Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, 
GENERAL ORDERS, } 
No. 46. S 
Richmond, April 20, 1863. 
I. At a General Court Martial, held in the city of Richmond, Va., 
April 5,1863, pursuant to General Orders, No. 35, Head Quarters Depart- 
ment of Henrico, 1862, and of which Col. James L. Henderson is presi- 
dent, was arraigned and tried : 
Major Elias Griswold, P. A. C. S., on the following Charges and 
Specifications: 
Charge Ist, - - - - Disobedience of lawful orders. 
the 2d day of January 1863, at Richmond, Va., did give a written permit 
to one James E. Lipscomb, to bring into the said city of Richmond 
ninety-one barrels of brandy, in violation of the lawful command of his 
Specification—ln this, that the said Major Elias Griswold, on or about 
superior officer, Brig. Gen. Jno. H. Winder. 
Charge 2d, ... Conduct to the prejudice of good 
order and military discipline. 
Specification—ln this, that the said Major Elias Griswold, on or about 
the 2d day of January 1863, at Richmond, Va.,did give a written permit 
to one James E. Lipscomb, to bring into the said city of Richmond 
ninety-one barrels of brandy, after the publication of General Orders, No. 
41, issued from the Head Quarters of the Department of Henrico, re- 
quiring that all applications for permits to bring intoxicating liquors into 
Richmond, should be addressed to said Head Quarters. 
Finding and Sentence of the Court. 
The Court having maturely considered the evidence adduced, find the 
accused as follows:- 
Of the Specification of Ist Charge, - Guilty. 
Of the Ist Charge, - - * * ' Guilty. 
Of the Specification of 2d Charge, - Guilty. 
Of the 2d Charge, - '* * • * Guilty. 2 
And the Court do therefore sentence the said Major Elias Griswold te 
be privately reprimanded by the Commander of the Department of 
Henrico. 
The Court is thus lenient ip its sentence, because it is satisfied, that 
although there was a technical violation of orders by the accused, it arose 
from inadvertence, and'was not accompanied with any evil intent or im- 
proper purpose. 
11. The proceedings, finding and sentence in the foregoing case having 
been submitted to the Secretary of War, and by him duly considered,’are 
approved. Major Griswold will therefore be released from arrest and re- 
stored to duty. f 
order. 
S. COOPER, 
Adjutant and Inspector General.