Monday, 12 June 1865
The resignation of United States Marshal for the District of Columbia, Ward Hill Lamon--President Abraham Lincoln's constant companion, best friend, and body guard--tendered on Saturday, became effective today.
The Cleveland Leader reports that rumors of former Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, who surrendered his command to Federal authorities ten days earlier, relocating to Mexico with a large amount of cash, were indeed true.
A Federal expedition maneuvers from the Pawnee Indian Village to the Platte and Niobrara Rivers, in the Nebraska and Dakota Territories, searching for "renegade" Indians.
The steamer Sonora arrives in Tampico, Mexico, after running the blockade from Matagorda Bay, Texas. Although originally loaded with 300 bales of cotton, disbanded Confederate troops had seized all but 38 bales.
Skirmishing breaks out at Cow Creek Station, Fort Dodge, Plum Butte and Pawnee Rock, Kansas.
The resignation of United States Marshal for the District of Columbia, Ward Hill Lamon--President Abraham Lincoln's constant companion, best friend, and body guard--tendered on Saturday, became effective today.
The Cleveland Leader reports that rumors of former Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, who surrendered his command to Federal authorities ten days earlier, relocating to Mexico with a large amount of cash, were indeed true.
A Federal expedition maneuvers from the Pawnee Indian Village to the Platte and Niobrara Rivers, in the Nebraska and Dakota Territories, searching for "renegade" Indians.
The steamer Sonora arrives in Tampico, Mexico, after running the blockade from Matagorda Bay, Texas. Although originally loaded with 300 bales of cotton, disbanded Confederate troops had seized all but 38 bales.
Skirmishing breaks out at Cow Creek Station, Fort Dodge, Plum Butte and Pawnee Rock, Kansas.
