March 22, 1865: Lincoln Going to City Point for Military Conference

MARCH 22ND, 1865: Assistant Secretary of the Navy Fox directed Commodore Montgomery, Commandant of the Washington Navy Yard, to have the USS Bat ready to convoy the steamer River Queen at noon the next day:  "The President will be in the River Queen, bound to City Point."

Lincoln was headed for a conference with his top commanders.

--Old B-Runner