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MURDER OF FELLOW CONFEDERATE OFFICER

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MURDER OF FELLOW CONFEDERATE OFFICER
<b>781. 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, most likely because the South was so short of manpower, Capt. Arnold was dismissed of the charges. Some toning, else very good.<b>$50-100</b>