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Civil War Officer Charged With Cursing Out His Peer

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Civil War Officer Charged With Cursing Out His Peer
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A highly unusual field - printed Judicial General Order, 1p. 5" x 7 1/2", Headquarters, District of North Carolina, New Berne, August 11, 1864, in which 1st Lieutenant William B. Patterson of the 3rd New York artillery is charged with “conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman”. Patterson is accused with pushing down another officer in the presence of enlisted men, then saying to him that: “You are a God Damned stinking son of a bitch …I will knock your God damned head off…”. Evidently the court agreed with the officer’s opinion of his enemy, for Patterson was found not guilty on all charges!