Table of Data Points
1865-06-22 | CSS Shenandoah fires last shots | The Shenandoah fired the last shot of the American Civil War, across the bow of a whaler in waters off the Aleutian Islands. | Read about 'CSS Shenandoah fires last shots' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'CSS Shenandoah fires last shots' | ||
1865-05-12 | 1865-05-13 | Palmito Hill | The battle was fought on the banks of the Rio Grande about twelve miles east of Brownsville, Texas | Read about 'Palmito Hill' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Palmito Hill' | |
1865-04-16 | West Point | This battle was fought at Fort Tyler seven days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, making it one of the last battles of the Civil War east of the Mississippi. | Read about 'West Point' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'West Point' | ||
1865-04-09 | Appomattox Court House | Lee, having abandoned the Confederate capitol of Richmond, Virginia after the Siege of Petersburg, retreated west, hoping to join his army with the Confederate forces in North Carolina | Read about 'Appomattox Court House' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Appomattox Court House' | ||
1865-04-08 | Appomattox Station | Gen George Armstrong Custer's Union cavalry, en route to Appomattox Station, clashed with the reserve artillery of the Confederate Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, under Colonel Lindsay Walker | Read about 'Appomattox Station' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Appomattox Station' | ||
1865-04-06 | 1865-04-07 | High Bridge | On April 6, the Confederate cavalry fought stubbornly to secure the Appomattox River bridges | Read about 'High Bridge' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'High Bridge' | |
1865-04-06 | 1865-04-07 | Farmville | Union General Philip Sheridan cut off and beat back about a quarter of Lee's army. Eight Confederate generals surrendered, and 7,700 men were lost. | Read about 'Farmville' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Farmville' | |
1865-04-06 | Rice's Station | Confederate Gen James Longstreet's command reached Rice's Station, only to discover that it was blocked by Union troops led by Gen John Gibbon. | Read about 'Rice's Station' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Rice's Station' | ||
1865-04-06 | Hillsman Farm | Robert Lee's army was retreating from the Richmond to Petersburg line | Read about 'Hillsman Farm' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Hillsman Farm' | ||
1865-04-05 | Amelia Springs | The immediate prelude to the Battle of Sayler's Creek | Read about 'Amelia Springs' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Amelia Springs' |
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