Saturday, 6 May 1865
The Union War Department issues orders from Washington, DC, setting up the military commission which will try the eight alleged conspirators accused of assassinating United States President Abraham Lincoln. The commission is to be led by Major General David "Black Dave" Hunter, with Brigadier General Joseph Holt serving as judge advocate.
Confederate President Jefferson Davis, near Sandersville, Georgia, was attempting to get south of points occupied by Union troops. Various Federal cavalry units, now actively pursuing the Confederate leader, scour the countryside day and night.
Union soldiers scout with the 79th US Colored Infantry, from Little Rock--aboard the steamer, Rose Hamilton--to Bayou Meto and Little Bayou, Arkansas.
A Federal expedition travels from Richmond to Staunton and Charlottesville, Virginia, including accepting the surrender of Confederate Major General Thomas L. Rosser's Cavalry at Lexington.
James Harrison Wilson, former aide to Major General George Brinton McClellan during the Maryland Campaign, is appointed to Major General in the Union army.
The Union War Department issues orders from Washington, DC, setting up the military commission which will try the eight alleged conspirators accused of assassinating United States President Abraham Lincoln. The commission is to be led by Major General David "Black Dave" Hunter, with Brigadier General Joseph Holt serving as judge advocate.
Confederate President Jefferson Davis, near Sandersville, Georgia, was attempting to get south of points occupied by Union troops. Various Federal cavalry units, now actively pursuing the Confederate leader, scour the countryside day and night.
Union soldiers scout with the 79th US Colored Infantry, from Little Rock--aboard the steamer, Rose Hamilton--to Bayou Meto and Little Bayou, Arkansas.
A Federal expedition travels from Richmond to Staunton and Charlottesville, Virginia, including accepting the surrender of Confederate Major General Thomas L. Rosser's Cavalry at Lexington.
James Harrison Wilson, former aide to Major General George Brinton McClellan during the Maryland Campaign, is appointed to Major General in the Union army.