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... approval of the Commanding General , and will be carried into effect upon his order . The following named officers are detailed for and will constitute such Com- mission : 1. Col. Henry C. Deming , 12th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers ...
... approval of the Commanding General , and will be carried into effect upon his order . The following named officers are detailed for and will constitute such Com- mission : 1. Col. Henry C. Deming , 12th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers ...
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... approved by the commanding offi- cer of the regiment or detachment to which the company belongs ; those for the savings of employees by the commander of the troops with whom the employees are serving , certified to by the Quartermaster ...
... approved by the commanding offi- cer of the regiment or detachment to which the company belongs ; those for the savings of employees by the commander of the troops with whom the employees are serving , certified to by the Quartermaster ...
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... approved by the officer in command of the troops . 4 . Subsistence stores must not be issued on verbal orders . Returns for them must be complete in every respect according to the forms prescribed in the Army Regulations , and the ...
... approved by the officer in command of the troops . 4 . Subsistence stores must not be issued on verbal orders . Returns for them must be complete in every respect according to the forms prescribed in the Army Regulations , and the ...
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... . The proceedings of the General Court Martial in the foregoing case have been transmitted to the General commanding the Department of the Gulf , and are by him approved . Col. John McCluskey , 15th Regiment Maine Volunteers 2.
... . The proceedings of the General Court Martial in the foregoing case have been transmitted to the General commanding the Department of the Gulf , and are by him approved . Col. John McCluskey , 15th Regiment Maine Volunteers 2.
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... approved . Col. John McCluskey , 15th Regiment Maine Volunteers , will resume his sword . III . The General Court Martial , of which Col. HENRY W. BIRGE is President , is dissolved . BY COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL BUTLER : GEO . C. STRONG ...
... approved . Col. John McCluskey , 15th Regiment Maine Volunteers , will resume his sword . III . The General Court Martial , of which Col. HENRY W. BIRGE is President , is dissolved . BY COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL BUTLER : GEO . C. STRONG ...
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15th Regiment Maine 19TH ARMY CORPS 1st charge 26th Regiment Massachusetts 2d charge 9th Regiment Connecticut accused as follows accused pleaded Acting Assistant Adjutant Aide-de-Camp arraigned and tried Article of War Baton Rouge Battery Brigade Camp Parapet Capt CHARGE SECOND charge-Guilty charge-Not Guilty charges and specifications COMMAND OF MAJOR commanding officer Commissary Company F confirms the plea Corps d'Afrique Court Martial Department dollars duty evidence adduced findings and sentence finds the accused forfeit guard GULF hard labor Infantry Lieut Lieutenant Colonel Louisiana MAJOR GENERAL BANKS MAJOR GENERAL BUTLER mature deliberation ment Military Discipline monthly pay Order and Military Orleans pleaded as follows pleaded Not Guilty Port Hudson Private John Provost Marshal R. S. DAVIS Regi Regiment Connecticut Volunteers Regiment Maine Volunteers Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers Regiment New York Regiment Vermont Volunteers second charge Second Lieutenant Sergeant Ship Island SPECIFICATION-In specifications the accused specifications the prisoner United Violation York Volunteers
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Page 9 - West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Anne, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth), and which excepted parts are, for the present, left precisely as if this Proclamation were not issued.
Page 9 - ... and i hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence unless in necessary selfdefense and i recommend to them that in all cases when allowed they labor faithfully for reasonable wages 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...
Page 3 - And whereas it is the duty of nations as well as of men, to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God, to confess their sins and transgressions, in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon; and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord.
Page 1 - ... yet the tone of public feeling and opinion, at home and abroad, was not satisfactory. With other signs, the popular elections, then just past, indicated uneasiness among ourselves, while amid much that was cold and * menacing, the kindest words coming from Europe were uttered in accents of pity, that we were too blind to surrender a hopeless cause.
Page 1 - The preliminary emancipation proclamation, issued in September, was running its assigned period to the beginning of the new year. A month later, the final proclamation came, including the announcement that colored men of suitable condition would be received into the war service. The policy of emancipation and of employing black soldiers gave to the future a new aspect, about which hope and fear and doubt contended in uncertain conflict.
Page 2 - Missouri, neither of which three years ago would tolerate any restraint upon the extension of slavery into new territories, only dispute now as to the best mode of removing it within their own limits.
Page 4 - The movements by State action for emancipation in several of the States not included in the emancipation proclamation are matters of profound gratulation. And while I do not repeat in detail what I have heretofore so earnestly urged upon this subject, my general views and feelings remain unchanged; and I trust that Congress will omit no fair opportunity of aiding these important steps to a great consummation.
Page 11 - As the officers and soldiers of the United States have been subject to repeated insults from the women (calling themselves ladies ) of New Orleans, in return for the most scrupulous non-interference and courtesy on our part, it is ordered that hereafter when any female shall, by word, gesture or movement, insult or show contempt for any officer or soldier of the United States, she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation.