nine o'clock on Monday, April
    10th, 1865
She bent forward , and impulsively kissed her hand to Nancy when the latter looked wistfully at her , and was promptly rebuked by the presiding officer . Nancy had hoped that her aunt would be present , but Warren had decided to call Miss Metoaca as one of the witnesses for the defence , and therefore she could not attend the hearings . The judge advocate rapped for order ; then rose and signed to Nancy to do likewise as he read from a paper in his hand : `` Special Orders -RCB- War Department , No. 576 -RCB- Office of the Adjutant-General , -RCB- April 8th , 1865 . `` 4 ... A Military Commission is appointed to meet in the City of Washington , District of Columbia , at nine o'clock on Monday , April 10th , 1865 , for the trial of Miss Nancy Newton . `` Detail for the Commission `` Colonel Andrews U.S. Volunteers Major Charles Lane U.S. Veterans Reserve Corps Captain John Taylor 1st Squadron Provisional Cavalry Lieutenant Joseph Clarke 1st Mass. . Heavy Artillery Lieutenant Henry Wells 1st N.H. Heavy Artillery Lieutenant Harvey Slocum 3rd Mass. . Heavy Artillery Lieutenant James Phillipse 2nd District Volunteer Cavalry Captain George Foster -- th U.S. Infantry , Judge Advocate and Recorder .