General orders ... 1861,1862 & 1863, adapted for the use of the army and navy. Chronologically arranged, with index, by T.M. O'Brien & O. Diefendorf, Volume 2 |
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... Lieutenant Jacob Hoffman , 1st New Jersey Cavalry , for suffering himself and party to be surprised and captured by the enemy on the 2d ... Second . That Major General E. V. Sumner , at his own request , be relieved from duty in the Army ...
... Lieutenant Jacob Hoffman , 1st New Jersey Cavalry , for suffering himself and party to be surprised and captured by the enemy on the 2d ... Second . That Major General E. V. Sumner , at his own request , be relieved from duty in the Army ...
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... 2d CHARGE , " Not Guilty . " FINDING . The Court , after mature deliberation upon the evidence adduced , finds the ... Lieutenant Joseph Nichols , 19th Maine Volunteers , " To be dismissed the service of the United States ...
... 2d CHARGE , " Not Guilty . " FINDING . The Court , after mature deliberation upon the evidence adduced , finds the ... Lieutenant Joseph Nichols , 19th Maine Volunteers , " To be dismissed the service of the United States ...
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... Lieutenant Colonel McKelvy and Colonel Graham hav- ing been submitted to the President , he directs that Colonel ... 2d -- " In this ; that he , Lieutenant James W. Weir , of the 14th Regiment aforesaid , did forward to Regimental ...
... Lieutenant Colonel McKelvy and Colonel Graham hav- ing been submitted to the President , he directs that Colonel ... 2d -- " In this ; that he , Lieutenant James W. Weir , of the 14th Regiment aforesaid , did forward to Regimental ...
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... 2d Lieutenant Company A , 148th Regiment New York Volunteers , did permit a squad of men , while under his charge , to leave his command , and to shoot or otherwise kill poultry , consist- ing of geese and chickens , the property of ...
... 2d Lieutenant Company A , 148th Regiment New York Volunteers , did permit a squad of men , while under his charge , to leave his command , and to shoot or otherwise kill poultry , consist- ing of geese and chickens , the property of ...
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... Lieutenant John D. Lee , Regimental Quarter- master , 1st New York Mounted Rifle Volunteers , as follows : Of the 1st Specification , " Guilty . " CHARGE I. Of the 2d Specification , " Guilty . But in respect to this specification , the ...
... Lieutenant John D. Lee , Regimental Quarter- master , 1st New York Mounted Rifle Volunteers , as follows : Of the 1st Specification , " Guilty . " CHARGE I. Of the 2d Specification , " Guilty . But in respect to this specification , the ...
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1st Lieutenant 1st Specification 2d Lieutenant 2d Specification 39th New York ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE Army arraigned and tried Assistant Adjutant Battery camp Captain charges and specifications Charles Company D Company G Connecticut Volunteers considered the evidence Corporal Court Martial dated Headquarters DEP'T dollars E. D. TOWNSEND enlisted evidence adduced February 19 finds the accused George George W Henry Illinois Vols Indiana Vols Invalid Corps Iowa Vols James Jersey Vols Joseph Justus McKinstry Kentucky Vols Lieutenant Colonel Maine Vols Maine Volunteers Major March March 11 Massachusetts Vols Massachusetts Volunteers maturely considered McKinstry Michigan Vols military Missouri N. Y. Vols November 26 Ohio Vols Ohio Volunteers Penn Pennsylvania Cavalry Pennsylvania Reserves Pennsylvania Vols Pennsylvania Volunteers President pursuant to Special Samuel Second Lieutenant SECRETARY SECRETARY OF WAR sentence Sergeant Special Orders specifications the accused Thomas U. S. Infantry United vice Virginia Washington Wisconsin Vols York Cavalry York Vols York Volunteers
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Page 3 - That the Executive will, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any State, or the people thereof, shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States, by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 3 - ... the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St.
Page 3 - State shall have participated, shall in the absence of strong countervailing testimony be deemed conclusive evidence that such State and the people thereof are not then in rebellion against the United States.
Page 4 - And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon* military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Page 3 - St. Martin, and Orleans, including the city of New Orleans,) Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, (except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess...
Page 73 - An alien enemy shall not write, print or publish any attack or threats against the Government or Congress of the United States, or either branch thereof, or against the measures or policy of the United States, or against the person or property of any person in the military, naval or civil service of the United States or of the States or territories, or of the District of Columbia, or of the municipal governments therein.
Page 106 - Military necessity does not admit of cruelty — that is, the infliction of suffering for the sake of suffering or for revenge, nor of maiming or wounding, except in fight. nor of torture to extort confessions. It does not admit of the use of poison in any way, nor of the wanton devastation of a district.
Page 86 - And any person claiming to have been the owner of any such abandoned or captured property may, at any time within two years after the suppression of the rebellion, prefer his claim to the proceeds thereof in the Court of Claims...
Page 84 - And such copies being filed as aforesaid in such court of the United States, the cause shall proceed therein in the same manner as if it had been brought in said court by original process...
Page 3 - Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: "That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and...