May 8, 1863: Lincoln and Welles Receive News of the Fall of Grand Gulf

MAY 8TH, 1863:  Secretary Welles received Rear Admiral Porter's dispatch regarding the fall of Grand Gulf and informed President Lincoln.  "The news," wrote Welles, "was highly gratifying to the President, who had not heard of it until I met him at the Cabinet-meeting."

--Old B-R'er