91st PA--orders, 18 October 1864

Orders, 18 October 1864


[source: company E orders book]

Head Quarters 1st Division 5th Corps
Before Petersburg Va October 18th /1864
General Orders No 56

Before a General Court Martial of which Colonel A. L. Pearson 155th Penna Vols is President. Convened at Hd. Qurs. 2nd Brig. 1st Division. 5th Corps. September 17th 1864. Where [sic] arrainged [sic] and tried Private Michael Bergin Co "E." 91st Regt Penna Vols

Charge Desertion

Findings not guilty of desertion but Guilty of absence without leave.

Sentence to forfeit all pay and allowances Due him to this date Sept 21st /64. and to serve 3 months after the expiration of original term of Service.

The Proceedings findings and Sentence in the Case of Private Michael Bergin Co "E" 91st Regt. Penna Vols are approved and will be duly carried into effect.

By Command of
Brig. Genl. Griffith

Sighned [sic]
George Monteith
A. A. Genl.
[source: regimental letters book]
[The first letter of his surname is unclear; the only plausible candidate I have found in Bates is Jeremiah Grazier (I). The first letter does not look like the 'G' in Sellers' middle initial. (It looks like a lower-case 'l'.)]


Hd. Qrs 91st Regt. P.V.V
October 18. 1864

Respectfully forwarded, Priv. J. Crazier [??] was assigned to this Regt as a deserter from the draft. According to the Statement of Capt. Patterson who had charge of the detachment, and that of the man himself, the Remarks opposite his name on the Roll are those reffering [sic] to the name next his, who was reported as a deserter from a Cav. Regt. but who subsequently proved to be a deserter from the draft. The Man also states that he was sent from dismounted Camp into the Valley at the time of Early's Raid and finding himself near home left and was arrested on the Route as a deserter and sent to Carlisle Barracks


Eli G. Sellers
Capt. Commanding

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