they lost?
after civil war
The surrender of the confederate states ended the war
Yes
He did not. The war was ended by the Union Army defeating the Confederate Army.
New Orleans
Robert E. Lee
Appomattox Court
The end of slavery, the Confederate flag, and the assassination of Lincoln.
The historic Proclamation was Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, effective from January 1st 1863. It did not end the war, but it did end Confederate hopes of official recognition and miitary aid from Britain and France. You could say it was the biggest factor in the eventual Confederate defeat.
Stanton was was federal. He served as the Union's Secretary of War from 1862 to the end of the War.
South Carolina
Richmond was evacuated by the Confederate Government only about a week before Lee surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse.