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General Orders GENERA!, ORDERS, WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT GENKRAI.’s OFKICK, No. 8. Washington, April 3, 1861. Promotions and appointments in the Army of the United States, made by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, since the publication of “ General Orders,” No. 24, of De- cember 3, I860. r...PROMOTIONS. Adjutant General's Department. Lieutenant-Colonel Lorenzo Thomas, Assistant Adjutant General, to be Adjutant General with the rank of Colonel, March 7, 1861, rice Cooper, resigned. Brevet Major Edward I'. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General, to be Assistant Adjutant General with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, March 7, 1861, rice Thomas, promoted. Brevet Captain Don Carlos Buell. Assistant Adjutant General, to be Assistant Adjutant General with the brevet rank of Major, February 25, 1861, vice Deas, resigned. Brevet Captain William A. Nichols, Assistant Adjutant General, to be Assistant Adjutant General with the brevet rank of Major, March 7, 1861, vice Townsend, promoted. Medical Department. Assistant Surgeon Lewis A. Edwards, to be Surgeon, February 19. 1861, vice De Leon, resigned. Assistant Surgeon John F. Hammond, to be Surgeon, February 25, 1861, vice Moore, resigned. Corps of Engineers. Brevet Second Lieutenant William E. Merrill, to be Second Lieutenant, February 20, 1861, the date of Captain Beauregard’s resignation. Brevet Second Lieutenant Chauncey B. Reese, to be Second Lieutenant, February 20, 1861, the date of Captain Whiting’s resig- nation. Ordnance Department. Second Lieutenant George C. Strong, to be First Lieutenant, January 25, lc61, vice Sill, resigned. Brevet Second Lieutenant Thomas G. Baylor, to be Second Lieu- tenant, January 25, 1861, vice Strong, promoted. Second Lieutenant Thomas G. Baylor, to be First Lieutenant, February 1, 1801, vice Boggs, resigned. Brevet Second Lieutenant John S. Saunders, to be Second Lieu- tenant, February 1, 1801, vice Baylor, promoted. First Regiment of Dragoons. First Lieutenant William T. Magruder, to be Captain, January 8, 1801, vice Northrop, resigned. [Company E.] Second Lieutenant John ’I’. Mercer, to be First Lieutenant, January 8, 1801, vice Magruder, promoted. [Company F.] Brevet Second Lieutenant Josiah H. Kellogg, to be Second Lieu- tenant, January 8, 1801, vice Mercer, promoted. [Company F.] Second liegiment of Dragoons. First Lieutenant Charles H. Tyler, to be Captain, January 28, 1801, vice Smith, resigned. [Company F.] Second Lieutenant Brockholst Livingston, to be First Lieutenant, January 28, 1801, vice Tyler, promoted. [Company A.] Brevet Second Lieutenant Wesley Merritt, to be Second Lieuten- ant, January 28, 1801, vice Berry, resigned. [Company A.] First Regiment of Cavalry. Lieutenant-Colonel Robert E. Lee, of the Second Cavalry, to be Colonel, March 10, 1801, vice Sumner, appointed Brigadier-General. Major William H. Emory, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, January 81, 1801, vice Hardee, resigned. Captain Delos B. Sackett, to be Major, March 10, 1801, vice Emory, promoted. Captain Thomas J. Wood, to be Major, March 10, 1801, vice Sedgwick, promoted into the Second Cavalry. First Lieutenant Robert Ranson, Jr., to be Captain, January 31, 1801, vice Sackett, promoted. [Company F.] First Lieutenant Frank Wheaton, to be Captain, March 1, 1801, vice De Saussure, resigned. [Company B.] First Lieutenant David S. Stanley, to be Captain, March 10, 1801, vice Wood, promoted. [Company C.] Second Lieutenant Richard H. Riddick, to be First Lieutenant, December 2, 1800, vice Bell, deceased. [Company K.] Second Lieutenant John A. Thompson, to be First Lieutenant, January 31, 1801, vice Ransom, promoted. [Company H.] 3 Second Lieutenant and Adjutant Albert V. Colburn, to be First Lieutenant, January 31, 1861, the date of Ransom’s promotion. Second Lieutenant Edward Ingraham, to be First Lieutenant, February 27, 1861, vice Stockton, resigned. [Company B.] Second Lieutenant Eli Long, to be First Lieutenant, March 1, 1861, vice Wheaton, promoted. [Company E.] Second Lieutenant George I). Bayard, to be First Lieutenant, March 16, 1861, vice Stanley, promoted. [Company D.] Second Lieutenant Lunsford L. Lomax, to be First Lieutenant, March 21, 18(51, vice Iverson, resigned. [Company C.] Brevet Second Lieutenant Charles S. Bowman, to be Second Lieu- tenant, December 2, 1860, vice Riddick, promoted. [Company A.] Second Regiment of Cavalry. Major John Sedgwick, of the First Cavalry, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, March 16, 1861, vice Lee, promoted into the First Cavalry. Captain Edmund K. Smith, to be Major, January 31, 1861, vice Van Dorn, resigned. First Lieutenant Charles W. Field, to be Captain, January 81, ,1861, vice Smith, promoted. [Company B.] First Lieutenant Kenner Garrard, to be Captain, February 27, 1861, vice Evans, resigned. [Company H.] Second Lieutenant Joseph F. Minter, to be First Lieutenant, January 31. 1861, vice Field, promoted. [Company I.] Second Lieutenant Charles W. Phifer, to be First Lieutenant, February 22, 1861, vice Shaft', resigned. [Company F.] Second Lieutanant James E. Harrison, to be First Lieutenant, February 27, 1861, vice Garrard, promoted. [Company G.] Brevet Second Lieutenant John J. Sweet, to be Second Lieuten- ant, January 31, 1861, vice Minter, promoted. [Company E.] Regiment of Mounted Riflemen. First Lieutenant John P. Hatch, to be Captain, October 13, 1860, vice McLane, killed in action. [Company I.] First Regiment of Artillery. First Lieutenant Truman Seymour, to be Captain, November 22, 1860, rice Winder, promoted into the Third Artillery. [Company G.] Second Lieutenant Abner Smead, to be First Lieutenant, Novem- ber 22, 1860, vice Eddy, who vacates his regimental commission. [Company G.] 4 Second Lieutenant Charles H. Webber, to be First Lieutenant, November 22, I860, vice Seymour, promoted. [Company II.] Brevet Second Lieutenant Alanson M. Bandol, of the Third Artillery, to be Second Lieutenant, November 22, 1860, vice Smead. promoted. [Company A.] Brevet Second Lieutenant Cornelius Hook, dr , to be Second Lieutenant, November 22, 1860, vice Webber, promoted. [Com- pany B.] Second Regiment of Artillery. Brevet Second Lieutenant John M. Wilson, of the First Artillery, to be Second Lieutenant, January 28, 1861, vice Jones, resigned. [Company E.] Brevet Second Lieutenant Alexander C. M. Pennington, Jr., to be Second Lieutenant, February 1, 1861, vice Butler, resigned. [Company H.] Third Regiment of Artillery. Captain John H. Winder, of the First Artillery, to be Major, November 22, i860, vice Scott, deceased. Brevet Second Lieutenant James M. Whittemore, J r.. of the Second Artillery, to be Second Lieutenant, September 27, 1860, vice Lyon, promoted. [Company A.] Fourth Regiment of Artillery. Second Lieutenant Richard Lodor, to be First Lieutenant, Febru- ary 1, 1861, nice James, resigned. [Company G.] Second Lieutenant John R. Waddy. to be First Lieutenant, Feb- ruary 4, 1861, vice Gill, resigned. [Company F.] Brevet Second Lieutenant William W. McCreery, of the Third Artillery, to be Second Lieutenant, January 1, 1861.vice Hallonquist, resigned. [Company G.] Brevet Second Lieutenant Steven D. Ramseur, of the Third Artillery, to be Second Lieutenant, F’ebruary 1, 1861, vice Loder, promoted. [Company 1).] Brevet Second Lieutenant Francis W. Seeley, of the Third Artillery, to be Second Lieutenant, February 4. 1861, vice Waddy, promoted. [Company L] Second Regiment of Infantry. Major Hannibal Day, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, February 23, 1861, vice Abercrombie, promoted into the Seventh Infantry. 5 Captain William Chapman, of the Fifth Infantry, to be Major, February 25, 1861, vice Day, promoted. First Lieutenant Thomas W. Sweeney, to be Captain, January 19, 1861, vice Gardner, resigned. [Company D.] Second Lieutenant Robert F. Hunter, to be First. Lieutenant, January 19, 1861, vice Moore, who vacates his regimental commis- sion. [Company K.] Second Lieutenant John 0. Long, to be First Lieutenant, January 19, 1861, vice Sweeney promoted. [Company I.] Brevet Second Lieutenant Salem S. Marsh, of the Ninth Infantry, to be Second Lieutenant, January 19, 1861, vice Hunter promoted. [Company F.] Brevet Second Lieutenant Samuel T. Cushing, of the Tenth Infan- try, to be Second Lieutenant, January 19, 1861, vice Long, promoted. [Company A.] Fourth Regiment of Infantry. Second Lieutenant Charles H. Rundell, to be First Lieutenant, January 31, 1861, vice Forsylhe, deceased. [Company Iv.] Brevet Second Lieutenant Edward B. D. Riley, of the Sixth Infantry, to be Second Lieutenant, January 31, 1861, vice Rundell, promoted. [Company B.] Fifth Regiment of Infantry. Captain Richard C. Gatlin, of the Seventh Infantry, to be Major, February 26, 1861, vice Gwynne, deceased. First Lieutenant Joseph UpdegrafF, to be Captain, February 25, 1861, vice Chapman, promoted into the Second Infantry. [Com- pany G.] Second Lieutenant Alfred T. A. Torbert, to be First Lieutenant, February 25, 1861, vice UpdegrafF, promoted. [Company D.] Brevet Second Lieutenant Lyman Mishler, of the Seventh Infan- try, to be Second Lieutenant, February 25, 1861, vice Torbert. [Company L] Seventh Regiment of Infantry. Lieutenant-Colonel John J. Abercrombie, of the Second Infantry, to be Colonel, February 25, 1861, vice Wilson, resigned. First Lieutenant Cadmus M. Wilcox, to be Captain, December 20, 1860, vice Whiting, promoted into the Tenth Infantry. [Com- pany Iv.] 6 First Lieutenant Peter W. L. Plympton, to be Captain, February 26, 1861, vice Gatlin, promoted into the Fifth Infantry. [Com- pany F. ] Second Lieutenant Thomas B. Edelin, to be First Lieutenant, December
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