[Numbers 39.]-JOINT RESOLUTION of thanks to the Pee Dee Artillery of South Carolina Volunteers.

Whereas the Pee Dee Artillery of South Carolina Volunteers, early in the present struggle for Southern independence, tendered their services to the Government for the period of the war, and have recently renewed their pledge to serve their country until the last invader is driven from our soil: Therefore,

Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States of America, That the thanks of Congress are due, and are cordially tendered, to the Pee Dee Artillery of South Carolina Volunteers for their patriotic re-enlistment for the war.

Approved February 17, 1864.

[Numbers 40.]-JOINT RESOLUTION of thanks to the officers and men of McGowan's brigade, consisting of Orr's Rifles, the First, Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Regiments of South Carolina Volunteers.

Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States, That the thanks of Congress are due, and are hereby tendered, to Orr's Rifles, the First, Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Regiments South Carolina Volunteers, composing McGowan's brigade, for their patriotic devotion to the cause of Southern independence, as manifested by their recent action, unanimously reiterating their determination to serve during the war. In thus renewing their pledges, after nearly three years of arduous and gallant service, they have met the expectation of their country, and are entitled to its approbation.

Approved February 17, 1864.

[Numbers 47.]-JOINT RESOLUTION of thanks to the officers and men of the Thirty-seventh Regiment of North Carolina Troops.

Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States of America, That the thanks of Congress and the country are due, and are hereby tendered, to the officers and men of the Thirty-seventh Regiment of North Carolina Troops for their gallant conduct in revolunteering for the war.

Approved February 17, 1864.

[Numbers 49.]-JOINT RESOLUTION of thanks to the Surry Light Artillery.

The Congress of the Confederate States of America do resolve, That the thanks of Congress are due, and are hereby tendered, to the inlisted men of the Surry Light Artillery, Captain J. D. Hankins, for their patriotic resolutions adopted on the 9th day of February, 1864, and for their manifestation of zeal in our struggle, and devotion to their country's cause, by re-enlisting for the war.

Approved February 17, 1864.

[FEBRUARY 18, 1864. -For Lee to Seddon, relating to Longstreet's operations in East Tennessee, see Vol. XXXII, Part II, p. 766.]