GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 6. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant General’s Office, 
Washington, January 6, 1863 
I. .At a General Court Martial, which convened at Fredericksburg, 
Virginia, on the 12th day of August, 1862, pursuant to “General 
Orders,” No. 6, dated August 11, 1862, from the Headquarters Ninth 
Army Corps, and of which Lieutenant Colonel Hiram Appf.lman, 8th 
Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers, was President, was arraigned 
and tried— 
Private Edwin Gallagher, of Company E, 4th Rhode Island Volun- 
teers. 
Charge 1st.—“Violation of the 7th Article of War,” 
Specification—“In this; that he, thfc said Edicin Gallagher, of Company 
E, and of the 4th Regiment Rhode Island Volunteers, did, by 
threats apd boisterous language, create a sedition in the camp 
of said 4th Regiment Rhode Island Volunteers, on or about the 
1st day of August, 1862, at or near Newports News, Virginia.” 
Charge 2d.—“ Violation of the 9th Article of War.” 
Specification 1st—“In this; that he, the said Edwin Gallagher, on the 
1st of August, 1862, a Private in Company E, 4th Regiment 
Rhode Island Volunteers, between the hours of and 12 p. m., 
at or near Newports News, Virginia, did seize or grasp W. H. P. 
Steere, Colonel Commanding the 4th Regiment Rhode Island 
Volunteers, and attempt violence against his superior officer, 
then and there being in the execution of his office.” 
Specification 2d—“ In this ; that he, the said private Edwin Gallagher, 
Company E, 4th Regiment Rhode Island Volunteers, on the 1st 
of August, between the hours of 9£ and 12 pi m., at or near 
Newports News, did disobey the lawful commands of his superior 
officer, by a continued disregard of orders to stop tumultuous 
noise and profanity, made use of by him, the said Gallagher, as 
aforesaid.” 2 
Specification 3d—“In this; that he, the said Private Edwin Gallagher, 
Company E, 4th Regiment Rhode Island Volunteers, on the 1st 
of August, between the hours of 9£ and 12 p. m., at or near 
Newports News, Virginia, did, when ordered by Captain Buffum, 
commanding Company B, 4th Regiment Rhode Island Volun- 
teers, and acting, by orders from Headquarters of said 4th Regi- 
ment, as Officer of the Day, to go to his quarters and stop all 
noise, refuse to obey.” 
Specification 4th—“ In this; that he, the said Private Edwin Gallagher, 
Company E, 4th Regiment Rhode Island Volunteers, on the 1st 
of August, between the hours of 9£ and 12 p. m., at or near 
Newports News, Virginia, did refuse to go to his quarters, but 
defiantly disobeyed tbe orders of W. H. P Steere, commanding 
said 4th Regiment of Rhode Island Volunteers.” 
To which charges and specifications the prisoner pleaded as follows: 
To Specification of 1st Charge, “Not Guilty.” 
To 1st Charge, “ Not Guilty.” 
To 1st Specification of 2d Charge, “ Not Guilty.” 
To 2d Specification of 2d Charge, “ Guilty.” 
To 3d Specification of 2d Charge, “ Not Guilty.” 
To 4th Specification of 2d Charge, “Not Guilty.” 
To 2d Charge, “Not Guilty.” 
Finding. 
The Court, after mature deliberation upon the testimony adduced, 
finds the accused as follows: 
Of Specification of 1st Charge, “Guilty.” 
Of 1st Charge, “Guilty.” 
Of 1st Specification of 2d Charge, “ Guilty.” 
Of 2d Specification of 2d Charge, “Guilty.” 
Of 3d Specification of 2d Charge, “ Guilty.” 
Of 4th Specification of 2d Charge, “ Guilty.” 
Of 2d Charge, “Guilty.” 
Sentence. 
And the Court does therefore sentence him, the said Private Edwin 
Gallagher, of Company E, 4th Rhode Island Volunteers, “ To be shot  3 
until lie be dead;" all the members of the Court concurring in the 
sentence. 
II..In accordance with the 5th section of the act approved July 17, 
1862, the proceedings and sentence in the case of Private Edicin Gal- 
lagher, have been submitted to the President of the United States, and 
are approved. But in consideration of the recommendation of the 
Court, and of the General commanding the Army of the Potomac, the 
sentence of death is remittee!, and the prisoner will be dishonorably 
discharged the service, with a forfeiture of all pay. 
By order of the Secretary of War: 
E. D. TOWNSEND, 
Assistant Adjutant General