Subject: Military law

General Orders No. 26 from the Head-Quarters Department of the Cumberland, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, dated February 21, 1863, detailing the court martial proceedings of 2nd Lieutenant Nathan Levy of Company H, 10th Michigan Volunteer Infantry. The court martial convened in Nashville, Tennessee on January 24, 1863. Levy was charged with violating Articles 50 and 9 of the Articles of War. The document includes charges, specifications, pleadings, findings, and sentence. The order was signed by C. Goddard, Lieutenant Colonel and Acting Chief of Staff, by command of Maj. Gen. Rosecrans. Levy was later promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Newspaper clipping from the *Louisville Daily Courier*, published in Louisville, Kentucky on July 25, 1861. The clipping features instructions from Judah P. Benjamin regarding the handling of prisoners of war and persons captured at sea. It also includes an advertisement by Rothchild, S. This is one of the earliest rulings by Benjamin to be published in a newspaper. The clipping contains details on the First Battle of Bull Run.

A legal document dated February 18, 1864, pertaining to a requisition for rifles and cartridges. The requisition was revoked by Cohen, acting under the command of Harrison. The document includes references to Octavus L. Cohen of Savannah, Georgia, and is accompanied by its original gray unmarked envelope. The document relates to events in Florida during the American Civil War.

This book contains the revised regulations of the United States Army from 1861. The copy is annotated by Captain Cheme M. Levy, Assistant Quartermaster, U.S. Volunteers, including his address at General McClellan's headquarters in Washington, D.C. The book also includes a record of Captain Levy's court-martial proceedings, which resulted in his cashiering for fraudulent financial activities.