From the Richmond Dispatch, 1/21/1863, p. 1, c. 5

Condemned to be Shot. – The court-martial now in session here, yesterday condemned Daniel Kennedy, a member of the 18th Virginia Battalion, to be shot to death with musketry, for desertion – The execution is appointed to take place within the next ten days.


[Kennedy was actually a member of Co. C, 10th Va. Heavy Artillery Battalion, stationed at Battery No. 2 when the offence took place. MDG]

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