GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 198. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant General’s Office, 
Washington, June 30, 1803 
I--Before a General Court Martial, which convened at Beaufort, 
South Carolina, November 26, 1862, pursuant to Special Orders, -No. 
41, dated November 5, 1862; No. 48, dated November 20, 1862; and 
No. 50, dated November 22, 1862, Headquarters United States Forces, 
Port Royal Island, South Carolina, and of which Captain J. P. S. 
Gorin, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, is President, was arraigned and 
tried— 
Lieutenant John O'Neill, 55th Pennsylvania Volunteers. 
Charge.—“Leaving confinement before being set at liberty by his 
Commanding Officer.” 
Specification—“In this; that 1st Lieutenant John O'Neill, Company 
‘ C,’ 55th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, after being ordered 
into close arrest by his Regimental Commander, did, without 
being set at liberty, leave his confinement. All this at Beaufort, 
South Carolina, on or about the 18th day of November, 1862.” 
To which charge and specification the accused, 1st Lieutenant John 
O'Neill, 55th Pennsylvania Volunteers, pleaded “ Not Guilty.” 
Finding. 
The Court, having maturely considered the evidence adduced, finds 
the accused, 1st Lieutenant John O'Neill, 55th Pennsylvania Volun- 
teers, as follows: 
Of the Specification, “Guilty.” 
Of the Charge, “ Guilty.” 
Sentence. 
And the Court does therefore sentence him, 1st Lieutenant John 
O'Neill, 55th Pennsylvania Volunteers, “To be cashiered." 2 
II.. The proceedings in the above case were approved by the General 
Commanding the Department, and, on the recommendation of the Court, 
the sentence was remitted by him. Such remission being inoperative 
under the 89th Article of War, the case has been submitted to the 
President, and he directs that the sentence against Lieutenant O'Neill 
be remitted. He will be released from arrest and restored to duty. 
By order of the Secretary of War: 
E. D. TOWNSEND, 
Assistant Adjutant General.