Order

E.D. Townsend to First Day, November 17, 1862

Author

E.D. Townsend

Recipient

First Day

Date

November 17, 1862

Type

Order

November 17, 1862.

ADJUTANT-GENERALâS OFFICE, No. 350. Washington, November 17, 1862.

III. The Court of Inquiry ordered to assemble the 27th ultimo by Special Orders, 313, Headquarters of the Army, October 25, 1862, is hereby dissolved, and at the request of Major-General McDowell, U.S. Volunteers, a Court of Inquiry will assemble in this city at 11 oâclock a. m. on the 21st instant to inquire into certain charges against him.

Detail for the court.âMaj. Gen. George Cadwalader, U. S. Volunteers; Brig. Gen. John H. Martindale, U. 8. Volunteers; Brig. Gen. James H. Van Alen, U. S. Volunteers; Lieut. Col. Louis H. Pelouze, assistant adjutant-general, recorder of the court.

By command of Major-General Halleck :

Assistant Adjutant-General.

JUDGE-ADVOCATE-GENERALâS OFFICE,
Washington, D. 0., November 21, 1862.
The court met pursuant to the foregoing order.
Present, Maj. Gen. George Cadwalader, U. 8. Volunteers; Brig.
Gen. John H. Martindale, U. 8S. Volunteers; Brig. Gen. James H. Van

Editor's Notes

From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: E. D. Townsend orders the dissolution of a previous Court of Inquiry and convenes a new court in Washington to investigate charges against Major-General McDowell in November 1862.

Topics

1862 Civil War Field Reports Military Correspondence Military Operations

Sources

The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 12, Part 1 View original source ↗