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r in the department has been more constantly and actively engaged than Major Samuel Lockett, Chief Engineer, for his professional skill and excellent judgment, wherever occasion required it, from Grenada to Port Hudson; during the siege of Vicksburg, none exposed themselves more fearlessly to danger than he and his gallant assistants, Captains Powhattan Robinson, James Cooper, J. J. Conway, D. Winter, and James Hagan, and Lieutenants E. W. MeMahon, W. O. Flynn, Geo. Donnelan, W. A. Gloster, Southard, Blessing, and Mr. Ginder. It gives me pleasure to name them, and to ask a recognition of their merits. I consider myself to have been particularly fortunate in the selection of Chief Quartermaster of the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. Major L. Mims entered upon the duties of that office immediately on my assuming command, and has proved himself eminently qualified for the position; his energy and capacity I have rarely seen equalled. I believe that no man could have done