Chronological History of the American Civil War

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Lynchburg, and works as a lawyer. He is not formally paroled until 1866 by the Federal government. Not until, General Ulysses S. Grant (U.S.) personally intervened on his behalf and paroled him. "Mosby’s Confederacy” had forever reserved its place in the halls of The American Civil War history. After the war, Mosby became the target of ridicule, and even received death threats from some Southerners, as he became not only a Republican, but also a campaign manager for President Grant. The two men became great friends. In 1878, Rutherford B. Hayes appointed Mosby as the U.S. Consul to Hong Kong. Later, he worked for the Department of the Interior and as assistant Attorney General. John Mosby died in 1916 at the age of 82. Saturday, April 22, 1865 : Wilson’s (U.S.) cavalry captures Talladega, Alabama. Lincoln’s body reaches Philadelphia. After hiding out for several days, assassin John Booth and David Herold escape Maryland late this night by boat, and finally cross over into Virginia. Sunday, April 23, 1865 : U.S. Secretary of the Navy, Gideon Welles orders all Mississippi River vessels be searched for Jefferson Davis. Cavalry troops skirmish near Henderson, North Carolina, and with Wilson’s Raiders at Munford’s Station, Alabama. Major General Horatio G. Wright (U.S.) leads a Federal expedition from Burkeville and Petersburg to Danville and South Boston, Virginia, and captures 500 prisoners along with the few remaining Confederate railroad locomotives, cannons, and other military stores. At present on the run with his cabinet, Confederate President, Jefferson Davis writes to his wife, Varina, of the desperate situation facing the Confederates. “Panic has seized the country,” He continues to write to his wife in Georgia, “The issue is one which it is very painful for me to meet. On one hand is the long night of oppression, which will follow the return of our people to the ‘Union'; on the other, the suffering of the women and children, and carnage among the few brave patriots, who would still oppose the invader.” Monday, April 24, 1865 : Federal troops continue their search for the conspirators in Lincoln’s assassination. Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth along with David Herold in their escape arrives at Port Conway, Virginia. In Maryland, authorities arrest Samuel Mudd, the doctor who set Booth’s broken leg. Lincoln’s body lies in state, in New York. President Andrew Johnson (U.S.) refuses the terms of surrender proposed for Confederate Joseph E. Johnston, because it included certain rights to all Southerners, under the U.S. Constitution. President Johnson (U.S.) demands the troops under General Joseph E. Johnston (CSA) must unconditionally surrender within 48 hours or face further retaliation. Tuesday, April 25, 1865 : General Grant meets with General Sherman (U.S.) and orders him to resume hostilities against Johnston (CSA) until, a proper surrender had been negotiated. General Joseph E. Johnston (CSA) informs Confederate President Jefferson Davis that, he would have to surrender to Sherman regardless of what terms were laid down. General Joseph E. Johnston (CSA) and General Sherman continue their peace talks. Lincoln’s funeral train continues, its journey on its way to Springfield, Illinois and is met by vast crowds. Conspirators Booth and Herold are traced to the farm of Richard H Garrett, south of the Rappahannock River in Virginia. The Confederate steamer, C.S.S. Webb is captured and burned on the Mississippi River near New Orleans. The crew escapes, but later is captured as well.