165 YEARS AGO: Ulysses S. Grant, the new Federal commander in southeast Missouri, counters the Confederate invasion of Kentucky by invading the state with a force of his own.
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Vigorous Measures are Anticipated
165 YEARS AGO: President Abraham Lincoln calls for increased military enrollment, which results in Federal troops pouring into Washington, D.C. By mid-May, talk turns from defense to offensive operations including an invasion of the South.
The U.S. Army Grand Review
The “Grand Armies of the Republic” stage a triumphant review through Washington to celebrate the Federal victory and end of the war.
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.
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.