General Orders, No. 8. WAR DEP'T, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, 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 December 3, 1860. I.-PROMOTIONS. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT. Lieutenant Colonel Lorenzo Thomas, Assistant Adjutant General, to be Adjutant General, with the rank of Colonel, March 7, 1861, vice Cooper, resigned. Brevet Major Edward D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General, to be Assistant Adjutant General with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, March 7, 1861, vice 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 resignation. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. Second Lieutenant George C. Strong, to be First Lieutenant, January 25, 1861, vice Sill, resigned. Brevet Second Lieutenant Thomas G. Baylor, to be Second Lieutenant, January 25, 1861, vice Strong, promoted. Second Lieutenant Thomas G. Baylor, to be First Lieutenant, February 1, 1861, vice Boggs, resigned. Brevet Second Lieutenant John S. Saunders, to be Second Lieutenant, February 1, 1861, vice Baylor, promoted. FIRST REGIMENT OF DRAGOONS. First Lieutenant William T. Magruder, to be Captain, January 8, 1861, vice Northrop, resigned. [Company E.] Second Lieutenant John T. Mercer, to be First Lieutenant, January 8, 1861, vice Magruder, promoted. [Company F.] Brevet Second Lieutenant Josiah H. Kellogg, to be Second Lieutenant, January 8, 1861, vice Mercer, promoted. [Company F.] SECOND REGIMENT OF DRAGOONS. First Lieutenant Charles H. Tyler, to be Captain, January 28, 1861, vice Smith, resigned. [Company F.] Second Lieutenant Brockholst Livingston, to be First Lieutenant, January 28, 1861, vice Tyler, promoted. [Company A.] Brevet Second Lieutenant Wesley Merritt, to be Second Lieutenant, January 28, 1861, vice Berry, resigned. [Company A.] FIRST REGIMENT OF CAVALRY. Lieutenant Colonel Robert E. Lee, of the Second Cavalry, to be Colonel, March 16, 1861, vice Sumner, appointed Brigadier General. Major William H. Emory, to be Lieutenant Colonel, January 31, 1861, vice Hardee, resigned. Captain Delos B. Sacket, to be Major, January 31, 1861, vice Emory, promoted. Captain Thomas J. Wood, to be Major, March 16, 1861, vice Sedgwick, promoted into the Second Cavalry. First Lieutenant Robert Ransom, jr., to be Captain, January 31, 1861, vice Sacket, promoted. [Company F.] First Lieutenant Frank Wheaton, to be Captain, March 1, 1861, vice De Saussure, resigned. [Company B.] First Lieutenant David S. Stanley, to be Captain, March 16, 1861, vice Wood, promoted. [Company C.] Second Lieutenant Richard H. Riddick, to be First Lieutenant, December 2, 1860, vice Bell, deceased. [Company K.] Second Lieutenant John A. Thompson, to be First Lieutenant, January 31, 1861, vice Ransom, promoted. [Company H.] 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 D. Bayard, to be First Lieutenant, March 16, 1861, vice Stanley, promoted. [Company D.] Second Lieutenant Lunsford L. Lomax, to be First Lieutenant, March 21, 1861, vice Iverson, resigned. [Company C.] Brevet Second Lieutenant Charles S. Bowman, to be Second Lieutenant, 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 31, 1861, vico 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 1861, vice Field, promoted. [Company I.] Second Lieutenant Charles W. Phifer, to be First 1861, vice Shaaf, resigned. [Company F.] Lieutenant, January 31, Lieutenant, February 22, Second Lieutenant James E. Harrison, to be First Lieutenant, February 27, 1861, vice Garrard, promoted. [Company G.] Brevet Second Lieutenant Jolin J. Sweet, to be Second Lieutenant, 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, vice Winder, promoted into the Third Artillery. [Company G.] Second Lieutenant Abner Smead, to be First Lieutenant, November 22, 1860, rice Eddy, who vacates his regimental commission. [Company G.] Second Lieutenant Charles H. Webber, to be First Lieutenant, November 22, 1860, vice Seymour, promoted. [Company H.] Brevet Second Lieutenant Alanson M. Randol, of the Third Artillery, to be Second Lieutenant, November 22, 1860, vice Smead, promoted. [Company A.] Brevet Second Lieutenant Cornelius Hook, jr., to be Second Lieutenant, November 22, 1860, vice Webber, promoted. [Company 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, 1860, vice Scott, deceased. Brevet Second Lieutenant James M. Whittemore, jr., of the Second Artillery, to be Second Lieutenant, September 27, 1860, nice Lyon, promoted. [Company A.] FOURTH REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY. Second Lieutenant Richard Lodor, to be First Lieutenant, February 1, 1861. vice James, resigned. [Company G.] Second Lieutenant John R. Waddy, to be First Lieutenant, February 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 Stephen D. Ramseur, of the Third Artillery, to be Second Lieutenant, February 1, 1861, vice Lodor, promoted. [Company D.] Brevet Second Lieutenant Francis W. Seeley, of the Third Artillery, to be Second Lieutenant, February 4, 1861, vice Waddy, promoted. [Company I.] SECOND REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. Major Hannibal Day, to be Lieutenant Colonel, February 25, 1861, vice Abercrombie, promoted into the Seventh Infantry. 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 commission. [Company K.] Second Lieutenant John O. 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 Infantry, 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 Forsythe, deceased. [Company K.] 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. [Company 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 Infantry, to be Second Lieutenant, February 25, 1861, vice Torbert, promoted. [Company I.] 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. [Company K.] First Lieutenant Peter W. L. Plympton, to be Captain, February 26, 1861, vice Gatlin, promoted into the Fifth Infantry. [Company F.] Second Lieutenant Thomas B. Edelin, to be First Lieutenant, December 20, 1860, vice Wilcox, promoted. [Company I.] Second Lieutenant Edward J. Brooks, to be First Lieutenant, February 26, 1861, vice Plympton, promoted. [Company B.] Brevet Second Lieutenant James P. Martin, of the Sixth Second Lieutenant, December 20, 1860, vice Edelin, promoted. Brevet Second Lieutenant George S. Hollister, of the First Second Lieutenant, February 26, 1861, vice Brooks, promoted. EIGHTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. Infantry, to be [Company G.] Infantry, to be [Company D.] First Lieutenant Theodore Fink, to be Captain, December 31, 1860, vice Maclay, resigned. [Company F.] Second Lieutenant John G. Taylor, to be First Lieutenant, December 31, 1860, vice Fink, promoted. [Company B.] Second Lieutenant John R. Cooke, to be First Lieutenant, January 28, 1861, vice Cole, resigned. [Company C.] Second Lieutenant Edward L. Hartz, to be First Lieutenant, February 28, 1861, vice Jones, resigned. [Company A.] Brevet Second Lieutenant Alfred T. Smith, of the Fourth Infantry, to be Second Lieutenant, October 17, 1860, vice Bliss, promoted. [Company A.] Brevet Second Lieutenant Martin V. B. Lewis, of the Seventh Infantry, to be Second Lieutenant, December 31, 1861, vice Taylor, promoted. [Company H.] Brevet Second Lieutenant John N. Andrews, of the Fourth Infantry, to be Second Lieutenant, January 28, 1861, vice Cooke, promoted. [Company B.] Brevet Second Lieutenant James M. Warner, of the Tenth Infantry, to be Second Lieutenant, February 28, 1861, vice Hartz, promoted. [Company D.] NINTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. Second Lieutenant Charles A. Reynolds, to be First Lieutenant, February 20, 1861, vice Carr, resigned. [Company I.] Brevet Second Lieutenant William H. Jordan, of the Second Infantry, to be Second Lieutenant, February 20, 1861, vice Reynolds, promoted. [Company H.] TENTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. Captain Daniel P. Whiting, of the Seventh Infantry, to be Major, December 20, 1860, vice Walker, resigned. First Lieutenant Louis H. Marshall, to be Captain, December 29, 1860, vice Dunovant, resigned. [Company K.] First Lieutenant Henry E. Maynadier, to be Captain, January 19, 1861, vice Cumming, resigned. [Company G.] Second Lieutenant William II. Rossell, to be First Lieutenant, December 29, 1860, vice Marshall, promoted. [Company I.] Second Lieutenant Alexander Murry, to be First Lieutenant, January 19, 1861, vice Maynadier, promoted. [Company K.] Second Lieutenant William Kearny, to be First Lieutenant, January 23, 1861, vice Forney, resigned. [Company F.] Second Lieutenant James H. Hill, to be First Lieutenant, February 27, 1861, vice Kelly, resigned. [Company A.] Brevet Second Lieutenant William G. Jones, of the Eighth Infantry, to be Second Lieutenant, December 29, 1860, vice Rossell, promoted. [Company A.] Brevet Second Lieutenant Frank Huger, of the Third Infantry, to be Second Lieutenant, January 19, 1861, vice Murry, promoted. [Company D.] Brevet Second Lieutenant Robert H. Hall, of the Fifth Infantry, to be Second Lieutenant, January 23, 1861, vice Kearny, promoted. [Company F.] Brevet Second Lieutenant George W. Vanderbilt, of the Ninth Infantry, to be Second Lieutenant, February 27, 1861, vice Hill, promoted. [Company E.] II.-APPOINTMENTS. GENERAL OFFICERS. Colonel Edwin V. Sumner, of the First Cavalry, to be Brigadier General, March 16, 1861, vice Twiggs, dismissed.. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT. First Lieutenant Theodore Talbot, of the First Artillery, to be Assistant Adjutant General with the brevet rank of Captain, vice Jones, resigned, to date from March 16, 1861. First Lieutenant Richard C. Drum, of the Fourth Artillery, to be Assistant Adjutant General with the brevet rank of Captain, vice Buell, promoted, to date from March 16, 1861. First Lieutenant James B. Fry, of the First Artillery, to be Assistant Adjutant General with the brevet rank of Captain, vice Withers, resigned, to date from March 16, 1861. First Lieutenant George L. Hartsuff, of the Second Artillery, to be Assistant Adjutant General with the brevet rank of Captain, vice Nichols, promoted, to date from March 22, 1861. QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT. First Lieutenant John C. Bonnycastle, of the Fourth Infantry, to be Assistant Quartermaster with the rank of Captain, vice Wayne, resigned, to date from February 1, 1861. First Lieutenant Asher R. Eddy, of the First Artillery, to be Assistant Quartermaster with the rank of Captain, rice Myers, resigned, to date from February 12, 1861. PAY DEPARTMENT. Captain Augustus H. Seward, of the Fifth Infantry, to be Paymaster, vice Maclin, resigned, to date from March 27, 1861. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. Isaac Benson, of Pennsylvania, to be Paymaster and Military Storekeeper, vice Lewis, resigned, to date from March 27, 1861. Charles A. Allegood, of Pennsylvania, to be Military Storekeeper, vice Galt, resigned, to date from March 27, 1861. FIRST REGIMENT OF DRAGOONS. 2. Ephraim E. Ellsworth, of New York, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Randal, resigned, to date from March 23, 1861. [Company G.] 7. John P. Baker, of Illinois, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Ferguson, resigned, to date from March 23, 1861. [Company K.] |