Chronological History of the American Civil War

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reprisals. He continued traveling, entertaining, and aiding in the rebuilding of his business and the town of Bolivar, Tennessee, until his death at his home (The Pillars) in November 1871. Monday, May 29, 1865 : U. S. President Johnson issues a general amnesty for those who had fought against the North. All property will be restored except for slave ownership. However, there were exceptions. Senior political and military figures had to personally apply for a pardon, as did thoses who had left a military, or judicial position in the North, to join the Confederate Army. However, President Johnson was generous in this and by the end of 1865, he had granted 13,000 pardons.

SUMMARY

This would be the 215th week since the Great American Civil War started April 12, 1861 at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. During this time period, the U.S. Civil War death totals could range anywhere from 617,877 to 851,066, but most agree on an estimate of about 750,000 died for the North and South causes. The North was much more populated, so the missing may have gone less noticed, while some places in the South, whole towns and families were erased; never to be replaced or counted for. North Carolina had both the most men in the Confederate Army - 125,000 (more men fought from there, than there were registered voters in the state) and they had the most dead Confederates of any state - 40,000. In the North, the state of New York, furnished 415,000 Union troops, of which 46,500 died, far more than any other northern state. But for most citizens in America, the war is over. This week the Army of the Potomac, under Major General George Gordon Meade (U.S.) is reviewed (pictured) in the city of Washington, D. C. President Jefferson Davis now held in irons at Fort Monroe, Virginia. General E Kirby Smith (CSA) will surrender all Confederate forces to the west of the Mississippi. It will be another twenty-three days after Smith’s surrender, before Brigadier General Stand Watie, a Cherokee will become the last Confederate field general to surrender. For some, Confederates like General Joseph Shelby will never surrender, and leave for Mexico and others for South America. Union soldiers will have more Indians to fight, as more settlers will move westward, searching for their own freedoms and fortunes. On July 7, 1865, assassination conspirators of President Lincoln, Lewis Payne, George A. Atzerodt, David Herold and Mary Surratt will be hung in Washington, D. C. In the town square of Springfield, Missouri, on July 21, 1865, William (Wild Bill) Hickok met and killed Davis Tutt in a “quick draw duel” –the first of its kind. Up until this time duels were held with pistols already drawn and aim and fired on a count or handkerchief being dropped. On November 10, 1865, Major Henry Wirz (CSA) the superintendent of the prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, will be hung, becoming the only American Civil War soldier to be executed for war crimes. Major General William Tecumseh Sherman’s Union Army will also have its review parade as well, in Washington. Bushwhackers in Missouri will continue their skirmishes with Union troop and civilians. We find ex- Confederate