General Robert E. Lee concentrated his Confederate Army of Northern Virginia near Sharpsburg as Major General George B. McClellan’s Federal Army of the Potomac approached.
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THANK YOU
I want to thank all of you who follow this blog for taking this journey with me through the 55 turbulent months that made up the War Between the States.
Andrew Johnson’s Presidential Restoration Plan
President Andrew Johnson issued two proclamations designed to continue Abraham Lincoln’s plan to restore the Confederates states to the U.S. This began what would ultimately become a bitter feud between the president and the Radical Republicans in Congress.
The Trans-Mississippi Surrender
Federal commanders accepted the surrender of the last major organized Confederate force still in the field.
The Triumphant Grand Review
The “Grand Armies of the Republic” staged a triumphant review through Washington to celebrate the Federal victory and end of the war.
Jefferson Davis Arrives Off Virginia
The ocean vessel conveying Jefferson Davis and other captured members of his government arrived at Fortress Monroe, on the tip of Virginia’s York-James Peninsula.