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Mumford was charged with"high crimes and misdemeanors"for removing the US Flag from the US Mint that had been placed there by US Marines from the USS Pocahontas on 26 April 1862. Union Army General Benjamin Butler ordered him tried by court martial and later issued Special Order Number 70 ordering his execution.

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