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CONFEDERATE QUARTERMASTER IS COURT MARTIALED

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CONFEDERATE QUARTERMASTER IS COURT MARTIALED
<b>767. CONFEDERATE QUARTERMASTER IS COURT MARTIALED </b>War-date printed circular of Confederate General Orders No. 81, 6pp. 8vo., Richmond, June 11, 1863 concerning the court martial of Lieut. Col. Eugene McLean, assistant quartermaster, Army of Mississippi, for allowing the supplies at Corinth, Miss. to fall short of the army's needs after the battle Shiloh and of his department's ill care for the supplies during the evacuation of that town. Fortunately for McLean, he was exonerated of all the charges after the evidence showed the department to have been run efficiently. Slight toning, else very good.<b> $50-100</b>