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Army Lieutenant Cashiered for "Playing Ball with Serjeants"
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| Text | Lieutenant Michael Dougherty, 6th Maryland Regiment, was cashiered at a General Court Martial at Elizabeth Town on April 10, 1779, in part for a breach of the 21st article, 14th section of the rules and articles of war "unofficer and ungentlemanlike conduct in associating and playing ball with Serjeants on the 6th instant." Fitzpatrick, John C., ed., The Writings of George Washington from the Original Sources, 1745-1799, vol. 14 [USGPO, Washington, 1931], page 378. Submitted 10/12/2004 by John Thorn. |
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1779. Army Lieutenant Cashiered for "Playing Ball with Serjeants""
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