Auction Date:2012 May 16 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Union general (1818-1885) best remembered for leading the losing Union forces in the First Battle of Bull Run. Later he was in charge of the army which defended Washington. LS signed “Irvin McDowell Asst. Adj. Genl,” nine pages on five sheets, 5 x 8, April 26, 1856. Lengthy letter to General J. Garland, who was commanding the Department of New Mexico. The document concerns a military law question and an appeal: “I…[received] the proceedings of a Garrison Court Martial & drawing attention to your endorsement thereon suspending the execution of a part of the sentence in the case of Musician [private] Beyer, Regimental Band…on account…of its illegality. It will be duly forwarded for the decision of the President as required by existing orders…the case of Private Oscar F. Holmes…tried by a General Court Martial for stealing a watch from a Sergeant of his regiment, sent here on appeal…A case in point has just been tried by a General Court Martial instituted by the General-in-Chief…that of private Shanahan convicted of stealing a jacket from recruit Kennedy and sentenced, among other things, to refund to Kennedy the price of the article taken…As this action is the opposite of that taken by you in a similar case, and is founded on the same rule…the General overrules your action in the case now pending of Musician [private] Beyer…can a soldier convicted by a Court Martial of stealing from a fellow soldier be sentenced to refund to him the value of the stolen article?…[the law] does not, therefore, apply to the case now in question. Nor is the case specifically provided for in any of the articles…It is, clearly, a crime and a disorder for one soldier to steal from another. It is, clearly, not a capital crime…as theft is a crime which can be tried by civil courts as larceny, can Military Courts take cognizance of it?…It has been decided by the Supreme Court of the United States that by the same act a man can commit several offenses, and be tried for each.” Mild toning and edge wear to several pages and two punch holes to left edges, otherwise fine condition.
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