10 March 1863: “Private Joseph Hebert Co. A., Crescent Regt. La. Vols. now under sentence of death for desertion having been pardoned by the President of the Confederate States, is hereby ordered to be released…”

Item description: Order, 10 March 1863, concerning a Confederate private who has been pardoned from his death sentence.

Item citation: From folder 5 in the George William Logan Papers #1560, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Item transcription:

Hd. Qrs. Dist. Western La.
Alexandria March 10th, 1863

General Orders
No. 15

I. Private Joseph Hebert Co. A., Crescent Regt. La. Vols. now under sentence of death for desertion having been pardoned by the President of the Confederate States, is hereby ordered to be released and will resume the discharge of this duties as a soldier.

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By Command of Maj. Genl. Taylor
E. Surget
A.A. Genl.

To
Lieut. Col. G.W. Logan
Comdg. Post Harrisonburg 

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