hide Matching Documents

The documents where this entity occurs most often are shown below. Click on a document to open it.

Document Max. Freq Min. Freq
The Daily Dispatch: October 6, 1862., [Electronic resource] 10 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: September 20, 1862., [Electronic resource] 4 0 Browse Search
View all matching documents...

Your search returned 14 results in 2 document sections:

The Daily Dispatch: September 20, 1862., [Electronic resource], Our army correspondence. (search)
ases his services are swindled. It is known that by adopting various aliases and disguises some men have succeeded in selling themselves as substitutes a half dozen times. The same court-martial that condemned the above men to be shot, found Owen Maguire, a member of Co. H, 1st Va. Regt., guilty of desertion, and sentenced him to receive one hundred lashes. This punishment was commuted to half the number by Brigadier-General Winder. The culprit will receive these striking marks of approval aling themselves as substitutes a half dozen times. The same court-martial that condemned the above men to be shot, found Owen Maguire, a member of Co. H, 1st Va. Regt., guilty of desertion, and sentenced him to receive one hundred lashes. This punishment was commuted to half the number by Brigadier-General Winder. The culprit will receive these striking marks of approval at an early day. Maguire was a new member of Company II, an organization that the chances of war has nearly annihilated.
The Daily Dispatch: October 6, 1862., [Electronic resource], Recognition. (search)
d John Kelleher, company F, same regiment. On the 15th of July, the same court had sentenced Owen Maguire, of company H, 1st Virginia regiment, to receive one hundred lashes on his bare back for dese he read "General Orders" condemning McGowan and Kelleher to be shot to death with musketry and Maguire to be whipped, for desertion.--The respite of Rogers for fourteen days was also announced. A phe tragedy. Preparations were then made for carrying into execution the sentence of whipping Owen Maguire. A stout dragoon from Captain Wrenn's company volunteered to perform the duty. Maguire was Maguire was tied up to a tree by the hands and feet and received the punishment with much wriggling and twisting. It seemed to be awfully at was honestly laid on with a double leather strap, broad and long. When let down he looked quite exhausted. Maguire is a middle aged, thick set, low man, with a serious cast of countenance. He first belonged to Captain H. B. Dickinson's company, was taken prisoner a