Wearing the blue in the Twenty-fifth Mass volunteer infantry with Burnside's coast division, 18th army corps, and Army of the James . after a trial and sentence of a court-martial. Thereupon, Special Orders were promulgated as follows: — WEARING THE BLUE. 2G3 War Department, Washington, August 31st, Orders, )No. 287. J [extract.]So much of General Orders No. 46 of April 19th, 1864, from HeadquartersVirginia and North Carolina, as revoked the provisional appointments andmusters into service of the following named officers [the officers named inGeneral Orders No. 46] and directed th
Wearing the blue in the Twenty-fifth Mass volunteer infantry with Burnside's coast division, 18th army corps, and Army of the James . after a trial and sentence of a court-martial. Thereupon, Special Orders were promulgated as follows: — WEARING THE BLUE. 2G3 War Department, Washington, August 31st, Orders, )No. 287. J [extract.]So much of General Orders No. 46 of April 19th, 1864, from HeadquartersVirginia and North Carolina, as revoked the provisional appointments andmusters into service of the following named officers [the officers named inGeneral Orders No. 46] and directed that their musters-out of service as enlistedmen be revoked, and that they be returned to the regiments from which theywere promoted, there to serve out their terms of enlistment, or to be consideredas deserters, * * is hereby revoked, and they are hereby discharged theservice of the United States to date April 19th, order of the Secretary of War. E. D. Tovvnsend, Assistant Adjutant-General. Thus was justice administered through the intervention ofGovernor Andrew, and the impartial decision of the JudgeAdvocate
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