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[1] Tarbell (Appendix), p. 425. Meade's despatch has not been located. Private Peter Gilner, Company F, Sixty-second Pennsylvania Volunteers, was sentenced to be shot for neglect of duty, disorderly conduct, and violation of Ninth Article of War. His sentence was commuted to imprisonment in Dry Tortugas, and on October 19 he received a presidential pardon (DNA WR RG 153, Judge Advocate General, MM 948). See Lincoln to Meade, September 20, infra