Events with tag - Southern Surrender

April 26, 1865

Johnston's Surrender at Bennett Place

Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered to Union General William T. Sherman at Bennett Place, North Carolina, effectively ending Confederate resistance in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida. This surrender of 89,270 soldiers marked the largest Confederate capitulation of the Civil War.

May 26, 1865

Last Confederate Army Surrender

The Confederate Army of the Trans-Mississippi, commanded by General Edmund Kirby Smith, surrendered at Marshall, Texas, marking the final major Confederate force's capitulation in the American Civil War. This surrender came more than a month after Lee's surrender at Appomattox.