Telegraph: Blockade to Capture Assassin

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United States Military Telegraph of F. A. Parker, Comd. Comdg. Potomac Flotilla, to Act. Master Meaders, Pt. Lookout, Md., April 16, 1865
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States, "The 'Delaware' will be at Pt. Lookout this evening. The vessels at Pt. Lookout will form a line across the Bay due East from the point, allowing no vessels to pass down and taken them all into Pt. Lookout, subject to the orders of Genl. Barnes. . . ." Refers to the hunt for John Wilkes Booth after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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Missouri History Museum
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Parker, F. A.. "United States Military Telegraph of F. A. Parker, Comd. Comdg. Potomac Flotilla, to Act. Master Meaders, Pt. Lookout, Md., April 16, 1865". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/343

Letter from Apr. 16, 1865

United States Military Telegraph of F. A. Parker, Comd. Comdg. Potomac Flotilla, to Act. Master Meaders, Pt. Lookout, Md., April 16, 1865

Description

States, "The 'Delaware' will be at Pt. Lookout this evening. The vessels at Pt. Lookout will form a line across the Bay due East from the point, allowing no vessels to pass down and taken them all into Pt. Lookout, subject to the orders of Genl. Barnes. . . ." Refers to the hunt for John Wilkes Booth after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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Missouri History Museum
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This item is in the public domain.
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Parker, F. A.
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April 16, 1865