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Scott, Winfield (1786-1866) General orders: No. 283

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00911.12 Author/Creator: Scott, Winfield (1786-1866) Place Written: Tacubaya, Mexico Type: Document Date: 10 September 1847 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; 19.5 x 13 cm. Order a Copy

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 general court martial and, finding them guilty, sentences them to death.

Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866
Scott, H. L. (Henry Lee), 1814-1886
Garland, John, 1792-1861

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