Texas announces a state of war with the U.S., Federals in New Mexico brace for a Confederate invasion, and Confederates in Arkansas are authorized to aid the Missouri State Guard.
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Taylor Surrenders to Canby
Federal forces accepted the parole of the last major Confederate force east of the Mississippi River.
The Fall of Mobile
April 12, 1865 – Eight months after the Federal navy sealed off Mobile Bay, Federal troops finally captured the city itself. Lieutenant General Ulysses S.