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On Saturday, June 17, 1865 the fiery secessionist Edmund Ruffin, the man rumored to have fired the first shot against Fort Sumter at the start of the…
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By presidential proclamation on Wednesday, October 11, 1865 Andrew Johnson paroled Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens, cabinet members John…
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At sea, the C.S.S. Shenandoah had no way of knowing that the war was over; she continued to destroy numerous Union whaling ships. In June of 1865, the…
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On Friday, June 23, 1865 at Doaksville in the Indian Territory Confederate General Stand Watie surrendered his Indian battalion of Cherokee, Creek,…
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Given the success of Union forces in the field, on Monday, May 29, 1865 by presidential proclamation Andrew Johnson granted amnesty and pardons, with only…
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On Friday, May 26, 1865 at New Orleans Confederate General Simon Buckner, acting for General E. Kirby Smith of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi…
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On Friday, May 26, 1865 at New Orleans Confederate General Simon Buckner, acting for General E. Kirby Smith of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi…
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On Thursday, May 25. 1865, with the Grand Review finished in Washington, D.C., thousands of troops dispersed and hurried home to their loved ones. On the…
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On the second day of the grand review of Union forces in Washington, D.C., the troops of the West, including William Tecumseh Sherman’s forces, marched in…
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With the war concluding and Jefferson Davis in custody, on May 23 and May 24, 1865 a grand review of Union troops was held in Washington, D.C. With the…