GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 115. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant General’s Office, 
Washington, May 5, 1863. 
The sentence of dismissal in the case of 1st Lieutenant William L. 
Gold, 61st Pennsylvania Volunteers, promulgated in General Orders, 
No. 13, Headquarters Army of the Potomac, is inoperative, in conse- 
quence of irregularities in the proceedings of the Court Martial. 
Lieutenant Gold is, however, dismissed by direction of the President 
of the United States, on the recommendation of Major General Hooker, 
to date from February 18, 1863, when the said order was issued; he 
having been found guilty of “ disobedience of orders,” and “ conduct 
unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.” 
By order of the Secretary of War: 
E. D. TOWNSEND, 
Assistant Adjutant General.