677

(MURDER OF FELLOW CONFEDERATE OFFICER)

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(MURDER OF FELLOW CONFEDERATE OFFICER)
<b>677. MURDER OF FELLOW CONFEDERATE OFFICER</b> War-date printed circular of Confederate General Orders No. 68, 2pp. 8vo., Richmond, May 27, 1863 concerning, in part: <i>"...[Capt.] John Q. Arnold did willfully...kill and murder Major T.W. Adrien, his superior officer, by shooting him with a pistol loaded with powder and ball...in the present case...objection was made...[that] Major Adrien...[was not] `in discharge of his office' at the time of the killing...it is stated that he was `walking across the street'...</i>". And with that, likely because the South was so short of manpower, Capt. Arnold was dismissed of the charges. Some toning, else very good.<b> $50-75</b>