Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, 
GENERAL ORDERS, \ 
No. 94. 5 
Richmond, November 24, 1862. 
I. At a General Court Martial, held at Savannah, Georgia, September 
10, 1862, by virtue of Special Orders, No. 118, of July 28, 1862, from 
the Head Quarters of the Department of South Carolina and Georgia, 
was arraigned and tried : 
Captain A. S., Cannet, Company C, 47th Georgia Volunteers, on the 
following charges and specifications : 
Charge I, - - Violation of the 52d Article of War. 
Specification—ln this, that he the said A. S. Cannet, acting Second 
Lieutenant, Company C, 47th Georgia Volunteers, P. A. C. S., did 
shamefully abandon his post, and leave the same exposed to the enemy. 
All this on James island, On or about the morning of the Ist of July 1862. 
Charge 2, 
Violation of the 99th Article of War. 
Specification—ln this, that he the said A. S. Cannet, acting as Second 
Lieutenant of Company C, 47th Georgia Volunteers, P. A. C. S., did 
neglect to halt the fleeing sentinels, and make them stand to their post 
until it was actually necessary to abandon it. All this on James island, 
on or about the Ist day of July 1862. 
After mature deliberation, the Court find the accused, Captain A. S. 
Cannet, 47th Georgia Volunteers, as follows : 
11. Finding and Sentence of the Court. 
Of the Specifications of the Ist Charge, - - - Guilty. 
Of the Ist Charge, - - - - Guilty. 
Of the Specifications of the 2d Charge, - - - Guilty. 
Of the 2d Charge, • * * - - Guilty, 
And do, therefore, sentence the'said Captain A. S. Cannet, of Company 
C, 47th Georgia Volunteers, to be cashiered. 
HI. The proceedings in the foregoing case having, with the finding 
and sentence of the Court, been submitted to the Secretary of War, and 
laid before the President, and by him approved and confirmed, Captain 
A. S. Cannet, of Company C, 47th Georgia Volunteers, therefore ceases 
to be an officer of the Confederate States army from this date. 
order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector General.