Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866 General orders: No. 281
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00911.10 Author/Creator: Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866 Place Written: Tacubaya, Mexico Type: Document Date: 8 September 1847 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 19.5 cm, Width: 13 cm Order a Copy
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 executed the next morning.
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