GENERAL ORDERS, 
NO. 27. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant General's Office, 
Washington, February 25, 1865. 
In the case of Major Delozier Davidson, 4th U. S. Infantry, promul- 
gated in General Orders, No. 56, of Mareh 9, 1863, the President, on a 
review of the proceedings of the General Court Martial, gave the 
following orders: 
"In this case the sentence of cashiering is commuted to a reprimand 
in General Orders, and Major Davidson is restored to his place in the 
service. 
" August 9, 1864." 
The vacancy occasioned by the cashiering of Major Davidson having 
been already filled by promotion, and the officer thus promoted having 
been confirmed by the Senate, it was not possible to carry into effect 
the President's order. 
Major Davidson now tenders the resignation of his "commission as 
Major in the 4th Regiment of Infantry, U. S. Armybut inasmuch 
as he does not now hold that commission, the following orders are 
made in his case: 
By direction of the President of the United States, the sentence "to 
be cashiered," promulgated against Major Delozier Davidson, 4th U. S. 
Infantry, in General Orders, No. 56, of March 9, 1863, is set aside, and 
the resignation of Major Davidson is accepted, to take effect March 9, 
1863. 
order of the Secretary of War : 
E. D. TOWNSEND, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 
Official : 
Assistant Adjutant General.