Confederatevets.com

At the military commission which convened at Columbia, Mo., pursuant to Special Orders, No. 160, of February 20, 1862, from the headquarters Department of the Missouri, and of which Lieut. Col. William F. Shaffer, Regimnent Merrill's Horse, is president, were arraigned and tried:

Calvin Sartain.

CHARGE: Violation of the laws of war by attacking a vessel transporting U. S. troops.
Specification 1.--In this, that the said Calvin Sartain, a citizen of Howard County, Mo., did shoot and discharge a loaded gun at and into the steamer White Cloud, which said steamer was being used for the transportation of troops of the United States on the Missouri River; and the said Sartain did thereby with malice aforethought kill and murder a certain person whose name is unknown, the pilot of said boat. This near the Missouri River in Howard County, Mo., on or about the 25th day of August, 1861.
Specification 2.--In this, that the said Calvin Sartain, a citizen of Howard County, o., did aid and abet certain persons whose names are unknown in an armed attack upon the steamer White Cloud, which said steamer was engaged in the transportation of U. S. troops on the Missouri River. This near the Missouri River in Howard County, Mo., on or about the 25th day of August, 1861.
To which charge and specifications the prisoner pleaded not guilty.
The commission finds the prisoner as follows:
On the first specification, guilty, except as to time murder and killing of a certain person whose name is unknown, the pilot of the boat.
Of the second specification, guilty.
Of the charge, guilty.
And does therefore sentence him, Calvin Sartain, to be shot to death at such time and place as the commanding general of this department may direct.

Finding and sentence approved. Sentence will be carried into effect at a time and place to be hereafter designated by the general commanding this department. In the meantime the prisoner will be confined in the military prison at Alton.