Newport Barracks News
The Covington Journal, Saturday, May 25, 1850, page 3
Flogged for Desertion
The Newport News says that five soldiers were flogged on Monday, at the Newport Barracks for desertion. The sentence passed by the Court Marital duly assembled was 1st, No Pay, in consequence of putting the government to great expense and rendering no benefit.
2d-Branded on the hip with the letter D, signifying Desertion and unworthy of being any more a soldier of the American Army.
3d-Whipped giving fifty lashes one the bare back, as a punishment for their transgression.
4th-Drummed out being the disgrace of a soldier, and
5th-Received a dishonorable discharge.
They went off waving their hats over their heads, as though they had received a prize.