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After staying in Savannah, Gerogia for a month, General Sherman moves north to South Carolina to take more cities. General Sherman goes through the south, burning almost every city he seiged.
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General Lee tries to push General Grant out of Petersburg, but he fails.
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General Lee tries once again to push General Grant out of Petersburg, but he fails again.
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The Confederate government and General Lee leave Richmond to join other Confederate forces. The mayor surrenders the city to General Godfrey Weitzel of the Union.
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General Grant of the Union asks General Lee of the Confederacy to surrender through a series of letters.
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Under the command of General Phillip Sheridan, Union calvary hold back Confederate rebels and block off railroads, taking away key supplies.
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General Robert E. Lee of the Confederacy surrenders the Army of North Virginia to the Union General Ulysess S. Grant. Grant hoped General Lee's surrender would serve as a symbol for other Confederate forces to surrender. General Grant sent Confederate soldiers under Lee's command supplies and put them on parole.
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President Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C.
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President Andrew Johnson declares the battles of the Civil War are officially over.
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President Jefferson Davis of the Confederate States of America is captured.
