The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-10-12
IOFriCIAL.l
wAR DEPARTMENT.,
,hmrTAST GENERAL's OFFICE, /
WASHINGTON. OCTOBER, 1865. }

AUIrTAST GRNERAL's OFFlCR,
WASHINGTON. october7 !, 1865.
tcIRCuLAR.l
l. The attention OF all persons interested In
the reward for the capture Of Jefferson Davis
10 invited to tho following act OF Congress,
entitled "An act to provide for the distribution
OF the reward offered by the President Of the
United states for the capture OF Jefferson
Davis" and to the orders OF the Secretary Of
War given In compliance with the provisions
Of said act:
trEtvATs-NO. l5j.
AN ACT to provide for the distribution OF tho
reward offered by the President of the United
States for the capture Of Jefferson Davis.
De Il enacted BY the Senate dad House Of Repre-
seHiaiircI Of The United States Of AmcTic,i IN Con-
grSH CfFm1!rd, That the reward of one hun
itcd thousand dollars offered for the capture
OF Jefferson Davis by the President OF the
United StAteI in his proclamation Of May
second, eighteen hundred and sixty.nve, shall
be paid as folows: To James II. Wilson, of
the State Of Illinois, late major general Of
volunteers, three thousand dollars; TO Beuja
min d. Pritchard, of the State OF Michigan,
late lieutenant colonel of the fourth Michigan
cavalry, three thousand dollars to Henry
Harnden, of the State of Wisconsin, late lieu
tenant colonel Of the first Wisconsin cavalry,
three thousand dollarsj to Joseph A. o. Ieo.
man, OIL lHt pthlc Vi lVWh, lhto captain VI lHc
first Ohio cavalry, three thousand dollars;
and to tho following officers, non-commls-
stoned officers, and priyates, in proportion TO
the monthly pay proper to which they were
respectively entitled by law In the grades
which they held at the time OF said captures:
OAl:crs and men Of the fourth Michigan cav
airy that were present a. the capture OF Jefter-
son Davis and party. on the morning OF May
ten, eighteen hundred and sixty-fvc: Julian
q. dickinson, djutantj Perry J. Davis, regi-
mcRtalquartermastcr;C Charles 7. Hudson, car.
tain company l.; Si!asJ. Staubcr, frat l!cutcn-
ant companies; lIcnry 5. Dontell, tlrst lieutcu-
ant company {, twoundcdD Alfred d. Purin;on,
second lieutenant company Il John Bennett,
second lieutenant company ID; Thomas Davis,
commisaary sergeant company a; George A.
Simmons, Thomas Riley, and Rein Wright,
| Gergcants company y; Darwin DunEiug, Robt.
| l.. Reynolds, aud Lyman J. Russell, cofpOrals
company A; william B!lon, Daniel Z. BliEn,
| Gilbert COatn, Jas. Fullerton, Caspar Kuabc,
! PhilO Morse, Charles W. Nichols, Henry Pre-
vost, and George RiIkc, ptivatcs company Al
\. i. Ford and a. 4. Bradley, scrgcAnts COM
| pany u; J. L. Shcfbournc, G. +. Parker, VIII
| liam Crow, L. u. futile, and d. b. Bennett,
corporate company b; A. +. sheppard, W. p.
! Steadmau, Frank Grim, Augustus Armstrong,
| W 4llltm ' W OOu, JOAn NICHOLS, j. j. Bon
tell, and L. II. Wilcox, privatcs company d;
| Abfsm ScbIlng, Reuben Pslmerton, David J.
Curry, and George NJ. Munger, corrorals COM
pany &; James +. BullarI, David Dillon,
Frank Z. Leach, James II. Lynch, stephen u.
Murson, (killed,) John RUPERT, EansclcNr
Riggs, william J. Smith, and Harmon Ste.
phous, privatca company q; James H..
| Place, corporal company ID; Burt JuGson,
| Horace G. Jenney, William II. J. Martin, Will
| liam Parker, FrGncis T. Thompson, Il. II. vii.
cox, J ohm Brown, Jacob L. Mum, and Thoma8
| Hunter, priyatss company ID; George A. Bull
lard, and David u. Green, scrgeants company
+; John Hines, tkillcd,) Charles W. Tyler,
Dewitt g. Carr, and william II. Crittendcn,
corporsls company L; Silas Bullard, Robert
| q. Trip, Oscar J.. Tcnt, Henry Johnson, Will
| liam /. DrIcsman, Peter Scgarry, George +.
| Dalmagc, and John q. stephens, pr!Yatcs
| company l.; John CorrcntOn, sergeant com.
pany +; William True aud Dewitt g. Cobb
corporsls company +; b. Franklin Nichols,
James Patterson, Ira Harrington, Junior,
John +. Grossman, Homer Hszleton, Henry
Frickcy, George Raab, Joseph Bsllinger.
Henry Bradock, Dcnnis DFescoe and william
Wright, privatcs company F; Jacob ". Trash,
James +. O'Brien, John Cayanaugh, jeremiah
| +. Craig, and william II. Palmateer, sergeants
company q; George W. Van Sickle, John Bal
lou, George Myers, and Leander d. shaw, cor.
| porAls company OF Joshua Parks, Cary Reed,
John A. Skinner, Joseph Oirin, David Gun.
ningham, priyatcs company G., and John II.
Kclch, private company X; Joseph Hofmsster
and Benjamin X. Golf, scrgeants company Ii
Charles @. Marsh aud William Oliver, corpo-
rails company l.; Ed. Lane, J. W. L!nsley,
Perry Phelps, Ben amin +. Carpenter, Joseph
Stewart, William HewkIrk, George Nogglc,
Jesseo !. Pennlcld, William Mum, An
drew Bee, and Daniel Edward, privates com,
pany l.; wesley u. Pond, drst sergeant
company Nj Simeon Huff and Henry :'hana
han, corpoFals company Nj Emanuel BeazAn,
Andrew Anderson, Robert Arnold, aud
John Nantyle, privHtes company NJ; Daniel
Graham, private company q Elias +. Pierce
tandl Lester i. Bate, sergeanttsl company
II Jerome ID. Heath and Preston W. Blown
corporals company l Luke NJ. Thayer, Mar
tin l.. Blown, George W. Bodwell, William
Dill, George W. butcher, Charles FluEgcr
Daniel L. Krumm, Charles W. Nddlugh
Peter McKCnneLy, Hiram II. Mccullough, and
Marvin r. Petit, priyates company / ; Anse
Adams, sergeant company X; AlonzO Moe
corporal company X James Il. Norton, Johr
Nelson, Jacob d. Newith, Edwin Mabic, smith
Is. Mills Decatur Jaycox, Euoch l.. Rhodes
Thomas Foley, Nathaniel Root, rrlvatcs com
pAny X.
Onicers and onlistcd men of tho Rrst Wis
consin cavalry engaged in the pursuit ant
present at the time Of the capture of Jefferson
Davis: OrsoR p. Clinton, second lieutenant
company u Walter q. HaTgrAvcs, sergeant
major; James Apiin, private company X, or
derby for Colonel IIsrnden Austin NJ. Howe
sergeant company A; David n. Bell, VII
liam Billsbeck, Martin NJ. Coleman, william
Deyer, John llunteTmer, GotlileB ]. Kline
line, Sidney Leonard, James McStillsOn
George W. Sillsbcc, Christopher Stinobrcck
Herbert ScheitcT, priystes company A; Iuthe
l.. Blair, Melvin I. Olln, and John Clark, ser
gcSnts company u; Thomas Is. Culbertson
James McCrary, and Ezra H. Stewart, cOrpo
) rails company lij Albert l.. BeAIdsCy, Thomn
Coleman, Rawson =. Franklin, Slyyeste
Fairbanks, william Oil, William Grimes
Lewis jacobson, lIUnore Leverner, William
Matshie Ira Miller, John Nolan, John MOI
ton, Warren +. OttcrsOn, stephen PougncttC
| william A. Spangler, Frederick Stcinncd
| Joseph Smith, George Wright, and job
Wagner, privatcs company b George u
HUssey, and J. NJ. Wheeler, scrgeants com
psny d. Gustavus W. Sykes, (wOuuded) l.
Philip Pond, Joseph Myers, and George l..
BorLc, corporals company ID Nelson Apley
| (wOundciD p. I. Anderson, Donald brandon
, i. BublitI, !. =. Burton, Lawrence Bird
Joseph Bcgucm, \. J. Craig, Thomas Day