2020-01 Putnal
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Manuscript Document Signed, 3p. folio, Headquarters Dept. of Henrico, Richmond, March 31, 1862, being an extract of General Orders No. 12 to carry out marshall finding which two Union spies are convicted and sentenced to death by hanging. The document reads, in part: "...At the General Court Marshall...the 8th day of March, 1862...was arraigned and tried...John Sealy...said John Sealy an alien enemy in the service of the United States was found lurking about certain fortifications and encampments in and about the city of Richmond...The court, having maturely considered the evidence...sentence the said John Sealy...to suffer death by hanging…[also] Brice Lewis an alien enemy in the service of the United States, was found lurking about certain fortifications...in and about the city of Richmond...The court, having maturely considered the evidence...find the prisoner...Guilty...to suffer death by hanging...The sentences of the court are ordered to be executed under the direction of the Provost Marshall, at Camp Lee, on Friday the 4th day of April, 1862, between the hours of 6 am and 12 m, by order of Brig. Genl. Jno. H. Winder…" Mounting strip on verso, else near Fine.
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