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APPOINTMENTS.

First Lieutenant Theodore Talbot, of the First Regiment of 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 Regiment of 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 Regiment of 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 Regiment of Artillery, to be Assistant Adjutant General with the Brevet rank of Captain, vice Nichols, promoted, to date from March 22, 1861.

II. The officers of the Adjutant General's Department are assigned to duty as follows:

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ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE.

Colonel Lorenzo Thomas, Adjutant General.

Brevet Major Irvin McDowell, Assistant Adjutant General.

Brevet Captain Julius P. Garesché, Assistant Adjutant General.

Brevet Captain James B. Fry, Assistant Adjutant General.

HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY.

Lieutenant Colonel Edward D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General.

DEPARTMENT OF THE EAST.

Brevet Major William A. Nichols, Assistant Adjutant General.

DEPARTMENT OF THE WEST.

Brevet Captain S. Williams, Assistant Adjutant General.

DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO.

Brevet Captain Dabney H. Maury, Assistant Adjutant General.
Brevet Captain George L. Hartsuff, Assistant Adjutant General.

DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC.

Brevet Major L'on Carlos Buell, Assistant Adjutant General.
Brevet Captain Richard C. Drum, Assistant Adjutant General.

DISTRICT OF OREGON.

Brevet Captain Theodore Talbot, Assistant Adjutant General.

ON INSPECTION DUTY.

Brevet Major William W. Mackall, Assistant Adjutant General.
Brevet Major Fitz-John Porter, Assistant Adjutant General.

III.-Brevet Captains Talbot, Drum, and Hartsuff, will proceed to join their respective stations.

As soon as relieved by Brevet Major Buell, Brevet Major Mackall will repair to the Headquarters of the Army, and report in person to the Commanding General.

Brevet Major Nichols will continue on duty with the troops in Texas until after they shall have left that Department, when, as soon as his services can be dispensed with by the Colonel commanding, he will proceed to join his proper station.

BY ORDER:

LORENZO THOMAS, Adjutant General.

General Orders, Į

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, prompted.

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, rice 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, rice 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, rice 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, 1800, 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, 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 Shaaf, resigned. [Company F.]

Second Lieutenant James E. Harrison, to be First Lieutenant, February 27, 1861, rice Garrard, promoted. [Company G.]

Brevet Second Lieutenant John 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.]

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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, rice 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, rice 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, rice 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, vico 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 II. 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.]

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