Saturday, May 26, 2007
This Day in American History
On this day in 1865, the last Confederate resistance of the American Civil War ended when Gen. Kirby Smith surrendered at Shreveport, north of New Orleans. The Army of Northern Virginia, on April 9 at Appomattox C.H., Johnston's troops on April 26 in Durham, N. C., and all other Confederates had already surrendered. I can't tell if these guys wanted to hold out or if the news just traveled that slowly back then.
Labels: American Civil War
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 7:40 AM 
