St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-18
CA CAPTURE p 'l]:l, F. Of JEFF. D!A-
AND HIS STAFF .
Ne ATTEMPTS TO. ESCAPE In
~ 3 his sWvIFE'Sr CLOTHES. 3z..,

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He Brandishes ! Bowie knife but
Finally Yields to the Persuasion
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Washington. May Il, 1866.
To Nag: Gen..i Dir; \, ~ - ''s.s'1 "'H
The following details Of the capture
Of JEFF. Davis, while attempting to make
his escape in bis wite's clothes, have
been received from Breyet Maj. Gen,
Wilson, ;7@' = ts.4&a,'7 s >5a,' Bliss .,
@,.I ~ f!i:.,''s.' e: NJ. STANTON. q
.@>' '*.'T" 4s5:scL j. Il Sec. "of War,
F. II Macon, Ga, May }ls,-ll Al. sn.,o.
Hon. Z, n. Stanton, Sec, Of War. ,s,.,' -. -
I, The following dispatch, announcing
the capture Of Jeff. Davis, has just been,
handed me BY Col. Meotz, command.
ing the I'd division. = T.. ,.,.,.,,. = -.
HxApa'Rs .4rn MICHIGAN CAvA1Rr, !
CuNnErIASOvnLE, Ga, May II.
To Capt. a. Scott, a. d. c.: az !" -
~ have the honor to. report that at
daylight, at. Irwinville, I surprised and
captured JEFF: Davis and family, togeth.
'er with his wife sister aud mother,
bis postmaster general, his private Sec
Rotary, Col. Harrison, Col johnson, a..
DC. in Davis staff, Col. Morris, Lieut.;
Lubreck and Hathawa, and several
other important persons. L Also a'train:
Of five wagons and three ambulances-
making a most perfect success! ~t:,*' =
HID not a most painful mistake Co.:
CURED, by which the 4th Michigan
and the !fst Wisconsin came in contact
We should have done better. This mis-
take cost us two: killed and Lieut.. 'Bou-
tie wounded through the arm, in the
18th Michigan, and tour men in the LIST
Wisconsin. = '5:'s:r t:t'. r".:. = :. 3.
This occurred just at daylight, after We
had captured the camp: j.. =, ..':s.
'@, We removed to this point last night,
and shall move right on to Macon. 1t
will take me as least three days to
reach Macon, as we are u miles out,
and our stock is much exhausted. I
hope to reach Hawkinsville tonight. M
-" b. D. PRITCHARD,
.ss,: .s Lieut.. Col. 4th Michigan Cav.
The First Wisconsin belongs to To-
CAMS brigade of Nc Cooks division, and
had been sent due east: BY Gen. Crax,
ton via Dublin. Col. Meintz had dis.
tributed his command along the south
bank Of the Ocmulgee and Alatamaha.
II, This accounts for. the collision be-
tween parts of the. LIST and I'd corps d..
visions, and ehows the zeal of the COM
'mands in pursuit. I have direc ted in
creased vigilance on the part of. the
command in hopes Of catching the 9TH.
er assassins. Our: disposition Of men
is good, and SO tar none Of the rebel
chiefs have been able to get through.
Breckinridge's son was captured night
before last, eleven miles, south of here.
We will send further details as soon as
received. ae,.. a.! 81. .,,,,,. .~gs 4 -.
d., H., ,... ... J. II. WILSON,
.,:... Brevet Major General.
Macon, May 1879 A. II.
Hon. E. N. Stanton %s..@.*:ti t.it "#s: t.
Lieut.. Col: Harden, Of the LIST Wis
consin has Just returned from Irwin
vile. He struck the train Of Davis at
Dublin, Lawrence county on the even
ing Of the 7th, and followed him cl,se-
" night and day, through the wilder
ness Of Aligator Greek and Green Swamp
via Cumberland to Irwinville. 55:& is..i
~ ~ Conference.-The, Colonel Harden
met Colonel Pritchard with $50 picked
men and horses Of the 18th Michigan
cavalry. Harden followed the TRAN
directly South while Pritchard having
fresh horses, pushed down the Ocmul-.
gee towards Hopswell, and thence by
House Greek to lrwinville, arriving
there at midnight on the 9th, Davis
had not arrived From citizens, Priteh-
ard learned that his party were encamp-,
ed two miles out Of the town. He
made disposition of his men, and SUR
rounded the camp before day: Harden
had camped at g. P. M, within two
miles as he afterward learned from Da.
Wis, the trail being too indistinct to fol-
low. He pushed on at 8 "A. NJ, and
had gone but little more than one mile
when his advance was fred upon by
men Of the 4th Michigan. A.6ght en-.
sued, both parties exhibiting the great
est determination, fifteen minutes clap
sed before the mistake was discovered,