It is still raining. We remained in our bivouac all day.
Some of the troops are moving toward Washington for the grand review. News came
that Jefferson Davis had been captured by General Wilson at a small place in
Georgia, called Irwinville, in the county of Irwin.1
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1 The capture was effected on May 10th by
Lieutenant-Colonel Pritchard, of the Fourth Michigan Cavalry, a detachment of
General James H. Wilson's cavalry. — Ed.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 276
