GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 24. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
ADJUTANT GENERA!.’8 OFFICE, 
Washington, Mag 22, 1861. 
Promotions and appointments in the Army of the United States, 
made by the President, since the publication of “ General Orders'' 
No. 8, of April 3, 1861. 
I...PROMOTIONS. 
Adjutant General's Department. 
Rrevet Major William W. Mackall, Assistant Adjutant General, 
to be Assistant Adjutant General with the rank of Lieutenant- 
Colonel, May 11, 1861, to fill an original vacancy. 
Brevet Captain Seth Williams, Assistant Adjutant General, to be 
Assistant Adjutant General with the brevet rank of Major, May 11, 
1861, vice Mackall, promoted. 
Quartermaster's Department. 
Captain Edwin B. Babbitt, Assistant Quartermaster, to be Quar- 
termaster with the rank of Major, May 10, 1861, vice Clark, deceased. 
Captain Robert. E. Clary, Assistant Quartermaster, to be Quarter- 
master with the rank of Major, May 17, 1861, to fill an original 
vacancy. 
Captain Morris S. Miller, Assistant Quartermaster, to be Quarter- 
master with the rank of Major, May 17, 1861, to fill an original 
vacancy. 
Captain Robert Allen, Assistant Quartermaster, to be Quarter- 
master with the rank of Major, May 17, 1861, to fill an original 
vacancy. , . 
Subsistence Department. 
Captain Amos B. Eaton, Commissary of Subsistence, to be Com- 
missary of Subsistence with the rank of Major, May 9, 1861, vice 
Lee, resigned. 
Captain Alexander E. Shirks, Commissary of Subsistence, to be 
Commissary of Subsistence with the rank of Major, May 11, 1861, 
to fill an original vacancy. 
Captain Charles L. Kilburn, Commissary of Subsistence, to be 
Commissary of Subsistence with the rank of Major, May 11, 1861, 
to fill an original vacancy. 2 
Medical Department. 
Surgeon Clement A. Finley, to be Surgeon General, May 15, 1861, 
vice Lawson, deceased. , 
Assistant Surgeon Elisha J. Bailv, to be Surgeon, May 16, 1861, 
vice Finley, promoted. 
Corps of Engineers. 
Second Lieutenant David C. Houston, to be First Lieutenant, 
May 2, 1861, vice Lee, resigned. 
Brevet Second Lieutenant Walter McFarland, to be Second Lieu- 
tenant, May 1, 1861, vice Meade, resigned. 
Brevet Second Lieutenant John A. Tardy, Jr., to be Second Lieu- 
tenant, May 2, 1861, vice Houston, promoted. 
Corps of Topographical Engineers. 
Brevet Second Lieutenant Haldimand S. Putnam, to be Second 
Lieutenant, April 1, 1861, the date of Captain Smith's resignation. 
Ordnance Department. 
Captain George D. Ramsay, to be Major, April 22, 1861, vice 
Huger, resigned. 
Captain William Maynadier, to be Major, May 5, 1861, vice Mor- 
decai, resigned. 
Brevet Second Lieutenant Moses H. Wright, to be Second Lieu- 
tenant, April 3, 1861, the date of Captain Gorgas' resignation. 
Brevet Second Lieutenant Horace Porter, to be Second Lieuten- 
ant, April 22, 1861, the date of Captain Ramsay’s promotion. 
Brevet Second Lieutenant Theodore Edson, to be Second Lieu- 
tenant, April 22. 1861, vice Saunders, resigned. 
Brevet Second Lieutenant Henry W. Kingsbury, to be Second 
Lieutenant, to date from May 6, 1861. to fill the vacancy occasioned 
by Captain Bradford’s resignation. 
First Regiment of Dragoons. 
Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin L. Beall, to be Colonel. May 13, 
1861, vice Fauntleroy, resigned. 
Major George A. H. Blake, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, May 13, 
1861, vice Beall, promoted. 
Captain Henry H. Sibley, of 'the Second Dragoons, to be Major, 
May 13, 1861, vice Blake promoted. 3 
First Lieutenant Isaiah N. Moore, to be Captain, April 20. 1801, 
Vice Grier, promoted into the Second Dragoons. [Company I.] 
Second Lieutenant David McM. Gregg, to be First Lieutenant, 
March 21, 1801, vice Pender, resigned. 
Second Lieutenant James Wheeler, Jr., to be First Lieutenant, 
April 20, 1861, vice Moore, promoted. [Company G.] 
Second Lieutenant Richard S. C. Lord, to be First Lieutenant, 
April 28, 1861, vice Ogle, dismissed. [Company C.] 
Second Lieutenant Marcus A. Keno, to be First Lieutenant, April 
25, 1861, vice Johnston, resigned. [Company II.] 
Second Lieutenant Richard H. Brewer, to be First Lieutenant, 
April 26, 1861, vice Mercer, resigned. [Company F.] 
Second Regiment of Drg goons. 
Captain William N. Grier, of the First Dragoons, to be Major, 
April 20, 1861, vice May. resigned. 
First Lieutenant Beverly H. Robertson, to be Captain, March 3, 
1861, vice Anderson, resigned. [Company A.] 
First Lieutenant Jonas P. Holliday, to be Captain, May 9, 1861, 
vice Hawes, resigned. [Company C.] 
First Lieutenant Charles E, Norris, to be Captain, May 11, 1861, 
vice Campbell, resigned. [Company E.] 
First Lieutenant Thomas Hight, to be Captain. May 13, 1861, vice 
Sibley, promoted into the First- Dragoons.- [Company I.] 
Second Lieutenant John Green, to be First Lieutenant, March 3, 
1861, vice Robertson, promoted. [Company—.] 
Second Lieutenant Ebenezer Gay, to be First Lieutenant, March 
31, 1861, vice VillepigUe, resigned. [Company H.] 
Second Lieutenant Lewis Merrill, to be First Lieutenant, April 
24, 1§61, vice Mullins, resigned. [Company D.] 
- Second Lieutenant George Jackson, to be First Lieutenant, April 
25, 1861, vice Anderson, resigned. [Company K.] 
Second Lieutenant John K. Mizner, to be First Lieutenant, May 
9, 1861, vice Holliday, promoted. [Company F.] 
Second Lieutenant William P. Sanders, to be First Lieutenant, 
May 10, 1861, vice Pegram, resigned. [Company I.] 
Second Lieutenant Charles J. Walker, to be First Lieutenant, 
May 11, 1861, vice Norris, promoted. [Company G.] 
Second Lieutenant Wesley Merritt, to be First Lieutenant, May 
13, 1861, vice Hight, promoted. [Company B.] 4 
First Hegiment of Cavalry. 
Lieutenant-Colonel John Sedgwick, of the Second Cavalry, to be 
Colonel, April 23, 1861, vice Lee, resigned. 
Major Thomas J..Wood, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, May 9, 1861, 
vice Emory, resigned. 
Captain Samuel D. Sturgis, to be Major, May 3, 1861, rice Saekett, 
promoted into the Secoiid Cavalry. , 
Captain George Stoneman, of the Second Cavalry, to be Major, 
May 9, 1861, vice Wood, promoted. 
First Lieutenant James E. B. Stuart, to be Captain, April 22, 
1861, vice Steuart, resigned. [Since resigned.] 
First Lieutenant Elmer Otis, to be Captain, May 1, 1861, vice 
Walker, resigned. [Company G.] 
First Lieutenant James B. McIntyre, to be Captain, May 3, 38(51, 
rice Sturgis, promoted. [Company Ei] 
First Lieutenant Eugene W. Crittenden, to be Captain, May 7, 
1861, vice McIntosh, resigned. [Company D.] 
First Lieutenant John A. Thompson,.to be Captain, May 14, 1861, 
vice Stuart, resigned. [Company K.] ’ . w • 
Second Lieutenant Joseph H. Taylor, to be First Lieutenant, 
April 22, 1861, vice Stuart, promoted. [Cofnpaiiy G.] 
Second Lieutenant Charles S. Bowman, to be First Lieutenant, 
April 25, 1861, vice Lomax, resigned. [Company C.] 
Second Lieutenant Thomas B. Alexander, to be.First Lieutenant, 
May 1, 1861, vice Otjs, -promoted. [Company F.] 
Second Lieutenant George G- Huntt, to be First Lieutenant, May 
2, 1861, vice Ingraham, resigned. ' [Company B.] 
Second Lieutenant Napoleon B. MeLaughlen, to be First Lieu- 
tenant, Alay 3, 1861, tice McIntyre, promoted. [Company J.] 
Second Lieutenant Thomas H. McCormick, to be First Lieutenant, 
May 7, 1861, vice Crittenden, promoted. [Company A.] 
Second Lieutenant Clarence Moiick, to be First Lieutenant, May 
9, 1861, vice Riddick, resigned. [Company K.] 
Second Lieutenant John A. Wilcox, to’ be First Lieutenant, May 
14, 1861, vice Thompson, promoted. [Company IT.] 
, Second Regiment of Cavalry. 
Major, George H. Thomas, to be Lieuteuant-Coionel, April 25, 
1861, vice Sedgwick, promoted into the First Cavalry. , . . 5 
Lieutenant-Colonel George H. Thomas, to be Colonel, May 3, 
1801, vice Johnson, resigned. 
Major Delos B. Sacket, of the First Cavalry, to be Lieutenant- 
Colonel, May 3, 1801, vice Thomas, promoted. 
Captain James Oakes, to be Major. April 0, 1861, vice Smith, 
resigned. 
Captain Innis N. Palmer, to be Major, April 25,1801, vice Thomas, 
promoted. 
First Lieutenant William B. Royall, tobe Captain, March 21, 1861, 
vice Bradfute, resigned. [Company G.] 
First Lieutenant William P. Chambliss, to be Captain, April 0, 
1801, vice Oakes, promoted. [Company D.] 
First Lieutenant Robert N. Eagle, to be Captain, April 25, 1801, 
vice Palmer, promoted. [Company C.] 
First Lieutenant George B. Crosby, to be Captain, May 9, 1801, 
vice Stoneman, promoted into the First Cavalr}'. [Company E.] 
Second Lieutenant A. Parker Porter, to be First Lieutenant, 
March 20, 1801, vice Witherell, deceased. [Company E.] 
Second Lieutenant Wesley Owens, to be First Lieutenant, March 
21, 1801, vice Royall, promoted. [Company C.] 
Second Lieutenant Fitzhugh Lee, to be First Lieutenant, March 
31, 1801, vice Minter, resigned. [Since resigned.] 
Second Lieutenant Manning M. Kimmel, to be First Lieutenant, 
April 1, 1801, vice Phifer, resigned. [Company F.] 
Second Lieutenant Abraham Iv. Arnold, to be First Lieutenant, 
April 6, 1861, vice Chambliss, promoted. [Company D.] 
Second Lieutenant John J. Sweet, to be First Lieutenant, April 
16, 1861, vice Hood, resigned. [Company K.] 
Second Lieutenant William O. Williams, to be First Lieutenant, 
April 25, 1861, vice Eagle, promoted. [Company H.] 
Second Lieutenant Charles H. Tompkins, to be First Lieutenant, 
April 30, 1861, vice Jenifer, resigned. [Company B.] 
Second Lieutenant William McLean, to be First Lieutenant, May 
9, 1861, vice Cosby, promoted. [Company A.] 
First Regiment of Artillery. 
First Lieutenant Lewis O. Morris, to be Captain, April 21, 1861, 
vice Magruder, resigned. [Company C.] 
First Lieutenant Samuel F. Chalfin, tobe Captain, April27, 1861, 
Vice Jones, resigned. [Company F.] 6 
Second Lieutenant, Douglas Ramsey, to be First Lieutenant, Feb- 
ruary 25, 1851, vice Huse, resigned. [Company M.] 
. Second Lieutenant William M. Graham, to be First Lieutenant, 
March 1, 1861, vice Hill, resigned. [Company D.] 
Second Lieutenant Samuel Breck, Jr., to be first Lieutenant, 
April 11, 1861, vice Smead, dropped. [Company G.J 
Second Lieutenant John W. Turner, to be First Lieutenant, April 
21, 1861, vice Morris, promoted. [Company M.] 
Second Lieutenant Thomas C. Sullivan, to be First Lieutenant, 
April 26, 1861, vice Talbot, who vacates his regimental commission. 
[Company H.] 
Second Lieutenant Jeremiah H. Gilman, to be First Lieutenant, 
April 27, 1861, vice Chalfin, promoted. [Company K.] 
Second Regiment of Artillery. 
Captain Horace Brooks, to be Major, April 28. 1861, vice Brown, 
promoted into the Fourth Artillery. 
First Lieutenant Charles Griffin, to be Captain, April 25, 1861, 
vice Elzev, resigned. [Company B.] 
First Lieutenant Henry B. Hendershott, t<> be Captain, April 27, 
1861, vice Anderson, resigned. [Company D.] 
First Lieutenant Frank H. Larned. to be Captain, April 28, 1861, 
vice Brooks, promoted. [Company H.] 
Second Lieutenant Henry A. Smalley, to be First Lieutenant, 
April 25,1861. rice Simpson, who vacates his regimental commission. 
[Company F.] 
Second Lieutenant Oliver D. Greene, to be First Lieutenant, April 
25, 1861, vice Griffin, promoted. [Company B.] 
Second Lieutenant Thomas Grey, to be First Lieutenant, April 
27, 1861, vice Taylor, who vacates his regimental commission. 
[Company L.] 
Second Lieutenant Michael P. Small, to be First Lieutenant, 
April 27, 1861, vice Hendershott, promoted. [Company H.] 
Second Lieutenant Alexander S. Webb, to be First Lieutenant, 
April 28, 1861, vice Larned, promoted. [Company B.] 
Second Lieutenant John W. Barriger, to be First Lieutenant, 
May 2, 1861, vice Merchant, resigned. [Company F. ] 
Third Regiment of Artillery. 
Captain Thomas W. Sherman, to be Major, April 27, 1861, vice 
Winder, resigned. 7 
First Lieutenant John Hamilton, to be Captain, April 27, 1861, 
vice Sherman, promoted. [Company E.] 
Second Lieutenant George F.; B. Dandy, to be First Lieutenant, 
March 8, 1861, wee White resigned. [Company G-] 
. Second Lieutenant Abram C. Wildrick, to be First' Lieutenant, 
April 27. 1861, vice Hamilton, promoted. [Company L] 
Second Lieutenant William Sinclair, to be First Lieutenant, April 
3.0, 1861, vice Lyon, resigned. [Company L.] 
Fourth Regiment of Artillery. , 
Major Harvey Brown, of the Second Artillery, to be Lieutenant- 
Colonel, April 28, 1861, vice Munroe, deceased. 
First Lieutenant Clermont L. Best, to be Captain, April 29, 1861. 
vice Pemberton, resigned. [Company F.] 
Second Lieutenant Warren L. Lothrop, to be First Lieutenant, 
February 20, 1861, vice Lee, resigned. [Company M.] 
Second Lieutenant George A. Itensel, to be First Lieutenant, 
March 1, 1861, vice Bagley, resigned. [Company F.] 
Second Lieutenant Charles H. Morgan, to be First Lieutenant, 
April 1, 1861, wee Anderson, resigned. [Company G.] 
Second Lieutenant Francis Beach, to be First Lieutenant-, April 
29. 1861, vice Best, promoted. [Company M.] 
First Regiment of Infantry. 
Second Lieutenant Charles W. Thomas, to be First Lieutenant, 
March 15, 1861, vice Williams, resigned. [Company C.] 
Second Lieutenant John P. Sherburne, to be First Lieutenant, 
April 8, 1861, vice Washington, resigned. [Company I.] 
Second Regiment of Infantry. 
First Lieutenant Lloyd Beall, to be Captain, April 30, 1861, vice 
Patten, promoted into the Ninth Infantry. [Company K.] 
Second Lieutenant William C. Spencer, to be First Lieutenant, 
April 30, 1861, vice Beall, promoted. [Company H.] 
Third Regiment of Infantry. 
First Lieutenant William H. Wood, to be Captain, Aprill 11, 1861, 
vice Johns, dropped. [Company C.] 
First Lieutenant John D. Wilkins, to be Captain, April 17, 1861, 
vice Trevitt, resigned. [Company F.] 
Second Lieutenant Henry W. Freedley, to be First Lieutenant, 
March 31, 1861, vice O'Bannon, resigned. [Company K.] 8 
Second Lieutenant. Thomas W. Walker, to be First Lieutenant, 
April 11, 18(51, vice Wood, promoted. [Company H.] 
Second Lieutenant John MeL. Hildt, to be First Lieutenant, April 
17, 1861, vice Wilkins, promoted. [Company E.] 
Second Lieutenant William Dickinson, to be First Lieutenant, 
May 10, 1861, vice Steen, resigned. [Company A.] 
Fourth Regiment of Infantry. 
Second Lieutenant Philip H. Sheridan, to be First Lieutenant, 
March 1, 1861, vice Withers, resigned. [Company C.] 
Sixth Regiment of Infantry. 
First Lieutenant William P. Carlin, to be Captain, March 2, 1861, 
vice Lay, resigned. [Company E.] 
Second Lieutenant Orlando H. Moore, to be First Lieutenant, 
March 2, 1861, vice Carlin, promoted. [Company D.] 
Second Lieutenant Montgomery Bryant, to be First Lieutenant, 
May 8, 1861, vice Walker, resigned. [Company A.] 
Seventh Regiment of Infantry. 
First Lieutenant Bobert It. Garland, to be Captain, March 23, 
1861, vice McLaws, resigned. [Company D.] 
First Lieutenant Garden Chapin, 1o be Captain, April 22, 1861, 
vice Paul, promoted into the Eighth Infantry. [Company I.] 
Second Lieutenant William It. Pease, to be First Lieutenant, 
March 23, 1861, vice Garland, promoted. [Company G.] 
Second Lieutenant Charles B. Stivers, to be First Lieutenant, 
April 20, 18(51, vice Cabell, resigned. [Company A.] 
Second Lieutenant George Ryan, to be First Lieutenant, April 
22, 1861, vice Chapin, promoted. [Company C.] 
Eighth Regiment of Infantry. 
Captain Gabriel It. Paul, of the Seventh Infantry, to be Major, 
April 22, 1861, vice Holmes, resigned. 
First Lieutenant George L. Willard, to be Captain, April 27, 1861, 
vice Selden, resigned. [Company G.] 
First Lieutenant Richard T. Dodge, to be Captain, May 3, 1861, 
vice Fink, deceased. [Company F.] 
Second Lieutenant William B. Hazen, to be First Lieutenant, 
April 1, 1861, rice Jackson, resigned. [Company I.] 
Second Lieutenant Henry M. Lazelle. to be First Lieutenant, 
April 27, 1861, vice Willard, promoted. [Company K.] 9 
Second Lieutenant Edwin W. H. Read, to be First Lieutenant, 
May 3, 1861, vice Dodge, promoted. [Company G. ] 
Ninth Regiment of Infantry. 
Captain George W. Patten, of the Second Infantry, to be Major, 
April 30, 1801, vice Garnett, resigned. 
First Lieutenant James Van Voast, to be Captain, March 1, 1861, 
vice Fletcher, resigned. [Company Iv.] 
First Lieutenant Lyman Bissell, to be Captain, March 15, 1861, 
vice Frazer, resigned. [Company C.] 
First Lieutenant Charles R. Woods, to be Captain, April 1, 1861, 
vice Winder, resigned. [Company E.] 
Second Lieutenant David B. McKibbin, to be First Lieutenant, 
March 1, 1861, vice Van Voast, promoted. [Company K.] 
Second Lieutenant Nathaniel Wickliffe, to be First Lieutenant, 
March 15, 1861, vice Bissell, promoted. [Company A.] 
Second Lieutenant James W. Forsyth, to be First Lieutenant, 
March 15, 1861, vice Harvie, resigned. [Company H.] 
Second Lieutenant William B. Hughes, to be First Lieutenant, 
April 1, 1861, vice Woods, promoted. [Company B.] 
Tenth Regiment of Infantry. 
First Lieutenant William Clinton, to be Captain, March 3, 1861, 
vice Bee. resigned. [Company D.] 
First Lieutenant John McNab, to be Captain, April 25, 1861, vice 
Heth, resigned. [Company E.J 
Second Lieutenant Franck S. Armistead, to be First Lieutenant, 
March 3, 1861, vice Clinton, promoted. [Company C.] 
Second Lieutenant Samuel S. Carroll, to be First Lieutenant, 
April 25, 1861, vice McNab, promoted. [Company D.] 
Second Lieutenant Arthur S. Cunningham, to be First Lieuten- 
ant, May 1, 1861, vice Hill, resigned. [Company A.] 
Promotions by Brevet. 
Colonel Joseph K. F. Mansfield, Inspector General, to be Brig- 
adier-General, by brevet, May 6, 1861. 
Colonel Lorenzo Thomas, Adjutant General, to be Brigadier- 
General, by brevet, May 7, 1861. 
Major Samuel P. Heintzelman, of the Second Infantry, to be 
Lieutenant-Colonel, by brevet, to date from December 19, 1851. 10 
II. APPOINTMENTS. 
Adjutant General's Department. 
Brevet Captain Alfred Gibbs, First Lieutenant of the Regiment 
of Mounted Riflemen, to be Assistant Adjutant General with the 
brevet rank of Captain, May 11, 1861, to fill an original vacancy. 
First Lieutenant Nathaniel H. McLean, of the Second Infantry, 
to be Assistant Adjutant General with the brevet rank of Captain, 
May 11, 1861, to fill an original vacancy. 
First Lieutenant Absalom Baird, of the First Artillery, to be 
Assistant Adjutant General with the brevet rank of Captain, May 
11, 1861, to fill an original vacancy. 
First Lieutenant John C. Kelton, of the Sixth Infantry, to be 
Assistant Adjutant General with the brevet rank of Captain, May 
11, 1861, to fill an original vacancy. 
First Lieutenant Robert Williams, of the First Dragoons, to be 
Assistant Adjutant General with the brevet rank of Captain, May 
11, 1861, vice S. Williams, promoted. 
Quartermaster's Department. 
First Lieutenant Amos Beckwith, of the First Artillery, to be 
Assistant Quartermaster with the rank of Captain, April 23, 1861, 
vice Cabell, resigned. [Declined.] 
First Lieutenant Roger Jones, of the First Regiment of Mounted 
Riflemen, to be Assistant Quartermaster with the rank of Captain, 
April 23, 1861, vice McLean, resigned. 
First Lieutenant Otis H. Tillinghast, of the First. Artillery, to be 
Assistant Quartermaster with the rank of Captain, May 13, 1861, 
vice Beckwith, declined. 
First Lieutenant Rufus, Saxton, of the Fourth Artillery, to be 
Assistant Quartermaster with the rank of Captain, May 13, 1861, 
vice Van Bokkelen, cashiered. 
First Lieutenant Samuel B. Halabird, of the First Infantry, to be 
Assistant Quartermaster with the rank of Captain, May 13, 1861, vice 
Babbitt, promoted. 
First Lieutenant Judson D. Bingham, of the Second Artillery, to 
be Assistant Quartermaster with the rank of Captain, May 13, 1861, 
to fill an original vacancy. 
First Lieutenant Stephen H. Weed, of the Fourth Artillery, to be 
Assistant Quartermaster with the rank of Captain, May 13, 1861, to 
fill an original vacancy. 11 
First Lieutenant Grier Tallmadge, of the Fourth Artillery, to be 
Assistant Quartermaster with the rank of Captain, May 17, 1861, to 
fill an original vacancy. 
First Lieutenant Alexander J. Perry, of the Second Artillery, to 
be Assistant, Quartermaster with the rank of Captain, May 17, 1861, 
to fill an original vacancy. 
First Lieutenant Henry C. Hodges, of the Fourth Infantry, to be 
Assistant Quartermaster with the rank of Captain, May 17, 1861, to 
fill an original vacancy. 
First Lieutenant John G. Chandler, of the Third Artillery, to be 
Assistant Quartermaster with the rank of Captain, May 17, 1861, to 
fill an original vacancy. 
First Lieutenant Robert 0. Tyler, of the Third Artillery, to be 
Assistant Quartermaster with the rank of Captain, May 17, 1861, to 
fill an original vacancy. 
First Lieutenant William Myers, of the Ninth Infantry, to be 
Assistant Quartermaster with the rank of Captain, May 17, 1861, to 
fill an original vacancy. 
First Lieutenant William Craig, of the Jiighth Infantry, to be 
Assistant Quartermaster with the rank of Captain, May 17, 1861, to 
fill an original vacancy. 
First Lieutenant Charles G. Sawtelle, of the Sixth Infantry, tube 
Assistant Quartarmaster with the rank of Captain, May 17, 1861, to 
fill an original vacancy. 
First Lieutenant Edward L. Hartz, of the Eighth Infantry, to be 
Assistant Quartermaster with the rank of Captain, May 17, 1861. to 
fill an original vacancy. 
Subsistence Department. 
First Lieutenant Amos Beckwith, of the First Artillery, to be 
Commissary of Subsistence with the rank of Captain, May 10, 1861, 
vice Eaton, promoted. 
First Lieutenant John McL. Taylor, of the Second Artillery, to 
be Commissary of Subsistence, with the rank of Captain, May 11, 
1861, vice Waggaman, resigned. 
First Lieutenant Robert Macfeely, of the Fourth Infantry, to be 
Commissary of Subsistence with the rank of Captain, May 11, 1861, 
vice Shiras, promoted. 
First Lieutenant Beekman Du Barry, of the Third Artillery, to be 12 
Commissary of Subsistence with ihe rank of Captain, May 11, 1861, 
viceKilburn, promoted. 
First Lieutenant Henry C. Symonds, of the Second Artillery, to 
be Commissary of Subsistence with the rank of Captain, May 16, 
1861, vice Blair, resigned. 
Pay Department. 
Ben Hardin Helm, of Kentucky, to be Paymaster, April 25, 1861, 
vice Beall, resigned. [Declined.] 
Brua Cameron, of Pennsylvania, to be Paymaster, May 1, 1861, 
vice Hutter, resigned. 
Robert A. Kinzie, of Kansas, to be Paymaster, May 2, 1861, vice 
Chilton, resigned. 
George L. Febiger, of Delaware, to be Paymaster, May 3, 1861, 
vice Rhett, resigned. 
William S. Wallace, of Illinois, to be Paymaster, May 15, 1861. 
vice Helm, declined. 
Ordnance Department. 
Benjamin H. Gilbreth, of Maine, to be Military Storekeeper, May 
11, 1861, vice Baldwin, resigned. 
First Regiment of Dragoons. 
1. First Sergeant John Feilner, ofCompany F,"’ First Dragoons, 
to be Second Lieutenant, April 26, 1861, vice Ellsworth, declined. 
[Company G.] 
12. James S. Brisbin, of Pennsylvania, to be Second Lieutenant, 
April 26, 1861, vice Gregg, promoted. [Company H.] 
30. Augustus Pleasonton, of Pennsylvania, to be Second Lieu- 
tenant, April 26, 1861, vice Wheeler, promoted. [Company C.] 
33. George B. Sanford, of Connecticut, to be Second Lieutenant, 
April 26, 1861, vice Lord, promoted. [Company D.] 
35. Isaac Dunkelberger, of Pennsylvania, to be Second Lieu- 
tenant, April 26, 1861, vice Reno, promoted. [Company E.] 
Second Regiment of Dragoons. 
7. James C. Snodgrass, of Pennsylvania, to be Second Lieutenant, 
April 26, 1861, vice Green, promoted. [Company B ] 
8. Charles W. Canfield, of New Jersey, to be Second Lieutenant, 
April 26, 1861, vice Gay, promoted. [Company G.] 13 
11. Robert E. Clary, of Utah, to be Second Lieutenant, April 
26, 1861, vice Merrill, promoted. [Companj' K.] 
24. David S. Gordon, of Kansas, to be Second Lieutenant, April 
26, 1861, vice Jackson, promoted. [Company F.] 
8. Robert S/ Smith, of Ohio, to be Second Lieutenant, May 4, 
1861, vice Williams, resigned. [Company C.] 
First liegiment of Cavalry. 
28. Thomas T. Turner, of Missouri, to be Second Lieutenant, 
April 26, 1861, vice Taylor. (Declined.) 
84. Walter M. Wilson, of Massachusetts, to be Second Lieutenant, 
April 26, 1861, vice Bowman, promoted. [Company A.] 
1. Samuel W. Stockton, of New Jersey, to be Second Lieutenant, 
May 4, 1861, vice Fish, resigned. [Company B.] 
1. Michael J. Kelly, of the District of Columbia, to be Second 
Lieutenant, May 8,1861, vice McCormick, promoted. [Company C.] 
2. Edward M. McCook, of Colorado Territory, to be Second 
Lieutenant, May 8, 1861, vice Mouck, promoted. [Company G.] 
4. Edward D. Baker, of Illinois, to be Second Lieutenant, May 
8, 1861, vice Wilcox, promoted. [Company D.] 
William W. Webb, of the District of Columbia, to be Second 
Lieutenant, May 17, 1861, vice Turner, declined. [Company K.] 
Second liegiment of Cavalry. 
2. Junius B. Holloway, of Kentucky, to be Second Lieutenant, 
April 26, 1861, vice Porter, promoted. [Company A.] 
4. Thomas Drummond, of Iowa, to be Second Lieutenant, April 
26, 1861, vice Owens, promoted. [Company I.] 
17. Julius W. Mason, of Pennsylvania, to be Second Lieutenant, 
April 26, 1861, vice Lee, promoted. [Company B.] 
20. Edward W. Hinks, of Massachusetts, to be Second Lieutenant, 
April 26, 1861, vice Kimmel, promoted. [Company G.] 
21. E. B. Shields, of Tennessee, to be Second Lieutenant, April 
26, 1861, vice Arnold, promoted. (Declined.) 
26. Edward H. Lieb, of Pennsylvania, to be Second Lieutenant, 
April 26, 1861, vice Sweet, promoted. [Company E.] 
1. Joseph P. Ash, of Pennsylvania, to be Second Lieutenant, 
April 80, 1861, vice Williams, promoted. [Company H.] 
Thomas M. Anderson, of Ohio, to be Second Lieutenant, May 7, 
1861, vice Shields, declined. [Company C.] 14 
8. Leicester Walker, of Ohio, to be Second Lieutenant, May 8, 
1861, vice McLean, promoted. [Company K.] 
First Regiment of Artillery. 
Lorenzo Thomas, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be Second 
Lieuienant, April 24, 1861, vice Cooper, resigned. [Company D.J 
2'). Edward B. Hill, of New York, to be Second Lieutenant, April 
26, 1861, vice Hamsay, promoted. [Company F. ] 
2. William M. Maynadier, (at large,) to be Second Lieutenant, 
May 1, 1861, vice Graham, promoted. [Company M.] 
Third Regiment of Artillery. 
88. Watson Webb, of New York, to be Second Lieutenant, April 
26, 1861, vice Howard, resigned. [Company B.] 
Fourth Regiment of Artillery. 
Evan Thomas, of the District of Columbia, to lie Second Lieu- 
tenant, April 9, 1861, vice Ramseur, resigned. [Company D.] 
First Regiment of Infantry. 
10. .Mathew R. Marston, of Pennsylvania, to be Second Lieu- 
tenant, April 26, 1861, vice Thomas, promoted. [Company F.] * 
18. Isaac D. De Russy, of New York, to be Second Lieutenant, 
April 26, 1861, vice Holman, resigned. [Company I.] 
2. Leslie Smith, of Michigan, to be Second Lieutenant, April 30, 
1861, vice Sherburne, promoted. [Company H.] 
William H. Sterling, of New York, to be Second Lieutenant, May 
18, 1861, vice Cone, resigned. [Company G.] 
Second Regiment of Infantry. 
Richard Brindley, of Delaware, tb be Second Lieutenant, May 3, 
1861, vice Lee, resigned. [Company I.] 
Third Regiment of Infantry. 
William H. Penrose, of Michigan, to be Second Lieutenant, April 
13, 1861, vice Holt, resigned. [Company F.] 
3. Joseph A. McCool, of Pennsylvania, to be Second Lieutenant, 
April 26, 1861, vice Freedley, promoted. [Company K.] 
23. Daingerfield Parker, (at large,) to be Second Lieutenant, 
April 26, 1861, vice Walker, promoted. [Company G.] 
Fourth Regiment of Infantry. 
31. Edward B. Wright, of New Jersey, to be Second Lieutenant, 
April 26, 1861, vice Sheridan, promoted. [Declined.] 15 
2. Samuel M. Sprole, -of New York, to lie Second Lieutenant. 
May 4, 1861, vice McCall, resigned. [Company E.] 
Fifth Regiment of Infantry. 
16. Simon Snyder, of Pennsylvania, to be Second Lieutenant, 
April '26, 1861, vice Hill, resigned. [Company K.] 
1. John T. Price, of Missouri, to be Second Lieutenant, May 1, 
1861, vice Thomas, resigned. [Company A.] 
Sixth Regiment of Infantry. 
13. Tillinghast L’Hoinmedieu, of Ohio, to be Second Lieutenant, 
April 26, 1861, vice LJambright, declined. [Transferred to the First 
Cavalry.] 
22. Hamilton S. Hawkins, of New York, to be Second Lieu- 
tenant, April 26, 1861, vice Moore, promoted. [Company G.] 
Seventh Regiment of Infantry. 
6. AtLee W. Putnam, of Connecticut, to be Second Lieutenant, 
April 26, 1861. vice Pease, promoted. [Company F.] 
15. Edward Ross, of Washington Territory, to be Second Lieu- 
tenant, April 26, 1861, vice Stivers, promoted. [Company I.] 
19. John W. Magruder, of the District of Columbia, to be Second 
Lieutenant, April 26, 1861, vice Marmaduke, resigned. [Com- 
pany B.] 
37. James M. Broom, of Pennsylvania, to be Second Lieutenant, 
April 26, 1861, vice Ryan, promoted. [Company A.J 
Eighth Regiment of Infantry. 
27. William S. Worth, of New York, to be Second Lieutenant, 
April 26, 1861, vice Hazen, promoted. [Company F.] 
Ninth Regiment of Infantry. 
5. John D. Devin, of New Hampshire, to be Second Lieutenant, 
April 26, 1861, vice McKibbin, promoted. [Company F.] 
9. Charles 0. Wood, of Indiana, to be Second Lieutenant, April 
26, 1861, vice Wickliffe, promoted. [Company K.] 
32. David W. Biddle, of Pennsylvania, to be Second Lieutenant, 
April 26, 1861, vice Forsyth, promoted. [Company D.] 
36. Frederick Mears, of Illinois, to be Second Lieutenant, April 
26, 1861, vice Huges, promoted. [Company A.] 16 
Tenth Regiment of Infantry. 
14. George S. Lautnan, of Pennsylvania, to be Second Lieutenant, 
April 26, 1861, vice Armistead, promoted. [Company G.] 
William 1’. Godwin, of Pennsylvania, to be Second Lieutenant, 
May 1 A, 18G1, vice Carroll, promoted. [Company I.] 
George II. Butler, of California, to be Second Lieutenant, May 
1G, 18G1, vice Cunningham, promoted. [Company B.] 
III. TRANSFERRED.—(3.) 
Captain James B. Ricketts, First Artillery, from Company C to 
Light Company I, April 24, 1861. 
Second Lieutenant James M. Whittemore, Jr., of the Third 
Artillery, to the Ordnance Department, May 5, 1861. 
Second Lieutenant! illinghast L! Hommedieu, of the Sixth I nfantry 
to the First Regiment of Cavalry, May 7, 1861. [Company E.] 
IV. CASUALTIES. 
Resigned.—(111.) 
Brigadier-General Joseph E. Johnson, Quartermaster General 
April 22, 1861. 
Colonel Thomas T. Fauntleroy, First Dragoons, May 13, 1861. 
Colonel and Brevet Brigadier-General Albert S. Johnson, Second 
Cavalry, May 3, 1861. 
Colonel Robert E. Lee, First Cavalry, April 25, 1861. 
Lieutenant-Colonel William H. Emory, First Cavalry, May 9, 
1861. 
Major Richard B. Lee, Commissary of Subsistence, May it, 1861. 
Major Alfred Mordecai, Ordnance Department, May 5, 1861. 
Major and Brevet Colonel Benjamin Huger, Ordnance Department, 
April 22. 1861. 
Major Theophilus H. Homes, Eighth Infantry, April 22, 1861. 
Major and Brevet Colonel Charles A. May, Second Dragoons, 
April 20, 1861. 
Major Robert S. Garnett, Ninth Infantry, April 30, 1861. 
Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John H. Winder, Third 
Artillery, April 27. 1861. 
Major Edmund K. Smith, Second Cavalry, April 6, 1861. 
Captain James A. J. Bradford, Ordnance Department, May 1, 
1861. 17 
Captain and Brevet Major George G. Waggaman, Commissary of 
Subsistence, May 10, 1861. 
Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John B. Magruder, First 
Artillery, April 20, 1861. 
' Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel Buggies, Fifth 
Infantry, May 7, 1861. 
Captain and Brevet Major Larkin Smith, Eighth Infantry, May 
18, 1861. 
Captain Thomas Jordan, Assistant Quartermaster, May 21, 1861. 
* Captain Henry Little, Seventh Infantry, May 7, 1861. 
✓ Captain and Brevet Major Joseph Selden, Eighth Infantry, April 
27, 1861. 
Captain Arnold Elzey, Second Artillery, April 25, 1861. 
f Captain Richard S. Ewell, First Dragoons, May 7, 1861. 
Captain and Brevet Major John C. Pemberton, Fourth Artillery, 
April 29, 1861. 
Captain William B. Blair, Commissary of Subsistence, May 14, 
1861. 
\ Captain John P. McCown, Fourth Artillery, May 17, 1861. 
*. Captain Reuben P. Campbell, Second Dragoons, May 11, 1861. 
Captain Samuel Jones, First Artillery, April 27, 1861. 
Captain Edmunds B. Holloway, Eighth Infantry, May 14, 1861. 
. Captain Henry Heth, Tenth Infantry, April 25, 1861. 
Captain Charles S. Winder, Ninth Infantry, April 1, 1861. 
. Captain William S. Walker, First Cavalry, May 1, 1861. 
Captain and Brevet Major Samuel S. Anderson, Second Artillery, 
April 27, 1861. 
Captain Eugene E. McLean, Assistant Quartermaster, April 25, 
1861. 
Captain James M. Hawes, Second Dragoons, May 9, 1861. 
' Captain George H. Steuart, First Cavalry, April 22, 1861. 
Captain John Trevitt, Third Infantry. April 17, 1861. 
Captain James McIntosh, First Cavalry, May 7, 1861. 
Captain William L. Cabell, Assistant Quartermaster, and First 
Lieutenant Seventh Infantry, April 20, 1861. 
Captain James E. B. Stuart, First Cavalry, May 14, 1861. 
First Lieutenant Anderson Merchant, Second Artillery, May 2, 
1861. 
First Lieutenant Julius A. d’Lagnel, Second Artillery, May 17,1861. 18 
First Lieutenant Caleb Smith, Second Infantry, May 3, 1861. 
First Lieutenant Thomas K. Jackson, Eighth Infantry, April 1, 
1861. 
First Lieutenant Robert Johnston, First Dragoons, April 25, 
1861. 
First Lieutenant Walter H. Jenifer, Second Cavalry, April 30, 
1861. 
First Lieutenant Thornton A. Washington, First Infantry, April 
8, 1861. 
First Lieutenant George B. Anderson, Second Dragoons, April 
25, 1861. 
First Lieutenant John Pegratn, Second Dragoons, May 10, 1861. 
First Lieutenant Henry H. Walker, Sixth Infantry, May 3, 1861. 
r First Lieutenant John B. Villepigue, Second Dragoons, March 
31, 1861. 
First Lieutenant Alexander E. Steen, Third Infantry, May 10, 
1861. 
First. Lieutenant Matthew L. Davis, Third Infantry, May 13, 1861; 
First Lieutenant John Mullins, Second Dragoons, April 24, 1861. 
First Lieutenant John B. Hood, Second Cavalry, April 16, 1861. 
' First Lieutenant George W. C. Lee, Corps of Engineers, May 2, 
1861. 
First Lieutenant James A. Smith, Sixth Infantry, May 0, 1861. 
First Lieutenant Hylan B. Lyon, Third Artillery, April 30, 1861. 
First Lieutenant Richard H. Riddick, First Cavalry, May 9, 1861. 
First Lieutenant John T. Mercer, First Dragoons, April 26, 1861. 
First Lieutenant John O. Long, Second Infantry, May 2, 1861. „ 
First Lieutenant Joseph F. Minter, Second Cavalry, March 31, 
1861. 
First Lieutenant James II. Hill, Tenth Infantry, May 1, 1861. ■> 
First Lieutenant Edward Ingraham, First Cavalry, May 2, 1861. 
First Lieutenant Lunsford L. Lomax, First Cavalry, April 25, 
1861. 
First Lieutenant Fitzhugh Lee, Second Cavalry, May 21, 1861. 
Second Lieutenant William F. Lee, Second Infantry, April 30, 
1861. 
Second Lieutenant Robert C. Hill, Fifth Infantry, March 3, 1861. 
Second Lieutenant Alexander M. Haskell, First Infantry, May 1', 
1861. 19 
Second Lieutenant James K McCall, Fourth Infantry, April 2">, 
1861. 
Second Lieutenant James B. S. Alexander, Ninth Infantry, May 
9, 1861. 
Second Lieutenant Owen K. McLemore, Sixth Infantry, April 8, 
1861. 
Second Lieutenant James Howard, Third Artillery. April 8, 1861. 
Second Lieutenant Gabriel II. Hill, Third Artillery, April 29, 
1861. 
Second Lieutenant James H. Holman, First Infantry, April 17, 
1861. 
Second Lieutenant Samuel M. Cooper, First Artillery, April 5, 
1861. 
Second Lieutenant Aurelius F. Cone, First Infantry, May 18, 
1861. 
Second Lieutenant John S. Marmaduke, Seventh Infantry, April 
17, 1861. 
Second Lieutenant llobert H. Anderson. Ninth Infantry, May 17, 
1861. 
Second Lieutenant Oliver H. Fish, First Cavalry, May 1, 1861. 
Second Lieutenant Richard K. Meade, Jr., Corps of Engineers, 
May 1, 1861. 
Second Lieutenant Bryan M. Thomas, Fifth Infantry, April 6, 
1861. 
Second Lieutenant Solomon Williams, Second Dragoons, May 8, 
1861. 
Second Lieutenant William G. Robinson, Second Infantry, May 
17, 1861. 
Second Lieutenant Andrew Jackson, Jr., First Cavalry, May 7, 
1861. 
Second Lieutenant Joseph Wheeler, Jr., Regiment of Mounted 
Riflemen, April 22, 1861. 
Second Lieutenant Frank Huger, Tenth Infantry, May 21, 186L 
Second Lieutenant John S. Saunders, Ordnance Department', 
April 22, 1861. 
Second Lieutenant Stephen D. Ramseur, Fourth Artillery, April 
6, 1861. 
Brevet Second Lieutenant William P. Smith, Corps of Topo- 
graphical Engineers, April 27, 1861. 20 
Brevet Second Lieutenant Robert F. Beckham, Corps of Topo- 
graphical Engineers, May 3, 18(51. 
' Assistant Surgeon Charles H. Smith, April 25, 1861. 
Assistant Surgeon John M. Haden, April 25, 1861. 
Assistant Surgeon Edward \V. Johns, April 22, 18(51. 
Assistant Surgeon William W. Anderson, April 20, 1861. 
Assistant Surgeon Elisha P. Langworthy, April 30, 1861. 
Assistant Surgeon Andrew J. Foard, April 1, 1861. 
” Assistant Surgeon Richard Potts, May 7, 1861. 
Assistant Surgeon Robert L. Brodie, May 7, 1861. 
' Assistant Surgeon Nathaniel S. Crowell, May 17, 1861. 
Assistant Surgeon William J. L'Engle, April 30, 1861. 
Assistant Surgeon Asa Wall, May 11, 1861. 
Assistant Surgeon Charles Brewer, May 7, 1861. 
Assistant Surgeon Archibald M. Fauntleroy, May 9, 1861. 
Paymaster Lloyd J. Beall, April 22, 1861. 
Paymaster George C. flutter, April 80. 1861. 
Paymaster Robert H. Chilton, April 29, 1861. 
Paymaster Thomas G. Rhett, April 1, 1861. 
Military Storekeeper Briscoe G. Baldwin, Jr., Ordnance Depart- 
ment, April 22, 1861. 
Military Storekeeper Frederick C. Humphreys, Ordnance Depart- 
ment, May 22, 1861. 
Military Storekeeper Richard Fatherly, Ordnance. Department, 
May 1, 1861. 
Commissions vacated under the 1th section of the Act of June 18, 
1846.—(3.) 
By First Lieutenant Marcus D. L. Simpson, 2d Artillery, Com- 
missary of Subsistence, his regimental commission, (only,) April 
25, 1861. 
By First Lieutenant Theodore Talbot, 1st Artillery, Assistant 
Adjutant General, his regimental commission, (only,) April 27, 
1861. 
By First Lieutenant John McL. Taylor, 2d Artillery, Commissary 
of Subsistence, his regimental commission, (only,) April 27, 1861. 
Declined.—(7.) 
By First Lieutenant Amos Beckwith, 1st Artillery—the appoint- 
ment of Assistant Quartermaster with the rank of Captain, to date 
from April 22, 1861. 21 
By Ephraim E. Ellsworth, of New York—the appointment of 
Second Lieutenant, 1st Dragoons, to date from March 23, 1861. 
By Henry Hambright, of Pennsylvania—the appointment of 
Second Lieutenant, 6th Infantry, to date from March 23, 1861. 
By E.. B. Shields, of Tennessee—the appointment of Second 
Lieutenant, 2d Cavalry, to date from April 26, 1861. 
By Thomas T. Turner, of Missouri—the appointment of Second 
Lieutenant, 1st Cavalry, to date from April 26, 1861. 
By Edward B. Wright, of New Jersey—the appointment of 
Second Lieutenant, 4th Infantry, to date from April 26, 1861. 
By Ben Hardin Helm, of Kentucky—the appointment of Pay- 
master, to date from April 25, 1861. 
Died.—(5.) 
Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel John Munroe, 4th Artillery, 
at New Brunswick, N. .7., April 26, 1861. 
Major Michael M. Clark, Quartermaster, at Baltimore, Md., May 
10, 1861. 
Captain Theodore Fink, 8th Infantry, at Detroit, Mich., May 3, 
1861. 
First Lieutenant James B. Withered, 2d Cavalry—supposed to 
have been drowned at the mouth of the Rio Grande, Texas, March 
20, 1861. 
Brevet Brigadier-General Thomas Lawson, Surgeon General, at 
Norfolk, Va., May 15, 1861. 
Dropped.—(3.) 
Captain William B. Johnson, Third Infantry, April 11, 1861. ' 
Captain Franklin Gardner, Tenth Infantry, May 7, 1861. 
First Lieutenant Abner Smead, First Artillery, April 11, 1861. 
Dismissed under the act of January 31, 1823.—(1.) 
First Lieutenant Charles II. Ogle, First Dragoons, April 23, 1861. 
Cashiered.—(1.) 
Captain William K. Van Bokkelen, Assistant Quartermaster, 
May 8, 1861. 
V...Officers have been arranged, in the foregoing order, to the 
companies to which they succeeded in the natural course of promo- 
tion or appointment. Should a different assignment, however, have 
since been made by competent authority, it will take precedence of 
the former. 22 
VI. ..The nurtiber, prefixed to the name of each of the Second 
Lieutenants, in the above list of appointments, indicate his rank 
among those of the same date. 
VII. Acceptance, or non-acceptance, of appointments, and, in 
case of acceptance, the birthplace of the officer appointed,-his age, 
and residence, when appointed, will, in every case, be promptly 
reported to the Adjutant General. 
By oanKK: 
L. THOMAS, 
• Adjutant General. 
Okkkmai.: 
Assistant Adjutant General.