Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, 
GENERAL ORDERS, } 
No 88. S 
Richmond, November 17, 1862. 
I. At a General Covfrt Martial, convened at Charleston, S. C., Sep- 
tember 10th, 1862, by virtue of Special Orders, No. 147, from the Head 
Quarters of the Department of South Carolina and Georgia, was arraigned 
and tried Ist Lt. W. E. Erwin, S. C.'Artillery, P. A. C. S., on the fol- 
lowing charge and specification: 
Charge, 
Intoxication on Duty. 
In this, that he the said Ist Lieut. W. E. Erwin, S. C. Artillery, P. A. 
C. S., at Castle Pinckney, S. C., on or about the 13th day of June 1862, 
did, when on duty as officer of the day, become grossly intoxicated. 
Finding and Sentence of the Court. 
The Court having maturely weighed and considered the evidence in 
support of the charges against the prisoner, Ist Lieut. W. E. Erwin, S. 
C. Artillery, his defence, and the evidence in support of it, is of opinion 
that the said Ist Lt. W. E. Erwin, South Carolina Artillery, is 
Of the Specification to the Charge, - - - Guilty 
(with the exception of the word “grossly"). 
Of the Charge, - - - - Guilty. 
And the Court does therefore sentence the said Ist Lt. W. E. Erwin, 
C. S. Artillery, to be cashiered. 
11. The proceedings in the foregoing case having been submitted to 
the Secretary of War, and by him laid before the President for his deci- 
sion, the following are his orders thereon: 
In accordance with the unanimous recommendation of the Court, and 
especially for the reason assigned, the facts developed by the evidence 
adduced, the sentence is remitted. 
111. First Lt. W. E. Erwin, S. C. Artillery, will therefore he released 
from arrest, and restored to duty. 
order. 
Adjutant and Inspector General. 
S. COOPER,