Adjourned the Wilkes court martial to-day until Monday, the
18th inst. The testimony is all in, and the case will go to judgment as soon as
the arguments are delivered. Defense wanted eight to ten days, and the members
of the Court desired to go home for a few days. Every effort has been made to
evade the issues in this case and to get up false ones. All of Wilkes's long
letters have been introduced, etc., etc.
SOURCE: Gideon Welles, Diary of Gideon Welles,
Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson, Vol. 2: April 1, 1864 —
December 31, 1866, p. 6
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