GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 65. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant General’s Office, 
Washington, March 16, 1863. 
I..Before a General Court Martial, which convened at the Head- 
quarters 2d Brigade, 3d Division, 5th Army Corps, December 8, 1862, 
pursuant to Special Orders, No. 10, dated Headquarters 3d Division, 
5th Army Corps, December 6, 1862, and of which Colonel J. G. 
Frick, 129th Pennsylvania Volunteers, is President, was arraigned 
and tried— 
2d Lieutenant William H. Wolfe, 131st Pennsylvania Volunteers. 
Charge 1st.—“Disobedience of orders.” 
Specification—“In this; that the said 2d Lieutenant William H. Wolfe, 
Company ‘E,’ 131st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, when 
ordered by his Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel William 
B. Shant, to appear before a Board for the examination of 
Officers, then in session at the Headquarters of»General Griffin's 
Division, did disobey said order. This at Camp near Potomac 
Creek, Virginia, on or about the 1st day of December, A. D. 
1862.” 
Charge 2d.—“ Conduct prejudicial to good order and military dis- 
cipline.” 
Specification—“Inthis; that the said 2d Lieutenant William H. Wolfe, 
Company ‘ E,’ 131st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, when 
asked by his Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel William 
B. Shant, why he did not go before the Examining Board, as 
ordered, answered, ‘ I’ll be God-damned if I came into the Army 
to study tactics, but, to fight,’ or words to that effect, and did 
use other disrespectful and insulting language to his said Com- 
manding Officer, in the presence of privates belonging to said 
Regiment. This at Camp near Potomac Creek, Virginia, on or 
about the 3d day of December, 1862.” 
To all which charges and specifications the accused, 2d Lieutenant 
William H. Wolfe, 131st Pennsylvania Volunteers, pleaded “Not 
Guilty.” Finding. 
The Court, having maturely considered the evidence adduced, finds 
the accused, 2d Lieutenant William H. Wolfe, Company “E,” 131st 
Pennsylvania Volunteers, as follows: 
Charge I. 
Of the Specification, “Guilty.” 
Of the Charge, “Guilty.” 
Charge II. 
Of the Specification, “Guilty.” 
Of the Charge, “Guilty.” 
Sentence. 
And the Court does therefore sentence him, 2d Lieutenant William 
H. Wolfe, Company “ E,” 131st Pennsylvania Volunteers, “ To be dis- 
missed the service of the United States." 
II..The proceedings in the case of 2d Lieutenant Wolfe, have been 
approved by the Mai nr General Commanding Army of the Potomac; 
but in consideration of the good conduct of the accused at the battle 
of Fredericksburg, and the recommendation of his Division Com- 
mander, the sentence has been suspended, and, under the 89th Article 
of War, the proceedings have been forwarded for the action of the 
President, with a recommendation, that the sentence he remitted. 
The recommendation is approved and the sentence remitted. 
BV ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: 
L. THOMAS, 
Adjutant General. 
Official : 
Assistant Adjutant General.