conclusion american civil war timeline conclusion american_civil_war includes important battles skirmishes raids events led additional confederate key confederate captures confederate military units occurred surrender april fighting lieutenant general grant army lee reported considerably newspapers battles reporting skirmishes largely dominated newspapers developed army fought series battles grant ultimately stretched thin lines defense lee extended lines small sections thirty miles strongholds richmond virginia troops ultimately exhausted defending line grant took advantage situation launched attacks thirty mile long poorly defended ultimately led surrender lee surrendered april noon followed troops hours later raiders disbanded april general armies surrendered april confederate departments alabama mississippi east louisiana surrendered gulf commanded surrendered confederate president captured florida commanded surrendered day surrendered confederate forces surrendered surrendered officially signed june battle american_civil_war battle texas significant confederate active force surrender confederate allied brigadier general indian soldiers june confederate surrender occurred november confederate warship surrendered president formally declared end war august april general commanded major general commanded early morning april gordon attacked aiming break federal lines battle court house failed surrounded morning lee requested meeting grant discuss surrendering shortly clock grant reply reached lee grant said accept surrender certain conditions lee rode little hamlet county court house stood waited grant arrival surrender army troops april lost city alabama battle spanish fort took place march april losing went lose union forces battle fort april considered major battle american_civil_war involving large numbers happened hours lee surrender grant course battle brigadier general captured surrendered men soldiers originally lost captured battle killed men escaped successful union assault attributed large african american forces georgia easter sunday april unaware lee surrender april assassination president lincoln april general raiders continued march alabama georgia april georgia fought battle erroneously argued battle civil war equally erroneously asserted widely regarded columbus fell wilson raiders midnight april manufacturing capacity destroyed 17th confederate colonel inventor wounded battle resulted obsession pain killing ultimately ending recipe celebrated drink disbanding raiders april known 43rd special force confederate military troops opposed union control area command general formed battalion june rector cross roads near virginia practiced psychological guerrilla warfare techniques disrupt union stronghold men formally surrendered disbanded april weeks lee surrendered grant day striking force letter read aloud men soldiers summoned time vision free independent country vanished country organization preference surrendering enemies longer commander association years pride fame achievements grateful generous kindness moment bidding final accept assurance confidence regard farewell col formal surrender offered reward capture later raised june surrendered major general virginia surrender general armies april major stage peace making process concluding american_civil_war surrender general armies april bennett place nearly thousand confederate soldiers surrendered north_carolina south_carolina georgia florida conditions surrender document called terms military convention signed grant north_carolina major stage peace making process lee surrender occurred april coupled lincoln assassination induced act believing odds means ammunition repairing arms money credit provide food impossible continue war april met following day armistice arranged terms discussed agreed grant authorized surrender forces exceeded orders providing generous terms included states immediately recognized leaders signed loyalty property personal rights returned federal court system general amnesty given april authorities washington rejected proposed terms days later agreed terms lee received previously april general surrendered following commands direction april georgia georgia florida surrendered men april adjutant announced terms general orders issued farewell address remaining parts florida brigade west surrendered rest forces north_carolina historical marker farm house durham north_carolina surrendered departments armies surrender confederate departments alabama mississippi east louisiana regiments documentation surrender lieutenant general small force alabama stage process concluding american civil war son president commanded confederate troops east louisiana thousand troops taylor subordinate col surrendered officer col mobile alabama fallen union control april reports reached taylor meeting terms surrender armies taylor agreed meet conference north mobile settled hour truce april taylor agreed surrender time alabama lieutenant general surrendered alabama troops included taylor terms stated taylor retain control railway river able men near possible homes taylor stayed mississippi man sent way went mobile join took home new_orleans boat gulf gulf commanded april retreated troops major confederate forts lost union forces declared mobile alabama open city battles went mississippi remaining men wanted join remains north_carolina hearing surrender april soon ran options ultimately surrendered mobile thousand men union army alabama declaration despite fact small pockets resistance south president declared armed resistance virtually ended nations ships denied entry ports persons found aboard vessels longer given immunity prosecution crimes capture president davis union major general captured confederate president fled richmond virginia following evacuation early april washington georgia davis held meeting cabinet time declared dissolved sequence events led davis capture began early 4th set tents georgia military unit battalions commanded lieutenant colonel given orders join units searching confederate president troops scouted country day come georgia miles south continued river georgia learned lieutenant colonel hot davis trail meeting men headed miles south position received word local residents night party probably including confederate president crossed north roads taken men decided capture davis took men horses balance stayed near seven hours later arrived evidence men learned local residents mile half north military camp knowing davis group 1st approached soon identified camp davis dawn charged camp surprised overwhelmed offered resistance yielded immediately minutes surrender heard rapid gunfire north left davis captured men hands year old adjutant approached gunfire realized 4th michigan 1st wisconsin shooting repeating realizing shooting immediately ordered men stop shouted 1st wisconsin identify parties minute skirmish 1st suffered men wounded 4th lost men killed wounded camp adjutant letting davis escape ruse davis wife persuaded adjutant let old mother water adjutant allowed walked away tent davis person dressed old woman left tent water ranking officers noticed old woman wearing men riding boots spurs immediately stopped woman black head removed reveal davis plan escape failed confederate president subsequently held prisoner years virginia florida commanded departments florida south_carolina headquarters pensacola florida primary orders guard coastal areas states destroy union destroyed machinery beneficial union armies early jones transferred soon savannah fallen union forces december jones headquartered district florida surrendered thousand troops brigadier general military action east mississippi_river city confederate state capital captured civil war jeff thompson commanded arkansas county seat witness final acts american civil war happened collapse confederate forces east mississippi major general sent lieutenant colonel 51st april arkansas seek surrender thompson commander confederate troops northeast portion arkansas davis arriving chalk bluff non extant arkansas francis river sent communications thompson asking conference officers met negotiate surrender thompson requested davis days work details surrender officers command thompson agreed surrender troops area picked arkansas sites thompson thousand military troops gather receive ultimately thompson surrendered seventy men total command consisting enlisted men officers enlisted men officers june forces surrender soldiers brigadier general command took place kingston georgia received brig letters generals involved negotiation surrender including colonel kept cumberland nashville tennessee informed according letter wrote soldiers command paper consisted confederate troops northwestern georgia actually collected rest group number soldiers resisted general efforts follow commands georgia historical marker kingston georgia intersection church street denote surrender took place explains confederate soldiers given rations release disbandment battle land battle civil war took place near texas won held city early january february major general sent union government texas march wallace meeting major confederate commanders region brigadier general colonel premise official purpose rendition criminals real reason agree fighting region pointless negotiate unofficial indefinite cease fire slaughter ford point time occupied fort brown near colonel temporary command union troops island little military field experience desired establish notoriety war closed knew attack fort brown violation orders headquarters surrendered lee april confederate forces surrendered disbanded spite known facts decided ahead plans instructed colonel 34th indiana veteran attack confederate near fort brown commanded 62nd 2nd advanced fort brown intention union forces thinking encounter problems assuming surely heard lee surrender time surprise encountered know lee surrender ferocious battle erupted miles outside battle lost union regiments mainly overrun original union troops fought lost capture killed seriously injured surrender general tried send reinforcements mississippi_river relieve mississippi spring following union naval control mississippi_river smith instead dispatched cavalry invasion missouri ultimately successful war west mississippi_river principally small raids representative smith negotiated signed surrender documents representative louisiana took custody smith force soldiers surrendered significant confederate forces left west mississippi_river ended organized southern military resistance union forces smith signed surrender papers june board fort jackson outside galveston harbor chief june brigadier general commanded surrendered june significant confederate active force formed guerrilla fighter commanding creek indian soldiers earned notorious reputation bold brave fighting yearly federal troops western united_states hunted captured surrendered june fort nations area village ghost town confederate general surrender american_civil_war surrender november commissioned commerce confederacy interfere union shipping hinder efforts american civil war scottish built merchant ship originally called secretly purchased confederate agents september captain renamed ship converted warship coast spain october shortly leaving england right hand man ship executive officer sailing south east indian_ocean island called time surrender union forces april captured disposed thirteen union destroyed prize north japan continued crossing june continuing south coast alaska came fleet union ships june opened continuous fire destroying major portion union fleet took aim fleeing signal gunner wrist fired shots american_civil_war far captured burned ships american fleet arctic waters finally learned lee surrender june captain prize produced newspaper san_francisco paper contained confederate president proclamation war carried proceeded capture following seven hours steered south intending raid port san_francisco believed poorly defended route encountered english barque august learned final collapse confederacy including armies capture president davis long log entry august begins day life captain realized grief taken innocent unarmed union ships prizes rest country ended hostilities immediately converted warship merchant ship storing cannon hull point wanted surrender proper place mind european port surrendering american port carried certainty facing court union point view real risk trial piracy crew hanged sailing south staying shore avoid shipping report position saw land miles arrived england having logged total miles world year travel confederate ship globe confederate surrender occur november notorious ship command surrendered commander british_royal_navy surrendered letter british prime minister ultimately investigation british admiralty court crew violated laws war released sold renamed great dismal swamp according source detachment confederate soldiers posted defend great dismal swamp virginia didn surrender summer presidential proclamation ending war august president signed proclamation declaring peace order united_states_of_america cited end insurrection texas declared insurrection existed state texas end henceforth regarded state states named said insurrection proclaimed end proclamation day april said insurrection end peace order civil authority exist united_states_of_america
Conclusion of the American Civil War