OTD 165 YEARS AGO: After Virginia seceded from the Union, the governor mobilizes state militia to defend against an impending Federal invasion from Washington.
Tag: Joseph E. Johnston
Johnston Surrenders to Sherman a Second Time
Joseph E. Johnston considers dispersing his Confederate army and waging guerrilla warfare, but he ultimately decides to surrender just as Robert E. Lee had done at Appomattox.
Hostilities Set to Resume in North Carolina
Ulysses S. Grant arrives at the headquarters of William T. Sherman to inform him that President Andrew Johnson rejected his peace treaty with Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston.
Panic Has Seized the Country
President Jefferson Davis holds a cabinet meeting in Charlotte and weighs the Confederacy’s rapidly dwindling options. Davis reluctantly considers armistice proposals while contemplating implications of surrender.
The Result was a Disapproval
The peace agreement between William T. Sherman and Joseph E. Johnston arrives in Washington, and it quickly becomes apparent that administration officials will not endorse such a magnanimous and sweeping document.
Johnston Surrenders to Sherman
Both Joseph E. Johnston and William T. Sherman exceed their authority by agreeing in principle to a peace between not only their own armies but all other armies still in the field.