, 1863-03-04
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER


PROMOTIONS IN THE AnMY-EAsT ye WEST,
One wonders, while reading over The long
lists Of Officers who have been nominated for
promotion to bseTct rank In the regular army,
whether there be any other army In the ma
t;onal ecrrfcc than that once commanded. by
Gen. Mcclellan. A few promotions are made
for good conduct at Shiloh, or Corlnth, or In
Missouri, and two or three for distinguished
services at Pea Ridge. But for every Western
soldier honorcd with q bEevet, twelve or f1f-
teen Eastern ones receive Il similar distIpc-
tion. Is It that there has been no good fight
ing in the West: Or that all the battles we
read about In the newspapers were fought by
volunteers exclusively? Or that Gen. b1c-
Clcllan's list Of recommendations was sent to
the Senate entire: You remember about that
list. dare eay. In compliance with the Or
dcrs of the War Department, he directed lis
subordinatcs to send him the names Of of.i-
GERS whom they considered deserving Of pro-
motion. Gcnerals compiled to the best Of
their ability, but in most, it not all cases,
their lists were sent back with directions that
they be made longer and more comprehcn-
sivc. The result, Of course, Was that the
name Of every regular officer in each COM
mand appeared upon the second list, and was
transferred to that forwarded by the Young
Napoleon to the Department..
/ have culled from tho Senate document
continuing these promotions, those made
for good conduct in the West, and likely,
therefore, TO interest Western people, all Of
which will be found below, together with the
number Of officers whose claims to advance
mcnt arc founded upon their distinguished OF
nleritorious services in Virginia, mostly on
the Peninsula, I few who earned their brevet
by gallantry in tho field of the Quartcrmas-
tcr's Department, including ono whose merit
orious and. distinguished services were in
"evacuation." We're to give tho Pcninsu-
lar list in full, all tie BATTLES immortalzed all
the heroes crowned with the laurels there
won, Western men would begin to see the
Chickahomlny campaign In its truly gEand
proportions. They might well. wonder how
much glory might have been achieved, had
Richmond been captured, when SO much was
won in futile attempt to talic It.
rnoNoT1oSs-coRrs OF Eso1SEFas.
| Major Geo. ". Culurn, Colonel by bscyct, 70,
ucritorious services with the armies in the West
| Captain F. E. Prime, Major BY brcvct, for merto
| riors services IN Kentucky and Tcnaesaeo, and a
Corinth.
| Captain James B. Mcpherson. Lieutenant Colo
,.cl liz lreyet, for distinguished services at For
Henry. Donciesn. Shiloh and Corinth;
for mesitorions services Mt battle Of CHAMBERLAIN
Twelve others breyetcd for meritosious service
| on the PeniDpula.
INSPECTOR GENERALS DEPARTMENT.
T1,rca ,,cvcts--f.o,onc, sacke,t pricad,cr ca,
e1al; Majors Davis aud Baird, ,Lieutcnant Colonel
Tor msf''''oos ss1.ess On ese rsns'
coa...a rcA. Tha1, I,an,ssat as1.. ca'a.o,.
;tnr9ua scrr;ccs With IT, srm;cs IN the Wast NV
| Captain Nathaniel Mich1cr. Major, for distl1
i euishcd services at Shiloh.
Lieutenant Franklin Norwood, captaln,f Tor br1n:
Ten Of lie heroes Of the Peninsula camnato
| bcyrtct.
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EQ!9nti y. D. Tompkins {sincc dead}, Bricadi,
| General, iot mertortons services in charge Of tt
Lieut.. Colonies cFoaman and Vinton, Brigade
Generals: for nertto!Ious and faithful services
PHILADELPHIA and New York, Respectively.
ton. ~'''' ~'''e'' 49, ~'''' ~ y ''''''
Major Rnfas ingalls,, Colonel, for meritorlo1
ecEsrGs aulln. lne fenlnsglo campaign, ana eki
19sk isd nsse a.ser erou,.+o,.a,.t...
Fl1c o.ncf VuaftefmastcIe promoted Tor Penis
! ffo;or isoho-t .,1o, f~x1.,o, T., %,.x
aud atduous SERVICES on The MissIesipni and iii
souri, and in the department Of The Mississippi.
meriiozians saxyiccs in chaIga of- Quartetnastx1
depot at Cincinnati.
Captains ]. q. Chandler and Alvon c. Gillez
Majors, for services at Shiloh
Capt. VIM. Myers, for services in the West.
FIRST ARTILLERY,
CAPTAINS JEFF; c. Davis and j. II schoae,a NJ
}0!s, lor services IN Alesooss' and former at p
ALSO nlnc pfesets Tor fcnansnlar heroes.
SECOND ARTILLERY.
for s.1xices at Malvern 1i;ii AsAoe'' en'e'
ru1un .nrr11rn~
e,-. ,,o.. r,- Observation-Disclosures, .,,:as..
ss ~ S,1sa,n ~ MI Chilly
Lent 5 s1Gn' Captain foF bringing b.
rounrl. AHr111Enr.
vices at the Hatchie River during the battle
8 Corinth.
Il Capt. Mendsnhall, Major; Lieut.. 6. G. Pr
K con!ey and Huntington, 1st ficntcnants, ioT ser
= ccs at Shiloh.
+ Nine lFe'sts Tor services on the Peninsula.
ist isyt Gwnte1, % Ii Iajor for services at Gre,
- Ludlow, ist lieutenant for eer,ices at shiioh.
= o... -.-,-.c:. eArA,Mr: .n:tr
# en-; IL The third. two; IN tie fourth, four; in
t. conferred for "listiuguiahcd services on tic
nsnsulA.
Ihf sm Sn os,s n e5s eodn, IN hs 1t s
: Creek and Major y. L. Elliott, Lieut.. Colonel
7e services at bonneville.
~ ID Rsgf. Capt Lewis Merrill, Major for servi
i. 81 Eegk Cap}s. Gordon, Granger and J. z.
Il nnhoIe, Majors, ior services in Missouri lattci
ir Wilson Cfeck = @s'''''
cra for ry, Services at Mli spTing Maior e.
IN fcrreryices at Pa Ride 11e''' -4' a. -
~ 7sv.rrpx :,
y Nf1H4hf.
u Lieut.. Colonel, for services ut Wilson'S Creek :
~ | Shiloh.
1T Capt. G. A. Williams. Major, for services at n
Madrid
!: ID Etgt. Seven for services Mt Gaines. Hill,
Mt Capt. T. ". Sweeny, Lent. Colonel, for eoud
at Wilson's Creek and Shiloh.
ol tapt;J ?. Conrau, Major, lor services at Il
M son eIceS
~ IN Wcst ava So 'A 1-As'e'A a'o5 III
~ an Pfot. Six do. for do.
be 5th R<gt. Capt. II. c. Bankhead, Major. for &
ar vicee at shiloh.
1T Lieut.: 4; 1; Anderson, Captain, for teryi
W Two pcn.samla hrevets
te HhH Hfof. Five do.
Il Capt. ". P. Corlin, Major, for services in u
- fonri
m Cant. Is. r. smith. Major, Tor good conduct
,r on,!eni rie ~, ...-
* * g Rsgf s;1 AZ eAnea'a ofe'e'a; no Others
O. Cant II 4 1Iercn- Major fo- ea--too, =. CIR,
sntk r..t fa'"t ~! Sc! -tIes ~ Stii