To Pres A Lincoln From RH Milroy Date Unk 1863

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    To his Excellency  

	       Abraham Lincoln, 

To the President of the United States. 


 
Sir                          

     I have the honor to submit the following statement (stricken: inform you  
 that) Some time subsequent to the evac- 
uation of Winchester. I was deprived of 
my command and placed under arrest. 
I learned from a letter addressed me  
at  Balto. by you that this originated 
in my refusal to obey the order of my 
Superior Officer. I asked for a Court of  
Inquiry and on  the 4th of Aug. (stricken: 4th) 1863, Special 
Order No. 346 calling such a Court 
was issued from the War Dept. 
by your command. The detail of 
this Court as originally constituted  
consisted of Maj. Genl. Hitchcock, 
Brig. Genl. Barry, Brig. Genl. Abercrombie, 
& Capt. R. N. Scott, Judge Advocate. 
subsequently Maj. Genl. Hitchcock was 
relieved & Brig. Genl. Demesy detailed 
in his place. 


	       To the Court as thus organized 
I entered my protests. It will be observed 
that Special Order No. 346 calls upon this 
Court not only to investigate the facts but  
to pronounce an opinion  as to (stricken: on them to say) “What Officer or Officers were  in fault” 
In one contingency the judgement of this court might 
affect me directly in severity and I therefore claim the privilege of appearing (stricken: And makes the result of it labors a judgment directly effecting me. Who of Course justice appears) 
before it in the light 
of a defendant, as provided in the 91st article of war. 


I also beg hearing to 
(stricken: I claim then all the rights 
of a defendant,and) Call attention to 
the law (stricken: governing Courts of this Character)