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Orders by General Washington

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ORDERS BY GENERAL WASHINGTON.

Head-Quarters, Cambridge, October 13, 1775.

(Parole, Kennebeck.) (Countersign, Lebanon.)

Lieutenant Richard Woodward, of Captain Gridley' s Company, in Colonel Gridley' s Regiment of Artillery, tried at a late General Court-Martial, whereof Colonel Woodbridge was President, for "cowardice in the action upon the 17th of June last, and for mutiny." The Court were unanimously of opinion, that the charge of cowardice, on the 17th June last, is fully supported against the prisoner, and are also unanimously of opinion that the prisoner is

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guilty of mutiny, and of a malicious, vexatious, and groundless accusation of Captain Gridley, at a late General Court-Martial. The Court therefore unanimously adjudge the prisoner, Lieutenant Woodward, to be cashiered, and rendered incapable of serving in the Continental Army.

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Title

Orders by General Washington, Oct. 13

Creator

Washington, George

Editor

Washington, George

Resource Type

text

Genre/Form

documents (object genre)

Date Created

1775-10-13

Recipient

Anonymous

Subject

Military action: military organization and discipline
Military action: mutiny and desertion

Document ID

S4-V3-P01-sp24-D0100

Series

S4

Volume

S4-V3

Part

S4-V3-P01

Sub-Part

S4-V3-P01-sp24

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