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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02745.068 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 7 June 1861 Pagination: 1.5 p. ; 21 x 26 cm. Order a Copy

3 privates are officially sentenced for disobedience and drunkeness. Their punishments range from carrying 20 lb bags of sand and no food to witholding pay.

Fellows, Enoch Q., fl. 1843-1918

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