1To James Madison from Officers of the Thirty-eighth Regiment of Infantry, 13 August 1813 (Madison Papers)
In conformity with General orders dated 24th. July 1813, the court martial held in the city of Baltimore, to try Such prisoners as may be brought before it, beg leave respectfully to State, that in the course of the trial of James Cook a private in the 16th. regt. U. States infantry, testimony was aduced proving that he had deserted twice, independent of the desertions for which he was...