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Ford, George B., 1828-1911 [Court Martial proceedings in the case of Haywood Sullivan for being absent without leave.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02233.25 Author/Creator: Ford, George B., 1828-1911 Place Written: Greenville, North Carolina Type: Autograph document Date: 27 May 1863 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 29.5 cm, Width: 18 cm Order a Copy

Details the trial and conviction of Haywood Sullivan for the charge of "absence without leave." Records specifics of the charge, testimony from the trial, and resulting sentence. With the name of Captain Thomas R. Youngblood as if signed, but likely in Ford's hand. Torn near the top, and perhaps missing final pages.

Ford, George B., 1828-1911
Youngblood, Thomas Rice, 1837-?
Wortham, George, fl. 1823-1883

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