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Headquarters Military District of Washington, and whereof Colonel W. R. MURPHY, 10th New Jersey Volunteers, is President, was arraigned and tried Private John Kessler, of Company K, 103d Regiment New York Volunteers. CHARGE. "Murder."

Specification." In this; that the said Private John Kessler, Company K, 103d Regiment New York Volunteers, did stab with a bayonet First Lieutenant Fernando Linzy, inflicting a wound in the body of the said Lieutenant Fernando Linzy, Company K, 103d Regiment New York Volunteers, which caused his death, he being at the time in the performance of his duty as an officer in said Company. This at or about the foot of Sixth Street, Washington, D. C., on or about the 17th day of September, 1862."

To which charge and specification the prisoner pleaded "Not Guilty."

FINDING.

After mature deliberation on the evidence adduced, the Court finds the priso⚫ner as follows:

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"That Private John Kessler, of Company K, 103d Regiment New York State Volunteers, be hanged by the neck until he be dead, at such time and place as the Commanding General may direct, two-thirds of the Members of the Court concurring therein,"

II. In accordance with the 5th section of the Act approved July 17, 1862, the proceedings and sentence in the case of Private John Kessler have been submitted to the President of the United States, and are by him approved. III. The General Court Martial, of which Colonel W. R. MURPHY is President, is dissolved.

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General.

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Major General E. A. HITCHCOCK, U. S. Volunteers, is detailed as Commissioner for the Exchange of Prisoners of War.

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General.

General Orders,

No. 188.

WAR DEP'T, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, November 17, 1862.

I. On the recommendation of the Commanding Officer, Newport Barracks, Kentucky, is discontinued as a Chaplain Post.

II. The Presidio of San Francisco, California, is hereby announced as a Chaplain Post.

III. The Assistant Commissary General of Subsistence will be allowed the number of rooms as office, and fuel therefor, assigned to an Assistant Quartermaster General in paragraph 1068, General Regulations.

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General.

General Orders,

No. 189.

WAR DEP'T, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, November 18, 1862. I.-Commanding officers of all regiments armed with any muskets, rifles, or carbines, other than the Springfield Rifled Musket, model of 1855-'61, are authorized to detail from their regiments each a competent and skillful mechanic to act as an armorer to repair the arms of the regiment.

Suitable tools and the necessary spare parts will be provided by the Ordnance Department.

Accounts for the extra-duty pay allowed by paragraph 902, General Regulations for the Army, for such services, will be made, in duplicate, on Form No. 13, Ordnance Regulations, special blanks for which must be obtained from the Ordnance Bureau, City of Washington. These accounts, duly certified by the Regimental Commander, and accompanied by a certified copy of the Regimental Order placing the armorer on extra duty, will be forwarded to the Chief of Ordnance, Washington, D. C., or to the Chief Ordnance officer at the headquarters of the Department, or Army, for their approval; and, when so approved, will be paid at the nearest Arsenal, or by any Disbursing Officer of Ordnance in the field.

Requisitions for one set of armorer's tools, and such spare parts as are required, stating particularly the kind and calibre of the arm, will be made by Commanders of Regiments entitled to armorers under this order, which requisitions, after being duly approved at the Department, or Army, headquarters, will be forwarded to the Chief of Ordnance, at Washington, for final action,

II. To meet the provisions of the above order, paragraph 905, General Regulations, is amended by inserting after the word "Companies," in the third line, the following: "and armorers for repairing arms of regiments serving as Infantry, or Cavalry."

III.-The fourth line of paragraph 1023, General Regulations is modified to read as follows: "may require-the sale of ordnance and ordnance stores excepted," &c.

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General.

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General Orders,

No. 190.

WAR DEP'T, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, November 19, 1862.

When there is no mustering officer to certify to the accounts payable by the Commissary General of Subsistence, according to the first paragraph of "General Orders," No. 121, the affidavit of the claimant, supported by the certificate of the Commissioner for drafting, will be required before payment of the ac

count.

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

General Orders,

No. 191.

E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General.

WAR DEP'T, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, November 19, 1862.

I. The following announcement is officially made of the result of the recent exchange of prisoners of war arranged at Aiken's Landing, November 11, 1862, and all officers and enlisted men interested will be governed accordingly: First. All officers and enlisted men in the United States service, who have been captured and paroled in Virginia and Maryland up to November 1, 1862, except the officers and enlisted men captured and paroled in September, 1862, at Harper's Ferry, and not hereinafter mentioned, and all deliveries of prisoners up to November 11, 1862, made to the United States authorities in the Peninsula and its adjacent waters, are included in this exchange.

Second. All officers and enlisted men captured and paroled at Santa Rosa Island, October 4, 1861.

Third. All officers and enlisted men captured and paroled at Chambersburg, Pa., October 4, 1862.

Fourth. The Seventy-first Ohio Volunteers, captured at Clarksville, Tenn. Fifth. Officers and enlisted men captured at South Mills, N. C.

Sixth. One hundred and four non-commissioned officers and privates belonging to the Second United States Cavalry, First United States Infantry, Sixth United States Cavalry, Second United States Artillery, Third United States Infantry, Sixth, Eighth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Seventeenth United States Infantry, Fourth and Fifth United States Artillery, sent from Annapolis, Md., to Fort Columbus, N. Y., October 4, 1862.

Seventh. All officers and enlisted men captured at or near Richmond and Lexington, Ky., by the forces under the command of General E. Kirby Smith. Eighth. All officers and enlisted men delivered to Captains Lazelle and Swan, on the 1st, 5th, 7th, 12th, and 26th of September, 1862, and the 18th of October, 1862.

Ninth. All officers and enlisted men paroled at Cumberland Gap, on the 2d and 11th of October, 1862.

Tenth. All officers and men of Indiana troops captured at Mumfordsville, Ky., September 17, 1862.

Eleventh. Company A and Company F, 5th New York Artillery; detachment of 8th New York Cavalry; 39th, 111th, 115th, 125th, and 126th Regiments New York Volunteers; all captured at Harper's Ferry, and now at Camp Doug

las.

Twelfth. All officers and men of Rigby's and Von Seplen's Indiana batteries taken at Harper's Ferry.

All paroled officers and soldiers who come under any of the foregoing clas ses, now absent from the several camps of rendezvous established in par. 3, of "General Orders," No. 72, of 28th June, from the War Department, whether with or without leave, except in cases of sick leave, granted by the proper authority, will immediately repair to camps as follows, viz: Those in New England to Camp Joe Hooker, Lakeville, Mass.; those in New York and Pennsylvania to the Camp at Elmira, N. Y.; those in Ohio to Camp Wallace, near Co

lumbus; those in Illinois to Camp Butler, Ill.; those in Michigan to Camp Backus, Mich.; those in Wisconsin and Minnesota, to Camp Randall, near Madison; and all others in Western States to Camp Benton, Mo.

The Commanders of the several Camps named, except Camp Wallace, O., Camp Parole, at Annapolis, and Benton Barracks, Mo., will, from time to time, as sufficient numbers are assemblies forward them to the General Camps established in "General Orders," No. 70, Camp Wallace being substituted for Camp Chase.

The paroled troops in Indiana, absent from Camp Morton, or other camps established by Governor Morton, not on sick leave, will immediately repair to the camps at which their regiments are stationed, or to Camp Morton, if the regiment is in the field. The regiments at these camps will receive special instructions.

Military Commandants and Recruiting Officers in the different States will furnish transportation to all paroled officers and soldiers who are to report under this order, and will furnish the names of all persons so provided, with the amount paid for each, to the Commander of the Camp to which they are sent, who will forward it, adding any additional amount furnished for transportation, to the Commander of the General Camp, to be finally entered upon the company rolls, unless it is shown that the absence was authorized. The transportation thus paid by Recruiting Officers will be refunded by the Quartermaster Department.

Commanders of Camps temporarily established for the accommodation of paroled troops, who are now exchanged, will immediately forward all who may be present to the nearest of the General Camps above named.

II.-The following named citizens and employees of the army are also de clared fully exchanged:

Roll of Federal Citizens, Prisoners of War, exchanged November 10, 1862.

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28. Crouse, Peter.

29. Cross, R. R.

30. Christy, Henry.

31. Cornillan, Eaching.
32. Clinn, Jesse.

33. Collins, J. E.

34. Connor, Charles.
35. Crookhaw, John.

36. Dorothy, Washington.
37. Durl, S. T.

38. Delaney, Pat.
39. Devlin, Charles.
40. Dick, Andrew.
41. Dillon, L. C.
42. Dudnels, H. H.
43. Dochan, J.

44. Derin, J. P.

45. Dontz, M.

46. Dontz, G.
47. Essex, C. H.
48. Early, A.
49. Esslin, C. H.
50. Elder, F. F.
51. English, Pat.
52. Ernest, H. H.
53. Flanagan, Michael.
54. Finnigan, Wm.

55. Fuller, A. 56. Farnon, Geo. 57. Fisher, Geo. 58. Frost, August. 59. Ferguson, G. 60. Farkington, H. S. 61. Fox, Fred. 62. Glassgow, Aug. 63. Grammer, Louis. 64. Giegling, Arthur. 65. Goddard, J. H. 66. Gillitzin, J. C. 67. Ghriz, Peter. 68. Grand, F. 69. Gollar, Adam. 70. Garner, F.

71. Houghter, E. M. 72. Hoot, John. 73. Hennessey, J. 74. Hazel, Wm. 75. Hutchins, Ed. 76. Harris, Geo. C.

77. Hamilton, W. B.

78. Hosmer, Chas.
79. Horridon, Pat.
80. Haines, E. C.
81. Heisse, Henry.
82. Holden, Pat.
83. Horr, James.
84. Hooper, J. G.
85. Hough, Isaac.
86. Hapir, A.
87. Hamilton, L.

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91. Johnson, Jo. C.

92. James, John K. 93. Jones, Samuel. 94. Jones, John A.

95. Jackson, Vincent.

96. King, L.

97. King, S.

98. King, R.
99. Kelly, W. B.

100. Kneiss, Fred.

101. Keagg, Thos.

102. Keelan, W. S. 103. Luckenbach, F. A. 104. Lockhart, Chas. 105. Leather, John. 106. Leavin, Thos. 107. Liry, M. W. 108 Longley, James. 109. Linheart, B. 110. Linheart, P.

111. Lindermuth, W.

112. Liry, S. P. 113. Lake, N. F. 114. Mackintosh, W. W. 115. Miller, Robert. 116. Moore, T. D.

117. Mackintosh, Wm.
118. Murphy, Thos.
119. McGugine, John.
120. McWilliams, Chas.
121. Miller, Wm.
122. Morrison, Thos.
123. Morrison, Moses.
124. McCarthy, Dennis.
125. Martin, H. H.
126. McGattigan, H. J.
127. Merrill, C. H.
128. Madden, Rufus.
129. Merryman, P.
130. Neeley, Geo.
131. Orme, F. D.
132. Ott, Geo.
133. Parker, W. H.
134. Polkinhorn, Chas.

135. Prohan, John.
136. Putnam, J. A.
137. Patterson, A.
138. Patterson, W.
139. Rollins, Wm.
140. Roach, H. C. N.
141. Rupley, Chas. J.
142. Robingson, John.
143. Reeder, Albert.
144. Ratsell, John.
145. Rutledge, Wm.
146. Reed, H. W.
147. Reynolds, Wm.
148. Riggs, W.
149. Rapperty, James.
150. Sullivan, W. J.
151. Sinclair, Geo.
152. Swing, Lewis.
153. Skelling, Thos.
154. Schenck, A. W.
155. Slatford, J. T.
156. Seibole, L. P.
157. Sanford, Geo. W.

158. Slater, J. C.

159. Shackleford, Thos.

160. Slider, John. 161. Schillinger, E. 162. Stevens, Chas. W. 163. Stevens, Wm. 164. Smith, Chauncey. 165. Swervant, Wallace. 166. Shears, Andy. 187. Townsend, Samuel. 168. Turpin, Wm.

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