Monday, 15 May 1865
Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his wife, Varina, are transported to Augusta, Georgia, this afternoon.
Confederate Secretary of War John C. Breckinridge, in his flight from Federal pursuers, has this morning reached Florida. This evening, he will be at the home of Judge Benjamin F. Wardlaw near Madison and will go into Madison tomorrow to see Daniel G. Livingston and Colonel John Taylor Wood, former aide of President Jefferson Davis and a grandson of President John Tyler. Wood is also trying to escape capture, and General Breckinridge hopes they can travel together.
Union General Alexander Asboth, who served as chief of staff for General John C. Fremont, is today forwarding a communication, which he received from Commander James F. Armstrong, commanding the Navy Yard, Pensacola, describing the surrender of the Tallahassee and Saint Mark’s on 9 May. Armstrong reports: "There are, however, several bands of Rebel desperadoes this side of Choctawhatchee River, who, although included in Dick Taylor’s surrender, continue in arms against the United States Government, with their principal camps near Marianna, Fla., and Elba, Ala.; to compel these Rebels to lay down their arms, also to relieve the interior of West Florida from lawless bands of deserters from our army, robbing indiscriminately the people of both parties, I would respectfully renew my request for the return of the mounted portion of the Second Maine and First Florida Cavalry force be ordered here for the purpose of pacifying fully this portion of country."
According to reports issued today by Rear Admiral John A. B. Dahlgren, the USS Ottawa and USS Norwich are patrolling the St. Johns River.
Union Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles wrote Admiral Henry Knox Thatcher that blockade running out of Galveston, Texas, was still being carried out with great success.
Federal troops scout against partisan guerrillas from Pine Bluff to Johnson's Farm, Arkansas, with skirmishing occurring on the Monticello Road.
Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his wife, Varina, are transported to Augusta, Georgia, this afternoon.
Confederate Secretary of War John C. Breckinridge, in his flight from Federal pursuers, has this morning reached Florida. This evening, he will be at the home of Judge Benjamin F. Wardlaw near Madison and will go into Madison tomorrow to see Daniel G. Livingston and Colonel John Taylor Wood, former aide of President Jefferson Davis and a grandson of President John Tyler. Wood is also trying to escape capture, and General Breckinridge hopes they can travel together.
Union General Alexander Asboth, who served as chief of staff for General John C. Fremont, is today forwarding a communication, which he received from Commander James F. Armstrong, commanding the Navy Yard, Pensacola, describing the surrender of the Tallahassee and Saint Mark’s on 9 May. Armstrong reports: "There are, however, several bands of Rebel desperadoes this side of Choctawhatchee River, who, although included in Dick Taylor’s surrender, continue in arms against the United States Government, with their principal camps near Marianna, Fla., and Elba, Ala.; to compel these Rebels to lay down their arms, also to relieve the interior of West Florida from lawless bands of deserters from our army, robbing indiscriminately the people of both parties, I would respectfully renew my request for the return of the mounted portion of the Second Maine and First Florida Cavalry force be ordered here for the purpose of pacifying fully this portion of country."
According to reports issued today by Rear Admiral John A. B. Dahlgren, the USS Ottawa and USS Norwich are patrolling the St. Johns River.
Union Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles wrote Admiral Henry Knox Thatcher that blockade running out of Galveston, Texas, was still being carried out with great success.
Federal troops scout against partisan guerrillas from Pine Bluff to Johnson's Farm, Arkansas, with skirmishing occurring on the Monticello Road.
