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384  a list of exempts in the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

Further information on this subject will be communicated when received.

 Dec. 19, 1863. To the Senate of the Confederate States. I herewith transmit for your information a communication from the Secretary of War, covering copies of several reports of military operations. [The same message was sent to the House of Representatives.]

 Dec. 21, 1863. To the Senate of the Confederate States. In response to your resolution of the 10th instant, I herewith transmit for your information a communication from the Secretary of War relative to the Quartermaster General.

 Dec. 22, 1863. To the House of Representatives.

In response to your resolution of the 10th inst., I herewith transmit for your information a communication from the Secretary of War, covering "a list of the officers of artillery in the Provisional Army, for the performance of ordnance duty, appointed since the 16th day of September, 1862," and the "roll of merit" reported by the Board of Examiners.

 Dec. 23, 1863. To the Senate and House of Representatives. I herewith transmit for your information a communication from the Secretary of War, covering "General Lee's report of the operations of the Army of Northern Virginia, from the date of his assumption of command to and including the battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1863," and the subordinate reports appertaining thereto.

