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The conclusion of the American Civil War commenced with the articles of surrender agreement of the Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, at Appomattox Court House, by General Robert E. Lee and concluded with the surrender of the CSS Shenandoah on November 6, 1865, bringing the hostilities of the American Civil War to a close. [1]
A bill to remove Civil War monuments in Virginia advanced on February 3, 2020, after civil rights activists called for eliminating Civil War statues and Confederate monuments that tied cities to a legacy of racism and slavery.
See New Orleans in the American Civil War: 2. Charleston, South Carolina 40,522 22 1865 See Charleston in the American Civil War: 3. Richmond, Virginia 37,910 25 1865 See Richmond in the American Civil War: 4. Mobile, Alabama 29,258 27 1865 5. Memphis, Tennessee 22,623 38 1862 6. Savannah, Georgia 22,619 41 1864 7. Petersburg, Virginia 18,266 ...
Richmond, Virginia, served as the capital of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War from May 1861 to April 1865. Besides its political status, it was a vital source of weapons and supplies for the war effort, as well as the terminus of five railroads; as such, it would have been defended by the Confederate States Army ...
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
The American Civil War did not have a clear ending, but by the beginning of April 1865 it was obvious that the Union had won. Richmond fell on April 2. The Army of Northern Virginia surrendered to General Ulysses Grant at Appomatox Court House on April 9, 1865. This good news produced, in the North, a call for public celebrations.
The education board for a rural Virginia county voted early on Friday to restore the names of Confederate generals stripped from two schools in 2020, making the mostly white, Republican district ...
The final campaign for Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States, began when the Union Army of the Potomac crossed the James River in June 1864. The armies under the command of Lieutenant General and General in Chief Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885) laid siege to Petersburg, south of Richmond, intending to cut the two cities' supply lines and force the Confederates to evacuate.