J. P. Garesche to Orders, Hpgrs. Fourteenth Army Corps, November 14, 1862

November 14, 1862.

No. 15. Nashville, Tenn., November 14, 1862,

The general commanding is pained to learn that many soldiers have sought and allowed themselves to be captured and paroled by the enemy, to escape from further military duty, and in order to be sent home. He esteems such conduct as even more base and cowardly than desertion, which, though punishable by law with death, has a semblance of courage when contrasted with voluntary capture.

All soldiers so captured and paroled will, in future, be placed under arrest and reported to these headquarters.

All soldiers captured and paroled while straggling from their commands will be dealt with in like manner.

By command of Major-General Rosecrans :

Assistant Adjutant-General and Chief of Staff.
GENERAL ORDERS, Hpgrs. FOURTEENTH ARMY CORPS,