GENERAL ORDERS, 
No 76. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant Genfrat.’s Office, 
Washington, February 26, 1864. 
Sentence of Deserters. 
The President directs that the sentences of all deserters, who have 
been condemned by Court Martial to death, and that have not been 
otherwise acted upon by him, be mitigated to imprisonment during the 
war, at the Dry Tortugas, Florida, where they will be tent under suitable 
guards by orders from Army Commanders. 
The Commanding Generals, who have power to act on proceedings of 
Courts Martial in such cases, are authorized in special cases to restore 
to duty deserters under sentence, when in their judgment the service 
will be thereby benefitted. 
Copies of all orders issued under the foregoing instructions will he 
immediately forwarded to the Adjutant General and to the Judge Advo- 
cate General. 
By order of i m Secretary of War : 
E. D. TOWNSEND, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 
Official : 
Assistant Adjutant General.