Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Jun 2, 2020 17:14:58 GMT -8
June 2, 1865
Edmund Kirby Smith, Confederate commander of the Trans-Missippian Region (all forces West of the Mississippi River, except for Indian Territory--now known as Oklahoma) became the last full general of the Confederate States of America to surrender his forces, surrendering approximately 43,000 Confederate troops (on paper) West of the Mississippi.
The Union had finally managed to outflank A.P. Hill (on accident) on April 1, 1865. General Robert E. Lee realized that his position was untenable but held out until the end of the 2nd to give civilians, including the Confederate government, the chance to retreat ahead of the army. Richmond fell on the 3rd. Lee had stayed too long. George Armstrong Custer's won the race to Appomattox Station on the 8th, capturing a supply train and 25 guns and blocking Lee's advance to the Southwest. The following day, Grant surrounded Lee on three sides. Lee was thus outnumbered with no supplies and surrounded on three sides by Union forces. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia that day at Appomattox Courthouse.
John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln by shooting him in the back of the head at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865. (Lincoln died nine hours later on the 15th, never waking from his coma.)
John "the Gray Ghost" Mosby disbanded his Raiders on April 21st.
Booth was tracked down by the 16th New York Cavalry to a barn near Port Royal, Virginia at dawn on April 26th. The Cavalry set fire to the barn, but Booth refused to surrender. He was shot and killed by Boston Corbett after he pointed a gun at the troops around the barn.
General Joseph E. Johnston, against orders from President Jefferson Davis, surrendered the Army of Tennessee (the largest Confederate Army after Lee's losses over the previous year) to Major General William Tecumseh Sherman later in the day on April 26th at Bennett Place in Durham, North Carolina. (Durham, thus, lays claim to Civil War having ending there.) After Bennett Place was destroyed by a fire in 1921, a Unity Monument was erected at the site on October 12, 1923. A little more than 18 years later, Oregon State won a Rose Bowl about 3.5 miles to the Southeast.
Lieutenant General Richard Taylor (son of President Zachary Taylor) surrendered the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana to Major General Edward R. S. Canby on May 4th at Citronelle, Alabama. Major General Dabney H. Maury surrendered the District of the Gulf at Citronelle the following day.
President Davis and the Confederate Cabinet met for the final time on May 5th in Washington, Georgia at which point Davis dissolved the Confederate States of America. The First Wisconsin and Fourth Michigan Cavalries were tasked to find Davis two days later.
Lieutenant General Nathaniel Bedford Forrest surrendered on May 9th in Gainesville, Alabama.
After Forrest's surrender, President Andrew Johnson stated that armed resistance was "virtually" ended.
Davis was captured with Confederate Postmaster General John Reagan in Irwin County, Georgia, after a three day search by Lieutenant Colonel Ben Pritchard of the Fourth Michigan Cavalry. The Fourth Michigan were almost immediately attacked, and Pritchard left Davis with a 21-year-old adjutant. (The First Wisconsin cavalry attacked and killed two men from the Fourth Michigan before realizing their mistake.) In the melee, the adjutant allowed Davis' wife and her "mother" go get some water. Another officer noticed that Mrs. Davis' "mother" was wearing spurs and removed her coat and shawl to reveal Jefferson Davis. Davis was often depicted wearing woman's clothes thereafter. Davis spent the next two years as a prisoner in Fort Monroe, Virginia.
On May 10th, Major General Samuel Jones surrendered the Department of Florida and South Georgia to Brigadier General Edward McCook at Tallahassee, Florida.
On May 11th, Brigadier General "Jeff" Meriwether Thompson surrendered 7,454 men in the Northern Sub-District of Arkansas to Major General Grenville Dodge in Clay County, Arkansas.
On May 12th, the final Confederate General East of the Mississippi, Brigadier General William Wofford surrendered 10,000 men at Kingston, Georgia.
On May 25th, Edmund Kirby Smith attempted to cobble together enough troops in Houston, Texas, to continue the fight. Finding an insufficient number, the next day, he sent a representative to Major General Edward Canby in Shreveport, Louisiana, to negotiate a surrender. Smith and Major General John "Prince John" Magruder surrendered onboard the U.S.S. Fort Jackson on June 2, 1865. Smith and Magruder both fled to Mexico. Smith then left Magruder in Mexico and moved to Cuba.
On June 17th, Mosby surrendered.
On June 23rd, Cherokee Brigadier General Stand Watie surrendered the Confederate Cherokee, Seminole, Creek, and Osage soldiers under his command, the last Brigadier General to surrender.
Texas continued the practice of slavery until (and past) emancipation being declared by the Federal government on June 19, 1865 ("Juneteeth"). Andrew Hamilton assumed his role as military governor of Texas on June 25th.
The CSS Shenandoah was attacking Union ships around Pohnpei Island in Micronesia, when Lee surrendered. On June 2nd, the Shenandoah was patrolling the Sea of Okhotsk. On June 22nd, Commander James Waddell learned from a newspaper in a captured brigantine that Lee had surrendered but that Jefferson Davis had vowed to fight on. The Shenandoah went into the Arctic Sea but retreated on June 29th. The Shenandoah then set sail to attack San Francisco. En route, the Shenandoah ran into the English bark Barracouta, who informed Waddell that Johnston and Smith had surrendered and that President Davis had been captured. Waddell continued sailing to Mexico. Afraid of surrendering in the Americas and being charged with piracy, Waddell removed the Confederate flag and sailed from Mexico to Liverpool, arriving there more than three months later. In order to enter Liverpool, the British required the Shenandoah to fly a flag, so the Confederate flag was hoisted one last time. The Shenandoah surrendered to the HMS Donegal on November 6th. The United States took possession of the CSS Shenandoah the next year and sold to Matthew Isaac Wilson of Liverpool, who, in turn, sold it to Majid bin Said, the first Sultan of Zanzibar (Zanzibar had achieved its independence from Oman on October 19, 1856), the following year. Majid bin Said renamed the Shenendoah the El Majidi after himself. Majid bin Said died in 1870 and El Majidi was damaged in the April 15, 1872 hurricane. Repairs were attempted, but the El Majidi sank a couple of days into her first voyage from Zanzibar. The HMS Donegal was later broken up and turned into a bar, called The Old Ship in Brighouse, England.
The Seminoles officially surrendered to the Union on March 21, 1866.
The Creeks officially officially surrendered to the Union on June 14, 1866.
On June 25, 1866, the Legislature of Texas approved a new Constitution, the final Confederate State to do so.
The Choctaws and Chickasaws officially surrendered on July 10, 1866.
The Cherokees officially surrendered on August 14, 1866.
After the Cherokees surrendered, President Johnson announced that the Civil War was officially over.
Edmund Kirby Smith, Confederate commander of the Trans-Missippian Region (all forces West of the Mississippi River, except for Indian Territory--now known as Oklahoma) became the last full general of the Confederate States of America to surrender his forces, surrendering approximately 43,000 Confederate troops (on paper) West of the Mississippi.
The Union had finally managed to outflank A.P. Hill (on accident) on April 1, 1865. General Robert E. Lee realized that his position was untenable but held out until the end of the 2nd to give civilians, including the Confederate government, the chance to retreat ahead of the army. Richmond fell on the 3rd. Lee had stayed too long. George Armstrong Custer's won the race to Appomattox Station on the 8th, capturing a supply train and 25 guns and blocking Lee's advance to the Southwest. The following day, Grant surrounded Lee on three sides. Lee was thus outnumbered with no supplies and surrounded on three sides by Union forces. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia that day at Appomattox Courthouse.
John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln by shooting him in the back of the head at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865. (Lincoln died nine hours later on the 15th, never waking from his coma.)
John "the Gray Ghost" Mosby disbanded his Raiders on April 21st.
Booth was tracked down by the 16th New York Cavalry to a barn near Port Royal, Virginia at dawn on April 26th. The Cavalry set fire to the barn, but Booth refused to surrender. He was shot and killed by Boston Corbett after he pointed a gun at the troops around the barn.
General Joseph E. Johnston, against orders from President Jefferson Davis, surrendered the Army of Tennessee (the largest Confederate Army after Lee's losses over the previous year) to Major General William Tecumseh Sherman later in the day on April 26th at Bennett Place in Durham, North Carolina. (Durham, thus, lays claim to Civil War having ending there.) After Bennett Place was destroyed by a fire in 1921, a Unity Monument was erected at the site on October 12, 1923. A little more than 18 years later, Oregon State won a Rose Bowl about 3.5 miles to the Southeast.
Lieutenant General Richard Taylor (son of President Zachary Taylor) surrendered the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana to Major General Edward R. S. Canby on May 4th at Citronelle, Alabama. Major General Dabney H. Maury surrendered the District of the Gulf at Citronelle the following day.
President Davis and the Confederate Cabinet met for the final time on May 5th in Washington, Georgia at which point Davis dissolved the Confederate States of America. The First Wisconsin and Fourth Michigan Cavalries were tasked to find Davis two days later.
Lieutenant General Nathaniel Bedford Forrest surrendered on May 9th in Gainesville, Alabama.
After Forrest's surrender, President Andrew Johnson stated that armed resistance was "virtually" ended.
Davis was captured with Confederate Postmaster General John Reagan in Irwin County, Georgia, after a three day search by Lieutenant Colonel Ben Pritchard of the Fourth Michigan Cavalry. The Fourth Michigan were almost immediately attacked, and Pritchard left Davis with a 21-year-old adjutant. (The First Wisconsin cavalry attacked and killed two men from the Fourth Michigan before realizing their mistake.) In the melee, the adjutant allowed Davis' wife and her "mother" go get some water. Another officer noticed that Mrs. Davis' "mother" was wearing spurs and removed her coat and shawl to reveal Jefferson Davis. Davis was often depicted wearing woman's clothes thereafter. Davis spent the next two years as a prisoner in Fort Monroe, Virginia.
On May 10th, Major General Samuel Jones surrendered the Department of Florida and South Georgia to Brigadier General Edward McCook at Tallahassee, Florida.
On May 11th, Brigadier General "Jeff" Meriwether Thompson surrendered 7,454 men in the Northern Sub-District of Arkansas to Major General Grenville Dodge in Clay County, Arkansas.
On May 12th, the final Confederate General East of the Mississippi, Brigadier General William Wofford surrendered 10,000 men at Kingston, Georgia.
On May 25th, Edmund Kirby Smith attempted to cobble together enough troops in Houston, Texas, to continue the fight. Finding an insufficient number, the next day, he sent a representative to Major General Edward Canby in Shreveport, Louisiana, to negotiate a surrender. Smith and Major General John "Prince John" Magruder surrendered onboard the U.S.S. Fort Jackson on June 2, 1865. Smith and Magruder both fled to Mexico. Smith then left Magruder in Mexico and moved to Cuba.
On June 17th, Mosby surrendered.
On June 23rd, Cherokee Brigadier General Stand Watie surrendered the Confederate Cherokee, Seminole, Creek, and Osage soldiers under his command, the last Brigadier General to surrender.
Texas continued the practice of slavery until (and past) emancipation being declared by the Federal government on June 19, 1865 ("Juneteeth"). Andrew Hamilton assumed his role as military governor of Texas on June 25th.
The CSS Shenandoah was attacking Union ships around Pohnpei Island in Micronesia, when Lee surrendered. On June 2nd, the Shenandoah was patrolling the Sea of Okhotsk. On June 22nd, Commander James Waddell learned from a newspaper in a captured brigantine that Lee had surrendered but that Jefferson Davis had vowed to fight on. The Shenandoah went into the Arctic Sea but retreated on June 29th. The Shenandoah then set sail to attack San Francisco. En route, the Shenandoah ran into the English bark Barracouta, who informed Waddell that Johnston and Smith had surrendered and that President Davis had been captured. Waddell continued sailing to Mexico. Afraid of surrendering in the Americas and being charged with piracy, Waddell removed the Confederate flag and sailed from Mexico to Liverpool, arriving there more than three months later. In order to enter Liverpool, the British required the Shenandoah to fly a flag, so the Confederate flag was hoisted one last time. The Shenandoah surrendered to the HMS Donegal on November 6th. The United States took possession of the CSS Shenandoah the next year and sold to Matthew Isaac Wilson of Liverpool, who, in turn, sold it to Majid bin Said, the first Sultan of Zanzibar (Zanzibar had achieved its independence from Oman on October 19, 1856), the following year. Majid bin Said renamed the Shenendoah the El Majidi after himself. Majid bin Said died in 1870 and El Majidi was damaged in the April 15, 1872 hurricane. Repairs were attempted, but the El Majidi sank a couple of days into her first voyage from Zanzibar. The HMS Donegal was later broken up and turned into a bar, called The Old Ship in Brighouse, England.
The Seminoles officially surrendered to the Union on March 21, 1866.
The Creeks officially officially surrendered to the Union on June 14, 1866.
On June 25, 1866, the Legislature of Texas approved a new Constitution, the final Confederate State to do so.
The Choctaws and Chickasaws officially surrendered on July 10, 1866.
The Cherokees officially surrendered on August 14, 1866.
After the Cherokees surrendered, President Johnson announced that the Civil War was officially over.
