The first Federal joint army-navy expedition of the war sets out to close one of North Carolina’s busiest ports.
Category: North Carolina
The North Carolina Secession
North Carolina becomes the 10th state to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy.
Revolutionary Furor in Full Sway
The mid-South states of North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas reject President Lincoln’s call for volunteers and take steps toward joining the Confederacy.
Johnston Surrenders to Sherman a Second Time
April 26, 1865 – General Joseph E. Johnston considered dispersing his Confederate army and waging guerrilla warfare, but he ultimately decided to surrender just as
Grant Visits Sherman in North Carolina
April 24, 1865 – Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant arrived at the headquarters of Major General William T. Sherman to inform him that the peace
Washington Rejects the Sherman-Johnston Convention
April 21, 1865 – The peace agreement between William T. Sherman and Joseph E. Johnston arrived in Washington, and it quickly became apparent that administration