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1865 January 1 (to April 26) Carolinas' campaign. [1] January 11 Battle of Beverly, West Virginia. [1] January 12 Union fleet bombs Fort Fisher, North Carolina. [1] January 13 Federals attack Fort Fisher, North Carolina. [1] January 15 Fort Fisher, North Carolina falls to Union troops. [1] January 16 Drunken sailor attacks munitions at Fort Fisher, North Carolina, 40 die. [1] General William Sherman issues Field Order #15 (land for blacks). [1] January 18 Battle of Fort Moultrie, South Carolina. [1] January 19 Union occupies Fort Anderson, North Carolina. [1] January 23 Battle of City Point, Virginia (James River, Trent's Reach). [1] General Robert E Lee named Commander-in-Chief of Confederate Armies. [1] January 25 The CSS Shenandoah arrives in Melbourne, Australia. [1] January 28 President Jefferson Davis names three peace commissioners. [1] January 31 US Congress passes 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery in America. [1] February 1 13th amendment approved (National Freedom Day). [1] General Sherman's march through South Carolina begins. [1] February 3 Hampton Roads Peace Conference, Lincoln and Stephens reach an impasse. [1] February 5 Battle of Hatcher's Run, Virginia (Armstrong's Mill, Dabney's Mill). [1] February 6 John Pegram, US Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at age 33. [1] Second day of battle at Dabney's Mills (Hatcher's Run). [1] February 7 John Henry Winder, US Confederate Brigadier-General/provost marshal, dies at age 64. [1] February 17 Battle of Charleston, South Carolina. [1] Columbia, South Carolina, burns down. [1] February 18 Battle of Fort Moultrie, South Carolina; occupied by Federals. [1] Evacuation of Charleston, South Carolina; Sherman's troops burn the city. [1] Union troops force Confederates to abandon Fort Anderson, North Carolina. [1] February 22 Battle of Wilmington, North Carolina (Fort Anderson) occupied by Federals. [1] February 27 Civil War skirmish near Sturgeon, Missouri. [1] March 2 General Early's army is defeated at Waynesborough. [1] March 4 Confederate congress approves final design of "official flag". [1] March 6 Battle of Natural Bridge, Florida. [1] March 7 Battles round Kinston, North Carolina. [1] March 8 Battle of Kingston, North Carolina (Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks). [1] March 10 William Henry "Little Billy" Chase Whiting, Confederate General-Major, dies at age 48. [1] Battle of Monroe's Crossroads, North Carolina. [1] March 11 General Sherman's Union forces occupy Fayetteville, North Carolina. [1] March 12 Affair near Lone Jack, Missouri. [1] March 13 US Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service. [1] March 16 Battle of Averasboro, North Carolina (1,500 casualities). [1] March 18 Battle of Wilson's raid to Selma, Alabama. [1] Congress of Confederate States of American adjourns for last time. [1] March 19 Battle of Bentonville - Confederates retreat from Greenville, North Carolina. [1] March 20 Second day of Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina. [1] March 21 Battle of Bentonville ends, last Confederate effort to stop Sherman. [1] March 22 Raid at Wilson's: Chickaswas, Alabama, to Macon, Georgia. [1] March 23 General Sherman/Cox' troops reach Goldsboro, North Carolina. [1] March 25 Battle of Bluff Spring, Florida. [1] Battle of Fort Stedman, Virginia: in front of Petersburg. [1] Battle of Mobile, Alabama (Spanish Fort, Fort Morgan, Fort Blakely). [1] March 27 Siege of Spanish Fort, Alabama: captured by Federals. [1] March 29 Appomattox campaign, Virginia, 7582 killed. [1] Battle of Quaker Road, Virginia. [1] March 30 Battle at Five Forks, Virginia. [1] March 31 Battle of Boydton, Virginia (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie Court House). [1] General Pickette moves to Five Forks, abandoning the defense of Peterburg. [1] April 1 Battle at Blakely, Alabama. [1] Battle of Five Forks, Virginia, signalling end of Lee's army. [1] April 2 Ambrose Powell Hill, Confederate General, killed in action at age 39. [1] Battle of Fort Blakely and Selma, Alabama. [1] Battle of Petersburg, Virginia (Fort Gregg, Sutherland's Station). [1] CSA President Jefferson Davis flees Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. [1] General A P Hill is killed by a Federal Picket. [1] Lee's line is broken at Petersberg. [1] April 3 Battle at Namozine Church, Virginia (Appomattox Campaign). [1] Union forces occupy Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, and Petersburg, Virginia. [1] April 4 Lee's army arrives at Amelia, Courthouse. [1] April 5 Battle at Amelia Springs/Jetersville, Virginia (Appomattox Campaign). [1] April 6 John Austin Wharton, US Confederate General-Major, dies at age 36. [1] Reuben B Boston, US Confederate cavalry Colonel, dies in battle. [1] Battle of Sayler's Creek, one-third of Lee's army cut off. [1] April 7 Battle of Farmville, Virginia. [1] April 8 General Robert E Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House in Virginia. [1] April 9 Thomas Alfred Smyth, Irish/US Union General-Major, dies at age 32. [1] Federals capture Fort Blakely, Alabama. [1] Robert E Lee and 26,765 troops, surrender to US Grant at Appomattox. [1] April 10 At Appomattox, General Lee issues General Order #9, his last. [1] April 11 Battle of Mobile, Alabama - evacuated by Confederates. [1] Lincoln urges a spirit of generous conciliation during reconstruction. [1] April 13 Battle of Raleigh, North Carolina. [1] April 14 Mobile, Alabama, is captured. [1] April 16 Robert C Tyler, US Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle. [1] Battle of Columbus and West Point, Georgia (Fort Tyler). [1] April 18 Confederate General Johnson surrenders to General Sherman in North Carolina. [1] April 22 Francis Washburn, US Union Colonel/General Major, dies of injuries. [1] April 23 James Dearing, US Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at age 24. [1] April 26 Battle of Durham Station, North Carolina (Greensboro). [1] Battle of Fort Tobacco, Virginia. [1] Confederate General J E Johnston surrenders Army of Tennessee, at Durham, North Carolina. [1] April 27 1450 of 2000 paroled Union POWs on their way home are killed when river steamer "Sultana" explodes on the Mississippi River. [1] April 30 General Sherman's "Haines's Bluff" at Snyder's Mill, Virginia. [1] May 2 President Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis. [1] May 4 Battle of Citronville, Alabama; Richard Taylor surrenders. [1] Battle of Mobile, Alabama. [1] May 10 President Jefferson Davis is captured by Union Cavalry in Irwinsville, Georgia. [1] Surrender of Sam Jones. [1] May 11 Jeff Thompson surrenders. [1] May 12 Last land action of Civil war at Palmito Ranch, Texas. [1] May 13 South Brownsville, Texas, (Palmito Ranch) final engagement of Civil War PVT John J Williams of 34th Indiana is last man killed. [1] May 23 Victory parade in Washington, District of Columbia (Grand Review). [1] May 26 Battle of Galveston, Texas, surrender of Edmund Kirby Smith. [1] June 2 At Galveston, Kirby-Smith surrenders the Trans-Mississippi Dept. [1] June 23 At Fort Towson, General Stand Watie surrenders last sizeable army. [1] August 20 President Johnson proclaims an end to "insurrection" in Texas. [1] September 3 Army commander in South Carolina orders Freedmen's Bureau to stop seizing land. [1] October 11 President Johnson paroles Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens. [1] November 9 Confederate General Lee surrenders to Union General Grant at Appomattox. [1] December 24 Several Confederate veterans form the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tennessee. [1] 1866 April 2 President Andrew Johnson ends war in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. [1] July 24 Tennessee becomes first Confederate state re-admitted to Union. [1] August 20 President Andrew Johnson formally declares Civil War over. [1] 1867 March 2 US Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act. [1] March 23 US Congress passes second Reconstruction Act over President Johnson's veto. [1] May 1 Reconstruction of South begins, black voter registration. [1] 1868 May 30 Memorial Day first observed when two women in Columbus Mississippi placed flowers on both Confederate and Union graves. [1] June 22 Arkansas re-enters US. [1] June 25 Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina readmitted to US. [1] December 3 Trial of Jefferson Davis starts. [1] December 25 Despite bitter opposition, President Andrew Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all persons involved in the Southern rebellion (the Civil War). [1] 1869 February 15 Charges of Treason against Jefferson Davis are dropped. [1] 1870 January 16 Virginia becomes eighth state re-admitted to USA. [1] January 27 After accepting 15th amendment, Virginia is readmitted to Union. [1] February 17 Mississippi becomes ninth state re-admitted to US after Civil War. [1] February 23 Mississippi is re-admitted to US. [1] March 30 Texas becomes last confederate state re-admitted to Union. [1] July 15 Georgia becomes last confederate to be re-admitted to US. [1] 1872 September 14 Britain pays the US $15 million for damages during Civil War. [1] 1974 March 7 Monitor (US Civil War Ship) restored at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. [1] 2002 April 8 Grenada issues 28 postage stamps depicting American Civil War Naval History. [34.493]