizations previously mustered 
into service. Page 231 
ORDERS. 
Exhibited in evidence before judicial tribunals, how authen- 
ticated 147 
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 
Will furnish light arms to engineer troops Ill 104 
Regulations of concerning charges for 8 and 10 inch colum- 
biads Page 236 
ORDNANCE CORPS. 
Officers of, to pay for arms belonging to men at price fixed 
by mustering officer I 9 
Candidates for appointment in, who have passed examina- 
tions, may be placed on duty as acting ordnance officers .. I 12 
Number not to exceed one-half number passed; how select- 
ed; regulating pay; commissions, when issued I 12 
Chiefs of, for army corps or departments, held responsible 
for prompt returns of artillery, ammunition, etc., required 
by paragraph 1,348, Army Regulations 1 20 
Organization of I 33 
Officers assigned to duty in, under General Orders, Nos. 
24 and 46, of 1862, to be continued in position; may be 
relieved by regularly-appointed officers in, at discretion 
of commanding general II 33 
Officers of, temporarily absent from positions in field under 
orders, allowed personal expenses in lieu of allowances 
for fuel, quarters, and forage I 67 
Officers of, on duty in field not part of personal staff I 84 
Chiefs of, for armies or departments, assigned by War do- INDEX 
partment, and not to be relieved except on orders through 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s office II 84 
Other officers of, to serve with commands until relieved by 
orders from head-quarters of army in which serving .. .Ill 84 
Copies of orders .relieving officers of, to be forwarded to 
Chief of Ordnance bureau HI 84 
Officers of, in Provisional army, appointed under acts April 
21 and September 16, 1862, to be distributed into grades, 
as authorized by latter act I HO 
Appointments to these grades, how made . I 110 
Officers of in field, to be assigned to command according 
to rank; no claims to promotion in consequence of such 
assignment recognized II HO 
Chief ordnance officers of armies, army corps, etc., may be 
allowed assistants; fixes rank and number Ill 110 
Chief ordnance officers of armies, etc., how designated... .IV 110 
Officers of, to receipt for arms collected by officers of Quar- 
termaster, Commissary, and Conscript departments, and to 
pay reasonable expense incurred for transportation II 119 
Brigade and district officers of, to give assistance to com- 
manding officers of regiments, etc., in preparation of re- 
4 turns required by paragraph 1,348, Army Regulations... .IV 148 
Chief officer of, of army, department, etc., to report to chief 
of names of officers who fail to make returns herein re- 
, quired.... V 148 
Officers of, to supply ordnance stores on requisition of offi- 
cers commanding camps instruction Page 234 
Officers of, in charge of posts, when relieved, to turn over 
funds to successors, unless, etc Page 235 
Officers of, to note upon invoices and receipts of guns the 
foundry, number, weight, and maker Page 238 
Form for monthly report of officers of. Page 241 
Instruction to officers of in field, No. 1 ...... .Page 215 
“ “ No. 2 Page 217 
“ “ “ No. 3 Page 219 
Chief of bureau of, to give instructions to arsenals to regu- 
late issues according to circular of March 31, 1863 ... .Page 225 
ORDNANCE STORES. 
Reported unserviceable to be inspected by brigade inspect- 
or; in his absence, by officer designated by inspector- 
general ; report to be made in accordance with paragraphs 
925 and 926, Army Regulations I 21 INDEX. 
Requisitions for, to supply deficiencies ; copy of report of 
inspector shall be appended II 21 
Reports of, in hands of regiments, to he made by ordnance 
sergeants to commanding officers thereof Ill 59 
Other than prescribed in “ Ordnance Manual” of 1863 not to 
he purchased or fabricated I 154 
Authority given by paragraph 1,232, Army Regulations (par- 
agraph 9, Ordnance Regulations), to provide, in case of ur- 
gent necessity, exercised under above restrictions I 154 
Accounts paid for purchase, fabrication, etc., of, contrary to 
foregoing order, not admitted in settlement of accounts. .II 154 
Reported unserviceable by inspector-general, how disposed 
of. Page 235 
Contracts not to be made at places where ordnance officers 
are stationed, by other ordnance officers Page 233 
To be supplied on requisition of officers commanding camps 
instruction Page 234 
Manufacture of Boremann fuses do be discontinued; fuse, 
plugs, and paper fuses substituted Page 235 
Instructions to be observed in making requisitions for..Page 235 
Yalises and valise saddles for artillery harness will not here- 
after be fabricated Page 236 
Requisitions for to made on arsenals and depots nearest 
to troops requiring them Page 237 
Requistions for, how forwarded Page 237 
Purchases or contracts for, amounting to $10,000 or upwards, 
to be submitted for approval of bureau Page 238 
Form of inspection, report of deficiencies in, for light ar- 
tillery Page 241 
Pendulum hausses to be graduated to indicate distances.Page 238 
Relative to returns of Page 237 
Issues of, how made Page 240 
ORGANIZATIONS. * 
Authority to recruit into, not in service on 16th April, 1862, 
to be held as terminated by March 10, 1863 I 18 
If completed to legal standard by 10th of March, 1863, and 
reported to Adjutant and Inspector-General’s office, ac- 
cepted I 18 
If not completed, material of, within conscript age (includ- 
ing officers), subject to enrolment and conscription I 18 
Formed under authority later than December 10, 1862, or to 
be recruited in districts in possession of enemy, or where INDEX. 
conscript law is suspended by President, or by presence of 
enemy, excepted from operations of tbis order II 18 
Names of persons enlisting recruits for new, to be reported 
to commandants of conscripts of respective states Ill 18 
Persons who have joined new, at expiration of first term of 
service, may be continued in present companies, unless 
facts show intention to desert former command. Also, 
paroled prisoners whose term of service had expired, and 
who enlisted under General Orders, No. 44, series 1862 ... .1 19 
Not to be disbanded prior to expiration of service without 
authority from War department I 28 
Brigadier-generals and colonels will not be permanently de- 
tached from, without authority from War department ....I 28 
Composed of persons under eighteen and over forty, will be 
received for local defence and special service I 86 
For local defence, arms furnished by Confederate States. .VII 86 
Formed since April 16, 1862, will not receive as volunteers 
persons liable to conscription, except, etc.. I 125 
New, must not be formed out of companies or parts of com- 
panies now in service ... II 125 
New, can only be formed of persons over age of forty-five 
years Page 231 
OVERSEERS. 
Entitled to exemption, may be exempted from military ser- 
vice for one year if, etc Ill 116 
Sent by masters of impressed slaves, subject to control of 
officer in charge, and maybe dismissed for misconduct;. .VI 138 
PARDON. 
Granted by the President to unauthorized absentees, who 
shall return to their posts within twenty days I 109 
Granted to men accused, convicted, or undergoing sentence 
for absence without leave or desertion, except those twice 
convicted of desertion II 109 
PARTISAN RANGERS. 
Ordnance and ordnance stores and cavalry equipments cap- 
tured by, to be assessed under orders of commanding 
general, and paid for by ordnance officers II 20 
Arms and munitions of war captured by, how disposed of; 
to be paid their full value in manner prescribed by Secre- 
tary of War .' I 47 
Arms and munitions captured by, how appraised and by 
whom paid II 47 INDEX. 
To be combined into battalions and regiments under direc- 
tion department commanders .. 82 
Serving within enemy’s lines excepted for present 82 
PASSPORTS. 
Certifying to citizenship of Confederate States, issued by 
Secretary of State for use in foreign countries, do not en- 
title holder to pass Confederate lines or sail from Confed- 
erate ports, or to exemption from military service 153 
PAYMENTS. 
Made to men who furnish own arms at rate of $1 per 
month I 9 
Made for equipments brought into service by men; rate, how 
fixed II 9 
Rate of, to acting ordnance officers I 12 
To enrolling officers not commissioned, made upon accounts 
approved by commandant of conscripts for state or com- 
mandant camp of instruction II 12 
Not to be made to officers absent, unless authority for such 
-absence is exhibited; in cases of doubt, may be suspended, 
referring case to War department I 15 
Of commutation of transportation received by soldiers in 
lieu of furlough authorized by acts approved December 
11, 1861, and April 16, 1862, to be noted on miister and 
payrolls '. ; IY, Y, and VI 20 
Made to partisan rangers for captured arms by Ordnance 
department II 20 
Not to be made to persons appointed as officers by military 
commanders Ill 28 
Prohibited to officers absent fx-om appropriate commands, 
except on detached duty, and sick and wounded officers 
absent by competent authority IV 28 
Of commutation of transportation due deceased soldiers 
may he made to personal representative ..IV 31 
May be made to officers in hospitals without certificate of 
last payment .' 57 
Monthly, to officers and men of Provisional engineer corps.. I 66 
Rate of, to men detailed to perform duties now performed by 
commissary sergeants I 70 
Rate of, to detailed men under act May 1, 1863 I 75 
To detailed men serving at posts and stations without troops, 
or in counties, towns, etc. {Sec. 2) II 75 INDEX 
To detailed men serving in field; rate of, how established. 
{Sec. 3) II 75 
To detailed men under act May 1, 1863; how and by whom 
paid. {Sec. 4) II 75 
To shoemakers, rate fixed, {Sec. 5) II 75 
Under act May 1, 1863, to continue from January 1 to 
December 31, 1863. {Sec. 6) . II 75 
To men detailed “without pay or allowances" will not be 
made. {Sec. 6) II 75 
Regulations for, under act May 1, 1863, may be made by 
chiefs of bureau for men in respective employments. 
{Sec. 7) II 75 
To infantry soldiers detailed as couriers; rate of for use and 
risk of horse 77 
Of commissioners for impressments of property. {Sec. 5)...I 37 
To detailed enlisted men of commands which have been dis- 
banded; how made; descriptive lists; how and by whom 
prepared ....Ill 80 
Rate of, to officers of “Nitre and Mining bureau." {Sec. 3). I 85 
Of forty cents per day to members of cavalry companies 
for local defence who furnish own horses II 86 
To- operators on telegraph lines for military purposes, not to 
exceed rate allowed by Postmaster-General to the opera- 
tors under his control 88 
May be made to officers of Nitre bureatrfor actual travelling 
expenses in lieu of commutation for rations and forage . .II 102 
Rate of, to medical officers employed under act October 11, 
1862, to examine conscripts IV 107 
To Quartermaster-General same as to brigadier-general.... I 108 
Not to be made to officers or soldiers for time during which 
“ absent without leave,” except in cases of sick or wounded 
in hospitals I 108 
Rate of, to military storekeepers 108 
Act authorizing, to persons not legally mustered, for services 
actually performed 108 
Made to officers from date of acceptance of appointment and 
date of promotion I 121 
Made to disbursing officers from date of approval of bonds 
by War department I 121 
Will not be made to officers until reception of appoint- 
ments I I 121 
To private physicians employed under General Orders, No. INDEX 
xlvii 
82, Adjutant and Inspector-General’s office, of 1802, 
increased to $6 per day II 124 
How and by whom made, to soldiers detailed -as commissary 
sergeants under act May 1, 1863 IY 124 
How made, to officers absent from commands, who have not 
received commissions or letters of appointment I 120 
Upon affidavits to sick or wounded in hospitals, limited to 
four months’pay ...Ill 130 
To officers of department of tranportation for actual travel- 
ling expenses, made by any post quartermaster Y 135 
In certain cases may be made, of money value of clothing 
due soldier at end of year 130 
And allowances of detailed men to cease during detail (ex- 
cept for government work.) I 149 
Of full wages to be made by persons to whom detailed men 
are ordered to report I 149 
Made at arsenals 31st of March, 1863, regarded as fixed, and 
will not be changed without reference to Chief of 
Ordnance Page 236 
Of claims for pay and allowances due deceased soldiers; 
regulations for, adopted by Second Auditor Pago 229 
PRISONERS. 
Notice of prisoners of war duly exchanged I 5 
Notice of prisoners of war duly exchanged I 58 
Paroled, whose term of service has expired, and who have 
joined new organizations under General Orders, No. 44, of 
1862, may be retained I 19 
Notice No. 6 of duly exchanged 123 
Notice of duly exchanged 143 
Hospitals for of war, on same footing as other Confederate 
States hospitals I 159 
PROMOTION. 
In legions takes place by seniority in its several arms as a 
whole Page 231 
In cases where next officer in order of succession waives his 
privilege Page 231 
PROPERTY OF ENEMY. 
Horses and mules left on premises of farmers; the latter 
to pursue requirements of respective states concerning 
estrays I 01 
Horses and mules left on premises of farmers may be re- xlviii 
INDEX. 
tained, unless value exceed amount of which said farmers 
hare been despoiled . .II 61 
PROVISION RETURNS. 
Separate to be made for persons attached to hospitals, and 
for sick and wounded in hospitals II 69 
Form of, for sick and wounded in hospitals II 69 
PROVOST MARSHALS. 
To make monthly reports of citizens held in confinement. .IV 33 
Appointments of, from persons not belonging to army pro- 
hibited I 74 
Department commanders to report posts at which needed, 
and to recommend for appointment suitable officers II 74 
In appointing, preference given to disabled officers Ill 74 
At post not supplied with, before July 1, office considered 
abolished IV 74 
PUBLIC PROPERTY. 
If lost or destroyed in military service, accounted for by 
affidavit or certificate of commissioned officers; affidavits 
made before' civil magistrate, judge advocate, recorder of 
court-martial, adjutant of regiment, or commissioned 
officer - I 6 
QUARTERMASTERS. 
To exercise discretion in shipping freight not wanted for im- 
mediate use VI 2 
To issue fuel and stationery to officers of army on duty en- 
rolling conscripts, on certificates of said officers .II 12 
Not to pay officers absent from commands without exhibi- 
tion of authority for such absence I 16 
Regimental, may pay commutation of transportation to en- 
listed men entitled thereto under act approved December 
11, 1861, and April 16, 1862 IV 20 
To pay commutation as above, at rate of two and a half 
cents per mile to and from home of soldier V 20 
To furnish certificates of last payments to officers leaving on 
detached duty IV 28 
Not to interfere with leather purchased or contracted for by 
Ordnance department VIII 28 
To settle commutation of transportation due enlisted men 
who have been promoted VI 31 and V 33 
To pay for hides received from commissaries Ill 34 
To keep ambulances and trains in good condition for active 
service IV 34 INDEX, 
To pay for horses captured by partisan rangers - .II 47 
To reissue clothing of deceased soldiers at appraised value - I 49 
May pay officers in hospitals without certificate of last pay- 
ment, but will furnish certificates as heretofore.------5.7 
Chief of armies .to collect public horses suitable for artillery, 
and supply places with mules----.--..-. I 60 
To take up on quarterly returns money of deceased soldiers 
turned over by surgeons ---... .-Ill 67 
Regimental, to assume duties of regimental commissaries-. I 70 
Enlisted man may be assigned to duty with, to perform duty 
now performed fey commissary sergeant----............ I 70 
Regimental, acting as commissary:; supplies, how drawn... I 70 
Becoming permanently detached from commands to which 
originally appointed cease .to be officers, unless reassign- 
ed by Secretary of War. [Sec. 5.)................ ..--- I 70 
Controlling and post, of districts to keep and report ac- 
counts relating to tax ia kind, distinct from other ac- 
counts — ...II 117 
Where post entrusts agents with disbursements, receipts 
and accounts must be in name of pest quartermaster-..-IV 117 
Serving with treops, when properly authorized, may receive 
tithe tax V 117 
Names o£, eo authorized, to be reported to Quartermaster- 
General, Y 117 
Serving at posts or depots, to report to Quartdrmaster-Gen- ’ 
oral their location, character of their duties, and by whose 
order assigned-.--.-..-..-.--..- I 118 
Principal, serving at each post or depot to report names of 
all officers of department serving thereat; also to examine 
occupation of each officer, and designate such as can be 
spared ...II 118 
Chief of each army to forward to Quartermaster-General 
complete list of all his subordinates, stating regiment, 
brigade, etc., etc-.. Ill 118 
All officers and agents of department to render assistance 
ia collecting arms left by stragglers ia hands of citizens-. I 119 
Will receive and preserve the hides of slaughtered sheep 
transferred by commissaries.. .IV 119 
Officers of department {except, etc.) appointed prior to 
January 12, 1863, and whose bonds have not been filed in 
and approved by War department, dropped, provided, 
etc II 121 la certain cases, may be granted short leaves of absence to 
make their bonds II 121 
Vacancies in, in brigades, regiments, etc., how filled; ap- 
pointee held strictly to requirements of preceding para- 
graph "T. Ill 121 
Appointed subsequent to January 12,1863, and who have not 
filed bonds,'allowed furlough not to exceed sixty days.. .IV 121 
In charge of depots to receive from collector of taxes in kind 
and receipt for produce belonging to Quartermaster's de- 
partment, and will also provide storehouses for same ... .II 132 
Chief of armies, and officers of department at posts, to make 
estimates on chief inspector of district for required field 
transportation V 142 
At post, to afford accommodation to persons in charge of 
stock travelling under orders of officers of Col. Cole's de- 
partment. I 162 
To furnish forage and shelter for animals, and subsistence 
for men, upon proper requisition I 162 
QUARTERMASTER’S DEPARTMENT. 
Officers of at supply depots, will respect requisitions for 
grain sacks, made by quartermasters receiving taxes in 
kind Ill 103 
Will provide engineer troops with transportation as herein 
prescribed .. IV 104 
Officers of, not to employ as clerks persons liable to military 
service... . I 105 
Officers of, in field to report to commanding general num- 
ber and names of clerks, whether citizens or soldiers ; if 
former, whether or not exempt; if latter; whether or not 
exempt.. II 105 
Officers of; at post to make similar reports through chief of 
bureau Ill 105 
Officers of, to deduct pay for time officer or soldier is “ab- 
sent withont leave ” 108 
Aot to prevent fraud in, etc. (May 1, 1863) 108 
Officers of, purchasing supplies, and who have transportation 
at command, to assist quartermasters receiving taxes in 
kind in transporting supplies collected to issuing depots 
of army I 111 
Officers of, purchasing supplies to permit their storehouses to 
be used for storage of articles of produce tax I 111 
Permanent posts and depots established by, placed under 
INDEX. INDEX. 
special control of Quartermaster-General, though subject 
to inspection by commanding officer of department in 
which located I 114 
No change to be made in assignment of officers of, at perma- 
nent posts, etc., except through Adjutant and Inspector- 
General's office II 114 
To receive and receipt for money paid for exemption of 
overseers under act approved May 1, 1863 ....Ill 110 
RAILROADS. 
Control or management of, not to be interfered with by mili- 
tary officers I 2 
For transportation on, quartermaster shall make requisition 
on superintendent or proper officer of II 2 
Adopting General R. E. Lee’s order concerning I 26 
RANK. 
Of Quartermaster-General to be ftiat of brigadier-general 
P. A. C. S I 108 
RANK OF OFFICERS. 
Paragraph IY, General Orders, No. 47, of 1862, applies only 
to officers whose commands had reorganized for the war 
under acts Nos. 306 and 397, where officers had been re- 
elected to same grade held prior to reorganization I 24 
Of “ Nitre and Mining bureau.” (Sec. 3.) I 85 
Junior second lieutenant can not waive right to be senior 
second lieutenant Page 231 
How determined; opinion of Attorney-General Page 232 
RATIONS. • ♦ 
To persons attached to hospitals sa'mo as to soldiers in field; 
not commuted, if can bo furnished in kind; when com- 
muted, at 60 cents per ration II 59 
Commutation of, for sick and wounded in all hospitals, at 
rate of $1 Page 231 
RECRUITING SERVICE. 
• 
Officers on, not to grant permits to conscripts or deserters to 
visit or remain at their homSs for any purpose I 135 
Officers on, held to strict account for violations of this or- 
der IV 135 
REPORTS. 
Monthly of ordnance stores, etc., to be rendered by chief INDEX 
ordnance officers of departments and army corps Page 237 
RETURNS. 
Monthly, of conscripts to he forwarded by commandants 
camps of instruction to bureau at Richmond Ill 1 
Monthly, of conscripts to be forwarded by enrolling officers 
to commandants camps of instruction Ill 1 
By commandants of conscripts shall report separately con- 
scripts gathered under system instituted by circular of 
January 8, 1863...... II 16 
Of names of persons enlisting recruits for new organizations 
to be made to commandants of conscripts Ill 13 
Of artillery, ammunition, and ordnance stores to be for- 
warded to Chief of Bureau of Ordnance at Richmond 
within twenty days after receipt of this order I 20 
Provision, for persons attached to hospitals to be made by 
surgeon in charge II 59 
Provision, for sick and wounded in hospitals to be made ac- 
cording to form annexed. II 59 
Of ordnance stores in possession of regiments and battalions 
other than artillery, to be made by commanding officers 
thereof Ill 59 
Quarterly* of arms, accoutrements, and equipments in hands 
of troops, required by paragraph 1318, Army Regulations, 
to be promptly rendered I 148 
As above, when made and how forwarded II 148 
Officers failing to render as above, subject to trial for “ dis- 
obedience of orders” or “ neglect of duty ” .Ill 148 
Brigade and district ordnance officers to give assistance to 
officers commanding regiments, etc., in preparation of, as 
above IV 148 
Officers failing to render as above, to be reported to chief 
of ordnance by chief ordnance officer V 148 
Monthly of ordnance stores, etc., to be made by chief ord- 
nance officer of departments and army corps Page 237 
RETALIATION. 
Joint resolution on subject of. (See Acts of Congress.).... I 108 
Joint resolutions on subject of (May 1, 1863). See Acts 
of Congress 108 
xo. Par. REVOCATIONS. 
7 III Allowed 40 cents per day for use and risk of horse by Gen- 
eral Orders, No. 77. INDEX 
22 Conscripts examined prior to the order, to be re-examined. 
(See General Orders, No. 39, paragraph I.) 
28 IY Modified by General Orders, No. 57, so as to allow payment 
of officers in hospitals without certificate of last payment; 
quartermasters making said payment will still furnish cer- 
tificate. 
30 II Amended by this addition : “ The bureau or department for 
the service of which the details were made.” (See General 
Orders, No. 32, paragraph III.) 
31 IV To be paid by Second Auditor. 
31 V Quartermaster’s department, certified by commanding officer 
of regiment to which claimant belonged at date of promo- 
tion. (See General Orders, No. 33, paragraph V.) 
36 Revoked by General Orders, No. 102, and travelling expenses 
to be paid out of funds appropriated for expenses of said 
* bureau. 
37 I Sec. 6. Amended by act of April 27, 1863. (See General Or- 
ders, No. 53.) 
37 II Sec. 2. Modified by General Orders, No. 39, paragraph I. 
49 I Money and other effects disposed of, as directed in General 
Orders, No. 67, paragraph III; also, modified by General 
Orders, No. 93, which orders that the appraisement be made 
after clothing has been washed and repaired, and will ap- 
proximate to the government prices at which issued. 
51 Paragraphs III, IV and V are rescinded, and matters therein 
contained are regulated by General Orders, No. 59. 
51 I Amended by General Orders, No. 141, paragraph V, requiring 
that all certificates be given by authorized boards of ex- 
aminers, and not by single medical officer. 
67 Extended by General -Orders, No. 157, to include officers of 
the Commissary department, and such agents of that de- 
partment appointed by Secretary of War. 
67 I Extended by General Orders, No. 133, paragraph II, to officers 
in Conscription bureau—payments to be made out of funds 
of that bureau; also, extended by General Orders, No. 135, 
paragraph V, to officers in Major Cole’s department. 
69 IV Modified by General Orders, No. 96, paragraph I, which or- 
ders that soldiers, not discharged because fit for service in 
staff departments, will be recommended for such detail. 
69 X Amended to prohibit extension, also of leaves of absence and 
furloughs. 
86 I Amended by General Orders, No. 98. paragraph II, to raise 
age to 45, and to order that all who are of conscript age, INDEX 
aud neither exempted by lavr nor already in service, be 
conscripted. 
87 Modified by General Orders, No. 98, paragraph III, ordering 
principal to bo conscribed, when services of substitute are 
lost from any cause other than casualties of war. 
116 I Modified by General Orders, No. 126, making it duty of en- 
rolling officer to assign conscripts to service, at the discre- 
tion of commandant of conscripts in the state. 
122 I Altered and enlarged by General Orders, No. 125, paragraph 
VII, requiring statement as to whether the substitute is 
now serving ; and if not, why ? 
141 Modified by General Orders, No. 157, paragraph II, allowing 
soldier, when unable to travel, to send certificate of his at- 
tending physician, said certificate to be submitted to board, 
who will act .oil it. 
REVOKING. 
Agencies for purchase of wool, except, etc II 6 
Second clause, paragraph IV, General Orders, No. 72, of 
1862, authorizing senior surgeon, in absence of regularly 
appointed officers, to act as commandant of post I 14 
Fourth elause, paragraph IV, General Orders, No. 72, of 
1862, concerning discharges I 14 
All outstanding authorities from War department to recruit 
persons of conscript age, except, etc I 18 
Paragraphs 117, 118, and 119, Army regulations, authoriz- 
ing officers to employ enlisted men as servants Ill 20 
Paragraph V, Special Orders, No. 79, and paragraph II, 
Special Orders, No. 80, of 1862, concerning Surgeon E. 
W. Johns II 23 
Paragraph 1,253, Army Regulations, during the war, con- 
cerning the employment of slaves in Ordnance depart- 
ment II 32 
Previous orders relating to discharges and furloughs on sur- 
geon's certificate. (See Furlough and Discharge.) ....VII 51 
Paragraph V, General Orders, No. 24, of 1862, requiring 
ordnance sergeants to make returns to Ordnauce bureau.Ill 69 
Paragraphs III, IV, and V, General Orders, No. 61, current 
series, concerning discharges aud furloughs on surgeon’s 
certificate .IX 69 
Appeals made by the President to the people of the Confed- 
erate States for quartermaster’s supplies I 92 
General Orders, No. 36, current series, allowing actual 
travelling expenses to officers of Nitre bureau I 102 INDEX. 
ROLLS. 
Monthly, of conscripts to ba forwarded by commandants 
camps of instruction to bureau at Richmond Ill 1 
Monthly, of conscripts to be forwarded by enrolling officers 
to commandants camps of instruction Ill 1 
Muster, for organizations for local defence shall specify, 
etc Ill 86 
ROLL OF HONOR. 
Names of those now inscribed on.... Ill 131 
SERVANTS. 
Enlisted men not to be employed as, by officers Ill 20 
SIGNAL CORPS. 
Duties of officers of, confined to those bearing commissions 
as such, under acts approved April 19, and September 27, 
1862 I 10 
Officers of, will be assigned by Adjutant and Inspector-Gen- 
eral to any general officers entitled thereto... II 10 
Officers of, to make reports, returns, etc., through senior 
signal officer on duty at seat of government Ill 10 
SLAVES. 
Act to protect rights of owners of, taken by or employed in 
army I 25 
Depots for recaptured, established II 25 
Quarters for recaptured, provided by commandants camps of 
instruction............ Ill 25 
Captured, disposition to be made of IV 25 
Cases of, serving without written authority of masters to 
be reported to Adjutant and Inspector-General’s office by 
adjutants I 59 
Impressment of, for labor on fortifications, etc., to be decided 
upon by commanding general or engineer officer in 
charge of work 1 138 
Impressment of, not to be resorted to except in case of ne- 
cessity I 138 
Commanding general may authorize impressment of, be- 
tween ages 17 and 50; before December 1, 1863, must ab- 
stain from impressing on plantations producing exclusive- 
ly provisions, except, etc II 138 
Who shall not be impressed Ill 138 
Fixing period of impressment of IV 138 
Notices to be given of number and character of, requirod, 
time and place of delivery, etc VI 18S INDEX 
Masters of, may furnish subsistence and overseers for VI 138 
If subsistence is furnished for, at what rate commuted. .VIII 138 
Fixes compensation for services of; allows rations, medical 
attendance, etc., etc VII 133 
In case of death of, from injuries, etc., received in service, 
compensation how and by whom fixed, etc., etc VII 138 
Sent voluntarily and accepted without special contract, to 
be on same footing as if delivered on requisition, etc,, 
etc VIII 138 
In case of disagreement as to value of, at time of impress- 
ment; value of, how ascertained IX 138 
In what cases government not liable for death of VII 138 
Opinion of Engineer bureau as to proper mode of treating 
claims for, lost while in employ of the Confederate 
States Page 232 
STAFF. 
Applications for, appointments to fill vacancies to be sent 
through proper channel, and to state how such vacancies 
occurred .1 I 8 
Act to amend an act for organization of general. (May 20, 
1863) I 108 
STATIONERY. 
May be issued to officers of army on duty enrolling con- 
scripts II 12 
STRAGGLERS. 
To be arrested by enrolling officers .II 1 
SUBSTITUTES. 
Not legally exempt held in service for period of enlist- 
ment; principal also liable IV 1 
Form for enlistment of, and for discharge of soldier pre- 
senting 87 
Discharged on certificate of disability to be enrolled when 
disability ceases 89 
Services of, being lost other than by casualties of war, 
renders principal liable Ill 98 
List of, to be forwarded to Colonel Jno. S. Preston, Chief of 
Conscript Bureau, by regimental, battalion, etc I 122 
Modification of above. VII 125 
In medical examination of, requirements of paragraph 1,192 
General Regulations (paragraph 48 Medical Regulations) 
to be adhered to VII 141 
Failing to meet above requirements, rejected VII 141 INDEX. 
Deserting, principal not liable if substitution was effected 
prior to July 20, 1863 . Page 233 
Will not be received unless substitution first have approval 
of commanding general of army or department Pago 233 
Have no right to complain of violation of any regulation or 
order by which he was brought into service Page 233 
TITHE TAX. 
Accounts relating to, must be kept by quartermasters, sepa- 
rate from other accounts, II 117 
Producers must deliver in marketable condition, etc Ill 117 
May be received by quartermasters and commissaries serv- 
ing with troops when properly authorized V 117 
When producers offer to pay to authorized officers, it is obliga- 
tory upon latter to receive the produce, and pay excess of 
transportation over eight miles at rates prescribed by 
state commissioners VI 117 
Receipt for given to producers regarded as evidence that 
so much of his tax has been paid VI 117 
TRANSFERS. 
Of bonded officers not recognized until ratified by War 
department. * II 8 
Soldiers able to furnish horse may receive, to cavalry II 67 
Members of cavalry refusing to keep themselves supplied 
with horses may receive, to infantry or artillery II 67 
May be granted to persous between forty and forty-five 
years of age in organizations for local defence ....... .XII 86 
Act to provide for, from army to navy. Approved May 1, 
1863 I 108 
Act to provide, from army to navy (May 1, 1863) 10S 
Persons in army may receive to navy, on application of 
Secretary of Navy 108 
Will not be granted to officers and soldiers from general ser- 
vice to local companies ....VI 135 
TRANSPORTATION. 
For troops by rail; requisition, how made II 2 
For messengers with freight VII 2 
Commutation of, may be paid by regimental quartermaster 
to enlisted men entitled to furlough under acts approved 
December 11 and April 16, 1862 IV 20 
Commutation of, as above, at rate of two and a half cents 
per mile V 20 INDEX 
One two-horse wagon to each regiment in field, for hospital 
supplies II 45 
Horses employed in, with armies in field, to bo turned in to 
chief quartermaster if suitable for artillery; places to he 
supplied with mules . I 60 
Horses employed in, at posts or depots, to bo collected under 
orders of inspector field transportation ....II CO 
To discharged soldiers granted to place of enlistment or 
residence.............. . IV 69 
Commutation of, due enlisted men who have been promoted, 
will be paid by Quartermaster’s department VI 31 
Act to provide for persons mustered into service for war. 
(February 7, IS63). . .. I 108 
Allowed only once during term of enlistment I 108 
Officers of departmentof, may draw actual travellingexpenses 
in lieu of commutation for quarters, fuel and forage) may 
be paid by any post quartermaster ... ..V............ ..V 135 
Inspector-General of Field charged with duty of adopting a 
more perfect system for supply and preservation of artil- 
lery, horse, and other field transportation I 142 
Purchases, impressments, and issues of field and recruiting, 
fabricating of, etc., to be done under orders Major A. II. 
Cole '. II 142 
Other officers prohibited from purchasing or disposing of 
this description of property, oxcept, etc II 142 
Field required for armies, how secured V 142 
Cavalry escort to be furnished for protection of parties col- 
lecting animals for field near enemy’s lines V 142 
TROOPS. 
Called out by Governor of Virginia; by whom and when to 
be mustered into service II 4 
Issue of whiskey to, prohibited, except, etc I 45 
TROOPS IN TRANSPORTATION. 
Transportation for; on railroads, how secured II 2 
When moved by railroad, officer in charge to fix time of 
departure with railroad officers IV 2 
VACANCIES. 
In grade of junior second lieutenant, how filled Page 233 
WHISKEY. 
Issue of, to troops prohibited, except in cases of exposure.. I 45 
WOOL. 
Prohibiting appointment of agents for purchase of, except, 
etc.... II 6 INDEX. 
Head-quarters, Department S. C., Ga., and Fla., 
Charleston, S. C., January 1, 1864. 
Tho foregoing Index of General Orders from tlio War department 
was prepared under my supervision, by Lieutenant Edmund Kearny, 
A. D. C. 
THOMAS JORDAN, 
Brigadier-General, and Chief of Staff, GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 1. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, January 3,1863. 
I. The following Orders are published for the information of the 
army: 
All white male citizens of the Confederate States, between the ages 
f 18 and 40, who are not exempt by the Act of October 11, 1862, are 
liable to conscription; and all such as have been already enrolled and 
mustered will be held as though in service of the Confederate States 
until otherwise ordered. Exemption will not take place until after en- 
rolment when enrolling officers will grant certificates of exemption 
in all cases clearly within the meaning of the act. All doubtful 6ases 
for exemption will be referred for decision to commandants of camps 
of instruction, and, if necessary, by them to the Chief of the Bureau of 
Conscription in Richmond. Such cases will not be required to report in 
person to the camp of instruction until final action is had on the same. 
II. .Enrolling officers are required to be vigilant in the discharge of 
their duties within the districts confided to them, not only in respect to 
the enrolment of conscripts, but also in the apprehension anil arrest of 
stragglers and deserters from the army. Complaints having been made 
of harsh treatment to conscripts by enrolling officers in certain locali- 
ties, which treatment is calculated to prejudice the cause of the Con- 
federate States by encouraging 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 offi- 
cer? 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 forbear- 
ance, will best promote the objects to be attained. 
III. .Enrolling officers will furnish to commandants of camps of in- 
struction at the end of each month a complete roll of the conscripts 
made by them during the month. Such rolls will also embrace the 
names of persons who have been enrolled and exempted within that 
period. One copy of these rolls will be immediately forwarded by the 
commandants of camps of instruction to the Chief of the Bureau of 
Conscription in Richmond, for file and future reference. 2 
IV..All commissioned officers between the ages of eighteen and 
forty who have become disconnected with the army by the operation 
of General Orders, Nos. 4S and 96, of 1862, or by reason of non-re- 
elecfton, resignation, or dismissal, unless actually disabled (of which 
they must furnish evidence), are subject to conscription ; and while 
substitutes between the above ages, and who are not embraced in the 
provisions of the exemption law, will be held in service to the end of 
the terms for which they have engaged, the principals within the same 
ages for whom the substitute may have engaged to serve will be liable 
to conscription. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 2. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, January 3,1863. 
I. .The following Orders are published for the information and guid- 
ance of all concerned: 
Recognizing the necessity of officers of railroads having full control 
of their business, in order to ensure safety and despatch in transporta- 
tion, military officers are prohibited from interfering with the engines, 
cars, running of trains, or with the control and management, in any 
way, of railroads. 
II. When transportation of troops or freight by railroad is neces- 
sary, a quartermaster or other authorized officer shall make requisition 
for the same upon the superintendent or proper officer of the raifroad, 
furnishing the necessai’y evidence of transportation, and delivering the 
troops or freight to be transported. 
III. In the event that more freight is to be transported overstay 
road than the road has the ability to carry promptly, the officer fur- 
nishing evidence of transportation will indicate to the railroad officer 
what shall take precedence. In the absence of any special order as to 
what freight shall go first, the railroad officer shall be governed by any 
general order the Quartermaster-General may issue in regard thereto. 
IV. .Where troops or freight is to be removed out of the usual routine 
of a railroad, the officer having charge of such movement will fix with 
the superintendent or other officer of the road on which the movement 
is to be made the day and hour of departure; and when so fixed, the 
roops or freight muEt'be ready at the appointed time. V. .In the event of any military necessity for an unusual movement 
at any particular point, the commanding officer at such point will com- 
municate fully tho 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 railroad officers to the duty. 
VI. .Quartermasters and commissaries 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. 
VII. .When it is necessary to send a special messeuger with 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 travelling in any other way. . 
VIII. .Enrolling officers will permit conscripts, enrolled while in the 
employment of railroads, to remain at their duties until Col. William 
M. Wadley, A. A. G., decide as to who of them it is necessary should 
be detailed for service on the road. 
IX. .Any violation of these orders, or remissness on the part of rail- 
road officers to perform promptly all government transportation, will 
be reported to Col. William M. Wadley, A. A. G., who will indicate 
from time to time where his head-quarters will be. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS. 1 
No. 3. J 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, January 9, 1863. 
I..The attention of officers is called to the 34th article of Army- 
Regulations, and especially to those paragraphs of the article which 
relate to the channel of military correspondence. It is no exaggera- 
tion 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 com- 
munication with the department is prohibited; and where it is at- 
tempted, either in person or by letter, the application will be referred to 
the proper military commander before action is taken on it, and in- 
structions will at the same time be given to bring the offender to trial 4 
for violation of the regulations and orders respecting military corre- 
spondence. These regulations were made after long experience. They 
have been found indispensable, and must be observed. 
II. .Not only are all papers and applications to be forwarded through 
the regular channels of communication, but the officers through whom » 
they come, and who are generally supposed to be informed on the 
merits of the case presented, are required to express their opinions 
thereon, either in approval or disapproval. These opinions are fre- 
quently important to the department, and the rule which prescribes 
them must not be overlooked. 
order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,! 
No. 4. j 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, January 12, 1863. 
I. .A camp of instruction for conscripts will be forthwith established 
at Petersburg, Virginia. All persons liable to conscription within the 
following counties will repair to this camp for enrolment; and all en- 
rolling officers within said counties will hasten forward conscripts to ■ 
the same point. The following are the counties referred to, to wit: 
Glreenesville, Dinwiddie, Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Halifax, 
Charlotte, Pittsylvania, Henry, Patrick, Franklin, Nottoway, Prince 
Edward, and Campbell. 
II. .Major-General French will appoint an officer of his command to 
receive and muster into service the troops called out by the Governor 
of Virginia, in Special Orders of the Adjutant-General of the state, of 
January 9, 1863, as they arrive at Petersburg, and cause them to be 
furnished with subsistence and other supplies needed for their effi- 
ciency. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, ) 
No. 5. ( 
Adjutant and InspectorGeneral’s Office, 
Richmond, January 13, 1863. 
T. .The following Order is published for the information of all con- 
cerned : 5 
Exchange Notice, No. 4. 
The following officers and men have been duly exchanged, and are hereby so 
declared: 
1. All officers and men captured in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, 
Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina, up to December 10, 1862. 
2. All officers and men captured in Missouri, Kansas, New Mexico, Arizona, 
Arkansas, and Louisiana, up to January 1, 1863. 
3. The two sections apply not only to officers and men of the Confed- 
erate service. bVt also to persons captured in arms or hostile array against the 
United States, w(|tever may have been* the character of the military organization 
to which thoy were attach ed. and whatever may have been the terms of the pa- 
roles 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 10, 1862. If any such are in Federal prisons, 
they are to be immediately released, and delivered to the Confederate authorities. 
5. All Confederate officers and men who have been delivered at City Point up to 
January 6, 1863. 
6. All Confederate officers and men who have been delivered at Vicksburg up to 
December 23,1862. and including said date. 
7. All paroled Confederate officers and men receipted for at Vicksburg up to 
December 23, 1862, and including said date. ‘ 
8. All Confederate officers and men captured and paroled at Fredericksburg, 
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 which the appropriate officors 
will be duly informed. 
ROBERT OULD. 
Agent of Exchange. 
Richmond, January 10,1863. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No 6. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, January 15, 1863. 
I. .The attention of officers charged with the custody of public prop- 
erty, is called to paragraphs 923, 924, and 925, Army Regulations, 
which provide the mode of accounting fpr that which is lost or de- 
stroyed, 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. 
II. The appointment of agents to purchase wool by any officer, except the Quartermaster-General, and such officers as may act under 
his authority and sanction, is hereby prohibited : and all agencies for 
that purpose, heretofore authorized by other officers, is revoked. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, January 19, 1863. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 7. 
I. .The exemption from military service of route-agents of the Post- 
office department having been claimed by the Postmaster-General as 
executive officers of the Confederate States under the Act of October 11, 
1862, is recognized. Such persons, if within conscript ages, will be 
enrolled, and furnished with certificates exempting them during the 
continuance of their appointments. In all cases where ihe appoint- 
ment fails, or the term thereof expires, the party is required to report 
himself to the officer by whom he was enrolled; or, if he can not 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 of artillery having control of the same, to be distributed, when 
required, according to the judgment of the commanding general of 
such army. 
III. .Cavalry companies will, as far as practicable, be kept with their 
respective regiments. The practice of detailing such companies, or 
parts of them, as couriers and guides for the head-quarters of general 
officers will be discontinued. Their places can be supplied by such 
infantry soldiers as may be able to furnish 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 an 
army corps, four for the commander of division, and twp for com- 
mander of brigade. 
IV. Medical officers, in furnishing certificates of disability to dis- 
abled and invalid officers, will confine themselves to the established 
Forms of the service provided for such certificates, and will hereafter 
abstain from recommending them for light duty. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General*. 7 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 8. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Omen, 
Richmond, 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 his 
absence accounted for to the satisfaction 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, j 
No. 9. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, January 22,1863. 
I. Pursuant to section 8 of an “act to provide for the public de- 
fence,” approved April 16, 1862, men who are mustered into service, 
bringing with them their own arms, are entitled to one dollar per month 
for the use of the same from the date of mustering into service. Should 
they prefer to receive the full value of the arms, the same will be fixed 
by- the mustering offieer at any muster, according to the value of arms 
fixed by General Orders, No. 78. In either case, the fact will be noted 
on the muster roll by the mustering officer, with a statement of the value 
of the arm, or of the amount due per month as compensation for the 
use thereof. The sums so due for arms, or use of arms, will be paid 
by the brigade, division, or othe# ordnance officer, and such payment 
noted on the muster roll. 
Payment for the use of arms will not be made oftener than once in 
six months. 
II. .In like manner, cavalry equipments brought into service will be 
valued by the mustering officer, and the value entered upon the muster 
roll, and paid for at the following rates: 
For a good serviceable saddle from $15 to $20 
For a good saddle blanket from 3 to 4 
For a good bridle from 3 to 5 
For a good halter from 2 to 3 
And minor articles at the discretion of the mustering officer. III. .General Orders, No. 101, last series from this office, are amend- 
ed, so as to allow that the two surgeons to be employed to examine 
conscripts in each congressional district may be selected from the dis- 
tricts in which, they are to act, when surgeons can not be obtained 
from other congressional districts. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS. 
No. 10. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, January 24, 1863. 
The following Orders are published for the information of all con- 
cerned : 
1.. The duties of signal officers are confined to those bearing com- 
missions as such, appointed under the acts of Congress approved April 
19, 1862, and September 27. 1862. 
11.. To any general officer requiring a signal officer, and entitled 
thereto, one will be assigned by the Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
111.. All signal officers are required to make their reports, returns, 
etc., through the senior signal officer on duty at the seat of govern- 
ment; and paragraph IX, General Orders, No. 40, must ,be more 
strictly observed. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS.' 
No. 11. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, January 27,1863. 
The military courts appointed and organized under the act approved 
October 9, 1862, will be governed and controlled as other courts mar- 
tial, by the Articles of War and Regulations of the Army, in connec- 
tion 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 be transmitted to the office of the Adjutant and In- 
spector-General, agreeably to the 90th Article of War. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 12. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, January 28, 1803. 
1.. Candidates for appointments of artillery officers for ordnance 
duty who have passed their examinations at the head-quarters of any 
army, army corps, or department, may be placed on ordnance duty as 
acting ordnance officers. The number so placed on duty shall not ex- 
ceed one-half of the whole number‘passed there, and shall be taken 
from the head of the list, without reference to the grade for which they 
are 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 sec- 
ond lieutenants, if not recommended/or .higher grade. 
Commissions will be issued as soon as the examinations are com- 
pleted in all the armies, and will be for grades and of dates to corre- 
spond with the general roll of merit established by the examiners. 
11.. The Quartermasters’ department will issue to officers of the 
army, on duty enrolling conscripts, such fuel and stationery, within 
the limits prescribed by existing regulations for allowances to public 
offices, as shall be certified by those officers to be indispensable for the 
proper discharge of their duties. 
The legitimate expenses of the performance of such duty will be 
paid, in the case of enrolling officers not commissioned, upon accounts 
approved by the commandant of conscripts for the state, or commander 
of camp of instruction. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,] 
No. 13. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, January 31,1863. 
I..The following arsenals, armories, depots, etc., are immediately 
under charge of the War department; and its orders will be given 
directly through the Ordnance bureau, viz : 10 
Richmond Arsenal Richmond, Virginia. 
“ Armory ... . “ “ 
Fayettevilfe Arsenal and Armory Fayetteville, N. C. 
Charleston Arsenal .....Charleston, S. C. 
Augusta Arsenal and Powder Works ..Augusta, Ga. 
Macon Arsenal Macon, Ga. 
“ Armory “ “ 
“ t Laboratory “ “ 
Columbus Arsenal * Columbus, Ga. 
Atlanta Arsenal Atlanta, Ga. 
Mount Vernon Arsenal. .Mount Vernon, Ala. 
Montgomery Arsenal Montgomery, Ala. 
Selma Arsenal Selma, Ala. 
Jackson Arsenal Jacksofi, Miss. 
Greensboro’ Depot 1 Greensboro’, N. C. 
Danville Depot Danville, Va. 
Lynchburg Depot Lynchburg, Va. 
Little Rock Arsenal Little Rock, Ark. 
Texas Arsenal San Antonio, Texas. 
II. The stores fabricated and deposited at these posts are to be 
drawn out on requisitions, as delignated in section V, Ordnance regu- 
lations. 
III. .Officers stationed at the arsenals and depots will, on their first 
arrival, report in person or by letter to the commanding-general of the 
department, and will obtain leave of absence from him; but while 
liable to requisitions made upon the arsenal or armory, as provided 
above, are subject tQ orders Qnly from the War department, through 
the Ordnance bureau. 
IV. .The quartermasters’ depots at Augusta, Atlanta, and Columbus, 
Goorgia, and at Montgomery and Huntsville, Alabama, having been 
established by the direction of the War department, to supply the 
necessities of the army at large, are placed under the special control of 
the Quartermaster-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, upftn requisitions of chief quartermasters, approved by com- 
manding generals. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 11 
GENERAL ORDERS,' 
No. 14. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, February 3, 1863. 
1.. The 2cl paragraph IV, of General Orders, No. 72, of 1862, 
is hereby revoked. 
The fourth clause of same paragraph is amended as follows : 
On a certificate of disability, with recommendation for furlough or 
discharge, signed in due form by examining board, and approved 
by the senior, surgeon of the post, the commander of the post may 
grant the soldier a furlough, not to exceed thirty days, and submit the 
application for a longer period to the general to whose command the 
soldier may belong ; or he may refer, without granting the furlough, to 
the discretion of said commanding general. 
11.. The superintendent of the Nitre and Mining bureau is authorized 
and directed to enforce existing contracts of the government in iron, 
lead, and other munitions. Where iron and other articles thus con- 
tracted 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 specially charged with the enforcement of the 
contract. 
When a contract shall have been persistently violated, after ten days 
notice, all detailed or conscripted men will be withdrawn, and assigned 
to other works. 
By tfrder. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 16. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richm(&d, February 6, 1863. 
I..All commissioned officers of the army in the service of the Con- 
federate States who are absent from their respective commands without 
sufficient authority, and from whom satisfactory reports have not been 
received, will be considered as no longer in service thirty days after 
the publication of this order, when their names will be erased from the 
returns of regiments and corps. All quartermasters of the army, 
charged with the payment of troops, are hereby prohibited from uiak- ing payments to officers who do not exhibit sufficient authority for 
absence from their proper commands; and whore 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 and corps to which 
he belongs. 
11.. 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 ease is duly made to the War department 
through- the office of the Adjutant and Inspector-General; and the 
officer will continue to discharge his duties until the department shall 
take proper measures for his relief from duty. 
111.. 1n congressional districts where surgeons can not be “em- 
ployed” to complete the examining boards for conscripts directed 
in previous orders, the commandants of conscripts may constitute 
such boards, temporarily, by medical officers under their authority. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS 
No. 16. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, February 7, 1863. 
I..The special measures instituted in the circular from this .office 
of the 8th January, ultimo, were intended to aid, and in nowise to 
supersede 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 setting aside the system, decis-. 
ions, and exemptions established under the authority of the command- 
ants of conscripts in the respective states, and are neglecting 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 con- 
scripts 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 exemptions issued by regular enrolling 
officers, reporting for decision of the commandants any case in which 
the exemption may appear to them to have been'improperly granted ; 13 
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 com- 
mandants; 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 conscripts gathered 
and reported to them under the system instituted by the circular above 
referred to. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, ) 
No. 17. f 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, February 13, 1863. 
I. .'The following additional appointments under the Act of October 
9, 1862, providing for the establishment of military courts, are an- 
nounced for the information of all concerned: 
Lieutenant-General J. G. 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, Alabartja. 
Samuel J. Gholson, Mississippi. 
Taylor Beatty, Louisiana. 
Benton Randolph, Judge Advocate, Texas. 
II. .The above-named members will report without delay to the com- 
manding officers of the respective army corps to which they belong, to 
whom their letters of appointment will be forwarded, except where 
they may be called for at this office at an early day. 
III. In all cases where the sentence of a court martial directs a for- 
feiture of pay, the just dues of the laundress are to be understood as 
always < veep ted from such forfeiture. This exception will embrace 14 
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.' 
No. 18. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, February 16,1863. 
I. .With the exceptions hereinafter named, all outstanding authori- 
ties issued from the War department to recruit persons of conscript 
age into regiments, battalions, or companies not in service on the 16th 
day of April, 1862, will be held as terminated from and after the 10th 
day of March next. 
Any new organization that shall meantime have been completed up 
to the legal standard of a regiment, battalion, or company, as may have 
■been specified in the original authority issued, will be reported before 
the 10th of March to the Adjutant and Inspector-General’s office, for 
muster and reception into service. 
The organization itself failing of completion, the material within 
conscript ages (including officers) of such parts as shall have been 
enrolled for the special service will be reported to the local command- 
ants of conscripts, respectively, for enrolment and conscription. These 
commandants will, however, cause to be allowed to the persons thus 
transferred, previous to enrolment, the privilege of volunteering in 
companies that were in service on the 16th of April, 1862. 
•II..From the operation of this order are excepted new companies 
or corps in process of organization under authority issuing from the 
War department of a date later than the 10th of December, 1862, and 
all such as may have been authorized to be recruited from material 
found within districts possessed by the enemy, of in which the con-# 
script law has been suspended by the President, or in which the regu- 
lar execution of the conscript law is, from the vicinity of the enemy, 
unattainable. 
III. .All officers and persons acting under authority, now and here- 
after, to recruit new organizations, will report to the commandants 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 will not recognize the authority claimed. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 15 
GENERAL ORDERS,' 
No. 19. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, February 17,1863. 
With a view to determine the military state of certain persons in the 
army, who have left their regular commands and joined others, under 
the impression that they had a right so to do, but are claimed as desert- 
ers under existing laws,*the following orders are publishes^ 
1.. Persons who joined new companies at the expiration of their 
first term of service, under the act authorizing re-enlistments for the 
war, will he continued in their present companies, provided the facts 
do not show an intention to desert their former commands; also all 
paroled prisoners whose term of service had expired, and who enlisted 
in new companies under the provisions of General Orders, No. 44, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s office, Richmond, June 17, 1862, 
will be continued in their present companies. 
11.. 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 cases arising from a 
misconception of rights and duties under the re-enlistment and con- 
script laws. 
III. .The privilege heretofore exercised by troops on the battle-field, 
of exchanging their small arms and field pieces 'for those captured 
from the enemy, is hereafter forbidden, and the prohibition will be 
strictly enforced by commanders. Disasters may easily result from a 
disregard of this necessary order. All such exchanges must he made 
by proper authority, and with a due regard to the efficiency of the 
troops. Captured arms and artillery.will be turned over to the chief 
ordnance officer, and be assigned, whenever practicable, to the troops 
to whom the general shall, on testimony, award their capture. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 20. 
- Adjutant and- Inspector-General's Office. 
Richmond, February 19, 1863. 
I.General or other officers commanding army corps or departments 
will cause full returns of artillery, ammunition, and other ordnance 
stores at the various forts and batteries within their commands to be 
prepared without delay. 
“The chief of ordnance of each army corps ctr department will he held responsible that these returns are forwarded to the Chief of the 
Bureau of Ordnanco at Richmond within twenty days after the receipt 
of this order, and will thereafter see that the returns required by 
paragraph 1348, Army Regulations, are regularly forwarded. 
11.. “All ordnance and ordnance stores, including cavalry equip- 
ments captumd from the enemy by partisan rangers, shall be assessed 
by competent officers, under orders of the commanding general, entered 
upon the rolls, and paid for by any ordnance officer, upon receipt for 
the money from the men entitled to the property, and a property certifi- 
cate signed by the officer commanding the company, squadron, battal- 
ion, or regiment of rangers, as the casfe 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. 
111.. Paragraphs 117, 118, and 119, Army Regulations (being con- 
trary to law), are hereby revoked; and no enlisted man in the service 
of the Confederate States will be employed as a servant by any officer 
of the army. ' _ ' , 
IV. When a non-commissioned officer, musican, or private entitled 
to a furlough under the acts of Congress, approved December 11,1861, 
and April 16, 1862, shall elect to receive the commutation value in 
money in lieu of transportation to his home and back, the quartermas- 
ter of his regiment will promptly.pay his account thferefor, upon his 
certificate, approved by his company and regimental commanders, 
that commutation is justly due him in lieu of a furlough. 
V. making such payments, quartermasters will estimate the 
amount due in each case at two and a half cents per mile for the dis- 
tance the soldier would, if upon furlough, be compelled to travel to and 
from his home. . 
VI. Company commanders will he required to state upon their 
muster and pay rolls payments made under these orders opposite the 
name of the soldier so paid. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,] 
No. 21. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, February 20, 1863. 
I:.When the exigency of the service requires it, ordnance stores 17 
reported unserviceable by the officer who is responsible for them shall 
be inspected by the Brigade Inspector, under the direction of the 
Inspector-General of the army; or in case of the absence of the 
Brigade Inspector, then by any other officer designated by the Inspect- 
or-General, except the officer accountable for the property in question. 
The inspecting officer shall make a report in accordance with para- 
graphs 925 and 926, Army Regulations ; and whatever stores he con- 
siders worn out or unserviceable, he shall order, under the direction of 
the Inspector-General, to be dropped. 
II. .When requisitions for ordnance stores are made to supply defi- 
ciencies, a copy of the report of the inspector shall be appended, to 
show the necessity of the issue. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
'No. 22. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Omens, 
Richmond, February 23, 1863. 
The following additional instructions are published for the guidance 
of the medical officers and surgeons composing the boards of examina- 
tion for conscripts: 
1.. 1n 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 required military service. 
II. .As a general rule, it may be received that where a conscript is 
equal to all the active duties of the various occupations of civil life, he 
is able to discharge the duties of a soldier. 
111.. Temporary exemption is so liable to abuse, and-to be resorted 
to as a means of evasion, that the examining surgeon must fix the 
period for which it is granted (which, with the reasons therefor, will 
be stated in the monthly report), at the expiration of which period 
the conscript must present himself for examination, or be considered 
absent without leave. 
IY. .The following are some of the grounds not deemed sufficient and 
satisfactory for exemption: 
1. General debility.—The grades of this condition are numerous, and 
on receiving them all as grounds for exemption, the examining surgeon 18 
can not be considered as discharging his duty to the service. In arriv- 
ing at a correct judgment upon this point, he will be aided by the con- 
sideration 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 coexisting positive disease, 
is frequently strengthened and improved by the exposures incident to 
the life of a soldier. 
2. In case of slight deformity, natural, or the result of accident and 
irregular union of fractures, unless material impairment of power and 
motion results from such deformity, the conscripts must be held liable 
for military service. 
3. Deafness.—This is not a valid reason for exemption, unless so ex- 
cessive (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. Impediment of speech.—Unless of a very aggravated character, is 
not a valid reason for exemption. 
5. Heart disease (organic).—Organic disease of the heart being com- 
paratively infrequent, the physical and rational signs should be scruti- 
nized with great care, and the subject of examination should not be 
excused unless the case is satisfactorily established. 
6. .Functional disturbance of heart’s action.—This is very common— 
not a valid ground for exemption, and will generally be relieved by 
change to the life of the camp. 
7. Rheumatism.—The kind should be designated, whether acute or 
chronic, articular or muscular. It is a complaint liable to be used as a 
means of evasion. Where it is simply muscular, without swelling or 
contraction of the joints, and the general health of the conscript is 
otherwise sound, he should be held liable to military duty. 
8. Epilepsy.—This disease being frequently simulated, so as to im- 
pose upon a careless observer, nothing less than the observation of an 
actual paroxysm, or the affidavit of a responsible physician acquainted 
with the conscript, should be deemed satisfactory by the examining 
surgeon. 
9. Varicocele.—Not a ground for exemption, unless excessive; which 
must be stated in. the monthly report. 
1C. Myope.—Not a ground for exemption. Many myopic subjects 
distinguish distant objects with accuracy sufficient for all practical pur- 
poses. 
11. Hemorrhoids.—As many invalids in civil life, subjects of this 
disorder, are engaged in active occupations, they should not, unless 19 
excessive (which must be stated in the monthly reports), be considered 
satisfactory grounds for exemption. 
12. Opacity of one cornea, or the loss of one eye.—Not valid grounds 
for exemption. 
13. The loss of one or two fingers.—Not sufficient cause for exemption. 
14. Single reducible hernia.—Not a valid cause for exemption. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, j 
No. 23. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, February 25,1863. 
I. The senior surgeons of commands entitled to medical directors 
will be detailed as medical directors for such commands. Whenever, 
however, the interest of the service shall require a departure from this 
rule, medical directors for commands will he recommended by the Sur- 
geon-General, and announced in Orders from this office. 
II. .Paragraph VI, Special Orders, Noi 79, and paragraph II, Special 
Orders, No. 80, of last series from this office, directing medical pur- 
veyors to obey all instructions relative to the transfer of medical sup- 
plies and reports of supplies on hand, emanating from Surgeon 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, without de- 
lay, all records, books, and papers connected with the duties assigned 
him under the above-named Orders. 
By order; 
• S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS. 
No. 24. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, March 5, 1863. 
I. .Paragraph IY of General Orders, No. 47, of 1862, was designed 
to apply solely to the cases of officers whose commands had reorgan- 
ized for the war, agreeably to the acts of Congress, No. 306, of Decem- 
ber 11, 1861, and No. 307, of February 15, 1862, where the officers of 20 
such reorganized commands had been re-elected to the same grade of 
rank they held in those commands prior to their reorganization, and 
before the passage of the Act of April 16, 1862, commonly known as the 
“ Conscription act.” 
In all reorganizations of commands under this last-named act (April 
16, 1862), the officers will take rank from the date of the act, and their 
relative rank with each other in the same grade will be regulated by 
the date of their former commissions in the service. 
II. .Officers of the army who are dropped from the rolls, cashiered by 
courts martial, or whose resignations are accepted, and who may thus 
become liable to military duty under the conscription acts, will, when 
present with their commands, be at once enrolled by their respective 
brigade commanders. When not so present, their names will be fur- 
nished by their commanding officers to the proper enrolling officer of 
the district to which they belong, or in which they reside: provided, 
that any officer so liable to enrolment may select in his former com- 
mand any company from his own state in which to be enrolled. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,' 
No. 25. 
Adjutant and Inspector-Generals Office, 
Richmond, March 6, 1863. 
I..The following Act of Congress and Regulations to enforce the 
same are published for the information of all persons concerned: 
Chap. LXll.—An act to protect the rights of owners of slaves taken by or 
employed in the army. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That every person 
connected with the army or navy of the Confederate States, arresting or coming 
into possession of any slave by capture from the enemy, or otherwise than by law- 
ful authority, shall immediately report the same to the commanding officer of the 
post, or brigade, or station to which he may be attached. The said commanding 
officer shall, with as little delay as practicable, send the slaves so reported to the 
nearest depot described in the next section, with a register of the place and date 
of their arrest: provided, however, that the said slaves, or any of them, may at 
once bebleliverod to their respective owners, if claim is made and established on 
satisfactory evidence. 
Sec. 2. The Secretary of War shall establish depots for recaptured slaves at con- 
venient places, not more than five in number, in each state; and all slaves cap- 
tured in such state shall be kept in such depots. Public notice shall be given of 
the places so selected. 
Sec. 3. Lists of the slaves in each of such depots, showing the name and color of 21 
such slaves, tlio place and time of their arrest, and the names of their owners, as 
given by themselves, or otherwise ascertained, shall be regularly advertised in 
each state in one or more newspapers of general circulation. 
Sec. 4. While such slaves are in depot, they may be employed, under proper 
guard, cm public works; but no slave shall be removed from the depot to which 
he is first carried for fit least one month after the first advertisement of his being 
there, nor then, unless an exact register is made of the removal, and due adver- 
tisement mado in the newspapers as aforesaid. 
Sec. 5. Free access shall be permitted to all persons desiring to inspect the said 
slaves for the purpose of identifying them and establishing ownership; and upon 
due proof they shall be immediately restored to the persons claiming them. 
Sec. 6. It shall further be the duty of the Secretary of War to require the names 
of all slaves in the employment of an officer or soldier of the Confederate army or 
navy, with the names and residence of their owners, and of the person by whom 
hired out, and of the officer or soldier hiring, to be reported to his department, and 
a full registei thereof to bo kept for public inspection. 
Sec. 7. The President shall prescribe regulations for carrying this act into effect, 
and provide for the subsistence of said slaves while in such depots. {-Approved 
October 13, 1862.] 
II. .Depots for recaptured slaves are hereby established at the follow- 
ing places, viz: 
At the camp of instruction at Richmond, in the State of Virginia. 
“ “ “ Petersburg, “ “ 
“ “ Dublin Station, “ “ 
“ “ “ Raleigh, “ North Carolina. 
“ “ “ Columbia, “ South Carolina. 
“ “ “ Macon, " “ Georgia. 
i‘ ■ “ “ Decatur, “ 
“ “ " Notasulga, “ Alabama. 
“ “ “ Talladega, “ 
“ “ “ Tallahassee, “ Florida. 
“ “ “ Brookhaven, “ Mississippi. 
“ , “ “ Enterprise, “ “ 
“ “ “ Monroe, “ Louisiana. 
“ “ “ Camp Moore, “ “ 
“ “ “ New Iberia, “ “ 
“ “ “ Houston, “ Texas. 
“ “ “ Knoxville, “ Tennessee. 
“ . “ “ McMinnsville, “ “ 
“ “ “ Little Rock, “ Arkansas. 
III. .The commandants of the several camps of instruction will pro- 
vide Accessary quarters for all negroes sent to the depots; will detail 
sufficient guards for their safe-keeping; provide for their custody, em- 
ployment, and subsistence; require full and accurate registers to be kept, and advertisements, as prescribed by the act of Congress, to be 
regularly made, and afford all facilities to claimants to establish their 
ownership, and, on due proof, surrender the slaves to their owners. 
IV.. Commanding generals will require all persons connected with 
the army to make immediate report of all slaves arrested or earning into 
their possession; and, if claim is not promptly made and established 
by the owner, will send such slaves, with a register of the place and 
date of their arrest, with as little delay as practicable, to the nearest 
depot in the state wherein the capture is made. They will also require 
all officers and soldiers now employing slaves forthwith to report the 
same, and those hereafter employing them, within ten days thereafter, 
with the names and residence of their owners, and of the person by 
whom they were hired out, aud of the officer or soldier hiring, and 
return such reports as soon as received to this office; and will, in all 
other respects, enforce from the officers and men under their command 
a strict and prompt observance of the requirements of the above-recited 
act of Congress. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS. 
No, 26. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, March 7, 1863. 
The following Order of General Robert E. Lee is adopted by the War 
department, and is republished for the information and government of 
all concerned : 
“To avoid the danger,-if not the certainty, of frequent collisions, 
and the consequent destruction of life and property, as well as obstruc- 
tion to all transportation, it is absolutely necessary that the movements 
of railroad trains should be under one undivided control., 
“ These considerations make it imperative that all trains should be 
regulated in their movements and speed only by their conductors and 
engineers, in accordance with the regulations and time tables of the 
company. . 
“All the operations of a road should be controlled by its superintend- 
ent, or other authorized officer ; and all orders for transportation of 
every kind, and the movement of every train, will be directed through 
him, when the exigencies of the service demand a variation from the 
regular schedule. “Disregard of this rule will inevitably be attended with disastrous 
consequences.” 
* By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 27.- 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Officb, 
Richmond, March 11, 1863. 
1.. By direction of the Secretary of War the proceedings, findings, 
and sentence of the General Court Martial held at Knoxville, Ten- 
nessee, in the case of Captain H. B. Latrobe, “ Latrobe’s Battery,” 
approved by General Heth, and forwarded to the War department for 
confirmation, under the 89th War, are now, upon the report 
of the facts by General Ileth, and his action thereon, duly confirmed, 
and Captain II. B. #atrobe ceases to be an officer of the army of the 
Confederate States. 
11.. 50 much of the sentence awarded by General Court Martial 
against Private James T. Wilder, Company E, 4th Georgia Volunteers, 
as directs his head to be shaved, and he drummed out of the.service, 
is, by direction of the President, remitted, and Private Wilder will, at 
the expiration of the term of his confinement as required by the sen- 
tence of the court, be returned to duty with his company. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 28. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, March 12, 1863. 
I. .No regiment, battalion, squadron, or company will be disbanded 
from the army prior to expiration of service, without express authority 
obtained from the War department. 
II. .Brigadier-generals will not be detached from their brigades, nor 
colonels from their regiments, except on ordinary temporary duty, with- 
out the special authority of the War department. 
III. The appointment of officers of the army being vested by the 
Constitution in the President, by and with the advice and consent of 24 
Senate, commanding and other officers are hereby cautioned against 
assumption of this authority. All payments made to persons ap- 
pointed as officers by military commanders will be charged against 
the disbursing officers making such payments. 
IV. The impositions attempted to be practised on officers of the 
Quartermasters’ department, charged with paying troops, call for the 
following regulation in respect to the payment of officers absent from 
their proper commands, viz : regimontal quartermasters will furnish 
to officers of their regiments about to leave their commands on 
detached duty certificates of last payment made by them to such 
officers; which certificates will be deposited with the pay officer mak- 
ing the next payment, who will, on such further payment, give the 
officers a like certificate. Payments to officers absent from their ap- 
propriate commands, except those placed on detached duty by compe- 
tent authority, and sick and wounded officers absent by like authority, 
are expressly prohibited. 
V. General hospitals will be under the. supervision and control of 
medical directors specially selected for the purpose, and announced as 
such in orders from this office. Medical directors of armies, army 
corps, and departments, will not interfere with this arrangement in 
respect to the general hospitals. 
VI. .Doubts having arisen in respect to the mode of addressing com- 
munications, and in passing them through the channel provided in the 
34th article of General Regulations, it is hereby directed that the party 
making the will address himself to the staff officer of 
the general or other commanding officer who may have the right finally 
to decide on the question or application presented; and, if the subject 
matter of the communication be such as to require the action of the 
War department, it will be addressed to the Adjutant and' Inspector- 
General through the usual channel. All communications in the 
ascending line will be passed through the several intermediate 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 commander of the brigade; 
thence to the division commander; next to the commander of the army 
corps; and finally to the General commanding-in-ehief, for their 
several remarks; and, if further reference be required, to the Adjutant 
aud Inspector-General. 
VII. .All recommendations from officers of the army for military ap- 
pointments to be conferred will, besides giving the character and quali- 25 
fioations of the person recommended, name the state in which he w as 
born, and of which he claims to bo a citizen. 
VIII. .Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 97, December 1, 1862, 
may be so modified as to read, “ Officers and agents of the Quarter- 
masters’ department are hereby ordered not to interfere with leather 
purchased or contracted for by officers or agents of, or contractors with, 
the Ordnance department.” 
By order. S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 29. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, March 14, 18Q3. 
1.. At a court of inquiry convened at Chattanooga, Tennessee, 
February 26, 1863, by virtue of General Orders, No. 38, Adjutant and 
Inspector-General’s Office, Richmond, Ya., issued in pursuance of an 
act approved April 21, 1862, was arraigned and tried Lieutenant 
Thomas Nall, Company B, 5th Georgia volunteers, on the charge of 
drunkenness. 
11.. The court confirmed the plea of “guilty” by the accused, and 
sentenced him to be suspended from command and pay for one month, 
and to be publicly reprimanded. 
111.. The proceedings having been submitted to the Secretary of 
War, to be laid before the President, the following decision has been 
made thereon : 
“ The sentence of the court approved; but in consideration of the 
habitual sobriety of Lieutenant Nall, and his previous good character, 
so much of the sentence as suspends him from command and pay is 
remitted.” 
Lieutenant Nall will therefore be restored to duty with his company; 
but the department takes occasion to express its decided disapproba- 
tion of his conduct on the occasion referred to in the proceedings. 
IY. .The Court of Inquiry in the foregoing case is hereby dissolved. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS, 1 
No. 30. j 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, March 18, 1863. 
I. .Any employee of a government establishment who shall leave 
such employment shall not be received at any other government 
establishment, or by any contractor under the government, unless he 
exhibits a proper discharge from the employment which he leaves. 
II. Any contractor under the government who shall employ any 
workman leaving without proper discharge a government establish- 
ment, or the employment of another contractor under the government, 
shall be notified at once that the detailed men and Conscripts in his 
employment be returned to their proper officers upon the report of the 
facts to the Chief of Ordnance. 
III. The orders heretofore given are repeated, that conscripts or 
detailed men leaving their * employment without written permission 
shall be reported to the nearest enrolling officer, to be tried and pun- 
ished as deserters. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,' 
No. 31. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office 
Richmond, March 19, 1863. 
In consequence of numerous applications made by various persons 
to the War department, it is obvious that some misconception in regard 
to the instructions of the Secretary of War in relation to the impress- 
ment of supplies must exist on the part of the people, or that the 
agents of the government have violated their instructions: now, there- 
fore, for the purpose of removing such misconception, and to prevent 
any violation of those instructions, it is hereby ordered: 
I. .That no officer of the government shall, under any circumstances 
whatever, impress the supplies which a party has for his own Consump- 
tion, or that of his family, employees, or slaves. 
II. .That no officer shall at any time, unless specially ordered so to 
do by a general commanding, in a caso of exigency, impress supplies 
which are on their way to markot 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 ” tho authority given in those instructions will bo 
held strictly responsible. 
IV. .When non-commissioned officers, musicians, or privates, entitled 
to furloughs under the act of December 11, 1861, or that of April 16, 
1862, have died, or may hereafter 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. non-commissioned officers, musicians, or privates, entitled 
under either of the preceding acts to a furlough, shall have been, or 
may hereafter be, promoted to the rank of commissioned officers prior 
to the receipt thereof, they shall be allowed the same commutation as 
is 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 officers of the Quartermasters’ 
department. In the latter class, the facts must be attested by the cer- 
tificate of the commanding officer of the regiment to which the claim- 
ant belonged at the date of his promotion. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS," 
No. 32. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, March 21, 1863. 
1.. Paragraph Y, General Orders, No. 66, Adjutant and Inspector- 
General’s office, September 12, 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 employees at the 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 officer in charge, who will be held 
strictly responsible for any abuse or evasion of the law. 
11.. The operation of paragraph 1253, Confederate States Army 
Regulations, is hereby suspended during the existing war. 28 
III. .Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 30, current series, is amend- 
ed to read as follows: 
Any contractor under the government who shall employ any work- 
man leaving without proper discharge a government establishment, or 
the employment of another contractor under the government, shall be 
notified at once that the detailed men and conscripts in his employment 
bo returned to their proper officers upon report of the facts to the chief 
of the bureau or department for the service of which the details were 
made. 
IJy order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 1 
No. 33. j 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, March 26,1863. 
1.. The corps of officers for ordnance duty will hereafter be com- 
posed exclusively as follows, viz : 
1st. 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 21, 1862. 
3d. Officers of the provisional artillery for ordnance duty appointed 
under act of 16th September, 1862 (including at present those on duty 
under General Orders, No. 12, 1863). 
4th. Officers of artillery in the provisional army and volunteer corps 
appointed uj|fler act of Congress approved January 22, 1862, and de- 
tailed on ordnance duty by the War department. 
6th. Officers of the Nitre and Mining bureau appointed Under act 
of Congress. 
11.. 0fficers heretofore assigned to ordnance duty under provisions 
of General Orders, No. 24 and No. 46, of 1862, although not forming a 
part of the ordnance corps will continue to be recognized in their 
positions until relieved by the assignment of officers of the ordnance 
corps regularly appointed or detailed. Officers of this class will be 
replaced by the regularly appointed officers assigned for ordnance 
duty at the discretion of any general commanding an army or depart- 
ment, when the interest of the service requires it. 
All such changes will be communicated to the Chief of Ordnance, at 
Richmond. 29 
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 bureaus, containing full lists and descriptions of the 
men, with a correct statement of the pay they receive. These reports 
will be forwarded to the Quartermaster-General, for the information 
and guidance of the pay department, to prevent the payment of fraud- 
ulent claims. 
IY. .All generals or other officers commanding military departments 
or districts will require from provost marshals and commandants of 
prisons monthly reports of all citizens and other persons not connected 
with the Confederate army held in confinement, with specifications of 
date and cause of arrest, and by whom arrested, accompanied with such 
remarks as they may deem proper, and forward the same without delay 
to this office. 
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 Quartermasters’, 
department. In the latter class, the facts must be attested by the cer- 
tificate of the commanding officer of the regiment to which the claimant 
belonged at the date of his promotion. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS. 1 
No. 34. J 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, April 1, 1863. 
1.. The attention of commanding and other officers is called to the 
act of Congress of April 21, 1862, as published in General Orders, No. 
38, of that year. A more rigid enforcement of the requirements of that 
act on the part of commanding officers therein referred to is deemed 
important to the interest of the service. 
11.. 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 supervi- 
sion and general direction of General R. E. Lee — will be divided into 
three Military departments as follows: All north of the James river, for the defence of Richmond, will constitute the Department of Rich- 
mond, under Major-General Elzey—Ilead-quarters, Richmond. All 
that portion of Virginia south of the James river, and east of the 
County of Powhatan, will constitute the Department of Southern Vir- 
ginia, under Major-General French — Head-quarters at some central 
point near the Blackwater. The State of North Carolina will consti- 
tute the Department of North Carolina, under Major-General D. H. 
Hill—Head-quarters, Goldsboro’. 
III. The price of beef hides, transferred in accordance with para- 
graph III, General Orders, No. 64, of 1862, will be at the following 
rates: For green hides five cents per pound, and dry hides ten cents 
per pound, in the Trans-Mississippi department ; and for all beef hides, 
east of the Mississippi river, thirty cents per pound. 
These prices will be paid by the quartermasters and assistant quar- 
termasters to the commissaries transferring them, and the latter will 
account for the fund thus received, in their next accounts current. 
IV. By General Orders, No. 01, paragraph II, last series from this 
office, quartermasters are directed to bear on their returns, ambulances 
and wagons for the transportation of regimental hospital supplies, the 
teams and drivers. It is also their duty to keep them in good condi- 
tion, and ready for active service. Commanders will require the per- 
formance of this duty. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and, Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,') 
No. 35. ) 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Officii, 
Richmond, April 4, 1863. 
I.. At a general court martial convened at Pollard, Alabama, De- 
cember 9, 1862, by virtue of General Orders, No. 93, Head-quarters 
District of the Gulf, were arraigned and tried: 
1.—Major M. R. Marks, 2d Alabama cavalry: 
On the following charges. (Specifications omitted in this Order.) 
Charge 1st: Violation of the 24th Article of War. 
Charge 2<1: Violation of the 99th Article of War. 
Finding and Sentence of the Court. 
The court find the accused, Major hi. R. Marks, 2d regiment Ala- buna 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 the 6th Article of War. 
Charge 2d: Violation of the 21th Article of War. 
Charge 3d: Violation of the 83d Article of War. 
Finding and Sentence of the Court. 
The court find the accused, Colonel F. M. Hunter, 2d regiment Ala- 
bama cavalry, guilty of the charges preferred, and sentence him to be 
dismissed from the service of the Confederate States. 
II. .The proceedings, findings, and sentences in the foregoing cases 
having been submitted to the President, are by him approved. Major 
M. R. Marks and Colonel F. M. Hunter, 2d Alabama cavalry, cease to. 
be officers of the Confederate States army from this date. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 36. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, April 0,1863. 
The superintendent of the Nitre and Mining bureau is authorized to 
pay, from the appropriation for the purchase and manufacture of nitre, 
the actual travelling expenses of officers of the nitre corps on duty, 
under orders, in lieu of any commutation for the time of rations and 
forage. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,') 
No. 37. j 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office. 
Richmond, April 6, 1863. 
I..The following act of Congress, concerning “impressments,” and 
the instructions of the War department respecting it, are published for 
the information and direction of all concerned: 
“Whenever the exigencies of any army in the field are such as to 
make impressments of forage, articles of subsistence, or other property, 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, for such army. In cases where the 
owner of such property and the impressing officer can not agree upon 
the value thereof, it shall be the duty of such impressing officer, upon 
an affidavit in writing of the owner of such property, or his agent, that 
such property was grown, raised, or produced by said owner, or is held 
or has been purchased by him, not for 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, ono by the impressing 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 appraise the property impressed fairly and im- 
partially (which oath, as well as the affidavit provided for in this 
section, the impressing officer is hereby authorized to administer and 
certify), shall proceed to assess just compensation for the property so 
impressed, 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 attor- 
ney, the compensation fixed by said appraisers; and shall also give 
to the owner, or person controlling said property, a certificate, over his 
official signature, specifying the battalion, regiment, brigade, division, 
or corps to which he belongs, that said property is essential for the use 
of the army, could not be otherwise procured, and was taken through 
absolute 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 evidence 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 compensation fixed as afore- 
said. And in case said officer or person taking said property shall 
have failed to pay the owner or his agent said compensation as herein- 
before required, then said owner shall be entitled to the speedy pay- 
ment of the same by the proper disbursing officer; which, when so 
paid, shall be in full satisfaction of all claim against the Government 
of the Confederate States. 
“Sec. 3. Whenever the appraisement provided for in the first ser- 
tion 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 im- 
pressed shall be assessed as soon as possible by two loyal and disinter- ested citizens of the city, county, or parish wherein the property was 
taken, chosen as follows: One by the owner and one by the Commis- 
sary or Quartermaster-General, or his agent, who, in case of disagree- 
ment, shall choose a third citizen of like qualifications as an umpire, to 
decide the matters in dispute, who shall be sworn as aforesaid, who 
shall hear the proofs adduced by the parties as to the value of said 
property, and assess a just compensation therefor, according to the 
testimony. 
“Sec. 4. That whenever the Secretary of War shall be of opinion 
that it is necessary to take private property for public use, by reason of 
the impracticability of procuring the same by purchase, so as to accu- 
mulate 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 taken 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 prac- 
ticable after the passage of this act, to appoint a commissioner in each 
state where property shall be taken for the public use, and request the 
Governor of such of the states in which the President shall appoint said 
commissioner to appoint afiother commissioner-, to act in conjunction 
with the commissioner appointed 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 government. Said commis- 
sioners 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 decision shall be the 
decision of the board; and said umpire shall receive the same rate of 
compensation for the time he shall serve allowed to said commissioners 
respectively: Provided, that said commissioners shall be residents of 
the state for which they shall be appointed; and if the Governor of 
any state shall refuse or neglect to appoint said commissioner within 
ten days after a request to do so by the President, then the President 
shall appoint both commissioners, by and with the advice and consent 
of the Senate. 
“Sec. 6. That all property impressed, or taken for the public use, as 
aforesaid, in the hands of any person other than the persons who have raised, grown, or produced tbe same, or persons holding the same for 
their own use or consumption, and who. shall make the affidavit as 
hereinbefore required, shall be paid for according to the schedule of 
prices fixed by the commissioners as aforesaid. But if the officer im- 
pressing 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 making it fall within a higher or lower 
price named in the schedule, then the owner or agent and the officer 
impressing or taking, as aforesaid, may select each a loyal and disin- 
terested citizen, of the qualifications as aforesaid, to determine the 
quality of said article or property, who shall, in case of disagreement, 
appoint an umpire of like qualifications, and his decision, if approved 
by the officer impressing, shall be final ; but if not approved, the im- 
pressing officer shall send the award to the commissioners of the state 
where the property is impressed, with his reasons for disapproving the 
same, and said commissioners may hear such proofs as the parties majr 
respectively adduce, and their decision shall be final: Provided, that 
the owner may receive the price offered by the impressing officer, with- 
out 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 carry on his ordinary agricultural and mechani- 
cal 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 can not 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 compensation 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 while in the public use, the amount 
of damage thereby sustained shall be determined in the manner de- 
scribed in the third section of this act, the officer returning the prop- 
erty being authorized to act on behalf of the government; and upon 
such inquiry, 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 bjr the Confederate government 
to labor on fortifications, or other public works, the impressment shall 
be made by said government according to the rules and regulations provided in the laws of tlie state wherein they are impressed; and in 
the absence of such law, in accordance 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 he hired or procured by the con- 
sent of the owner or agent. * 
“ Sue. 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 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 bo tried before 
the military court of the corps to which he is attached, 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 Secre- 
tary of War hereby recognizes impressment as a legal and operative 
mode of securing necessary supplies of subsistence, medical and quar- 
termasters’ stores for the armies of the Confederate 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 command- 
ing armies, departments, corps, divisions, brigades, and by commanders 
of detached parties and posts, when a necessity arises; which orders 
may be executed by quartermasters, commissaries, or medical purvey- 
ors and their subordinates, for their respective departments. The Quar- 
termaster-General, Commissary-General, and Surgeon-General, may 
designate the officers and persons who shall be competent to make im- 
pressments 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 agricul- 
tural employments. 
4. Before any impressment of property shall take place, the impress- 
ing officer, or his agent, shall make an offer, addressed to the owner, his 
bailee, or other agent, to purchase the property, describing the prop- 
erty he wishes to purchase, the price to be paid, and the mode of pay- 
ment, whether in money or by certificate, and stating that upon the 
refusal of the price offered, that compensation for the property will be 
made according to (he Act of Congress aforesaid for the regulation of impressments; which notice shall bind-the said property until the com- 
pletion of the negotiation 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 impressing 
officer shall proceed to settle the compensation to be paid, according to 
the first section of the act aforesaid, if the property belongs to a person 
who has grown, raised, or produced the same, or who holds or has 
purchased the same for his own use or consumption; but the said 
property shall be paid for according to the fifth section of the act afore- 
said, 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 necessity 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 certi- 
ficate, according to the second section of the act aforesaid; which shall 
be paid upon presentation to the disbursing officers, who shall be des- 
ignated for that purpose. 
8. Impressments which shall be made before the appointment of the 
commissioners designated in the fifth section of the act aforesaid, shall, 
notwithstanding, be legal, and in the cases provided for by that section 
a portion of the property shall be retained 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 
No. 38. j 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office 
Richmond, April 7,1863. 
I. .The following provision of an Act of the Legislature of Virginia, 
passed March 26, 1S63, is, by direction of the President, published for 
the information and guidance of such officers and soldiers of the Con- 
federate States army as it concerns : 
“7. Be it further enacted, that it shall be the duty of the governor of the commonwealth to issue his proclamation giving notice to the quali- 
fied votors of the state in the military service of the state or of the 
Confederate States, or who may be absent from the county or corpora- 
tion of their residence, because of the 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 sections of the ordinance 
passed by the Convention of Virginia (No. 99) on the sixth day of De- 
cember, 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 de- 
tachments in command of Virginia troops, requiring them to give their 
aid in the due execution of the ordinance aforesaid, and of this act.” 
II. .Cadets, on attaining their majority, will be examined, and if 
found competent will be promoted to the grado of second lieutenant in 
the arm of the service to which they are attached. Commanders of 
armies in the field are charged with the assembling of the requisite 
boards. 
By order. 
v S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,') 
No. 39. J 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, April 10, 1863. 
1.. That in all cases of impressment heretofore made under the 
authority of any of the persons mentioned in paragraph second of 
section eleven, of General Orders, No. 37, in which the property im- 
pressed i3 either in the possession of the owner or of the impressing 
officer or his subordinates, and the compensation therefor shall not 
have been adjusted, and it shall be necessary to determine the compen- 
sation to be made, it shall be lawful to employ the rules and agencies 
provided in the Act of Congress concerning impressment, and the 
General Orders aforesaid, for that purpose, in the same manner and 
under the same circumstances as if the impressment had been made 
since the date of the same. 
11.. Conscripts examined prior to the publication of General Or- 
ders, No. 22, Adjutant and Inspector-General’s office, February 23, 
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 doomed unfit for military duty under the instruc- 
tions issued, will be received into service.” 
"Temporary exemption” will not be given for a "period beyond 
thirty days.” 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 40. 
Apjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, April 11, 1863. 
1.. At a court of inquiry convened January 20, 1863, at Quincy, 
Florida, by virtue of General Orders of January 8, 1863, Department 
of Florida, and in pursuance of the Act of 21st April, 1862, "to punish 
drunkenness in the army,” was arraigned and tried : 
Captain Haley T. Blocker, Blocker’s cavalry, P. A. C. S.: 
On the charge of drunkenness. 
(The specifications are omitted in this order, on account of their pro- 
lixity.) 
Finding and Sentence. 
The court find the accused "guilty” of the charge, and sentence him 
to be suspended from his command for twenty days. 
11.. The proceedings in the foregoing case having been submitted to 
the Secretary of War, to be laid before the President, have been re- 
turned to this office, with the following order thereon endorsed : 
“The finding of the court of inquiry, convened at Quincy, Florida, 
in the case of Captain Haley T. Blocker, of the cavalry, charged 
with drunkenness, under the Act of Congress of April 21st, 1862, has 
been examined, and upon consideration thereof, the same is approved. 
The sentence of the court is regarded as very lenient, and the depart- 
ment can not but express the hope that it will bo received by the officer 
as a solemn admonition as well as a rebuke. 
“ The department, in reviewing the proceedings, is compelled to ex- 
press its disapprobation of the harsh language employed against the 
prosecutor, in the course of the same, by the defendant’s counsel. The 
prosecutor performed a duty imposed by Act of Congress. 
III. .The general commanding will carry into effect the sentence in 
the case, and direct the dissolution of the court of inquiry. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 41. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, April 14, 1863. 
I. At a general court martial held at Holly Springs, Miss., October 
25tli, 1862, by virtue of General Orders, No. 3, from the Head-quarters 
of the Department of Mississippi and Louisiana, of October 18, 1862, 
was arraigned and tried : 
First Lieutenant Mason G. Anderson, Company G, 31st Mississip- 
pi volunteers, on the following charge—(the specifications are hero 
omitted:) 
Charge : Yiolation 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 Ma- 
son G. Anderson, First Lieutenant Company G, 31st Mississippi vol- 
unteers, to be cashiered. 
III. The proceedings in the foregoing ease having been laid before 
the Secretary of War, to be submitted to the President, the following 
order has been’ made thereon : 
The proceedings, findings, and sentence in the case of Lieutenant Ma- 
son G. Anderson are apjiroved and confirmed ; but in consideration of 
his good character, as established at his trial, and the recommenda- 
tion of a portion of the officers of his company, the sentence is remit- 
ted, and Lieutenant Anderson will be restored to duty with his com- 
pany. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inapector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,' 
No. 42. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
. 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, 1863, was 
arraigned and tried : 
Major Kirkwood Otey, 11th regiment Virginia infantry, on the fol- 
lowing charges. (The specifications are omitted.) Charge 1st : Drunkenness on duty. 
Charge 2d: Violation of the 77tli Article of War. 
II. .Findings and Sentence of the Court. 
The court affirm the plea of the said Major Kirkwood Otey, 11th Vir- 
ginia infantry, to the first charge, and specification thereunder, and 
find him— 
Of the Specification of 1st Charge: Guilty. 
Of the 1st Charge: Guilty. 
Of the 1st Specification of 2d Charge: Not Guilty. 
Of the 2d Specification of 2d Charge: Not Guilty. • 
Of the 2d Charge : Not Guilty. 
And do therefore sentence him, the said Major Kirkwood Otey, 11th 
Virginia infantry, 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 
order has been made thereon : 
The proceedings, findings, and sentence in the case of Major Kirk- 
wood Otey, 11th regiment Virginia infantry, are approved; but in con- 
sideration of his previous good character, and the recommendation of 
the court and the general commanding, the sentence is remitted, and 
Major Otey will be restored to duty. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 43. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, April 15, 1863. 
I. At the military court of the Department of Virginia and North 
Carolina, held at Petersburg, Virginia, March 13th, 1863, was ar- 
raigned and tried: 
First Lieutenant and Adjutant John N. C. Stockton, of the 1st regi- 
ment of Virginia infantry, on the following charges. (The specifica- 
tions are omitted in this order:) 
Charge 1st: Violation of the 45th Article of War. 
Charge 2d : Conduct prejudicial to good order and military disci- 
pline. II. .Finding and Sentence of the Court. 
The court having maturely considered the case, find the accused, 
First Lieutenant and Adjutant John N. C. Stockton, 1st Virginia in- 
fantry, as follows : 
Of the 1st Specification of 1st Charge : Guilty. 
Of the 2d Specification of 1st Charge: Guilty. 
Of the 1st Charge : Guilty. 
Of the Specification of 2d Charge: Guilty. 
Of the 2d Charge: Guilty. 
And do therefore sentence him to be cashiered, and dismissed the 
service of the Confederate States. 
, III..The proceedings in the foregoing ease having been laid before 
the Secretary of War, to be submitted to the President, the following 
orders are made thereon : 
The proceedings, findings, and sentence in the case of First Lieu- 
tenant and Adjutant John N. C. Stockton, 1st Virginia infantry, are 
approved; but in consideration of the previous good character, and 
the recommendation of the court and commanding general, the sen- 
tence is remitted, and Lieutenant and Adjutant Stockton will be re- 
stored to duty with his regiment. His conduct is deemed highly dis- 
creditable; 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 Insjyector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 44. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, April 16, 1863. 
The following Acts having been duly approved by the President, arc 
published for the information of all concerned : ' 
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE PUNISHMENT OF SOLDIERS BY WHIPPING. 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
from and after the passage of this act, it shall not be lawful for any 
court martial or military court to cause any soldier in the service of the 
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 amended 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 suffer 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 CARRYING THE MAILS OF THE 
CONFEDERATE STATES AND TIIE DRIVERS OF POST COACHES AND 
HACKS FROM MILITARY SERVICE. 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
the contractors for carrying the mails of the Confederate States shall 
be 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 con- 
tractor shall be exempt on any one route, and that no more than one 
member of any firm of contractors shall be exempt, and no contractor 
on any route of less than ten miles in length, and on which the 
mail is carried on horse, shall be exempt under this act; and if any 
one or more members of any such firm be exempt, from age or other 
cause, from the performance of military duty, the other member or 
members of such firm shall not be exempt by this act on account of 
being mail contractors: and provided further, that no person to whom 
a contract for carrying the mails may be transferred, with the consent 
of the Postoffice department, after the passage of this act, shall be 
exempt from military service on that account. 
‘‘ Sec. 2. That the drivers of post coaches and hacks for carrying 
the mails, on all routes where the weight of the mails requires that 
they should be carried in coaches or hacks, shall be exempt from military 
service in the armies of the Confederate States, from and after the pas- 
sage of this act, so long as they continue to be employed as such 
drivers: provided the contractor by whom any such driver is employed 
shall take and subscribe an oath, to be furnished to the enrolling officer, 
that the weight of the mails on his route requires the use of coaches or 
hacks for their conveyance, and that he has not a greater number of 
drivers employed 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, employ a greater number of drivers than may be indispen- 
sably 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. CO OP EE, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS,) 
No. 45. j 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond. April 18,1863. 
T..Tbe issue of whiskey to troops, except in cases of extraordinary 
fatigue and exposure, is prohibited. Commanding officers are enjoined 
to see that this prohibition is enforced. 
II.. Paragraph IV, General Orders, No. 32, April 30, 1862, is so 
modified as to allow only a two-horse wagon and team to each regiment 
in the field, to be appropriated to the transportation of hospital sup- 
pi ies. 
By order. 
• S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,') 
No. 46. ' j 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office 
Richmond, April 20, 1863. 
I..At a general court martial held in the City of Richmond, Va., 
April 5, 1863, pursuant to General Orders, No. 35, Head-quarters De- 
partment of Henrico, 1862, and of which Colonel James L. Henderson 
is President, was arraigned and tried: 
Major Elias Griswold, P. A. C. S., on the following charges and 
specifications: 
Charge 1st. .Disobedience of lawful orders. 
Specification—In this: that, the said Major Elias Griswold, on or 
about the second day of January, 1863, at Richmond, Va., did give 
a written permit to one James E. Lipscomb to bring into the said City 
of Richmond ninety-one barrels of brandy, in violation of the lawful 
command of his superior officer, Brigadier-General John II. Winder. 
Charge 2d. .Conduct to the prejudice of good order and military dis- 
cipline. 
Specification—In this ; that the said Major Elias Griswold, on or 
about the second day of January, 1863, at Richmond, Va., did give a 
written permit to one James E. Lipscomb to bring into the said City 
of Richmond ninety-one barrels of brandy, after the publication of 
General Orders, No. 41, issued from the Head-quarters of the Depart- 
ment of Henrico, requiring that all applications for permits to bring 
intoxicating liquors into Richmond should be addressed to said head- 
quarters. Finding and Sentence of the Court. 
The court having maturely considered the evidence adduced, 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 Major Elias Griswold 
to be privately reprimanded by the commander of the Department 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 con- 
sidered, are approved. Major Griswold will therefore be released 
from arrest and restored to duty. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,' 
No. 47. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, April 21, 1863. 
The following Regulations respecting the rights of “Partisan Rang- 
ers,” under the Act of April 21, 1862, are published for the informa- 
tion of all concerned: 
1. The Act of April 21, 1862, provides, that for any arms and mu- 
nitions of war captured from the enemy by partisan rangers, and de- 
livered 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 $ind munitions of war” will include all small arms 
and artillery, ammunition, infantry accoutrements, and cavalry equip- 
ments, and also cavalry and artillery horses. The animals referred to 
will be appraised by competent officers, under the orders of the com- 
manding general, and will be paid for when delivered up, by any quartermaster, who will take receipts from the parties entitled to re- 
ceive compensation, and afterward account for the property, as in the 
case of an ordinary purchase. The rest of the property specified will 
he paid for in accordance with paragraph II, General Orders, No. 20, 
current series. 
By order. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
S. COOPER, 
GENERAL ORDERS.' 
No. 48. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, April 22, 1863. 
I. .The following Act of Congress having been duly approved by the 
President, is published for the information of all concerned: 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
any officer, non-commissioned officer, or private, now in the military ser- 
vice of the Confederate States, who has been elected or appointed since 
entering said service, or who may hereafter be elected or appointed, a 
Senator or Representative in Congress, or in any State Legislature, or 
Judge of the Circuit, District or Superior courts of law or equity in 
any state of the Confederacy, District Attorney, Clerk of any court of 
record, Sheriff, Ordinary, Judge of any court of probate, Collector of 
state taxes (not to exceed one for each county), or Parish Recorder, 
upon furnishing the Secretary of War with evidence of such election or 
appointment, if an officer, his resignation shall be promptly accepted; 
and if a non-commissioned officer or private, he shall be honorably dis- 
charged by the Secretary of War.” [Approved April 2, 1863.] 
II. .The evidence required as to the elections referred to, will be a 
certificate of tfe fact from the clerk of the county or parish, or other 
officer whose duty it may he to certify to such elections, under the laws 
Cf the state, in manner and form required by said laws. This certifi- 
cate 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, 
No. 49. 
Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, 
Richmond, April 23, 1863. 
I. .The following regulation is made, and will hereafter he observed 
in the army, relative to the clothing of deceased soldiers : 
Upon the death of any soldier, the surgeon in charge of the hospital 
at which it occurs wjll cause an inventory to be n\ade of all his mili- 
tary clothing, and will make a fair appraisement of each article there- 
of. 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 personal representatives of the de- 
ceased soldier, and a copy thereof be furnished to the receiving quar- 
termaster, who will issue the clothing at the appraised prices, and not at 
those set forth in General Orders, No. 100, last series. 
II. .Engineer officers, while employed on reconnoissances, surveys, or 
other duty, under'special orders, causing temporary absence from their 
posts or from the head-quarters of the armies, corps, divisions, or 
brigades with which they may be serving, shall be allowed their per- 
sonal 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 approved by the officer under whose orders he acts. 
Ill* ‘All supplies of contractors engaged exclusively in iron or muni- 
tions of war for the government are exempted from impressment, 
either at the establishment or at the place of purchase. Satisfactory 
evidence, by affidavit or otherwise, may be required to establish owner- 
ship. 
order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 50. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, April 25, 1863. 
I..At a general court martial convened at Grenada, Mississippi, 
by virtue of Special Orders of January 3, 1863, from Head-quarters 
Army of the Mississippi, was arraigned and tried: 
Lieutenant J. W. Gibson, Company D, 22d regiment Mississippi 
volunteers, on the following charges. (The specifications are omitted 
in this order.) Charge 1st: Violation of the 83d Article of War. 
Charge 2d ; Violation of the 7th Article of AVar. 
Charge ‘id : A'iolation of the 45th Article of AArar. 
The court having maturely considered the evidence adduced, find the 
accused, Lieutenant J. W. Gibs n, Company D, 22d regiment Missis- 
sippi volunteers, as follows : 
II.—Finding and Sentence of the Court. 
Of the Specification of 1st Charge: Guilty. 
Of the 1st Charge: Guilty. 
Of the Specification of 2d Charge: Not Guilty. 
Of the 2d Charge: Not Guilty. 
Of the Specification of 3d Charge : Not Guilty. 
Of the 3d Charge : Not Guilty. 
And do, therefore, sentence him to be dismissed the service. 
III. .The proceedings in the foregoing case having been laid before 
the Secretary of AVar, to be submitted to the President, 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 Lieutenant 
Gibson while a soldier in the ranks, the penalty of dismissal from the 
service is omitted, and he will be publicly reprimanded. 
order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 51. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, April 29, 1863. 
To simplify the manner of effecting discharges and furloughs, the 
following Orders, condensed from those heretofore issued, are published 
for the government of the army : 
I. .When a soldier,present with his regiment or company, shall be unfit 
for military service in consequence of wounds, disease, or infirmity, his 
captain shall forward to the commander of the department or of the 
army in the field, through the regimental, brigade, and other command- 
ers, a statement of the case, with “ certificates of disability,” that he 
is totally unfit for service, signed by the surgeon of the battalion or 
regiment, according to the form prescribed in the Medical Regulations. 
If the recommendation for the discharge of the invalid be approved by the department or army commander, he will endorse the Order for the 
discharge upon the “certificate of disability,” which will he sent back, 
to be signed by the commanding officer of the regiment or battalion to 
which the invalid soldier's company belongs, and afterward forwarded 
by the captain to the Adjutant and Inspector-General. The “ dis- 
charge” will be signed by the regimental or battalion commander, and 
“final statements” by the company commander. 
'II. .When the soldier, present with his command, is certified to he 
laboring under temporary disability, which requires his removal or a 
change of climate, the commander of the department or of the army in 
the field may grant a furlough of thirty days, which, in extreme cases, 
may be extended by him to sixty days. 
III. .When a soldier is absent from his company, battalion, or regi- 
ment, in hospital, and is unfit for military service, for reasons set forth 
in paragraph I of these Orders, the commandant of the post, upon the 
recommendation of an examining board, to consist of two or more 
medical officers, established by the commandant of the post (or if there 
be no such board, the senior surgeon of the hospital), may grant him a 
furlough for thirty days, subject to extension by the commauder of the 
department or army in the field, when he will make out “ certificates of 
disability,” and send them to the commander of the company, to he 
forwarded by him as prescribed in the preceding paragraph. But 
wffien access to commanders is difficult and attended with great delay, 
and the case is urgent, the certificates of disability may be forwarded by 
the surgeon directly to the Surgeon-General, for his approval; which 
being given, the discharge will he authorized from the Adjutant and 
Inspector-General’s office, and the surgeon will make out “final state- 
ments.” 
IV. .When a soldier, absent from his command, certified by the sur- 
geon or assistant surgeon of the army to be unfit for present duty and 
that his health requires his removal or change of climate, the com- 
mander of the post, if access to the commander of the department or 
of the army in the field be difficult, may grant the soldier a furlough, 
not to exceed 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 dis- 
cretion of such commanding general. 
V..In every case where a soldier has been discharged under para- 
graph III, by orders from the Adjutant and Inspector-General’s office, 
and the “descriptive list’’ and “final statements” can not be had, he 
will he 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 period 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 a’l furloughs and discharges granted under these 
orders will be forwarde 1, through department and army commanders, 
to the Adjutant and Inspector-General, and to the immediate com- 
mander of the company to which the soldier belongs. 
VII. .All orders heretofore issued relating to furloughs and dis- 
charges for the causes aforesaid, are hereby revoked. 
order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,'; 
No. 62, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, April 30, 1863. 
I.. At the military court appointed under Act of Congress, approved 
October 9, 1862, for the army corps of Major-General Samuel Jones, 
and held at Newbern, Pulaski county, Va., was arraigned and tried: 
Private Granville McCutchen, Company C, 22d Virginia volunteers, 
on the following charge and specification : 
Charge : Violation of the 20th Article of War. 
Specification : That the said Private Granville S. McCutchen, Com- 
pany C, 22d Virginia volunteers, on or about the seventh day of May, 
1862, on the march from White Sulphur Springs, in Greenbrier, to 
Jackson’s river depot, in Alleghany county, Va., did desert his com- 
pany and regiment, and remained absent therefrom until about the 
eighth day of January next ensuing, when he was arrested and brought 
back to his company and regiment. 
Having maturely w eighed and considered the evidence adduced, the 
court find the accused as follows : 
Of the Specification of the Charge: Guilty. 
Of the Charge : Guilty. 
And do therefore -sentence him to be shot to death by musketry, at 
such time and plac!e as the commanding general may appoint. 
II.—Finding and Sentence of the Court. III..The proceedings, finding, and sentence in the foregoing case 
having been laid before the Secretary of War, for the decision of the 
President, the following orders are made thereon : 
To justify a general charge of violation of an Article of War, some 
offence must be defined and prohibited, or some duty prescribed in the 
article. But the 20th Article of War merely denounces the punishment 
to he inflicted for desertion, and a charge of its violation is obviously 
too indefinite and uncertain to justify action. The defect is fatal, and 
vitiates the whole proceedings, which are therefore set aside. 
Private McCutchen- will be released from confinement and returned 
to duty. It is hoped that his accidental escape from punishment will 
have a good effect, and induce him hereafter to conduct himself as be- 
comes a soldier in the defence of his country. 
By order. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
S. COOPER, 
GENERAL ORDERS. 
No. 53. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond. May 1,1863. 
The following Act of Congress, approved by the President, is pub- 
lished for the information and direction of all concerned, in connection 
with the act relating to impressments, heretofore announced in Gene- 
ral Orders, No. 37, from the Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
April 6, 1863, and as supplementary to said act: 
ATX ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT TO REGULATE IMPRESS- 
MENTS BY OFFICERS OF THE ARMY. 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, that 
in all cases of appraisement provided for in said act, the officer im- 
pressing the property shall, if he believe the appraisement to be fair 
and just, endorse upon it his approval; if not, he shall endorse upon it 
his reasons for refusing, and deliver the same, with a receipt for the 
property impressed, to the owner, his agent, or attorney, and, as soon 
as practicable, forward a copy of the receipt and appraisement, and 
his endorsement thereon, to the board of appraisers appointed by the 
President and Governor 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.” [Ap- 
proved April 27, 1863.] 
By order. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
S. COOPER, GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 54. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Offic 
Richmond, May 2, 1863. 
I..At a general court martial convened at Shelby ville, Tennessee, 
by virtue of Special Orders, No. 54, of March 1, 1863, Head-quarters 
Army of Tennessee, was arraigned and tried: 
Assistant Surgeon Edward Cross, 31st regiment Arkansas volun- 
teers, on the following charge and specification : 
Charge : Absence without leave. 
Specification : In this, that the said Assistant Surgeon Edward Cross, 
31st Arkansas regiment, did leave his command, without proper au- 
thority, on or about the 1st of February, 1863, and remain absent until 
the 26th of February, 1863. All this at or near Shelby villo, Tennessee, 
in and between the 1st of February and the 26th of February, 1863. 
The court having affirmed the plea of “guilty” to the charge and 
specification by the accused, do sentence him to be dismissed from the 
service of the Confederate States. 
II..Finding and Sentence of the Court. 
III..The proceedings, finding, and sentence in the foregoing case 
having been submitted to the Secretary of War, for the decision of the 
President, are by him approved ; but, in consideration of the previous 
good conduct and efficient services of Assistant Surgeon Cross, the 
sentence against him is commuted to forfeiture of all pay during the 
period of his absence from his post of service : and he will according- 
ly be released from arrest and returned to duty. 
By order. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
S. COOPER, 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 55. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, May 5. 1863. 
I. .At a general court martial convened by virtue of General Orders, 
No. 128, of November 25, 1862, from Head-quarters Early’s brigade, 
was arraigned and tried : 
Captain John W. Bell, Quartermaster 49th regiment Virginia vol- 
unteers, on the following charges. (The Specifications, on account of 
their number and length, are omitted in this order. ) 
Charge 1st: Absence without leave. Charge 2d : Conduct to the prejudice of good order and military dis- 
cipline. 
Charge 3d : Conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman. 
The court having maturely considered the evidence adduced, find 
the accused, Captain John W. Boll, 49th regiment Virginia volunteers, 
as follows: 
Of 1st Specification of 1st Charge : Guilty. 
Of 2d Specification : That he was absent without leave at the time 
specified, but that he was physically unable to follow his regiment on 
its march, and therefore without guilt. 
Of the 1st Chai’ge : Guilty. 
Of the Specification of 2d Charge : Guilty. 
Of the 2d Charge : Guilty. 
Of the Specification of 3d Charge : Guilty, to the extent of address- 
ing a letter to the Quartermaster-General C. S. A., couched in words 
and figures set forth in the Specification, and not guilty of the residue. 
Of the 3d Charge: Not Guilty. 
Of the Specification of 4th Charge : Guilty. 
Of the 4th Charge : Guilty. 
And the court do therefore sentence the said Captain J. W. Bell, 
Quartermaster 49th regiment Virginia volunteers, to be cashiered. 
II..Finding and Sentence of the Court. 
III..The proceedings in this case having been submitted to the 
Secretary of War, for the orders of the President, the following deci- 
sion has been made thereon : 
“ Upon consideration of the testimony to the character of Captain 
Bell, as an efficient and capable officer, of his zeal in the service, and 
also the recommendation of the court, the department, though entirely 
concurring with the commanding general in his estimate of the gravi- 
ty of the offence committed, has determined to remit the sentence of 
the court martial in his case. He will therefore be released from ar- 
rest, and returned to duty.” 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,' 
No. 66. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
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 19, 1863, from the 
Head-quarters Department of Northern Virginia, was arraigned and 
tried : 
Second Lieutenant J. K. Martin, 22d N. C. volunteers, on the follow- 
ing charges. (The specifications are omitted in this order.) 
Charge 1st: Violation of the 45th Article of War. 
Charge 2d: Violation of the 83d Article of War. 
II..Finding and Sentence of the Court. 
The court having maturely considered the evidence adduced, find the 
accused, Second LieutenantsJ. K. Martin, 22d N. C. volunteers, as fol- 
lows : 
Of the Specification of 1st 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. 
III..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. 
order. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
S. COOPER, 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 57. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Obfice, 
Richmond, May 8,1863. 
The operation of paragraph IV, General Orders, No. 28, March 12, 
1863, from the Adjutant and Inspecton-General’s Office, is so far modi- 
fied for the present as to allow payment of officers in hospitals, without 
the certificate of last payment, as required in said Orders, No. 28; but 
the quartermaster making such payment will Yurnish certificates as 
heretofore required of him. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS,] 
No. 58. j 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office. 
Richmond, May 11, I860. 
I. .The following Notice, relative to Exchanged Prisoners, is publish- 
ed for the information of all concerned : 
Exchange Notice, No. 5, 
Richmond, May 9,1863. 
The following Confederate officers and men have been duly exchanged, and are 
hereby so declared: 
1. All officers and men who have been delivered at City Point at any time pre- 
vious to May 6th, 1863. 
2. All officers captured at any place before the rat of April, 1863, who have been 
released on parole. 
3. All men captured in North Carolina or Virginia before the 1st of March, 1863, 
who have been released on parole. 
4. The officers and men captured and paroled by Gen. S. P. Carter, in his expedi- 
tion to East Tennessee in December last. 
5. The officers and men captured and paroled by Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart at 
Van Ruren, Arkansas, January 25th, 1863; by Colonel Dickey, in December, 1862, 
in his march to the MobileandOhio railroad; and by Captain Cameron, at Corinth. 
Mississippi, in December, 1862. 
6. The officers and men paroled at Oxford, Mississippi, on the 23d of December, 
1862; at Dos Arc, Arkansas, on the 17th of January, 1863; and at Baton Rouge, 
Louisiana, on the 23d February, 1863. 
7. All persons who have been captured on the sea or the waters leading to the 
same, or upon the sea-coast of the Confederate or United States, at any time previ- 
ous to December 10. 1862. 
8. All civilians who have been arrested at any time before the 6th of May, 1863, 
and released on parole, are discharged from any and every obligation contained in 
said parole. If any such person has taken any oath of allegiance to the United 
States, or given any bond or if his release was accompanied with any other condi- 
tion, he is discharged from the same. 
9. If any persons embraced in any of the foregoing sections, or in any section of 
any previous Exchange Notice, wherein they are declared exchanged, are in any 
Federal prison, they are to be immediately released and delivered to the Confede- 
rate authorities. 
ROBERT OULD. 
Agent of Exchange.. 
II. .All persons, whether citizens or soldiers, are expressly prohibited 
from using or in any manner interfering with fuel or wood cut and de- 
livered for the use of rftilroads or railroad companies. It is of 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 [napector-Geueral. GENERAL ORDERS, ( 
No. 69. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, May 12, 1863. 
I..The attention of regimental commanders throughout the army is 
called to the requirements of paragraph I, General Orders, No. 69, of 
1862, which makes it the duty of adjutants to inquire into and report 
to this office all cases of slaves serving with their respective regiments 
without written authority from their masters. It is especially required 
of all regimental commanders to enforce a due observance of said 
order, which is hereby extended to include commanders of posts and 
senior surgeons of hospitals, who will make similar reports, so far as 
they relate to their respective commands, 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 com- 
muted, if the commissary can issue in kind. If he can not 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 an- 
nexed, marked A. No portion of the subsistence stores drawn for the 
sick and wounded will be otherwise appropriated. 
The attention of the medical directors and inspectors is particularly 
directed to this prohibition. 
III..So much of paragraph V, General Orders, No. 24, of 1862, as 
requires ordnance sergeants to make returns of surplus stores with regi- 
ments to the Ordnance bureau, is revoked. All the returns required 
by the Regulations, of ordnance stores in the possession of regiments 
or battalions, other than artillery, will be made by commanding officers 
of the same. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General, Provision Return for Hospital, for days, commencing 
186 , and ending 186 
Date. 
Untitled to Rations. 
Morning Report. 
Calls for 
I Men. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 • 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
30 
31 
Days. 
Rations. 
Over or under issued on last return. 
Rations. 
Entitled to 
| Rations. 
% 
Commoted. 
Drawn. 
Rations op 
1 1 
I Fresh beef. 
1 1 
! Bacon. 
1 1 
| Flour. 
1 1 
| Meal. 
1 1 
| Rice. 
1 1 
| Beans. 
1 1 
| Fruit. 
1 1 
| Potatoes. 
1 1 
| Coffee. 
1 1 
[ Sugar. 
1 1 
| Vinegar. 
1 1 
| Candles. 
Total entitled to rations 
1 1 
| Soap. 
No. of rations Morning Report 
called for on last return 
1 1 
| Salt. 
1 1 
| Molasses. 
Rations issued on Special Re- 
quisition 
Total number of rations issued.. 
Due the government 
I certify that the above is a true report of all entitled to rations in 
Hospital, , on the days named, copied from the Morning 
Reports. 
, Surgeon in charge. 
The A. C. S. will issue on the above return. GENERAL, ORDERS. 
No. 60. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, May 13,1863. 
l..The exigencies of the service requiring a large number of artil- 
lery horses, all public horses suitable for that service, employed in 
transportation or otherwise with armies 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 execution of this order, under the direction of the 
commanding generals. 
II..At posts or depots other than those immediately belonging to 
armies in the field, all public horses suited for artillery will be collect- 
ed, under the orders of Major A. II. Cole, Inspector-General Field 
Transportation, for the purpose named above, and mules substituted 
where necessary. 
order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,1 
No. 61. j 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, May 15, 1863. 
I..Farmers upon whose premises horses and mules have been or 
may hereafter be left by the enemy, are admonished to pursue the re- 
quirements of the laws of their respective states respecting estrays, so 
far as to have the same properly valued, find the valuation thereof 
duly recorded ; and where it is not apparent that such property was 
the property of the United States government, to have advertisement 
thereof made as required by law. 
II. .Upon compliance with the above admonition, the government will 
not assert any adverse claim to such horses and mules, unless they shall 
exceed in value the property whereof the citizens having possession 
may have been despoiled by the enemy, and then only to the extent of 
such excess in value. 
III. .All officers of the army will respect the rights of citizens, as 
defined and conceded in the foregoing sections. 
order. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
S. COOPER, GENERAL ORDERS 
No. 62. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, May 16, 1863. 
I. .In accordance with an act to amend an act entitled an act to bet- 
ter provide for the sick and wounded of the army in hospitals, ap- 
proved May 1st, 1863, the following modifications in General Orders, 
No. 95, last series, from this office, are published : 
The commuted value of rations for sick and disabled soldiers in hos- 
pitals (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, 
No. 63. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, May 18, 1863. 
I. .At a general court martial convened by General Orders, No. 133, 
of November 7, 1802, from Head-quarters Department of Northern 
Virginia, was arraigned and tried : 
First Lieutenant Robert W. Sanders, 8th Alabama volunteers, on 
the following charges. (The specifications are omitted.) 
Charge 1st: Cowardice. . 
Charge 2d: Drunkenness. 
II. .Finding and Sentence of the Go\irt. 
After due deliberation, the court find the accused, Lieutenant Robert 
W. Sanders, 8th Alabama 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 ‘‘’with- 
out provocation.” 
Of the 2d Charge : Guilty. 
And the court do therefore sentence him to be cashiered. 
III..The proceedings, finding, and sentence in the foregoing case 
have been submitted to the Secretary of War, to be laid before the 
President, and, the following orders on the case are now made : Proceedings, finding, and sentence approved ; but it appearing that 
the members of the court recommend a pardon, that the regimental 
and other officers of Lieutenant Sanders concur in the recommenda- 
tion, and that material witnesses on the trial against him have be- 
come infamous by desertion—and in one case by desertion to the 
enemy—the sentence is remitted, and Lieutenant Sanders will be re- 
stored to duty with his company. 
order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDER?,'! 
No. 64. J 
Adjutant and Inspector-G enf.ral's Office, 
Richmond, May 19, 1863. 
I..At a court of inquiry convened at Richmond, Virginia, by vir- 
tue of Special Orders, No. 102, of April 27, 1863, from the Adjutant 
and Inspector-General’s office, “ To examine and inquire into certain 
allegations, set forth on papers to be laid before the court, against 
Colonel Robert II. Chilton, Assistant Adjutant-General C. S. Army, 
which allegations he conceives impugn his character as an officer,” 
and also to “ report the facts of the case, and their opinion thereon,” 
the following report of facts was made : and having been submitted by 
the court, with their opinion thereon, as required, the same are ap- 
proved by the Secretary of War, and are now published for the in- 
formation of all concerned: 
On a careful examination of the testimony adduced in this case, the 
court find the following facts : 
II..Finding and Opinion of the Court. 
1st. .That on the 11th July, 1862, Colonel 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 profes- 
sional ability of Major-General Magruder, denying his fitness for re- 
sponsible command, and urging a revocation of the order assigning 
him to the Trans-Mississippi Department. 
2d..That Colonel Chilton incorporated in that letter an offer to 
make good his allegations before a court of inquiry. 
3d. .That the letter was communicated to the President by General 
Cooper. 4th..That being apprised of this disposition of the letter, Colonel 
Chilton immediately furnished Major-General Magruder a copy of so 
much of it as contained his (Colonel Chilton’s) strictures on Major- 
General Magruder’s official conduct and capacity. 
Opinion. 
The court is of opinion that, in his communication to General Cooper, 
dated July 11, 1862, Colonel Chilton was actuated by no unworthy 
motive, but by a laudable regard for the public interest, and that his 
conduct in the transaction was such as became an honorable and pa- 
triotic officer. 
III. .The court of inquiry in the case of Colonel R. H. Chilton, C. 
S. Army, is hereby dissolved. 
order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
May 21, 1863. 
GENERAL ORDERS,'j 
No. 65. J 
I..The following schedules of prices for articles named therein, 
adopted by commissioners appointed pursuant to law, for the States of 
Virginia and Georgia respectively, are announced for the information 
of all concerned; and the special attention of officers and agents of the 
government is directed thereto : 
II.. VIRGINIA. 
\_Copy.~\—Schedule A. 
Richmond, May 18, 18(53. 
Hon. Jas. A. SeddoHf Secretary of War : 
Siu : The commissioners appointed under section 5th, of the hill re- 
cently passed by the Confederate Congress, regulating impressments, 
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 pub- 
lic use aforesaid, st> as to afford just compensation to the owners there- 
of. Said commissioners shall agree upon and publish a schedule of 
prices every two months, or oftener, if they shall deem it proper. 
In accordance with the foregoing requisition, we respectfully lay be- 
fore you the following schedule of prices for the ensuing two months. 
Owing to the difficulty of obtaining satisfactory information as to pork, beef, and materials of clothing, etc., we have postponed their appraise- 
ment till our next assessment. It is proper to add that Mr. W. B. Har- 
rison was invited to act as third commissioner, and that this appraise- 
ment received the unanimous approval of the commissioners. 
The following are the maximum prices to be paid for the articles ap- 
praised, at all cities and usual places of sale, and when impressed else- 
where, the same prices are to be paid elsewhere, less the cost of trans- 
portation to the city or usual place of sale to which the article would 
go ordinarily for sale from that neighborhood, or less the cost of trans- 
portation to the point at which the government needs the article, and 
wishes it to be sent: provided, that in no case the amount deducted for 
transportation as above shall exceed 25 cents per bushel for grain, and 
25 cents per cwt. for long forage, flour, bacon, iron, etc. In addition to 
the established price of transportation, the government to pay all legal 
tolls, and where farmers can not procure nails for baling forage, gov- 
ernment to furnish the same at cost, which will be deducted from the 
established price of baling : ARTICLE. 
QUALITY. 
DESCRIPTION. 
QUANTITY. 
PRICE. 
1 
Wheat, 
Prime, 
White, 
Per bushel of 60 lbs. 
$ 4 50 
2 
Flour, 
Good, 
Superfine, 
44 
barrel of 196 lbs. 
22 50 
3 
Corn, 
Prime, 
White, 
44 
bushel of 56 lbs. 
4 00 
4 
Unshelled corn, 
“ 
44 
“ 56 lbs. 
3 95 
5 
Corn meal. 
Good. 
- 
44 
“ 50 lbs. 
4 20 
6 
Rye, 
Prime, 
- 
44 
“ 56 lbs. 
3 20 
7 
Cleaned oats, 
44 
- 
4‘ 
“ 32 lbs. 
2 00 
8 
Wheat bran, 
Good, 
- 
‘‘ 
<• 17 lbs. 
50 
9 
Shorts, 
44 
- 
44 
“ 22 lbs. 
70 
10 
Brown stuff, 
44 
_ 
44 
“ 28 lbs. 
90 
11 
Ship stuff, 
“ 
- 
. 66 
“ 37 lbs. 
1 40 
12 
Bacon. 
44 
Hog round, 
6i 
pound, 
1 00 
13 
Salt pork, 
44 
- 
U 
44 
1 00 
14 
Lard. 
44 
- 
44 
1 00 
15 
Horses, 
1st class, 
Artillery, etc. 
Average price per head, 
350 00 
16 
Wool, 
Fair, 
Washed, 
Per pound. 
3 00 
17 
Peas, 
Good, 
44 
bushel of 60 lbs. 
4 00 
18 
Beans, 
44 
44 
44 44 
4 00 
19 
Potatoes, 
44 
Irish, 
44 
44 
4 00 
20 
Potatoes, 
44 
Sweet, 
44 
5 00 
21 
Onions, 
“ 
- 
44 
6 00 
22 
Dried peaches, 
44 
Peeled, 
44 
“ of 38 lbs. 
8 00 
23 
Dried peaches, 
“ 
Unpeelcd, 
44 44 
4 50 
24 
Dried apples, 
44 
Peeled, 
“ of 28 lbs. 
3 00 
25 
Hay, baled. 
“ 
Timothy or 
* 
clover, 
44 
100 lbs. 
4 00 
26 
Hay, “ 
« 
Orchard or herd 
grass, 
44 
44 
4 00 
27 
Hay, unbaled, 
44 
Orchard or herd 
grass, 
« 
44 
3 70 
28 
Sh’f oats, baled, 
— 
44 
44 
4 00 
29 
Sh’f oats, unb’d, 
« 
_ 
44 
44 
3 70 
30 
Blade fodder, 
baled. 
a 
_ 
44 
44 
4 00 
31 
Blade fodder, 
unbaled, 
u 
- 
44 
44 
3 70 
32 
Shucks, baled, 
44 
_ 
44 
‘4 
2 50 
33 
Shucks, unbal’d. 
44 
- 
44 
2 20 
34 
Wheat straw, 
baled, 
a 
- 
44 
44 
1 30 
35 
Wheat straw, 
unbaled. 
44 
- 
.c 
44 
1 00 
36 
Pasturage, 
44 
Interior, 
44 
head per month, 
3 00 
37 
Pasturage, 
“ 
Near cities, 
44 
44 44 
6 00 
38 
Salt, 
- 
44 
bushel of 50 lbs. 
5 00 
39 
Soap, 
44 
- 
44 
pound, 
30 
40 
Candles, 
44 
Tallow, 
44 
44 
1 00 
41 
Vinegar, 
44 
Cider, 
44 
gallon, 
1 00 
42 
Whiskey, 
Trade, 
44 
44 
3 00 
43 
Sugar, 
44 
Brown, 
44 
pound, 
1 00 
44 
Molasses, 
44 
New Orleans, 
44 
gallon, 
8 00 
45 
Rice, 
44 
- 
44 
pound, 
15 
46 
Coffee, 
44 
Rio, 
‘4 
44 
3 00 
47 
Tea, 
44 
Trade. 
‘4 
44 
10 00 
48 
Vinegar, 
44 
Manufactured, 
44 
gallon, 
50 
49 
Pig iron, 
4* 
No. 1 quality, 
44 
ton. 
125 00 
50 
Pig iron, 
No. 2 “ 
44 
ton. 
110 00 
61 
Pig iron, 
44 
No. 3 “ 
44 
ton, 
100 00 
52 
Bloom iron. 
u 
- 
44 
ton, 
180 00 
53 
Smiths’ iron, 
44 
Round, plate,and 
bar. 
44 
ton, 
380 00 
54 
Leather, 
u 
Harness, 
44 
pound, 
2 60 
55 
Leather, 
44 
Sole, 
a 
44 
2 40 
56 
Leather, 
“ 
Upper, 
u 
a 
2 80 We respectfully suggest to tlie Secretary of War to instruct the 
agents of the government not to impress any article of food going into 
cities or towns, or when held therein by retail dealers in small quanti- 
ties for the daily or weekly consumption of the inhabitants. 
But this restriction not to apply to such articles held by speculators, 
or those holding them up for higher prices. 
Signed, 
E. W. Hubard. 
Robert Gibboney. 
Wm. B. Harrison- 
Schedule B.—Hire of Labor, Teams, Wagons, and Drivers. 
PRICE. 
1. Baling long forage, 
Per 100 lbs. 
S 30 
2. Shelling and bagging corn, sacks fur- 
nished by the government, 
3. Hauling, 
“ 56 “ 
“ ewt. per mile, 
05 
06 
4. Hauling grain, 
“ bus. “ “ 
03 
5. Hire of two-horse team, wagon, and 
driver, rations furnished by owner,.. 
“ day, 
10 00 
6. Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
government 
it tt 
’5 00 
7. Hire of four-horse team, wagon, and 
driver, rations furnished by owner,.. 
8. Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
government, 
it tt 
13 00 
a u 
6 50 
9. Hire of six - horse team, wagon, and 
driver, rations furnished by owner... 
tt tt 
16 00 
10. Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
government, 
it tt 
8 00 
11. Hire of laborer, rations furnished by 
owner 
tt tt 
2 00 
12. Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
government 
U it 
1 25 
13. Hire of same, rations furnished by 
owner, 
“ month, 
40 00 
14. Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
government, 
ft tt 
20 00 
Signed, 
E. VV. Hubard. 
Robkrt Gibboney. 
Wm. B. Harrisok. III..GEORGIA. 
Schedule No. 1.—Maximum Prices fixed, by the Commissioners for the 
State of Georgia, for Produce and Army Supplies delivered at the usual 
shipping points on the following named railroads, to continue in force 
until the loth June, 1863. 
Salt, 
Tallow, 
Whiskey, 
Brandy, 
Clover or 
Timoth 
Sheaf oat 
Bl. fodde 
Sugar, 
Molasses, 
Kice, 
1-3 
3 
o 
Onions, 
Peaches, 
Apples, 
Hay, 
Clover or 
Wheat, 
Flour-, 
Corn, 
Corn mea 
Hogs, 
Bacon, 
Pork, 
Lard, 
Beef, 
Peas, 
Beans, 
Potatoes, 
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1 Apple, 
Baled, 
Unbale 
Baled, 
Unbale 
Brown, 
Old, 
New, 
Baled, 
Sweet, 
Dried, 
Dried « 
Dried, 
Baled, 
Unbale 
Irish, 
White, 
Superfi 
Less cos 
Shelled 
Unshel 
Net, 
Gross, 
Sides, 
Hams, 
Should 
Jowls, 
Salt, 
Fresh- 
Salt or 
Dried, 
Gross, 
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its branches We, the commissioners appointed in accordance with the provisions 
of the Impressment Act for the State of Georgia, after mature and 
careful deliberation, have agreed upon the foregoing tariff of prices, 
which we think fully moets the contemplation of the law in fixing a 
just compensation for the articles mentioned. 
We need not add any thing to the recent patriotic address of our most 
excellent President as to the duty of producers in this crisis. Blind, 
indeed, must be the judgment, and cold the patriotism, that will not 
rally to the support of an army whose glorious triumphs have shed such 
undying lustre upon our national history. Standing as it does a wall of 
brass between us and our malignant foes, shall it feel the piuchings of 
hunger when our granaries are filled to overflowing and our broad fields 
are waving with rich grain nearly ready for the sickle ? The govern- 
ment demands only your surplus supplies, and for them will pay re- 
munerative prices. Fortify the hearts of our soldiers, then, by showing 
that while they illustrate the chivalry of Georgia upon the tented field, 
we at home are ready to dispense with all superfluities, relinquish all 
luxuries, and make any sacrifice necessary to maintain and perpetuate 
our honor and our liberties. While we may have erred in our judgment 
as to what is a fair compensation for some of the articles in the above 
schedule of prices, we feel that we have stood impartially between the 
government and the producer, and while protecting one have not lost 
sight of the other. We have omitted to annex prices to certain articles, 
either on account of their scarcity, or because the government is fully 
supplied. At the proper time prices will be fixed for all. 
John E. Morgan, 
. U. B. Wilkinson, 
Commissioners. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 66. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, May 22,1863. 
I. .The Act of Congress “to provide and organize engineer troops to 
serve during the ■war,” approved March 20, 1863, and the accompany- 
ing rules and regulations for the selection and organization of the 
same, are published for the information and direction of all concerned : 
“Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States oj America do 
enact, That there shall be selected, in such manner as the Secretary of War may direct, from each division of infantry in service, one compa- 
ny of engineer troops, to consist of one hundred men, chosen with a 
view to their mechanical skill and physical fitness, and that the men 
assigned to such company shall be required to serve in the same only 
during the balance of their term of service respectively, 
“ Sec. 2. That each company shall consist of eight sergeants, seven 
corporals, forty artificers, and forty-five laborers, and that two musi- 
cians may be added. 
“ Sec. 3. That the commissioned officers of each company shall con- 
sist of one captain, one first lieutenant, and two second lieutenants, and 
that the original vacancies in these companies shall be filled by the 
transfer of officers of corresponding grade from the engineer corps, if 
practicable, and where not, then from the other corps or from the line 
or staff of the army, reference being always had to their qualification 
as engineers, or by selection; but no one shall he selected who is not 
now serving in or with the army, unless he is a military or civil en- 
gineer. 
“ Sec. 4. That the companies shall be organized into regiments of 
ten companies each, and that the field and staff officers shall consist of 
one colonel, one lieutenant-colonel, one major, one adjutant with the rank 
of first lieutenant, one quartermaster-sergeant, and one sergeant-major, 
and that the original vacancies in the regiments shall be filled in the 
manner provided for filling the same in the companies by the third sec- 
tion of this act, and that the sergeant-major and quartermaster-ser- 
geant shall be selected from the enlisted men of the army. 
“ Sec. 5. That in each regiment two of the companies shall be as- 
signed to duty as pontoniers, and each be furnished with a bridge train 
complete. 
“ Sec. 6. That the officer in -.harge of the Engineer Bureau, subject 
to the approval of the Secretary of War, shall prescribe the number, 
form, and dimensions of the wagons, pontoons, trestles, tools, implements, 
arms, and other necessaries, for all the troops organized by this act. 
“ Sec. 7. That vacancies in the established regiments to and includ- 
ing the rank of colonel, shall be filled by promotion, regiinentally, ac- 
cording to seniority, except in case of disability or other incompe- 
tency. 
“ Sec. 8. That the monthly pay of the engineer troops shall be as 
follows: Of a colonel, tvvo hundred and ten dollars; of a lieutenant- 
colonel, one hundred and eighty-five dollars; of a major, one hundred 
and 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 addi- 
tion 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 twenty- 
one dollars; sergeants, thirty-four dollars; corporals, twenty dollars; 
artificers, seventeen dollars ; laborers and musicians, thirteen dollars. 
“ Sec. 10. That mounted engineer troops may be selected from the 
cavalry, and be organized according to the provisions of thi3 act, for 
engineer troops, as hereinbefore specified.” 
per month shall be as 
-sergeant, each twenty- 
II..The method of selection and organization, under the foregoing 
act, shall be as follows : 
1. The senior engineer officer serving with the commanding general 
of a department will be authorized by him to organize the engineer 
companies of the command. 
2. Persons recommended by the Engineer Bureau to be appointed as 
company officers to the respective companies when organized, will be 
directed to report to the senior officer of engineers in the department, 
who, aided by them and subject to the approval of the commanding 
general, shall-select from specified divisions, in consultation with their 
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 requisite qualifications. 
4. The non-commissioned officers of each company shall be selected, 
and the privates 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 companies 
and designating to which regiment they shall be assigned, will recom- 
mend to the War department the appointment of company 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, as hereinbefore specified. • 
8. In lieu of the usual return of officers and hired men required of 
engineer officers, returns of officers and enrolled men, showing the pre 
sent-, absent, and sick, shall be forwarded monthly by the senior field officer of each regiment to the Chief of the Engineer Bureau, who will 
furnish blank forms for the purpose. 
order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 1 
No. 67. 
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 appropriation for ord- 
nance service, in lieu of all allowances for fuel, quarters, and forage 
for the same period. Each account must be certified to by the party 
receiving the payment, and approved by the officer under whose orders 
he acts. 
II. .Whenever a cavalryman fails and refuses to keep himself pro- 
vided with a serviceable horse, he may, upon the order of the corps 
commander, be transferred to any company of infantry or artillery of 
the same army that he may select. In lieu of such soldiers, others, be- 
longing to the infantry or artillery, who are able to furnish horses and 
prefer that service, may, in like manner, be transferred, in equal num- 
ber, to the cavalry. 
III. .Surgeons will turn over money or other effects of deceased sol- 
diers (except clothing, which will be disposed of as directed by Gene- 
ral Orders, No. 49, 1863) to the quartermaster of the regiment to which 
the soldier belonged, if he died in the field, or to the quartermaster of 
the post, if he died in hospital, taking therefor receipts and duplicate 
—one of which will be forwarded by him to the commanding officer of 
the company of which the soldier was a member, to be sent by him to 
the family of the deceased, and the other to the Second Auditor of the 
Treasury. Quartermasters will take up, upon their quarterly returns, 
money thus paid, specifying the amount left by each deceased soldier, 
his name, company, and regiment. 
order. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
S. COOPER, GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 68. 
Adjutant and Inspf.ctor-Gf.nkral’s Office, 
Richmond, May 27,1863. 
I..At a general court martial convened at Knoxville, Tennessee, 
February 20, 1863, by virtue of General Orders, No. 16, Head-quarters 
Department of East Tennessee, of December 15, 1862, and of which 
Colonel J. J. Finley, 6th regiment Florida volunteers, was President, 
was tried: 
Captain J. Q. Arnold, 12th battalion Tennessee cavalry, on the fol- 
lowing charge and specification : 
Charge : Violation of the 9th Article of War. 
Specification: In this, that the said John Q. Arnold did willfully, 
maliciously, and feloniously, and with malice aforethought, kill and 
murder Major 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 16th day of November, 1862. 
To the above charge and specification the accused filed a special plea 
to the jurisdiction of the court, which, having been overruled by the 
court, the plea of not guilty was entered. 
II. .Finding and Sentence of the Court. 
The court having maturely considered the case, do find the accused, 
Captain J. Q. Arnold, 12th battalion Tennessee cavalry, as follows : 
Of the Specification of the Charge: Guilty. 
Of the Charge: Guilty. 
And do therefore (two-thirds of the court concurring) sentence him 
to be shot to death by musketry. 
III..The proceedings, finding, and sentence in the foregoing case 
having been submitted to the President, the following orders are, by 
his direction, made therein : 
Murder can only be punished under the Articles of War, when inci- 
dent to some other clearly defined offence. It does not of itself con- 
stitute a military crime; and the 33d Article of War provides 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 Captain Arnold was tried, requires that the officer 
against whom violence is offered must be “in the execution of his office.” 
Hence, to take the case out of the 33d article, which is general in its 
application, and refer it to the 9th, which is 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 words of the article, that the officer was “in the execution of his 
office.” The omission cannot be supplied by evidence, even where no 
objection is made; for consent can not confer jurisdiction. In the pre- 
sent case, however, objection was made to the jurisdiction of the court 
over the particular crime alleged, and the point has thus been distinctly 
presented to the department. Nor does the evidence show Major Adrien 
to have been clearly “ in the discharge of his office” at the time of the 
killing. On the contrary, it is stated that he was “ walking across the 
street.” To be in the execution of his office, the officer must be in the 
actual discharge of some duty. It is resistance to authority under 
such circumstances, that the 9th article forbids and punishes. Other 
offences—such as disobedience, disrespect, mutiny—are made punishable 
by other articles; and the 9th article seems designed to protect officers 
in the enforcement of discipline and against resistance while in the exe- 
cution of that duty. The department can only deal with offences when 
they are properly presented through the established forms of the ser- 
vice. 
The proceedings, finding, and sentence in this case must be set aside, 
for the reasons stated; but it is supposed that any responsibility that 
the party has incurred to the civil authorities of Tennessee, is not 
affectod by this proceeding. 
order. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
S. COOPER, 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 69. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, May 28, 1863. 
I. .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 aud examine ap- 
plicants for furloughs; and in all cases where they shall find an ap- 
plicant unfit for military duty, either from disease or wounds, and like- 
ly so to remain for thirty days or upward, they shall, provided his life 
or convalescence will not, in their opinion, be endangered thereby, 
grant a furlough for such time, not to exceed sixty days, as they shall 
deem he will be unfit for duty. 
II. .There will be detailed, for each board herein constituted, from 
one of the hospitals visited by them, a competent clerk, who will issue 
furloughs, to be signed by the senior member of the board ; which will 
specify therein the length of furlough, the place of residence of the s»l- dier, his company, regiment, and brigade; and no further formality 
shall be required of the soldier, and no passport other than his fur- 
lough. • 
III..In every case furloughed under the provisions of this order, a 
medical certificate stating the name, company, regiment, and brigade 
of the soldier, his place of residence, and the length of furlough, with 
the full particulars of the disease, wound, or disability, and the period 
during which he has suffered from its effects, with an opinion of the 
time which will elapse before he can resume duty, must be furnished 
by the board of examiners to the Surgeon-General: and if such fur- 
lough has been improperly granted, the derelict officer will be held re- 
sponsible before a military tribunal. 
IV. .The board aforementioned will also examine applicants for dis- 
charge from the service, in hospitals visited by them, and may recom- 
mend a discharge when a soldier is deemed permanently unfit for ser- 
vice in the field or in any department of the army, in consequence of 
wounds, disease, or infirmity; in which case certificates of disabili- 
ty, signed by the senior member of the board, and approved by the 
general commanding the army or department to which the soldier be- 
longs, or by tho Surgeon-General, will entitle him to a discharge, to be 
granted by the commandant of the post, who will complete and for- 
ward the “certificates of disability” to the Adjutant and Inspectoi- 
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 iu 
charge of a hospital or division shall constitute a board for the pur- 
poses aforesaid; and in places where there is but one hospital, the sur- 
geon 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 list” and “final statements” can not 
be procured, ho will be mustered by the surgeon in charge on the hos- 
pital rolls, for payment, upon his affidavit, taken before one or more 
witnesses, that he has not received pay for the period for which he 
claims it to be due, and that he is not indebted to the Confederate 
States beyond the amount stated by him. 
VII..Notices of all furloughs issued under these orders will be for- warded weekly by the board of examiners, and notices of all discharges 
from service, by commandants of posts, to the immediate commander 
Of the company to which the soldier belongs, aud to the Adjutant and 
Inspector-General. 
VIII. .The house surgeon in all hospitals shall sec each patient un- 
der his charge once every day. 
IX. .Paragraphs III, IV and V, General Orders, No. 51, current 
series, from this office, pertaining to matters herein regulated, are re- 
scinded. 
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 command- 
ing officer of the army or department to which the officer belongs. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS. 
No. 70. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office. 
Richmond, May 29. 1863. 
I..The following Act of Congress, and regulations adopted by the 
Department in pursuance thereof, are published for the information 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 commissar}' shall 
be performed by the regimeutal quartermaster; provided, that 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 battalion 
shall, when the good of the serviee in his opinion requires it, detail a non- 
commissioned officer or private as commissary sergeant, who shall bo 
assigned to the regimental quartermaster to perforin the duties now 
performed by commissary sergeants ; and the non-commissioned officer 
or private so detailed shall receive, as extra pay, twenty dollars per 
month. “ Sec. 3. That the regimental quartermasters acting as commissaries 
shall draw supplies for their respective regiments on Provision Returns, 
Form 14, and not in bulk; and when detached from their -brigades, so 
that it is impracticable to draw supplies from the brigade commissary, 
it shall be the duty of the nearest brigade or post commissary to sup- 
ply his regiment on Provision Return 14. 
“ Sec. 4. Sales to officers shall be made by the brigade commissaries 
to which such officers are attached. 
“ Sec. 5. That quartermasters and commissaries, assistant quarter- 
masters and assistant commissaries, who become permanently detached 
from divisions, brigades, or regiments to which they are originally ap- 
pointed and assigned, respectively, whether by resignation or otherwise, 
shall cease to be officers of the army, and their names shall be dropped 
from the rolls of the army, unless reassigned by a special order of the 
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 enforcement of the pro- 
visions of this law : and that he shall communicate to the chiefs of the 
subsistence and quartermaster’s bureaus the names of the commissaries 
and assistant commissaries, quartermasters and assistant quartermas- 
ters retained and dropped from the rolls under this act. 
“Sec. 7. That all laws and parts of laws contravening the provisions 
of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.” [Approved May 1, 
1863.] 
1. After this date no appointment will be made of regimental or bat- 
talion commissaries in the provisional army. Departmental command- 
ers will direct the transfer, by regimental commissaries, of all money, 
effects, and property in their hands to the proper regimental quarter- 
masters, who will thereafter discharge the duties of the former, in ac- 
cordance with the provisions of this act. Until such transfer is per- 
fected, regimental commissaries will continue in the performance of 
their usual duties ; but, after the 31st day of July next, all quartermas- 
ters and commissaries, assistant quartermasters and assistant commis- 
saries, who have not been, or may not be, prior to July 31st, specially 
detailed or assigned to duty, will cease to be officers in the Confederate 
service. 
2. Sales to officers will, after the 31st of July next, be made by the 
brigade commissary, as required in the 4th section of the act,1 and to 
enable him to do so, the brigade commander will select and report to 
the War department, through the usual channel, the qualified regi- 
mental commissary of his brigade, for assignment to duty with the 
brigade commissary. It shall be the special duty of the commissary 
II. .Regulations. thus assigned to receive supplies in bulk, and to make the usually r - 
quired sales to officers of the army. He will be under the immediate 
direction of the brigade commissary, will receipt to him for all proper- 
ty received, and make through him the proper reports and returns of 
his transactions. 
3. In cavalry regiments a lieutenant of cavalry or other competent 
officer may be detailed, when necessary, to aid the regimental quarter- 
master in the discharge of such additional duties as may be devolved 
upon him under the operation of this law. 
4. Additional bonds will not be required of regimental quartermas- 
ters charged with commissary duties, except where directed by the Sec- 
retary of War. 
order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS. 
No. 71. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, May 30, 1863. 
The following act of Congress having been approved by the Presi- 
dent, is announced for the information and guidance of all concerned : 
AN ACT ALLOWING HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATIONS TO SICK AND WOUNDED 
OFFICERS. 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
sick or wounded officers shall be allowed hospital accommodations in 
any of the hospitals of the Confederate States, at one dollar per diem. 
“Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, When said officer shall be without 
money, he shall, nevertheless, be entitled to the same. The surgeon in 
charge, at the expiration of every thirty days, shall state the account, 
and be entitled to draw the amount'at any place where the officer might 
have drawn it, which shall be deducted from said officer’s pay, in the 
same way as if he himself had drawn it; and any officer drawing the 
same again shall be punished as in the case of fraudulent drawers.” 
[Approved April 29, 1863.] 
order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-Gener General orders. 
No. 72. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office. 
Richmond, June 1, 1863. 
I.. At the military court held for the army corps of Major-General 
Samuel Jones, at Gray Sulphur Springs, Virginia, May 5, 1863, was 
arraigned and tried : 
Captain Wm. S. Rowan, Company A, 00th Virginia volunteers, on 
the following charges. (The specifications being numerous and lengthy, 
are omitted in this order.) 
Charge 1st : Violation of the 83d Article of War. 
Charge 2d : Violation of the 90th Article of War. 
II.. Finding and Sentence of the Court. 
Having maturely considered the evidence adduced, the court find the 
accused, Captain Wm. S. Rowan, Company A, 60th Virginia volun- 
teers : 
Of the 1st 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 both too defective to sustain a trial. Neither the 
83d nor the 99th Article of War defines any offence whatever, nor do 
they direct the performance of any duty. No violation of either of 
those articles can properly be charged. 
Under the 83d Article, the only charge to be preferred is “conduct 
unbecoming an officer and gentleman and under the 99th, “ conduct to 
the prejudice of good order and military discipline.” The specifica- 
tions would then have been responsive to the charges, and would have 
sustained a trial and sentence in accordance with the evidence. 
IV. .For the reasons above assigned the proceedings must be set 
aside, and Captain Rowan will be released from arrest and restored to 
duty. The record discloses facts very disgraceful to him ; but it is 
hoped that his accidental escape from deserved punishment may re- 
sult in a determination to retrieve his character as a citizen and officer 
of the army. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant arrd Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS. 
No. 73. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, June 2, 1863. 
I.. At the military court held for the army of Lieutenant-General 
Polk, at Shelbyville, Tenn., April 14, 1863, was tried: 
Captain W. W. W. Wood, Company L, Blythe’s regiment of Missis- 
sippi volunteers, on the following charge and specifications : 
Charge : Conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman. 
Specifications : The 1st and 3d are omitted. The 2d is as follows : 
Specification 2: In this, that the said Captain W. W. W. Wood, 
Company L, Blythe’s Mississippi regiment of volunteers, remained in 
camp four days preceding and during the battle of Murfreesboro’, but 
came to his company the day after said battle, to wit, January 1, 1863, 
and took command of his company until a part of the regiment, his 
company included, was ordered forward to support the sharp-shooters 
who were in front of the line of battle, when said Captain W. W. W. 
Wood, Company L, Blythe’s Mississippi regiment, made a pretext to 
Lieutenant O’Hear, of his company, for momentarily leaving his place. 
He, the said Captain W. W. W. AVood, Company L, Blythe’s regiment, 
returned to his company no more, but reported to Doctor X. Xaupi, 
surgeon of said regiment, who refused to excuse him. Nevertheless, 
said Captain AAr. AV. AAL AVood, Company L, Blj'the’s Mississippi regi- 
ment of volunteers, went back to camp, and remained there till forced 
out on the following morning. All this near Murfreesboro’, Tenn., 
January 1, 1863. 
II..Finding and Sentence. 
The majority of the court find the accused, Captain W. W. W. Wood, 
Company L, Blythe’s Mississippi 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 find him of the remainder of Specification 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 Charge: Guilty, and sen- 
tence him to be dismissed the service. 
III. .The proceedings in the foregoing case have been submitted to 
the Secretary of War, to be laid before the President, and the follow- 
ing orders are now made thereon : Captain Wood was tried on the single charge of “conduct unbecom- 
ing an officer and gentleman,” under which three specifications were 
laid. The whole court acquit him of the 3d specification. A majority 
acquit him of the 1st and part of the 2d specification, but find him 
guilty of the remainder of 2d specification, and guilty of the charge. 
A portion of the 2d specification is, therefore, all that, in the opinion of 
the court, sustains the charge. But this finding is altogether too im- 
perfect and uncertain. If the 2d specification refers to separate and 
distinct offences, it is wholly defective, and should have been set 
aside before the trial : but if it embraces a single substantive offence, 
the court can not separate its parts, arid 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 themselves constitute 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 suffi- 
cient and fatal objection. The whole finding is, moreover, informal and 
irregular. The judges give lengthy and separate opinions in connec- 
tion 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 conclusions, and it is contra- 
ry to the practice of courts martial to do so. Upon the whole, the pro- 
ceedings are set aside, and Captain Wood will therefore be released 
from arrest and returned to duty. 
order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL. ORDERS, 
No. 74. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
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, hereafter no such appointments 
will be made. 
II. .The generals of departments will report the posts at which pro- 
vosts marshals are needed, with the number of provost or other guards 
at the same, and recommend for appointment suitable officers for the 
same. 
III. .In all cases, preference will be given to competent officers who have become disabled, by wounds or other infirmity, for active field 
duty. 
IV. .At, all the posts not supplied, before the 1st of July, with pro- 
vost marshals belonging to the army, in accordance with this order, the 
office will be considered as abolished. 
order. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
S. COOPER, 
GENERAL ORDERS, 1 
No. 75. J 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office. 
Richmond, June 4,1863. 
I..The following act of Congress concerning compensation to de- 
tailed men, and the instructions of the War department in regard there- 
to, are published for the information and direction of all concerned : 
“ 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
non-commissioned officers,-musicians, or privates, when employed on 
detached or detailed service by the departmental or other commander 
of a district, or under the direction of any of the military bureaus, in- 
stead of the compensation now allowed, may be allowed the sum of not 
more than three dollars per day, in lieu of rations and all other allow- 
ances, upon the recommendation of the officer immediately in charge 
of such men, with the approval of the commander or other chief of bu- 
reau, as the case maybe, and the sanction of the Secretary of War. 
“ 2. This act shall remain in force for one year from the first day of 
January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.” [Approved May 1st, 1863.] 
II.. 1. Detailed men in the service of the several military bureaus, 
other than the clerks described in act No. 52 (clerks employed in public 
offices in the City of Richmond, by reason of physical disability), will 
be allowed such sum per day in lieu of rations and all other allowances, 
not exceeding three dollars, as may be recommended by the officer in 
charge of such detailed men, and approved by the chief of bureau. 
2. The maximum allowance of three dollars will be paid only to the 
class of detailed men serving at posts or stations without troops, or in 
counties and towns, or government work-shops. 
3. The rate of allowance to men serving in the field, as clerks at 
headquarters, or on duty in the quartermaster’s, ordnance, engineer, 
commissary, or medical, mining and nitre departments, will be estab- 
lished at such sums per diem as may be recommended by the officer in 
charge of such men, and approved by the commanding general. These rates will not exceed $1 25 per diem, except in special cases of service 
in the departments above mentioned, when a greater rate may be au- 
thorized by the chiefs of bureaus, upon the approval of the command- 
ing general. 
4. The extra compensation allowed by the foregoing act will be paid 
to detailed men by the departments in which they are respectively em- 
ployed, except medical departments, upon such rolls as may be pre- 
scribed ; except that payments by the quartermaster’s department will 
be made upon rolls according to Form No. 3, Regulations of the Quar- 
termaster’s department. Such payments 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 quartermasters. 
5. Shoemakers detailed under the provisions of the act of October 
9th, 1862, who may receive the per diem allowance in lieu of rations 
and other allowances authorized by the act of May 1st, 1863, will also 
be entitled to the compensation of thirty-five cents per pair for shoes 
manufactured by them, authorized by the said act of Oetobcr 9, 1862. 
6. All pajrments to detailed men under the act of May 1st, 1863, will 
be made from the first day of January, 1863, and will not be continued 
beyond the 31st of December, 1863; but no payment shall be made to 
those who have been detailed heretofore, “ without pay and allowance 
as soldiers.” From and after 31st May, payments to such men will be 
made under this act. 
7. The approval of the chiefs of bureaus and the sanction of the 
Secretary of War, required by the above recited act of Congress, will 
not be necessary in each particular case of detail; but each bureau may, 
with the approval of the Secretary of War, prescribe general regula- 
tions for the payment of the different classes of detailed men in their 
respective employments. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS." 
No. 76. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, June 5, 1803. 
Officers of the army are directed, in all official reports, whether of 
sieges, campaigns, or battles, to confine their statements to the facts and 
events connected with the matter on which they report. No extraneous 
subject, whether of speculation or of collateral narrative, has a proper place in the official reports of military operations. As much concise- 
ness as is consistent with perspicuity and fullness of statement, will be 
observed in such communications. 
order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS' 
No. 77. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
n" 
Richmond, June, 6.1863. 
When an infantry soldier is detailed as a courier, under paragraph 
III, General Orders, No. 7, current’series, and shall keep himself pro- 
vided 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.' 
No. 78. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, June 7,1863. 
I. .At a general court martial convened at the camp of Major-Gener- 
al Anderson's division, by virtue of General Orders, No. 133, of 1862, 
from Head-quarters of Department of Northern Virginia, was ar- 
raigned and tried : 
Private Allen Matthews, Company E, 6th regiment Virginia infan- 
try, on the following charge, viz : 
Charge : Desertion. 
Specification : In this, that the said Private Allen Matthews, Com- 
pany E, 6th Virginia regiment, did, on or about the 10th day of May, 
1862, near Petersburg, Va., absent himself from his company and regi- 
ment without leave, and did remain absent till arrested and sent to his 
regiment, then near Fredericksburg, Va., on or about the 13th day of 
February, 1863. 
Of the Specification : Guilty. 
Of the Charge : Guilty. 
Finding. To be shot to death with musketry, at such time and place as the 
commanding general may direct. 
Sentence. 
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 ear- 
nest appeal of the captain of his company, the sentence is remitted, in 
the hope that his future conduct will prove that the clemency extended 
to him was not misplaced, and that his life, justly forfeited hy his grave 
offence, will be hereafter used to redeem his name from its present 
reproach. 
Private Matthews will be released and returned to duty. 
By order. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
S. COOPER, 
GENERAL ORDERS.j 
No, 79. . J 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, June 9, 1S63. 
I. .At a general court martial convened at the camp of Major-Gener- 
al R. II. Anderson, by virtue of General Orders, So. 133, paragraph 
II, of 1862, from Head-quarters Army of Northern Virginia, was ar- 
raigned and tried : 
Private George Mormon, Company C, 8th Alabama regiment, on the 
following charges : 
Charge 1 : Violation of the 52d Article of War. 
Specification : In this, that the said Private George Mormon, Com- 
pany C, 8tli Alabama regiment, did leave his company and regiment, 
while in line of battle at the battle of Seven Pines, June 1st, 1862, 
without proper authority, thereby allowing himself to be taken prison- 
er 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, Com- 
pany C, 8th Alabama regiment, did leave the camp or hospital, while a 
paroled prisoner at Richmond, Va., beffVe being exchanged, about 
August 15, 1862, and enlisted in the marine corps at Mobile, £la., un- 
der an assumed name, and drew therefrom bounty, clothing, etc., to 
the amount of one hundred and forty-nine dollars and fifty cents, and 
did not return to his company till arrested by Lieutenant W. H. Dunn, Company II, 8th Alabama regiment, about the 10th day of January, 
1863. 
Of the Specification of the 1st Charge: Guilty. 
Of the 1st Charge: Guilty. 
Of the Specification of the 2d Charge : Guilty. 
Of the 2d Charge : Guilty. 
Finding. 
Sentence. 
To forfeit all pay due to him, and to be shot to death with musketrj’, 
at such time and place as the commanding general may direct. 
II. .The proceedings in the above case having been laid before the 
Secretary of War, for the orders of the President, are approved; and 
so much of the sentence as requires the accused to be shot to death 
with musketry is remitted, in consideration of the earnest recommenda- 
tion of the members of his regiment, and their assurances that a reform 
in his character as a soldier may be confidently relied on. 
III. .Private Mormon will be returned to his regiment. 
order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 80. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond. June 19, 1863. 
I. .Contractors with government officers to supply paper are hereby 
authorized to send agents to the armies in the field, and to military 
posts, for the purpose of collecting material convertible into paper. 
II. .Commanding officers of armies and military departments will di- 
rect suitable facilities to be given to such agents, when coming certified 
by the officers with whom the contract is made, and will direct the 
Quartermaster’s department to furnish transportation to the nearest 
public route for all material collected, whenever consistent with the 
interest of the service. m 
III. officers and privates, who belonged to com- 
panies or regiments which have been disbanded, and who, on account 
of their absence on detailed duty, were not mustered out of service with 
the commands to which they were attached, but were continued*for de- tailed duty, will be paid for the period of such detail, upon descriptive 
lists prepared and signed by the officer under whom they may be serv- 
ing. Clothing will be drawn and issued to them by such officer, who 
will keep an accurate account of such issues, and endorse them upon 
said descriptive lists. All such non-commissioned officers and soldiers 
within the conscript age, will be at once reported to the nearest enroll- 
ing officer, who will take measures to assign them to companies. Those 
who are not liable to service as conscripts will be discharged by order 
from the Adjutant and Inspector-General’s office. 
IV..In all elections of officers prescribed by law, a majority of all 
the votes cast will be necessary to a choice. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 81. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, June 11,1862. 
I. .A court of inquiry having been convened, by direction of the Presi- 
dent, on the application of Lieutenant-Colonel Eugene E. McLean, As- 
sistant Quartermaster-General, under Special Orders, No. 282, para- 
graph XV, of 1S62, “ to examine into and report upon the conduct of the 
quartermaster’s department of the Army of the Mississippi, while under 
the control of Lieutenant-Colonel, then Major, McLeanand having 
made the required examination and report, the result is, by direction of 
the President, published for the information of all concerned. 
II..The court having maturely considered the evidence adduced, 
report, as the 
Regarded by the court of inquiry in the case of Lieutenant-Colonel E. 
E. McLean, as proved by the evidence elicited, and of record: 
1. That the Army of the Mississippi, as commanded by General Brax- 
ton Bragg, was an organization separate and distinct from the Army 
of the West, commanded by Major-General Earl Van Dorn—both these 
armies, when concentrated at Corinth and Tupelo, being under General 
Beauregard, as commander of the forces. 
2. That the Army of the Mississippi was composed of three army 
corps, commanded respectively by Generals Bragg, Polk, and Hardee, 
and of a reserve corps, commanded by General Breckinridge. 
SUMMARY OF FACTS 3. That the evacuation of Corinth by the Confederate forces under 
General Beauregard was first fixed for the 28th of May, 1862. 
4. That the evacuation of Corinth was postponed to the 29th of May, 
1862. 
5. That the evacuation of Corinth was accomplished during the night 
of the 29th and morning of the 30th of May, 1862. 
6. That General Bragg relieved General Beauregard in the command 
of the forces at Tupelo in the latter part of June, 1862. 
7. That Lieutenant-Colonel, then Major, McLean, was acting as chief 
quartermaster of the Army of the Mississippi about the 12"th of March, 
1S62. 
8. That Major McLean was appointed chief quartermaster of the 
Army of the Mississippi by General A. Sidney Johnston on the 30th of 
March, 1862. 
9. That Lieutenant-Colonel McLean was relieved from duty as chief 
quartermaster of the forces, by General Bragg, on the 4th of July , 1862, 
at Tupelo, Mississippi. 
10. That the Army of the Mississippi, while Lieutenant-Colonel 
McLean was its chief quartermaster, both at Corinth and Tupelo, was 
amply supplied with money, clothing, camp, and garrison equipage, 
wagons, public animals, field transportation in general, and with all 
quartermaster’s stores, with the exception of full rations of forage at 
Corinth, arid of certain other articles which were applied for, and sub- 
sequently obtained by the quartermaster’s department, or the parties 
requiring them at the time. 
11. That there were, throughout the army, occasional complaints of 
the want, for a short time, of certain quartermaster’s supplies, which 
the evidence shows were sulficieatly accounted for, or promptly sup- 
plied, as far as possible, and the circumstances would permit of its be- 
ing done. 
12. That the supply of forage at Corinth was sufficient, though not 
full, and for a time restricted in amount and kind, owing to the nature 
of the surrounding country, and other circumstances. While at Tupelo 
it was ample, 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 earlj' day of our 
occupation of that post and the adjacent counties. 
14. That the facilities afforded by the railroads concentrating at that 
point, especially after their partial abandonment to the enemy, were 
not sufficient for the transportation of a full supply of forage for the 
army at Corinth, and at the same time to supply that army with all 
other quartermaster, commissary, and ordnance stores required, and at the same time meet the sudden and unexpected demands for the 
transportation of largo numbers of troops, the sick, etc. 
15. That an abundant supply of corn, and as much long forage as 
could be found, was purchased by the quartermaster’s department, and 
deposited along the lines of the different railroads for shipment to 
Corinth ; and when cars could be obtained they were generally kept 
loaded with such forage, ready to ho attached to the passing trains. 
16. That the railroads 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 loft by the passing trains on the 
side-tracks of the railroads, and thus detained or delayed in arriving at 
their place of destination. 
17. That all side-tracks required for the efficient working of the dif- 
ferent railroads were laid down by the quartermaster’s department 
wherever found insufficient for the accommodation of the increased 
business of the railroads. 
18. That a competent military superintendent of the railroads (a major 
in the quartermaster’s department) was selected by the presidents of 
the railroads, and, with their concurrence, appointed by General Beau- 
regard, to take upon himself the entire and'exclusive control of all the 
army transportation by railroad, under the immediate supervision of 
General Beauregard, then commanding the forces. 
19. That the quartermaster’s department, while under the control of 
Lieutenant-Colonel McLean, established, and had in successful opera- 
tion throughout the district of country under his charge, many and 
extensive manufactories for the supply of the army with quartermaster’s 
stores. 
20. That hospitals were 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 depart- 
ment, while under the control of Lieutenant-Colonel McLean. 
21. That artesian wells were, under the direction of Lieutenant-Colo- 
nel McLean, successfully bored at Corinth, to supply the army at that 
place with water. 
22. That corrals were established by the quartermaster’s department 
of the Army of the Mississippi, in the rear of the army, for the disabled 
and worn down-public animals, where they were, in largo numbers, prop- 
erly 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 railroad depots. 
24. That, in cases of emergency, sufficient assistance was obtained by 
details from the army, upon the application of the parties desiring them, as was the case of the post and ordnance department at the evacuation 
of Corinth. 
25. That there was a sufficient number of competent and efficient 
officers of the quartermaster’s department at all times at the railroad 
depot at Corinth, to superintend and control the railroad transportation 
of the army during the evacuation of that place. 
26. That the transportation operations, on the occasion of the evacua- 
tion of Corinth, were expeditiously and successfully conducted by ener- 
getic and competent officers of the quartermaster's department, assigned 
to the special duty of superintending the transportation of army stores 
and troops from that place by rail. 
27. That material aid was rendered by General Bragg and several 
members of his staff, and some members of the staff of General Beau- 
regard, also by other officers, as well as by Colonel Benton's regiment, 
and other details from the army. 
28. That there was no public property left in Corinth upon the evacu- 
ation of the place, except a few tents and broken wagons, some old 
harness, aud 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 railroad engines and cars 
loaded with army stores, upon the Memphis and Charleston railroad, on 
the morning of the 30th of May, 1862, occasioned by the burning of the 
railroad bridges across the Hatchie and Tuscumbia rivers, in obedience 
to specific orders given the officers in command at those bridges, to 
destroy them at a certain hour. 
30. That the quartermaster’s department had no notice that the 
bridges were to be destroyed ; otherwise the trains lost might have been 
despatched in time to have passed the bridges, or turned down the 
Mobile and Ohio railroad, and thus saved. 
31. That there was a loss of a train of cars containing certain govern- 
ment property, at Booneville, while standing on the track of the Mobile 
and Ohio railroad, on the morning of the 30th of May, 1862, occasioned 
by a raid of the enemy’s cavalry, over which the quartermaster’s depart- 
ment had no control. 
32. That Lieutenant-Colonel McLean was, at one time during his 
administration of the quartermaster’s department of the Army of the 
Mississippi and other forces, afflicted with a disease, which was local, 
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 the exception of a few days illness at Corinth, about a 
week previous to the evacuation of that place, Lieutenant-Colonel Mc- 
Lean was not unable, at any time while chief quartermaster of the army, to attend to all the duties which w'ere required of him, and that 
he did so attend promptly to all the duties devolving upon him at the 
time. 
34. That Lieutenant-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, succes- 
sively 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 in- 
vestigation of the ccnduct of the quartermaster’s department of the Army 
of the Mississippi, while under the control of Lieutenant-Colonel, then 
Major, Eugene E. McLean, it appears that the department was managed 
with all the energy, efficiency, forethought, and success which could 
have been expected under the difficult circumstances attending the sud- 
den concentration of our armies : the unexpected occupation by the 
enemy of our principal fields of supply ; the scarcity of the means of 
field transportation : the inability to obtain forage within reasonable 
reach of the army by means of wagon transportation; the failure or 
inability of the railroads of the country to transport from a distance, 
when purchased, forage to the army; the closing of the great markets 
of Now Orleans, Memphis, and Nashville; the interference, by agents 
of other branches of the service, with the departments of purchases of 
forage, and of transportation, under Lieutenant-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 Confederacy, and the inexperience of nearly all quar- 
termaster’s agents in the beginning of the war. 
It further appears from the evidence that, in the arduous duties 
attending the evacuation of Corinth by the Confederate army under 
General Beauregard, the quartermaster’s department was fully repre- 
sented by able and efficient officers, present at the railroad depot day 
and nigbt, and to their activity and judgment is the successful removal 
of the public stores, for which the quartermaster’s department was re- 
sponsible at that place, mainly attributable. That the quartermaster’s 
department, during the day and night preceding the evacuation, was 
efficiently aided by the personal exertions of General Bragg and several 
members of his and General Beauregard’s staff, and by thc-exertions of 
Colonel Benton’s regiment, together with other details from the army. 
It also appears from the evidence that the evacuation of Corinth, so 
far as the quartermaster’s department was concerned, was a complete military success, and that although so short a time was allowed to re- 
move the stores, but little property was lost, and that but of small 
value, being mostly worthless or condemned stores. The severe losses 
of the engines and cars, together with the public property contained in 
the latter, destroyed on the morning of the evacuation on the Hatehie 
and Tuscumbia bridges, on the Memphis and Charleston railroad, by 
our tVoops, and on the Mobile and Ohio railroad, at Booneville, by a 
raid of the enemy’s cavalry, are shown, from the evidence, to be in no 
way attributable to the quartermaster’s department. 
The court is also of opinion that the investigation has further shown 
that, in the conduct of the department committed to his charge, Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel McLean was prompt, energetic, and efficient in the dis- 
charge of all the duties of his office while chief quartermaster of the 
army, and that while in the execution of those duties, his instructions 
to and teachings of his subordinates contributed much to the success 
attendant on their exertions, and to the introduction and maintenance 
of the proper system and order in the various branches of the depart- 
ment entrusted to his supervision and control. 
III..The court of inquiry, of which Colonel M. Lewis Clark was 
president, is hereby dissolved. 
order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS. 
No. 82. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond June 12. 1863. 
The second section of the act entitled An act to organize partisan 
rangers, provides that such partisan 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 regu- 
lations, as other soldiers. The irregularities reported to this depart- 
ment as having been committed by such corps, renders it proper that 
these corps shin.ll be placed under stricter regulations than those here- 
tofore adopted. The generals commanding the departments in which 
they aro serving arc hereby authorized to combine them iuto battalions 
and regiments, with the view to bringing them under the same regula- 
tions as other soldiers, in reference to their discipline, position, and 
movements; and the same officers will recommend any further meas- 
ures for their organization as an integral portion of their commands as will, in their opinion, promote their efficiency and tho interests of 
the service. The general of the department will recommend field offi- 
cers for the organizations that may be made, to be submitted for tho 
consideration of the President. Such partisan corps as are serving 
within the enemy's lines are, for the present, excepted from this order. 
By order. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
S. COOPER, 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 83. 
Adjutant and Inspbctoe-Genekal’s Office, 
Richmond, June 13,1863. 
I. .At a general court martial convened at Shelbyville, Tennessee, 
by virtue of General Orders, No. 63, March 16, 1863, from the Adjutant 
and Inspector-Generars office, Richmond, was arraigned and tried: 
Major-General John P. McCoun, P. A. C. S., on the following charge 
and specification : 
Charge: Conduct to the prejudice of good order and military disci- 
pline. 
Specification 1: In this, that Major-General John P. McCoun, P. A. 
C. S., being in command of a division serving with “Army of Tennes- 
see,” did, without authority, order, through his stalF officer, Major 
Bradford, Assistant Adjutant-General, Captain Olhson, A. C. S., 4th 
Arkansas 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 his assistant adjutant- 
general, Major Bradford, issue the said order to Major Olhson, A. C. 
S., 4th Arkansas regiment, to proceed to Charleston, S. C., and other 
points, when he, the said Major-General John P. McCoun, P. A. C. S., 
had, but a short time previous, received and acknowledged the receipt 
of an official communication from the commanding general of Depart-, 
ment No. 2, requiring an explanation in regard to his detailing officers 
and enlisted men to go from his (McCoun’s) division, out of the lines of 
the army. All this at Shelbyville, Tennessee, on or about the 3d day 
of February, 1863. 
II.. Finding and Sentence of the. Court. 
After maturely considering the evidence adduced, the court find tho accused, Major-General John P. McCbun, P. A. C. S., as 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 emolu- 
ments for the space of six months, and that he be reprimanded in 
General Orders, by the officer reviewing the proceedings of this court. 
III.. The proceedings, findings, and sentence in the foregoing case 
having been submitted to the Secretary of War, to be laid before the 
President, and having been duly considered, the same are approved, 
and the sentence of the court will be carried into effect. Major-General 
John P. MoCoun is therefore suspended from rank, pay, emoluments, 
and command for six months from this date. 
IV. .The general court martial convened by General Orders, No. 63, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s office, and of which Major-General 
J. M. Withers is president, is hereby dissolved. 
order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, j 
No. 84. I 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, June 15, 1863. 
I..Ordnance officers on duty in the field do not form a part of the 
personal staff of the commanding general. 
II..Chiefs of ordnance of armies and departments will be assigned 
by the War department, and will not be removed, except on orders 
through the Adjutant and Inspector-General’s office. 
III..Other ordnance officers will continue to serve with the com- 
mands 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 for- 
warded to the Chief of the Ordnance bureau at Richmond. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 85. J 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, June 16,1863. 
I..The following act of Congress, and the regulations adopted by 
the department in pursuance thereof, are published for the informa- 
tion of all concerned ; 
“ Section 1. The 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, 
etc., passed April 11, 1862, together with sueh 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, be- 
side, be charged with all duties and expenditures connected with the 
mining of iron, copper, lead, coal, etc., so 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 appurtenant to any mines it may be deemed expedient to 
open or work on goyernment account; and may also contract, subject 
to the approval of the Secretary of War, for such supplies, by purchase 
or otherwise, of all copper, lead, iron, coal, zinc, and such other miner- 
als, as may be required for the prosecution of the war. 
“Sec. .3. Beit further enacted, That said bureau shall consist of one 
lieutenant-colonel as superintendent ; three majors as assistant super- 
intendents; six captains and ten lieutenants, in which shall be includ- 
ed 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, ] 863.] 
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A NITRE AND MINING BUREAU. 
II. .The Secretary of War is of opinion that it is necessary to accu- 
mulate supplies of iron, in the various military departments, for the 
repair of railroads, the manufacture of arms, munitions, and materials of 
war, and for the operations of the quartermaster’s, ordnance, and en- 
gineer departments, and that experience has shown that the necessary 
supply can not be obtained by purchase. Impressment, therefore, ac- 
cording to the act of Congress 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 quartermaster’s, ordnance, engineer, and nitre and mining bu- 
reaus, or by officers designated by them, who shall in every instance 
communicate to the owner the necessity that exists for the use of the 
property, the disposition of the officers to purchase the same, and an 
offer to purchase it at a price to be ascertained in accordance with the 
act relating to impressments, if the parties can not agree upon the 
same. 
III. .And whereas the existing necessity for ir»n in the departments 
aforesaid, and for the good of the public service, is such that all prac- 
ticable measures must be taken to secure an adequate supply, it is fur- 
ther ordered that, whenever it may become necessary to secure the full 
product of any mine or manufactory, that the same shall be worked for 
the sole benefit of the Government of the Confederate States. It shall 
be competent to the chief of either of the departments aforesaid to lease 
or purchase the same; and in case that the lease or purchase is im- 
practicable, then they are authorized to impress the same for the use 
of the Confederate States during the war, or while such necessity shall 
continue. 
IV..That proceedings under these orders will be conducted under 
the 4th section of the act concerning impressments, and in pursuance 
of the directions contained in paragraph I. 
order. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
S. COOPER, 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 86. 
Adjutant and Inspector-Gsneiial’s Office. 
Richmond, June 22,1863. 
Whereas, there have been a number of applications to this department 
for authority to raise companies for local defence and special service, 
and for instructions as to the method by which such organizations may 
be made, and the privileges they may claim, the department has adopt- 
ed the following regulations on the subject: 
I.. Companies, battalions, and regiments, composed of persons not 
within tbe age of conscription (eighteen and forty), will be accepted as 
volunteers throughout the Confederacy, under the act of August 21, 
1861 (No. 229), for local defence and special service. II. .The organization of corps for local defence must conform to that- 
prescribed for companies, battalions, and regiments of the provisional 
army. The minimum number for a company of infantry is sixty-four 
rank and tile, and for cavalry sixty. Battalions must consist of not 
less than five companies, and regiments of ten. Artillery is not desir- 
able. Members of cavalry companies must furnish their own horses, 
but will receive forty cents per day for their use while in actual service. 
III. .The muster roll of all such organizations shall specify that the 
said organizations are raised under this act, and subject to these regu- 
lations, and contain a description of the volunteer as to age, residence, 
and date of enlistment, and the term of enlistment for the war. 
IV..Such organizations will not be considered as in actual service, 
for the purpose of receiving pay or subsistence, except when called for 
by the President. 
\ ..They will not be called for until a necessity arises for service. 
They shall not be required to go beyond the limits of the State to which 
they belong. 
VI. .They are expected to serve, when called out, only so long as the 
emergency exists, and then to return to their ordinary pursuits until 
again called. 
VII..Arms and equipments, when not possessed by the members, 
will, to the extent necessary to supply, be furnished by the Confederate 
States. 
VIII. .Should any of them be captured, they shall be claimed as pris- 
oners of war, and all the protection of the government will be extend- 
ed to them. 
IX..Field offieei’3 of battalions and regiments to be organized, will 
be appointed by the President, in accordance with the act 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. 
XI. .The commandant of any military post of the Confederate States, 
the sheriff of any county, or the colonel commanding any militia rogi- ment, or the'judge or justice of any county or other court, may certify 
and return the muster rolls, which must be sent to the Adjutant and 
Inspector-General’s office at Richmond, for acceptance. 
XII. .In the event of a call by the President, under the law of con- 
scription, on all between the ages of forty and forty-five, those in said 
organizations subject to such call will be liable to discharge or transfer. 
For the information and guidance of those desirous of volunteering 
for local defence, the law of August 21, 1861, is hereto appended. 
“Suction 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do 
enact, That the President be and he is hereby authorized to accept the 
services of volunteers of such kind and in such proportion as he may 
deem expedient, to serve for such time as he may prescribe, for the de- 
fence of exposed places or localities, or such special service as ho may 
deem expedient. 
“ Sec. 2. And such forces shall be mustered into the service of the 
Confederate States for the local defence or special service aforesaid, the 
muster roll setting forth distinctly the services to be performed, and 
the said volunteers shall not be considered in actual service until 
thereunto specially ordered by the President, and they shall be enti- 
tled to pay or subsistence only for such time as they may be on duty 
under the orders of the President, or by his direction. 
“ Sec. 3. Such volunteer forces, when so accepted and ordered into ser- 
vice, shall be organized in accordance with and subject to all the provis- 
ions of the act entitled An act to provide for the public defence, ap- 
proved March 6, 1861, and may be attached to such divisions, brigades, 
regiments, or'battalions as the President may direct, and when not or- 
ganized into battalions or regiments before being mustered into service, 
the President shall appoint the field officers of the battalions or regi- 
ments, when organized as such by him.” [Approved August 21, 1861.] 
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR LOCAL DEFENCE AND SPECIAL SORVICE. 
order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 87. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, June 23, 1863. 
The following forms for the enlistment of substitutes, and the dis- 
charge of soldiers presenting the same, will hereafter be observed: (duplicates.) 
ARMY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES. 
Application for discharge on account of having furnished a'substitute. 
, of Captain company ( ), of the regi- 
ment of the Confederate States army , was enlisted by , of 
the regiment of , at , on thq day of 
186—, to serve years, and not for the purpose of furnishing a 
substitute. He was born in , in the State of —, is 
years of age, feet inches high, complexion, 
eyes, hair, and by occupation when enlisted a . 
I hereby certify that said soldier has furnished an able-bodied man, 
well clothed, in the person of , as his substitute, whom I am 
willing to receive, being satisfied that the substitute is not now liable 
to conscription, by reason of 
Station : 
Date : 
Commanding Company. 
I certify that I have carefully examined the said , and find him 
sound, and in all respects fit for military service. 
Surgeon P. A. C. S. 
Discharged, this day of 186—, at . 
t > 
Commanding Battalion or Regiment. 
I hereby declare on oath that I am a resident of the State of , of 
the Confederate States of America, and a citizen thereof; that I am 
years of age; have not received from or paid to any agent money 
inducing me to enlist as a substitute, and am not a member of any com- 
pany whatever. 
Sworn to before me, on this day of 186—. 
J. P. or N. P. 
Approved : 
Commanding Regiment. HnAD-QUAB.TKItK, , 
, 186—. 
Discharge approved. 
General Commanding. 
SOLDIER’S DISCHARGE. 
To all whom it may concern : 
Know Ye, That , a of Captain company, 
regiment of , who was enlisted the day of one 
thousand eight hundred and , to serve , is hereby honor- 
ably discharged from the Army of the Confederate States, by reason of 
his having furnished a substitute in the person of , a citizen of 
the Confederate States of America, years of age, as shown by 
affidavit 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 
that he is the only substitute received in the company during the pres- 
ent mouth, and that the principal was not enlisted for the purpose of 
furnishing a substitute. 
Said was born iu , in the State of , is years 
of age, feet inches high, complexion, eyes, 
hair, and by occupation when enlisted a . 
Given at , this day, of 186—. 
Commanding Regiment. 
Approved : 
General Commanding Army (or Department). 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, June 24. 1863. 
GENERAL ORDERS 
No. 88. 
Operators on telegraph lines, established by military commanders for 
military purposes, will be allowed payment for their services, not to ex- 
ceed the rate of compensation fixed and allowed by the Postmaster- 
General to the operators under his control. 
By order. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
S. COOPER, GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 89. 
Adjutant and Inspf.ctor-General’s Office, 
Richmond, June 25,1863. 
All discharges for disability will be held as conditional, dependent 
upon the disability, and valid only during its continuance. If, on ex- 
amination, the disability 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 applies to substitutes, whether under or 
over the age of conscription. Their services are due for the war, and 
the government should not be deprived of them for what proves to be 
a temporary disability. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS. 
• No.-90. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, June 26,1863. 
I. .The senior officer of engineers serving with an army in the field 
will be held responsible for the proper execution of all duties appertain- 
ing to his department; and the orders of the commanding general 
relating to the engineer service will be communicated through him, and 
he will recommend to the general commanding the assignments of 
junior officers of engineers to serve with corps, divisions, and brigades. 
The engineer officer of highest rank in each assignment will receive 
the orders of his immediate commander, report to him whatever con- 
cerns the engineer service, and communicate to him the ordeis he 
receives from the senior engineer. Ho will also report to the senior en- 
gineer all his operations, with sketches, drawings, and maps, for the 
information of the commanding general, and for transmission to the 
Engineer bureau. 
II. .All officers of engineers, and employees under the Engineer de- 
partment, will communicate through the proper channels with the senior 
engineer serving with tho army in the field, be responsible to him for 
all public funds and property in their hands, and receive his orders and 
instructions. 
III. The duties of officers of engineers serving with the armies of 
the Confederate States in the field, camp, or cantonment, are as follows, 
viz : To mako reconnoissances and surveys of the sections of country occupied by our forces, and, afe far as possible, of the country held by 
the enemy, embracing all the information that can be obtained in refer- 
ence to roads, bridges, fords, topographical, and military features, the 
character and dimensions of the water - courses, the practicabilty of 
constructing fixed and floating bridges, the extent of wooded and cleared 
lands, and the capacity of the 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 works, defensive or offensive, viz : 
field forts, batteries, rifle-pits, lines of infantry cover, military trenches, 
parallels, saps, mines, and other works of attack and siege; also, works 
for obstructing rivers and harbors; to prepare such maps and plans as 
will give a full knowledge of the ground and proposed works, and sub- 
mit the same to the commanding general for his information and con- 
sideration, and forward, through the proper channels, copies of all 
reports, memoirs, estimates, plans, drawings, and models relating to the 
duties above enumerated, to the Engineer bureau at Richmond. 
IV. The locations and plans for the works being thus determined, 
they will be marked out on the ground by the engineers, who will indi- 
cate, by stakes, lines, profiles, and other guides, the shape and dimen- 
sions of the dilferent parts, for the information and government of those 
who direct the troops or laborers employed to do the work. When 
troops are detailed to construct temporary defences, they will be in 
all cases, commanded by their officers, who will see that the work is done 
in exact conformity to the plans and directions of the officer of engi- 
neers, without regard to rank. 
V. .When an officer of engineers is charged with directing an expedi- 
tion, or making a reconnoissance requiring the support of an escort, 
without having command of the troops, he will call on the commander 
of the escort to move with and extend to him all protection necessary 
to secure the success of the operation. 
VI.. Officers of engineers will notassume nor be ordered on any duty 
beyond the line of their immediate profession, except by special order 
of the President. In the operations of the armies of the Confederate 
States, all that appertains to the science of civil or military engineering 
will be assigned by commanders to the officers of engineers serving 
with their forces; and with them will rest the responsibility of a proper 
execution of the works. The labor will be performed, if possible, by 
details of troops commanded by their officers ; in other cases, by hired 
labor, under the control of overseers omployed by the engineer officers. 1 II*. Officers of engineers will not be required to give other supervi- 
sion to the fatigue parties or laborers employed in the construction of 
works than is necessary to indicate, in a clear and distinct manner, to 
those directing the labor, their plans, and the character of the work to 
be done. 
VIII* • The senior officer of engineers serving with a commanding 
general in the field will transmit to the Engineer bureau at Richmond 
the reports, plans, and journals called for by paragraph 478, Army 
Regulations. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 91. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Officb, 
Richmond, June 27. 1863. 
I..Before the military court attached to Lieutenant-General Long- 
street’s corps was arraigned and tried : 
Lieutenant-Colonel 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 as follows, 
viz : 
Of the Specification : Guilty. 
Of the Charge: Guilty. 
Sentence. 
To he cashiered, and dismissed the service of the Confederate States. 
Recommendation of the Court. 
The undersigned, the members of the military court for the Depart- 
ment of Virginia and North Carolina, respectfully represent to Lieuten- 
ant-General Longstreet, and through him to the President, that they 
have come to the judgment rendered in this case with reluctance. 
Though it may be true that this court is vested with all the powers pos- 
sessed by the special court of inquiry, as it is termed, appointed by 
act of the Confederate Congress, approved 21st April, 1862, and vested, 
tberefi>rc, with the discretion as to drunkennoes in officers possessed by that court, they yet are of the opinion that that court possessed no di;« 
cretion as to the punishment of officers for drunkenness “on duty.” 
The 45th Article of War prescribes that officers so offending shall be 
cashiered; and, as that article is not repealed in terms, nor by neces- 
sary implication, in the said act of the 21st April, they conceive that 
that article is still the rule of punishment for such offences ; but, as be- 
fore stated, they have come to that conclusion with reluctance. They 
find many inducements to a milder sentence. They find that the sea- 
son 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 
engaged was not such as to require any special exercise of care, con- 
duct, or capacity; and they find that he has established a character 
which is abundant, of promise to the service and the state. For these 
reasons, therefore, they would have imposed a milder sentence, and 
especially would not have deprived the Confederacy of his further ser- 
vices in the line of his profession. But in the absence, as they conceive, 
of such discretion, they can only commend him to 4he clemency of the 
Executive, which they hope may be exercised in such abatement of this 
sentence, at least, as will restore him to his command. 
II..The proceedings, finding, and sentence in this case having 
been laid before the Secretary of War, for the final order of the Presi- 
dent, the following decision has been rendered : 
The view taken by the court as to the effect of the 45th Article of 
War in such cases as it provides for, is concurred in; and the proceed- 
ings, finding, and sentence of the court are, therefore, approved. But, 
in consideration of the recommendation of the court, and Lieutenant- 
General Longstreet, and the gallantry and good character of Lieutenant- 
Colonel Flowerree, the sentence is remitted, and he will return to duty. 
By order. ’ S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,' 
No. 92. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, June 29, 1863. 
I. .The acts of Congress, passed on the 6th of April, 1863, and dates 
subsequent thereto, having provided the means of procuring army sup- 
plies, notice is hereby given to the people of the Confederate States, and 
to receiving officers, that, from the date of this publication, no more 
quartermaster’s supplies will be received under the appeal made by the 
President, and the plan of the Secretary of War annexed thereto. All such supplies, collected or tendered prior to the time above referred to, 
will be paid for at established rates. Hereafter, supplies will be ob- 
tained, as far as practicable, by purchase, and, when necessary, by im- 
pressment ; and officers, when authorized to resort to impressment, will 
observe strictly the requirements of law, and the General Orders of 
the War department, and the regulations of this office founded thereon. 
II. .That any officer who shall be authorized, by the act of Congress 
concerning impressments, 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 same, shall have full power and 
authority to enter upon any property in which he shall have good rea- 
son to suspect any of the articles of produce, goods, merchandise, or 
other things subject to impressment, may be stored or concealed, in 
order to obtain or secure the same : and if he shall have reason to be- 
lieve that they are stored or concealed in any dwelling-house, store- 
house, 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 execut- 
ed in the daytime, and after a demand of the owner or occupant, if the 
owner or occupant shall then be inhabiting the building aforesaid. 
order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 93. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, June 30,1863. 
Paragraph I, General Orders, No. 49, current series, is so amended 
that the appraisement of deceased soldier’s clothing shall be made after 
it has been washed and put in condition by the quartermaster, and will 
approximate to the government prices or rates at which it was origi- 
nally issued. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS,I 
No. 94. j 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, July 4, 1863. 
Information having been received that soldiers, absent from their 
commands without proper authority, are employed by officers in charge 
of government work, it is hereby directed that all such men be returned 
immediately to their respective companies. Otficers, who employ men 
not regularly detailed, will, in every instance, be held answerable for 
the offence before a court martial. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS. 
No. 95. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond. July 7, 1803. 
I. .Before a general court martial convened at the camp of Brigadier- 
General Paxton, by virtue of General Orders, No. 128, of 1862, per 
Head-quarters Department of Northern Virginia, was arraigned and 
tried : 
Private M. Ricket, Company H, 2Tth Virginia infantry, on the fol- 
lowing 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 Briga- 
dier-General F. Lee’s brigade, by virtue of General Orders. No. 12, 
current series, from Head-quarters Department of Northern Virginia, 
were arraigned and tried : 
Privates Wm. G. Clarke and J. R. Humphreys, of Captain Buathed’s 
battery, Stuart’s horse artillery, on the following charge: 
Charge: Violation of the 23d Article of War. 
Finding. 
Of the Specification : Guilty. 
Of the Charge : Guilty. To be shot to death with musketry. 
Sentence. 
III. .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 1862, per Head-quarters Department of Northern Virginia, was 
arraigned and tried : 
Private John Q,. Childres, Company G, 5th Florida regiment, 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, Georgia, 
by virtue of General Orders, No. 61, current series, Head-quarters De- 
partment of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, was arraigned and 
tried: 
Private Henry Smith, Company E, 22d battalion Georgia 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, Company H, 
27th Virginia infantry,- William G. Clarke, and J. R. Humphreys, of 
Captain Buathed’s battery, Stuart’s horse artillery; John Q. Childres, 
Company G, 5th Florida regiment, and Henry Smith, Company E, 22d 
battalion Georgia artillery, having been laid before the Secretary of 
War, for the decision of the President, the following orders are made 
thereon : 
The several Articles of War, with the violation of which the above- 
named are respectively charged, neither prescribe any duty or define and 
prohibit any offence. They simply pronounce punishments to be im posod for certain offences. The charge of a violation of such articles is 
too indefinite to justify punishment under it. The defect is fatal, and 
vitiates the whole proceedings, which are, therefore, set aside. The 
parties will be released from close confinement, and returned to dfity; 
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, Tennes- 
see, 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 following 
charge: 
Charge : Conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline. 
Specification ls<: For that the said Assistant-Surgeon W. T. Lockhart, 
at the hospital of Withers’ division, in Shelbyville, Tennessee, on the 
26th day of March, 1863, did harshly and capriciously curse and abuse 
one Private D. F. Halliburton, Company B, 12th Tennessee regiment, 
he, the said Halliburton, then and there being a sentinel on guard duty. 
The other specifications are omitted, being nearly the same as the 
first. 
Finding. 
Of the 3d of the Charge : Guilty, except the words “ dis- 
charging his duty.” 
Of the 2d Specification : Guilty, except the words “ and knock down.” 
Of the 1st Specification : Guilty, except the words “curse and.” 
Of the Charge : Guilty. 
Sentence. 
To be dismissed the service. 
VII. .The proceedings in the above case having been laid before the 
Secretary of War, for the decision of the President, are approved; but, 
in consideration of the mitigating circumstances in the case, and the 
recommendations on file, the sentence of the court is remitted, and As- 
sistant-Surgeon Lockhart will return to duty. 
VIII. .Before the general court martial convened at Richmond, Vir- 
ginia, by virtue of Special Orders, No. 23, current series, Head-quarters 
Department of Henrico, was arraigned and tried: Captain W. S. Reed, commanding the President’s guard, on the fol- 
lowing charges: 
Charge 1st: Conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. 
Charge 2d: Violation of the 14th Article of War. 
Charge 3d: Violation of the 42d Article of War. 
Charge 4th : Violation of orders. 
The specifications are omitted, being numerous, and of mere detail. 
Of the 1st Specification of the 1st Charge : Not Guilty. 
Of the 2d Specification 0/ the 1st Charge: Guilty. 
Of the 3d Specification of the 1st Charge: Guilty, but attach no crim- 
inality 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 im- 
proper conduct. 
Of the Specification of the 2d Charge : Not Guilty. 
Of the 2d Charge: Not Guilty. 
Of the Specification of the 3d Charge : Not Guilty. 
Of the 3d Charge : Not Guilty. 
Of the 1st Specification of the 4th Charge : Guilty. 
Of the 2d Specification of the 4th Charge : Guilty. 
Of the 3d Specification of the 4th Charge: Guilty. 
Of the 4th Charge : Guilty. 
Finding. 
To be dismissed the service. 
Sen fence. 
IX. The proceedings in the above case having been laid before the 
Secretary of War, for the decision of the President, are approved; but, 
in consideration of some mitigating circumstances, the sentence is com- 
muted to suspension from rank, pay, and emoluments, for ten days. 
X. .Before the military court attached to Lieutenant-General Polk’s 
corps was arraigned and tried : 
Second Lieutenant H. J. Ballantine, 47th Tennessee regiment, on the 
following charge: 
Charge : Violation of the 81st Article of War. 
Specification : Charges that the accused did permit a number of pris- 
oners to leave the guard-house, and go to their respective quarters to 
sleep, which resulted in the escape of one of them. Of the Specification : Guilty. 
Of the Charge : Guilty. 
Finding. 
To be dismissed the service. 
Sentence. 
XI. .The proceedings in this case having been laid before the Secre- 
tary of War, for the decision of the President, are approved; but, in con- 
sideration the offence against military law, as shown by the evidence, 
being in this case rather an indiscretion than a crime, and of the distin- 
guished gallantry of Lieutenant Ballantine at the battles of Shiloh, 
Richmond, Kentucky, and Murfreesboro’, upon the recommendation of 
the court, and of his commanding general, the sentence is remitted, and 
Lieutenant Ballantine will return to duty. 
XII..Before a military court attached to Lieutenant-General W. J. 
Hardee’s corps was arraigned and tried : 
First Lieutenant Israel P. Guy, 16th Alabama regiment, on the fol- 
lowing charges: 
Charge 1st: Desertion. 
Specification : In this, that Israel P. Guy, first lieutenant Captain 
Netherford’s company, E, 16th Alabama regiment, having received pay 
from the Confederate States, did, on or about the 23d day of December, 
1862, at Triune, Tennessee, obtain leave to go and was sent to the hos- 
pital at Chattanooga, Tennessee, but instead of reporting to the hospital 
at Chattanooga, Tennessee, went to his home in Franklin county, Ala- 
bama, and did not return until the 29th day of March, 1863. 
Charge 2d: Conduct prejudicial to good order and military disci- 
pline. 
The specification is omitted, being substantially the same as that to 
the first charge. 
Of the Specification of the 1st Charge: Guilty. 
Of the 1st Charge: Not Guilty of desertion, but guilty of absence 
without leave. 
Of the Specification of the 2d Charge : Guilty. 
Of the 2d Charge : Guilty. 
Finding. 
Sentence. 
To be dismissed the service. XIII. .The proceedings in this case having been laid before the Sec- 
retary of War, for the decision of the President, are approved; but, in 
consideration of the recommendation of his brother officers and of the 
commanding general, and their testimony to his previous good conduct, 
the sentence of dismissal from the service is remitted, but not the for- 
feiture of pay and allowances during the term of his unauthorized 
absence. 
XIV. .At a general court martial convened at the Head-qijarters of 
Major-General It. H. Anderson’s division, by virtue of General Orders, 
No. 133, of 1862, Department of Northern Virginia, was arraigned and 
tried : 
Private Grif. Nunnaly, Company C, 41st Virginia regiment, on the 
following 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 before the 
President, the following is his decision : 
That, in consideration of facts appearing in the papers submitted on 
the appeal for a commutation of the sentence, the sentence is commuted 
to confinement with ball and chain, to be kept at hard labor, with only 
the necessary allowances, and without pay, until the expiration of his 
term of service. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,] 
No. 96. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, July 8, 1863. 
I. .Soldiers not deemed subjects for discharge under paragraph IV, 
General Orders, No. 69, current series, because of their being fit for ser- vice in the staff departments of the army, will be recommended by the 
board of examiners to the general commanding the department or army 
for detail in the medical department, as nurses, guards, etc., 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, they will be recom- 
mended for detail in such department. 
11.. 501diers detailed under these provisions will, when fit for field 
duty, be relieved and sent to their commands. 
111.. Paragraph X, General Orders, No. 69, current series, having, in 
somo instances, been evaded, is so far amended as to prohibit medical 
officers from extending leaves of absence to officers or furloughs to men. 
They can only certify to the disability, and recommend such exten- 
sions. 
IV. . Commutation for rations to men upon furlough will not be paid 
until they rejoin their commands. 
V. Rations will be issued to discharged men delayed at way hos- 
pitals. 
order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 97. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, July 9, 1863. 
I..Before a general court martial convened at the camp of Major- 
General R. H. Anderson’s division, by virtue of General Orders, No. 
133, of 1862, from Head-quarters Department of Northern Virginia, 
was arraigned and tried : 
Private C. Edgeworth, Company E, 3d Georgia regiment, upon the 
following charges: 
Charge 1st: Violation of the 52d Article of War. 
Charge 2d : Disobedience of orders. 
(The specifications, being lengthy, are omitted.) 
Finding. 
Of the Specification of 1st Charge: Guilty. 
Of the 1st Charge: Guilty. 
Of the Specification of 2d Charge: Guilty. 
Of the 2d Charge : Guilty. Sentence. 
To be shot to death with musketry. 
The proceedings in the above case having been laid before the Secre- 
tary of War, for the decision of the President, the following order is 
made : 
The 1st charge is improperly stated to be “ Violation of the 52d Arti- 
cle of War.” In consideration of which, and of affidavits tending to 
explain the circumstances which led to his conviction, and the petition 
of the non-commissioned officers and privates of his company, of the 
officers of his regiment, and the commanding officer of his division, 
bearing testimony to the gallantry displayed by Private Edgeworth at 
Malvern Hill, where he was wounded, and at the second battle -of 
Manassas, the sentence is remitted. 
Private Edgeworth will bo released from confinement, and returned 
to duty. 
By order. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
S. COOPER, 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 98. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond. July 20, 1863. 
I. All white male residents of the Confederate States, between the 
ages of eighteen and forty-five, not exempted by law, and not already 
in the service, will be enrolled. Persons liable to enrolment may be 
enrolled wherever they may be found. 
II. .The 1st paragraph of General Orders, No. 86, current series, is so 
amended as to read as follows : 
“ Companies, battalions, and regiments composed of persons not 
within the age of conscription (eighteen and forty-five), will be accept- 
ed as volunteers, throughout the Confederacy, under the act of August 
21, 1861, No. 229, for local defence, and special service.” Those per- 
sons 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 conscription for enrolment. 
III. .The following regulation will be in addition to those heretofore 
published in regard to substitutes : 
Hereafter every person furnishing a substitute, in accordance with existing regulations, shall become liable to and be immediately enroll- 
ed for military duty, upon the loss of the services of the substitute fur- 
nished by him, from any cause other than the casualties of war. 
By order. 
S. COOPER. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,] 
No. 99. J 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office. 
Richmond, July 21. 1863. 
I. .The following schedule of prices for articles named therein, adopt- 
ed by commissioners appointed pursuant to law, for the State of Vir- 
ginia, are announced for the information of all concerned, and the 
special attention of officers and agents of the government is directed 
thereto: 
Richmond, July 18, 1863. 
lion. Jus. A. Seddon, Secretary of War : 
Sir : The commissioners appointed under section 5th of the bill 
recently passed by the Confederate Congress, regulating impressments, 
being required to agree upon and publish a schedule of prices every 
two months, or oftener if they should deem it proper, in accordance 
with the foregoing requisition we respectfully lay before you the fol- 
lowing schedule of prices, marked A and B, for the ensuing month. 
Owing to the difficulty of obtaining satisfactory information as to 
pork, we have postponed the appraisement till our next assessment. 
Mr. William B. Harrison was again invited to act as third commis- 
sioner, and it is proper to add that the schedules of appraisement re- 
ceived the unanimous approval of the commissioners. 
The following schedules present the maximum prices to bo paid for 
tho 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 transportation to the city or usual place of sale to which tho 
article would go ordinarily for sale from that neighborhood, or less the 
cost of transportation to the point at which the government needs the 
article, and wishes it to be sent: provided, that in no case the amount 
deducted for transportation, as above, shall exceed 25 cents per bushel 
for grain, and 25 cents per cwt. for long forage, flour, bacon, iron, etc. 
In addition to the established price of transportation, the government 
to pay all legal tolls ; and where farmers can not procure nails for baling 
forage, government to furnish the same at cost, which will be deduct- 
ed from the established price of baling: ARTICLES. 
QUALITY. 
DESCRIPTION. 
QUANTITY. 
PRICE. 
1 Wheat, 
Prime, 
White, 
Per bushel of 60 lbs. 
$ 5 00 
2 Flour, 
Good, 
Superfine, 
“ barrel of 196 lbs. 
25 00 
3 Corn. 
Prime, 
White. 
“ bushel of 06 lbs. 
4 00 
4 Unshelled corn, 
44 
44 
“ “ lbs. 
3 95 
5 Corn meal, 
Good. 
“ “ 50 lbs. 
4 20 
6 Rye, 
Prime, 
“ “ 56 lbs. 
3 20 
7 Cleaned oats, 
44 
- 
“ “ 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, 
4< 
- 
“ “ 37 lbs. 
1 40 
12 Bacon, 
44 
Hog round, 
“ pound, 
1 00 
13 Salt pork, 
- 
44 44 
1 00 
14 Lard, 
- 
44 44 
1 00 
15 Horses, 
1st class, 
Artillery, etc. 
Average price per head, 
350 00 
16 Wool, 
Fair, 
Washed, 
Per pound, 
3 00 
17 Wool, 
46 
Unwashed, 
44 44 
2 00 
18 Peas, 
Good, 
- 
“ bushel of 60 lbs. 
4 00 
19 Beans, 
44 
- 
“ “ 60 “ 
4 00 
20 Potatoes, 
Irish. 
“ “ 60 “ 
4 00 
21 Potatoes, 
44 
Sweet, 
“ “ 60 “ 
5 00 
22 Onions, 
44 
- 
“• “ 60 “ 
5 00 
23 Dried peaches, 
44 
Peeled, 
« “ 38 “ 
8 00 
24 Dried peaches, 
44 
Unpeeled, 
“ “ 38 “ 
4 50 
25 Pried apples, 
44 
Peeled, 
“ “ 28 “ 
3 00 
26 Hay, haled, 
44 
Timothy, or 
clover, 
“ 100 pounds, 
3 00 
27 Hay, baled 
44 
Orchard, or herd 
grass, 
100 “ 
3 00 
28 Hay, unbaled, 
U 
Orchard, or herd 
grass, 
“ 100 “ 
2 70 
29 Sh’f oats, baled, 
Good, 
_ 
“ 100 “ 
4 00 
30 Sh’f oats, unb’d, 
4k 
_ 
“ 100 “ 
31 Blade fodder, 
3 70 
baled, 
44 
_ 
“ 100 “ 
32 Blade fodder, 
3 00 
unbaled, 
44 
- 
“ 100 “ 
2 70 
33 Shucks, baled. 
44 
- 
“ 100 “ 
2 00 
34 Shucks, unbal’d, 
44 
_ 
« 100 “ 
35 Wheat straw, 
1 70 
baled, 
44 
_ 
“ 100 « 
36 Wheat straw, 
1 00 
unbaled. 
44 
_ 
“ 100 “ 
70 
37 Pasturage. 
44 
Interior, 
“ head per month, 
3 00 
38 <■ 
Superi’r, 
44 
44 44 “ 
4 00 
39 « 
1st rate, 
44 
« <4 i( 
5 00 
40 
Good, 
Near cities. 
a (( a 
5 00 
41 
Snperi’r, 
44 
U it .i 
6 00 
42 
1st rate. 
C6 
44 44 44 
7 00 
43 Salt, 
Good, 
- 
“ bushel of 50 lbs. 
5 00 
44 Soap, 
k4 
- 
“ pound, 
40 
45 Candles, 
44 
Tallow, 
44 44 
1 00 
46 Vinegar, 
44 
Cider, 
“ gallon, 
1 00 
47 Whiskey, 
44 
Trade, 
44 44 
3 00 
48 Sugar, 
44 
Brown, 
“ pound. 
1 00 
49 Molasses, 
44 
New Orleans, 
“ gallon, 
8 00 
50 Rice, 
44 
- 
“ pound, 
20 
51 Coffee, 
4 4 
Rio, 
<.i U 
3 00 
52 Tea, 
a 
Trade, 
it a 
7 00 
53 Vinegar, 
u 
Manufactured, 
“ gallon, 
50 
54 Pig iron, 
u 
No. 1 quality, 
“ ton, 
125 00 
55 Pig iron, 
I 44 
No. 2 “ 
“ ton, 
110 00 
56 Pi£ iron, 
No. S “ 
“ ton. 
100 00 
a? JJkxim iron, 
“ 
- 
“ ton, 
130 00 
Schedule A. Schedule A—Continued. 
ARTICLE?. 
QUALITY. 
DESCRIPTION. 
QUANTITY. 
PRICE. 
58 Smiths’ iron, 
Good, 
Round, plate,and 
bar, 
Per ton, 
“ pound, 
$380 80 
59 Leather, 
Harness, 
2 60 
60 Leather, 
44 
Sole, 
2 40 
61 Leather, 
(( 
Upper, 
44 44 
2 80 
62 Beef cattle, 
44 
Gross weight, 
“ 100 pounds, 
16 00 
63 Beef cattle, 
Superi’r, 
4‘ 
18 00 
64 Beef cattle. 
1st rate, 
44 
44 
20 00 
65 Sheep, 
66 Army woolen cl’h, 
Fair, 
Per head, 
30 00 
% yard. 
67 Army woolen cl’h, 
68 A rmy woolen cl’h. 
Good, 
10 oz. per yard, 
Pro rata as to 
greater or less 
width or wei’t. 
“ yard, 
4 50 
6-4 yard. 
44 
20 oz. per yard, 
Per yard, 
69 Army woolen cl’h, 
Pro rata as to 
greater or less 
width or wei’t. 
9 00 
70 Flannels, % 
44 
6 oz. per yard. 
Per yard. 
3 00 
71 Cotton shirt’g, % 
U 
i]/9 yards to lb. 
44 
42 
72 Cotton shirt’g, 
73 Cotton sheet’g 4-4 
44 
3% yards to lb. 
44 
50 
44 
3 yards to lb. 
44 
60 
74 Cotton osnab’g, % 
44 
6 oz. per lb. 
44 
60 
75 Cotton osnab’g 
4‘ 
8 oz. per lb. 
44 
70 
76 Cotton drills, 
4* 
3 yards to lb. 
44 
70 
77 Cot. shirt, stripes, 
44 
3 yards to lb. 
‘4 
70 
78 Cotton tent cloths 
44 
10 oz. to yard. 
4fc 
87 
79 Cotton warps, 
4; 
- 
“ pound. 
1 63 
86 Army shoes, 
44 
- 
44 pair, 
10 00 
81 Shoe thread, 
82 Wool socks, for 
44 
“ 
“ pound, 
2 00 
men, 
“ 
- 
44 pair, 
1 25 
E. W. Hubard, 
Rob’t Gibboney, 
Wii. B. IIariuson. Schedule B—Hire of Labor', Teams, Wagons, and Drivers. 
price; 
1. Baling long forage, 
Per 100 lbs. 
$ 80 
2. Shelling and bagging corn, sacks fur- 
nished by the government, 
3. Hauling, 
“ 56 “ 
“ cwt. per mile, 
05 
06 
4. Hauling grain, 
5. Hire of two-horse team, wagon, and 
driver, rations furnished by owner,.. 
“ bus. “ “ 
08 
“ day, 
10 00 
6. Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
government 
“ day, 
5 00 
7. Hire of four-horse team, wagon, and 
driver, rations furnished bj' owner,.. 
8. Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
government, 
“ day, 
13 00 
“ day, 
6 50 
9. Hire of six - horse team, wagon, and 
driver, rations furnished by owner,.. 
“ day, 
16 00 
10. Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
government, 
“ day, 
8 00 
11. Hire of laborer, rations furnished by 
owner, 
“ day, 
2 00 
12. Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
government, 
“ day, 
1 25 
13. Hire of same, rations furnished by 
owner, 
“ month, 
40 00 
14. Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
government, 
“ month, 
20 00 
E. W. Hubaud, 
Robert Gibbonet, 
Wm. B. Harrison. 
By order. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
S. COOPER, 
GENERAL ORDERS.' 
No. 100. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, July 23, 1863. 
I. .Before a general court martial convened in the City of Richmond, 
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 1st: Violation of the 20th Article of War. 
Charge 2d: Violation of the 52d Article of War. Finding. 
Of the Specification of the 1st Charge : Guilty. 
Of the 1st Charge : Guilty. 
Of the Specification of the 2d Charge : Guilty. 
Of the 2d Charge : Guilty. 
Sentence. 
To confinement at hard labor for two years, in such penitentiary as 
may be designated by the commander of the Department of Henrico, 
and to close confinement until such designation is made. 
The proceedings in the foregoing case having been laid before the 
Secretary of War, for the decision of the President, the following order 
is made : 
Neither the 20th nor the 52d Article of War prescribe any duty to 
be performed or any act to be avoided, but simply announce punish- 
ments to be inflicted for certain offences. The charges are improperly 
laid. The proceedings are, therefore, set aside. Private Z. M. Kent 
will be released, and returned to duty. 
II. .Before a general court martial convened at Chattanooga, Tennes- 
see, by virtue of Special Orders, No. 69, from Head-quarters Army of 
Tennessee, was arraigned and tried : 
Captain G. D. Mitchell, A. Q. M., upon the following charges, viz: 
Charge 1st: Conduct to the prejudice of good order and military 
discipline. 
Specification 1 at: In this, that he, the said Captain G.'D. Mitchell, 
A. Q. M. (hospital quartermaster at Ringgold, Georgia), failed to sup- 
ply wood for the use of the hospitals at Ringgold, Georgia. All this at 
or near Ringgold, Georgia, between the 12th October and 20th Novem- 
ber, 1862. 
Specification 2d: In this, that he, the said Captain G. D. Mitchell, 
A. Q. M. (hospital quartermaster at Ringgold, Georgia), failed to pro- 
cure negroes as servants for the hospitals at Ringgold, Georgia, either 
by hiring or impressing, as required by an order from General 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, 
Georgia, between the 20th day of August, 1862, and the 15th January, 
1863. 
Charge 2d: Absence without leave. 
Specification 1st: In this, that he, the said Captain G. D. Mitchell, 
A. Q. M. (hospital quartermaster at Ringgold, Georgia), did absent him- self from his post, without authority, for three days. * All this at or near 
Ringgold, Georgia, between the 7th of October and the 12th of October, 
1862. 
Specification 2d : In this, that he, the said Captain G. D. Mitchell, 
A. Q. M. (hospital quartermaster at Ringgold, Georgia), did absent him- 
self from his post, without authority, for two days. All this at Ring- 
gold, Georgia, between the 23d and 26th December, 1862. 
Charge 3d: Conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. 
Specification 1st: In this, that the said Captain G. D. Mitchell, A. Q. 
M., was drunk in the streets of Ringgold, Georgia, on or about the 16th 
November, 1862. 
Specification 2d: In this, that the said Captain G. D. Mitchell, A. Q. 
M., did walk through the streets of Ringgold, Georgia, using profane 
language, and declaring that he could whip any man who had any thing 
against him, or words to that effect. 
Specification 3d: In this, that the said Captain 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, Georgia, on or about 
from the 16th to the 19th days of November, 1862. 
Of the 1st Specification of the 1st Charge : Guilty, but attach no crim- 
inality thereto. 
Of the 2d Specification of the 1st Charge: Guilty, but attach no crim- 
inality thereto. 
Of the 1st Charge: Not Guilty. 
Of the 1st Specification of the 2d Charge: Guilty. 
Of the 2d Specification of the 2d Charge : Guilty. 
Of the 2d Charge: Guilty. 
Of the 1st Specification of the 3d Charge: Not Guilty. 
Of the 2d Specification of the 3d Charge: Guilty. 
Of the 3d Specification of the 3d Charge : Guilty, except as to the 
words “ all of.” 
Of the 3d Charge: Guilty. 
Finding. 
Sentence. 
To be cashiered. 
The proceedings in the above case having been laid before the Secre- 
tary of War, for the order of the President, the following decision is 
made : 
The conduct of Captain G. D. Mitchell, as exhibited by the record, 
was certainly reprehensible, but does not seem to have justified the find- 
ing and sentence. Conduct may be prejudicial to good order and military discipline, and 
deserve punishment, even to the extent of dismissal, without being scan- 
dalous or disgraceful, as is implied by the description “ unbecoming an 
officer and a gentleman.” 
The sentence is remitted. - 
III. .Before the military court attached to the command of General 
Beauregard was arraigned and tried : 
Captain J. J. Maguire, Company H, Aiken’s regiment partisan rang- 
ers, on the following charges : 
Charge 1st.- Conduct highly unofficerlike and prejudicial to good or- 
der and military discipline. 
Charge 2d: Knowingly making a false muster. 
Of the 1st Specification of the 1st Charge : Guilty. 
Of the 2d Specification of the 1st Charge : Guilty. 
Of the 1st Charge : Guilty. 
Of the Specification of the 2d Charge : Guilty. 
Of the 2d Charge : Guilty. 
Finding. 
Sentence. 
To be cashiered. 
The proceedings in the above case having been laid before the Secre- 
tary of War, for the final order of the President, the following decision 
is made thereon : 
That, in consideration of the inexperience of Captain Maguire in mat- 
ters of military detail, and of his good character, on the recommendation 
of the members of the military court before whom he was tried, and of 
his commanding officer, the sentence is remitted, and he will be releas- 
ed from arrest, and return to duty. 
By order. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
S. COOPER, 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 101. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, July 25,1863. 
I..Before the military court attached to the corps of Lieutenant- 
General Ewell was arraigned and tried: Lieutenant J. B. Countiss, 21st Georgia regiment, on the following 
charges : 
Charge 1st: Drunkenness on duty. 
Charge 2d: Conduct to the prejudice of good order and military dis- 
cipline. 
Finding. 
Of the Specification of the 1st Charge : Guilty. 
Of the 1st Chargo: Guilty. 
Of the Specification of the 2d Charge : Guilty. 
Of the 2d Charge : Guilty. 
To be cashiered. 
Sentence. 
II..The proceedings in the above case having been laid before the 
Secretary of War, for the decision of the President, are approved; but, 
in consideration of the recommendation of the officers of his regiment, 
and the brigade, division, and departmental commanders, and their tes- 
timony to the previous good conduct of the accused, and their assurance 
that a repetition of the offence is not to be expected, the sentence is re- 
mitted, and Lieutenant Countiss will resume his sword. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and, Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS.! 
No. 102. j 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, July 26,18Q3. 
1.. General Orders, No. 36, current series, is hereby revoked. 
11.. The Superintendent of the Nitre and Mining bureau is author- 
ized to pay, from the funds appropriated for the expenses of said bu- 
reau, the actual travelling expenses of officers of the same on duty, un- 
der orders, in lieu of any commutation for the time, of rations and 
forage. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS, | 
No. 103. i 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Omos, 
Richmond, July 27,1863. 
I..When the supply of salt is adequate, and fresh meat is issued 
oftener than thrice a week, the salt ration will be fixed at three quarts 
to the 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 requisitions 
made by quartermasters receiving taxes in kind, for grain sacks. 
order. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
S. COOPER, 
GENERAL ORDERS,'] 
No. 104. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, July 28, 1863. 
I..Officers of engineer troops having been selected for appointment, 
with special reference to their qualifications as engineers, will be re- 
spected as such, and their duties, when serving in the field, camp, or 
cantonment, will embrace all that are enumerated in paragraph III, 
General Orders, No 90, current series, “as the duties of officers of en- 
gineers serving with armies of the Confederate States.” 
II..On the march engineer troops will serve as pioneers, construct- 
ing and repairing roads and bridges, and removing impediments to the 
advance of our forces, or delaying the enemy by breaking up roads, 
destroying bridges, and otherwise obstructing his communications. 
They will also be employed in making rapid reconnoissances and sur- 
veys of the country occupied or marched over by the army; preparing 
sketches and maps of the roads and topographical features ; laying out 
camps,-and entrenching military positions. During battle they will be 
held in reserve and used as circumstances may demand, either in their 
special duties, or as infantry. Under the command of their officers, 
they may be employed in the construction of ovens for baking bread, 
and other works requiring mechanical skill, but not on mere police duty 
or the like, unless connected immediately with their own organization : 
nor are they to be employed altogether on mere fatigue service—but, 
once instructed in the duties of the engineer soldier, they will be fre- 
quently employed in laying out works, and also in aiding and direct- 
ing the labors of other troops detailed for their construction. III. .Whenever practicable, engineer troops will be drilled and in- 
structed in the duties of engineer soldiers by battalions and regiments— 
and to this end all the companies serving with an army will be habitu- 
ally kept together: but such temporary assignments of companies to 
divisions or otherwise will be made by the commanding general as 
will, in his judgment, best comport with the interests of the service. 
The Ordnance department will furnish light arms to these troops; but 
until they can be supplied, infantry muskets will be used. Entrench- 
ing tools and other implements will be issued by the Engineer depart- 
ment. 
IV. .Each company of the engineer troops shall be provided by the 
Quartermaster’s department with at least two wagons and teams of 
four animals each, for transportation of company equipage, entrench- 
ing tools, and other implements; one ambulance or other light vehicle, 
with a team of two horses, for carrying surveying instruments, station- 
ery, maps, drawing boards, and other fixtures; and twelve additional 
horses, with saddles, bridles, and harness, to be used by the officers and 
non-commissioned officers in making rapid examinations of country, or 
for hauling materials needed for prompt repair and construction of 
bridges, roads, and other works. 
V. .When officers of the corps of engineers and of engineer troops are 
engaged on the same service, the senior officer present shall control in 
all questions relating to the location and construction of defences, and 
to engineering works generally connected with unless for spe- 
cial reasons it he decided otherwise by the commanding officer; but 
should the recommendations and plans of a junior officer be adopted, 
the directions of the commander will not be communicated through 
him to the senior engineer officer, whether of the corps or troops, but 
through the usual channel of orders. Officers of the corps of engineers 
will not assume the command of engineer troops. In all cases they 
will be under the command of their own officers. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS.' 
No. 105. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, July 29, 1863. 
I. .The following act and regulations are published for the informa- 
tion of the army: 
AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR AN IN- 
CREASE OF THE QUARTERMASTER’S AND COMMISSARY DEPARTMENTS, 
APPROVED FEBRUARY 15, 1862. 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
the act entitled An act to provide for an increase of the Quartermaster’s 
and Commissary departments, approved February fifteenth, eighteen 
hundred and sixty-two, be and the same is hereby amended, by striking 
out the proviso at the end of the same, and inserting in lieu thereof the 
following: ‘Provided, that 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 quar- 
termasters, assistant quartermasters, commissaries, or assistant com- 
missaries may detail from the ranks under his command such person 
or persons as may be necessary for service in the offices of said quarter- 
masters, assistant quartermasters, commissaries, and assistant commis- 
saries : -provided, that only disabled soldiers shall be so detailed while 
one can be found for such service.’ ” [Approved April 22, 1863.] 
II. .To carry into effect the provisions of the preceding act, officers 
of the Quartermaster and Commissary departments in the field will 
report to the commanding general of the army or department the num- 
ber and names of the clerks employed by each, and whether they are 
soldiers or citizens. If soldiers, unless their disability be shown by 
certificates of medical examining boards, they will be promptly return- 
ed to their respective companies. If citizens, exemption from service 
must be exhibited, or they will be reported to the proper enrolling offi- 
cer for conscription. 
III. .Similar reports will be made by officers of the Quartermaster’s 
and Commissary departments at posts, through the chiefs of their re- 
spective departments, to this office. 
order. 
Adjutant und Inspector-General. 
S. COOPER, GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 106. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, July 30, 1863. 
I. .Before a general court martial convened at Shelby ville, Tennessee, 
by virtue of Special Orders, No. 134, paragraph VII, current series, 
from Head-quarters Army of Tennessee, was arraigned and tried: 
Private John Whitehead, Company F, 16th Tennessee regiment, on 
the following charge : 
Charge : Desertion. 
Of the Specification : Guilty. 
Of the Charge: Guilty. 
Sentence. 
To be shot to death with musketry. 
Finding. 
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 commanding general, and upon the statement 
made by the Medical Director of the Army of Tennessee, that the sen- 
tence be remitted. Private Whitehead will be released, and returned 
to duty. 
III..The proceedings in the case of Private L. H. Toole, Company 
E, 3d Georgia regiment, convicted before a general court martial con- 
vened at the camp of Major-General It. H. Anderson, by virtue of Gener- 
al Orders, No. 133, of 1862, from Head-quarters of Northern Virginia, 
of abandoning his company and regiment, then on picket duty, and 
running away while the enemy was bombarding the town of Fredericks- 
burg, on the llth of December, 1862, and sentenced to be shot to death 
with musketry, having been laid before the Secretary of War, for the 
decision of the President, it is ordered that, in consideration of the 
additional evidence of good conduct referred to by the general of 
division, the previous gallant services and zeal of the prisoner, togeth- 
er with the punishment he has already suffered, the sentence, is remitted, 
with the hope that this lesson will prevent a recurrence of like miscon- 
duct. The prisoner will be released, and returned to duty. 
By order. 
S. COOPER 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS,' 
No. 107. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, August 1, 1863. 
I. .When conscripts have been sent to camps of instruction, or to 
regiments in the field, after being pronounced, by the district examin- 
ing boards established under the law, fit for military service, they can 
thereafter be discharged only in accordance with the regulations pre- 
scribed for the discharge of soldiers from the army. 
II. .In case there is reason to believe that any conscripts in camps of 
instruction are disqualified, the commandant will order a medical exami- 
nation, and forward a report fully setting forth the grounds of dis- 
ability, if found to exist, through the Bureau of Conscription, to the 
Surgeon-General for his approval, and for final action by the War de- 
partment. 
III. .Regimental officers have no discretion but to receive and 
take up on their rolls conscripts duly assigned them under the provis- 
ions of General Orders, No. 82, of 1862, from this office. The question 
of discharge arises subsequently. 
IV..The compensation of surgeons employed under the act of Con- 
gress approved October 11, 1862, to examine persons enrolled for mili- 
tary duty, will be $5 per day for each day they are actually engaged in 
making such examinations, and will be paid upon their certified ac- 
counts, by the quartermaster of the nearest camp of instruction. This 
order will take effect from the 20th of February last. 
V. .General officers, who are provided with aids-de-camp allowed by 
law, should they find it necessary to accept supernumerary or volun- 
teer aids, must only receive those exempt from military service. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 108. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General s Office, 
Richmond, August 4, 1863. 
The following acts are published for the information of the army: 
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR TRANSPORTATION OF PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN 
MUSTERED INTO THE SERVICE FOR THE WAR. 
" The Congress o/ the Confederate States of America do enact, That non-commissioned officers and privates who have been mustered into 
service for the war, and to whom furloughs may be granted fur not more 
than sixty days, shall be entitled to transportation home and back: 
provided, that this allowance shall only be made once during the term 
of enlistment of such non-commissioned officers and privates.” [Ap- 
proved February 7, 1863.] 
AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND ORGANIZATION 
OF A GENERAL STAFF FOR THE ARMY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES. 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
from and after the passage of this act the rank, pay, and allowances 
attached to the office of Quartermaster-General of the army of the Con- 
federate States shall be those of a brigadier-general in the provisional 
army.” [Approved March 20, 1863.] 
AN ACT TO PREVENT THE ABSENCE OF OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS WITHOUT 
LEAVE. 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
no officer or soldier of the army shall receive pay for any period during 
which he may be absent without leave, or beyond the leave granted 
from competent authority, according to the regulations of the army : 
provided, that this restriction shall not affect the sick and wounded in 
hospitals. 
“ Sec. 2. In order to enforce the requirements of the foregoing sec- 
tion, it is hereby made the duty of commanding officers of companies to 
state, upon the muster and pay rolls of their companies, the length of 
time any officer or soldier has been absent therefrom without leave of 
competent authority, since the previous payment, when the deduction 
of pay for 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 officer or soldier, unless it shall already 
have been received from the officer or soldier so absent. 
“ Sec. 3. Officers shall certify, upon honor, on their pay accounts, 
whether they have or have not been absent, without leave by competent 
authority, within the time for which they claim pay; and if absent with- 
out leave, they shall state in their certificates the time and period of such 
absences. In like manner, commanding officers of companies shall cer- 
tify, on honor, on their pay accounts, that they have stated fully and 
correctly, on the muster and pay rolls of their companies, the length of 
time each officer and soldier of the company has been absent without 
leave since the last payment of the company. “ Sec 4. That this act shall not be construed to relieve any officer or 
private froan any other penalty to which he may be liable by existing 
laws or regulations.” [Approved April 16, 1863.] 
AN ACT EXPLANATORY OF AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE 
PRESIDENT TO ACCEPT AND PLACE IN THE SERVICE CERTAIN REGIMENTS 
AND BATTALIONS HERETOFORE RAISED, APPROVED llTH OCTOBER, 
1862. 
“The Congress of the Confederate States 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 ou the eleventh day of October, in the year 
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, shall not be so construed as 
to authorize any general officer to appoint any of the officers of said 
regiments and battalions. That said regiments and battalions shall 
have the right, within ninety days, on a day to be fixed by the com- 
mander of the brigade for that purpose, to elect such officers as volun- 
teers have heretofore been authorized to elect: provided, that this act 
shall not apply to any case where such office has heretofore been filled 
by election.” [Approved April 16, 1863.] 
AX ACT TO REPEAL CERTAIN CLAUSES OF AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT TO 
EXEMPT CERTAIN PERSONS FROM MILITARY SERVICE, ETC., APPROVED 
OCTOBER 11th, 1862. 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
so much of the act approved October eleventh, one thousand eight hun- 
dred and sixty-two, as exempts from military service ‘one person, 
either as agent, owner, or overseer on each plantation on which one 
white person is required to be kept by the laws or ordinances of any 
state, and on 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 fol- 
lowing clause in said act, to wit: ‘And furthermore, for additional po- 
lice for every twenty negroes, on two or more plantations within five 
miles of each other, and each having less than twenty negroes, and on 
which there is no white male adult not liable to military duty, one per- 
son, being the oldest of the owners or overseers on such plantations,’ be 
and the same are hereby repealed. 
“ Sec. 2. For the police and management of slaves, there shall be 
exempted one person on each form or plantation the sole property of a 
minor, a person of unsound mind, a feme-sole, or a person absent from 
home in the military or naval service of the Confederacy, on which there are twenty or more slaves : provided the 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 he verified by the affidavits of said person, and two 
respectable citizens, and shall be filed with the enrolling officer : and 
provided the owner of such farm or plantation, his agent, or legal rep- 
resentative, 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 negroes 
have been placed by division from any other farm or plantation since 
the eleventh day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two : 
provided, further, that for every person exempted as aforesaid, and dur- 
ing 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 deprived of 
white or slave labor indispensable to the production of grain or provis- 
ions necessary for the support of the population remaining at home, 
and also on account of justice, equity, aud necessity. 
“ Sec. 4. In addition to the state officers exempted by the act of Oc- 
tober eleventh, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, there shall 
also be exempted all state officers whom the governor of any state may 
claim to have exempted for the due administration of the government 
and laws thereof; but this exemption' shall not continue in any state 
after the adjournment of the next regular session of its legislature, un- 
less such legislature shall by law exempt them from military duty in 
the provisional army of the Confederate States.” [Approved May 1, 
1863.] 
AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT TO ORGANIZE MILITARY 
COURTS TO ATTEND THE ARMY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES IN THE 
FIELD, AND TO DEFINE THE POWERS OF SAID COURTS, APPROVED OCTO- 
BER 9tii, 1862. i 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
in addition to one military court to attend each army corps in the field, 
as now authorized by an act entitled An act to organize military courts 
to attend the army of the Confederate States in the field, and to define 
the power of said courts, approved October ninth, eighteen hundred 
and sixty-two, one military court shall be organized in each of such 
military departments as, in the judgment of the President, the public exigencies may require—to be organized in the manner and with pow- 
ers prescribed in the act of which this is amendatory.” [Approved 
May 1, 1863.] 
AN ACT TO CONTINUE AND AMEND THE THIRD SECTION OF* AN ACT SUPPLE- 
MENTARY TO AN ACT CONCERNING THE PAY AND ALLOWANCE DUE TO 
DECEASED SOLDIERS, APPROVED FEBRUARY loTH, 1862, AND TO PRO- 
VIDE FOR THE PROMPT SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS FOR ARREARAGES OF 
PAY, ALLOWANCE, AND BOUNTY DUE DECEASED OFFICERS AND SOL- 
DIERS. 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
the third section of an act entitled An act supplementary to an act con- 
cerning the pay and allowance due to deceased soldiers, approved 
February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and to provide for 
the prompt settlement of claims for arrearages of pay, allowance, and 
bounty due deceased officers and soldiers, be continued of force until 
othenvise provided by Congress.” [Approved May 1, 1863.] 
JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON THE SUBJECT OP RETALIATION. 
“ Resolved, by the Congress of the Confederate States of America, In 
response to the message of the President, transmitted to Congress at 
the commencement of the present session, that, in the opinion of Con- 
gress, the commissioned officers of the enemy ought not to be delivered 
to the authorities of the respective states, as suggested in the said mes- 
sage, but all captives taken by the Confederate forces ought to be dealt 
with and disposed of by the Confederate government. 
“ Sec. 2. That, in the judgment of Congress, the proclamations of the 
President of the United States, dated respectively September twenty- 
second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and January first, eighteen 
hundred and sixty-three, and the other measures of the Government of 
the United States and of its authorities, commanders, and forces, de- 
signed or tending to emancipate slaves in the Confederate States, or to 
abduct such slaves, or to incite them to insurrection, or to employ ne- 
groes in war against the Confederate States, or to overthrow the insti- 
tution of African slavery, and bring on a servile Avar in these states, 
would, if successful, produce atrocious consequences, and they are 
inconsistent with the spirit of those usages which in modern warfare 
prevail among civilized nations; they may, therefore, be properly and 
lawfully repressed by retaliation. 
“Sec. 3. That, in every case wherein, during the present Avar, any 
violation of the laws or usages of war among civilized nations 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 tho 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 at the discretion of the court. 
“ Sec. 5. Every person, being a commissioned officer, or acting as 
such, in the service of the enemy, who shall, during the present war, 
excite, attempt to excite, or cause to be excited, a servile insurrection, 
or who shall incite, or cause to be incited, a slave to rebel, shall, if cap- 
tured, be put to death, or bo otherwise punished at the discretion of the 
court. 
“ Sec. 6. Every person charged with an offence punishable under the 
preceding resolution shall, during the present war, be tried before the 
military court attached to the army or corps by the troops of which he 
shall have been captured, or by such other military court as the Presi- 
dent may direct, and in such manner and under such regulations as the 
President shall prescribe, and after conviction the President may com- 
mute the punishment in such manner and on such terms as he may 
deem proper. 
“ Sec. 7. All negroes and mulattoes who shall be engaged in war, or 
be taken in arms against 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 captured, to be dealt with according to the 
present or future laws of such state or states.” [Approved May 1, 
1863.] 
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF MILITARY STOREKEEPERS 
IN THE PROVISIONAL ARMY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES. 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
tho President be authorized to appoint as many military storekeepers 
of ordnance in the provisional army of the Confederate States as may 
be deemed necessary, not to exceed in all eight storekeepers, four with 
the pay and allowance of a captain of infantry, and four with the pay 
and allowance of a first lieutenant of infantry. “ Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the military storekeepers of the 
first class so appointed shall be required to give bonds in the sum of 
twenty thousand dollars, and those of the second class in the sum of 
ten thousand dollars, when charged with the disbursement of funds. 
This act shall be in force from and after its passage : provided, that no 
one shall bo appointed under its provisions except officers without com- 
mands, or officers or privates who have performed meritorious services 
in the field, or have become incapacitated by wounds or sickness for 
active service.” [Approved May 1, 1863.] 
AN ACT TO PREVENT FRAUD IN THE QUARTERMASTER’S AND COMMISSARY 
DEPARTMENTS, AND THE OBTAINING, UNDER FALSE PRETENCE, TRANS- 
PORTATION FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY. 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
no officer charged with the safe-keeping, transfer, or disbursement of 
public moneys shall convert to his own use, or invest in any kind of 
property or merchandise, on private account, or lend, with or without 
interest, any portion of the public moneys entrusted to him for safe- 
keeping, transfer, disbursement, or any other purpose. 
“ Sec. 2. That no officer charged with the safe-keeping, transfer, or 
disbursement of public moneys, or charged with or assigned.to the duty 
of purchasing for the government or auy department thereof, shall buy, 
trade, traffic, or speculate in, either directly or indirectly, for the pur- 
pose of gain to himself or others, by resale or otherwise, any article of 
food, or clothing, or material of which the same is made, or which en- 
ters 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 department there- 
of; and every receipt shall set forth the true amount paid, and on what 
account; and when payment is made on account of property purchased, 
the receipt shall set forth the name of the person from whom such prop- 
erty was purchased, and the place of his residence, the thing or things 
purchased, by items, number, weight, or measurement, as may be cus- 
tomary in the particular case, the price thereof, and the date of pay- 
ment. 
“Sec. 4. No officer who is in charge of transportation, or who is em- 
powered to grant the same, shall forward, by government conveyance, 
or at the expense of government, or to the exclusion or delay of gov- 
ernment freight, any commodity or property of any kind, unless the 
same belongs to the government, or some department thereof, except as 
authorized by law. “ Sec. 5. Any officer who shall violate any provision in the foregoing 
sections shall, upon a conviction before a court martial or military court, 
be cashiered, and placed in the ranks as a private to serve daring the 
war: provided, that nothing herein contained shall impair the civil 
remedy which the government may have against any officer or his sure- 
ties for fraud, peculation, or misapplication of the public moneys en- 
trusted to him by the government. 
“Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That any person in the employment 
or service of the government as aforesaid, and all other persons coming 
within the purview of this act, who shall violate any of the provisions 
of the foregoing sections, shall be liable to indictment, and fined in a 
sum not less than one thousand dollars, and imprisoned not less than 
one year nor longer than five years, to be imposed by the judge or jury 
trying the cause, according to the course of judicial proceeding in force 
in the several states : provided the provisions of this act shall in no 
wise interfere with or impair the civil remedy which the government 
may have against any of said officers, or their securities, or employees, 
for frauds, peculation, or misapplication of the moneys entrusted to 
them respectively by the Confederate States : provided, also, that all 
conservators of the peace who, by the laws of the several states, have 
jurisdiction to commit or bind over offenders for breaches of the crimi- 
nal laws of the state in which they may reside, shall have power to com- 
mit or bind over, in a sufficient recognizance, offenders against the 
provisions of this law, to appear at the next term of the district court 
of the Confederate States within the jurisdiction of which the offence 
was committed, for trial, in the same manner and under the same rules 
as if such preliminary trial were had before the judge of such district 
court; and the judges of the Confederate courts having jurisdiction of 
the offences defined by this act shall, at the commencement of each ses- 
sion of their respective courts, give this act and its provisions especially 
in charge to the different grand juries.” [Approved May 1, 1863.] 
AN ACT TO PAY OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, AND PRIVATES 
NOT LEGALLY MUSTERED INTO THE SERVICE OF TIIE CONFEDERATE 
STATES, FOR SERVICES ACTUALLY PERFORMED. 
“ The Conyresa of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
all officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates of any legally con- 
stituted military orgtmization, which may have been actually received 
into the service of the Confederate States by any general officer there- 
of, but were never legally mustered into service, in consequence of the 
loss of the muster-rolls of such military organization, shall be entitled 
to receive pay from the time they were so received: provided the fact 
of their having been so received into the service, and the time they served, is duly proved to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War, un- 
der rules to be proscribed by him.” [Approved May 1, 1863.] 
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSFER OF PERSONS SERVING IN THE 
ARMY TO THE NAVY. 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
all persons serving in the land forces of the Confederate States, who 
shall desire to be transferred to the naval service, and whose transfer 
as seamen or ordinary seamen shall be applied for by the Secretary of 
the Navy, shall be transferred from the land to the naval service: pro- 
vided, that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to alter or repeal 
any law now in force limiting the number of seamen.” [Approved May 
1, 1863.] 
AN ACT REGULATING THE GRANTING OP FURLOUGHS AND DISCHARGES IN 
HOSPITALS. 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
sick, wounded, and disabled soldiers in hospitals shall be entitled 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 discharges ; 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 upward, 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 the board, and shall specify 
therein the time of furlough, the place of the residence of the soldier, his 
company, regiment, and brigade. 
Sue. 2. Be it farther enacted, That no further regulation shall be 
required of the soldier, and no passport required other than his fur- 
lough. 
“ Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the said board may recommend 
discharges, stating the ground thereof, which, when approved by the 
Surgeon-General or the general commanding the army or department 
to which the soldier belongs, shall entitle him to a’discharge, and trans- 
portation to the place of his enlistment or residence. 
“ Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That in places where there are but 
two hospitals, two surgeons in charge of a hospital, or division, shall 
constitute a board for the purposes aforesaid ; and in places where there 
is but one, the surgeon in charge, and two assistant surgeons, if there be two, and if not, then one, shall constitute a board for the purpose 
aforesaid, and may furlough and recommend discharges as aforesaid : 
provided, that no furlough shall be granted under the provisions of this 
act, if, in the opinion of the board, the life or convalescence of the pa- 
tient would be endangered thereby. 
“Sec. 5. The house surgeon in all hospitals shall see each patient 
under his charge once every day.” [Approved May 1, 1863.] 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 109. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, August 11,1863. 
I. .A general pardon is given to all officers and men within the Con- 
federacy, now absent without leave from the army, who shall (within 
twenty days from the publication of the address of the President in the 
state in which the absentees may then be) return to their posts of duty. 
II.. All men who have been accused or convicted, and undergoing 
sentence for absence without leave, or desertion, except only those who 
have been twice convicted of desertion, will be returned to their re- 
spective commands for duty. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 110. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, August 12,1863. 
I. .The officers of ordnance duties in the provisional army, appointed 
under the acts of Congress of April 21, and September 16, 1862, will, 
until further orders, bo distributed into grades, as authorized by the 
latter act, as follows : four lieutenant-colonels, nine majors, sixty-five 
captains, forty first lieutenants, and thirty-two second lieutenants. 
Appointments to these grades will be made on the report of the Chief 
of Ordnance. Those officers serving in the field will also be reported 
by the generals commanding the army or department prior to appoint- 
ment. II. .Ordnance officers on duty in the field will, as far as practicable, 
be assigned to command according to rank, as follows : lieutenant- 
colonels to armies, majors to army corps, captains to departments and 
divisions, and lieutenants to brigades. No claim to promotion, how- 
ever, will be recognized in consequence of assignment to any command. 
III..Two ordnance officers, not above the rank of captain, may be 
allowed as assistants to the chief ordnance officer of an army, and one, 
not above the rank of first lieutenant, to the chief ordnance officer of an 
army corps. One assistant, not above the rank of second lieutenant, 
majr also be allowed to the chief ordnance officer of a department, when 
absolutely necessary, upon application to the Chief of the Bureau of 
Ordnance. 
IV.. The designation of the chief ordnance officer attached to com- 
mands will correspond wdth the designation of such commands: as 
chief ordnance officer of the army of ,• chief ordnance officer of 
army corps; chief ordnance officer of department; ord- 
nance officer of division ; ordnance officer of brigade. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 111. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, August 13, 1863. 
Quartermasters who are purchasing supplies, anti who have means 
of transportation at their command, are directed to assist, as far as 
practicable, the quartermasters receiving the tax in kind, in transport- 
ing the supplies collected from their depots of collection to the issuing 
depots of the army. They will also permit their storehouses to be used 
for the storage of articles of the produce tax. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS. 
No. 112. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, August 15, 1863. 
I..A court of inquiry having been convened at Richmond on the 29th of July, 1863, pursuant to paragraph XVII, Special Orders, No. 
176, Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, current series, to exam- 
ine into certain charges preferred against Major William Norris, Chief 
of the Signal Corps, and having made the required examination, the 
report of facts proven, with the opinion of the court thereon, is published 
for the information of all concerned. 
REPORT OF FACTS. 
1. Major Norris was not intoxicated on the 31st of May, 1863. 
2. He did not reveal the alphabet of the signal corps on the 31st of 
May, 1863. 
3. The enemy knew, or had opportunity to know, the locality of the 
signal stations between City Point and Clairmont before the 31st of 
May, 1863, none of which were disclosed to him by Major Norris on 
that day. 
4. The despatch shown to Captain Mulford by Major Norris was a 
private despatch, conveying a report of successes at Vicksburg. 
5. There was no improper intercourse between Major Norris and any 
officers or persons in the service of the enemy on the 31st of May, 1863. 
The court is of opinion that the charges in this case have been loose- 
ly 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 proceed- 
ing. 
OPINION. 
II..The charges, of which Major Norris has been thus fully exoner- 
ated by the court, were made without that consideration which their 
serious character demanded, and in a manner that subjects the prose- 
cutor, Lieutenant R. A. Forbes, 2d company independent signal corps, 
to the grave censure of the department. The personal and official 
character of an officer is not to be lightly assailed. The accuser will 
be held to support his charges by evidence—and in an especial manner 
is he required to avoid creating the impression that the loose, unofficial 
statements of others are facts within his own knowledge. The greatest 
care and consideration should be manifested by those preferring charges, 
particularly when the reputation, personal and professional, of a supe- 
rior is called in question. 
III. .The court of inquiry, of which Lieutenant-Colonel George Deas, 
Adjutant-General’s department, was president, is hereby dissolved. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS. 
No. 113. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, August 18, 1863. 
I. .Officers receiving volunteers from those liable to conscription will 
in no case grant furloughs for more than ten days to such volunteers, 
before entering on active service. 
II. .Every man liable to conscription, volunteering before enrolment, 
will report himself and the company in which he volunteers, and like- 
wise be reported by his captain to the commandant of conscripts for 
the state, within ten days after his act of volunteering—otherwise ho 
will be held subject to enrolment and assignment. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 114. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, August, 22, 1863. 
I..Permanent posts and depots established by the Quartermaster’s 
department are placed under the special control of the Quartermaster- 
General, though subject to the inspection of the commanding officer of 
the department in which they are located. 
II. .Changes in the assignment of officers stationed at such posts and 
depots will be made onty through orders from this office : and no change 
in the location of posts and depots will be ordered by the department 
commander except under circumstances of strong emergency, in 
which cases a report of such change, with the reason therefor, will be 
transmitted tolhe Adjutant and Inspector-General's office. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 115. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, August 24, 1863. 
I. .The following schedules of prices for articles named therein, adopt- 
ed by commissioners appointed pursuant to law, for the State of Vir- 
ginia, are announced for the information of all concerned, and the special attention of officers and agents of the government is directed 
thereto: 
Richmond, August 20, 1863. 
Hon. Jets. A. Seddon, Secretary of War: 
Sir: The commissioners appointed under section 5th of the bill re- 
cently passed by the Confederate Congress regulating impressments, 
being required to agree upon and publish a schedule of prices every two 
months, or oftener if they should deem it proper, in accordance with 
the foregoing requisition we respectfully lay before you the following 
schedules of prices, marked A and B, for the ensuing month. Owing 
to the difficulty of obtaining satisfactory information as to pork, we 
have postponed the appraisement till our next assessment. 
The following schedule presents the maximum prices to be paid for 
the articles appraised at all cities and usual places of sale, and when 
impressed elsewhere the same prices are to be paid elsewhere, less the 
cost of transportation to the city or usual place of sale to which the 
article would go ordinarily for sale from that neighborhood, or less the 
cost of transportation to the point at which the government needs the 
article, and wishes it to be sent: provided, that in no case the amount 
deducted for transportation as above, shall exceed twenty-five cents 
per bushel for grain, and twenty-five cents per cwt. for long forage, 
flour, bacon, iron, etc. In addition to the established price of trans- 
portation, the government to pay all legal tolls; and where farmers 
can not procure nails for baling forage, government to furnish the 
same at cost, which will be deducted from the established price of 
baling : ARTICLES. 
QUALITY. 
DESCRIPTION. 
QUANTITY. 
PRICE. 
1 Wheat 
“ bbl. of 196 lbs 
4 Unshelled corn... 
White, or yellow 
“ bus. of 56 lbs 
3 95 
6 Rye 
70 
u 
K 
1 40 
(( 
1 00 
(( 
14 Lard* 
t. 
Average price per head 
350 00 
16 Wool 
Fair, or 
3 00 
17 Wool 
Fair, or 
2 00 
4 00 
U 
a 
« 
u 
u 
u 
3 00 
26 llay, baled 
“ 
Timothy, or clo- 
3 00 
a 
3 00 
28 Hay, unbaled 
“ 
Orchard, or herd 
2 70 
a 
u 
iC 
32 Blade fodd’r.'uub’d 
c. 
u 
u 
35 Wheat'straw, bl’d 
it 
u 
43 Salt “. 
u 
a 
t( 
a 
Cider 
a 
a 
« 
u 
52 Tea 
a 
Trade 
(£ 
« 
Ti 
n a 00 
a 
u 
180 00 
58 Smiths’ iron 
« 
Round, pate, and 
bar 
380 80 
59 Railroad iron 
a 
60 Loather 
“ 
lfurnesa 
“ pound 
2 60 
Schedule A. Schedule A—Continued. 
ARTICLES. 
QUALITY. | 
DESCRIPTION. 
QUANTITY. 
PRICE. 
61 Leather 
Sole 
$ 2 40 
2 80 
16 00 
18 00 
20 00 
30 00 
4 50 
9 00 
62 Leather 
4 
60 Beef cattle 
64 Beef cattle 
Superi’r, 
65 Beef cattle 
67 Army woolen cl’li 
10 oz. per yard... 
Pro rata as to 
greater or less 
width or weight 
20 oz. per yard... 
Pra rata as to 
greater or less 
width or weight 
68 Army woolen cl’h 
69 Army woolen cl’h 
70 Array woolen cl'li 
3 00 
72 Cotton shirt'g...^ 
73 Cotton shirt’g...% 
74 Cotton slieet’g..4-4 
75 Cotton osnab’gs% 
76 Cotton osnab’gs >2 
77 Cotton drills....% 
78 Cot. shirt, stripes 
79 Cot. tent cloths... 
80 On the above enu 
or weight. 
a 
42 
“ 
yards to lb... 
50 
60 
6 oz. per yard.... 
8 oz. per yard.... 
60 
« .. 
70 
70 
3 yards to lb.„.... 
10 oz. per yard... 
cotton cloths, pro 
1 
70 
« ::::: 
merated 
“ yard 
rata as to greater or It 
87 
ss width 
1 63 
10 00 
I a 
2 00 
84 Wool socks, men’s 
85 Mules 
1 25 
1st rate. 
Wagon, etc 
Average price per head 
300 00 
In assessing the average value of “first-class artillery and wagon horses 
at $350,” we designed that the term should he accepted and acted upon 
according to its obvious common sense import In other words, 
that horses should be selected, and then impressed accordingly as their 
working qualities and adaptation to army service, together with their 
intrinsic value, would warrant a judicious purchaser in considering 
them as coming within the contemplation of the commissioners when 
they assessed the average value of such horses as the government need- 
ed at $350. But cases might arise, however, when the public exigen- 
cies would be so urgent as to demand that all horses at hand should he 
impressed. Yet, under ordinary circumstances, when family or extra- 
blooded horses, or brood mares of admitted high value, are impressed, we 
respectfimy suggest to the Secretary of War to have instructions for- 
warded 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 disinterest- 
ed parties, as first-class artillery horses, or first-rate wagon mules. 
The term “average value per head” was used in contra-distinction to 
a fixed and uniform price for each horse or mule. We supposed that 
in impressing a number of horses or mules, whether owned by several 
persons, or one individual, that some might be estimated at $250, or even at less, and others at different advanced rates, according to their 
worth, up as high as $450, or above that amount—thus making an 
average value or price for a number of good, sound, and efficient horses 
$350 each, and mules $300 each. 
In illustration of our views we will add, that a horse with only one eye 
sound might, in all other respects, be classed as a first-rate artillery horse, 
yet the loss of one eye would justly and considerably curtail his value. 
So, a horse from ten to eighteen years of age might be deemed, in all 
other particulars, as a first-class artillery horse, but, of course, however 
efficient or able to render good service for a year or so, yet his ad- 
vanced age would justly and materially impair his value. Any horse, 
however he may approximate the standard of a first-class artillery horse, 
must, according to deficiencies, fall below the maximum price; and as 
few, comparatively, exactly come up to the standard, and therefore are 
entitled to the maximum price, so, of course, in all other instances the 
price should be proportionately reduced, as imperfections place them 
below the standard of first class,* etc. 
E. W. Htjbard, 
Robert Gibboney, 
Commissioners for Virginia. Schedule B—Hire of Labor, Teams, Wagons, and Drivers. 
QUANTITY AND TIME. 
PRICE. 
1 Baling long forage. 
Per 100 pounds ... 
$ 0 30 
2 Shelling and bagging corn, sacks fur- 
nished by the government 
“ 56 pounds ... 
05 
3 Hauling 
“ cwt. per mile.. 
06 
4 Hauling grain 
“ bus. per mile.. 
03 
5 Hire of two-horse team, wagon, and driv- 
10 00 
6 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
(( ,3 0 -,T 
5 00 
7 Hire of four-horse team, wagon, and 
y 
driver, rations furnished by owner.... 
“ day 
13 00 
8 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
6 50 
9 Hire of six-horse team, wagon, and driv- 
er, rations furnished by owner 
“ day 
16 00 
10 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
8 00 
11 Hire of laborer, rations furnished by 
2 00 
12 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
1 00 
13 Hire of same, rations furnished by 
40 00 
14 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
20 00 
E. AV. Hubard, 
Robert Gibboney, 
Commissioners for Virginia. 
order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,' 
No. 116. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, 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 service, found 
within their lines, and not belonging to their command, to be forthwith 
arrested and turned over to the nearest enrolling officer, whose duty it 
shall be to forward such absentees to their proper command, or, in case 
of conscripts, to assign-them to service in the army nearest to his post, 
according to his discretion. II..Under instructions from the Bureau of Conscription, an enroll- 
ing 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 the owner of the slaves of whom the over- 
seer 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 Intipector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 117. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, September 3,1863. 
I. .In any case where the exigencies of the army compel impressment 
or purchase, for its use, of the whole of any one article, or all articles 
of the planter’s production, taxed in kind, the post quartermaster of the 
district will transfer to his district collector the assessor’s estimate, to 
be collected in the money value only, at the rate of purchase or im- 
pressment, as the case may be. Before making such transfer, the post 
quartermaster of the district will credit the producer upon such esti- 
mates with the amount of such articles as he may have paid in kind, 
and endorse thereon the circumstances under which the transfer is 
made. 
II.. Controlling and post quartermasters of districts will keep and 
report their accounts relating to tax in kind, separate and distinct from 
all others. 
III. .Producers are required to deliver the wheat, corn, oats, rye, 
buckwheat, rice, peas, beans, cured hay and fodder, sugar, molasses of 
cane, wool, and tobacco, in such form and ordinary marketable condi- 
tion as may be usual in the section in which they are delivered—cotton 
ginned and packed in some secure manner—tobacco stripped and pack- 
ed in boxes. 
IV..Where post quartermasters of districts entrust agents with dis- 
bursements, care must be taken that receipts and accounts be stated in 
the name of the post quartermaster. V. .Quartermasters and commissaries serving with troops may receive 
the tithe tax, when authorized to do so by the chief quartermaster or 
chief commissary of the army in which they are serving. The names of 
such authorized officers will be reported to the Quartermaster-General. 
VI. .Where producers offer to pay their tithe tax to officers author- 
ized to receive it, it is obligatory upon the latter to receive the produce, 
and to pay the excess of transportation over eight miles, at the rates 
prescribed by state commissioners under the impressment act. In each 
case they will receipt to the post quartermaster of the district for the 
produce. Upon this receipt the receiving officer will be responsible for 
the quantity which he will take up on his property return. The receipt 
given to the producer will only be evidence that so much of his tax is 
paid. In all such receipts the name of the producer and his county 
will be stated. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 118. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, September 1,1863. 
I. .All officers of the Quartermaster’s department serving at posts or 
depots will report immediately to the Quartermaster-General their lo- 
cation, the character of the duties discharged by them, and by whose 
order they wore so assigned. 
II..The principal quartermaster at each post or depot will like- 
wise report the names of all quartermasters serving thereat. He will 
also examine carefully into the occupation of each officer, and will de- 
signate such as can be spared for service elsewhere. 
III. .The chief quartermaster of each separate army will forward to 
the Quartermaster-General, at the earliest practicable day, a complete 
list of all his subordinates, stating specifically the regiment, brigade, 
division, or corps to which each may be attached, or, when engaged on 
special duty, the character thereof. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS,' 
No. 119. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, September 7, 1863. 
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 by stragglers in the hands of citizens. 
II..Arms thus collected will be turned over to the nearest ordnance 
officer, who will receipt for the same, and, upon proper vouchers, pay 
any reasonable expense actually incurred for transportation. 
III. .“Medical inspectors will be recommended by the Surgeon-Gener- 
al, and, being approved, will be announced in orders from this office.” 
IV.. As heretofore required in General Orders, No. 61, of 1862, re- 
specting the hides of beeves, commissaries of subsistence in the field 
and at depots will transfer the hides of all slaughtered sheep to officers 
of the Quartermaster’s department, who will receive and preserve them 
to be tanned. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,) 
No. 120. j 
Adjutant and Inspf.ctor-Genekal’s Office, 
Richmond, September 8,1863. 
I. .At a general court martial convened at Chattanooga, Tennessee, 
June 24,1863, by virtue of Special Orders, No. 69, dated Head-quarters 
Army of Tennessee, March 16,1863, was arraigned and tried: 
Captain 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, Assistant-Quartermaster, P. A. C. S., as follows : 
Of the 1st Specification: Guilty. 
Of the 2d Specification : Guilty. 
Of the Charge : Guilty. And do, therefore, sentence him to be cashiered. 
III. .The proceedings in the foregoing case having been laid before 
the Secretary of War, for the consideration of the President, tho fol- 
lowing 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, 
No. 121. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, September 9, 1863. 
I. .Paragraph 1,064 of the Army Regulations (107 of the Regulations 
of the Quartermaster’s department) is amended to read as follows: 
“ Officers are entitled to pay from the date of the acceptance of their 
appointments, and from the date of promotion: provided, that disburs- 
ing officers, who are required to give official bonds, shall forward the 
same, always duly executed, with their letters of acceptance, and that 
their acceptances shall take effect only from the date of the approval of 
the bonds by the War department; but in no case will an officer be as- 
signed to duty, and receive pay, until he has received his appointment. 
Notifications of the receipt and approval of said bonds will be forwarded 
to officers through the chief of the bureau to which they belong.” 
II..All officers of the Quartermaster-General’s and Commissary- 
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 Congress (January 12, 1863), and whose 
bonds, prior to the date of this order, have not been filed in and ap- 
proved by the War department, are hereby dropped: provided, that on 
satisfactory evidence that such failure has not been the result of gross 
neglect, the commanding general tnay grant the officers concerned a 
short leave of absence to make and forward their bonds, and shall re- 
port 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 va- 
cancy be occasioned in any brigade or regiment, or at a post, application 
will be made for a new appointment, in conformity to General Orders, No. 8, 1863; and the appointee, in accepting his position, will be held 
strictly to the requirements of preceding paragraph I. 
IV..Officers of the Quartermaster-General's department, whose ap- 
pointments bear date subsequent to the 12th day of January, 1863, and 
who have not filed bonds, duly executed, will be allowed 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 appoint- 
ment, as disbursing officers, only such persons as furnish reasonable 
assurance of their ability to execute the bonds required by law. 
VI. .All letters of appointment hereafter issued will be accompanied 
by a notification to the appointee that his official bond must be return- 
ed with his acceptance, and that the latter will take effect only from the 
date at which said bond is approved. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, September 11, 1863. 
GENERAL ORDERS. 
No. 122. 
I..Commanding officers of regiments, battalions, etc., will, immedi- 
ately on receipt hereof, cause to be made out and forwarded, through 
proper channels, to Colonel J. S. Preston, Chief of the Bureau of Con- 
scription, a complete list of all persons held as substitutes in the army, 
in their respective commands. This list will embrace the regiment, 
company, date of enlistment, and age of each substitute, with the name 
and post-office of the principal. They will also, in the same manner, 
furnish a monthly roil of all deserters, and absentees without leave. 
This will be arranged according to the county and congressional dis- 
trict to which the parties belong, and will set forth the time and place 
of desertion in each ease. 
II..All officers, charged by commanding generals with tho duty of 
arresting and returning deserters and absentees, will report to the com- 
mandant of conscripts in the respective states to which such officers are 
sent, and will co-operate generally with enrolling officers in the dis- 
charge of tho duties assigned to them. III. .The following act of Congress is published for the information 
of all concerned : 
“ Every person,, not subject to the Rules and Articles of War, who 
shall procure or entice a soldier of the Confederate States to desert, or 
who shall purchase from any soldier his arms, uniform, clothing, or any 
part thereof, shall, upon legal conviction, be fined, at the discretion of 
the- court having cognizance of the same, in any sum not exceeding 
three hundred dollars, and be imprisoned not exceeding one year.” 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 123. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, September 16, 1863. 
The following order is published for the information of all concerned: 
EXCHANGE NOTICE, NO. 6. 
The following Confederate officers and men, captured at Vicksburg, 
Mississippi, July 4, 1863, and subsequently paroled, have been duly 
exchanged, and are hereby so declared: 
1. The officers and men of General C. L. Stevenson’s division. 
2. The officers and men of General Bowen’s division. 
3. The officers and men of Brigadier-General Moore’s brigade. 
4. The officers and men of the 2d Texas regiment. 
5. The officers and men of Waul’s legion. 
6. Also, all Confederate officers and men who have been delivered at 
City Point at any time previous to July 25, 1863, have been duly ex- 
changed, and are hereby so declared. 
Ro. Ould, 
Agent of Exchange. 
Richmond, September 12, 1863. 
' By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,' 
No. 124. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, September 22, 1863., 
I..Potatoes (sweet), gathered under the tax law by commissa- ries and quartermasters, at or within reach of places where hospitals 
are located, will be transferred (invoices and receipts being given) to 
the medical officers in charge of the hospitals, to.be cared for and se- 
cured against the influences of frost, etc., for the use of the sick. Or 
farmerSj when the hospitals are more convenient of access than the de- 
pots, may deliver their.potatoes (tax in kind) to the medical officer in 
charge, taking receipts, which will be acknowledged by the tax agent. 
II. .The pay of surgeons (private physicians) employed under Gener- 
al Orders, No. 82, Adjutant and Inspector-General’s office, of 1862, is 
increased to six dollars per diem, until further orders. 
III. .“Assistant Medical Directors” and “Assistant Medical Inspec- 
tors” not being authorized, the titles will not be used. 
IV. .The extra pay allowed soldiers detailed for duty as commissary 
sergeants by the act of Congress approved May 1, 1863, will be paid 
upon the muster and pay rolls of the companies to which they belong, 
by the quartermasters charged with the duty of paying troops. 
By order. . 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Injector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,' 
No. 126. J 
'Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, September, 1863. 
I.. Information having been received of repeated misconstructions and 
violations of paragraph XII, General Orders, No. 82, 1862, it is reiter- 
ated that no persons liable to conscription will be permitted, under any 
circumstances, to volunteer in regiments, battalions, or companies 
organized since the 16th of April, 1862, except such as were 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„compa- 
nies or portions of companies now in service. 
III. .It shall be the duty of commandants of conscripts, on informa- 
tion of persons being received into companies contrary to the provis- 
ions of this order, to make immediate requisition for such persons on 
the officer commanding, and on failure of the officer to return the per- 
sons so received to the camp of instruction, the commandant shall re- port the matter, with the facts of the case, to the Bureau of Conscrip- 
tion, to be decided by this department. 
IV. .No officer commanding, whose company reaches the maximum 
allowed by regulations, shall be permitted to receive recruits, either as 
volunteers or in any other form. 
V. .No officer commanding shall accept or muster in persons of con- 
script age, unless such persons shall first exhibit a certificate, approved 
by an enrolling officer, stating that he has volunteered and selected his 
company, which company is allowed to receive recruits. 
VI. .The Bureau of Conscription is charged with the establishment of 
such regulations as will enforce this order. 
VII. .Paragraph I, General Orders, No. 122, September 11, 1863, is 
so modified as to read as follows: 
“ Commanding officers of regiments, battalions, etc., will, immediately 
on receipt hereof, cause to be made out and forwarded, through proper 
channels, to Colonel J. S. Preston, Chief of the Bureau of Conscription, 
a complete list of all persons received as substitutes in the army in 
their respective commands. The list will embrace the regiment, com- 
pany, date of enlistment, and age of each substitute, with name, post- 
office, and dnte of enlistment of the principal. It will also state whether 
the substitute is now serving, or has died or been killed while in or dis- 
charged from service, or whether he has deserted, with the date and circum- 
stances of deaths, discharge, or desertion. They will, also, in the same 
manner, furnish a monthly roll of all deserters and absentees without 
leave. This roll will be arranged according to the county and congres- 
sional 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. 
GENERAL ORDERS,'] 
No. 126. ' 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, September 28,1863. 
I. .In 6rder to avoid all difficulty with respect to payment of officers 
absent from their commands, and who have not received commissions 
or letters of appointment, it ie ordered that all such officers shall, be- fore leaving their companies, be furnished with a transcript from the 
muster-rolls, or a certificate in lieu thereof, as may be convenient, set- 
ting out the full, name, rank, and date thereof of such officer, and that 
he is borne on the muster-roll as such. These transcripts or certificates 
will be signed by the commanding officer of the regiment and company, 
and will be equivalent with the pay officer to the commission or letter 
of appointment referred to in paragraph I, General Orders, No. 121, of 
1863. This provision, however, is not designed to dispense with the 
requirements of General Orders, No. 28, paragraphs II and III, current 
series. 
II. .Paragraph I, General Orders, No. 116, Adjutant and Inspector- 
General’s office, is so modified as to read as follows : 
“ Generals, or other officers commanding departments, armies in the 
field, posts, or garrisons, will cause all deserters, stragglers, or other ab- 
sentees from duty, and all persons liable to military service, found 
within their lines, and not belonging to their command, to be forthwith 
arrested and turned over to the nearest enrolling officer, whose duty it 
shall be to forward such absentees to their proper commands; or, in 
case of conscripts, to assign them to service, at the discretion of the 
commandant of conscripts of the state.” 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 127. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, September 29, 1863. 
In view of the importance of pressing the home production of nitre, 
the workmen in exposed districts will be called from their work for local 
defence only in cases of extreme military urgency, and then only by the 
general commanding the district, by an order to the officer in charge. 
In the nitre districts lately overrun, the workmen will be returned to 
their work, and all reasonable facilities for resuming operations will be 
extended by military officers. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL 
No. 128. 
Adjutant and lNSPBcton.-GsNERAL’g‘Oitpicb, 
Richmond, Va., September 30,1863. 
I..The following schedule of prices, for articles named therein, 
adopted by commissioners appointed pursuant to law for the State of 
South Carolina, are announced for the information of all concerned, 
and the special attention of officers and agents of the government is 
directed thereto: 
II. .Schedule of prices established by the Board of Commissioners of the 
State of South Carolina, under the act of Congress of the Confederate 
States “ to regulate impress-ments 
ARTICLES. 
QUALITY. 
DESCRIPTION. 
QUANTITY. 
Apples, dried.. 
Good, 
Peeled 
Per bushel of 28 lbs.. 
$3 00 
Apples, dried. 
TJnpeeled 
Per bushel of 28 lbs.. 
2 00' 
5 on 
U 
U 
75 
u 
4 a 
65 
a 
40 
ii 
a 
a 
5 00 
« 
25 
6. 
60 
a 
18 
,i 
Tallow 
1 00 
u 
2 50 
Cloth 
« 
Woolen, for soldiers 
clothes, % yard wide, 
10 oz. to yard, and pro 
rata as to greater or 
less weight or width... 
Per yard 
4 00 
3 00 
U 
Per bushel of 70 lbs.. 
1 95 
Corn 
« 
Shelled,-sacks not includ- 
ed 
Per bushel of 56 lbs.. 
2 00 
Per bushel of 50 lbs.. 
2 00 
Drills 
.« 
Cotton, % yard wide, 3 
65 
u 
11 00 
« 
a 
10 00 
4C 
« 
9 00 
1 i 
2 ftO 
ii * 
2 00 
a 
3 25 
Hay 
a 
1 50 
Hay 
u 
1 25 
U 
Net 
35 
u 
25 
a 
Dry 
1 25 
Hides 
« 
Green 
Per pound 
50 ♦150 
ARTICLES. 
QUALITY. 
DESCRIPTION. 
QUANTITY. 
$500 00 
400 00 
a 
86 00 
tt 
350 00 
it 
320 00 
tt 
440 00 
tt 
500 00 
« 
175 00 
Iron 
Unserviceable Railroad... 
Per ton of 2,210 lbs.. 
75 00 
ti 
4 00 
tt 
6 00 
Lard 
a 
75 
it- 
2 50 
u 
3 25 
it 
3 00 
u 
5 00 
u 
3 00 
tt 
400 00 
a 
350 00 
a 
250 00 
a 
2 00 
a 
2 50 
tt 
1 50 
Osnaburgs 
« 
Cotton, % yard wide, 7 
60 
Osnaburge 
a 
Cotton, % yard wide, 8 
70 
a 
Cow 
2 00 
a 
2 00 
a 
1 00 
Peaches, dried. 
u 
Peeled 
Per bushel of 38 lbs.. 
5 00 
Peaches, dried, 
a 
Unpeeled 
Per bushel of 38 lbs.. 
3 00 
a 
35 
i. 
Salt 
55 
Pasturage 
a 
Cattle and horses near 
city 
Per head per month.. 
3 00 
a 
1 50 
a 
15 
u 
Old 
12 
it * 
Good 
2 50 
it 
1 00 
Shirting 
it 
Cotton. % yard wide, 
. 50 
Shirting 
Cotton, Y& yard wide, 3% 
yards to pound 
Per yard 
60 
it 
75 
ti 
15 00* 
Salt 
tt 
30 00 
it 
8 00 
it 
3 00 
tt 
J 25 
ti 
Fat 
15 00 
* ti 
90 
80 
ti 
40 
» U 
20 
ti 
1 50 
it 
1 25 
ti 
Black 
5 00 
tt 
7 00 
it 
90 
Tallow 
« 
Clean 
Per pound 
80 ARTICL8S. 
QUALITY. 
DESCRIPTION. 
QUANTITY. 
Good, 
U_ 
75 
4 00 
it 
4 Oft 
it 
Fair ' 
3 5ft 
Wheat 
it 
3 00 
60 
it 
50 
Wool 
<•. 
3 75 
Wool 
it 
3 00 
ti 
250 00 
it 
300 00 
it 
175 00 
it 
225 00 
-6 00 
Hire of Labor, Teams, Wagons, and Horses. 
DESCRIPTION. 
QUANTITY. 
Per 
100 pounds, 
£n an 
Shelling and sacking corn, sacks furnished 
05 
u 
03 
Hire of two-horse team, wagon, and driver, 
u 
7 
00 
Hire hf, two-horse team, wagon, tmd driver, 
a 
5 
00 
Hire of four-horse team, wagon, and driver, 
a 
10 
00 
Hire of four-horse team, wagon, and driver, 
(( 
6 
50 
Hire of six-horse team, wagon, and driver, 
a 
12 
00 
Hire of six-horse team, wagon, and driver, 
u 
8 
00 
Hire of laborer, rations furnished by owner. 
Hire of laborer, rations furnished by govern- 
(( 
1 
50 
u 
day .. * 
1 
00 
Hire of laborer, rations furnished by owner. 
Hire of laborer, rations furnished by govern- 
ment 
u 
30 
00 
(< 
month 
1 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 circumstances. They hope that the producer 
will he willing not only to sell to the government at these prices, hut to 
private individuals, and especially to tho families of soldiers who are in the service of their country. The present is no time for those who 
are at home to be speculating on the necessities of a bleeding country. 
They should consider 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 exorbi- 
tant profits on what they have to sell. He who is unwilling to do so is 
unworthy of his country, and the cause in which she is engaged. 
The commissioners would respectfully suggest to the quartermasters 
and commissaries in South Carolina that they should not impress provis- 
ions which have been purchased for family supplies and immediate 
consumption, nor should they interfere with purchases made at govern- 
ment 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. E. Perry, 
A. M. Martin, 
Commissioners. 
Columbia, S. C., September 15, 1863. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No.'129. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, October 1, 1863. 
I..The following schedules of prices for articles named therein, 
adopted by commissioners appointed pursuant to law, for the State of 
Virginia, are announced for the information of all concerned; and the 
special attention of officers and agents of the government is directed 
thereto: 
Richmond, October 1, 1863. 
Hon. Jas. A. Seddon, Secretary of War : 
Sir: The commissioners appointed under section fifth of the hill 
recently passed by the Confederate Congress regulating impressments, 
being required to agree upon and publish a schedule of prices every 
two months, or oftener if they should deem it proper, in accordance 
with the foregoing requisition we respectfully lay before you the fol- 
lowing schedules of prices, marked A and B, for the ensuing month. 
Owing to the difficulty of obtaining satisfactory information as to pork, 
we have postponed the appraisement till our next assessment. The following schedule presents the maximum prices to he 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 transportation to the city or usual place of sale to which the 
article would go ordinarily for sale from that neighborhood, or less the 
cost of transportation to the point at which the government needs the 
article, and wishes it to be sent; provided, that in no case the amount 
deducted for transportation as above,jBhall exceed twenty-five cents per 
bushel for grain, and twenty-five cents per hundred weight for long 
forage, flour, bacon, iron, etc. In addition to the established price 
of transportation, the government to pay all legal tolls; and, where 
farmers can not procure nails for baling forage, government to furnish 
the same at cost, which will be deducted from the established price of 
baling: 
Schedule A. 
ARTICLES. 
QUALITY. 
DESCRIPTION. 
QUANTITY. 
PRICE. 
Good 
26 50 
28 00 
4 00 
4 Unshelled corn.... 
Prime.... 
White or yellow. 
Per bushel of 56 lbs 
3 95 
4 20 
3 20 
2 00 
50 
70 
90 
1 40 
Good 
1 00 
1 00 
Fresh pork 
Fat and 
45 
1 00 
Average price per head 
350 00 
16 Wool 
Fair or 
3 00 
17 Wool 
Fair or 
2 00 
4 00 
4 00 
4 00 
5 00 
5 00 
8 90 
4 50 
3 00 
3 00 
27 Hay, haled 
3 00 
28 Hay, nnbaled 
Good 
Orchard or herd 
2 70 
4 00 
3 70 
31 Blade fodder, bal’d 
Good 
Per 100 pounds 
3 00 ARTICLES. 
QUALITY. 
DESCRIPTION. 
quantity. 
PRICE. 
$ 2 70 
2 00 
1 70 
1 00 
70 
3 00 
4 00 
5 00 
5 00 
6 00 
7 00 
43 Salt .7 
5 00 
1 00 
Good 
1 00 
Good 
3 00 
1 00 
8 00 
20 
51 Coffee 
3 00 
7 00 
Good 
50 
125 00 
' 110 00 
100 00 
180 00 
68 Smiths’ iron 
Good 
Round, plate, 
and bar 
Per ton 
380 80 
190 00 
2 60 
2 40 
2 80 
16 00 
18 00 
20 00 
30 00 
G7 Army woolen cl’h, 
4 50 
68 Army woolen cl’h. 
Good 
Pro rata as to 
greater or less 
width or weight. 
69 Army woolen cl’h, 
9 00 
70 Army woolen cl’th 
Good 
Pro rata as to 
greater or less 
• . 
width or weight. 
3 00 
42 
50 
60 
60 
70 
Good 
70 
Good 
70 
Good ..... 
87 
80 On tho’abovo enumerated cotton cloths, pro 
rata as to greater or less width or 
weight. 
1 63 
10 00 
2 00 
1 25 
85 Mules 
1st rate. 
Wagon, etc 
Av’ge price per head... 
300 00 
Schedule A—Continued. In assessing the average value of “first-class artillery and wagon 
horses at $350,” we designed that the term should be accepted and 
acted upon according to its obvious common-sense import. In other 
words, that horses should be selected, and then impressed accordingly 
as their working qualities and adaptation to army service, together 
with their intrinsic value, would warrant a judicious purchaser in con- 
sidering them as coming within the contemplation of the commission- 
ers when they assessed the average value of such horses as the govern- 
ment needed at $350. But cases might arise, however, when the 
public exigencies would be so urgent as to demand that all horses at 
hand should be impressed. Yet, under ordinary circumstances, when 
family or extra-blooded horses, or brood mares of admitted high value 
are impressed, 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 service- 
able horses or mules as shall be considered and valued, by competent 
and disinterested parties, as first-class artillery horses, or first-rate 
wagon mules. 
The term “average value per head” was used in contra-distinction to 
a fixed and uniform price for each-horse or mule. We supposed that, 
in impressing a number of horses or mules, whether owned by several 
persons or one individual, that some might be estimated at $250, or 
even at less, and others at different advanced rates, according to their 
worth, up as high as $450, or above that amount—thus making an 
average value or price for a number of good, sound, and efficient horses 
$350 each, and mules $300 each. 
In illustration of our views, we will add, that a horse with only one 
eye sound might, in all other respects, be classed as a first rate-artil- 
lery horse, yet the loss of one eye would justly and considerably curtail 
his value. So, a horse from ten to eight years of age might he deemed, 
in all other particulars, as a first-class artillery horse, but, of course, 
however efiicient or able to render good service for a year or so, yet his 
advanced age would justly and materially impair his value. Any 
horse, however he may approximate the standard of a first-class artil- 
lery horse, must, according to deficiencies, fall below the maximum 
price; and as few, comparatively, exactly come up to the standard, and 
therefore are entitled to the maximum price, so, of course, in all other 
instances, the price should be proportionately reduced, as imperfections 
place them below the standard of first-class, etc. 
E. W. Hubaud, 
. Kobert Gibboney, 
. Commiss8oners far Virginia. Schedule B—Hire of Labor, Teams, Wagons, and Drivers. 
QUANTITY AND TIME. 
PRICE. 
Per 100 pounds .... 
“ 56 pounds .... 
“ cwt. per mile .. 
“ bushel per mile. 
$0 30 
65 
00 
03 
10 00 
5 00 
13 00 
6 50 
16 00 
8 00 
2 00 
1 25 
40 00 
en no 
2 Shelling and bagging corn, sacks fur- 
5 Hire of two-horse team, wagon, and 
driver, rations furnished by owner... 
6 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
7 Hire of four-horse team, wagon, and 
driver, rations furnished by owner... 
8 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
9 Hire of six-horse team, wagon, and 
driver, rations furnished by owner... 
10 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
11 Hire of laborer, rations furnished by 
12 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
13 Hire of same, rations furnished by 
14 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
1 
E. W. Hub aed, 
Robert Gibboney, 
Commissioners for Virginia. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 130. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, October 2, 1863. 
I..The evils resulting from the prolonged absence of soldiers 
have obtained furloughs on account of sickness being greatly on the 
increase, the attention of officers of the army is directed to the 7th para- 
graph of General Orders, No. 69, of 1866, from this office, and strict 
compliance therewith is enjoined. 
II. .Commanders of companies who, agreeably to the requirements 
of the aforesaid Ordors, No. 69, received from examining boards notices of furloughs granted by them, are required to make out and forward 
monthly to the Superintendents of the Bureaus of Conscription (Col. J. 
S. Preston, at Richmond, Va., or Brigadier-General G. J. Pillow, at 
Marietta, Ga., as the case may require) lists of all men so furloughed, 
and who do not promptly return to their companies at the expiration of 
the time granted them ; and it will be the duty of the superintendent 
receiving such lists to direct the proper enrolling officers to arrest and 
return to their companies, without delay, all persons who are thus re- 
ported, and found absent without proper authority. 
III. .Payment upon affidavit to soldiers sick or wounded, in hospi- 
tals, who are unprovided with descriptive lists, will hereafter be limited 
to four months pay. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 131. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, October 3, 1863. 
Difficulties in procuring the medals and badges of distinction having 
delayed their presentation by the President, as authorized by the act of 
Congress approved October 13, 1862, to the officers, non-commissioned 
officers, and privates of the armies of the Confederate States, conspicu- 
ous for courage and good conduct on the field of battle— 
To avoid postponing the grateful recognition of their valor until it 
can be made in the enduring form provided by that act, it is ordered : 
I..That the names of all those who have been or may hereafter be 
reported as worthy of this distinction, be inscribed on a 
Roll of Honor, 
to be preserved in the office of the jAdjutant and Inspector-General 
for reference, in all future time, for those who have deserved well of 
their country, as having best displayed their courage and devotion on 
the field of battle. 
II.,That the Roll of Honor, so far as now made up, be appended to 
this order, and read at the head of every regiment in the service of the 
Confederate States, at the first dress-parade after its receipt, and be 
published in at least one newspaper in each state. III..The attention of the officers in charge is directed to General 
Orders, No. 93, section No. 27, of the series of 1862, Adjutant and 
Inspector-General’s office, for the mode of selecting the non-commis-/ 
sionod officers and privates entitled to this distinction, and its execu- 
tion is enjoined. 
BATTLE OF MURFKEESBORO’, 
22d Regiment of Infantry : 
Sergeant W. D. Sumner, Company A. 
Private Wm. Sellers, ' “ B. 
Corporal J. L. Husbands, “ C. 
Sergeant B. T. Nelson, “ D. 
“ P. A. Minton, “ E. 
Corporal N. B. Walker, u F. 
Private J. R. Black, “ G. 
Corporal W. R. Larry, “ H. 
Private J. J. McVey, “ I. 
“ J. N. Eilands, * “ K. 
24th Regiment of Infantry : 
Captain W. D. Smith (killed in action), “ A. 
“ W. P. Fowler, “ F. 
“ Jno. B. Hazard, “ I. 
“ W. J. O’Brien, “ B. 
Lieutenant J. A. Hall, “ K. 
“ A. B. Nelson, “ D. 
“ R. T. B. Parham, “ II. 
“ A. Young, “ A. 
Sergeant-Major Wm. Mink, 
. 1st Sergeant J. M. J. Tally, “ K. 
Sergeant John Ives, “ A. 
Private Martin Duggan, “ B. 
“ Melbourn Deloach, “ C. 
Sergeant Sami. S. Wylie, “ D. 
Private Joseph Hall, “ E. 
“ Sami. M. Roberts,* “ F. 
“ A. W. Scott, « G. 
“ James R. Green, “ H. 
“ N. Lankford,* <l I. 
“ A. Posey, “ K. 
25th Regiment of Infantry: 
Sergeant Isaac N. Rhoades, “ A. 
Alabama. 25th Regiment of Infantry—Continued. 
Private Warren A. Jackson, . Company E. 
“ Samuel Ellison, “ C. 
“ James A. Mote, “ D. 
Sergeant J. P. Coker,* • “ F. 
“ Patrick H. Smith, “ G. 
Private Marion F. Hazlewood, “ H. 
“ Charles W. Ropers,* “I. 
“ J. B. Peacock,* “ K. 
26th Regiment of Infantry : 
Private B. A. Thomason, “ A. 
Sergeant J. E. Gilbert, “ B. 
Private L. P. Roberts, “ C. 
“ Reedy Ward, “ D. 
Sergeant F. E. Mitchell, . “ E. 
Private J. T. McClain, “ • G. 
“ J. II. Cotrei, “ H. 
“ Jno. A. Uselton, “ I. 
Companies F and K made no selection. 
28th Regiment of Infantry : 
Private Topley Murphey, “ B. 
Sergeant Elias Wood, “ G. 
“ W. B. Curry, “ K. 
“ Wm. E. Short, “ L. 
The other companies made no selection. 
32d Regiment of Infantry : 
Private James Clements,* “ A. 
Corporal Vincent II. Joiner, “ B. 
Private Edmund Davis, “ C. 
Corporal Jno. C. Oliver,* “ D. 
Private Reuben Dumas, “ E. 
“ Nathaniel Wheelers,* “ F. 
Corporal James H. Dore, “ G. 
Private Alfred C. Hutto, “ II. 
Sergeant George W. Vansandt, “ I. 
Corporal Elijah P. Gable,* “ K. 
34th Regiment of Infantry : 
Corporal S. J. Nnmney, “ A. 
■ Private J. R. Browning, “ C. 
" C. P. Greer, « D. 
“ James Shehorn, “ E. 34th Regiment of Infantry—Continued. 
Private S. W Reynolds, Company F. 
“ J. G. Whaley, “ G. 
“ T. N Cloud, “ H. 
B. R. Covington, * “ I. 
“ J. G. Metts, “ K- 
39th Regiment of Infantry: 
Adjutant J. M. Macon. 
2d Lieut. E. Q. Thornton, “ K. 
“ E. 0. Petty, “ B. 
Sergeant C. K. Hall, “ H. 
Sergeant W. J. White, “ H. 
“ E. Priest, “ K. 
Private W. C. Menifee, “ . A. 
Sorgeant A. J. Talbot, “ A. 
Private Samuel M. Martin, _ “ B. 
“ John Dausby, # “ C. 
“ Evander Burkett, “ I). 
“ Frank Jones, “ E. 
“ Wm. M. Meadows, “ F. 
Sergeants Jno. H. Poyner and T. F. Espy, “ G. 
Company G was unable to decide between these two 
sergeants. 
Sergeant Abner Flowers, “ I. 
“ James S. Wilson, • “ K. 
Company H made no selection. 
17th Battalion—Sharp-shooters : 
Private Jno. A. Rutherford,* “ A. 
“ Walter S. White, " B. 
W'aters’ Battery: 
Private John Hutcherson, 
Ketchum’s Battery : 
Captain James Garrity. 
1st Lieutenant Philip Bond. 
“ M. A. Hassell. 
Arkansas. 
1st Regiment of Infantry : 
Lieutenant-Colonel D. McGregor.* 
Adjutant S. M. Greenwood. 
Captain 0. F. Parrish, u D. 
Lieutenant J. E. Letson, “ D. 1st Regiment of Infantry—Continued. 
Captain W. H. Scales, , Company C. 
Corporal G. M. McKenzie,* « a. 
Private J. S. T. Hemphill, « b, 
“ G. W. Sallee,* « 
“ G. Bagy, « D. 
“ W. W. Chancy, « B. 
“ H. J. Bullion, “ F. 
“ A. P. Green,* « G. 
Private J. Beeson, << H. 
“ J. H. Curd,* “ I. 
“ 0. C.Choat* “ ' K. 
2d Regiment of Infantry : 
Corporal James W. Pyles, « A. 
Private Tilman Peavy,* “ B. 
“ J. H. Eagle,* J‘ C. 
“ E. A. Ballew, “ D. 
“ W. A. Thompson,* “ E. 
" Wm. Till* “ F. 
Sergeant J. E. Shepherd, * “ G. 
Private M. M. McGee, “ H. 
Sergeant H. M. Gravis, “ I. 
“ F. E. Gett, “ K. 
4th Regiment of Infantry: 
Sergeant S. A. Smith, “ A. 
Private James M. Pate,* " C. 
“ Dan’l Hudson, “ D. 
> “ Thos. Caldwell, “ E. 
Sergeant J. F. Garrett,* “ F. 
Private J. M. Vinson,* “ G. 
Sergeant S. T. Ward,* “ H. 
Private Simpson Jackson, “ I. 
“ T. P. Williams, " K. 
1st Regiment of Mounted Rifles: 
Private Pat. Collawan, “ A. 
“ W. T. Blakemore, “ B. 
“ Jas. Pearsons, “ C. 
Corporal C. D. Jenkins, “ D. 
Private T. J. Underwood, “ E. 
“ W. W. Coe, ‘ “ F. 
1st Sergeant W. S. Colbern, “ G. 
Corporal Thomas Thompson, “ H. 1st Regiment of Mounted Rifles—Continued. 
Corporal J. L. Casteen, Company I. 
Private G. B. House,* “ K. 
26th Regiment of Infantry : 
Private J. Alphin, “ A. 
Corporal J. R. Fergurson, “ B. 
Private W. G. Evans, “ C.« 
Private M. N. Jones, “ B. 
“ S. H. McBride, * E. 
“ Jno. A. Wright, “ F. 
“ J. S. Gardner, “ G. 
“ J. W. McNabb, “ H. 
Corporal A. M. Ragsdel, “ I*. 
“ H. I>. Holdaway, “ K. 
4th Battalion of Infantry: 
Private James Vines,* “A. 
Corporal L. Higgie,* “ B. 
Private George Aylor, ii C. 
“ C. G. Warren, “ E. 
Humphries Artillery Company: 
Pfivate John Campbell. 
6th Regiment of Infantry : 
Private Newton Rice,* “ A. 
Corporal M. J. McNamara,* “ C. 
Private J. Brantley,* “ B. 
Sergeant Samuel P. Kiddoo,* “ F. 
Corporal B. D. Bedell, “ H. 
■ Private^George A. Horseley,* - “ K. 
Companies D and G declined to select. 
3d Battalion of Infantry : 
Private A. S. Kinney,* “ B. 
“ W. D. Clark, “ C. 
“ Mathew Hall, “ D-. 
“ Jno. Capps, “ E. 
“ Michael Kinney, “ F. 
“ Thomas Nolan, . “ G. 
“ G. W. Sanders, . “ H. 
9th Battalion of Infantry: 
Private Obie McCreery, “ , A. 
“ W. J. Wood, “ B. 
" N. W. Rice, “ C. 
Georgia.- 9th Battalion of Infantry—Continued. 
. Corporal Wm. M. Gaines, Company D. 
- Private C. M. R. Palmer, “ E. 
2d Regiment of Infantry : 
Color-Corporal W. H. Robinson, “ A. 
Private R. II. Graves, “ B. 
“ Thomas Clark, “ C. 
Sergeant C. A. Haskill, “ D. 
“ F. M. Chambers, “ E. 
“ W. 0. Coppidge, “ F. 
“ D. E. Turney, “ H. 
Corporal E. H. Wright,. J u H. 
Sergeant John H. Crane, , “ I. 
“' Jas. A. Pearce, “ K. 
4th Regiment of Infantry : 
Corporal G. "\V. Rogers, “ A. 
Sergeant E. L. Johnson, “ B. 
Private John McGuire, “ C. 
Color-Corporal R. H. Lindsey, “ D. 
Sergeant J. S. Whittington, “ E. 
Private Joseph Nickols, “ F. 
“ H. D. Wallace, “ G. 
Sergeant A. M. Hathaway, “ K. 
Companies H and I declined selecting. 
6th Regiment of Infantry: 
1st Sergeant J. B. Lewis, “ C. 
Corporal E. S. Jones, “ D. 
Private Thomas Payne, “ E. 
“ James T. Prather, ' “ G. 
2d Sergeant Wm. Darned, “ H. 
Private J. 0. Cushenburg,' “ I. 
Companies A and B declined selecting. 
9th Regiment of Infantry: 
Captain Jos. Desha, “ I. 
“ James T. Morehead, “■ G. 
Private J. G. Wakefield, “ A. 
u Jacob Blackshear, “ B. 
“ J. L. Collins, “ C. 
“ Nathan Board, “ G. 
Sergeant Wm. K. Kenman, “ H. 
‘‘ Drakeford Gray, “ I. 
Kentucky. 9th Regiment of Infantry—Continued. 
Private H. B. Roberts, Company K. 
Company D declined to select. 
Louisiana. 
13th Regiment of Infantry : 
Color-Sergeant Roger Tanure, 
Sergeant-Major Jno. Farrel. 
Private Dan. Dunn, “ A. 
“ George K. Higgins, “ B. 
“ Lewis Brown, “ C. 
• Corporal F. Druvot, “ D. 
Private E. M. Harris, “ E. 
“ Michael McCailliff, « “ F. 
“ James Kinsley, ■> “ G. 
“ M. Brennigan, “ H. 
Sergeant Pat. Johnston, “ I. 
Private Francis Mackin, “ K. 
20th Regiment of Infantry : 
* Private Frank Monahan, “ A. 
Corporal Charles Sneider, “ , B. 
“ Jno. Bellejean, “ C. 
Private Walter Haynes, . “ D. 
1st Sergeant P. Mooney, “ E. 
Private G. Heisser, “ F. 
“ Michael Sullivan, “ G. 
<l Michael Carey, “ H. 
“ Jno. Gorman, “ I. 
1st Sergeant G. G. Smith, “ K. 
Austin’s Battalion of Sharp-shooters : 
Private J. W. Stovall,* “ A. 
“ Andrew Develbiss, “ B. 
5th Company Washington Artillery: 
Private John W. Anthony. 
Mississippi. 
5th Regiment of Infantry : 
Sergeant Win. Dobbs, “ A. 
Private. Jesse Glass/ “ B. 
J. J. Smith, “ C. 
Private G. T. Jayroe, • r D. 
Sergeant J. H. Richardson, “ E. 
“ W. A. Snow, “ P. 
Private S. F. Fondren, • “ G. 5th Regiment of Infantry—Continued. 
Sergeant D. S. McCollum, Company H. 
Private W. R. Flannigan, “ I. 
“ H. H. McMichael, ' “ K. 
7th Regiment of Infantry: 
Private John Higginbotham,* “ A.' 
“ H. H. Price, “ B. 
“ Richard Chaddick, “ C. 
“ Jeptha Creel, •“ D. 
Sergeant George Stewart, “ E. 
Private B. Drummond, - “ F. 
“ M. B. Stringer, ’ “ G. 
(f A. Z. Coker, “ H. 
“ P. W. Rogers, “ I. 
Sergeant A. E. Ford, “ K. 
8th Regiment of Infantry : 
Private W. T. Robinson, “ A. 
“ J. H. Bond, “ B. 
“ W. J. Pitman, “ C. 
Corporal G. B. Risher, “ D. 
Private S. T. Massey, “ E. 
“ D. F. Hilburn, " F. 
CorpQral A. W. Atwood, lf G. 
Private J. C. Lucy, “ H. 
“ Joel Foster, “ I. 
“ . W. W. Watson, “ K. 
9th Regiment of Infantry : 
Private T. E. Bowden,* “ A. 
“ Thos. Gill, “ B. 
Color-Sergeant L. E. McCrosky, “ C. 
Sergeant George F. Duffy, • “ B. 
Private John McAfee,* “ C. 
Corporal E. W. Dowty, “ F. 
~ Private W. T. Hollis, “ G. 
“ B. C. Lipscomb,* “ H. 
Sergeant D. R. Biles, “ * I. 
Pritate W. II. Wheeler, • “ K. 
41st Regiment of Infantry : 
Sergeant John A. Moore, “ A. 
Private A. W. Bell, “ D. 
“ A. F. Anderson, “ E. 
“ A. Sanders, “ F. 41st Regiment of Infantry—Continued. 
Private Samuel N. Richey, Company G. 
“ G. D. Nelson, “ H. 
P. Ledbetter, “ I. 
“ F. Constantine, “ K. 
Corporal W. M. Baker, “ L. 
Companies B and C declined making selections. 
9th Battalion of Sharp-shooters : 
Fourth Sergeant M. Murphy, A. 
First Sergeant Joseph O’Brien, “ A. 
Sergeant Murphy was selected by Major Richards, 
commanding battalion. 
Companies B and C declined making selections. 
Stanford’s Light Battery: 
Private Richard H. Elliott. 
North Carolina. 
29th Regiment of Infantry : 
Corporal Abner B. Freeman, “ A. 
Private Thomas Elkin, “ B. 
Color-Bearer James R. Banning, “ C. 
First Sergeant Erwin F. Roberts, “ I). 
Corporal Willburn S. Smith, * “ E. 
Private Devania Millsaps,* “ F. 
“ Abraham Hedrick, “ G. 
“ James A. Gillespie, “ ’ II. 
“ Thomas Willis, “ I. 
“ Robert King, “ K. 
39th Regiment of Infantry: , * 
Colonel David Coleman. 
Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh H. Davidson. 
Acting Adjutant Isaac S. Hyjims. 
First Lieutenant Abram Booker, ' “ A. 
“ “ Wm. T. Anderson, “ B. 
Sergeant John C. Rogers, “ A. 
Private Wm. T. West, “ B.- 
“ Jas. W. Cobb, « C. 
“ Jas. B. A. Staten, ■ “ D. 
“ Moses Fulbright, “ E. 
Sergeant George W. Wiggins, “ F. 
“ John E. Moore, “ I. 
Companies G and H made no selection—Company K 
not in action. South Carolina. 
10th Regiment of Infantry: 
First Lieutenant C. C. White, Company A. 
Private A. J. McCants, 1 “A. 
“ J. S. Beaty, “ B. 
“ W. D. Hewitt, “ C. 
“ G. S. Flowers, “ D. 
Sergeant C. W. Cockfield,*' “ E- 
Private G. W. Curry, “ F. 
“ J. Cannon, “ G. 
“ ' N. Gray, « H. 
“ W. H. Poston, “ I. 
“ J. W. H. Bunch,« . « K. 
“ J. A. Boatwright, “ E. 
Sergeant S. B. Rhuark, “ M. 
19th Regiment of Infantry: 
Colonel A. J. Lythgoe. 
Major John A. Crowder. 
Private Benjamin W. Boothe, “ A. 
“ Samuel S. “ B. 
Sergeant W. H. Burkhalter, “ C. 
Private W. A. Black, “ D. 
“ S. D. McCoy, “ E. 
Samuel Bloodsworth, “ F. 
Sergeant Seth A. Jones, “ G. 
Private James McClain, ■ “ H. 
“ James Jones, ’ “ I. 
Sergeant Martin Yance, K. 
Tennessee. 
2d Regiment of Infantry: 
Color-Sergeant John C. Ferris. 
4th Regiment of Infantry: 
Sergeant J. B. Wendall, “ B. 
Corporal M. R. Brown, “ C. 
Private R. L. Matthews, * “ E. 
“ G. M. Whitson, ' “ G. 
Sergeant J. F. Seay, “ H. 
Private R. W. Mullins, “ I. 
« 
5th Regiment of Infantry:' 
Sergeant J. P. Hardcastle, “ x\. 
Second Lieutenant Z. B. Hamrick, . “ B. 5th Regiment of Infantry—Continued. 
Color-Sergeant AV\-Davis,' Company C. 
First Lieutenant W. C. Grissom, “ C. 
Captain R. B. Roberts, “ D. 
Second Lieutenant W. B. Masey, “ B. 
First Lieutenant J. B. Blair, “ G. 
Sergeant J. Swan, “ ' G. 
Second Lieutenant S. R. Richards, “ H. 
“ “ W. H. Ballard, “ L. 
Corporal W. F. Diggs, “ A. 
Second Sergeant J. A. Aguilar, “ B. 
Sergeant L. D. Holland, “ C. 
Private W. T. Ballard, “ D. 
Corporal W. A. Thompson, “ E. 
Private J. J. Hagler, “ F. 
“ D. C. Baueum, “ G. 
■ “ AV. C. Malin* “ II. 
“ G. W. Coston,* “ I. 
Corporal J. B. Johnson, “ K. 
8th Regiment of Infantry : 
Private D. T. Purkins,* “ A. 
“ R. E. Colston,* • « B. 
Sergeant J. M. Jones, . “ C. 
“ W. J. Armstrong,* “ D. 
“ Willie Simmons,* “ E. 
First Sergeant E. B. Little,* “ F. 
Private R. II. Gaines,* “ G. 
“■ T. G. Hall, “ II. 
Sergeant J. T.. Luna, “ I. 
Sergeant-Major W. H. Holmon, “ K. 
17th Regiment of Infantry: 
Colonel A. S. Marks. 
Lieutenant-Colonel W. W. Floyd. 
Adjutant James Fitzpatrick. 
Captain F. B. Terry, “ A. 
1st Lieutenant G. W. Corn, u D. 
“ H. M. Kimsey, . “ B. 
2d Lieutenant M. AT. Black, “ E. 
Corporal Jno. N. Lowery,* “ A. 
Sergeant P. L. Shaffner, “ B. 
“ AV. T. Jones, “ C 
“ Robt. Rollins, “ D. 17th Regiment of Infantry—Continued. 
Private J. D. Martin, _ Copapany E. 
“ Jno. L. Conley, “ 
“ J. H. Gober, • “ G. 
“ M. T. Liggett,*- “ jj. 
“ T. C. Mitchell, « 
Company I declined making a selection. 
19th Regiment of Infantry: 
1st Sergeant Joseph Thompson, “ j. 
“ Amos C. Smith, . « B. 
Sergeant Geo. N. Richardson, “ K. 
The other companies declined making selections. 
23d Regiment of Infantry: 
Lieutenant-Colonel R. H, Keeble. 
Captain W. II. Hunter, “ 
“ N. R. Allen, ' « E* 
Private W. G. Haynie, “A. 
“ W. J. Pennington, « b.n 
1st Sergeant J. N. Holt, “ B. 
Private H. C. Haynes,* E. 
“ S. M. Foster, “ c. 
“ Jasper M. Harris,* “ F. 
1st Sergeant Wm. K. Kelly, “ G. 
Corporal G. W. Jernyan, “ H. 
24th Regiment of Infantry : 
Private R. H. Jones, “ A. * 
“ Willis A. Jones, “ B. 
“ J. M. D. Sullivan, “ C. 
Sergeant W. H. H. Loftin, “ D. 
♦ Private Wm. Jordon, “ E. 
Color-Bearer Cuthbert Ferrill, “ F. 
Sergeant G. W. Anderson, “ G. 
Private Allen W. Williams, “ H. 
, “ R. A. Dean, “ I. 
“ Andrew J. Powers1, “ K. 
25th Regiment of Infantry : 
This regiment declined making any selections. 
26th Regiment of Infantry : 
Private James Deatherage,* “ A. 
“ Jno. II. Edmunds, “ B. 
“ Wm. T. Williams,* “ C. 
“ Wesley Collins, . “ D. 26th Regiment of Infantry—Continued. 
Private William Rice, Company E. 
“ William Wright, “ H. 
“ A. M. Brunson, “ p. 
“ Washington Fuller, “ I. 
“ John Alfred, “ K. 
28th Regiment of Infantry: 
Captain Franklin Fowler, • “I. 
1st Lieutenant James M. Lowe, “ B. 
Private Elijah W. Greer, “ A. 
“ Thomas W. Patton, “ B. 
f< Lafatte Chilton, . “ C. 
“ James A. Rash, “ G. 
Color-Bearer Houston B. Graves, “ F. 
Corporal John F. Moore, « G. 
Private Pinkney Craighead, <f H. 
Sergeant Claiborne D. Griffith, “ I. 
1st Sergeant J. R. Pirtle, “ K, 
33d Regiment of Infantry: 
Corporal J. W. Mosier, • “A. 
Private T. E. Mercer, “ B. 
Sergeant J. C. Stublefield, “ c. 
Private W. J. McDaniel, << d, 
“ E. M. Arnold, « E. 
Sergeant George Parhorn,® p. 
Private W. R. Gauntlett, « g. 
“ J. L. Mizell,* . « j£. 
Sergeant J. E. Hays,® « j_ 
Private J. D. Hill, « 
37th Regiment of Infantry : 
Major J. T. McReynolds. 
44th Regiment of Infantry: 
Colonel John S. Fulton. 
Lieutenant-Colonel J. L. McEwin. 
Major H. C. Ewin. 
Captain Samuel Jackson, “ j_ 
Private James D. Stone, ’ - “ B. 
“ J. G. Hefflin,® ' “ C. 
Corporal John W. Gill,® « p, 
“ J. D. Crenshaw, « 
<l Isaac Berry, « j< 
Private J. M. Sellers, « K 45th Regiment of Infantry: 
Private A. W. Loftin, Company A. 
“ J. H. Henderson, “ B. 
“ J. E. Watkins,* ‘ “ C. 
Corporal P. C. F. Miller, “ D. 
Private James Flowers,* “ E. 
1st Sergeant L. P. Cawthorn,* “ F. 
Private A. T. Lanvin,* , G.' 
Corporal B. A. Baird, . “ H. 
Sergeant Hugh Hope, “ I. 
Private John W. Williams, “ K. 
Darden’s Battery.—This company declined to select. 9 
Steven Artillery : 
Private James L. Gibbs.* 
Jefferson Artillery: 
Captain P. Darden. 
Major R. B. Snowden, Assistant Adjutant-General. 
Captain Douglas’ Battery: 
Corporal W. L. Waits. 
Texas. 
9th Regiment of Infantry : 
Lieutenant-Colonel M. A. Dillard. 
Private F. M. Sellman, “A. 
“ John Bradshaw, “ C. 
“ T. J. Cox, “ D. 
Sergeant J. C. Hamilton, “ E. 
Private J. M. Byrd, “ P. 
“ D. F. Moore, “ G. 
“ M. II. Dixon, “ H. 
Sergeant G. W. Bodford, “ K. 
Companies B and I declined making selections. 
10th Regiment of Cavalry (dismounted): 
Private Alexander Cook, “ A. 
“ F. M. Rodgers, “ B. 
Sergeant J. T. McGee, “ C. 
« A. Sims, “ D. 
Private James Terry, “ E. 
“ W. W. Conley, “ F. 
“ Stokely Butchins, “ G. 
“ J. 0. Manning, “ H. 
“ Joel Reynolds,. “ I. 
“ S. L. Birdwell, “ K. 14th Regiment of Cavalry: 
Private W. R. Strapp, Company A. 
“ Jordon Whelcher, “ B. 
“ Thomas A. Lattemer, “ C. 
, “ Wm. D.#Melton,* “ D. 
Corporal John Wyche, “ E. 
Private Wm. Spencer, “ F. 
“ Geo. W. Woodall, “ ’ G. 
“ William Hull, “ H. 
“ Richard Styles, “ I. 
« J. V. Keil, " K. 
32d sitegiment of'Cavalry (formerly 15th): 
Corporal James Rogers,* “ G. 
Private James W. Clark,* “ G. 
1st Sergeant S. L. Easly, “ I. 
Private E. Watson, “ I. 
The other companies declined making selections. 
9th Confederate Regiment: 
Colonel. J. A. Smith commanding. 
Captain Jos. H. Brow, 
1st Sergeant Wm. Powers, “ A. 
“ Wm. Price, “ B. 
Private Hugh McHugh, “ C. 
First Sergeant Walter Laracy, “ D. 
Private John Hogan, “ E. 
“ Curran Kenny, “ F. 
“ Luther Hessey, > “ G. 
Sergeant A. P. Burns, . “ H. 
BATTLE OP CHANCELLORSVILLE. 
Alabama. 
3d Regiment of Infantry: 
Sergeant Walter Ransom, “ C. 
“ George Ellison, “ E. 
Corporal II. H. Hardy, “ G. 
Private C. D. Rouse, “ H. 
Corporal W. If. Powers, “ K. 
Companies A, B, D, E, and L declined voting. 
5th Regiment of Infantry: 
Captain W. T. Renfro, « B. 
Private W. P. Stokes, . « a. 
“ John Summers, “ b. 5th Regiment of Infantry—Continued. 
Private F. M. Burnett, * Company C. 
Sergeant Jno. H. Cowan, “ , D. 
Private Lewis H. Thornton, “ E. 
“ N. S. Franklin, “ F. 
Corporal Jno. 0. Donohoe, “ G. 
“ R. L. Franklin, “ H. 
“ H. J. Robertson, “ I. 
Corporal H. F. Martin, “ K. 
6th Regiment of Infantry : 
Private Mathew Benton, “ A. 
Sergeant J. C. Gamble, . “ B. 
Private W. H. Digby, “ C. 
“ H. H. Moore, “ D. 
Sergeant E. 0. Baker, “ E. 
Corporal G. P. Jones, “ F. 
Private H. L. Jones, - “ G. 
Sergeant D. Madigan, “ H. 
Private James W. Evans, “ I. 
“ II. I. Price, “ K. 
~~ Sergeant II. W. Hale, “ L. 
Private D. W. Moorer, “ M. 
12th Regiment of Infantry : 
Captain II. W. Cox,* Company B. 
Private Louis Donduer, “ A. 
“ R. W. May, “ B. 
Sergeant Wm, Lawess, “ C. 
Private J. E. Bailey, “ D. 
« C. H. Hunter, “ E. 
“ P. W. Chappell, « F. 
“ R. B. Mitchell, « G. 
“ W. S. Brown, “ H. 
“ H. N. Wootan, “ I. 
“ Thomas Eady, - . ' “ K. 
26th Regiment of Infantry : 
First Lieutenant E. S. Stuckey, • “ B. 
Private L. Walters, . “ A. 
“ Jos. II. Bounds, “ B. 
Sergeant J. II. L6ckwell, * “ C. 
Private J. C. Pennington, “ D. 
“ Jos. Munsel, “ E. 
“ James II. Dowdle, “ F. 
Corporal Jesse Parsons, “ G. 26th Regiment of Infantry—Continued. 
Private D. H. Spraddle, Company II. 
Sergeant D. Butler, “ I- 
Private B. F. Smith, “ K. 
Georgia. 
4th Regiment of Infantry: 
Private W. Sparks,* , “ A. 
Sergeant Hill M. Traylor,* “ B. 
Color-Corporal John T. Moore,* “ C. 
The other companies declined making selections. 
14th Regiment of Infantry: 
Lieutenant-Colonel J. M. Fielder. 
Captain T. T. Mounger.* 
“ R. P. Harman.* , 
First Lieutenant H. A. Solomon.* 
Private Daniel Kennington,* “ B. 
Corporal William Tomlinson, “ C. 
“ Joseph G. Dupree, “ D. 
Second Sergeant Thomas D. Smith, “ H. 
Private James F. D. Thaxton,* “ I. 
“ James M. Brock, “ K. 
The other companies declined making selections. 
12th Regiment of Infantry : 
First Lieutenant Thomas W. Harris, “ C. 
Second Lieutenant J. A. Walker, “ B. 
“ “ W. F. Lowe, “ F. 
Private J. L. Batts, “ A. 
“ Abel James, “ B. 
“ S. M. Beavers, “ C. 
« W. W. Forrister, • “ D. 
“ R. J. Drr, “ E. 
First Sergeant N. M. Howard, “ F. 
Private James N. Bullard, “ G. 
“ Archibald McDonald, “ II. 
First Sergeant B. L. Stevens, • “ I. 
Private W. H. Burgamy, “ K. 
35th Regiment of Infantry : 
Corporal Jackson Baggett, “ A. 
Private A. S. W. Bass, ' “ B. 
Second Sergeant J. A. Cochran, “ C. 
Private Rolley Willingham, » “ D. 
“ D. P. White, “ . E. 35th Regiment of Infantry—Continued. 
Private R. D. B. Holt, Company F. 
“ W. E. Moore, « (J. 
“ Absalom Martin, “ H. 
“ Lewis Milligan, * “ I. 
“ D. M. Pearce, * « K". 
44th Regiment of Infantry : 
Private James Fambrough,* “ C. 
“ James A. McHatt,* “ F. 
The other companies declined making selections. 
45th Regiment of Infantry : 
Captain Wm. H. Shaw.* 
Private John D. Pate,* « A. 
“ John H. King, « C. 
“ J*ames M. Lawrence, - “ E. 
“ James P. Green, « F. 
“ John S. Bonner, “ Q. 
' • “ II. W. Dent, « H. 
“ W. W. Wilson, « I. 
“ M. II. Fitzpatrick, <c K. 
Company B declined making a selection. 
49th Regiment of Infantry: 
Sergeant H. A. Hall, “ A. 
Private Lewis White, “ B. 
Sergeant M. Watkins, ' “ ' C. 
“ W. T. Moore,* « D. 
Corporal James Hollingsworth,* “ E. 
“ L. D. Taylor, “ F. 
“ J. N. Jordon,, “ Q-. 
Private Joseph Bell, “ H^ 
“ F. B. Pool, “ I. 
“ James Taylor,* * “ K. 
21st Regiment of Infantry—Declined making selections. 
North Carolina. 
2d Regiment: 
Sergeant John E. Banner, “ A. 
Private W. H. Flowers, “ B. 
Sergeant T. E. Ellis, “ C. 
Corporal S..Felton, “ D. 
Sergeant'J. T. Booth, “ E. 
Corporal J. E. May, “ F. 
Private Thomas Williford, “ Q. 2d Regiment—Continued. 
Private Simeon Graddy, Company H. 
“ Aaron A. Pitt, “ I. 
Corporal Charles Catler, “ K. 
4th Regiment of Infantry: 
Sergeant W. S. Shufford,* “A. 
Private Jacob W. AVilhelm,* “ B. 
Sergeant Jos. AV. Leggett,* “ E. 
Private G. W. Shivis,* “ H. 
“ William II. Barrow,'* “ I. 
“ W. R. Josey,* “ K. 
The other companies declined making selections. 
5th Regiment of Infantry: 
Private William Henry Medlin, " A. 
“ Richard II. Briggs, “ B. 
“ Newitt D. Bridges, “ C. 
“ J. M. Guilford, " D. 
Corporal Monroe Cruise, “ E. 
“ Patrick H. Robbins, “ G. 
Private Thomas Felton, “ H. 
Color-Corporal Francis Bradshaw, “ K. 
7th Regiment of Infantry: ’ ' 
Second Lieutenant A. M. Walker, ** “ K. 
Corporal Win. II. Milstead, “ A. 
Sergeant Wm. G, Sawyers, “ B. 
Corporal Phillips Strickland, “ C. 
Sergeant Thomas Brinkle, “ D. 
Private E. H. Eure, ' “ E. 
“ Edward Williams, “ F. 
Corporal J. W. Smith, “ G. 
Sergeant R. M. Caldwell, “ H. 
Private T. L. Purdie, “ I. 
Sergeant J. S. McCurdy, - “ K- 
12th Regiment of Infantry : 
Private D. B. Hoover, “ A. 
Corporal Samuel Alston AVard, “ C. 
Private T. A. Stone, * “ P. 
Sergeant L. M. AArills,* •“ E. 
Private Jerry Draper, “ F. 
“ J. E. Hux, “ G. 
A. L. Barnes, “ H. 
John AAr. Arrington, “I. 
John R. Johnson,* “ K. 14th Regiment of Infantry : 
Private Henry B. Sanders, Company C. 
Sergeant J. F. Goforth, “ D. 
“ Urias Pool,* “ E. 
“ J. M. Whitmire, • “ F. 
“ J. R. Smith,* “ G. 
Corporal C. M. Smith, “ I. 
Sergeant L. N. Keith, “ K- 
Companies A, B, and H declined making selections. 
16th Regiment of Infantry : 
First Lieutenant C‘. L. Robinson,* Company H. 
“ “ A. M. Roberts,* “ M. 
Private F. Riley, “ B. 
Corporal W. II. Wiggins, “ C. 
Private K. C. Blanton, “ D. 
“ Lawrence Cook, “ E. 
Corporal A. M. Madows, “ F. 
Private J. W. Williford,* “ G. 
“ B. P. Jacobs, “ H. 
First Sergeant T. L. Williams,* “ I. 
Corporal J. J. Blackwell,* “ K. 
Color-Sergeant John A. Carpenter, “ M. 
20th Regiment of Infantry: 
Corporal C. A. Patterson, “ A. 
Private D. R. A. Ellis, - “ B. 
Corporal Richard Faulk, “ C. 
Private Josiah Hudson, “ H. 
“ Newherne Tew, “ I. 
“ Thomas N. Morris, “ K. 
23d Regiment of Infantry : 
Private J. D. Birmingham,* “ A. 
“ Private A. Hedick, “ B. 
Sergeant Brantley Harris,* “ , C. 
Private N. C. Morrison,* “ D. 
“ Samuel Clarke, “ E. 
« W. A. To well,* “ F. 
u T. M. Thamason, “. G. 
“ J. C, I'ord,* “ H. 
“ Robert Hesler, “I. 
J. F. Killian* « K. 
30th Regiment of Infantry : 
Private John R. Holland,* “A. 30th Regiment of Infantry—Continued. 
Private Wm, J. McDowell,, Company C. 
Sergeant J. W. J. House, “ F. 
Private William McCauley, “ H. 
E. M. Bales, ' “ K. 
Companies B, D, E, Gr, and I made no decision. 
34th Regiment of Infantry : 
Private Mathias Brown, “ A. 
“ Wallace Winn, “ B. 
Sergeant George W. Koone, “ C. 
Private Ohadiah Eller, “ D. 
First Sergeant David M. Taylor, “ E. 
Sergeant Thomas S. Shufford,* “ F. 
First Sergeant Charles B. Todd, ' “ G. 
Private Samuel Dellingner, “ H. 
Sergeant Elisha Robbins, “ I. 
Private Joseph Hogan, “ K. 
37th Regiment of Infantry : 
Private W. J. Goss, “ A. 
Sergeant J. E. Fairchild, “ B. 
“ B. F. Brown, “ C. 
Private John L. Austin, / “ D. 
“ J. E. Coffee, “ E. 
“ William Kelly, “ F. 
Corporal J. A. Rolinett, “ G. 
Sergeant G. W. McKee, “ H. 
“ John Tally, “ I. 
Private M. D. L. Parsons, “ K. 
38th Regiment of Infantry : • 
Adjutant D. M. Mclnlire. 
Lieutenant A. J. Brown. 
Private Jesse Nethercut, “ A. 
“ Thomas Dinkins, “ B. 
u Benjamin Sutton, u C. 
First Sergeant David A. Thomson, “ D. 
Private W. J Hutchinson,* “ E. 
“ W. M. S. Huffman, “ F. 
Corporal W. T. Matheson, “ G. 
“ D. P. Woodburn, “ H. 
Private T. J. Ramsey, “ I. 
“ W. II. McPhaul, “ K. 1st Regiment of Infantry : 
Private W. H. Cooper, Company A. 
“ J. P. Hunter/* “ F- 
“ A. P. Abbott, “ C. 
“ -Jesse R. Hays/* “ E. 
“ Benjamin Barnhill/* “ B. 
“ G. W. Smith/* “ G. 
“ Albert P. Yournans, “ H. 
“ R. W. Perry, “ I. 
“ James McNab/* “ K. 
“ A. J. Simpson, “ L. 
13th Regiment of Infantry : 
Sergeant J. A. McCollum,* “ D. 
Private James Johnson,* - u E. 
John M. Pikard, • “ G. 
T. C. Corlgy, “ K. 
14th Regiment of Infantry : 
Sergeant J. M. Carter,* .. “ A. 
Private Caleb Hare,* » “ B. 
“ Olivant P. Walker,* “ D. 
“ C. Hughes, “ E. 
Sergeant Z. L. Nabors/* “ F. 
Private James White,* “ G. 
Sergeant R. J. Wade, “ ■ H. 
“ John E. Brownlee, ‘ “ I. 
Private M. C. Little/* “ K- 
Orr’s Rifles: 
Sergeant L. A. Wardlaw, B. 
Private Samuel P. Moore, “ F. 
“ J. Marian Mattison, “ G. 
South Carolina. 
■ Virginia. 
4th Regiment of Infantry : 
Captain M. Harmon,* • , “ . G. 
Lieutenant M. G. W. Peterman,* “ E. 
Captain John H. Fulton, “ A. 
Lieutenant James F. Cecil, “ C. 
“ P. Hogan, “ H. 
“ W. B. Carder, “ D. 
Adjutant William Wade. 
Sergeant Harold J. Matthews, “ A. 
“ Charles W. Garlick, “ B. 4th Regiment of Infantry—Continued. ' 
Private William A. Chumbley, , Company C. 
“ Edward Harrison, “ D. 
Sergeant Charles L. Gordon, “ E. 
Corporal George Y. Byrd, “ F. 
“ Peter H. Marrow, ' “ G. 
Private Ribhen D. Henderson,'* “ H. 
“ Nathan A. Lackey,'* • “ I. 
“ George W. Pace, “ L. 
27th Regiment of Infantry : 
Sergeant J. H. Holley, “ E. 
Private J. 0. Cook, “ F. 
« .‘W. II. Parker* “ I). 
* “ E, H. Norgrove,* “ H. 
“ Hugh King, “ B. 
Corporal John Baker, * “ C. 
“ Isaac Beeson, “ G. 
40th Regiment of Infantry : 
Private George W. Dudley,* “ A. 
“ Robert H. Wilson, “ B. 
“ Peter M. Hall, “ C. 
“ Henry Bartlett, “ D. 
“ Hiram Puraell, “ E. 
First Sergeant Thomas Cockrell,* “ F. 
Private Joseph McCave, • “ G. 
Corporal John T: Ford,* “ II. 
• “ George Cornwell, ' “ I. 
First Sergeant John B. Garland,® “ K. 
55th ltegynent of Infantry : 
Corporal C. R. Sheppard,* “A. 
Sergeant'William Smith, “ C. 
Corporal Ro. Hall, “ E. 
Sergeant Thomas B. Fogg-,* ' “ F. 
Private Thomas Dodson, . “ K. 
“ Jno. Haydon,® “ L. 
“ George T. Newton,* M. 
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG. 
9 th Georgia Regiment of Infantry : 
Lieutenant-Colonel John C. Mounger. 
Private P. B. Millican,* “ B. 
“ Thomas J. Michael, “ C. 
“ James W. Mann,'* “ D. 9th Georgia Regiment of Infantry—Continued. 
Corporal Joseph A. Hough, Company E. 
Private Jesse McCullar,* « 
“ John Mills, . “I. 
“ Chelsey Aldeman, “ H. 
Corporal lather J. Copeland,* “ G. 
Private Henry T. Daniel, “ K. 
Private Henry T. Daniel was afterward killed at Funkstown, Md., 
July 10, 1863. 
By order. S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
asterisks designate those killed in action. 
GENERAL ORDERS,' 
No. 132. 
Adjutant and Inspector-Generae’h Office, 
Richmond, October 5, 1863. 
!• .Cadets having been required, by General Orders, No. 65, Septem- 
ber 9, 1862, to report to this office, those who have not complied with 
the terms of that order, and who fail to do so, either personally or by 
letter, for the ensuing thirty days, will be dropped from the rolls of the 
army. 
II..“Officers of the Quartermaster-General’s and Commissary de- 
partments, who are in charge of depots, will receive from officers col- 
lecting the tax in kind, and receipt for all produce belonging to their 
respective departments which may be invoiced to them, and provide 
storehouses for the same.” 
By order. S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 133. 
Adjutant and InspectoivGenerai’s Office, 
Richmond, October 5, 1863. 
I..The Chief of the Nitre and Mining bureau is directed, through 
the officers of his bureau, to impress copper, coal, and such other 
minerals as may be needed for the use of the government. 
IT..The provisions of paragraph I, General Orders, No. 67, current 
series, is extended to officers of the Conscription bureau. The payments 
authorized will he made out of the funds appropriated for the support 
of that bureau. 
By order. S. COOPER, • 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 134. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, October 13, 1863. 
I. .At a general court martial convened by virtue of General Orders, 
No. 133, dated Head-quarters Army of Northern Virginia, December 1, 
1862, was arraigned and tried : 
Second Lieutenant J. M. Youngblood, Company B, 2d Mississippi 
battalion, on the following charge and specification : 
Charge : Violation of the 45th Article of War. 
Specification : In this, that the said Second Lieutenant J. M. Young- 
blood, Company B, 2d Mississippi battalion, was drunk and disorderly 
on “ dress-parade ” and in camp, on or about the evening of November 
3, 1862. All this occurring near Culpeper court-house, in Culpeper 
county, in the State of Virginia. 
The court, after due consideration, find the accused, Second Lieuten- 
ant J. M. Youngblood, 2d Mississippi battalion, as follows : 
Of the Specification : Guilty. 
Of the Charge : Guilty. 
And do, therefore, sentence him to be cashiered. 
II. .Finding and Sentence of the Court. 
III. .The proceedings in the foregoing case haying been laid before 
the Secretary of War, to be submitted to the President, are by him ap- 
proved; but, in consideration of the previous sobriety and good conduct 
of Lieutenant Youngblood, the sentence is remitted, and he will be re- 
stored to duty. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-Generali 
GENERAL ORDERS,' 
No. 135. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, October 15,1863. 
I. .Recruiting officers and others are forbidden to grant permits 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 entitled to indulgence. 
II. .All parties who have received exemption papers for disability 
other than those granted for permanent and decided disability, must be re-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 con- 
scription, be regularly enrolled; and, unless detailed for the special 
duty in question by written orders of the War department, will be re- 
ported to the Bureau of Conscription, to be disposed of as in other 
cases. 
0 
IV. .Officers will be held to strict account for any violation or neglect 
of these orders. 
V. provisions of paragraph I, General Orders, No. 67, current 
series, is extended to officers of Major A. II. Cole’s department. The 
payments authorized will be madfc by any post quartermaster. 
• VI. .Officers and soldiers in the general service cannot be transferred 
to local companies, and applications, therefore, will not be entertained. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, ' 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, j 
No. 136. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, October 21, 1863. 
Paragraph III, General Orders, No. 100, Adjutant and Inspector- 
General’s office, last series, is so amended as to authorize payment of 
the money value of clothing which may he due the soldier at the end 
of the year, as therein provided, upon descriptive lists, when he is 
absent from his command by proper authority at the time, and will be 
prevented from rejoining it ■within sixty days thereafter. 
‘ _ By order. 
S. COOPER, 
• Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,' 
No. 137. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, October 22, 1863. 
The authority of Commandants of Conscripts to make details for 
enrolling service of officers and soldiers coming within their jurisdic- 
tion, under the second clause of paragraph II of General Orders, No. 
82, and paragraph V of General Orders, No. 96, of 1862, is hereby ex- tended, so that they may employ such persons’in the duties of railroad 
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 mili- 
tary commanders. Special reports will be made of all such details to 
the Bureau of Conscription. 
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 the examinations of the hospital boards. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,' 
No. 138. 
Adjutant and Inspector-G-eneral’s Office, 
Richmond, October 24,1863. 
The following instructions are published for carrying into effect the 
9th section of the act of 26th March, 1863, to regulate impressments, 
in respect to labor on fortifications and other public works in states 
in which provisions have not been made on this subject: 
1. The commanding general, or the officer of engineers in charge of 
the work, shall have power to decide upon the necessity for making im- 
pressments of slaves for this purpose, after making suitable efforts to 
secure the necessary laborers by contract. He must be satisfied of the 
necessity of the measure before he resorts to it. 
2. He may authorize the impressment of male slaves between the 
ages of seventeen and fifty years, but'before the first day of December 
next shall abstain from impressing slaves from plantations exclusively 
devoted to the production of grain and'provisions, without the consent 
of the owner, except in cases of urgent necessity. 
3. No impressments shall be made of the slaves employed in the do- 
mestic and family service exclusively, nor upon farms or plantations 
where there are not more than three slaves of age specified ; and not 
more than five per cent, of the population of slaves shall be impressed 
in any county at the same time, unless the necessity is very great, and 
after consultation with this department or the governor of the state in 
which the impressment is to be made. 
4. The ordinary period for impressment shall be sixty days, but if the 
owner of any slave shall fail to bring the slaves impressed to the place of rendezvous within five days after the time appointed, tho slaves so 
withheld may be detained for ninety days, and for a longer term of ten 
days for every day of default, unless a reasonable excuse be given for 
the delays that have occurred. 
5. It shall be the duty of the commanding general in charge of any 
lines requiring fortification, to acquaint himself with the resources of 
slave labor within his department, and to consider with care the man- 
ner in which he may. obtain the control of whatever is necessary for the 
public service, by fair and equitable apportionment among the owners 
of such property. He will consult with the governor of the state and 
other State authorities as to the best mode of proceeding, so that his 
impressment may causo the least efnbarrassment to the industrial pur- 
suits 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 arrangements made for-the subsistence, 
management, and custody of the slaves so required ; and if the masters 
of slaves shall agree to furnish subsistence for their slaves, and a suita- 
ble overseer or agent to superintend them, they shall have the privilege 
of so doing. But such overseers shall be subject to the control of the 
officer in charge, and may be dismissed for any misconduct by him. 
7. The sum of twenty dollars per month for each slave delivered in 
pursuance to requisition, and fifteen dollars per month for each slave 
hold in consequence of failure of his master to obey requisition made 
as hereinbefore provided, shall be paid by the Confederate States, and 
soldiers rations, medicines, and medical attendance furnished; and the 
value of a\l such slaves as may die during their term of service or 
thereafter, from injuries received or disease contracted in such service, 
or may not be returned, 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 re- 
ceived into the Confederate service. Compensation shall also be made 
for all injuries to slaves arising from the act of the public enemy, or from 
any injury arising from the want of due diligence on the part of the 
authorities of the Confederate States. But the Confederate States will 
not be liable for any slave not returned by reason of fraud or collusion 
on the part of 'the owner or his agent, or the overseer selected by him to 
superintend them, nor if his death Should be caused, by the act of God, 
or by disease existing when the slave is received by Confederate au- 
thorities. , 
8. Subsistence and provisions furnished by the owner shall be com- 
muted for at the rates allowed soldiers in service. All slaves sent vol- untarily to the Confederate authorities and accepted by them, without 
other special contract, shall stand on the same footing as those deliver- 
ed under requisition ; and the owners of all slaves delivered or taken 
under requisition shall be entitled to regard the Confederate States as 
contracting with them to comply with the obligations and conditions 
herein expressed. 
9. In case there should be any disagreement on the subject of the 
value of any slave impressed, or in case the impressing officer shall not 
be satisfied of the accuracy of any valuation or valuations, the appraise- 
ment shall be referred to the appraisers appointed under the 5th sec- 
tion of the act concerning impressments, according to the provisions of 
the act of Congress approved 27th April, 1863, and published in Orders 
No. 53, current series. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 139. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, October 28,1863. 
I,.The President having commuted or remitted the sentences pro- 
nounced by general courts martial in the following cases, his decision 
is published for the information and guidance of all concerned: 
1. Lioutenant 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 Sergeant Abner Underwood, Company D, 8th battalion 
Georgia volunteers; also, 
3. Private T. P. Wood; 
4. Private T. W. Cannon ; 
5. Private Wm. Garner; and 
6. Private T. Roberts, 
of Company B, 8th battalion Georgia volunteers. Charged with excit- 
ing and joining in mutiny. 
Sentence: Death. 
7. Private Daniel Hollis, Company B, 8th battalion Georgia volun- 
teers. Charged with exciting and joining in mutiny. 
Sentence: Confinement with ball and chain for twelve months, and 
forfeiture of pay. The aforesaid parties were all tried by general eourfc martial con- 
vened under General Orders, No. 3, of 1863, Department of South 
Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. In view of the evident want of dis- 
cipline in this battalion, the President has remitted the sentences of all 
the parties. Lieutenant Brown, Sergeant Underwood, and Privates 
Wood, Cannon, Garner, Roberts, and Hollis, will, therefore, be released 
from confinement, and returned to duty. 
The department observes with regret the absence of a just military 
discipline in the above-named battalion. Had this been properly ob- 
served and enforced, there is reason to believe these trials would have 
been obviated. The officers in charge are responsible for these evils, 
and must correct them. At the same time, they should observe toward 
tho soldiers in their command a proper degree of consideration and 
kindness, which is generally a sure moans of securing obedience and 
respect. 
II. .8. Private Stephen Outlaw, of Troop A, 5th Georgia cavalry. 
Chai’ged with desertion. 
Sentence : Death. 
Tried hy general court martial convened under 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 while undergoing sentence. He should have been 
returned to complete his sentence, if there was no other charge against 
him than that for an escape. 
Private Outlaw will be released from confinement, and returned to 
duty. • 
9. Lieutenant-Colonel A. C. Edwards. Charged with violating the 
52d, 83d, and 99th Articles of War. 
Tried by court convened under Special Orders, No. 118, 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 tbe case of Lieutenant-Colonel Edwards was the just 
consequence of an unbecoming disregard of official obligations on his 
part. In directing his release from arrest and restoration to duty, the 
department indulges the hope that this exercise of executive clemency 
may have its due effect in exciting him to a stricter vigilance, and a 
more exemplary discharge of duty in the future. 
10. Lieutenant James M. Chesser, 47th Georgia volunteers. 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. 
Sentence: Dismission from service, with forfeiture of pay and allow- 
ances. 
The record in this case is incomplete. The proceedings, finding, 
and sentence are disapproved; and Lieutenant Chesser will be released 
from arrest, and returned to duty. 
III. .11. Second Lieutenant J. J. Wortham, Waccamaw light artil- 
lery. Charged with sending a challenge, and with conduct to the prej- 
udice of good order and military discipline. 
Sentence: To be cashierecf. Commuted to reprimand in General Or- 
ders. ' 
12. Second Lieutenant W. J.. Gore, Waccamaw light artillery. 
Charged with carrying a challenge. 
Sentence : To be cashiered. Commuted to reprimand in General Or- 
ders. 
13. Lieutenant L. A. Rice, 2d regiment S. C. volunteers. ' Charged 
with sending and accepting a challenge to fight a duel. 
Sentence: To be cashiered. Commuted to reprimand in General Or- 
ders. 
Lieutenants Wortham, Gore, and Rice were tried by a general court 
martial convened under General Orders, No. 70, of May 20, 1863, De- 
partment of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. 
The Articles of War expressly prohibit the sending of challenges to 
fight; and all seconds, promoters, and carriers of challenges are 
deemed principals, and directed to be punished as such—i. e., by being 
cashiered. 
The offences of which these officers have been convicted are thus 
seen to bo of a tery grave character, and can not be regarded with 
toleration. Duelling is a military not less than a moral offence. It is 
unfortunate if the error prevails in the army that punishment will not 
be inflicted on those who violate the laws of the service respecting it; 
and the department avails itself of this occasion to express its unquali- 
fied reprobation of the practice, and of the conduct of the Accused in 
the foregoing trials. 
Lieutenant Chesser appears to have rested under an honest misap- 
prehension as to his duty to a brother officer, in bearing a challenge ; 
and the records present, in the cases of Lieutenants Wortham and Rice, 
certain mitigating circumstances which, to some extent, justify the rec- 
ommendations to clemency made by their superior officers. These considerations, in connection with the too generally prevailing 
misapprehension in the army already adverted to, have determined 
the Executive so far to respect the appeals made in behalf of these 
officers as to direct the commutation of their respective sentences. 
They will, accordingly, be released from arrest, and restored to duty 
with their proper companies. 
14. Lieutenant W. C. Pruitt, Company E, 20th S. C. volunteers. 
Tried under Special Orders, No. 105, March 10, 1863, Department of 
South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, for intoxication while on duty. 
Sentence: To be dismissed the service. No evidence was submitted 
with the record in this case. 
In consideration of the recommendation of the commanding general 
the sentence is remitted, and Lieutenant Pruitt will be released from 
arrest,, and returned to duty. 
15. Private C. II. Kent, Company D, 18th Virginia battalion. 
Charged with desertion, and conduct to the prejudice of good order 
and military discipline. 
Sentence: Six months hard labor, with ball and chain. To wear a 
placard with the word “forger” legibly printed thereon, for the period 
of six months. 
Tried by general court martial under General Orders, No. 7, of Octo- 
ber 11, 1862, Head-quarters Richmond, Va. 
The sentence is remitted, and Private Kent will bo released from 
confinement, and assigned to a company in the Army of Northern Vir- 
ginia. 
16. Private Major Runnolls, 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. Captain R. Y. L. Long, Company D, Phillips’ legion of davalry. 
Charged with disobedience of orders and breach of arrest. 
Sentence : To be cashiered. Remitted; and Captain Long will be re- 
leased* from arrest, and returned to his company. 
Tried under Special Orders, No. 205, of August 11, 1863, Department 
of Northern Virginia. 
18. Captain R. Z. Harlee, Company D, 10th S. C. volunteers. 
Charged with drunkenness. 
Sentence: To be cashiered. Remitted; Captain Ilarlee will be re- 
leased from arrest, and returned to duty. 
Tried by court convened, under Special Orders, No. 134, May 20, 
1863, from the Army of Tennessee. 19. Private Henry Taylor, Company F, 11th Mississippi volunteers. 
Charged with theft. 
Sentence: To have his head shaved. To be labelled with the word 
“ theftmarched through camp, hat off, wearing a barrel—the rogue’s 
march to be played during the time. To be confined in the penitentiary 
two years, and fed on bread and water fourteen days. 
Sentence remitted. Private Taylor will be released from confine- 
ment, and transferred to some other army. 
Tried by court convened under General Orders, No. 133, of Decem- 
ber 7, 1862, Army of Northern Virginia. 
20. Private Freeman W. Johnson, Head’s battery light artillery. 
Charged with disobedience of orders — violation of the 9th Article of 
War. 
Sentence: Death. Commuted to labor for four months, and trans- 
ferred to some other command. 
Tried by court convened under General Orders, No. 133, of Decem- 
ber 7, 1862, Army of Northern Virginia. 
21. Private John Duncan, Company F, 3d Tennessee volunteers. 
Charged with absence without leave; illegal and outrageous assaults 
on a citizen ; brutal assaults on a woman, with attempt to commit rape, 
on two occasions. 
Sentence: Forfeiture of pay and allowances, and imprisonment for 
twenty-five years. 
• Residue of sentence remitted. Private Duncan will be released from 
confinement, and returned to his company. 
Tried by court convened under General Orders, No. 36, Department 
of East Tennessee. 
22. Second Lieutenant E. H. Ilammol, Company B, 8th Arkansas 
volunteers. Charged with quitting his guard without leave, etc. 
Sentence: To be dismissed. Commuted to two months suspension 
from rank and pay. 
Tried by military court of General Hardee’s corps, May 26, 1863. 
23. Private T. W. Barlow, of Carne’s light artillery. Charged with 
violating the 46th Article of War, by sleeping on post. 
Sentence: Death. Remitted; and Private Barlow will be released 
from confinement, and returned to his company. 
Tried by court convened under General Orders, No. 66, of March 13, 
1863, Army of Tennessee. 
24. Lieutenant J. R. Simmons, Company E, 12th Georgia volunteers. 
Charged with conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman. 
Sentence: To be dismissed. Commuted to reprimand in orders, which 
will accordingly be done by his commanding officer. 
Tried by the military court of General Ewell’s corps, August 6, 1863. 25. Lieutenant E. S. McClung, McClung’s Battery. Charged with 
violation of the 15th and 39th Articles of War, and conduct to the prej- 
udice of good order and military discipline. 
Sentence : To be cashiered, and disabled to hold any office or employ- 
ment in the service of the Confederate States ; to have his name, crime, 
and place of abode published in the newspapers in and about the camp 
of Knoxville, and of Huntsville, Alabama; after which itshall be deem- 
ed scandalous for an officer to associate with him. 
Sentence t Commuted to dismissal from the Confederate service, of 
which Lieutenant McClung ceased to be an officer on the 14th of Feb- 
ruary, 1863. 
IV..The 89th Article of War provides, that where the sentence of 
a court martial is death, or the cashiering of an officer, the officer con- 
vening the court may suspend execution of the sentence till the pleas- 
ure of the President of the Confederate States he known. 
The intent of this article is not to relieve commanding generals of 
responsibility, but to enable them, in difficult and doubtful cases, to 
refer the question to higher authority. But it has been observed that, 
in many cases where the course to be pursued was rendered obvious 
by the evidence, commanding officers have, nevertheless, availed them- 
selves of the privilege conferred in the article referred to, by sending 
on the record to be viewed by the President. The duties of the Execu- 
tive are sufficiently onerous without the accumulation of such matters 
for his attention, where they can be properly disposed of elsewhere; 
and while it is not designed to weaken the provisions of the Articles of 
War, or interfere with the views of duty entertained by officers on this 
subject, it is proper to remark that there are cases of capital punish- 
ment and dismissal, where the duty of the commanding general is ren- 
dered by the court record too plain to be doubted, and in which the 
responsibility “ in time of tear,” being fixed upon him in the first in- 
stance by the law, should not be avoided. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 140, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, October 27, 1863. 
The assignment of conscripts will-bo directed by the Bureau of Con- 
scription only, except such as may be properly made by Brigadier- General Pillow within the territory allotted to him, in subordination 
t.o General J. E. Johnston. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, j 
No. 141. I 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, October 29, 1863. 
I..The practice of relieving officers from commands to which they 
have been appointed and assigned, and ordering them to report in per- 
son to this office for further assignment, will cease, unless specially re- 
quired by orders from this office. 
II..Soldiers returning home on furlough, or on reaching places at 
which they will stay during furlough, will immediately report to the 
nearest enrolling officer, who will keep a register of their names, de- 
scriptive list, place where stationed, by whom the furlough 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 examiners for con- 
scripts ; and the medical officer and one of the physicians “employed ” 
concurring, they will forward to his commanding general, with a state- 
ment of his case, a recommendation for an extension of furlough, not 
to exceed thirty days, duplicates being also sent to the Surgeon-Gener- 
al. But when the soldier is accessible to a general hospital, he will be 
sent before the hospital examining board, who will conform to the pre- 
ceding instructions. 
IY. .In cases of-sickness or wounds, which, from any cause, are neg- 
lected, or do not receive proper treatment, the disability in consequence 
being prolonged, the soldier will be sent fey the enrolling officer to the 
nearest camp of instruction, for treatment in hospital. 
Y. .Recommendations for extension of leave to officers and furloughs 
to soldiers, and medical certificates to officers and certificates of disa- 
bility for discharge to soldiers, will only be given by authorized boards 
of examiners; or, in cases embraced in paragraph III of this order, by 
the board of examiners for conscripts. Recommendations or certifi- cates from private physicians, or from a medical officer singly, will not 
be received. Paragraphs 171 and 173, General Regulations, and para- 
graph I, General Orders, No. 51, current series, from this office, are 
amended to accord with this paragraph. 
VI. .Furloughed soldiers will not be permitted to go within the lines 
of the enemy. 
VII. .In the medical examination of substituteSj'the instructions and 
requirements of paragraph 1,192, General Regulations (paragraph 48 
Medical Regulations), will be fully adhered to ; and if a substitute fails 
to meet the conditions of that paragraph, he will be rejected. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 142. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, October 30,1863. 
I. .The requirements of the army making it necessary that the pres- 
ent supply of artillery horses and other field transportation be careful- 
ly husbanded, and a more perfect system of supply adopted, Major A. 
H. Cole, Inspector-General of Field Transportation, 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 Con- 
federate States; and all other officers are prohibited from purchasing 
or disposing of this description of property, 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 
fimits of the army and the country immediately in the advance; and 
under no circumstances will such officers be allowed to purchase with- 
in a district of country to which a regularly appointed purchasing 
officer has been assigned. 
III..The Quartermaster - General is authorized to district the Con- 
federate States for the purposes named, and will assign officers to the 
duty, who will control the subject within their respective districts, un- 
der such rules regulations as he may establish. IV..Officers charged with inspection of field transportation are 
authorized to make inspections anywhere within the limits of their as- 
signment, 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 the chief inspector of the district 
may direct. 
V.. Chief quartermasters of armies or quartermasters at posts other 
than those in the field; will make their estimates on the chief inspector 
of the district for such field transportation as they may require. When 
necessary for the protection of parties collecting animals near the ene- 
my’s lines, a cavalry escort will bo furnished by the nearest commander 
of troops. 
VI-.The horses and other property in use in the Commissary depart- 
ment must not be impressed by officers of any other department. 
By order. S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,' 
No. 143. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, November 3, 1863. 
The following notice of exch anged officers and men is published for 
the information of all concerned : 
Richmond,-, Va., October 16, 1863. 
The following Confederate officers and men are hereby declared duly 
exchanged: * 
1. All officers and men captured and paroled at any time previous to 
the 1st of September, 1863. This section, however, is not intended to 
include any officers or men captured at Vicksburg July 4, 1863, except 
such as were declared exchanged by Exchange Notice No. 6, September 
12, 1863, or are specifically named in this notice. But it does embrace 
all deliveries made at City Point or other places before September 1, 
1863, and, with the limitations above-named, all captures at Port Hud- 
son, or any other place where the parties were released on parole. 
2. The staff of Generals Pemberton, Stevenson, Bowen, Moore, Bar- 
ton, S. D. Lee, Cummings, Harris, and Baldwin, and of Colonels Rey- 
nolds, Cookrell/and Dockery, the officers and men belonging to the 
engineer corps, and sappers and miners, and the 4th and 46th Missis- 
sippi regiments, all captured at Vicksburg July 4, 1863. 3. The general officers captured at Vicksburg July 4, 1863, were de- 
clared exchanged July 13, 1863. 
Ro. Ould, 
Agent of Exchange. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 144. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, November 6,1863. 
To relieve prevalent misconceptions in regard to the policy and prac- 
tice of the department on the subject of impressment, the following, 
being extracts of General Orders of March 19, is repeated : 
GENERAL ORDERS,' 
No. 31. J 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, March 19,1863. 
In consequence of numerous applications made by various persons to the War 
department, it is obvious that some misconception in regard to the instructions of 
the Secretary of War in relation to the impressment of supplies must exist on 
the part of the people, or that the agents of the government have violated their 
instructions: Now, therefore, for the purpose of removing such misconception) 
and to prevent any violation of those instructions, it is hereby ordered : 
I. That no officer of the government shall, under any circumstances whatever, 
impress the supplies which a party has for his own consumption, or that of his 
family, employees, or slaves. 
, * 
II. That no officer shall at any time, unless specially ordered so to do by a 
general commanding, in a case of exigency, impress supplies which are on their 
way to market for sale on arrival. 
III. These orders were included in the instructions originally issued in relation 
to impressment by the Secretary of War; and the officers exercising such author- 
ity are again notified that “ any one acting without or beyond ” the authority 
given in those instructions, will be held strictly responsible. 
In conformity with the foregoing, to prevent any inconsiderate ac- 
tion on the part of officers or agents charged with the duty of impress- 
ment, 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 un- 
reasonable time from sale to consumers. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS,' 
No. 145. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, November 7, 1863. 
The following appendix to the report of the appraisers for the State 
<5f Virginia is published for the information of all concerned : 
Hon. James A. Seddon: 
Sir : As indicated in our last report, we respectfully submit a few 
changes in our schedules of prices. Upon the various grades of cotton 
and woolen cloths and warps used by the government, we assess the 
prices annexed to each description of goods, as follows : 
67 Army woolen cl’h, 
$ 5 00 
Good... 
66 
10 oz. per yard... 
l’ro rata as to 
greater or less 
width or wei’t.. 
68 Army woolen cl’h, 
69 Army woolen cl’h, 
20 oz. per yard, 
Pro rata as to 
10 00 
70 Army woolen cl’li, 
u 
u 
greater or less 
width or wei’t.. 
6 oz. per yard.... 
414 yards to lb... 
4 00 
72 Cotton shirt’g..|2 
73 Cotton shirt’g..% 
t< 
56 
66 
3% yards to lb... 
66 
84 
74 Cotton sheet’g4-4 
3 yards to lb,... 
“ 
87}* 
75 Cotton osnab’g.% 
75 
76 Cotton osnab’g’J£ 
77 Cotton drills....^ 
88 
a 
a 
88 
78 Cot. shirt, stripes, 
t( 
66 
88 
79 Cotton tent cloths 
(6 
10 oz. to yard.... 
66 
1 12 
80 On the above enumerated cotton cloths, pro rata as to greater or less width or 
weight. 
81 Cotton warps 
| Good... 
Per pound 
2 00 
Good hay, taken on the farms of producers, nnbaled, we assess at 
three dollars per 100 lbs., and good wheat straw, taken on the farms of 
the producers, we also assess at one dollar and thirty cents per 100 lbs., 
unbaled. For hauling hay and wheat straw, etc., per 100 lbs., eight 
cents per mile, and for hauling corn and wheat, per bushel, four cents 
per mile, and for baling hay and wheat straw, fifty cents per 100 lbs. 
Upon furthor consideration, we have assessed the price of good fat 
fresh pork at sixty cents per pound net weight. 
We respectfully suggest to the Secretary of War to have our reports 
and schedules printed in hand-bill form, and that several copies be fur- 
nished to each of the quartermasters and commissaries agents engaged 
in impressing for the government. 
Most respectfully, 
E. W. Hubard, 
Rob’t Gibboney, 
Commissioners of Virginia. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
. Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS '! 
No. 146. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General-’s Office, 
Richmond, November 9, 1863. 
I. .The subjoined statement of the cost of clothing for the army is 
published for the information and guidance of all concerned : 
Statement of the Cost of Clothing for the Army of the Confederate States, 
for the year commencing January 1, 1864. 
Cap, complete $ 2 00 
Cover * 38 
Jacket 14 00 
Trowsers 12 00 
Shirt 3 '00 
Drawers 3 00 
Shoes, pairs 10 00 
Socks, pairs 1 00 
Leather stock 25 
Great-coat 25 00 
Stable frock (for mounted men) 2 00 
Fatigue overall (for eng’rs and ord.) 3 00 
Blanket .".... 10 00 
II. .From the time this takes effect, and until further orders, soldiers 
will be charged and credited on account of clothing to which they are 
entitled, as provided in General Orders, No. 100, last series, at these 
rates, and not at invoice prices. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,! 
No. 147. j 
Adjutant and Office, 
Richmond, November 17,1863. 
For the due authentication of military orders exhibited in 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 all branches of the army, and that printed or writ- 
ten copies of the same are duly authenticated 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, 1 
Itfo. 148. f 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, November 18, 1863. 
I..The quarterly returns of arms, accoutrements, and equipments in 
the hands of troops, required by paragraph 1,348 of the Army Regula- 
tions, have heretofore been furnished in a very few cases only by com- 
manding officers of regiments and battalions. These returns are 
deemed essential, and will hereafter be promptly rendered. 
II. .It is hereby made the duty of generals commanding brigades to 
see that these returns are made on the 1st of January, April, July, and 
October of each year, and forwarded, through the regular channels, to 
the Chief of Ordnance at Richmond, within twenty days after these 
dates respectively. 
III. .Should any officer fail to render the return required on the 1st 
of January next within twenty days thereafter, the brigadier-general 
commanding the brigade to which the officer is attached will cause 
charges for “disobedience of orders,” or of “neglect of duty,” as the 
case may require, to bo made and forwarded, without delay, to the 
general commanding, for his action. The same action will be taken on 
every subsequent omission to render such returns. 
IY. .Brigade and district ordnanee officers will give every assistance 
to colonels of regiments and officers commanding battalions in the 
preparation of the “returns,” according to the form prescribed; and 
they will also see that arms and accoutrements lost by the men are 
duly charged against them on the muster-rolls of their respective com- 
panies. 
V.. The chief ordnance officer of every army and department will 
promptly report to the Chief of the Ordnance bureau every officer in 
the command to which he is attached who fails to make the “ returns ” 
herein required. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 149. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, November 19,1863. 
I..The pay and allowances of men detailed for work (except for 
government work) will eease during such detail, and in lieu thereof 
full wages will be paid them by the persons or parties to whom they 
are ordered to report. 
II. .The attention of all commanding officers, whose duty it may be 
to examine the abstracts of issues of commissaries or assistant com- 
missaries of subsistence, is particularly directed to General Orders, 
No. 12, March 10, 1862. These commanding 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 in the next subsequent return, and also that the provisions 
drawn are well taken care of, and economically used. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General, 
GENERAL ORDERS,] 
No. 160. J 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, November 21,1863. 
I..Enlisted men who have been (or may become) permanently dis- 
abled, and who hold a certificate of a medical examining board 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 quarters, or on furlough. 
II. .Men liable to conscription, who have joined companies for local 
defence, will be discharged from such companies and conscribed. This 
order is not intended to affect companies for which special exception 
has been made by the War department. 
By order, 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General, GENERAL ORDERS," 
No. 151. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, November 23, 1863. 
I. .Forage in kind will be issued to officers (entitled to it) stationed, 
by orders from the War department, at posts, and not in the field, for 
but one horse each. In lieu of forage, eight dollars a month may be 
allowed for each horse to which the officer may be entitled. A certifi- 
cate in each case will be given, that the “ horses are actually kept in 
service, and mustered,” 
II..Officers of the Adjutant-General, Quartermaster, Commissary 
(except purchasing commissaries), Medical, and Ordnance departments, 
signal and regimental officers (except commanders of regiments), and 
subalterns of artillery, who are serving in the field, will be embraced 
in the provisions of paragraph I of this Order, unless otherwise ordeV- 
ed by the commanding general. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS," 
No. 152. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, Nov&mber 24, 1863. 
I. .A court of inquiry having been convened at Jackson, Mississippi, 
by Special Orders, No. 41, from this office, dated February 18, 1863, 
amended by Special Orders, No. 43, of February 20, 1863, to examine 
and report the facts and circumstances attending the capture of the 
City of New Orleans by the enemy in April, 1862, and the defenceof the 
city by the Confederate troops under command of Major-General Mans- 
field Lovell, together with their opinion thereon : and the court having 
discharged the duty assigned them, their opinion is published for the 
benefit of all whom it may concern. 
Thp court having maturely considered the evidence adduced, submit 
the following 
II.. Opinion of the Court. 
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 Or- 
leans ; but his ability to hold that line against such an attack was 
greatly impaired by the withdrawal from him, by superior authority, 
of nearly all his effective troops. 2. The exterioV 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 gunboats Louisiana and Mississippi should he 
ready for service, it was indispensably necessary to obstruct the navi- 
gation of the Mississippi river between Forts Jackson and St. 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 accumulation of drift, or because of insupera- 
ble mechanical difficulties, as to which this court feels unprepared to 
give an opinion. General Lovell communicated to the government no 
opinion as to the insecurity of the raft, nor any apprehension that it 
might be swept away, nor did he immediately make known that fact 
when it occurred. In this it is considered that he was remiss in his 
duty. 
4. When the raft was swept away General Lovell, with great ener- 
gy, immediately endeavored to replace it, and partially succeeded; but, 
without fault on his part, this last obstruction was broken by the care- 
lessness 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 expeditions of the enemy. 
5. The non-completion of the iron-clad gunboats Louisiana and Mis- 
sissippi made it impossible for the navy to co-operate efficiently with 
General Lovell. 
6. The so-called river-defence fleet was wholly useless as a means of 
resistance to the enemy, for which General Lovell was in no wise re- 
sponsible. 
7. Under the existing circumstances, the passage of the forts by the 
enemy’s fleet could not have been prevented by General Lovell with 
any means under hi3 control; and the forts being passed, the fallof'New 
Orleans was inevitable, and its evacuation a military necessity. 
8. When the first raft was broken, and the danger of New Orleans 
thus became imminent, all necessary preparation should have been 
made for removing the public property and private property available 
for military uses; and when the second obstruction was swept away 
the removal of such property should have been commenced immediate- 
ly. The failure to take these timely steps caused the losses of property 
that occurred ; but there was, comparatively, but little property lost 
for which General Lovell was responsible. 
9. The failure of General Lovell to give proper orders to Brigadier- 
General M. L. Smith for the retirement of his command from Chalmette is not sufficiently explained, and is, therefore, regarded as a serious 
error. 
10. The proposition of General Lovell to return to New Orleans with 
his command was not demanded by his duty as a soldier, involving, as 
it did, the useless sacrifice of himself and his troops, though it explains 
itself upon the ground of sympathy for the population, and a natural 
sensitiveness to their reproaches. 
11. General Lovell displayed great energy and an untiring industry 
in performing his duties. His conduct was marked by all the coolness 
and self-possession duo 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 War department, as to the conduct of naval officers on duty in De- 
partment No. 1. This order was rescinded, 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 in de- 
termining its findings and opinion. 
III. .The court of inquiry in the foregoing case is hereby dissolved. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,-] 
No. 153. J 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, November 25, 1863. 
Abuses having occurred, from misconception of the force due to the 
passports certifying to the citizenship of the Confederate States, which 
are issued by the Secretary of State, as matter of right to any citizen 
for use in foreign countries, it is announced that such passports are 
not intended to have, and have not any effect whatever, in the Confed- 
eracy, to entitle to pass the Confederate lines, or to sail from Confede- 
rate ports, without due compliance with all police or military regula- 
tions prevailing there, or to exempt from military or other service im- 
posed by law or regulations. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS,] 
No. 154. j 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, November 26, 1863. 
I. .No ordnance or ordnance stores other than those prescribed in the 
Ordnance Manual, edition of 1863, or specially approved by the Ord- 
nance bureau, are allowed to be purchased or fabricated. The. permis- 
sion given to officers by paragraph 1,232, Army Register (paragraph 9, 
Ordnance Regulations), to provide ordnance and ordnance stores, “in 
case of urgent necessity,” is to be exercised subject to the above re- 
strictions. 
II. .Accounts paid by disbursing officers for the purchase, frabrica- 
tion, or repair of ordnance and ordnance stores, contrary to the fore- 
going order, will not be admitted in the settlement of their accounts. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,] 
No. 155. j 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, November 28, 1863. 
I..In order that detachments, unaccompanied by quartermasters, 
may be supplied with the means of obtaining forage, quartermasters of 
the regiments or commands to which they belong are hereby authorized 
to furnish to the officer in command, or such other officer as may be 
designated, sufficient funds for that purpose, upon duplicate receipts 
being given therefor. Upon the return of the detachment, the officer 
receiving such funds shall return to the quartermaster an account of 
the expenditures for forage, which will exhibit the amount expended, 
the number of animals, and the time during which they shall have been 
subsisted. Upon tbe rendition of such accounts, and the repayment of 
any unexpended balance in his hands, the officer will be entitled to the 
return of his original receipts, and the quartermaster will account for the 
forage so obtained as if the same had been purchased and issued by 
him. 
II. .When small detachments are sent off, unaccompanied by a com- 
missioned officer, quartermasters are authorised to commute their 
forage rations in advance, for the time designated in the order for such 
detached service, filing a certified copy of such order in support of the 
voucher; or, upon the return of detachments to their commands, when no funds shall have been supplied under the foregoing provisions, ex- 
penditures incurred for forage by the officer in command of such de- 
tachments, within the regulation allowance, may be reimbursed by the 
quartermaster of the command, upon accounts, supported by affidavits, 
and approved by the commanding officer. 
By order. 
S. HOOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,! 
No. 156. J 
Adjutant and-Inspector-General’s Officb, 
Richmond, November 30, 1863. 
I..At a general court martial convened by Special Orders, No. 196, 
of August 10, 1863, Head-quarters Army of Northern Virginia, was ar- 
raigned and tried : 
Col. R. M. Mayo, 47th Virginia regiment, on the following Charge 
and Specification : 
Charge: Drunkenness on duty. 
Specification : In this: that Colonel R. M. Mayo, 47th Virginia regi- 
ment, while on duty in command of the provost-guard at Hagerstown, 
Md., for the protection of its inhabitants, and the establishment of 
order and quiet in the town, did become intoxicated on or about the 8th 
of July, 1863. 
The court find the accused, Colonel R. M. Mayo, 47th Virginia regi- 
ment, as follows : 
Of the Specification : Guilty. 
Of the Charge: Guilty. 
And do, therefore, sentence him to be cashiered. 
II..Finding and Sentence of the Court. 
III. .The proceedings in the foregoing case, approved by the com- 
manding general, having been submitted to the President, with the 
recommendations of the officers formerly associated with Colonel Mayo, 
and others, for his restoration, the following is tho President’s decision 
in the case: 
“ Sentence remitted on the recommendations submitted. Let the 
officer be restored to duty.”- 
Colonel R. M. Mayo, 47th Virginia volunteers, is, therefore, restored to his command, and will immediately report for orders to General R. 
E. Lee. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,'] 
No. 167. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, December 1, 1863. 
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 appoint- 
ed by the Secretary of War. 
II. .When a soldier, ordered before a “ board of examiners for con- 
scripts,” or a “hospital examining board,” in pursuance of paragraph 
III, General Orders, No. Ill, current series, js unable to appear by 
reason of physical disability, be will forward to the enrolling officer a 
certificate to this effect, signed by his attending physician, which cer- 
tificate will also embrace a full and accurate statement of the case. 
The enrolling officer will submit 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 recommendation, with the statement, will be forwarded as direct- 
ed in the paragraph above quoted. 
A 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 158. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, December 3,1863. 
The following is published as a schedule of the average cost of arms, 
parts of arms, and accoutrements, as required by paragraph 78 of Ord- 
nance Regulations: Schedule of Prices. 
/ PARTS. 
Model 
1842. , 
Musket, g 
n 
OS8IOH LO 
ssl 
US 
3L 
u • 
Is 
— oa 
Barrel with sight, without breech 
$10 25 
$11 15 
$5 40 
56 
66 
20 
02 
02 
18 
18 
15 
IT 
17 
, 17 
1 35 
1 35 
1 08 
98 
98 
92 
Tumbler screw 
05 
05 
05 
34 
34 
31 
74 
74 
62 
44 
44 
39 
1 06 
1 06 
1 00 
Lock screws, each 
04 
04 
04 
72 
. 72 
54 
Side plate (with band for pistol) 
18 
12 
96 
Side screws, each 
21 
21 
17 
69 
17 
45 
45 
17 
17 
14 
14 
14 
14 
14 
14 
70 
70 
50 
Guard plate screws, each 
06 
06 
04 
Guard bow, without swivels 
48 
48 
28 
Guard bow nut, each 
10 
10 
10 
25 
25 
19 
19 
15 
04 
04 
04 
2 05 
2 05 
Butt plate screw, each 
19 
19 
05 
3 50 
3 56 
1 60 
28 
02 
02 
02 
3 20 
3 20 
5 48 
6 48 
31 
31 
04 
04 
60 
04 
6 00 
6 00 
32 
19 
18 
05 
82 
* 
10 81 
11 71 
5 88 
5 88 
1 75 
1 75 
6 00 
6 00 
41 00 
42 00 
60 00 
Appendages for all arms: 
Screw driver and cone wrench 
1 50 
1 50 
1 60 
76 
75 
75 
76 
76 
76 
Spring vise..... 
1 60 
1 50 
1 60 PARTS. 
SWORDS AND SABRES. 
6 
M 
'5 
> 
•s 
o 
Horse Artillery 
Sabre. 
Artillery Sword. 
Sword Bayonet. 
Non-Commissioned 
Officer’s Sword. 
Musician’s Sword. 
$0 60 
71 
79 
90 
Hilt i Head 
”2 10 
1 85 
3 70 
3 36 
1 64 
1 93 
3 93 
1 98 
8 82 
9 05 
4 47 
7 20 
8 64' 
60 
42 
1 Body 
3 60 
4 20 
2 13 
1 30 
2 16 
2 25 
Scabbard... Banda and rings 
1 80 
2 52 
| Ferule and stud. 
50 
54 
1 06 
84 
1 14 
1 13 
[Tip 
1 06 
53 
1 14 
1 12 
Arm, complete 
21 00 
21 00 
17 00 
10 50 
18 00 
18 00 
Schedule of Prices—Continued. 
PARTS. 
ACCOUTREMENTS. 
£ 
a 
*8 
a 
N 
u 
< 
U 
a 
§ 
o 
© 
jg 
£ 
$6 00 
2 67 
1 50 
2 57 
2 06 
1 50 
2 23 
1 20 
•5 00 
5 00 
4 60 
5 50 
2 05 
2 23 
1 20 
2 23 
1 20 
5 00 
6 00 
50 
1 25 
25 
6 50 
50 
By order. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
S. COOPER, GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 159. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, December 4,1863. 
I..Hospitals for prisoners of war are placed on the same footing as 
other Confederate States hospitals in all respects, and will bo 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 allow- 
ance is required of any particular articles, special requisitions must be 
made therefor. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
. Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,! 
No. 160. j 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
I. .The following schedules of prices for articles named therein, adopt- 
ed by commissioners appointed pursuant to law, for the State of Vir- 
ginia, are announced for the information of all concerned, and the 
special attention'of officers and agents of the government is directed 
thereto: 
Richmond, December 7, 1863. 
II.. Richmond, December 4, 1863. 
Don. Jas. A. Seddon : 
Sir—In revising and preparing the schedules of prices for Decem- 
ber and January wo requested the aid of Mr. Wm. B. Harrison, and it 
is proper to add that the prices agreed upon received the unanimous 
approval of the commissioners. We respectfully offer the accompany- 
ing schedules, A and B, with the understanding that the prices therein 
indicated are to remain for the months of December and January, 
unless in the interval it should be deemed by us necessary to modify 
them. 
The following schedules present the maximum prices to be paid for 
the articles appraised at all cities and usual places of sale, and when 
impressed elsewhere the same prices are to be paid elsewhere, less the 
cost of transportation to the city or usual place of sale to which the 
article would go ordinarily for sale from that neighborhood, or less the 
cost of transportation to the point at which the government needs the 
article, and wishes it to be sent: provided, that in no case the amount 
deducted for transportation as above, shall exceed twenty-five cents 
per bushel for grain, and twenty-five cents per cwt. for long forage, flour, bacon, iron, etc. In addition to the established price of trans- 
portation, the government to pay all legal tolls; and where farmers 
can not procure nails for baling forage, government to furnish the 
same at cost, which will be deducted from the established price of 
baling: 
Schedule A, 
ARTICLES. 
QUALITY. 
DESCRIPTION. 
QUANTITY. 
PRICE. 
$ & on 
a 
22 00 
a 
25 00 
a 
« 
26 50 
u 
a 
28 00 
tt 
4 00 
4 Unshelled corn... 
White, or yellow 
« 
bus. of 56 lbs 
3 95 
4 20 
« 
3 20 
a 
2 00 
a 
50’ 
a 
70 
a 
90 
u 
tt 
1 40 
u 
u 
1 25 
tt 
a 
1 10 
Fresh pork 
Fat and 
80 
14 Lard 
tt 
1 25 
350 00 
16 Wool 
Fair, or 
3 00 
17 Wool 
Fair, or 
2 00 
Good 
u 
4 00 
a 
4 00 
tt 
t; 
4 00 
« 
li 
5 00 
tt 
it 
5 00 
a 
tt 
8 00 
u 
tt 
4 50 
u 
a 
3 00 
« 
« 
3 50 
« 
a 
3 00 
28 liny, unbaled 
u 
Orchard, or herd 
u 
3 00 
« 
u 
4 00 
a 
a 
3 50 
a 
« 
3 50 
a 
a 
3 00 
tt 
ti 
2 20 
a 
tt 
1 70 
u 
tt 
1 SO 
n 
1 30 
tt 
3 00 
4 00 
it 
tt 
5 00 
a 
5 00 
« 
6 00 
a 
tt 
7 00 
43 Salt T. 
a 
u 
5 00 
44 Soap 
u 
« 
pound 
40 Schedule A—1 
■Continued. 
ARTICLES. 
QUALITY. 
DESCRIPTION. 
QUANTITY. 
PRICE. 
$ 2 00 
2 00 
u 
3 00 
66 
1 50 
66 
10 00 
66 
20 
66 
3 00 
7 00 
66 
50 
66 
150 00 
66 
132 00 
66 
120 00 
66 
216 00 
58 Smiths’ iron 
“ „ 
Round, plate, and 
456 00 
66 
190 00 
66 - 
2 60 
66 
2 40 
66 
2 80 
66 
16 00 
18 00 
20 00 
“ head 
30 00 
67 Army woolen cl’h 
Good 
5 00 
68 Army woolen cl’h 
66 
Pro rata as to 
greater or less 
width or weight 
69 Army woolen cl’h 
66 
10 00 
70 Army woolen cl’h 
66 
Pro rata as to 
greater or less 
width or weight 
4 00 
66 
56 
a 
84 
66 
87 
66 
75 
66 
88 
66 
88 
66 
88 
66 
1 12 
80 On the above enumerated cotton cloths, pro rata"as to greater or le 
ss width 
or weight. 
81 Cotton warps . 
Good 
2 00 
10 00 
66. 
2 00 
66 
1 25 
300 00 
86 Corn-top fodder, 
2 00 
87 Corn-top fodder, 
66 
88 Wheat chaff, bal’d 
66 
89 Wheat chaflf.nnb’d 
66 
1 50 
90 Sorghum molasses 
66 
8 00 
91 Pastu’ge for sheep 
40 
92 Pastu’ge for sheep 
Superi’r. 
50 
93 Pastn’ge for sheep 
1st rate.. 
| Interior 
“ head 
60 In assessing the average value of " first-class artillery and wagon horses 
at $350,” we designed that the term should be accepted and acted upon 
according to its obvious common-sense import. In other words, that 
horses should be selected, and then impressed accordingly as their 
working qualities and adaptation to army service, together with their 
intrinsic value, would warrant a judicious purchaser in considering 
them as coming within the contemplation of the commissioners when 
they assessed the average value of such horses as the government need- 
ed at $350. But cases might arise, however, when the public exigen- 
cies would be so urgent as to demand that all horses at hand should be 
impressed. Yet, under ordinary circumstances, when family or extra- 
blooded horses, or brood mares of admitted high value, are impressed, we 
respectfully suggest to the Secretary of War to have instructions for- 
warded 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 disinterest- 
ed parties, as first-class artillery horses, or first-rate wagon mules. 
The term “average value per head” was used in contra-distinction to 
a fixed and uniform price for each horse or mule. We supposed that 
in impressing a number of horses or mules, whether owned by several 
persons, or one individual, that some might be estimated at $250, or 
even at less, and others at different advanced rates, according to their 
worth, up as high as $450, or above that amount—thus making an 
average value or price for a number of good, sound, and efficient horses 
$350 each, and mules $300 each. 
In illustration of out 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 ten to eighteen years of age might be deemed, in all 
other particulars, as a first-class artillery horse, but, of course, however 
efficient or able to render good service for a year or so, yet his ad- 
vanced age would justly and materially impair his value. Any horse, 
however he may approximate the standard of afirst-class artillery horse, 
must, according to deficiencies, fall below the maximum price; and as 
few, comparatively, exactly come up to the standard, and therefore are 
entitled to the maximum price, so, of course, in all other instances the 
price should be proportionately reduced, as imperfections place them 
below the standard of first-class, etc.  
QUANTITY AND TIME. 
PRICE.. 
Per 100 pounds ... 
“ 56 pounds ... 
“ cwt. per mile.. 
“ bus. per mile.. 
$ 0 50 
05 
08 
04 
10 00 
5 00 
13 00 
6 50 
16 00 
8 00 
2 50 
1 50 
50 00 
30 00 
40 00 
300 00 
550 00 
400 00 
2 Shelling and bagging corn, sacks fur- 
5 Hire of two-horse team, wagon, and driv- 
6 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
7 Hire of four-horse team, wagon, and 
driver, rations furnished by owner.... 
8 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
9 Hire of six-horso team, wagon, and driv- 
er, rations furnished by owner 
10 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
11 Hire of laborer, rations furnished by 
12 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
13 Hire of same, rations and clothing 
14 Hire of same, rations furnished by the 
15 Hire of teamsters, rations furnished by 
16 Hire of laborer, clothing and rations 
17 Hire of same, clothing and rations fur- 
18 Hire of same, rations only furnished by 
Schedule B—Hire of Labor, Teams, Wagons, and Drivers. 
Upon further consideration, we have concluded to value sheaf oats, 
hay, and blade fodder, east of the Blue Ridge mountains, when baled, 
at $5 per hundred pounds, and unbaled at $4 50 per hundred pounds. 
E. W. Hubard, 
Robert Gtbbonev, 
Wk. B. Harrison, ' 
Commissioners for Virginia. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
* Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS,] 
No. 161. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, December 10, 1803. 
The following Order is published as an amendment of the regula- 
tions in respect to impressments, as a substitute for paragraph 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 impress: 
ments hereafter to be made, and also in cases where the property may 
have been heretofore taken, and the price has not been fully adjusted : 
In the event of the refusal by the owner, his bailee, or other agent, 
of the price offered, the impressing officer shall proceed to settle the 
compensation to be paid, according to the first section of the act of 
March 26, 1863, if the property impressed belongs to ah owner who 
has grown, raised, or produced the same, or who holds or has purchased 
the same for his own use or consumption. But if the property im- 
pressed has not been grown, raised, or produced by the owner, nor been 
purchased for his own use or consumption, it shall be the duty of the 
impressing officer to offer the price fixed by the commissioners, who 
may be appointed under the fifth section of the act of Congress of the 
26th March, 1863, to regulate impressments; 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 designated 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 selected by the owner, and one 
by the impressing officer—and, in the event of their disagreement, these 
two shall choose an umpire of like qualification. The persons thus 
selected shall proceed to assess just compensation for the property so 
impressed, whether the absolute ownership or the temporary use thereof 
only is required: provided, however, if the impressing officer in any of 
the cases mentioned shall believe that the appraisement is fair or just, 
he shall endorse upon it his approval, and the property in the object 
impressed shall thereupon be vested in the Confederate States; but if 
he does not approve the appraisement as aforesaid, he shall endorse 
upon the appraisement his objection thereto, and deliver the same, with 
a receipt for the property impressed, to the owner, his bailee, agent, or 
attorney, and as soon as practicable forward a copy of the receipt and 
appraisement, and his endorsement thereon, to the board of appraisers 
appointed by the President and governor of the state, who shall revise 
the same, and make a final valuation, so as to give just compensation for 
the property taken—which valuation shall be paid by the proper de- partment for the use of which the property was taken, on the certifi- 
cate of the appraisers, as provided in the acts of Congress on the 
subject. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 162. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, December 11, 1863. 
I. .Quartermasters at posts will afford all the accommodation in their 
power to persons in charge of stock, travelling under the orders of 
officers of Lieutenant-Colonel 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 of his authorized agent, of 
Colonel Cole’s department, who will receipt for the same. 
II..To prevent claims for commutation of rations which may have 
been previously drawn, surgeons in charge of hospitals will endorse on 
the furlough of enlisted men who leave a hospital on furlough, a state- 
ment 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,] 
No. 163. J 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, December 23,1863. 
The attention of officers of the army is again directed to paragraph 
VII, General Orders, No. 28, requiring that in all recommendations for 
military appointments, the name of the state be given of which the 
person is a citizen. No applications will hereafter receive attention in 
which this rule is not observed. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS,! 
No. 164. f 
Adjutant and Insmotor-Gbnerax’s Office, 
Richmond, December 29, 1863. 
I..Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 159, current series, is amended 
as follows : 
II..The hospital ration is fixed, until further orders, at the same 
rates of issues now made to soldiers in the field. If a greater allow- 
ance is required of any particular article, not issued to troops in the 
field, special requisitions must be made therefor. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
INSTRUCTIONS TO ORDNANCE OFFICERS IN 
THE FIELD. 
[No. 1.] 
The appointment of brigade ordnance officers having been author- 
ized, the following instructions are substituted for those of May 20, 
1862: 
1st. The chief of ordnance of an army corps, and ordnance officers 
of separate commands, will correspond with the Chief of the Bureau of 
Ordnance .relative to supplies of ordnance and ordnance stores with 
the commands to which they are attached. Requisitions made, wheth- 
er for money or stores, will be approved by the general commanding. 
2d. The division ordnance officers will correspond with the chief of 
ordnance of the army corps to which the divisions are attached, and ob- 
tain supplies through him. They will be responsible for the property 
under their charge, and make weekly reports of ammunition on hand 
(consolidated from brigade reports) to this office. 
3d. Brigade ordnance officers will, with the approval of the division 
ordnance officer, obtain one or more wagons for each regiment in their 
brigade, as ordnance wagons. These wagons will be separate from the 
train of wagons for reserve ammunition of the division, and will be marked with the name of the regiment to which they aro assigned, and 
will be placed in charge of the ordnance sergeant of the regiment. The 
wagons will be covered, if possible, with painted cloth covers, for securi- 
ty against the weather, and each wagon will be supplied with a spare 
tarpaulin. These wagons will habitually follow their respective regi- 
ments. 
4fch. On the eve of battle the division ordnance officer will, under 
direction of the chief of ordnance of the army, station the ordnance 
wagons at the point selected for the division field depot of ammunition, 
under charge of the senior ordnance officer of brigades. He will keep 
himself acquainted with the movements of brigades, and cause the wag- 
ons of any brigade which may be detached to follow the movements of 
the brigade. Brigade ordnance officers will make weekly reports of am- 
munition on hand to the division ordnance officers. 
5th. The ordnance sergeants, together with the details habitually 
assigned to them from their regiments, will, under the direction of the 
brigade ordnance officers, constitute a corps devoted as well to the pres- 
ervation of the captured and other ordnance stores, as to the supplies of 
ammunition of the various regiments. One man of each detail should 
follow the movements of the regiment, to ascertain its wants, and com- 
municate with the field depot. The habitual details from each regimeut 
should be augmented before a battle to not less than six men from each. 
The ammunition wagons, their loads temporarily removed, will, as cir- 
cumstances favor, be employed to carry to the rear such arms and other 
captured stores as are left upon the battle-field. 
6th. Especial care must be taken in selecting competent, prompt, and 
efficient men for the duties of ordnance sergeants. They may be re- 
moved for cause, and new appointments ordered, on the application of 
the division ordnance officers, through the chief of ordnance of the 
army corps, by the commanding general. 
7th. The ammunition wagons to each regiment will not supersede the 
necessity for division supply trains. 
Duties of Ordnance Sergeants. 
1st. To obey tbe directions of the division ordnance officer, received 
through the brigade ordnance officer, or of the brigade ordnance officer 
(if the brigado is a separate command), in all relative to care and preser- 
vation of arms, and duties connected therewith. 2d. To take charge of all supplies, arms, and ammunition of the regi- 
ment, and make returns of the same, according to “ Ordnance Regula- 
tions.” 
Issues to be made on written requisitions approved by the colonel, 
or commanding officer of the regiment ; which requisitions are to be 
filed with his “ Return of Property.” 
3d. To take charge of the ordnance wagon or wagons attached to 
each regiment, and to see that it always contains at least fifteen rounds 
per man of the regiment; surplus arms or accoutrements to be turned 
over to the brigade or division ordnance officer. 
4th. To supervise the condition of the arms of the regiment, and get 
a detail of at least two mechanics to assist him,in the necessary repairs 
to the arms—an account of these repairs to be kept, as far as possible, 
against each man of the regiment. Repairs to be made on the order of 
the colonel of the regiment. 
5th. To take charge of the arms and accoutrements of the sick of the 
regiment in hospitals, which will be kept until the sick are sent to the 
general hospital, when their arms will be turned over to the division 
depots, through the brigade ordnance officer. 
6th. In battle it will be the duty of the ordnance sergeants to re- 
main with the ammunition wagons, and act with the details assigned to 
them from the regiments, under the orders of the ordnance officer, in 
supplying the troops with ammunition, collecting arms of the killed 
and wounded, and securing captured arms and ammunition. 
J. GORGAS, 
Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
Approved: 
G. W. RANDOLPH, 
Secretary of War. 
[No. 2.] 
Relative to returns of Ordnance Store*. 
I. .Returns for ordnance and ordnance stores issued to troops will be 
made quarterly, on the 31st March, 30th June, 30th September, and 
31st December, according to Form I, “ Ordnance Regulations,” as fol- 
lows: II. For all ordnance stores — such as arms, accoutrements, equip- 
ments, and ammunition in the hands of a regiment or battalion, includ- 
ing the supplies carried in the ordnance wagon of the regiment — by 
the colonel of the regiment, assisted by his ordnance sergeant. 
III. .For all ordnance stores—such as artillery harness, equipments, 
accoutrements, and ammunition in the possession of field batteries—by 
the captains of batteries. 
IV. .For ordnance and ordnance stores at posts or garrisons—by the 
commanding officer, assisted by his ordnance sergeant. 
V. ordnance stores in the division and army trains — by the 
division ordnance officer, and by the assistant to the chief of ordnance 
of the army. 
VI. .Invoices to show what has been received, and receipts for issues, 
must accompany the “ Returns,” and the line of “ Expenditures ” must 
mention the actions or practice causing fhe expenditure; and where 
ammunition or stores'are lost, proper evidence and explanation must 
be furnished, attached to the return. 
VII. .In many cases captains of infantry companies have given re- 
ceipts for their arms and equipments. In such cases the colonel of the 
regiment to which the company belongs should give a receipt for the 
property in the possession of the company commander at the organiza- 
tion of the regiment, making the necessary expenditures for property 
lost, worn out, and expended, on the regimental returns. Where prop- 
erty has been furnished by a state, or by the company themselves, it 
will be accounted for on a separate return by the company commander, 
a remark to that effect being made in the regimental return. 
VIII. .Wherever there are'field depots, with workmen attached, the 
usual monthly summary statement of work done should be transmitted. 
(See Form 29, “ Ordnance Regulations.”) 
J. GORGAS, 
Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
Approved: for Department S. C., Ga., and Fla. 
By command of General Beauregard. 
THOMAS JORDAN, 
Augutt 1, 1862. Chief of Staff. [No. 3.] 
FOINTS CONNECTED WITH AMMUNITION, TO WHICH THE ATTENTION OP 
ORDNANCE OFFICERS IS CALLED. 
It being very desirable that the Laboratory department of the Ord- 
nance service should obtain all the advantage to be derived from in- 
telligent co-operation of ordnance officers in the field, it is desired to 
direct*the attention of these officers to the following, as some of the 
more important matters in regard to laboratory products—to ammuni- 
tion—which come within the scope of their duties: 
1. Economy should be carefully studied in the distribution and use 
of ammunition, and instances of waste or neglect of proper care should 
be noticed and reported to the proper authorities. 
2. Care should be taken that all ammunition in good condition—not 
already in charge of some authorized person—as, for instance, the car- 
tridges of men on either side killed or disabled in action, and all ammu- 
nition abandoned by or taken from the enemy—is collected and saved. 
If fully fit for service, and adapted to the arms of the command to 
which the ordnance officer collecting it is attached, it should be at once 
distributed for service—a report being made, through the proper chan- 
nel, of the kinds and quantities of ammunition so collected and dis1 
tributed. 
3. All damaged and unserviceable ammunition—whether collected 
from the battle-field, found among captured stores of the enemy, or 
withdrawn from troops in whose hands it had been placed for service— 
—should be carefully preserved, and reported to the chief of ordnance 
in the field, for removal to the most convenient arsenal or ordnance de- 
pot, so that it may be re-made or broken up, and its materials used. 
Powder and lead especially—no matter in how bad condition—should 
thus be saved and made available. In collecting and transporting dam- 
aged artillery ammunition, the condition of the fuses—particularly 
cqncussion fuses—should be looked to with a view to the prevention of 
accidents. ' 
4. Any new or remarkable projectiles found upon battle-fields should 
be preserved apart, and forwarded to the Ordnance bureau, Richmond, 
with such remarks as may be needed to explain the circumstances un- 
der which they were found. 
5. When ammunition, damaged in transportation, is received by any 
ordnance officer for distribution, he should at once report the fact to 
his immediate superior in the ordnance service, with a statement of the 
exact nature and extent of the injury sustained, and, if possible, a sam- 
/.. General Attention to be given to Ammunition in the Field. pie of the ammunition itself, so that responsibility for the damage may. 
be spfiedily and properly ascertained, by tracing up the history of the 
ammunition. 
6. When ammunition, defective in manufacture, is received by an 
ordnance officer, or is found by him in the hands of troops of the com- 
mand to which he is attaclfed, he should at once forward jl complaint 
of the same to his immediate superior in ordnance service, in order that 
such complaint may be transmitted, through the regular channel, to 
the Ordnance bureau at Richmond. Such complaints should be definite 
and distinct. Complaints of “defective ammunition,” “unserviceable 
ammunition,” etc., unaccompanied by proper specifications of the de- 
fects complained of, have heretofore too frequently been made. Sam- 
ples of the ammunition in question should also, if possible, be for- 
warded. • . 
7. In order to fix responsibility properly upon the arsenals and de- 
pots from which ordnance stores are sent out, it is required that all 
paeking boxes—whether they contain artillery or small arms ammuni- 
tion—shall be distinctly marked with the name of the arsenal or depot, 
the nature of the contents, and the date of fabrication. The same rfile 
applies to bundles of (10) small arms cartridges—upon which, more- 
over, the calibre of the arm for which the cartridges are intended is to 
be marked. In forwarding complaints of defective ammunition, these 
marks upon the boxes or bundles should be copied, and transmitted 
with the complaint. 
In ease any ammunition is received which has not been marked in 
accordance with j,he above rules, this should of itself form the ground 
of a complaint, to be at once forwarded, through the regular channels, 
the various steps in the transmission of the ammunition being stated, 
so that its history may be traced up to its issue from the arsenal of 
manufacture. 
//• .Special Points to be noticed with regard to Artillery Ammunition. 
1. Artillery cartridges should be examined from time to time after 
they have been issued for service, in order to see that they are firm and 
compact—that they have not been crushed, frayed, or broken in trans- 
portation, and that no powder sifts out from them. 
2. The ammunition chests of limbers and caissons should be inspect- 
ed from time to time, to see that they are properly packed, and are well 
swept out, so that no loose powder or powder dust remains in them. 
3. The bottoms of ammunition chests should be examined after the 
passage of a ford or very (Jeep mud. There is often more danger of 
moisture reaching the ammunition from the bottom of the chests when 
thus exposed, than from the tops,, or sifles in even heavy rain. 4. Due attention should be given to “ sunning ” ammunition in favora- 
ble weather. 
5. Any cases of cannon powder affording very irregular ranges, 
should be noticed and reported, stating the source or sources from 
which the cartridges containing such powder were issued. Opportuni- 
nity and time may sometimes be found in the field for remedying this 
grave defect to some extent, by opening the cartridge bags, emptying 
out all the powder of uncertain strength upon a dry surface of paper or 
tarpaulin, at a safe distance from any fire, mixing Ihe powder uniform- 
ly with a clean piece of wood, and again weighing out the charges, and 
filling the cartridge bags. 
6. The causes of any alleged defects in friction-primers should be ex- 
amined. It should be seen that the wires are sufficiently strong to bear 
ordinarily careful use. The men should be taught to bend the wire 
gently in bringing the loop to its position at right angles with the tube, 
and in firing to pull the lanyard steadily, and without jerk, and in the 
proper direction. Neglect of these common precautions has led to 
complaints of friction-primers of excellent quality. Any cases of gups 
being spiked or rendered useless by friction-primers, should be carefully 
examined and reported upon—it being ascertained precisely what acci- 
dent has occurred, splitting of the tube, melting of the lower end of the 
same, etc. 
Any shells or spherical case shot, the fuse-plugs of which are not 
tightly screwed in, should be at once reported. This defect has been a 
fruitful source of failure and of danger in the use of such projectiles, 
which are liable to burst close to the muzzle of the gun. It may some- 
times be remedied in the field, by carefully unscrewing the fuse-plugs 
with a proper brass fuse-plug wrench (never with any other tool), smear- 
ing the threads of the screw with a little thick white lead paint, and 
screwing up firmly again. 
8. When the Bormann fuse is used, particular attention should be 
paid to the instruction of the men in the proper mode of cutting the 
leaden cover, and of reading the figures upon the same. Want of prop- 
er acquaintance with its use has caused some unjust charges to be 
brought against the design of this superior fuse, or against the mode 
of its manufacture. 
9. When paper or wooden fuses are used, it should be seen that they 
have not been cracked or crushed by any negligence in transportation; 
that they have not been injured by moisture; and that the time of 
burning is distinctly marked in figures upon each fuse (as required by 
rule at all laboratory establishments). 
10. Any favorable opportunity should be taken advantage of to verify 
the rate of burning of time-fuses. Reports to the Bureau of Ordnanco* upon this subject, specifying the arsenal or depot from which the fuses 
were issued, will be valuable. 
11. Accurate reports of the performance of concussion fuses should, 
in like manner, be made as opportunity for observation may serve. The 
pattern of fuse employed, the nature and angle of inclination of the 
surface fired at, and the number of projectiles exploding and failing to 
explode, should be specified. 
III. .Special Points to be noticed with regard to Small Arms Ammunition. 
1. Small arms cartridges deteriorate rapidly, if roughly shaken about 
in ill-packed and dirty cartridge-boxes. The men should be instructed 
to brush out loose powder or powder dust from their cartridge-boxes, 
and to wipe away any adherent grease, to keep them closely packed— 
using a crumpled piece of paper or similar material to fill the space from 
which cartridges may have been removed, and to avoid exposing the 
cartridge-boxes to any unnecessary rough treatment. 
2. Needless as it may appear to say that cartridges should be guard- 
ed with all care from exposure to wet, large quantities of ammunition 
have, during the present war, been rendered unserviceable by neglect 
of proper care of this kind, and heavy requisitions for new ammunition 
have, in consequence, been rendered necessary. Not only should car- 
tridges in packing boxes be sedulously guarded from rain, and, as far 
as possible, from ft damp atmosphere, but the men should be taught to 
avail themselves of every possible means of preserving from moisture 
their cartridge-boxes and the contents. Reports as to causes of waste 
of ammunition should be made constantly to the Ordnance bureau at 
Richmond. 
3. The practice of “sunning" small arms cartridges in favorable 
weather, should not be neglected. 
4. Efforts should be made to teach the men to load their muskets— 
especially the improved rifled arms—carefully and properly. The car- 
tridge should be broken at the right place, so as admit of pouring the 
powder from it without loss. The powder should be poured cleanly into 
the barrel, so that as little as possible shall remain as scattered grains 
adherent to the muzzle and upper part of the barrel. The bullet should 
be fairly entered with the fingers, its axis coincident with that of the 
barrel. It should be steadily rammed down, using as little force as 
will suffice. A light tap of the ramrod will then settle it with sufficient 
firmness in its place. Proper attention to these details will greatly 
risk of the musket becoming badly fouled. 
5. The unavoidable use, at present, by our troops, of several patterns 
of small arms differing in calibre, renders it imperatively necessary that 
the utmost care, should be taken in the distribution of ammunition, to 
avoid confusion, and to insure each man being furnished with cartridges that will fit the musket in his hands. The men themselves should be 
instructed in the calibres of their respective arms, as expressed in the 
usual way in decimal parts of an inch, so that they may individually 
be prepared to recognize the cartridges issued to them as fit or unfit 
for the guns they use. ' . 
6. But too many instances have been reported of men in the heat of 
action finding their muskets useless, from the impossibility of forcing 
down the bullets. Such instances cap not be too deeply deplored, or 
their recurrence too carefully guarded against. The difficulty is, in 
general, due to one or more of four causes, namely: 
1st. The bullet being originally too large in diameter for the calibre of 
the musket it is to be used with. 
2d. The cartridges having become coated with a cake of mixed pow- 
der and grease, owing to loose and careless manufacture or rough 
transportation, or both, so that excessive fouling of the gun takes place 
after a number of rounds have been fired. 
This fouling may be greatly increased by careless loading. 
3d. Defective lubrication, causing rapid “ leading” of the grooves of 
the rifled musket. 
4th. The cup-shaped cavity in the base of the bullet being too deep, 
rendering the lead on the edges of the cup too thin, so that the solid 
portion of the bullet may be blown away on discharge of the piece, leav- 
ing a ring of lead adherent to the interior of the barrel, and thus “lead- 
ing” it so that another bullet can not be forced down. 
Care should be taken, in receiving new supplies of ammunition, by 
examining sample cartridges taken out at random, to detect in time 
any of these defects in manufacture which may lead to such fatal re- 
sults. Especially should the normal size of the bullets be verified. An 
observant officer, though unprovided with gauges, will soon learn to 
recognize, by touch and sight, the proper degree of looseness with which 
a bullet of proper size should enter the muzzle of the musket for which 
it is intended. 
The English pattern of Enfield cartridge is intended for loading with 
the paper upon the bullet. Such cartridges should themselves enter the 
barrel of the musket as easily as the naked bullet of other patterns. 
Any defect in bullets or cartridges of the above kind ought immedi- 
ately, on detection, to be reported, samples being forwarded of the am- 
munition complained of. If a musket be rendered useless by the “jam- 
ming ” of a bullet go as to prevent further loading, opportunity should, 
if possible, be taken to examine the condition of the interior of the bar- 
rel, looking for “leading,” especially in rings, or upon any particular 
part'of the surface of the barrel. 
7. For the avoidance of danger of the kind alluded to in 
paragraph, as also for securing accuracy of fire with good ammunition, much will depend upon the condition in which the men habitually keep 
their arms. Rust, dirt, and dust ought to bo carefully guarded against 
in the interior of the barrel. 
8. It should be noticed at inspections whether the cartridges arg 
becoming spoiled by sifting out of the powder, and if so, whether the 
defect is due to their being loosely and carelessly made, or to rough 
usage in transportation. 
9. It should also be observed whether there are any defects due to 
the wax and tallow used for lubrication ; if the lubricant is cracking or 
peeling off; or if it is melting and spreading, so as to mix with and cake 
the powder, to soften the paper, and make it tear easily, or to leave the 
lead uncoated. 
10. Percussion caps should be examined from time to time, particu- 
larly with reference to the condition of their varnish—a defect in which 
is the most frequent cause of failure to explode. 
“Sunning” or other careful drying should be had recourse to, as 
occasion may serve. 
11. There has been great waste'of percussion caps and friction prim- 
ers, especially of the former. This should be checked, -and the proper 
expenditure of caps, in proportion to cartridges, be controlled. 
It may appear that some of the above points are either trivial and 
unimportant matters of detail, or so obvious as not to demand remark. 
It is believed, however, that all of them have been, in one part of the 
army or another, from time to time, neglected ; and scarcely any detail 
of the kind can be unimportant, when it applies to the components of 
ammunition, multiplied as they are by tens or hundreds of thousands, 
and effects even remotely the efficiency of this ammunition in the day 
of battle. 
Repeated allusions have been made to the desirability of instructing 
the soldiers themselves with regard to the care and use of their ammuni- 
tion. This instruction, it may be said, should come from their regimental 
and company officers, but much may be done by field ordnance officers 
in originating or suggesting such instruction, and helping to give it 
proper direction. 
Lastly. It is very much to be desired that responsibility for defective 
ammunition should be promptly fixed upon the proper parties; and this 
may be accomplished by accurate and faithful reports, as above sug- 
gested, from ordnance officers on duty in the field. 
The foregoing instructions, carefully prepared by Capt. J. W. Mallet, 
Superintendent Confederate States Laboratories, will be studied by ord- 
nance officers, and the details conformed to, whenever possible. 
J. GORGAS, 
Richmond, Va.t March 2, 1863. Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. CIRCULAR. 
Adjutant and Inspectok-Gbnekal’s Office, 
Richmond, June 22, 1863. 
By direction of the Secretary of War, the following circular is ad- 
dressed to army and department commanders for their guidance : 
1.. The practice of issuing, on the eve of an expected engagement, 
twenty rounds of ammunition to infantry, over and above the capacity 
of the cartridge-boxes, will be. discontinued, except on the special 
order of the general commanding an army or department. 
11.. 1ssues of cartridges, except to cover expenditure in battle, will 
be limited to three cartridges per man, per pionth, for the whole effec- 
tive strength of any army, or of the forces serving in any department. 
Supplies to cover expenditures in battle will be furnished on separate 
requisitions, specifying the battle in which the ammunition to be re- 
placed was consumed. 
III. .The Chief of Bureau of Ordjiance will give instructions to the 
several arsenals charged with supplies of troops, under the circular of 
March 31, 1863, approved by the Secretary of War, to regulate issues 
accordingly. All issues are to be made on requisitions, approved by 
the chief of ordnance of the army or department requiring the sup- 
plies, except in cases of evident emergency. 
, Signed H. L. CLAY, 
Lieutenant-Colonel and A. A. G. APPENDIX. 
ADJUTANTS. 
Allowed to regiments and regularly organized 
battalions only. 
Col. E. A.Palfrey,A. 
A. G., March 23, 1863, 
to Col. Jones, Light 
Artil'y, through Gen. 
Beauregard. 
Major Sam. 'W. Mel- 
ton, A. A. G., March 
28, 1863, to Colonel B. 
H. Rutledge, through 
Gen. Beauregard. 
Of battalions, when competent, not to be changed, 
should battalions be increased to a regiment. 
ALIENS. 
Respecting the discharge of, Attorney-General decides that sole 
question is, as to domicil. Domicil is settlement with intention 
of remaining permanently. Practice of department is, to re- 
quire affidavits of other person* beside soldier himself. These 
must establish fact of an intention to leave, or absence of an in- 
tention to remain. 
Must be domiciliated within the Confederate States 
to be subject to military service. The decision 
of the question of domiciliation of an alien may 
he arrived at by : 
1st. The length of time he has resided in the country ; 
* 2d. The nature of his business; 
3d. The nature of his social and family connections in the 
country ; 
4th. His interference in public affairs; 
5th. His declarations before he had an interest to conceal the 
truth; 
6th. The nature of the property accumulated and held by 
him—all afford data to %olve the question. 
Endorsement of As- 
sistant Secretary of 
War on a communi- 
’’lion forwarded from 
Head-quarters Dept 
8. C., Ga., and Fla., 
concerning the ques- 
tion of domicil. 
ARTILLERY. 
General Orders, No. 81, A. and I. G. 0., of 1862, By#r(ler St„tUty of 
not intended to be retroactive in effects, and do 'War, January n.isss. 
not affect organizations of light batteries received by the Presi- 
dent under act of May 10, 1861. (No. 115.) Extract from letter 
of Lieutenant-Oolonel 
K. A. Palfrey, A. A. 
G., to Colonel D. L. 
Clinch, 4th Ga. caval- 
ry, July 14, 1863. 
Under the laws, the department has no power to 
appoint officers of artillery, P. A. C. S., below the 
rank of major (except for ordnance duty), and for 
that rank the number of guns to be commanded must 
be at least sixteen. (See act January 22, 1862.) 
BOARDS OF EXAMINATION. 
If the brigade commander is satisfied, upon a re- 
view of the proceedings of the examining boards, of 
the competency of the officer elected, he has authority 
to issue the order placing such officer on duty. 
When an officer is promoted or elected, and he is deemed compe- 
tent, or a board pronounces him so, there is, practically, an 
end of the matter. The proceedings of the board should, in 
all cases, be forwarded, but their approval may be presumed. 
In cases of officers rejected by the board, the third section of 
the “ act to relieve the army of disqualified, disabled, and incom- 
petent officers,” devolves upon the President the final decision in 
respect to'the officer rejected, aud the second section provides for 
his suspension untilaction of the President. 
During that suspension, it is competent for the department com- 
mander to order the next officer in rank to assume his duties: 
but no appointment by promotion, in place of rejected officers, 
can be made, until the proceedings of the board are duly ap- 
proved by the President. 
The examination, under act of Congress approved 
October 13, 1862, “ to relieve the army of disqualified, 
disabled, and incompetent officers,” is to determine the 
qualifications of the officer for the discharge of the duties prop- 
erly appertaining to his position, not to perform the functions of 
a court martial as a trial for specific offences. An inquiry into 
alleged offences can only be made as incidental to the main ob- 
ject, viz: the determination @f the general qualifications and 
charge of legitimate duties. 
Whenever the board shall any officer is clearly 
unfit to discharge his• legitimate and proper duties, or careless 
and inattentive in their discharge, the full report of their pro- 
- ceedings must be communicated, with their decision, to the com- 
manding general, to be forwarded to the Secretary of War, to be 
by him, if the findings of the board be approved, laid before 
the President for his action. 
This report should be made up separately in each case, and should 
show the order convening the board—that the officer was pres- 
ent before it, or was notified to attend—and all the evidence, 
Letter of Major 
Samuel W. Melton, A. 
A. G., to Brigadier- 
General W. B. Talia- 
ferro, dated Rich- 
mond, April 25, 1863. 
Hon. Secretary of 
War to General 
S. Johnston, dated 
Richmond, April 25, 
IMS. oral and documentary, adduced before the board, including the 
personal examination of the officer, if one was had. Should the 
board desire the actual experiment of a drill before them, the 
result of their observations would probably be stated. 
If the alleged disability proceed from physical causes, or sick- 
ness, or wounds, the nature and permanence of the disability 
should be shown—and if theofficer should desire to withdraw from 
the service on account of such disability, or because of his unwill- 
ingness to stand an examination, his resignation, stating the rea- 
son, should be forwarded#for acceptance by the War department. 
General Orders, No. 15, paragraph I, series 1863, A. and I. G. Of- 
fice, furnishes a convenient and appropriate mode of relieving 
the service of officers absent without leave, or guilty of desertion, 
who can not be subject to trial by court martial. 
Though the proceedings under the act of Congress of October 
13, 1862, can be made to apply to all cases, whether the offi- 
cer is or is not commissioned, or recognized as in commission, 
that under General Orders, No: 39, paragraph II, of 1862, can 
still be used by the commanding general in those cases to which 
it refers, except in those where the vacancy to be filled has been 
created by the operation of the act—in which event it is required 
that the board be convened by the commanding general, and not 
by the brigade commander. 
CLAIMS. 
Regulations for the payment of, for arrears of pay 
and alloieances due to deceased officer* and sol- 
diers of the Confederate army, as by act No. 402, 
approved February 15, 1862, and act No. 30, approved October 
8,1862. « 
The first section of the above-named act provides “ that the pay 
and allowances due to any volunteer, non-commissioned officer, 
musician, or private in the army of the Confederate States, shaH 
be paid to the widow of the deceased, if living—if not, to the 
children, if any ,• and in default of widow or children, to the fa- 
ther, if living—if not, to the mother of such deceased volunteer.” 
The first section of act No. 30 provides “that claims due to de- 
ceased non-commissioned officers and privates for pay, allow- 
ances, and bounty, may be audited and paid, where there is official 
evidence of the amount due, satisfactory to the Second Auditor, 
under such regulations as he has or may prescribe, with the ap- 
proval of the Secretary of War.” 
By section second of same act, it is provided “ that the claims of 
deceased commissioned officers shall be paid to their heirs or 
Regulation! adopt- 
ed by Second Auditor 
and approved by Hon. 
Secretary of War, No- 
vember 5, 1862. representatives, in the same manner as similar claims of non- 
commissioned officers and privates are now or may be directed by 
law to be paid.” 
Payments will be made accordingly, under the following rules : 
1st. If the child or children be minor, payment will be made to 
the guardian, upon the production of the proper certificate of 
guardianship, under the seal of the court. 
2d. The claimant must produce his or her affidavit, and that of 
one disinterested witness, stating the relationship—for in- 
stance, if the claimant be a "mother, the affidavit must state 
that there is living neither wife, child, or father of the de- 
ceased; if the father, that there is neither wife nor child ; 
and if the child, that there is no widowed wife. 
The magistrate, or other proper officer, must testify to the credibility 
of the witness, and the clerk of the court must certify, under the 
seal of the same, that he is such a magistrate. 
Powers of attorney or assignment, which will seldom be necessary, 
mtiy be executed before a magistrate,, or in the presence of two 
respectable witnesses. 
Act of Congress passed April 21,1862, makes it the 
duty of commanding officers of companies to enlist 
four (4) men to cook for each company, who will be en- 
titled to “ extra duty ” pay at the ordinary rate per 
diem, when detail is made in accordance with paragraph 885, 
Army Regulations. 
Are not issued to company officers. They are placed 
on duty by orders, which, taken with the rolls, supply 
the place of commissions. 
The taking a contract to carry the mail by a soldier 
in the military service, does not entitle him to ; Sec- 
retary of War announces it as his purpose to refuse in 
all such cases. • 
Decision of Quartermaster-General as to whether 
the horse of a deserter can be retained in service, and 
be used to mount another soldier deficient in a horse. 
The government acquires no ownership in cavalry horses; they 
belong to the mounted volunteer, and he Is paid for their use and 
risk a per diem allowance. 
COOKS. 
Endorsement of Quar- 
termaster*General on 
a paper forwarded 
from Headquarters 
Department So. Ca., 
Ga , and Fla. 
COMMISSIONS. 
By command of A. 
and I. General, June 
ad, 1869. , . 
DISCHARGES. 
Endorsed decision 
Secretary of War, un- 
derdate November 26, 
1863, on application 
for, ou ground that 
applicant has con- 
tract to carry the mail. 
DESERTERS. 
Kndorsed on a letter 
from Gen. J. H. Tra- 
piar, dated Sept. 16, 
1863, by Major J. It. 
Hoge, and concurred 
In by Hon. Secretary 
of War. The horse of a deserter is still his property, and under no law 
can it be forfeited ; it may be impressed as other property, and 
payment might be withheld because of the disloyalty of the de- 
serter, but the impressment must be for transportation purposes, 
as the law does not authorize the impressment or purchase of 
cavalry horses. 
ORDNANCE STORES. 
Copy of inspection reports shall be sent to Depart- 
ment Headquarters for approval and order as to 
final distribution of the property—which done, a 
copy of the report, with final order in the mat- 
ter, shall be sent to the Bureau of Ordnance. 
Decisions of Ord- 
nance and War de- 
partments under re- 
■pective dates Dec. It 
and 24, 1863, concern- 
ing disposition of, de- 
clared unserviceable 
by an inspector-gen 1. 
ORGANIZATIONS. 
New, can only be formed of men over the age of 
45 years. 
Hon gecretarT of 
War, Jan’y 10,186J. 
OFFICERS. 
State laws to change the manner of creating, can 
not operate upon regiments previously mustered 
into Confederate service, which, by virtue of 
such muster, are not subject to state authority. 
A junior second lieutenant can not waive his right 
to be senior second lieutenant; the grade be- 
- ing the sdme, he would necessarily be senior by 
virtue of priority of date. 
An election may be held for a junior second lieutenant, who may, 
if the senior second lieutenant waive promotion, be promoted 
to first lieutenant; and then an election may be held for a junior 
second lieutenant. 
There is no law authorizing an election of a first lieutenant. 
Gen. S. Cooper, A. 
and I.General,to Gen* 
Beauregard, May 9. 
1863. 
Lieut. Colonel E. A. 
Palfrey, A.A.G.,June 
11, 1863, to Brig. Gen. 
W. S. Walker, P. A. 
C. S. 
PROMOTIONS. 
In leyione, take place by seniority in its several 
arms as a whole. 
In cases where next officer in order of succession 
waives hia privilege. 
The waiver of title to promotion, with sanction of commanding 
general, considered as equivalent to sentence of a competent ex- 
amining board of disability. 
Upon written evidence of waiver on part of officer, next in rank 
may be promoted. 
W. Melton, 
A. A. G., April *28,1863, 
to Brig. General N. G. 
Evans. 
Major E. A. Palfrey, 
A. A. G., to General 
Beauregard, dated 
Richmond, Oct'r 29, 
1862. 
RATIONS. 
The provisions of General Orders, No. 95, A. and 
I. G. series of 1862, allowing the, of sick and 
Hon. Secretary of 
War, March 0,1&9, wounded in hospitals to be commuted at $1.00, extends to all 
hospitals, and not merely to.general hospitals. 
Paragraph 1,131, General Regulations, relating tp 
commutation of, to soldiers on furlough, is still in force 
—t. e., the rations of “ soldiers on furlough, or station- 
ed where rations can not be issued in kind, may be commuted at 
the cost value of the ration at the post,” which must he paid af- 
ter return from furlough. (See paragraph IV, G. 0. 96, C. S.) 
Telegram from Gen* 
S. Cooper, A. and I. 
General, to General 
Beauregard, dated 
March 25, 1863. 
RANK. 
Extract from letter 
addressed to Hon.L.P. 
Walker, Secretary of 
War, by Hon. J P. 
Benjamin, Attorney- 
General, dated Sept. 
2,1861. 
Opinion of Attorney-General on the question of, of 
officers. 
Is the rank of officers who hold commissions from 
the separate states determined by the date of their 
state commissions, or by the date of their entry into the service 
of the Confederate States ? 
1. The rank of officers, while serving in the Confederate 
army, is to be determined according to the date of the muster 
into service, * * * except where troops have been received 
into service in the absence of an officer authorized to muster 
them: * * * in such cases, the officer would take rank 
from the date he teas received into service. 
2. Officers commissioned directly by the President will not 
take rank over officers of like grade commissioned by the states, 
without regard to the date of the muster into service of the 
latter. 
3. When regiments are formed of companies which were 
separately mustered into service of the Confederate States, the 
captains take rank according to the date of the muster into ser- 
vice. When several companies, organized into a regiment, wero 
mustered into service on the same day, the relative rank of the 
captains is to be determined by the date of the state commis- 
sions ; when these commissions also bear same date, the rela- 
tive rank is to be determined by lot. 
Payment can only be made when Congress shall 
make a specific appropriation for the purpose. As a 
basis for such an appropriation, the Secretary of War 
has expressed a wish that commanding officers and 
officers of engineers should give special attention to 
the collection of facts in each case, to be used in 
evidenco in support of the claim; the same to be forwarded to 
the War department, and submitted, after examination by the 
Engineer bureau, to the Attorney-General, whose duty it is, by 
law, to ask an appropriation by Congress to meet the claims 
Opinion of Major- 
General Giljner, Chief 
of Engineer Bureau 
(under date Nov. 24, 
1863), as to the pro- 
per mode of treating 
claims for slaves lost 
while in the employ 
of the Confederate 
States. deemed well founded. Under this view, therefore, payment can 
only be made after the funds shall have been provided by Con- 
gress. 
By paragraph seventh, General Orders, 138, current series, A. 
and I. G. 0., the Confederate States are responsible for the value 
of negroes employed on public works, and this value is to be 
determined by an appraisement of expert* made at the time the 
negroes are received. 
SUBSTITUTES. 
Will not be received unless the substitution first 
have the approval of the general commanding 
the army or the department to which the sol- 
dier belongs. 
Principal not liable if substitute deserts, provided 
substitution was effected prior to date of Gen- 
eral Order#, 98, A. and I. G. 0., series of 1863— 
that is, before July 20, 1863. 
Has no right to complain of a violation in any 
order or regulation by which he was brought 
into service. He has entered voluntarily, and 
must fulfil his contract. 
Nor can the captain of a company receive a substitute, and, after 
discharging the principal and using the substitute, repudiate the 
bargain. 
The annulment of the act, under such circumstances, can only be 
done by the department. 
VACANCIES., ... 
In grade of brevet second lieutenant can not be 
filled by appointment, except in cases of promo- 
tion for gallant and meritorious conduct, by act 
of the President. All such vacancies must be filled by election. 
Lieutenant- Colonel 
H. L. Clay, A. A. G., 
Richmond, May 14, 
1863, to Gen. Beaure- 
gard. 
Endorsed decision 
of Secretary of War, 
under date Septem- 
ber 9, 1863, on a com- 
munication from Mej. 
Perryman, Enrolling 
officer. 
Decision of Hon. J. 
A. Campbell, Assist- 
ant Secretary of War, 
under date November 
2, 1863. 
Major K. A. Palfrey, 
A. A. G., to General 
Beauregard, Novem- 
ber 11, 1862. 
CIRCULAR. 
Ordnance Office, 
Richmond, June 0,1863. 
No contraot -will hereafter be made at places -where ordnance officers 
are stationed, by other ordnance officers; nor must agents he sent to 
such places for the purpose of purchasing government stores. 
Signed J. GORGAS, 
Colontl, Chief of Ordnanot. CIRCULAR. 
Ordnance Office, 
Richmond, June 9,1862. 
It has been determined to adopt the calibre of the Enfield rifle, .577, 
for all infantry arms made hereafter at the various government estab- 
lishments. 
Signed , J. GORGAS, 
Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
[Abstract.] Ordnance Office, 
Richmond, June 24,1862. 
Requiring each package of cartridges manufactured to be labelled, 
stating kind and calibre of ammunition, and number of rounds in the 
package. 
Signed J. GORGES, 
Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
CIRCULAR. 
[Abstract.] Ordnance Office, 
Kichmond, August 16, 1862. 
Instructing ordnance officers to supply ordnance stores on requisition 
of officers commanding camps of instruction. 
Signed J. GORGAS, 
Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
CIRCULAR. 
CIRCULAR. 
Richmond, November 13, 1862. 
Bureau or Ordnance, 
Until further orders, no artillery will be made except the following 
calibres: 
Bronze: Light 12-pounder or Napoleon gun—calibre 4.62. 
Iron : For field battery of manoeuvre—10-pounder Parrott, banded; 
calibre 2.9. 
For field battery of reserve—20-pounder Parrott ; calibre 3.67, on 
12-pounder carriage. For siege guns—30-pounder Parrott; oalibre 4.02, on 18-pounder 
siege carriage. . 
Signed J. GORGAS, 
Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
Note.—To these have since been added a 9-pounder bronze gun, weighing 450 
pounds, for mortar and cavalry service; and the 8-inch banded siege gun, weight 
5,600 pounds, on 24-pounder siege carriage.—J. G. 
CIRCULAR. 
Ordnance Bureau, 
Ordnance officers in charge of posts, upon being relieved from the 
command thereof, will, in all cases, in pursuance of paragraph forty, 
Ordnance Regulations, turn over all funds on hand to their respective 
successors, unless otherwise specially ordered. 
Signed J. GORGAS, 
Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
Richmond, December 22, 1862. 
CIRCULAR. 
Ordnance Bureau, 
The manufacture of the Bormann fuse will be discontinued, and the 
method of fuse plugs and paper fuse3 resorted to, as described in the 
Ordnance Manual. 
Signed J. GORGAS, 
Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
Richmond, December 24, 1862. 
CIRCULAR. 
Richmond, January 17, 1863. 
Ordnance Bureau, 
In making requisitions for “ ordnance and ordnance stores,” form 
No. 24, of the Regulations of the Ordnance department, must be 
strictly adhered to. The amount of each article on hand must be 
stated. The explanation of circumstances demanding th'e issue must 
be full, and should state how the deficiencies occurred, whether by 
loss, or whether by wear and tear of service. When the requisition is 
rendered necessary by stores becoming unserviceable, it must be ac- 
companied by the report of an inspector, as to whether they are irre- parable or not, and as to whether any blame is to be attaohed to the 
Officer having charge of the stores. 
Signed J. GORGAS, 
Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
circular: 
Ordnance Bureau, 
Officers stationed at arsenals are to be employed on duties appropri- 
ate to their commissions, and are not to be employed on duties not con- 
nected with their profession, except when the public interest is subserved, 
and then only occasionally. 
Signed J. GORGAS, 
Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
Richmond, February 18, 1863. 
CIRCULAR. 
Ordnance Bureau, 
It is hereby directed that no more valises be fabricated with artille- 
ry harness, consequently no valise saddles will be needed. 
• Signed J. GORGAS, 
Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
Richmond, February 23, 1863. 
CIRCULAR. 
Ordnance Buraku, 
[Abstract.] 
Wages paid at arsenals on 31st day of March will be considered 
fixed, and will not be changed without reference to Chief of Ordnance. 
Signed J. GORGAS, 
Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
Richmond, March 14, 1863. 
CIRCULAR. 
Ordnance Bureau, 
Richmond, March 16, 1863. 
Calling attention to charges for eight anchten inch columbiads. The former must not be fired with a charge exceeding ten pounds, and the 
latter sixteen pounds. 
Signed J. GORGAS, 
Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
CIRCULAR. 
Ordnance Bureau, 
Richmond, March 24, 1863. 
Chief ordnance officers of army corps and departments will, on the 
last day of each month hereafter, make reports to this office of the 
number of small arms and rptlnds of ammunition, and of artillery and 
rounds of ammunition, in the several divisions composing the army 
corps, or in the command serving in the department, adding thereto 
such other tabular information as may be necessary to keep this de- 
partment informed of the state of supplies, and such marginal notes as 
may call attention to defects of materials and deficiencies in supplies. 
The kind and calibres of arms and of artillery will be specified with 
accuracy. 
Signed J. GORGAS, 
Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
CIRCULAR. 
Ordnance Bureau, 
Richmond, March 31,1863. 
Requisitions for ordnance stores will be made on the arsenals and de- 
pots nearest to the troops requiring them. 
Requisitions must be forwarded through the chief ordnance officers 
of the army or department, except in case of urgent necessity, which 
necessity must be certified to by the commanding general or field offi- 
cer ; and requisitions for arms, ammunition, or accoutrements, must 
state the number of men composing the command, and the number or 
quantity on hand. 
Signed J. GORGAS, 
Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
Approved: 
Signed J. A. Seddow, 
Secretary of War. . 
Official: 
Signed Thos. L. Bayne, 
Captain, on duty with Chief of Ordnance. [Abstract.]' 
CIRCULAR. 
Ordnance Bureau, 
All purchases or contracts for ordnance or ordnance stores, amount- 
ing to ten thousand dollars or upward, will hereafter be submitted to 
this bureau for approval. Buildings or building material not included. 
Signed J. GORGAS, 
Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
Richmond, April 7,1863. 
Official:. 
Signed Tnog. L. Baynb, 
Captain, on duty with Chief of Ordnance. 
[Abstract.] 
CIRCULAR. 
Ordnance Bureau, 
Graduations of pendulum hausses to be made to indicate distances 
and not angles. 
Signed J. GORGAS, 
Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
Richmond, May 6,1863. 
Official: 
Signed Edw. B. Smith, 
Captain, and Assistant to Chief of Ordnance. 11 
CIRCULAR. 
Ordnance Bureau, 
Richmond, May 14,1863. 
No buildings or improvements requiring an outlay of more than 
$1,000 will be begun until plans and estimates are submitted here. 
Signed J. GORGAS, 
Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
Official: 
Signed E. B. Smith, 
Captain, Assistant to Chief of Ordnance. 
Ordnance Bureau, 
Richmond, May 21,1863. 
In order that the history of guns employed in this service may be 
CIRCULAR. traced, as far as practicable, care will be taken to note upon the invoices 
and receipts of all guns received or sent to the field, the foundry, num- 
ber, weight, and maker. 
Ordnance officers in the field will keep of the guns in their com- 
mands a record in these particulars, and in their reports of guns cap- 
tured, lost, destroyed, or transferred, will designate them as above. 
Signed J. GORGAS, 
Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
CIRCULAR. 
Ordnance Bureau, 
Richmond, June 5,1863. 
Ammunition chests for the 12-pounder Napoleon gun will be packed 
at follows: 
8 shot fixed—first and second division, left half. 
16 spherical case—third division, left half, and first, second and third 
division, right half. 
4 shells—fourth division, right half.. 
4 canister—fourth division, left half. 
The proportion of shell may be increased to eight, and that of spheri- 
cal case diminished to eight, when the full proportion of the latter can 
not be supplied. 
Signed J. GORGAS, 
Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
Official: 
Signed Thos. L. Bayne, 
Captain, on duty with Chief of Ordnance. 
CIRCULAR. 
Ordnance Bureau, 
Richmond, June 5,1863. 
When ammunition is captured it must be kept separate, and not mix- 
ed with that of our own manufacture, the powder being of different 
quality. 
The fuse mallet must nfit be used in inserting the paper fuse, but the 
paper fuse must be forced in by hand, by turning and screwing it in. 
The use of the, mallet knocks off the priming, and prevents ignition. 
Signed J. GORGAS, 
Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
Official: 
Signed Thos. L. Bayne, 
Captain, on duty with Chief of Ordnance. CIRCULAR. 
Ordnance Bureau, 
Richmond, July 8, 1863. 
In compliance with this circular, no further issues will be made ex- 
cept in cases of evident emergency, until at least an approximate 
statement of forces in the army or department to be supplied, under 
the circular of March 3-1, 1863, is made to the commanding officer of 
that arsenal. 
Accounts will be opened at each arsenal against the army or troops 
to be supplied, and the issues limited according to the requirements of 
this circular, and proportioned to the forces to be supplied. 
Signed J. GORGAS, 
Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
Official: 
Signed Thos. L. Bayne, 
Major, on duty with Chief of Ordnance. 
CIRCULAR, 
Ordnance Bureau, 
Richmond, July 10, 1863. 
Cla-ssification of Arms. 
1 it Clan.—All arms, calibre .577 and .58, with or without bayonets. 
These must be held for issue to troops longest in the field, and are to 
be regarded as the regular arms of the troops of the Confederate 
States. 
2d Class.—Rifles, with or without bayonets, calibre .54. Muskets, with 
bayonets, model 1842. These also to be held for issue to troops em- 
• bodied for service during the war. 
2d Class.—All rifles not of the above calibres. Muskets altered to 
percussion, and other arms of any description. 
4th Class.—Shot guns and sporting rifles. From these last two classes 
alone the for home defence must be equipped. 
Signed J. GORGAS, 
Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
Official: 
Signed Thos. L. Bayne, 
Major, on duty icith Chief of Staff. Ordnanch Burxau, 
Richmond, October 31, 1863. 
Please to cause monthly reports of officers on ordnance duty, in the 
command of which you are chief ordnance officer, to be made accord- 
ing to the enclosed form. 
It is found necessary to call for such a report, in consequence of the 
frequent assignments made without knowledge of this department. . 
Signed J* GORGAS, 
Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
CIRCULAR. 
Official: 
Signed Thos. L. Bayne, 
Major, on duty with Chief of Ordnance. 
List of Officers on Ordnance duty in the 
Form. 
Corps, 
Division, or 
Brigade. 
Name. 
Designa- 
tion 
Bank in 
C. S. 
Army. 
Rank in 
P.A.C.S. 
Date 
of Assign- 
ment. 
Remarks. 
m ' 
Deficiencies in Ordnance Stores in the Battalion or Light Ar- 
tillery, COMMANDED BY 
BATTERY. 
ARTICLES. 
CAUSE OP DEFICIENCY. 
REMARKS. 
•Capt. . 
1 spare wheel. 
Worn out in service. 
Capt. . 
2 collars. 
Injured from want 
of care, etc. 
Head quarters, , 
, , 186—. 
I certify that I hare inspected the battery of light artillery, com- 
manded Toy , and find the deficiencies in ordnance stores as 
stated above, and that no blame is to be attached to the officer having 
charge of the stores. 
Note.—To ascertain what batteries of light artillery require, it is advisable that 
they should be inspected from time to time, by an inspector appointed for the pur- 
pose, who will state, according to the enclosed form, what articles are deficient; 
Requisitions may then be made fo cdnftrrm to condemnation*, a dopy of the in- spector’a report of deficiencies being attached, and requisitions for batteries 
should be limited to such articles, except for special reasons, to be passed upon 
by the chief ordnance officer of the army. 
Articles dropped'should be returned to the nearest arsenal, or, if bulky, broken 
up, and parts turned in to the nearest arsenal. 
J. GORGAS, 
Colonel, Chief of Ordnance. 
[Extract.] 
SPECIAL ORDERS, 
No. 278. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, November 23,1863. 
XXVI-.Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. de Lagnel, artillery, P. A. C. S., is 
assigned to duty as Inspector of Arsenals, to take effect from May 15, 
1863, and will report to the Chief of Ordnance in this city. 
********* 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
Signed JOHN WITHERS, 
Assistant Adjutant-General. 
[Extract.] 
SPECIAL ORDERS, 
No. 214. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, September 9, 1863. 
XVIII. .Major F. F. Jones, artillery, P. A. C. S., is assigned to duty 
as Inspector of Small-arms, and will report to the Chief of Ordnance. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
Signed JOHN WITHERS, 
r Assistant Adjutant-General. 
[Extract.] 
SPECIAL ORDERS, 
No. 216. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, September 11,1863. 
XXVI.-Major J. W. Mallet, P. A. C. S., artillery, heretofore assign- 
td to duty in th« Ordnance department, ii hereby officially announced as Superintendent C. S. Laboratories of the Ordnance department, with 
head-quarters at Macon, Georgia. 
By command of the Secretary of War. 
Signed 
JOHN WITHERS, 
Assistant Adjutant-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 3. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, 
Richmond, January 9, 1864. 
I. .The following acts of Congress and Regulations are published for 
the information of all persons concerned therein : 
Acts. 
An act to prevent the enlistment or enrolment of substitutes in the mili- 
tary service of the Confederate States. 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
no person liable to military service shall hereafter be permitted or 
allowed to furnish a substitute for such service, nor shall any substitute 
be received, enlisted, or enrolled in the military service of the Confed- 
erate States.” [Approved December 28, 1863.] 
An act to put an end to the exemption from military service, of those 
who have heretofore furnished substitutes. 
“ Whereas, in the present circumstances of the country, it requires 
the aid of all who are able to hear arms: 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
no person shall be exempted from military service by reason of his 
having furnished a substitute,- but this act shall not he so construed as 
to affect persons who, though not liable to render military service, 
have, nevertheless, furnished substitutes.” [Approved January 5, 
1864.] 
II. Persons rendered liable to military service by operation of the 
preceding acts, are placed on the same footing with all others hitherto 
held liable by acts of Congress. 
III. .Persons herein rendered liable to military service are required 
to report as volunteers or conscripts, without delay, to the enrolling 
officers; and all who delay beyond the 1st day of February, 1864, will 
be considered as having renounced the privilege of volunteering, and 
held for assignment according tt> law. IV. .Enrolling officers will proceed, as rapidly as practicable, in the 
enrolment of persons herein made liable to military service. Previous 
to enrolment as conscripts, all such persons will be allowed to volun- 
teer in companies in service on the 16th of April, 1862; provided the 
company chosen does not at the time of volunteering reach the maxi- 
mum number allowed; and upon such company being selected, the 
volunteer will' receive from the enrolling officer a certificate to the 
effect that he has so volunteered; and no volunteer will be received 
into any company except on such certificate. Persons who fail to 
make their selection at the time of enrolment, will be assigned accord- 
ing to existing regulations. 
V..Persons who report to the enrolling officers will be enrolled, and 
may bo allowed a furlough of ten days before reporting to the camp of 
instruction. 
VI. .All persons, whether volunteers or conscripts under this order, 
will pass through the camp of instruction of the state to which they 
belong, and be forwarded thence to the companies which are selected, 
or to which they may be assigned. 
VII..The Bureau of Conscription is charged with adopting proper 
regulations for the enforcement of this Order. 
VIII..All exemptions heretofore granted are subject to revision, 
under instructions from the Bureau of Conscription; and if found to 
he improper, or unauthorized by law, will be revoked. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Intpector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 6. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Optics, 
Richmond, January 14, 1864. 
I. .Whenever ordnance stores are lost or damaged in any brigade, it 
will be the duty of each brigade or district commander, at the request 
of his ordnance officer, or of any officer accountable for ordnance 
stores, to appoint, as often as necessary, a board of survey, to consist 
of three officers, to assess the value of or damage to such stores. 
II. .The decision of this board, with the approval of the brigade or 
district commander, will be final; and it will be the duty of the brigade 
or district ordnance officer to" notify the company commander to stop 
the amount on the muster-rolls when privates are fbund chargeable; and when officers are found chargeable, instead of reporting to the 
Secretary of War, as required by paragraph 921, General Regulations, 
he will notify the brigade quartermaster, or the chief quartermaster of 
the district, to have the amount stopped at the next payment. Dupli- 
cate of such notification, in the case of officers and privates, to be sent 
to the Chief of Ordnance at Richmond, to be by him transmitted to 
the Second Auditor of the Treasury. 
III. .The brigade or district ordnance officer will furnish the brigade 
inspector, or other officer having charge of that duty, with a state- 
ment of all sfoppagcs made by the board of survey against officers 
and men, and the inspector will see that these stoppages are actually 
made. \ 
IV. .The same instructions will be adhered to in the artillery, where 
the officers in charge of the artillery of a corps or of a department 
will call the board of survey. 
V...Ordnance sergeants of regiments will remain habitually with 
their regiments, and keep themselves constantly informed as to the 
positions of the brigade ordnance train. 
VI. .The use of the sword-bayonet having been generally disapproved 
by boards of officers in the field, to whom the question of its useful- 
ness was referred, its manufacture has been ordered to be discontinued. 
The triangular bayonet will be substituted. 
AIII. .Hospital funds, within $5,000, accrued at general hospitals, may 
be transferred to other general hospitals, on the order of the Medical 
Director or Surgeon-General. 
By order. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
S. COOPER, 
GENERAL ORDERS, j 
No. 13. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, February 3,1864. 
I. .In the event of the loss of company' records, and the consequent 
inability of the commanding officers to certify, therefrom, the clothing 
accounts of soldiers, said accounts may be stated from memory, pro- 
vided such statements are supported by the affidavils of the soldiers 
interested. 
II. .When, from the casualties of war, companies have been entirely deprived of their officers, in the adjustment of clothing accounts the 
affidavit of the soldier, together with those of two of his comrades, 
will be esteemed sufficient evidence to authorize a settlement with him, 
if the statement shall be approved by the regimental commander. 
III. .Hereafter the articles of clothing issued during the year will be 
stated opposite the name of each soldier, upon the muster-roll of his 
company, at the annual settlement directed in General Orders, No. 100, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s office, December 8, 1862. 
IV. .The attention of company commanders is called to the require- 
ments of the above quoted General Orders. By failing to account for 
clothing received by them for issue to their men, they render them- 
selves liable to be charged with its value, and a stoppage of their pay 
to-the amount. 
V..From and after the 1st of February, 1864, instead of supplying 
company commanders with clothing for their men, officers of the Quar- 
termaster’s department will issue to the soldier, upon the requisition of 
his immediate commanding officer. 
VI..In making payments to soldiers upon descriptive lists, officers 
of the Quartermaster’s department will be careful to endorse thereon 
the amounts paid, and the time for which they have been paid, return- 
ing the same to them for delivery to their company commanders, and 
filing with their accounts a certified copy thereof. 
By order. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
S. COOPER, 
GENERAL ORDERS. 
No. 21. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, February 20,1864. 
The following act of Congress is published for the information of the 
army: 
An act to reduce the currency, and to authorize a new issue of notes and 
. bonds. 
Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, 
That the holders of all treasury notes above the denomination of five 
dollars, not bearing interest, shall be allowed until the first day of April, 
1864, east of the Mississippi river, and until the first day of July, 1864, 
west of the Mississippi river, to fund the same, and until the periods and 
at the places stated, the holders of all such treasury notes shall be allow- # 
ed to fund the same in registered bonds payable twenty years after 
their date, bearing interest at the rate of four per cent, per annum, 
payable on the first day of January and July of each year. 
Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to issue 
the bonds required for the funding provided for in the preceding sec- 
tion ; and until the bonds can be prepared, he may issue certificates to 
answer the purpose. Such bonds and certificates shall be receivable, 
without interest, in payment of all government dues payable in the 
year 1864, except export and import duties. 
Sec. 3. That all treasury notes of the denomination of one hundred 
dollars, not bearing interest, which shall not be presented for funding 
under the provisions of the first section of thfs act, shall, from and after 
the first dajr of April, 1864, east of the Mississippi river, and the first 
day of July, 1864, west of the Mississippi river, cease to be receivable 
in the payment of public dues; and said notes, if not so presented at 
that time, shall, in addition to the tax of thirty-three and one-third 
cents imposed in the 4th seotion of this act, be subject to a tax of ten 
per cent, per month until so presented; which taxes shall attach to said 
notes wherever circulated, and shall be deducted from the face of said 
notes whenever presented for payment or for funding, and said notea 
shall not be exchangeable for the new issue of treasury notes provided 
for in this act. 
Se«. 4. That on all said treasury notes not funded or used in payment 
of taxes at the dates and places prescribed in the first section of this act, 
there shall be levied at said dates and places a tax of thirty-three and 
one-third cents for every dollar promised on the face of said notes. 
Said tax shall attach to said notes wherever circulated, and shall be 
collected by deducting the same at the treasury, its depositories, and by 
the tax collectors, and by all government officers receiving the same, 
whenever presented for payment or for funding, or in payment of gov- 
ernment dues, or for postage, or in exchange for new notes as hereinaf- 
ter provided; and said treasury notes shall be fundable in bonds, as 
provided in the first section of this act, until the first day of January, 
1865, at the rate of sixty-six and two-thirds cents on the dollar; and it 
shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, at any time between 
the first of April, east, and the first of July, 1864, west, of the Mississippi 
river, and the first of Jarfuary, 1865, to substitute and exchange new 
treasury notes for the same, at the rate of sixty-six and two-thirds cents 
on the dollar; provided, that notes of the denomination of one hundred 
dollars shall not be entitled to the privilege of said exchange; provided, 
further, that the right to fund any of said treasury notes after first day 
of January, 1865* is hereby taken away; and provided, further, that 
upon all such treasury notes which may remain outstanding on the first day of January, 1865, and which may not he exchanged for new treas- 
ury notes as herein provided, a tax of one hundred per cent, is hereby 
imposed. , 
Sec. 5. That after the first day of April next all authority heretofore 
given to the Secretary of the Treasury to issue treasury notes shall be 
and is hereby revoked: provided, the Secretary of the Treasury may, 
after that time, issue new treasury notes in such form as he may pre- 
scribe, payable two years after the ratification of a treaty of peace with 
the United States, said new issues to be receivable in payment of all 
public dues except export and import duties, and to be issued in 
exchange for old notes at the rate of two dollars of the new for three 
dollars of the old issues, whether said old notes be surrendered for ex- 
change hy the holders thereof, or be received into the treasury under the 
provisions of this act; and the holders of the new notes or of the old 
notes, except those of the denomination of one hundred dollars, after 
they are reduced to sixty-six and two-thirds cents pn the dollar, by the 
tax aforesaid, may convert the same into call certificates, bearing inter- 
est at the rate of four per cent, per annum, and payable two years after 
the ratification of a treaty of peaco with the United States, unless sooner 
converted into new notes. 
Sec. 6. That to pay the expenses of the government not otherwise 
provided for, the Secretary of the Treasury is Ijereby authorized to issue 
six per cent, bonds, to an amount not exceeding five hundred millions 
of dollars, the principal and interest whereof shall be free from taxation; 
and for the payment of the interest thereon the entire net receipts of 
any export duty hereafter laid on the value of all cotton, tobacco, and' 
naval stores, which shall be exported from the Confederate States, and 
the n.et proceeds of the import duties now laid, or so much thereof as 
n»ay be necessary to pay annually the interest, are hereby specially 
pledged; provided, that the duties now laid upon imports and hereby 
pledged, shall hereafter be paid in specie, or in sterling exchange, or in 
the coupons of said bonds. 
Sec. 7. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, from 
time tn time, as the wants of the treasury may require it, to sell or 
hypothecate for treasury notes said bonds, or any part thereof, upon the 
best terms he can, so as to meet appropriations by Congress, and at the 
same time reduce and restrict the amount of the circulation in treasury 
notes within reasonable and safe limits. 
Sec. 8. The bonds authorized by the sixth section of this act may be 
either registered or coupon bonds, as the parties taking them may elect, 
and they may be exchanged fpr each other under such regulations as 
the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. They shall be for one 
hundred dollars, or some multiple of one hundred dollars, and shall, together with the coupons thereto attached, be in such form and of such 
authentication as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. The 
interest shall be payable half yearly, on the first of January and July 
in each year—the principal shall be payable not less than thirty years 
from their date. 
Sec. 9. All call certificates shall be fundable, and shall be taxed in 
all respects, as is provided for the treasury notes into which they are 
convertible. If not converted before the time fixed for taxing the 
treasury notes, such certificates shall, from that time, bear interest upon 
only sixty-six and two-thirds cents for every dollar promised upon their 
face, and shall be redeemable only in new treasury notes at that rate; 
but after the passage of this act no call certificates shall be issued until 
after the first day of April, 1864. 
Sec. 10. That if any bank of deposit shall give its depositors the 
bonds authorized by the first section of this act in exchange for their 
deposits, and specify the same on the bonds by some distinctive mark.or 
token, to be agreed upon with the Secretary of the Treasury, then the 
said depositor shall be entitled to receive the amount of said bond) in 
treasury notes bearing no interest, and outstanding at the passage of 
this act; provided, the said bonds are presented before the privilege of 
funding said notes at par shall cease, as herein prescribed. 
Sec. 11. That all treasury notes heretofore issued of the denomina- 
tion of five dollars shall continue to be receivable in payment of public 
dues, as provided by law, and fundable at par under the provisions of 
this act, until the first day of July, 1864, east, and until the first day of 
October, 1864, west, of the Mississippi river, but after that time they 
shall be subject to a tax of thirty-three and one-third cents on every 
dollar promised on the face thereof—said tax to attach to said notes 
wherever circulated, and said notes to be fundable and exchangeable 
for new treasury notes, as herein provided, subject to the deduction of 
said tax. 
Sec. 12. That any state holding treasury notes, received before the 
times herein fixed for taxing said notes, shall be allowed until the first 
day of January, 1865, to fund the same in six per cent, bonds of the 
Confederate States, payable twenty years after date, and the interest 
payable semi-annually. But all treasury notes received by any state 
after the time fixed for taxing the same as aforesaid, shall be held to 
have been received diminished by the amount of said tax. The dis- 
crimination between the notes subject to the tax and those not so subject 
shall be left to the good faith of each state, and the certificate of the 
governor thereof shall in each case be conclusive. 
Sec. 13. That treasury notes heretofore issued, bearing interest at the 
rate of seven dollars and thirty cents on the hundred dollars per annum, shall no longer be received in payment of public dues, but shall be 
deemed and considered bonds of tho Confederate States, payable two 
years after a ratification of a treaty of peace with the United States, 
bearing the rate of interest specified on their face, payable on the first 
day of January in each and every year. 
Sec. 14. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby 
authorized, in case tho exigencies of the government should require it, 
to pay the demand of any public creditor whoso debt may be contracted 
after the passage of this aot, willing to receive the same, in a certificate 
of indebtedness to be issued by said secretary, in such form as he may 
deem proper, payable two years after a ratification of a treaty of peace 
with the United States, bearing interest at the rate of six per cent, per 
annum, payable semi-annually, and transferable only by special endorse- 
ment under regulations to be proscribed by the Secretary of the Treas- 
ury, and said certificate shall be exempt from taxation in principal and 
interest. 
Sec. 15. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to increase the 
number of depositories so as to meet the requirements of this act, and 
with that view to employ such of the banks of the several states as he 
may deem expedient. 
Sec. 16. The Secretary of the Treasury shall forthwith advertise this 
act in such newspapers published in the several states, and by such 
other means as shall secure immediate publicity, and the Secretary of 
War and the Secretary of the Navy shall each cause it to be published 
in general orders for the information of the army and navy. 
Sec. 17* The forty-second section of the act for the assessment and 
collection of taxes, approved May 1, 1863, is hereby repealed. 
Sec. 18. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and re- 
quired, upon the application of the holder of any call certificate—which, 
by the first section of the act “to provide for the funding and further 
issue of treasury notes,” approved M%rch 23, 1863, was required to be 
“thereafter deemed to be a bond”—to issue to such holder a bond there- 
for upon the terms provided by said act. [Approved February 17, 1864.] 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,] 
No. 25. J 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, February 29,1864. 
I. .The following acts of Congress arc published for the information 
of the army: 1. Joint resolution to declare the meaning of an act allowing hospital 
accommodations to sick and wounded officers. 
“Resolved, by the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 
That the true intent and meaning of an act allowing hospital accom- 
modations to sick and wounded officers, approved the twenty-ninth 
day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, were to cause to be 
furnished not only medicines, medical and other attendance, and lodg- 
ing, but subsistence also.” [Approved February 13, 1864.] 
2. An act to increase the commutation value of hospital rations. 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
the commutation value of rations of the sick and wounded, and of all 
employees in hospitals, be fixed at such rates, not to exceed two and a 
half dollars, as the Secretary of War shall designate.” [Approved 
February 15, 1864.] 
3. An act to amend an act regulating the granting of furloughs and 
discharges in hospitals, approved May 1, 1863. 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
an act regulating the granting of furloughs and discharges in hospitals, 
approved May the first, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, be and the 
same is hereby so amended as to provide that the period of disability 
therein named, which entitles soldiers, sick and wounded in hospitals, 
to furloughs, shall be extended to sixty days or upwards, in which case 
the board of examiners may grant furloughs for sixty days.” [Ap- 
proved February 17, 1864.] 
II. .Paragraph I, General Orders, No. 69, last series, is so amended 
that soldiers, sick or wounded in hospitals, will not be granted fur* 
loughs, unless they are likely to remain unfit for military duty for 
Bixty days, in which case they may be furloughed for that period. 
III. .Hospital funds accrue in all hospitals—regimental, field, or 
other hospitals. 
IV. .Paragraph VIII, General Orders, No. 8, current series, is here- 
by revoked. Rations in kind (such as are issued to soldiers in the 
field) will be issued to all attendants in field hospitals, and, when re- 
quired by the surgeon in charge, to the female attendants in general 
hospitals. The rations of all male attendahts in< general hospitals in 
cities and towns will be commuted—the amount to be drawn by the 
surgeon in charge, and expended by him for their subsistence. 
V. .The commuted value of rations of the sick and wounded, and of 
all employees in regimental, field, or other hospitals, will be, until fur- 
ther orders, two dollars and fifty cents. VI. .General Orders, No. 71, last series, is amended as follows: For 
officers, sick or wounded in hospitals, rations will be drawn, or, when 
required by the surgeon in charge, their value commuted at the price 
fixed in the preceding paragraph. 
VII. .The last two preceding paragraphs will not have effect in the 
Trans-Mississippi department. 
VIII..The following order is published in connection with para- 
graphs VIII and IX, General Orders, No. 22 (1864): 
Officers in the Trans-Mississippi department, belonging to.commands 
east of the Mississippi river, will immediately return to their respective 
commands. In cases where such officers have no command, or are un- 
assigned to any by proper authority, action under the act of Congress 
to provide for retiring officers of the army, approved 17, 
1864, will be taken by the general commanding that department, who 
will also adopt proper measures to carry into effect these orders. 
IX. .Supplies of provisions in transitu to arsenals, armories,and ord- 
nance depots, for the use of operatives, under the order of command- 
ing officers of the same, will not be interfered with by officers of other 
departments. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 26. 
Adjutant and Inspictor General’s Officb, 
The following act of Congress and Regulations are published for the 
information and guidance of all concerned: 
Richmond, March 1, 1864. 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
from and after the passage of this act, all white men, residents of the 
Confederate States, between the ages of seventeen and fifty, shall he 
in the military service of the Confederate States for the war. 
Sec. 2. That all the persons aforesaid, between the ages of eighteen 
and forty-five, now in service, shall be retained, during the present 
war with the United States, in the same regiments, battalions, and 
companies to which, they belong at the passage of this act, with the 
same organization and officers, unless regularly transferred or dis- 
charged, in accordance with the laws and regulations for the govern- 
ment of the army: provided, that companies from one state, organized 
An act to organize forces to serve during the tear. against their consent, expressed at the time, with regiments or bat- 
talions from another state, shall have the privilege of being trans- 
ferred to organizations of troops in the same arm of the service from 
the state in which said companies were raised ; and the soldiers from 
one state in companies from another state shall be allowed, if they de- 
sire it, a transfer to organizations from their own state in the same arm 
of the service. 
Sec. 3. That, at the expiration of six months from the first day of 
April next, a bounty of one hundred dollars, in a six per cent, govern- 
ment bond, which the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized 
to issue, shall be paid to every non-commissioned officer, musician, and 
private who shall then be in the service, or, in the event of his death 
previous to the period of such payment, then to the person or persons 
who would be entitled by law to receive the arrearages of his pay; but 
no one shall be entitled to the bounty herein provided who shall, at 
any time during the period of six months next after the said first day 
of April, be absent from his without leave. 
Sec. 4. That no person shall be relieved from the operation of this 
act by reason of having been heretofore discharged from the army, 
where no disability now exists, nor shall those who have furnished sub- 
stitutes be any Jonger exempted by reason thereof; provided, that no 
person heretofore exempted on account of religious opinions, and who 
has paid the tax levied to relieve him from service, shall be required to 
render military service under this act. 
Sec. 5. That all white male residents of the Confederate States, be- 
tween the ages of seventeen and eighteen and forty-five and fifty years, 
shall enroll themselves, at such times and places, and under such regu- 
lations, as the President may prescribe—the time allowed not being less 
than thirty days for those east, and sixty days for those west, of the 
Mississippi river; and any person who shall fail so to enroll himself, 
without a reasonable excuse therefor, to be judged of by the President, 
shall be placed in service in the field for the war, in the same manner 
as though he were between the ages of eighteen and forty-five; provid- 
ed, that the persons mentioned in this section shall constitute a reserve 
for state defence and detail duty, and shall not be required to perform 
service out of the state in which they reside. 
Sec. 6. That all persons required by, the fifth section of this act to 
enroll themselves may, within thirty days after the passage hereof, east 
of the Mississippi river, and within sixty 4ays if west of said river, form 
themselves into voluntary organizations of companies, battalions, or 
regiments, and elect their own officers—said organizations to conform 
to the existing law ; and having so organized, to tender their services 
as volunteers during the war, to the President; and if such organizations shall furnish proper muster-rolls, as now required, and deposit a copy 
thereof with the enrolling officer of their district (which shall be equiva- 
lent to enrolment), they may be accepted as minute-men for service in 
such state, but in no event to be taken out of it. Those who do not so vol- 
unteer and organize shall enroll themselves as before provided, and 
may, by the President, be required to assemble at places of rendezvous 
and be formed into companies, battalions, and regiments, under regula- 
tions to be prescribed by him, and shall have the right to elect their 
company and regimental officers ; and all troops organized under this 
act for state defence shall be entitled, while in actual service, to the 
same pay and allowances as troops now in the field. 
Sec. 7. That any person who shall fail to attend at the place of ren- 
dezvous, as required by the authority of the President, without a suffi- 
cient excuse, to be judged of by him, shall be liable to be placed in ser- 
vice in the field for the war as if he were .between the ages of eighteen 
and forty-five years. 
Sec. 8. That hereafter the duties of provost and hospital guards and 
clerks, of clerks, guards, agents, employees, or laborers in the Commis- 
sary and Quartermaster’s departments, in the Ordnance department, 
and clerks and employees of uavy agents, as also in the execution of 
the enrolment aets, and all similar duties, shall be performed by per- 
sons who are within the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, and who, 
by the report of a board of army surgeons, shall be reported as unable 
to perform active service in the field, but capable of performing some 
of the above-named duties, specifying which; and when those persons 
shall have been assigned to these duties as far as practicable, the Presi- 
dent shall detail or .assign to their performance such bodies of troops 
or individuals, required to be enrolled undeathe fifth section of this act, 
as may be needed for the discharge of such duties ? provided, that per- 
sons between the ages of seventeen and eighteen shall hot be assigned 
to these duties; provided further, that nothing contained in this act 
shall be so construed as to prevent the President from detailing arti- 
sans, mechanics, or persons of scientific skill, to perform indispensable 
duties in the departments or bureaus herein mentioned. 
Sec. 9. That any quartermaster or assistant quartermaster, commis- 
sary or assistant commissary (other than those serving with regiments 
and brigades in the field), or officer in the ordnance bureau, or navy 
agent, or provost marshal, or officer in the conscript service, who shall 
hereafter employ or retain in .his employment any person in any of their 
said departments or bureaus, or in any of the duties mentioned in the 
eighth section of this act, in violation of the provisions hereof, shall, on 
conviction thereof, by a court-martial or military court, be cashiered; 
and-it shall be the duty of any department or district commander, upon 255 
proof by the oath of any credible person, that any such officer has vio- 
lated this provision, immediately to relieve such officer from duty; and 
said commander shall take prompt.measures to have him tried for such 
offence; and any commander as aforesaid failing to perform the duties 
enjoined by this section, shall, upon being duly convicted thereof, be 
dismissed from the service. 
Sec. 10. That all laws granting exemptions from military service bo 
and the same are hereby repealed, and hereafter none shall be exempt- 
ed except the following: 
I. All who shall be held unfit for military service, under rules to be 
prescribed by the Secretary of War. 
II. The Vice-President of the Confederate States; the members and 
officers of Congress and of the several state legislatures, and such other 
Confederate and state officers as the President or the governors of the 
respective states may certify to be necessary for the proper administra- 
tion of the Confederate or state governments, as the case may be. 
III. Every minister of religion authorized to preach according to the 
rules of his church, and who, at the passage of this act, shall be regu- 
larly employed in the discharge of his ministerial duties; superinten- 
dents and physicians of asylums of the deaf, dumb, and blind, and of 
the insane; one editor for each newspaper being published at the time 
of the passage of this act, and such employees as said editor may certi- 
fy, on oath, to be indispensable to the publication of such newspaper; 
the public printer of the Confederate and state governments, and such 
journeymen printers as the said public printer shall certify, on oath, to 
be indispensable to perform the public printing; one skilled apothecary 
in each apothecary store, who was doing business as such apothecary 
on the tenth day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and has 
continued said business, without intermission, since that period ; all 
physicians over the age of thirty yeats, who now are, and for the last 
seven years have been, in the actual and regular practice of their pro- 
fession—but the term physician shall not include dentists; all presidents 
and teachers of colleges, theological seminaries, academies, and sohools, 
who have been regularly engaged as such for two years next before the 
passage of this act; provided, that the benefit of this exemption shall 
extend to those teachers only whose schools are composed of twenty 
students or more; all superintendents of public hospitals established 
by law before the passage of this act, and such physicians and nurses 
therein as such superintendent shall certify, on oath, to be indispensa- 
ble to the proper and efficient management thereof. 
IV. There shall be exempt one person as overseer or agriculturist on 
each farm or plantation upon which there are now, and were, upon the 
first day of January last, fifteen able-bodied field hands, between the ages of sixteen and fifty, upon tho following conditions : 1. This ex- 
emption shall only be granted in cases in which there is no white male 
adult on the farm or plantation not liable to military service, nor un- 
less the person claiming the exemption was, on the first day of January, 
eighteen hundred and sixty-four, either the owner and manager or 
overseer of said plantation ; but in no case shall more than one person 
be exempted for one farm or plantation. 2. Such person shall first exe- 
cute a bond, payable to the Confederate States of Americci, in such 
form, and with suuh security, and in such penalty, as the Secretary of 
War may prescribe, conditioned that he will deliver to the government, 
at some railroad depot, or such other place or places as may be desig- 
nated by the Secretary of War, within twelve months then next ensu- 
ing, one hundred pounds of bacon, or, at the election of the government, 
its equivalent in pork, and one hundred pounds of net beef (said beef 
to bo delivered on foot), for each able-bodied slave on the farm or plan- 
tation, within the above said ages, whether said slaves be worked in the 
field or not; which said bacon or pork and beef shall be paid for by 
the government at the prices fixed by the commissioners of the state 
under the Impressment act; provided, that when the person thus ex- 
empted shall produce satisfactory evidence that it has been impossible 
for him, by the exercise of proper diligence, to furnish the amount of 
meat thus contracted for, and leave an adequate supply for the subsist- 
ence, of those living on said farm or plantation, the Secretary of War 
shall direct a commutation of the same to the extent of two-thirds 
thebeof in grain or other provisions, to be delivered by such person as 
aforesaid, at equivalent rates. 3. Such person shall further bind him- 
self to sell the marketable surplus of provisions and grain now on hand, 
and which he may raise from year to year, while his exemption contin- 
ues, to the government or to the families of soldiers, at prices fixed by 
the commissioners of the state under the Impressment act; provided, 
that any person, exempted as aforesaid, shall be entitled to a credit of 
twenty-five per cent, on any amount of meat which he may deliver 
within three months from the passage of this act; provided, further, 
that persons coming within the provisions of this exemption shall not 
be deprived thereof by reason of having been enrolled since the first 
day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. 
In addition to the foregoing exemptions, the Secretary of War, nnder 
the direction of the President, may exempt or detail such other persons 
as he may be satisfied ought to be exempted on account of public 
necessity, and to ensure the production of grain and provisions for the 
army and the families of soldiers. He may also grant exemptions or 
details, on such terms as he may prescribe, to such overseers, farmers, 
or planters as he may be eatisfied will be more useful to the country in the pursuits of agriculture than in the military service; provided, that 
suoh exemptions shall cease whenever the farmer, planter, or overseer 
shall fail diligently to employ, in good faith, his own skill, capital, and 
labor exclusively in the production of grain and provisions, to be sold 
to the government and the families of soldiers at prices not exceeding 
those fixed at the time for like articles by the commissioners of the 
state under the Impressment act. 
V. The president, treasurer, auditor, and superintendent of any rail- 
road company engaged in transportation for the government, and such 
officers and employees thereof as the president or superintendent shall 
certify, on oath, to be indispensable to the efficient operation of such 
railroad; provided, that the number of persons exempted by this act 
on any railroad shall not exceed one for each mile of such road in 
actual use for military transportation, and said exempts shall be re- 
ported by name and description, with the names of any who may have 
left the employment of said company, or who may cease to be indis- 
pensable to the efficient operatiomof its road, at least once a month, to 
the Secretary of War, or such officer as he may designate for that pur- 
pose ; and provided, f urther, that such president or superintendent shall, 
in each such monthly report, certify, on oath, that no person liable to 
military service has been employed by his company since the passage of 
this act in any position in which it was practicable to employ one not 
liable to military service, and capable of performing efficiently the 
duties of such position. And in cases where railroads have fallen into 
the hands of the enemy, and a portion of the rolling stock of such 
roads is being used on other roads not in the enemy’s hands, the presi- 
dent and superintendent of said first named roads shall bo exempt. 
VI. That nothing herein contained shall be construed as repealing 
the act approved April fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, 
entitled An act to exempt' contractors for carrying the mails of the 
Confederate States, and the drivers of post-coaches and hacks, from 
military service ; provided, that the exemptions granted under this act 
shall only continue while the persons exempted are actually engaged 
in their respective pursuits or occupations. 
Siac. 11. That the President be and he is hereby authorized to grant 
details, under general rules and regulations to be issued by the War 
department, either from persons between forty-five and fifty years of 
age, or from the army in the field, in all cases when, in his judgment, 
justice, equity, and necessity require such details, and he may revoke 
such orders of details whenever he thinks proper; provided, that the 
power herein granted to the President to make details and exemptions 
shall not be construed to authorize the exemption or detail of any con- 
tractor for furnishing supplies of any kind to the government, by reason of said contract, unless the head or secretary of the department 
making such contract shall certify that the personal services of said 
contractor are indispensable to the execution of the contract; provided, 
further, that when any such contractor shall fail diligently and faith- 
fully to proceed with the execution of such contract, his exemption or 
detail shall cease. 
Sec. 12. That in appointing local boards of surgeons for the exami- 
nation of persons liable to military service, no member composing the 
same shall be appointed from the county or enrolling district in which 
they are required to make such examination. [Approved February 17, 
1864.] 
I. .The superintendence of the measures necessary for the enrolment, 
examination, enlistment, assignment, detail, and exemption of all per- 
sons not belonging to the army, in the states east of the Mississippi 
river, who are placed in the military service by the above act of Con- 
gress, is devolved on the Bureau of Conscription; and all officers and 
persons assigned or to be employed in the conscription servioe, or upon 
other duty imposed upon the bureau, will be subject to its orders, and 
their various acts and' decisions may be -revised therein, under the 
orders and instructions of the War department. 
II. .The Bureau of Conscription, under the orders of the department, 
will proceed to organize, in every state, efficient agencies for the per- 
formance of the necessary duties imposed by this order. These agen- 
cies will consist of a commandant of conscripts in each state, a suitable 
number of camps of instruction, under the charge of commanders, and 
enrolling officers, and drill-masters, to be appointed or assigned under 
acts of Congress or the orders of the War department. The Bureau 
of Conscription will, by instructions to these officers, designate the 
duties that they shall perform, the reports that they shall make, and 
will determine the effect of their certificates and other official evidence 
they may be required to give. 
In the performance of the duties of making exemptions and details, 
the Bureau of Conscription may, from time to time, organize within 
the states temporary boards to obtain information and advice relative 
to the necessity or propriety of exemptions or details to be granted 
under the provisions of the above act of Congress. 
III. .All applications for exemption or detail under this act, except 
as hereafter excepted, and except such details as are required for the 
service of any of the military bureaus, or for service in any of the 
departments of the government, will he made in writing to the enrolling 
officer of the appropriate eounty or district, and be supported by the affidavit of the applicant and other testimony under oath. The enroll- 
ing officer will endorse his opinion on each and every application* and 
transmit it to the commandant of conscripts for his approval, with a 
certificate of approval. If the enrolling officer approve the' applica- 
tion, he may grant a certificate of exemption for a period not exceed- 
ing sixty days, which shall remain in force for that period, unless 
countermanded by the commandant of conscripts. Every applicant 
for exemption or detail, whose claim shall be refused by the enrolling 
officer and commandant of conscripts, will be allowed an appeal to the 
Bureau of Conscription and the War department. But until the appli- 
cation has been made to the enrolling officer and the commandant of 
conscripts, applications will not be entertained by the War depart- 
ment. 
IV. .Applications for exemptions to ensure the production of provi- 
sions for the army and families of soldiers, and for the exemption of 
overseers, farmers, or planters, or because their services will be more 
useful to tho public as agriculturists than in the military service, or of 
persons between the ages of forty-five and fifty, because justice, equity, 
or necessity require the detail, or because their employment is neces- 
sary to the public, will be made to the enrolling officer in writing, with 
an affidavit of the person making it, and accompanied with proof of 
one or more credible witnesses. The application should show with 
precision the conditions of the alleged private or public necessity, ad- 
vantage, convenience, justice, or equity. Among the facts to be stated 
are the ability of the party to produce the provision or supply the 
want or requirement, the condition of the family, whether any of the 
members belong to the army, and whether some person not liable to 
military service can not be procured to perform the service. If the 
decision of the local enrolling officer be favorable, he will transmit the 
same to the commandant of conscripts for approval, who may, if he 
approve, grant an exemption or detail for sixty days, and endorse his 
action thereon, which will be transmitted to the Bureau of Conscrip- 
tion. The bureau will prepare special instructions to guide the action 
of those officers in reference to this class of cases. 
V. .Applications for certificates of exemption under the 3d article, 
10th section of the act aforesaid, and 6th article of the same section, 
will be made, in all cases, to the local enrolling officer, and his certificate 
must be approved by the congressional district enrolling officer. Ap- 
plications for exemption under the 5th article of the 10th section, 
relative to the exemption of officers and agents employed on railroads, 
may be made directly to the commandant of conscripts for the state, 
who will grant tho certificate of exemption authorized by law, upon compliance with the conditions contained in the aot of Congress, by the 
officers therein mentioned. 
VI..The attention of all officers of the government, and especially 
of those belonging to the military departments mentioned therein, is 
directed to the language and purport of the 8th section of the act of 
Congress above recited. Congress has manifested, in various enact- 
ments, the policy to withdraw from the civil service all persons capable 
of performing duty in the field, and this section of the act is an em- 
phatic declaration of that intention, accompanied with a severe penalty 
to be imposed upon the officer who may frustrate it. The Bureau of 
Conscription will proceed to enroll for duty all persons who may be so 
employed. But, to prevent the inconvenience and disorder that would 
follow from the instantaneous execution of the law, details may be 
granted until the 10th day of April next, for such of those persons as 
the head of any department, or the chief of any bureau, or the princi- 
pal officer of the same in any state, shall certify to be necessary for 
that time to carry on the business in which they are employed. In the 
meantime, it is made the duty of the officers controlling this class of 
persons to substitute, as far as practicable, persons who are designated 
in this act as proper to fill such employments for those that are made 
liable to service by the act. 
VII. .Conscripts unfit for duty in the field, but capable of perform- 
ing other duties named in the 8th section of the act recited, will be 
received and recommended accordingly by the board of examiners for 
conscripts, who, in their report, will state distinctly for what service, 
or for which department of the army, such conscripts are best fitted ; 
and commandants of conscripts will assign them in accordance with 
such recommendation, or, failing to do this, will report for assignment 
through the Bureau of Conscription, to the chief or head of the de- 
partment in which they have been recommended for service, the names 
of such conscripts. All certificates of exemption for disability will bo 
signed by the examining board, and be approved by the enrolling offi- 
cer of the congressional district; and when the certificate sets forth 
that the disability is decided and permanent, it will exempt the party 
from molestation by enrolling officers, unless otherwise ordered from 
the Bureau of Conscription. 
VIII..The examining boards will forward one copy of the monthly 
report of conscripts examined, through the enrolling officer of the con- 
gressional district, to the commandant of conscripts, who will refer the 
same, with remarks, to the Bureau of Conscription. The boards will 
also forward one copy direct to the Surgeon-General. IX. Medical officers and employed physicians on examining boards 
for conscripts will not be assigned to congressional districts of which 
they are resident. The employed physicians will receive the pay and 
allowances of assistant surgeons. 
X. Medical officers detailed for duty on examining boards for con- 
scripts will be directed to report for orders to the commandant of con- 
soripts of states. 
XI. Besides the officers of the Confederate and state governments 
particularly named in the act of Congress, the officers of the Govern- 
ment of the Confederate States whose nominations have been made by 
the President and confirmed by the Senate, or who have been appointed 
by the judges of the district courts, under the authority confided by 
any act of Congress, will be exempted from military service until fur- 
ther orders. Also the judges or justices of any supreme, superior, or 
circuit court of any state; also the judges of probate, clerk of any 
court of record, ordinary, sheriff, one tax collector in each county, and 
recorder of deeds and wills, if thcro bo such an officer existing by law, 
and such other officers of the state provided by law as the governor 
shall certify to be necessary to the proper administration of the state 
government. 
XII. All persons who have been exempted on account of religious 
faith, under act of Congress approved 11th October, 1862, and who 
have paid the tax of $500 therein provided for, will be exempt from 
enrolment in the military service. 
, By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 27. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, March 2, 1864. 
I. .The attention of the army is called to the second and third sec- 
tion's of the act of Congress entitled An act to organize forces to serve 
during the war, approved February 17, 1864. 
“ Sec. 2. That all the persons aforesaid, between the ages of eighteen 
and forty-five, now in service, shall be retained during the present war 
with the United States in the same regiments, battalions, and com- 
panies to-which they belong at the passage of this act, with the same 
organization and officers, unless regularly transferred or discharged in • « 
accordance with the laws and regulations for the government of the 
army; that Companies from one state, organized against 
their consent, expressed at the time, with regiments or battalions from 
another state, shall have the privilege of being transferred to organi- 
zations of troops in the same arm of the service from the states in 
which said companies were raised; and the soldiers from one state in 
companies from another state shall be allowed, if they desire it, a 
transfer to organizations from their own state in the same arm of the 
service. 
“Sec. 3. That at the expiration of six months from the first day of 
April next, a bounty of one hundred dollars, in a six per centum gov- 
ernment bond, which the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized 
to issue, shall be paid to every non-commissioned officer, musician, and 
private who shall then be in the service, or in the event of his death 
previous to the period of such payment, then to the person or persons 
who would be entitled by law to receive the arrearage of his pay; but 
no one shall be entitled to the bounty herein provided who. shall, at 
any time during the period of six months next after the said first day 
of April, be absent from his command without leave.” 
II..The generals of departments will ascertain whether there be in 
their respective departments any company or companies from one state 
associated with companies belonging to another state, either in battal- 
ions or regiments, who were placed in such organizations against their 
consent, expressed at the time, and will report the same to the Adjutant 
and Inspector-General as soon as practicable, with a recommendation 
that they be transferred, if they now desire it, to some organization of 
troops in the same arm of the service from the state in which the said 
companies were raised. 
III. .Measures will be taken by the commanding generals of depart- 
ments to place in companies of the same arm of the service in which 
they are serving, raised in states to which they respectively belong, the 
privates who are serving in companies raised in other states. This 
privilege will be freely granted to all privates making the application. 
A private will be considered as belonging to that state in which he was 
residing for twelve months prior to his enlistment. Measures will also 
be taken to have proper rolls prepared on the first of April proximo, or 
as soon after as practicable, and returned to the office of the Adjutant 
and Inspector-General, so as to secure to all the persons designated in 
the third section of the above recited act the benefits conferred by it. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 28. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Ohicb, 
Richmond, March 4,1864. 
* 
I. .Paragraph V, General Orders, No. 13 (1864), is thus amended : 
Officers of the Quartermaster’s department will, upon the requisition 
of company commanders, issue clothing directly to soldiers, and take 
their individual receipts therefor. 
II. .Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 67 (1863), is amended as fol- 
lows : . 
If any cavalryman “ shall not keep himself provided with a service- 
able horse, he shall serve on foot,” and be transferred to any regiment 
of infantry from the state from which he volunteered or was conscrib- 
ed, that the department commander may order. 
III. .The following act of Congress is published for the information 
of the army : 
An act to allow commissioned officers of the army rations and the privi- 
lege of purchasing clothing from the Quartermaster’s department. 
“ The Congress of the of America do enact, That 
from and after the passage of this act, all commissioned officers of the 
armies, while on duty in the field, or in the naval service, while afloat, 
of the Confederate States, shall be entitled to one ration in kind each, 
in quantity and quality the same as are now allowed by law to privates, 
and shall draw and receive the same under such regulations as may be 
prescribed by the Secretary of War. 
“Sec. 2. All commissioned officers of the Armies of the Confederate 
States shall be allowed to purchase clothing and cloth for clothing from 
any quartermaster at the price which it cost the government, all ex- 
penses included ; provided, that no quartermaster shall be allowed to 
sell to any officer any clothing which would be proper to issue to pri- 
vates, until all privates entitled to receive the same shall have been 
first supplied; provided, that the officer offering to purchase shall give 
his certificate on honor that the articles are necessary for his own per- 
sonal comfort and use, and in no case shall more than one suit per an- 
num be allowed to be so purchased by an officer; provided, that no law 
or army regulation shall hereafter bo construed to allow an officer to 
purchase or draw from subsistence stores more than one ration a day, 
or for less price than the cost thereof, including transportation. 
“ Sec. 3. No officer under the rank of brigadier-general shall hereaf- 
ter be entitled to forage, or commutation for forage, for more than one 
horse, except when on service in the field." IV..Rations in kind, the same in quality and quantity as are now 
allowed by law to privates, will be issued to regimental commissioned 
officers, while on duty in the field, upon provision returns, approved by 
the commanding officer of the regiment, and to general and staff offi- 
cers upon their own certificates. 
V.. One ration a day in kind may be purchased by any officer—not in 
the field—who is upon duty under orders from this office or from any 
department commander, at cost, including transportation. 
VI.. Officers retired in accordance with the act to provide an invalid 
corps, approved February 17, 1864, are not entitled to draw or purchase 
rations, unless assigned to duty by orders under the provisions of that 
law. 
VII..The Quartermaster-General will issue instructions to quarter- 
masters and assistant quartermasters to carry into effect section 3 of 
the aliove act, and so much of section 2 of the same act as relates to 
his department. 
order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
GENERAL ORDERS,! 
No. 29. j 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, March 5, 1864. 
I..The following acts of Congress are published for the information 
of the army: 
[!•] 
An act to prevent the procuring, aiding, and assisting of persons to desert 
from the Army of the Confederate States, and for other j)urposes. 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
every person not subject to the rules and articles of war, who shall pro- 
cure or entice a soldier, or person enrolled for service in the Army of 
the Confederate States, to desert, or who shall aid or assist any deserter 
from the army, or any person enrolled for service, to evade their proper 
commanders, or to prevent their arrest, to be returned to the service, or 
who shall knowingly'conceal or harbor any such deserter, or shall pur- 
chase from any soldier or person enrolled for service any portion of 
his arms, equipments, rations, or clothing, or any property belonging 
to the Confederate States, or any officer or soldier of the Confederate 
States, shall, upon conviction before the district court of the Confeder- ate States having jurisdiction of the offence, be fined not exceeding one 
thousand dollars, and bo imprisoned not exceeding two years.” [Ap- 
proved January 22, 1864.] 
[2-3 
An act to aid any state in communicating with and perfecting records 
concerning its troops. 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
upon the application of the governor of any of tho Confederate States, 
the Secretary of War be and he is hereby authorized to grant pass- 
ports and transportation to an officer of such state, duly commissioned 
according to the law of said state, to communicate with its troops for 
such purposes, and at such times and places as shall bo approved by 
tho Secretary of War; and such officer shall bo allowed to purchase for 
himself supplies from the commissary stores, on tho same terms with 
officers of similar rank in the service of the Confederate States, and 
according to the regulations which govern them; p>rovidcd such sup- 
plies shall not exceed those which a colonel of the Confederate States 
is allowed to purchase; provided, that these agents shall bo charged 
with the duty of obtaining from the officers in command of companies 
final statements of deceased soldiers, to be filed in tho Second Auditor's 
office to facilitate the settlement of such claims.” [Approved February 
16, 1864.] 
[3.] 
An act to repeal certain portions of the act of May the twenty-fret, eigh- 
teen hundred and sixty-one, relative to prisoners of war. 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That so 
much of the act of Congress, passed May the twenty-first, eighteen 
hundred' and sixty-one, as makes it tho duty of the Quartermaster- 
General, under instructions issued by the War department, to provide 
for the sustenance of prisoners of war, is hereby repealed, and here- 
after that that duty shall devolve on the Commissary-General of Sub- 
sistence, and be discharged by him, subject to tho provisions of the act 
referred to.” [Approved February 17, 1864.] 
[4-] 
Ail act creating the office of emiijn in the Army of the Confederate State*. 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
thero shall be appointed by the President, to each regiment of infantry 
in the Army of the Confederate States, an officer to be known as “ en- 
sign,” with the rank, pay, and allowances of a first lieutenant, whose 
duty it. shall be to bear the colors of the regiment, but without right to 
command in tho field.” [Approved February 17, 1804.] act to authorize the promotion of officers, non-commissioned officers, 
and privates, for distinguished skill or valor. 
[5.] 
“The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
the President is hereby authorized, upon the recommendation of the 
general commanding a department or a separate army in the field, to 
fill any vacancy in the commissioned officers of a regiment or battalion 
by tho promotion to the same, by and with the advice and consent of 
the Senate, of any officer, non-coinmissioned officer, or private who may 
have distinguished himself by exhibiting peculiar valor or skill on the 
battle-field ■, provided, that the officer, non-commissioned officer, or 
private so recommended and nominated for promotion, shall belong to 
the regiment or battalion in which the vacancy may have occurred. 
“ Sjsc. 2. All acts and parts of acts in cohflict with the above provi- 
sions are hereby repealed.” [Approved February 17, 1864.] 
[6.] 
An act to amend an act entitled An act to provide and organize engineer 
troops to serve during the war {approved twentieth March, eighteen hun- 
dred and sixty-three). 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
the above recited act be so amended that there shall bo allowed to each 
regiment of engineer troops two quartermaster sergoants.” [Approved 
February 17, 1864.] 
[7-3 
An act to amend the acts of April first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, 
and September twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. 
u The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
the acts approved twenty-first April, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, 
and twenty-third September, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, regulat- 
ing the increase and rank of the corps of engineers of the Provisional 
Army, he amended to read as follows: That the President bo and he is 
hereby authorized to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Sen- 
ate, an additional number of officers in the engineer corps of the Pro- 
visional Army; provided, that the whole corps shall not exceed one 
hundred and twenty, and that the number of officers in each grade be 
limited to three colonels, four lieutenant-colonels, eight majors, forty- 
live captains, thirty-live first lieutenants, and twenty-five second 
lieutenants. 
“Sue. 2. There may be appointed six military store-keepers, with the 
pay and allowances of captains of infantry, who shall give such bond for the faithful performance of their duty as may be prescribed by the 
Secretary of War; provided, that the said store-keepers shall be ap- 
pointed from persons who are disqualified for active service by reason 
of wounds received in the military service, or disease contracted while 
in the army, or from persons over forty-five years of age.” [Approved 
February 17, 1864.] 
An act to amend an act entitled An act to provide and organize engineer 
troops to serve during the war (approved March twentieth, one thou- 
sand eight hundred and sixtg-three). 
“The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That an 
act to provide and organize engineer troops to serve during the war 
(approved twentieth March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty- 
three) be amended to read as follows : That there shall be selected, in 
such manner as the Secretary of War may direct, from each division of 
infantry in service, or from every twelve regiments when not formed 
into divisions, one company of engineer troops, to consist of one hun- 
dred men, chosen with a view to their mechanical skill and physical 
fitness, and that the mon assigned to such company shall bo required 
to serve in the same only during the balance of their term of service 
respectively. These companies may be formed or recruited from con- 
scripts and volunteers. 
“ Sec. 2. That each company shall consist of eight sergeants, seven 
corporals, forty artificers, and forty-five laborers, and that two musi- 
cians may be added. 
“ Sec. 3. That the commissioned officers of each company shall con- 
sist of one captain, one first lieutenant, and two second lieutenants, 
and that the original vacancies in these companies shall be filled by 
transfer of officers of corresponding grade from the engineer corps, if 
practicable, and where not, then from the other corps, or from the lino 
or staff of the army, reference being always had to their qualification 
as engineers, or by selection; but no one shall be selected who is not 
now serving in or with the army, unless he is a military or civil engi- 
neer. 
“ Sec. 4. That the companies shall be organized into regiments of ten 
companies each, and that the field and staff officers shall consist of one 
colonel, one lieutenant-colonel, one major, one adjutant with the rank 
of first lieutenant, one quartermaster sergeant, and one sergeant-major, 
and that the original vacancies in the regiments shall be filled in the 
manner provided for filling the same in the companies by the third 
session [section] of this aot. 
“ Sec. 5. That in each regiment two q£ the companies shall be as- 
[8.] signed to duty as pontoniers, and each be furnished with a bridge train 
complete. 
“ Sec. 6. That the officer in charge of tho Engineer bureau, subject to 
the approval of tho Secretary of War, shall prescribe the number, form, 
and dimensions of the wagons, pontoons, trestles, tools, implements, 
arms, and other necessaries for all the troops organized by this act. 
“ Sec. 7. That vacancies in the established regiments, to and including 
the rank of captain, shall bo filled by promotion, regimentally, accord- 
ing to seniority, except in case of disability or other incompetency. 
The field-officers shall be appointed by selection from the captains of 
the regiments or battalions, except in the case of original appointment, 
or vacancy caused by promotion to original vacancy of higher rank. 
“ Sec. S. That the monthly pay of the engineer troops shall be as fol- 
lows : Of a colonel, two huudred and ten dollars ; of a lieutenant-colo- 
nel, one hundred and eighty-five dollars; of a major, one hundrod 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 tho adjutant shall receive ten dollars per month in addi- 
tion to his pay as lieutenant. 
“ Sec. 9. That the pay of the enlisted men per month shall be as fol- 
lows : The sergeant-major and quartermaster sergeant, each thirty-four 
dollars; sergeants, thirty-four dollars; corporals, twenty dollars; artifi- 
cers, seventeen dollars ; laborers an 1 musicians, thirteen dollars. 
“ Sec. 10. The mounted engineer troops may bo selected from the 
cavalrj', and bo organized according to the provisions of this act, for 
engineer troops, as hereinbefore specified. 
“ Sec. 11. Officers of the engineer corps, and of the engineer troops of 
tho Provisional Army of equal rank, may, with mutual consent, be 
transferred; provided the relative rank of no officer of eithor corps bo 
prejudiced thereby.” [Approved February 17, 1864.] 
An act to amend the sixty-fifth Article of War, 
[9.] 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
the sixty-fifth Article of AVar be so amended as to read as follows : 
“.Article 65. Any general officer commanding an army, or com- 
manding a force of cavalry not with and under the immediate command 
of the commander of an army, or other officer commanding a separate 
department, may appoint general courts-martial whenever necessary. 
But no sentence of a court-martial shall be carried into execution until 
after the whole proceedings shall have been laid before the officer order- 
ing tho same, or the officer commanding the troops for the time being; neither shall any sentence of a general court-martial in time of peace, ex- 
tending to the los3 of life, or the dismission of a commissioned officer, or 
which shall, either in time of peace or war, respect a general officer, be 
carried into execution until after the whole proceedings shall have been 
transmitted to the Secretary of War, to be laid before the President of 
the Confederate States for his confirmation or disapproval and orders 
in the case. All other sentences may be confirmed and executed by 
the officer ordering the court to assemble, or tho commanding officer 
for the time being, as the case may be.” [Approved February 17, 1864.] 
[10.] 
An act to amend an act entitled An act to organize military courts to at- 
tend the Army of the Confederate States in the field, and to define the 
powers of said courts. 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
the act entitled An act to organize military courts to attend the Army of 
the Confederate States in the field, and to define the powers of said 
courts, he so amended as to authorize the President to establish one in 
North Alabama, which shall sit at such times and places as said court 
may direct, and shall havo all the powers and jurisdiction given to said 
military courts by said act; but the judges thereof shall give ten days’ 
notice of the times and places of holding said courts, before the same 
are held; provided, however, that said court shall cease to exist after 
one year from the passage of this act, unless longer continued by Con- 
gress.” [Approved February 13, 1864.] 
[11.] 
An act to authorize the President to establish additional military courts. 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
in addition to the military courts now authorized by law, the President 
be and he is hereby authorized to appoint a military court to attend 
any division of cavalry in the field, and also one for each state within a 
military department, whenever, in his judgment, such courts would 
promote the public interest; which courts shall bo organized, and have 
the same powers and duties, and the members thereof appointed, aS 
provided by law.” [Approved February 16, 1864.] 
[12.] 
An act to amend an act entitled An act to organize military courts to at- 
tend the Army of the Confederate States in the field, and to define the 
giowcrs of said courts (approved October ninth, eighteen hundred and 
sixty-two). 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That when two or more army corps are united in the same army, charges 
shall be referred to said courts, and their proceedings be subject to re- 
view by the army commander, as in the case of general courts-martial; 
and that the jurisdiction of each of said courts shall extend to any 
person connected with the army of which tho court is attached may be 
a part, without being limited to members of tho particular corps to 
which said court may be attached. 
“Sec. 2. That when the corps to which any military court may be 
attached shall, from any cause, cease to exist as such, the Secretary of 
War shall assign the members and officers of such court to any other 
unsupplied corps, or other subdivision of any of the Armies of the Con- 
federate States, where a military court may be needed; and exchanges 
and transfers of individual members and officers from any one court to 
another may be made by tho Secretary of War, on application of the 
parties concerned—the consent of tho commander or commanders of 
the army or armies to which the particular courts may belong, having 
been first obtained to such exchange or transfer. 
“ Sec. 3. That the fourth section of the act of which this is amenda- 
tory, be and the same is hereby so amended, as to extend the jurisdic- 
tion of the military courts to all olfenders below the grade of lieuten- 
ant-general.” [Approved February 17, 1864.] 
[13.] 
An act to confer additional powers upon courts-martial and military 
courts. 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
any military court or court-martial, convened within the Army of tho 
Confederate States, shall have power to summon as a witness before it 
any citizen of the stato in which said court may at the time hold its 
session; and any citizen disobeying such summons—upon information 
given thereof by the judge advocate of said military court or court- 
martial to tho judge of the district court of the Confederate States for 
tho district in which said citizen may reside—shall be subject to the 
same penalties as for disobedienco of an order of said district eourt; 
or, on application of the judge advocate, such citizen witness may, by 
military force, be arrested and brought before said military court or 
court-martial, by order of the commander of the army, and may bo 
held in close confinement until he or she shall consent to testify. 
“ Sec. 2. That any citizen witness appearing, upon being summoned 
as provided in this act, shall be paid such reasonable amount for his or 
her attendance as the commander of tho army shall deem reasonable, 
which payment shall be made by any paymaster, upon the certificate 
of said commander, specifying the amount.” [Approved February 17, 
1864-3 [14.] 
An act to authorize commanders of corps and departments to detail field- 
officers as members of military courts, under certain circumstances. 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
commanders of corps and departments be and they are hereby author- 
ized to detail field-officers as members of military courts, whenever any 
of the judges of said courts shall be disqualified, by consanguinity or 
affinity, or unable, from sickness or other unavoidable cause, to attend 
said courts.” [Approved February 6, 1864.] 
An act to amend an act entitled An act to punish drunkenness in the army 
(approved April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two). 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
the jurisdiction conferred upon courts of inquiry, in the act above re- 
cited, is hereby repealed, and the said jurisdiction is hereby conferred, 
for the punishment of the offence therein named, upon the military 
courts and general courts-martial convened in the Army of the Con- 
federate States; and the proceedings therein shall be subject to review, 
as in other cases. 
*‘ Sec. 2. That any citizen of the Confederate States is hereby author- 
ized to make report of any violation of the provision of the act to 
which this is an amendment, in the same manner as officers of the 
army are now required to do. 
“ Sec. 3. Upon any trial for drunkenness it shall be lawful to prove, 
without special charge, that the accused is of intemperate habits; and 
if the court shall find that he is of such habits, he shall be cashiered, or 
otherwise punished, at the discretion of the court.” [Approved Feb- 
ruary 17, 1864.] 
[15.] 
[16.] 
An act to authorize the organization of auxiliary bureaus of the War de- 
partment west of the Mississippi river. 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That, 
under the direction of the President, such bureaus or agencies of tho 
War department may be organized west of the Mississippi river as the 
public service may require, which shall be auxiliary to the similar bu- 
reaus of said department established by law, and shall perform such 
duties as may be directed by instructions from the Secretary of War, 
or the general commanding in the Trans-Mississippi department, acting 
under the authority of the War department. 272 
“ Sec. 2. Such staff officers and clerks may be assigned to duty, or 
appointed by the President, in these bureaus, as may be necossary for 
the service ; and, under authority from the President, the general com- 
manding in the Trans-Mississippi department may assign such officers 
to duty or make appointments therein, subject to the approval of the 
President; provided, that no clerk employed under this act shall be al- 
lowed a salary exceeding two thousand dollars per annum, or bo liable 
to military duty.” [Approved February 17, 1864.] 
[n.] 
An act authorizing chaplains, in certain cases, to draw forage for one 
horse. 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
chaplains in the army in actual service in the field shall be entitled to 
draw forage for one horse; j}r0vided the chaplain has a horse in his 
use.” [Approved January 22, 1864.] 
[18.] 
An act relating to the appointment of a general and lieutenant-generals. 
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
the President may appoint one general in the Provisional Army of the 
Confederate States when, in his discretion, it shall be deemed nocessa- 
ry and proper, for the command of the Trans-Mississippi military de- 
partment, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. 
“Sec. 2. That the President may, by and with the advice and con- 
sent of the Senate, appoint lieutenant-generals in the Provisional Army 
of the Confederate States when, in his discretion, it shall be deemed 
necessary, for the command of any one of the military departments. 
“ Sec. 3. That the officors appointed under the provisions of this act 
shall continue to hold the rank herein provided, so long as they shall 
efficiently discharge the duties in command of said several depart- 
ments, and no longer, but will resume thereafter their former rank in 
the service.” [Approved February 17, 1864.] 
[19.] 
A bill to repeal an act to organize bands of partisan rangers (approved 
April twenty-one, eighteen hundred and sixty-two), and for other pur- 
poses. 
f- “ The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That 
the aot of Congress aforesaid be and the same is hereby repealed; pro- 
vided, that organizations of partisan rangers, acting as regular cavalry at the passage of this act, shall be continued in their present organiza- 
tion ; provided they shall hereafter be considered as regular cavalry, 
and not as partisan rangers. 
“ Sec. 2. That all the bands of partisan rangers organized under the 
said act may, as the interests of the service allow, be united with other 
organizations, or be organized into battalions and regiments, with the 
view to bringing them under the general conditions of the Provisional 
Army as to discipline, control, and movements, under such regulations 
as the Secretary of War may prescribe. 
“ Sec. 3. The Secretary of War shall be authorized, if he deems prop- 
er, for a time or permanently, to except from the operation of this act 
such companies as are serving within the lines of the enemy, and under 
such conditions as he may prescribe.” [Approved February 17, 1S64.] 
order. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General. 
S. COOPER, 
GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 30. 
Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office, 
Richmond, March 7,1864. 
I.. .The following act of Congress concerning impressments, and the 
instructions of the War department respecting it, are published for the 
information and direction of all concerned : 
An act to amend an act to regulate impressments (approved March twenty- 
sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three), and to repeal an act amendatory 
thereof (approved April twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty- 
three). 
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That in 
all cases where property is impressed for the use of the army and navy, 
or for other public use, under said act, the same shall be paid for at the 
timo of said impressment, unless an appeal shall be taken from said 
valuation, as hereinafter provided, according to tho valuation agreed 
upon between the parties, or ascertained by loyal and disinterested 
citizens of the city, county, or parish in which the impressment may be 
‘made, in the manner and according to the regulations provided in the 
first, second, and third sections of the above recited act, or in the eighth 
seotion thereof, where it is applicable. 
Sec. 2. Whenever the officer making the impressment of property, 
under the act hereby amended, shall believe that the appraisement is 
fair and just, he shall ondorse his approval upon tho appraisement, and mako payment accordingly; but if ho shall believe that it is not fair and 
just, then he shall refuse to approve, and endorse the reasons of his re- 
fusal on the certificate, and shall have the right to appeal from the 
decision of the appraisers, by reporting the case to the commissioners 
appointed under said act to which this is an amendment, for their 
decision, whose judgment shall be final; and in the meantime the 
property shall be held and appropriated by the officer impressing the 
same, who shall give a receipt therefor to the owner, who shall also have 
the right of appeal as herein provided. 
Sec. 3. The said commissioners shall have power to summon and ex- 
amine witnesses to enable them to fix the value of property impressed, 
which shall be a just compensation for property so impressed, at the 
time and place of impressment; and when the commissioners shall have 
fixed the value of property in cases of appeal, they shall furnish the 
ownor and impressing ofiicer with a statement of such value, which 
valuation bj' the commissioners shall bo within three months from the 
time of impressment. 
Sec. 4. That said commissioners shall bo sworn faithfully to discharge 
all their duties under this act, and the act to which this is an amend- 
ment. 
Sec. 5. That the tenth section of the act of which this is an amend- 
ment be stricken out, and the following inserted instead thereof: 
“No slave laboring on a farm or plantation exclusively devoted to 
the production of grain or provisions, shall be taken for public use 
without the consent of the owner, except in caso of urgent necessity, 
and upon the order of the general commanding the department in 
which said farm or plantation is situated.” 
Sec. 6. That the act amendatory of the above recited act (approved 
April twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-three), and so much 
of the first section of said act as requires an affidavit to be made by the 
owner, or his agent, that such property was grown, raised, or produced 
by said owner, or hold, or has been by him, not for sale or 
speculation, but for his own use or consumption, be and the same is 
hereby repealed. 
Sec. 7. That no impressment shall be made under this act, or the act 
to which this is amendatory, for the use or benefit of contractors with 
the government. 
Sec. 8. Nothing in this aet shall bo construed to authorize the 
impressing officer to enter an appeal from any decision, of the local 
appraisers, under the seventh section of the act to which this is amend- 
atory. [Approved February 16, 1864.] 
II. .Impressments according io this act, and the act to which this is an amendment, may bo tr>a<lo for necessary supplies for the Confederate 
armies in the field, and or their accumulation in magazines .*ad at 
posts and depots, and to carry on „-h© various operations of the military 
bureaus connected with the War department, whenever the same can 
not be obtained by contract, * * 
III. .They may be made under orders from the generals command- 
ing armi departments, corps, divisions, and by commanders of 
detach* i parties, when a necessity arises therefor. Those orders may 
be executed by appropriate officers of tbs staff belonging to the army. 
The chiefs of the various bureaus will designate the officers and persons 
who shall he competent to'make impressments under the authority con- 
ferred upon them. 
IV. .Before any impressment shall bo made, the impressing officer or 
his agent will mako an offer to the owner, his bailee, or agei in writ- 
ing, for the purchase of the property, describing the property ..o wishes 
to purchase, the price he is willing to pay, and the m do of payment, 
and stating that, upon a refusal to accept the same, compensation will 
be made according to the acts of Congress for the regulation of im- 
pressments. This notice will he considered as binding the property un 
til the completion of t.he negotiation for the sale and transfer of the 
same to the impress ng officer. The property will remain in the custo- 
dy of the ownor and at bis risk during the ponding of these proceed- 
ings unless a delivery of the same be thereupon made to the impress 
ing officer, with ids consent. In case of a change of possession under 
tljcse circumstances, the Confederate States will be regarded as the 
‘Wncr, and the property held for its use and at its risk. 
V. .la all .gases in which the offer of an impressing officer is refused, 
he will proceed to adjust the price according to the first section of tha 
act-above recked that is, by the judgment of two loyal aud disinter- 
ested persons of the city, county, or parish in which the impressment 
may be made—one to bo selected by the owner, his bailee, or agent, 
one by the impressing officer. In the event of their disag c .ment, these 
two will select an umpire of like qualification. The persons thus select- 
ed will proceed to assess just compensation for the property so impress* 
<■ t, whether the absolute ownership or the temporary use thereof bo re- 
quired. If the impressing officer that the appraisement is fair 
and just, he will endorse his approval and pay for the property, and 
the right iu the object impressed will become the property of the Con- 
federate States But if he does not approve of the appraisement, he 
will decline to approve it, and endorse the reasons for his refusal on tha 
certificate, aad forthwith report the ease to the commissioners app'cint ed under the fifth section of the act to which the act above recited is 
an amendment; and in the meantime the property will be taken/ and a 
receipt, describing the property and the proceedings for the adjust- 
ment of the price and the appeal, given to the The impressing 
officer will immediately report the case to the appraisers, with a state- 
ment of the quality and condition of the property, and his opinion upon 
the subject. 
VI. No officer or agent will impress the necessary supplies which 
any person have for the consumption of himself, his family, em- 
ployees, or slaves, or to carry on his ordinary mechanical, manufactur- 
ing, or agricultural employments. 
If any question arise as to the fact whether the supplies are necessa- 
ry, or whether thero be a surplus, it will be determined by appraisers 
mutually selected, according to the preceding section; and in this case 
the decision of the appraisers will be binding on the officer, who will 
not be allowed an appeal therefrom. 
VII. .These regulations aro published as_ a substitute for the regula- 
tions contained in General Orders, Nos. 37 and 161, series of 1863. 
By order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspect or-General.