CHAPER XXIIL SEVEN-DAYS' BATTLES 992
Confederate Roll of Honor.
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSPECTOR GENERAL’S OFFICE,
No. 93 Richmond, Va., November 22, 1862.
I. The following acts of Congress, having been approved by the President, are published for the information of the Army:
No. 27.—AN ACT to authorize the grant of medals and badges of distinction as a reward for courage and good conduct on the field of battle.
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to bestow medals, with proper devices, upon such officers of the armies of the Confederate States as shall be conspicuous for courage and good conduct on the field of battle, and also to confer a badge of distinction upon one private or non-commissioned officer of each company after every signal victory it shall have assisted to achieve. The non-commissioned officers and privates of the company who may be present on the first dress-parade thereafter may choose, by a majority of their votes, the soldier best entitled to receive such distinction, whose name shall be communicated to the President by commanding officers of the company; and if the award fall upon a deceased soldier the badge thus awarded him shall be delivered to his widow, or, if there be no widow to any relation the President may adjudge entitled to receive it.
Approved October 13, 1862
By order:
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSPECTOR GENERAL’S OFFICE,
No. 131 Richmond, Va., October 3, 1863
Difficulties in procuring the medals and badges of distinction having delayed their presentation by the President, as authorized by the act of Congress approved October 13, 1862, to the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates of the armies of the Confederate States conspicuous for courage and good conduct on the field of battle, to avoid postponing the grateful recognition of their valor until it can be made in the enduring form provided by that act, it is ordered—
I. That the names of all those who have been, or may hereafter be, reported as worthy of this distinction, be inscribed on a Roll of Honor, to be preserved in the office of the Adjutant and Inspector General for reference in all future time for those who have deserved well of their country, as having best displayed their courage and devotion on the field of battle.
II. That the Roll of Honor, so far as now made up, be appended to this order and read at the head of every regiment in the service of the Confederate States at the first dress-parade after its receipt, and be published in at least one newspaper in each State.
Ill. The attention of the officers in charge is directed to General Orders, No. 93, section No. 97, of the series of 1862, Adjutant and inspector General’s Office, for the mode of selecting the non-commissioned officers and privates entitled to this distinction, and its execution is enjoined.
By order:
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General
(993)
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSPECTOR GENERAL’S OFFICE,
No. 64 Richmond, Va., August 10, 1864
I. The following Roll of Honor is published in accordance with Paragraph I, General Orders, No. 131, 1863. It will be read to every regiment in the service at the first dress parade after its receipt.
BATTLE OF WILLIAMSBURG
Alabama.
Eighth Regiment of Infantry: Private William H. Duke,* Co. A. Private J. R. Philips, Co. C. |
Corpl. William H. Powell,* Co. D. Private James Ganavan, Co. I. |
*No selections from other companies.
BATTLE OF SEVEN PINES
Alabama
Eighth Regiment of Infantry: Sergt. Frank Williams,* Co. A. Private W. A. Hall, Co. B. Private J. B. Tallen, Co. C. Corpl. Eli Shortridge,* Co. D. Private John H. Deaton, Co. E. |
Private George W. Lee, Co. F. Private Charles Hippler, jr.,* Co. G. Private John Caney, Co. I. Private J. D. Garrison,* Co. K. |
BATTLE OF GAINES’ MILL
Alabama
Eighth Regiment of Infantry: Corpl. Samuel L. Cochran,* Co. A. Private R. T. Bush, Co. B. Private John G. Shields, Co. C. Private W. E. Donoho,* Co. D. Sergt. J. B. Milner, Co. F. |
Third Sergt. C. F. Walker, Co. G. Sergt. W. H. McGraw,* Co. H. Private Hugh McKewn, Co. I. Private John W. Griffin, Co. K. |
BATTLE OF FRAZIER’S FARM
Alabama
Eighth Regiment of Infantry: Sergt. Joseph Jackson,* Co. A. Corpl. H. M. Howard, Co. B. Private Robert Geddes, Co. C. Private J. P. Wheelan, Co. D. |
Fourth Sergt. G. Schwartz, Co. G. Private J. Smith, Co. G. Private John Lynch, Co. I. |
By order:
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General
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(994)
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSPECTOR GENERAL’S OFFICE,
No. 87 Richmond, Va., December 10, 1864
I. The following Roll of Honor is published in accordance with Paragraph I, General Orders, No. 131, 1863. It will be read to every regiment in the service at the first dress-parade after its receipt.
BATTLE OF SEVEN PINES
Mississippi
Second Regiment Mississippi Infantry: Private John H Cotton * Co. B. Sergt. R. A. Roberts (afterward killed at Gettysburg), Co. C. Private J. H. Walker, Co. D. Sergt. James McCully (afterward killed at Sharpsburg), Co. E. |
Private J. B. Smith,* Co. F. Private W. E. Manahan, Co. G. Private Franklin S. McKinney,* Co. H. Private William Joseph Sims,* Co. I. Private Thomas D. Hampton, Co. K. Private J. A. McAlister, Co. L. |
BATTLE OF GAINES’ FARM
Mississippi
Second Regiment Mississippi Infantry: Private W. J. Key, Co. A. Private A. J. Pegram,* Co. B. Private William Bell,* Co. C. Private J. P. Lewis,* Co. D. Private Joseph Compton,* Co. E. Private R. L. Northrop,* Co. F. |
Sergt. Rich. Drake, Co. G. Private A. C. Mars,* Co. H. Private J. M. Scott, Co. I. Private Thomas D. Hampton,* Co. K. Private W. H. Bryan (afterward killed at Sharpsburg), Co. L. |
BATTLE OF MALVERN HILL
Mississippi
Second Regiment Mississippi Infantry: Private W. J. Key, Co. A. Private J. H. Parker,* Co. B. Sergt. J. A. Atkins (afterward killed at Suffolk, April 25, 1863), Co. C. Private J. L. Ralph (afterward killed at Sharpsburg), Co. F. |
Corpl. T. J. S. Cooper, Co. G. Private A. K. Roberts, Co. H. Private Hillery Andrews (killed August 29, 1862), Co. I. Private J. M. Moore, Co. K. CorpL J. M. Ward,* Co. L. |
By order:
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General
*Killed in action