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to William McBlair

Report against Clement Brooke for drunken behavior. Written on board the U.S.S. "Dale" off Goree Island, Senegal.

GLC00722.49

to William McBlair

Letter with McBlair's autograph endorsement signed at the bottom, regarding the injury caused by confinement at sea. Letter reports that Henry O. Jennings and William Bainbridge have been ordered by a court martial to be confined in cells for eight...

GLC00722.50

to William McBlair

Conover orders McBlair to receive two prisoners for transport to the United States. McBlair is to transport Thomas Connor and Frederick Breckendorf back to the United States. Both were discharged from the Navy for "Bad Conduct." Letter written on...

GLC00722.52

to William McBlair

Forwarding papers describing the sentences of Thomas Connor and Frederick Breckendorf. Both men had been discharged from the Navy for bad conduct. Letter written on board the U.S.S. "Vincennes" at Porto Praya. Benjamin J. Totten, the commander of the...

GLC00722.53

Case of Fredk Breckendorf, seaman

Breckendorf was court-martialed and dishonorably discharged after being found with marine drummer boy Edwin Donnohoe "under improper and suspicious circumstance." He was also placed in solitary confinement for thirty days for his "scandalous conduct...

GLC00722.54

to William McBlair

Totten ordering McBlair to receive two prisoners, and to exchange drummer boys. He informs McBlair that he will receive on his ship "the men Connor and Breckendorf, sentenced by Summary Court Martial to be discharged from the Naval Services." He also...

GLC00722.55

to William McBlair

Transmitting the "Size Roll, & Clothing Account of Drummer" Edwin Donnohoe. Donnohoe was being transferred to McBlair's ship because of his improper involvement with a sailor on board his previous ship. Letter written on board the U.S.S. "Vincennes"...

GLC00722.56

to William Rabun

Andrew Jackson asks that Rabun, governor of Georgia, arrest Captain Obediah Wright for murder. Wright had destroyed a Chehaw village and murdered several of its inhabitants, while many of its members were aiding him in his expedition against the...

GLC00782.11.01

to William Rabun

Assistant Inspector General Davis forwards Governor of Georgia William Rabun a letter from Andrew Jackson (see GLC00782.11.05) regarding the Chehaw Affair. He also explains his plans for a trip to apprehend Obediah Wright for massacring several...

GLC00782.11.04

to John M. Davis

A clerical copy of Jackson's letter to Davis in which he deals with the aftermath of the Chehaw Affair. He orders Davis to send a "talk to Kinnard with instructions to explain the substance to the Chehaw Warriors." Also orders him to arrest Obediah...

GLC00782.11.05

to William Rabun

Davis informs Georgia Governor Rabun that Obediah Wright, whom Davis arrested for massacring Chehaw Indians, has been released through a writ of habeas corpus. He requests that Rabun have Wright returned to his custody. The Chehaw were American...

GLC00782.11.06

Field orders of General James Longstreet [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC00824

General Orders Confederate 1st corps Lt. Genl Jas. Longstreet

James Longstreet's general orders to the I Corps. Most of the orders are written and signed for by either Gilbert Moxley Sorrel or Osmun Latrobe. Both signed as Assistant Adjutant General. There are also twenty six printed orders interleaved, as...

GLC00824.02

The Merryman habeas corpus case, Baltimore. The proceedings in full and opinion of Chief Justice Taney. The United States Government a military despotism.

Prints the proceedings of the Merryman case and Chief Justice Roger B. Taney's decision that Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus was unconstitutional.

GLC00833

General orders: No. 101

A free black man, Isaac Kirk, referred to as a resident and citizen of the United States, is charged, convicted of, and sentenced to death for rape.

GLC00911.02

General orders: No. 190

Signed by H.L. Scott. Republication of General Orders, No. 20, declaring Martial Law. Discusses the code of conduct for military personnel.

GLC00911.04

General orders: No. 192

Signed by H.L. Scott. Summary of 32 courts martial.

GLC00911.05

General orders: No. 246

Signed by H.L. Scott. Order for marches, naming Brevet Colonel Childs military and civil governor of Puebla, Mexico. Includes prerequisites for marchers and harsh punishments for those who fail to complete the drills.

GLC00911.07

General orders: No. 249

Signed by H.L. Scott. Docket reads "Aug. 6. 1847 Col. Riley case." Proceedings from a court of inquiry regarding Colonel Bennett Riley's command of the 2nd Infantry and 4th Artillery in blockading a road leading to Jalapa, Mexico, in order to cut...

GLC00911.08

General orders: No. 281

Signed by H. L. Scott. Partial docket reads "General Orders, No. 281, Sept. 8th 1847, Proceedings of GCM." Colonel Bennett Riley, presiding, tries 29 privates for desertion in a general court martial and, finding them guilty, sentences them to be...

GLC00911.10

General orders: No. 282

Signed by H. L. Scott. Partial docket reads "[Gener]al Orders, No. 282, [Sept.] 9th 1847, [Proceedings] of GCM, [illegible]." Announcement that the four convicted deserters herein mentioned will be hung tomorrow, as they were in transport when...

GLC00911.11

General orders: No. 283

Signed by H. L. Scott. Partial docket reads "[General] Order, No. 283, Sept. 10-1847, [Procee]dings of a GCM, Cases of Desertion" and "Maj. Bonneville, Comd of 6th Infy." Brevet Colonel Garland, presiding, tries 36 privates for desertion in a...

GLC00911.12

General orders: No. 287

Signed by H. L. Scott. Republication of General Orders, No. 20, declaring Martial Law. Discusses the code of conduct for military personnel. Written from the National Palace of Mexico.

GLC00911.15

General orders: No. 291

Signed by H. L. Scott. Proceedings of a trial finding Henrique Garcia, Mexican Chief of Battalion, not guilty of bearing arms and threatening American soldiers in Mexico City, a violation of the laws of war. Brevet Brigadier General Smith...

GLC00911.17

General orders: No. 294

Signed by H. L. Scott. Partial docket reads "[General] Orders, [No.] 294, [Sept.] 21-1847, [Procee]dings of GCM." Summary of court martials of six soldiers, all found guilty of mutinous conduct and drunkenness on guard, and all sentenced to death.

GLC00911.19