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who fell at Murfreesborough and Perryville, conspicuous for their gallantry, " for the purpose of making appropriate inscriptions on the guns of Maney's brigade.

I respectfully forward the names of Colonel William L. Moore, of the Eighth Regiment Tennessee Volunteers, and Captain B. H. Holland, of Company C, Thirty-eight Regiment of Tennessee Volunteers, both of whom were killed at the battle of Murfreesborough, and both of whom were conspicuous for their gallantry displayed upon that ever-memorable field.

I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,

MARCUS J. WRIGHT.

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

Major JOHN INGRAM,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

Joint resolution of thanks to General John H. Morgan, officers and men of his command.

Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States of America, That the thanks of Congress are due, and are hereby tendered to General John H. Morgan, officers and men of his command, for their varied, heroic, and invaluable services in Tennessee and Kentucky Immediately preceding the battles before Murfreesborough-services which have conferred upon their authors fame as enduring as the records of the struggle which they have so brilliantly illustrated.

Approved May 1, 1863.

Joint resolution of thanks to General Wheeler and the officers and men of his command.

Resolved by the Confederate States of America, That the thanks of Congress are, due, and are hereby, tendered to Brigadier General Wheeler and the officers and men of his command, for his daring and successful attacks upon the enemy's gunboats and transports in the Cumberland River.

Approved May 1, 1863.


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