DAVID VIRTUE 4-22-1814
AVPycerin Capt. Armstead’s Company, US; lst Arta lleny.
Executed by firing squad at Fort Moultrie, Charleston
SC for sleeping on sentry duty. He had been detailed
to guard the Charleston Arsenal on the night of
12/26/13 and was caught sleeping when he should have
been guarding.
Per Court Martial, Cases hives, Record Group 153, box 720.
File No. N-23 at the National Archives, Washington DC
Per The American Daily Advertiser, (Philadelphia PA),
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DAVID VIRTUE 4-22-1814
A Pvt. in Capt. Armstead's Company, US lst Artillery.
Executed by firing squad at Fort Moultrie, Charleston
SC for sleeping on sentry duty. He had been detailed
to guard the Charleston Arsenal on the night of
12/26/13 and was caught sleeping when he should have
been guarding.
Per Court Martial Case Files, Record Group 153, Box 26,
File No. N-23 at the National Archives, Washington DC
Per The American Daily Advertiser, (Philadelphia PA),
S/ DAA (Bes)
DAVID VIRTUE 4-22-1814
A Pvt. in Capt. Armstead's Company, US Ist Artillery.
Executed by firing squad at Fort Moultrie, Charleston
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to guard the Charleston Arsenal on the night
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been guarding.
Per Court Martial Case Files, Record Group 153, Box 26,
File No. N-23 at the National Archives, Washington DC
Per The American Daily Advertiser, (Philadelphia PA),
5/2/14 (3:3)
