Sunday, April 19, 2015

Search For Booth Continues

APRIL 25TH, 1865:  The search for President Lincoln's assassin followed rumors in all directions, and warships in the Union Navy were made available for use.  The Navy department ordered Commodore Radford at Hampton Roads:  "Send a gunboat to the mouth of the Delaware for one week to examine and arrest all suspicious characters and vessels.

--Old B-Runner

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