GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 36. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant General’s Office, 
Washington, February 9, 1863. 
I..At a General Court Martial, which convened at Fort Monroe, 
Virginia, October 16, 1862, pursuant to Special Orders, No. 131, Head- 
quarters Department of Virginia, October 15, 1862, and of which Cap- 
tain W. N. J3. Sanders, Third New York Volunteers, was President, 
was arraigned and tried— 
Private Sylvester Buel, Company B, 3d New York Volunteers: 
Charge.—“ Desertion.” 
Specification—“In this; that he, the said Private Sylrester Bvcl, of B 
Company, 3d Infantry, New York Volunteers, being duly en- 
listed in the service of the United States, at Albany, New York, 
on or about the 15th day of September, 1862, did. desert the said 
service on or about the 26th day of September, 1862, at Fort 
Monroe, Virginia.” 
To which charge and specification the accused pleaded as follows: 
To the Specification, “ Not Guilty.” 
To the Charge, “Not Guilty.” 
Finding. 
The Court, after mature deliberation on the evidence adduced, finds 
the accused as follows: 
Of the Specification, “ Guilty.” 
Of the Charge, “ Guilty.” 
Sentence. 
And the Court does therefore sentence him, the said Private Sylvester 
Buel, of Company B, 3d New York Volunteers, “ To be shot to death 
with musketry, at such time and place as the General Commanding may 
direct," two-thirds of the members concurring therein. 2 
II..In compliance with the 5th section of the act approved July 17, 
1852, the proceedings in the case of Private Sylvester Buel have been 
submitted to the President of the United States, and the sentence is by 
him approved. 
ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: 
L. THOMAS, 
Adjutant General. 
Official: 
Assistant Adjutant General.