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by this result and remain out of the service, which I did. General Edward Johnson, without solicitation from me, gave me a letter to the Secretary of War, reccmmending my promotion to the rank of brigadier-general. This letter has, unfortunately, been lost.

List of Names of Officers of the Signal Corps, Confederate States Army.

[Created by act of Congress April 19, 1862, and amended by subsequent acts, and organized under General Orders No. 40, A. & I. G. O., Richmond, May 29, 1862.]

Memorandum of names of officers of the Signal Corps of the Con- federate States Provisional army, appointed under the act of the Con- federate Congress May 29, 1862, providing for the appointment of ten captains and ten sergeants.

Captains.

1. R. H. T. Adams, S. O., A. & I. G. O., November 23, 1863.

2. James H. Alexander, S. O., A. & I. G. O., July 7, 1862.

3. William N. Barker, S. O., A. & I. G. O., March 30, 1864.

4. Thomas H. Clagett, S. O., A. & I. G. O., April 13, 1864.

5. M. T. Davidson, S. O., A. & I. G. O., June 9, 1862.

6. Elcan Jones, S. O., A. & I. G. O., February 3, 1864.

7. J. H. Manning, S. O., A. & I. G. O., June 10, 1862.

8. William Norris (promoted major and chief), S. O., A. & I. G. O., July 31, 1862.

9. M. L. Randolph, S. O., A. & I. G. O., November 12, 1862. 10. R. E. Wilbourne, S. O., A. & I. G. O., July 31, 1862.

Sergeants. (Appointed under acts of May 29 and September 27, 1862.).

1. J. Bankhead, S. O., A. & I. G. O., May 20, 1863.

2. P. D. Bester, S. O., A. & I. G. O., April 23, 1863.

3. P. A. H. Brown, S. O., A. & I. G. O., September 9, 1864.

4. Mason M. Burrows, S. O., A. & I. G. O., November 12, 1862.

5. E. S. Gregory, S. O., A. & I. G. O., November 23, 1863.

6. Joseph K. Irving, S. O., A. & I. G. O., October 28, 1862.

7. A. W. Pearce, S. O., A. & I. G. O., November 21, 1862.