Federal commanders accept the surrender of the last major organized Confederate force still in the field.
Exploring the most important 55 months in American history
Federal commanders accept the surrender of the last major organized Confederate force still in the field.
Earl Van Dorn leads a unified Confederate army northward to confront Samuel R. Curtis’s outnumbered Federals in northwestern Arkansas.
Federal forces push Sterling Price’s Missouri State Guards out of their home state, where they join a new army and prepare to counterattack.