Four Union privates are sentenced to be shot to death by musketry!

8 1/3 pages, 4 1/2 x 7 imprint.

War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, July 22, 1863

Details the charges, specifications, and sentences of four individual court martial cases against privates in the 2nd New Hampshire Infantry, 96th Pennsylvania Infantry, 140th New York Infantry, and 8th New York Cavalry respectively. Each soldier was found guilty of the various charges brought against him, and was sentenced to be shot to death by musketry at such time and place as the President of the United States may appoint.

To give you an example of the content in this document, in the specific case against Private Charles N. Heath, Co. B, 2nd New Hampshire Infantry, Charge I was disobedience of orders. The Specification states that Heath refused to fall in for roll call when ordered to do so by First Sergeant J.D. Cooper, and replied by saying that he would be damned if he would fall in; and when ordered to perform police duty, replied that he would see Cooper God damned first, and would not obey the order. In Charge II, Heath, was charged with conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline. The Specification states that he used the following language when told he would be put under guard if he did not obey orders; If you arrest me, I will rip your God damned guts out, and scatter them over the parade ground. Charge III against Heath was that of desertion. The Specification states that he left his regiment before Yorktown, Va. without proper authority, and deserted from the service of the United States, and was arrested in New Hampshire. More excellent content.

Minor wear at the extreme left edge where this document was once bound in an order book. Otherwise in excellent condition.