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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02233.26 Author/Creator: Ford, George B., 1828-1911 Place Written: Greenville, North Carolina Type: Autograph document signed Date: 27 May 1863 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 30 cm, Width: 18.5 cm Order a Copy

Details the trial and conviction of Hutson for the charge of "absence without leave." Records specifics of the charge, testimony from the trial, and resulting sentence. Hutson was sentenced to carry a twenty pound stick eight hours a day for sixteen days. With the names of James Dalrymple as the Judge Advocate and Lieutenant William H. Borden as if signed, but likely in Ford's hand.

Ford, George B., 1828-1911
Dalrymple, James, 1835-?
Borden, William Henry, 1841-1895
Wortham, George, fl. 1823-1883

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