This Day in History: June 10

It is with inexpressible regret the Commander in Chief has been driven to the necessity of doing a severe, but necessary act of Justice, as an example of what is to be expected by those daring offenders, who, lost to all sense of duty, and the obligations they owe to their Country, and to mankind, wantonly violate the most sacred engagements, and fly to the assistance of an enemy, they are bound by every tie to oppose—A spirit of desertion is alonethe most fatal disease that can attend an army, and the basest principle that can actuate a soldier; wherever it shews itself, it deserves detestation, and calls for the most exemplary punishment... [More]