GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 114. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant General’s Office, 
Washington, May 4,1863. 
I..Before a Military Commission which convened in the city ot 
Cincinnati, Ohio, April 22, 1863, pursuant to Special Orders, No. 135, 
dated Headquarters, Department of the Ohio, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 
21, 1863, and of which Brigadier General R. B. Potter, U. S. Volun- 
teers, is President, were arraigned and tried— 
1. William F. Corbin, now or late of the so-called Confederate 
Army. 
Charge I.—“Recruiting men within the lines of the United States 
forces for the so-called Confederate Army.” 
Specification—“ In this; that the said William F. Corbin, on or about 
April 9, 1863, was arrested within our lines near Rouse’s Mills, 
Pendleton county, Kentucky, acting under a recruiting commis- 
sion from one H. Marshall, a Brigadier General in the so-called 
Confederate States Army, empowering him to raise recruits for 
the said Army, the said Corbin being at the time in charge of a 
number of recruits whom he was seeking to conduct to the said 
Army.” 
Charge II.—“ Being the carrier of mails, communications, and infor 
mation from within our lines to persons in arms against the 
Government.” 
Specification—“In this ; that on or about the 9th day of April, 1863, at 
or near Rouse’s Mills, Pendleton county, Kentucky, the said 
William F. Corbin, now or late of the so-called Confederate 
Army, was arrested engaged in carrying mails and information 
from within the lines of the United States forces to persons in 
arms against the Government.” 
To which charges and specifications the accused, William F. Corbin, 
now or late of the so-called Confederate Army, pleaded “Not Guilty.” 2 
Finding. 
The Commission, having maturely considered the evidence adduced, 
finds the accused, William F. Corbin, now or late of the so-called 
Confederate Army, 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 Commission does therefore sentence him, William F. Corbin, 
now or late of the so-called Confederate Army, “ To be shot unto 
death, at such time and place as the Commanding General shall direct; 
two-thirds of the members of the Commission concurring in the sentence." 
2. T. G. McGraw, now or late of the so-called Confederate Army. 
Charge.—“Recruiting men within the lines of the United States 
forces for the so-called Confederate Army.’’ 
Specification—“In this; that the said T. G. McGraw, now or late of 
the so-called Confederate Army, in some capacity unknown, was, 
on or about the 9th day of April, 1863, arrested within our lines, 
near Rouse’s Mills, Pendleton county, Kentucky, engaged in 
recruiting men for the so-called Confederate Army, and was, at 
the time when arrested, engaged in conducting recruits to the 
said Army.” 
To which charge and specification the accused, T. G. McGraw, now 
or late of the so-called Confederate Army, pleaded “Not Guilty.” 
Finding. 
The Commission, having maturely considered the evidence adduced, 
linds the accused, T. G. McGrair, now or late of the so-called Con- 
federate Army, as follows: 3 
Of the Specification, “ Guilty.” 
Of the Charge, “ Guilty.” 
Sentence. 
And the Commission does therefore sentence him, T. G. McGraw, 
now or late of the so-called Confederate Army, “ To be shot unto death 
at such time and place as the Commanding General shall direct; tioo- 
thirds of the members of the Commission concurring in the sentence.” 
11.. The proceedings, findings, and sentences in the foregoing cases 
are approved and confirmed. The prisoners, William F. Corbin and 
T. G. McGraw, now or late of the so-called Confederate Army, will bo 
sent in irons by the proper officer, and delivered into the custody of the 
Commanding Officer on Johnson’s island, depot of prisoners of war, 
near Sandusky, Ohio. 
The Commanding Officer of that Post will see that the sentences are 
duly executed at that Post, between the hours of 12 o’clock noon and 
3 o’clock p. m. of Friday, May 15, 1863. Subject to tbe approval of 
the President of the United States. 
A. E. BURNSIDE, 
Major General. 
111.. The President approves the sentences in the cases of William 
F. Corbin and T. G. McGraw, and directs that they be executed at the 
time and place appointed in the foregoing order of Major General 
Burnside. 
By order of the Secretary of War: 
E. D. TOWNSEND, 
Assistant Adjutant General.