The Civil War at a GlanceThe Western Theater, 1865 | First posted 1998 Last update Apr 29, 2009 |
At Goldsboro, Sherman is joined by Maj. Gen Scholfield's force, fresh from victory at Kinston. The outnumbered Johnston surrenders his troops to Sherman on April 26, at Durham Station. Meanwhile in Alabama Mobile falls to Federal forces while Maj. Gen. James H. Wilson's Union cavalry corps sweeps through Selma and Montgomery and on to Columbus and Macon, Georgia. Near Irwinville, Georgia, on May 10, his troops capture Confederate President Jefferson Davis, who had fled Richmond when that city was evacuated on April 2. From Jonesboro, Tennessee, Maj. Gen. George Stoneman and his 4,000 cavalrymen raid eastward across the Appalachians into southwest Virginia and North Carolinia's Piedmont region. By June 23, the last Confederate army is surrendered and the long war is finally over.
Jan 13 - 14 | Attack and capture of Fort Fisher, N.C. |
Jan 14 - Apr 26 Sherman's Carolinas Campaign | |
Mar 8 - 10 | Battle of Kinston, N.C. |
Mar 16 | Battle of Averasboro, N.C. |
Mar 19 - 21 | Battle of Bentonville, N.C. |
Apr 13 | Raleigh, N.C. occupied |
Apr 26 | Surrender of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's Confederate forces near Durham Station, N.C. |
Feb 22 | Capture of Wilmington, N.C. |
Mar 22 - Apr 22 | Wilson's Alabama and Georgia Raid |
Apr 2 | Battle of Selma, Ala. |
Mar 23 - Apr 23 | Stoneman's North Carolina and Virginia Raid |
Mar 25 - Apr 12 Mobile Campaign, Ala. | |
Mar 27 - Apr 8 | Siege of Spanish fort |
Apr 2 - 9 | Siege and Capture of Fort Blakely |
Apr 12 | Surrender of Mobile |
May 4 | Surrender of Lt. Gen. Richard Taylor's Confederate forces at Citronelle, Ala. |
May 12 - 13 | Battle of Palmito Ranch, Tex. Last Civil War land engagement |
May 26 | Surrender of Lt. Gen. E. Kirby Smith's Confederate forces at New Orleans, La. |
Jun 23 | Surrender of Brig. Gen. Stand Watie's Confederate Indian forces at Doaksville, Indian Territory |
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