JUNE 5TH, 1865: Captain Benjamin F. Sands, with USS Cornubia and Preston, crossed the bar at Galveston, landed and raised the United States flag over the custom house. New London and Port Royal were ordered to follow immediately.
Terms of the surrender had been agreed upon by Major General Kirby Smith, CSA, on board the USS Fort Jackson.
The surrender of Galveston, combined with the capitulation of Sabine Pass and Brownsville, enabled Rear Admiral Thatcher to wrote Secretary Welles that "blockade running from Galveston and the coast of Texas is at an end."
The Door Closes. --Old B-R'er
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