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The last battles of the US Civil Waroccurredat theBattle of Appomattox Court HouseApril 9, 1865 in Virginia and theBattle of Columbus,April 16, 1865, in Georgia.
At Appomattox, Lee's forces were surrounded and forced to surrender. With the surrender of these forces, which Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston had counted on to combine with his forces and and oppose Union General Sherman, Johnston felt compelled to surrender as well.Johnston agreed to meet with General Sherman between the lines at a small farm known asBennett Placenear present dayDurham, North Carolina. After three separate days (April 17, 18 and 26, 1865) of negotiations, Johnston surrendered the Army of Tennessee and all remaining Confederate forces still active in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. It was the largest surrender of the war, totaling 89,270 soldiers.
The final battle was be at Columbus, Georgia a few days later where Union
GeneralJames H. Wilsoncaptured Columbus andordered the destruction of all resources in Columbus that could aid the Confederate war effort. Prior to that timeColumbushad been second only toRichmond, Virginia, as providing the industrial support for the war effort (and Richmond was no longer a factor since Grant had captured it just prior to Appomattox). Note thatas a result of the disruption of the telegraph lines and all other modes of quick communication, General Wilson's raiders were not aware of the surrender of Lee.
Having fled to Georgia because of the fall of Richmond, President Davis met with his Confederate Cabinet for the last time on May 5, 1865, inWashington, Georgia, and the Confederate government was officially dissolved. Along with a hand-picked escort led byGiven Campbell, Davis and his wife were captured on May 10, 1865, atIrwinvilleinIrwin County, Georgia by some of General Wilson's men. At this point the Civil was considered to be over.***
TheBattle of Palmito RanchMay 12–13, 1865 in Texas was fought by forces that considered themselves part of the Confederacy, but by then the CSA capital, Richmond, was in Union hands,the Confederate government was dissolved, its president (Jefferson Davis) in prison, and its organized military extinct. The battle is thus categorized as a "post-war military action" rather than as the last battle of the Civil War.
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