Trial of Col. Thomas H. Cushing Before a General Court Martial: Which Sat at Barton-Rouge, on Charges Preferred Against Him by Brig. Gen. Wade HamptonMoses Thomas, J. Maxwell, Printer, 1812 - 114 страници |
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Страница 63 - Oh ! while along the stream of Time thy name Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame, Say, shall my little bark attendant sail, Pursue the triumph, and partake the gale...
Страница 37 - No officer or soldier put in arrest shall be continued in confinement more than eight days, or until such time as a court-martial can be assembled.
Страница 68 - ART. 77. Whenever any officer shall be charged with a crime, he shall be arrested and confined in his barracks, quarters, or tent, and deprived of his sword by the commanding officer.
Страница 26 - ... appear before a Court, a prisoner, and in the light of a criminal, I am happy that my conduct, which has been so much censured at large, is at last to be enquired into by a proper judicatory, and that, after so long a delay, and so injurious a discrimination, public justice will be done upon a full, an impartial, and dispassionate examination, and that it will be passed upon by men equal to the task of investigating the truth, however artfully concealed, and determining upon the intrinsic merit...
Страница 23 - November, 1864, or as soon thereafter as practicable, for the trial of such prisoners as may be brought before it.
Страница 26 - ... equal to the task of investigating the truth, however artfully concealed, and determining upon the intrinsic merit of military actions, stripped of the glare that is sometimes thrown upon them by success, or the false lights in which they are often placed by consequences. If I am guilty of all, or any of the charges against me, I wish not to escape punishment ; but, conscious of no crime, I hope by your sentence, upon a candid comparison of the testimony, to have those stains wiped from my character,...
Страница 89 - ... prolonged beyond the unavoidable necessity of the case. If, contrary to expectation, the occupation of this territory, on the part of the United States, should be opposed by force, the commanding officer of the regular troops on the Mississippi will have orders from the secretary at war to afford you, upon your...