WASHINGTON, _March 5, 1863_. _To the Senate of the United States_: For the reasons stated by the Secretary of War, I present the nomination of the persons named in the accompanying communication for confirmation of the rank which they held at the time they fell in the service of their country. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WAR DEPARTMENT, _Washington, March 5, 1863_. The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. SIR: The following-named persons having fallen in battle after having received appointments to the grades for which they are herein nominated, I have the honor to propose that their names be submitted to the Senate for confirmation of their rank, as a token of this Government's approbation of their distinguished merit. This has been the practice of the Department in similar cases, brevet nominations and confirmations having been made after the decease of gallant officers. _To be major-generals_. Brigadier-General Philip Kearny, of the United States Volunteers, July 14, 1862. (Killed in the battle of Chantilly.) Brigadier-General Israel B. Richardson, of the United States Volunteers, July 4, 1862. (Died of wounds received at the battle of Antietam.) Brigadier-General Jesse L. Reno, of the United States Volunteers, July 18, 1862. (Killed in the battle of South Mountain.) _To be brigadier-general_. Captain William R. Terrill, of the Fifth United States Artillery, September 9, 1862. (Killed in the battle of Perryville.) I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant, EDWIN M. STANTON, _Secretary of War_. WASHINGTON, _March 5, 1863_. _To the Senate of the United States_: For the reasons stated by the Secretary of War, I present the nomination of the persons named in the accompanying communication for confirmation of the rank of major-general, in which capacity they were acting at the time they fell in battle. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WAR DEPARTMENT, _Washington, March 5, 1863_. The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. SIR: The following-named persons having fallen in battle while performing the duty and exercising command as major-generals, a rank which they had earned in the service of their country, I have the honor to propose that their names be submitted to the Senate for confirmation, as a token of the Government's appreciation of their distinguished merit. This is in accordance with the practice in similar cases, brevet nominations and confirmations having been made after the decease of gallant officers. _To be major-generals of volunteers_. Brigadier-General Joseph K.F. Mansfield, of the United States Army, July 18, 1862. (Died of wounds received in the battle of Antietam, Md.) Brigadier-General Isaac I. Stevens, of the United States Volunteers, July 18, 1862. (Killed in the battle of Chantilly, Va.) I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant, EDWIN M. STANTON, _Secretary of War_. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _March 12, 1863_. _To the Senate of the United States_: