APRIL 28TH, 1865: Secretary Welles directed Rear Admiral Thatcher of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron: "Lieutenant General Grant telegraphs to the War Department under the date 26th instant, from Raleigh, N.C., that Jeff Davis, with his Cabinet, passed into South Carolina, with the intentions, no doubt, of getting out of the country, either via Cuba or across the Mississippi.
"All the vigilance and available means at your command should be brought to bear to prevent the escape of those leaders of the rebellion."
--Old B-R'er
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