Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, 
Richmond, April 14, 1863. 
GENERAL ORDERS, \ 
No. 41. J 
I. At a General Court Martial, held at Holly Springs, Miss., October 
25th, 1862, by virtue of General Orders, No. 3, from the Head Quarters 
of the Department of Mississippi and Louisiana, of October 18, 1862, 
was arraigned and tried: 
lunteers, on the following Charge—(The Specifications are here omitted:) 
First Lieutenant Mason G. Anderson, Company G, 31st Miss. Vo- 
Charge, - ... Violation of the 77th Article of War. 
11. Finding and Sentence of the Court. 
Of the Ist Specification, - Jfot Guilty. 
Of the 2d Specification, ----- Guilty. 
Of the 3d Specification, ----- Guilty. 
Of the Charge, Guilty. 
And the Court, after mature deliberation, sentence the said Mason G. 
Anderson, First Lieutenant Company 6, 31 st Miss. Volunteers, to be 
cashiered. 
111. The proceedings in the foregoing case having been laid before the 
Secretary of War, to be submitted to the President, the following order 
lias been made thereon: 
The proceedings, findings and sentence in the case of Lieut. Mason 
G. Anderson are approved and confirmed; but in consideration of his 
good character, as established at his trial, and the recommendation of a 
portion of the officers of his company, the sentence is remitted, and 
Lieutenant Anderson will be restored to duty with his company. 
order. 
Adjutant and Inspector General. 
S. COOPER