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The chief commander of the confederate states of America?
I don't think they appointed a supreme commander. Robert E. Lee was in charge of the army in the East and was undoubtedly their leading general. Jefferson Davis was the president - I do not know if he was commander-in-chief of military forces like the US president.
What near durhamnc was the site of the last and largest surrender of the civil war on what date?
The surrender of the Confederate Army of Tennessee to Sherman, by its commander, Joseph E. Johnston, took place at Bennett's farmhouse, near Durham, North Carolina, which was about midway between the camps of the two armies. The site is preserved today as Bennett Place. The surrender was on April 26, 1865, seventeen days after Lee had surrendered. But it was not the last. Richard Taylor surrendered in early May the last remaining sizable Confederate force east of the Mississippi at Citronelle, Alabama, and Edmund Kirby Smith surrendered the Confederates west of the Mississippi in late May.
Why and where did the south surrnnder in the Civil War?
The South never surrendered as such in the Civil War. General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox, Virginia. Then General Joseph E. Johnson surrendered all Confederate Forces east of the Mississippi River on April 26, 1865, in Raleigh, North Carolina. General E. Kirby Smith commander of the Confederate Forces west of the Mississippi River simply waved goodbye to his troops. He refused to surrender. On June 19, 1865, a union ship sailed into the Corpus Cristi harbor. The ship's captain discovered the Confederate Flag flying. He discovered Texas had not surrendered and no one existed to do the surrendering. He ordered all Confederate Flags removed and the Emancipation Proclamation read from every court house. That ended the Civil War west of the Mississippi.
Where was the formal surrender of the south to the north located?
There was no formal surrender of the South to the North. General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army on April 9, 1865, at Appomattox, Virginia. General Joseph E. Johnson surrendered the armies east of the Mississippi on April 26, 1865 in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Confederate Government dissolved itself on May 2, 1865. The order went out from a Union General in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865, for all Confederate flags to be removed and the Emancipation Proclamation to be read from every courthouse in Texas. That day is called Juneteen. Take your pick.
Which state is the Appomattox courthouse in?
Appomattox Court House is a village located three miles (5 km) east of Appomattox, Virginia, USA (25 miles east of Lynchburg, Virginia, in the central part of the state), famous as the site of the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse and containing the house of Wilmer McLean, where the surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee to Union commander Ulysses S. Grant took place on April 9, 1865, effectively ending the American Civil War. The site is now commemorated as Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, a National Historical Park. This answer was cut and pasted from Wikipedia
Who headed the Union Army of the east?
George.B.Mclellan headed the Union Army of the east.
Why is the Orange River named the Orange River?
It was named by Colonel Robert Gordon who was commander of the Dutch East India Company garrison at Cape Town. It was so named in honour of William of Orange.
Who was the commander of the union army in the east?
George McClellan
He was the commander of the union army in the east?
George McClellan
Who was commander of the union army in the east?
George McClellan
Which part of the country were the states in the confederate states of America?
Most Confederate States were in the south east part of the country.
Where did Robert E. Lee Surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?
Lee formally surrendered to Grant at the Appomattox Court House on April 9th, 1865. Despite the details listed below, the US Civil War ended when General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Lieutenant General US Grant on April 9, 1865. Futile attempts by President Jefferson Davis prolonged final surrender agreements throughout the South.The Civil War did not end when Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia. He was merely surrendering his army. As a General, he was not allowed to discuss the surrender of the Confederate States. He surrendered his army at Appomattox Court House To be more specific, it was in Wilmer McLeans parlor, the same Wilmer McLean in whose back yard was fought in 1861 the First Battle of Bull Run. He decided he didn't like the neighborhood so much, and left shortly afterwards. To Appomattox Court House. Robert E. Lee had the authority to surrender all Confederate forces to the Union at Appomattox Court House, being Confederate General in Chief, but did not. He only surrendered himself and his Army of Northern Virginia. He did this on April 9th 1865. Remaining Confederate troops in various parts of the South surrendered soon after.
