APRIL 16TH, 1865: Secretary Welles directed: "To prevent the escape of the assassin who killed the President and attempted the life of Secretary of State, search every vessel that arrives down the bay. Permit no vessel to go to sea without such search, and arrest and send to Washington any suspicious persons."
Response was immediate; ships took stations "on the coast of Maryland and Virginia."
--Old B-Runner
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