The Proceedings and Findings of the Court Martial of which Lt. Col. W. A. Leach, 90th Pa. Vols., was President, having been submitted to Brig.-Gen. Hayes, the Senior Officer present, are approved. The extreme leniency of the Court must be apparent to all, and can only be excused by the novelty of the case brought before it. Language fails to convey censure adequate to the gross vulgarity and ungentlemanly conduct of the accused. Captain [we omit the name] seems to forget or misconceive his responsibility in his present circumstances. An officer being a prisoner of war is not relieved from his responsibility to his government nor from his liability to the regulations of the service as far as may be applied to his dishonor by ungentlemanly and unofficer-like conduct; and many other offenses committed by an officer when a prisoner of war are as punishable as if that officer were serving with his command. And it is well the officers in the prison have organized a Court for the summary punishment of those of their number, who, forgetful of their position and their honor, would bring shame upon themselves and their associates. It is to be hoped that Capt. [name we omit]'s conduct in the future will be such as will cause to be forgotten his mistakes of the past. JOSEPH HAYES, Brig. Gen. U. S. Vols. INDEX A Adams, Dr. Nehemiah, 29 Adams, Sarah F., quoted, 35 ambulance, 37, 38 annihilation threatened, 23 apothecary doctor, 108, 109 Appendix, court record, 153-156 apple-jack, 39 Army of West Va., 4, 5, 6 artillery, trained on us, 51, 58 _at_ in "Where is he at?" 73, 75 attempt to break out, 113, 118 autographs, officers', 136 B Barnes, J. K., Surgeon-Gen., 146 battle, pomp of, 8, 134 battle-field, Winchester, 3 + beans, soup of, ration, 44, 94, 102 Beecher, Henry Ward, quoted, 30 Beecher, married by, 52 Berryville, 3 Berryville pike, 3, 4, 7 Birge, Gen. H. W., 7, 9 blanket for several, 105 blankets "confiscated," 46 blankets, not to be shaken, 87 Blinn, Col. C. D., ill, 7 Blue Ridge, 1, 35, 36 Braxton's Confed. artillery, 9 bread, corn-cob-meal, 44, 93, 100 breakfast at Staunton, 32, 33 breakfast at Tom's Brook, 21 Breckenridge, Confed. Gen., 5 Brinton, Col., escape of, 26, 27 brooms in prison, 100, 102 Brown, John, defended, 28 Brownell, H. H., quoted, 137 Browning, Mrs., quoted, 36, 83, 91 buckets for water, 98, 110, 116 Buckingham, Gov. of Conn., 7, 129 "Bucktail Regiment," 64, 130 burning $400, 138 Burrage, Major H. S., 117, 120, 142 Bush, Lieut. W. W., 93, 96 "Butler's dandy regiment," 7 (note) Byron, Lord, quoted, 28 Byron, Major John W., 87 Byrne, Major John, 64, 66, 141 C cards, playing, 102, 106, 141 Carle, Col. James, 64, 66, 80 carving in prison, 49, 83, 101, 141 cavalry, 4, 5, 6, 13, 25, 34, 40, 45 chaplain, prisoner, 57, 58, 80 charge, Gordon's brilliant, 10, 12