Both the commanders of the division and the Department of the Cumberland approved the sentence and forwarded it to the President of the United States for his approval. After the trial, thirteen officers of the 123d Illinois, including the regimental and company commanders, signed a letter addressed to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, requesting that Lt. Conzet's sentence be commuted. His wife was in financial need, and the lieutenant had not received any pay for his five months of service in the army. Charles Conzet was dishonorably dismissed two days later under War Department Special Order No.
Insubordination is another charge commonly found in court-martial case files.
Two specifications clarified the charge. The first notes that the private violently assaulted 1st Lt. Paul Buchmeyer of Battery F, Third New York Artillery, by kicking and striking him. The second states that Private Delaney knew Buchmeyer to be an officer since the lieutenant identified himself as such. He had a partner with him.