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The Defenses of Washington
The Defenses of Washington covered 68 forts, with 93 detached batteries for guns. Also, wooden blockhouses used as forts, 32 miles of military roads, several stockaded bridgeheads, and four picket stations. -
The Fall of the Confederacy
One of the reasons why the Confederacy fell was transportation problems which caused a shortage of food and supplies, which resulted to soldiers leaving. President Davis approved of arming slaves because of the shortage of the army but wasn’t used. -
A Peace Conference
The Hampton Roads Conference was a peace conference between The United States and The Confederate States on the Steamboat River Queen in Hampton Roads Virginia to discuss ending the Civil War. President Davis however insisted that Lincoln should recognize the south's independence but he refused and the conference ended in hours. -
Sherman Marches through North and South Carolina
Letter from General Sherman to President Lincoln. The 300-mile (480 km) march began on November 15, 1864. After his controversial march from Atlanta to Savannah, Sherman turned his army of 60,000 north. Living off the land and destroying public buildings and factories, the Union commander brought his "total war" policy to a state that had been slow to secede. Johnston, recently placed in command of the Confederate Army of Tennessee, failed to stop Sherman at the Battle of Bentonville. -
Lincoln's second inaugural address
The purpose of the second inaugural address was to talk about the American Civil War. Also, the war was soon ending and he also stated how to bring the Confederate back. -
Fallen Richmond
In 1865 March 25, General Lee attacked General Grant’s forces around the area of Petersburg. Although he ended up losing and attacked again on April 1, then on April 2 Lee evacuated the city of Richmond. -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
General Lee’s army troops were soon to be surrounded, on April 7, Grant called Lee to surrender. On April 9, the two commanders met each other at Appomattox Courthouse. -
Final Surrenders among Remaining Confederate Troops
President Johnson issued a proclamation announcing the end of the American Civil War: "And I do further proclaim that the said insurrection is at an end and that peace, order, tranquility, and civil authority now exists in and throughout the whole of the United States of America." With that proclamation, the United States officially closed a costly, bloody, and deadly chapter in its nation's history that started at Fort Sumter several years—and hundreds of thousands lives—earlier. -
Lincoln's Assasination
President Abraham Lincoln was killed by John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theater in Washington. Booth was caught and killed eleven days later in Virginia. Nine other people who were also involved in the assassination were later hanged or imprisoned. -
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Final Surrender's
The final remaining confederate troops begin to surrender from the end of April to the end of May. The President of the Confederate States,Jefferson Davis, is Captured on May 10th. -
The Grand Review of the Army
The army of the Potomac went parading on May 23, and the army of Georgia Went parading on May 24. Although most of the photographs, Were thought to have been taken by Brady himself. -
The Execution of Captain Henry Wirz
Henry Wirz, a Swiss immigrant and the commander of Andersonville prison in Georgia, is hanged for the murder of soldiers incarcerated there during the Civil War. Wirz was charged with conspiracy to injure the health and lives of Union soldiers and murder. He was found guilty and sentenced to die on November 10 in Washington, D.C. On the scaffold, Wirz reportedly said to the officer in charge, “I know what orders are, Major. I am being hanged for obeying them.”
