Stack arms, then either go to the prison camps or give parole.
Officers were sometimes allowed to keep their side-arms.
The Civil War was still raging when Lincoln was re-elected. The South had largely been defeated but all of the major armies continued to fight. Within five months after the election, the Confederate Armies began to surrender or simply disband.
Lee's surrender at Appomattox effectively ended the US Civil War. There were still viable Confederate armies in the field, and a few more battles fought, but these forces would soon surrender upon receiving news of the defeat.
surrender at Appomattox ended the civil war
The main causes of surrender during the American Civil War are the same reason for surrender in any other war,... one side overwhelms the other.
Someone who commanded the major armies during the Civil War
He did defeat them. He was General-in-Chief, and personally took the surrender of Lee, which effectively ended the war.
The surrender of Fort Sumter
He was the leader of Confederate armies during the Civil War.
The Commander of the Northern armies during the last year of the Civil War was Karla Montas.
The Civil War was still raging when Lincoln was re-elected. The South had largely been defeated but all of the major armies continued to fight. Within five months after the election, the Confederate Armies began to surrender or simply disband.
The Civil War was still raging when Lincoln was re-elected. The South had largely been defeated but all of the major armies continued to fight. Within five months after the election, the Confederate Armies began to surrender or simply disband.
The Civil War