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Order of Surrendering Confederate Forces
American Civil War
Gen.
Lee's surrender is more accurately stated as the "Beginning of the End."
When General Robert
Edward Lee formally surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia, it is often times quoted and referenced as the final surrender
of the Confederate Army. Moreover, it is most commonly referenced as the date that the "American Civil War Ended."
Both statements are incorrect. Gen. Lee's surrender is more
accurately stated as the "Beginning of the End of the Confederate Army."
American Indians
displayed a unique role in the final moments of the most costliest and bloodiest conflict in America's history. Both east
and west of the Mississippi River, the Cherokees were the final forces to formally surrender to Union commands.
Sequence Order for Final Surrendering Confederate
Forces of the American Civil War:
On
April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant at the home of Wilmer and Virginia McLean in
the town
of Appomattox Court House, Virginia. On April 26, 1865, General Joseph Johnston surrendered to Major General William T. Sherman near Durham, North Carolina
(Bennett Place State Historical Park).
On May 4, 1865, General Richard Taylor (son of Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States) surrendered at Citronelle, Alabama. On May 12, 1865, Captain Stephen Whitaker surrendered Walker's Battalion, Thomas' Legion of Cherokee Indians and Highlanders to Colonel Kirk. On June 2, 1865, General Edmund Kirby Smith surrendered the Confederate Department of the Trans
Mississippi to Major General Canby. On June 23, 1865, General and Cherokee Chief Stand Watie surrendered Cherokee forces in Oklahoma.
Advance to:
(Final Formal Surrender of Confederate forces "East of the Mississippi")
(Final Formal Surrender of Confederate forces "West of the Mississippi")
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