Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, 
Richmond, November 11, 1862. 
GENERAL ORDERS, ? 
No 85. I 
I. At a General Court Martial, held at Savannah, Georgia, May 2d, 
1862, by virtue of General Orders, No. 36, from the Head Quarters of the 
Department of South Carolina and Georgia, the following named parties 
were arraigned and tried: 
1. Private Joseph Mclntyre, Company D, Ist Georgia Volunteers: 
Charge, Violation of the 9th Article of War, in resisting his supe- 
rior officers while in the discharge of their duty, and in 
the use of violent and improper language and gestures 
towards said officers. 
Verdict, 
Sentence, 
Guilty. 
Death. 
2. Private Thomas Gillespie, of the Chatham Artillery, Ist Georgia 
Brigade: 
Charge, Violation of the 20th Article of War, in having deserted 
from his company, and also in being absent therefrom 
without leave. 
Verdict, 
Sentence, 
Guilty. 
Death. 
3. Private Michael Hagertv, of the Chatham Artillery, Ist Georgia 
Brigade: 
Charge .1, Violation of the 20th Article of War, in having deserted 
from his company. 
Charge 2, Violation of the 22d Article of War, in having deserted 
from his company and enlisted in another. 
Verdict, 
Sentence, 
Guilty. 
Death. 2 
4. Private William M. Beasley, Company D, Ist Georgia Volun- 
teers : 
Charge, 
Verdict, 
Sentence, 
Desertion. 
Guilty. 
Death. 
5. Private F. V. R. Mace, of the Chatham Light Horse, Georgia Vol- 
unteers : 
Charge, 
Sentence, 
Desertion. 
Death. 
11, The proceedings in the foregoing cases having been submitted by 
the Commanding General of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia 
and Florida, for the consideration of the President, under the Article of 
War, for pardon or mitigation, he has been pleased to extend to the several 
parties the Executive clemency; and therefore directs, in mitigation of 
the punishment adjudged by the Court, that the sentence in each of the 
cases be changed to hard labor, with ball and chain attached to the leg, 
for the period of twelve months, a forfeiture of monthly pay for the same 
period of time, and confinement in the guard house whenever not em- 
ployed at hard labor. This order will be carried into effect under the 
direction of the Commanding General of the Department. 
111. The General Court Martial, by which the above named cases were 
tried, is hereby dissolved. 
order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector General.