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Domestic News
October 18, 1783
The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
In Philadelphia on October 1, a General Court Martial convicted several Pennsylvania line soldiers of a disturbance, sentencing Christian Nagle and John Morrison to death and others to corporal punishment. Congress pardoned all, saving the two from execution at the last moment.
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PHILADELPHIA, October 1:
At a General Court Martial, held near this city, for the trial of sundry persons accused of being concerned in a late disturbance among a number of soldiers of the Pennsylvania line, Christian Nagle and John Morrison, late sergeants in the third Pennsylvania regiment, were convicted of a breach of the 3d article of the second section of the articles of war, and were accordingly sentenced to suffer death: and John Lilly, Abner Vanhorn, Thomas Flowers, and William Carman, were also convicted of a breach of the said articles, and sentenced to suffer corporal punishment.----Nagle and Morrison were accordingly on Monday last led out to be executed; but as Congress had been graciously pleased to pardon the offences of all the above criminals, the two unhappy men received this most agreeable news at the awful moment when they expected to be summoned into eternity.
At a General Court Martial, held near this city, for the trial of sundry persons accused of being concerned in a late disturbance among a number of soldiers of the Pennsylvania line, Christian Nagle and John Morrison, late sergeants in the third Pennsylvania regiment, were convicted of a breach of the 3d article of the second section of the articles of war, and were accordingly sentenced to suffer death: and John Lilly, Abner Vanhorn, Thomas Flowers, and William Carman, were also convicted of a breach of the said articles, and sentenced to suffer corporal punishment.----Nagle and Morrison were accordingly on Monday last led out to be executed; but as Congress had been graciously pleased to pardon the offences of all the above criminals, the two unhappy men received this most agreeable news at the awful moment when they expected to be summoned into eternity.
What sub-type of article is it?
Legal Or Court
Military
What keywords are associated?
Court Martial
Pennsylvania Line
Soldiers Disturbance
Death Sentence
Congress Pardon
What entities or persons were involved?
Christian Nagle
John Morrison
John Lilly
Abner Vanhorn
Thomas Flowers
William Carman
Where did it happen?
Philadelphia
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Philadelphia
Event Date
October 1
Key Persons
Christian Nagle
John Morrison
John Lilly
Abner Vanhorn
Thomas Flowers
William Carman
Outcome
sentenced to death (nagle, morrison) or corporal punishment (lilly, vanhorn, flowers, carman); all pardoned by congress, averting execution.
Event Details
General Court Martial tried soldiers for disturbance in Pennsylvania line; convicted of breaching articles of war.