Saturday, 22 April 1865
Union troops under the command of Brigadier General James H. Wilson occupy Talladega, Alabama.
Federal soldiers scout from Deer Creek to Sage Creek, in the Dakota Territory, and skirmish with Indian camps on the Sage Creek with an encounter with Cheyenne and Sioux Indians. The Indians, attacking at night, are driven off; losses can't be determined as the Indians carry off all dead and wounded.
Federals scout against Indians from Dakota City, in the Nebraska Territory, to Middle Bow River.
Most of the military action was now almost insignificant, with only the Federal cavalry of James Harrison Wilson active in Georgia and Alabama. Skirmishing took place at Buzzard Roost, Georgia, with Wilson and his cavalry; Howard’s Gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina with Major General George Stoneman; near Linn Creek where the Yankee Red Legs kill several partisan guerrillas and a skirmish with guerrillas at the mouth of the Big Gravois River--near the Osage--both in Missouri.
Federal Major General Henry Halleck assumes command of the Military Division of the James, and Major General Nathaniel P. Banks resumes command of the Department of the Gulf.
John Wilkes Booth and David Herold, after nearly a week out in the open, finally got across the Potomac River in a fishing skiff, to Gumbo Creek on the Virginia shore. Plans were now to continue southward. Meanwhile, the search had heavily intensified north of the Potomac River.
The Lincoln Funeral Train travels from Harrisburg to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where it will remain for two days.
Union Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles warns the Potomac Flotilla that "...John Wilkes Booth was near Bryantown last Saturday [15 April], where Dr. Mudd set his ankle, which was broken by a fall from his horse [sic.]. The utmost vigilance is necessary in the Potomac and Patuxent to prevent his escape. All boats should be searched..." The condition of alert remained in effect until word of the assassin actor's death on 26 April was received.
Thomas Kirkpatrick, United States Consul at Nassau, New Providence, reported to Rear Admiral Cornelius Kincheloe Stribling of the East Gulf Blockading Squadron that the schooner St. Mary's had arrived in Nassau. The Baltimore schooner had been seized in Chesapeake Bay during a daring raid on 31 March by ten Confederates led by Master John C. Braine, CSN. Kirkpatrick pressed British authorities to seize the vessel and apprehend her crew for piracy. St. Mary's was permitted to put to sea, however, after being adjudged a legitimate prize.
Union troops under the command of Brigadier General James H. Wilson occupy Talladega, Alabama.
Federal soldiers scout from Deer Creek to Sage Creek, in the Dakota Territory, and skirmish with Indian camps on the Sage Creek with an encounter with Cheyenne and Sioux Indians. The Indians, attacking at night, are driven off; losses can't be determined as the Indians carry off all dead and wounded.
Federals scout against Indians from Dakota City, in the Nebraska Territory, to Middle Bow River.
Most of the military action was now almost insignificant, with only the Federal cavalry of James Harrison Wilson active in Georgia and Alabama. Skirmishing took place at Buzzard Roost, Georgia, with Wilson and his cavalry; Howard’s Gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina with Major General George Stoneman; near Linn Creek where the Yankee Red Legs kill several partisan guerrillas and a skirmish with guerrillas at the mouth of the Big Gravois River--near the Osage--both in Missouri.
Federal Major General Henry Halleck assumes command of the Military Division of the James, and Major General Nathaniel P. Banks resumes command of the Department of the Gulf.
John Wilkes Booth and David Herold, after nearly a week out in the open, finally got across the Potomac River in a fishing skiff, to Gumbo Creek on the Virginia shore. Plans were now to continue southward. Meanwhile, the search had heavily intensified north of the Potomac River.
The Lincoln Funeral Train travels from Harrisburg to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where it will remain for two days.
Union Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles warns the Potomac Flotilla that "...John Wilkes Booth was near Bryantown last Saturday [15 April], where Dr. Mudd set his ankle, which was broken by a fall from his horse [sic.]. The utmost vigilance is necessary in the Potomac and Patuxent to prevent his escape. All boats should be searched..." The condition of alert remained in effect until word of the assassin actor's death on 26 April was received.
Thomas Kirkpatrick, United States Consul at Nassau, New Providence, reported to Rear Admiral Cornelius Kincheloe Stribling of the East Gulf Blockading Squadron that the schooner St. Mary's had arrived in Nassau. The Baltimore schooner had been seized in Chesapeake Bay during a daring raid on 31 March by ten Confederates led by Master John C. Braine, CSN. Kirkpatrick pressed British authorities to seize the vessel and apprehend her crew for piracy. St. Mary's was permitted to put to sea, however, after being adjudged a legitimate prize.
