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U.S. Army General Orders
Scope and Content:
This bound volume contains six separate orders as listed below:
1. General Order No. 1. Head-quarters Dist. of Florida, Separate Brigade,
Tallahassee, Fla., August 30, 1866. Consists of eight different Court Martials:
Private Michael Hickey, Co. F, 7th US. Inft'y - Desertion; 1st Ser't Elijah
W. Bidden, Co. F, 7th U.S. Inft'y - Desertion; Corp'l Elton Clapp, Co.
F, 7th U.S. Inft'y - Desertion; Private William Beck, Co. I, 7th U.S. Inft'y
- Disobedience of Orders; Private John Reily, Co. E, 7th U.S. Inft'y -
Absence without leave, Disobedience of Orders; Private Michael Hollerden,
Co. I, 7th U.S. Inft'y - Charge Drunkness on duty; Private Lafayette Hilkirk,
Co. I, 7th U.S. Inft'y - Absence without leave, Disobedience of Orders,
and Disgraceful conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline;
Private George A. Best, Co. I, 7th U.S. Inft'y - Violation of the 46th
Article of War. Pleas, Findings, and Sentences are given in each case.
Signed Chas. Mundee, Bvt. Brig. Gen'l & A.A.G.
2. Head-quarters Dist. of Florida, Separate Brigade, Tallahassee, Fla.,
Sept. 2, 1866. General Orders No. 2 Continuance in command by J.B.C. Syman,
Lieut. 7th Infantry, A.A.A.G. Signed by J.G. Foster, Bvt. Maj. Gen'l U.S.A.
3. Head-quarters Dist. of Florida, Assistant Adjutant General's Office,
Tallahassee, Fla., Sept. 27, 1866. General Orders, No. 3. Issue of rations
to civilians employed in the Staff Departments of the army are to be reduced...
By command of Bvt. Major General J.G. Foster; signed by J.H. Lyman, Lieut.
7th Infantry, A.A.A.G.
4. Head-quarters Dist. of Florida, Separate Brigade, Tallahassee, Fla.,
Oct. 6, 1866. General Orders, No. 4. Requirement of separate semi-monthly
report of the sanitary condition of posts or commands rescinded...By command
of Bvt. Major General J.G. Foster: J.H. Lyman, Lieut. 7th Infantry, A.A.A.G.
5. Head-quarters Dist. of Florida, Separate Brigade, Tallahassee, Fla.,
Oct. 8, 1866. General Orders, No. 5. The Military Quarantine at the mouth
of the St. Johns' River, St. Augustine, Cedar Keys and St. Marks, discontinued...By
command of Bvt. Major General J.G. Foster: J.H. Lyman, Lieut. 7th Infantry,
A.A.A.G.
6. Head-quarters Dist. of Florida, Separate Brigade, Tallahassee, Fla.,
Oct.11, 1866. General Orders, No. 6. Court martial of Private John G. Myer,
Co. E, 7th U.S. Infantry. Charge 1st - Desertion; Charge 2nd - Violation
of the 22nd Art. of War. Complete with Specification, Plea, Findings. By
command of Bvt. Major General J.G. Foster: J.H. Lyman, Lieut. 7th Infantry,
A.A.A.G.
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