Telegram of J.B. Montgomery, April 18, 1865

Full Title

Contemporary copy of telegram of J.B. Montgomery, Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., to Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, April 18, 1865

Description

States, "Two prisoners viz Mike O'Flaherty & Lewis Payne [alias Lewis Powell] have, during the past night, been delivered at this yard, confined & strongly Guarded in double Irons on board of the 'Ganges'. . . ." Relates to the capture of suspected conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

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Tags

• manhunt

• arrest

• investigation

• conspirator

• navy: Union

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Montgomery, John Berrien, 1794-. "Contemporary copy of telegram of J.B. Montgomery, Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., to Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, April 18, 1865". . Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed April 20, 2024. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/646

Item Type

Document

Creator

Montgomery, John Berrien, 1794-

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Date

April 18, 1865

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District of Columbia