MAR 12, 1866.]                 EXECUTIVE JOURNAL.                    607

To the Senate of the United States:
    I nominate the officers named in the accompanying communication for appointment by Brevet in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.
                                                        ANDREW JOHNSON.
    WASHINGTON, February 21, 1866.

                                                        WAR DEPARTMENT,
                                             Washington, February 21, 1866.

    SIR: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment by brevet in the Volunteer force:

    Brevet Major Nelson Plato, captain and assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for meritorious services in the Quartermaster's Department during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major John J. Elwell, captain and assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for meritorious services in the Quartermaster's Department during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major Charles B. Wagner, captain and assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for meritorious services in the Quartermaster's Department during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Surgeon P. A. Jewitt, of the United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from December 9, 1865.
    Additional Paymaster James M. Wilson, of the United States Volunteers, for faithful services, to date from January 2, 1866.
    Additional Paymaster H. G. Nims, of the United States Volunteers, for faithful services in his department, to date from December 1, 1865.

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    Additional Paymaster J. A. Brodhead, of the United States Volunteers, for faithful services in his department, to date from December 27, 1865.
    Additional Paymaster Edwin Beecher, of the United States Volunteers, for faithful services in his department, to date from December 27, 1865.
    Additional Paymaster H. McFarland, of the United States Volunteers, for faithful services in his department, to date from December 27, 1865.
    Major Henry Lee Higginson, of the First Massachusetts Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, and especially in the campaign of 1864 of the Army of the Potomac, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Major Wilson Barstow, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for efficient and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Additional Paymaster Edmund Gifford, United States Volunteers, for faithful services in his department, to date from December 1, 1865.
    Additional Paymaster Wilson S. Kennon, United States Volunteers, for faithful services in his department, to date from December 15, 1865.
    Additional Paymaster Anson Sperry, United States Volunteers, for faithful services in his department, to date from December 1, 1865.
    Additional Paymaster Joseph Pool, United States Volunteers, for faithful services in his department, to date from December 1, 1865.
    Additional Paymaster John P. McGrath, United States Volunteers, for faithful services in his department, to date from December 1, 1865.
    Surgeon John C. Norton, of the United States Volunteers, for faithful services in his department, to date from December 1, 1865.
    Surgeon James G. Hatchitt, of the United States Volunteers, for faithful services in his department, to date from December 5, 1865.
    Brevet Major Lewis Weitzel, captain and aide-de-camp United States Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the action of September 29, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major George C. Winslow, captain and assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful services in his department, to date from December 9, 1865.
    Additional Paymaster Robert Smyth, United States Volunteers, for faithful services in his department, to date from December 6, 1865.
    Additional Paymaster Ethan S. Bailey, United States Volunteers, for faithful services in his department, to date from December 6, 1865.
    Surgeon Joseph S. Hildreth, United States Volunteers, for faithful services, to date from November 30, 1865.
    Surgeon Alfred Wynkoop, United States Volunteers, for faithful services, to date from November 30, 1865.
    Brevet Major Frederick W. Alexander, commissary of subsistence of Volunteers, for faithful services in the Subsistence Department, to date from January 3, 1866.
    Brevet Major Marcus P. Breckenridge, captain and commissary of subsistence of Volunteers, for faithful services in the Subsistence Department, to date from December 26, 1865.
    Surgeon Clayton A. Cowgill, United States Volunteers, for faithful services, to date from December 23, 1865.
    Surgeon David Stanton, United States Volunteers, for faithful services, to date from December 28, 1865.
    Additional Paymaster Richard P. L. Baber, United States Volunteers, for faithful services, to date from November 15, 1865.

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    Major John Bell, of the Fifteenth Michigan Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from May 24, 1865.
    Brevet Major E. B. Harlan, captain and assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Major James R. Willett, of the First United States Veteran Volunteer Engineers, for valuable and faithful services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major D. S. Leslie, captain and aide-de-camp of Volunteers, for distinguished services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major James W. Latta, captain and assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the cavalry battles of Ebenezer Church, Alabama, and Columbus, Georgia, to date from April 16, 1865.
    Major Thomas L. Haydn, aide-de-camp of Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Major William T. Frohock, of the First Army Corps, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Major Calvin S. Montague, of the One hundred and second United States Colored Troops, for gallant and meritorious conduct, to date from September 30, 1865.
    Major Peter French, of the Forty-sixth New York Volunteers, for conspicuous gallantry and faithful service during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Major Archibald Boyle, of the Thirty-fifth United States Colored Troops, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major William M. Boone, captain and assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for long-continued and meritorious services in the Adjutant-General's Department during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major H. N. Burhaus, captain of the One hundred and forty-ninth New York Volunteers, for long and faithful services, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major A. P. Fiske, captain and assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for meritorious services whilst in the Department of the East, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Major Emmons E. Graves, aide-de-camp of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from December 1, 1865.
    Brevet Major Horace B. Fitch, captain and aide-de-camp of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from November 22, 1865.
    Major C. Wheaton, jr., commissary of subsistence of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services in the Subsistence Department, to date from December 1, 1866.
    Surgeon John M. Bayne, of the United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from January 16, 1866.
    Brevet Major James W. Parrington, United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from December 30, 1865.
    Major Lucius C. Matlack, of the Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from December 30, 1865.
    Additional Paymaster William H. Jones, United States Volunteers, for faithful services, to date from December 12, 1865.
    Major J. V. Butts, of the Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from December 30, 1865.

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    Additional Paymaster J. F. Price, United States Volunteers, for faithful services, to date from December 12, 1865.
    Major James M. Johnson, of the First United States Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from December 12, 1865.
    Brevet Major George W. Harrison, captain and assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful services in his department, to date from December 15, 1865.
    Major John C. Campbell, judge-advocate, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from December 15, 1865.
    Brevet Major William A. Kobbe, captain of the One hundred and seventy-eighth New York Volunteers, for distinguished and faithful services throughout the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major Horatio C. King, captain and assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from May 19, 1865.
    Brevet Major E. C. Hutton, captain and assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major William M. Ferry, United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the wary to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major J. W. Dillenbeck, captain of the Fourth United States Colored Troops, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Additional Paymaster Charles W. Campbell, United States Volunteers, for faithful services in his department, to date from January 4, 1866.
    Brevet Major Robert Chandler, captain and assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major A. K. Bush, captain in the Twelfth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, for faithful and meritorious services during the wary to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major William Arthur, captain in the Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant conduct at the battles of Spottsylvania and Ream's Station, Virginia, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Major Thomas K. McCling, of the Third New Jersey Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Major Edwin J. Buckbee, of the First Michigan Sharpshooters, for meritorious services before Petersburg, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.
    Major William Harper, jr., of the First New Jersey Cavalry, for gallant and efficient services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major James W. Lyon, captain of the Fourth Rhode Island Volunteers, for efficient services as chief pontonier Army of the James, at Farmville, Virginia, to date from April 3, 1865.
    Additional Paymaster James B. Sheridan, United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major Andrew J. Mackay, captain and assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major S. Lockwood Brown, captain and assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

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    Brevet Major George V. Rutherford, captain and assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major George D. Wise, captain and assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major Richard N. Batchelder, captain and assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major J. F. Boyd, captain and assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major Raymond Burr, captain and assistant-quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major E. S. Allen, captain and assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major Samuel D. Henderson, commissary of subsistence of Volunteers, for efficient and meritorious services, to date from August 18, 1865.
    Brevet Major D. L. Smith, commissary of subsistence of Volunteers, for meritorious services in his department during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Major Horace B. Burnham, judge-advocate of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Surgeon M. Goldsmith, United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from January 13, 1866.
    Surgeon L. W. Read, United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from January 12, 1866.
    Surgeon Richard D. Lynde, United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to Date from January 9, 1866.
    Brevet Major H. L. Carver, captain and assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful services, to date from December 14, 1865.
    Brevet Major W. M. Kimball, captain and assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful services, to date from January 18, 1866.
    Additional Paymaster William Phelps, United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major George P. Webster, captain and assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful services, to date from December 13, 1865.
    Major George H. Otis, of the Eighth United States Veteran Reserves, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Major Peter Zim, of the Eighty-eighth Ohio Volunteers, for faithful and efficient services, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Major John M. McCracken, of the Forty-sixth Illinois Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Major Rufus C. McEathron, of the Fifteenth Illinois Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Major Harvey M. Timins, of the Ninety-second Illinois Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Major John T. Cheney, of the First Illinois Artillery, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

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    Major E. W. Wynkoop, of the First Colorado Cavalry, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Major Luke Murrin, of the One hundred and ninety-third Ohio Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Major Elijah T. Phillips, of the Sixth Illinois Cavalry, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Additional Paymaster R. H. Whiting, United States Volunteers, for faithful services in the Pay Department, to date from January 4, 1866.
    Brevet Major R. L. Kilpatrick, captain in the Sixth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major J. Whitney, captain of the Eighth United States Veteran Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major O. F. Middleton, captain of the Eighth United States Veteran Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Major James Starr, of the Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry, for highly gallant conduct at the battle of Todd's Farm, Virginia, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major L. B. Plummer, captain of the Thirteenth United States Colored Heavy Artillery, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major Garrett Nagle, captain in the Sixth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major John B. Nixon, captain of the Seventeenth United States Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Additional Paymaster B. M. Thompson, United States Volunteers, for faithful, gallant, and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major John E. Marshall, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from November 11, 1865.
    Major Walter B. Scates, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major O. O. Potter, captain and assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from December 2, 1865.
    Brevet Major Frederick Crain, captain and assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from December 2, 1865.
    Major Lewis S. Barnes, of the Ninth United States Colored Troops, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from December 2, 1865.
    Surgeon C. B. White, United States Volunteers, for faithful services, to date from January 23, 1866.
    Surgeon James P. Prince, United States Volunteers, for faithful services, to date from January 16, 1866.
    Additional Paymaster Nathaniel A. Tucker, United States Volunteers, for faithful services in the Pay Department, to date from February 7, 1866.
    Surgeon Charles T. Reber, United States Volunteers, for faithful services, to date from January 29, 1866.

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    Surgeon Aaron P. Dalrymple, United States Volunteers, for faithful services, to date from January 24, 1866.
    Surgeon Joseph B. Morrison, United States Volunteers, for faithful services, to date from January 26, 1866.
    Surgeon Zenas E. Bliss, United States Volunteers, for faithful services, to date from January 26, 1866.
    Surgeon William S. Woods, United States Volunteers, for faithful services, to date from February 3, 1866.
    Additional Paymaster John S. Herrick, United States Volunteers, for faithful services in the Pay Department, to date from November 15, 1865.
    Additional Paymaster Issac S. Stewart, United States Volunteers, for faithful services in the Pay Department, to date from January 1, 1866.
    Major Charles A. Carlton, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for distinguished conduct at the storming of Fort Fisher, North Carolina, and for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Additional Paymaster F. W. Crane, United States Volunteers, for faithful services in the Pay Department, to date from November 15, 1865.
    Major H. C. Austin, of the Eighth Regiment Kansas Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major N. B. Lucas, United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major John W. Hicks, United States Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major E. M. Carpenter, United States Volunteers and captain of the Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious conduct at the battles of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and Todd's Tavern Virginia, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Major T. F. Edmands, of the Twenty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Major George Lee, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Major A. E. Niles, of the Eleventh Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major W. W. Rogers, United States Volunteers and captain of the Nineteenth Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant conduct in the field, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Brevet Major A. H. Wands, captain Tenth Veteran Reserve Corps, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from February 13, 1866.
    Brevet Major George Garfield, captain and commissary of subsistence of Volunteers, for faithful and efficient services in the Commissary Department, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Additional Paymaster Edwin Beecher, United States Volunteers, for faithful services the Pay Department, to date from January 11, 1866.
    Additional Paymaster, Henry W. Scovel, United States Volunteers, for faithful services in the Pay Department, to date from January 11, 1866.
    Major Seth C. Farrington, judge-advocate of the Department of Arkansas, for faithful and efficient services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

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    Major Lewis R. Stegman, of the First Regiment First Army Corps, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Major George E. Scott, of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for faithful and meritorious services in the recruitment of the armies of the United States during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.
    Additional Paymaster John W. Smith, United States Volunteers, for faithful and zealous services in the Pay Department, to date from February 8, 1866.
    Brevet Major W. A. La Motte, United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
        I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,
                                                    E. M. STANTON,
                                                      Secretary of War.

    THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

Source:

U.S. Congress, Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America, From February 13, 1866, to July 28, 1866, Inclusive, Volume 14 in Two Parts--Part II, Printed by Order of the Senate of the United States, Washington, Government Printing Office, 1887, 39th Cong., 1st sess., 12 March 1866, pp. 607-614.