. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . de-19. clared the President was on board, and after a search, notfinding him, the}- vented their vengeance upon unarmedcitizens and sick soldiers, wounding several, and finally left,swearing vengeance upon the North. Then a band of fully-armed men, under command of Colonel Sillowaye, tookthe President up the river in an open boat until they sighteda tug, to which Mr. Lincoln was transferred and taken toWashington, the whole affair being kept as quiet as pos-sible, so as not to alarm the country. A few days laterthe then
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . de-19. clared the President was on board, and after a search, notfinding him, the}- vented their vengeance upon unarmedcitizens and sick soldiers, wounding several, and finally left,swearing vengeance upon the North. Then a band of fully-armed men, under command of Colonel Sillowaye, tookthe President up the river in an open boat until they sighteda tug, to which Mr. Lincoln was transferred and taken toWashington, the whole affair being kept as quiet as pos-sible, so as not to alarm the country. A few days laterthe then Lieutenant-Colonel Sillowaye received a fullcommission as colonel, and letters from President Lin-coln, Secretaries Stanton and Welles. Secretary Stantonwrote : The President believes that you, under the guid-ance of Providence, saved him from capture, if not instantdeath, and has ordered that special record be made of yourservice upon the records of the War Department, and thatwhen peace again comes to our land you will surely berewarded, etc. Secretary Welles wrote : In a c
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