Bat's Commanding Officer Called To Monodnock To Read A Dispatch
On the morning of the 15th, lookouts in Bat received a signal from Monodnock ordering the dispatch ship's commanding officer to come on board. When Barnes reached Monodnock's deck, Comdr. William Ronckendorf met him in silence while handing him a telegram from Secretary Welles which read:
- "President Lincoln was assassinated last night in Ford's Theater, and is dead."
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