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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 Confederate States Provisional army, appointed under the act of the Confederate 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. & 1. G. O., October 28, 1862.

7. A. W. Pearce, S. O., A. & I. G. O., November 21, 1862. [92]

8. Junius L. Powell, S. O., A. & I. G. O., November 12, 1862.

9. J. B. Smith, S. O., A. & I. G. O., July 4, 1863.

10. H. A. Tutwiler, S. O., A. & I. G. O., April 16, 1863.

11. N. J. Watkins, S. O., A. & I. G. O., November 12, 1862.

Memorandum of officers of the Signal Corps of the Confederate States Provisional army, appointed under act of the Confederate Congress of September 27, 1862, providing for the appointment of one major, ten first and ten second lieutenants, and twenty additional sergeants:


Major.

William Norris, S. O., A. & I. G. O., October 24, 1862.


First Lieutenants.

1. Edmund Burke, S. O., A. & I. G. O., June 19, 1863.

2. James Carey (acting chief of corps), S. O., A. & I. G. O., July 4, 1863.

3. H. C. Lindsay (resigned), S. O., A. & I. G. O., June 22, 1863.

4. A. L. Lindsay, S. O., A. & I. G. O., November 12, 1862.

5. C. G. Memminger, S. O., A. & I. G. O., November 29, 1862.

6. W. N. Mercer Otey, S. O., A. & I. G. O., November 12, 1862.

7. William C. Schley, S. O., A. & I. G. O., November 24, 1862.

8. A. J. Stedman, S. O., A. & I. G. O., November 29, 1862.


Second Lieutenants.

1. John Bellinger, S. O., A. & I. G. O., April 16, 1863.

2. Charles H. Cawood, S. O., A. & I. G. O., June 27, 1863.

3. James L. Crittenden, S. O., A. & I. G. O., June 26, 1863.

4. J. L. Doggett, S. O., A. & I. G. O., March 9, 1863.

5. Eli Duvall, S. O., A. & I. G. O., November 24, 1862.

6. George E. Harrison, S. O., A. & I. G. O., May 20, 1863.

7. Frank Markoe, Jr., S. O., A. & I. G. O., November 12, 1862.

8. E. T. Ruffin, S. O., A. & I. G. O., November 12, 1862.

9. George E. Tabb, S. O., A. & I. G. O., May 20, 1863.

Memorandum of names of officers of the Independent Signal Corps:

Lieutenant R. A. Forbes, second Company (see S. O., A. & I. G. O., July 25, 1863).

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