Chronology 2328 March Lincoln, Grant, Sherman
and Porter confer on peace terms
2 April State governments having
been installed to meet Unionist
directives. President Andrew Johnson
officially proclaims 'that the
insurrection ... is at an end and is
henceforth to be so regarded'
3 April Richmond falls
8 April Sherman resumes march on
Johnston
9 April Lee surrenders to Grant at
Appomattox Court House
12 April Mobile falls to Canby;
Johnston tells President Jefferson
Davis resistance is hopeless
13 April Raleigh falls to Sherman
14 April Lincoln shot at Ford's
theater
18 April Sherman and Johnston sign
broad surrender agreement
21 April President Johnston and
cabinet reject Sherman's terms
26 April Johnston accepts same terms
as Grant gives Lee
10 May President Davis is captured at
Irwinsville, Georgia
13 May Last battle of the war, at
Palmito Ranch, Texas
23-24 May Grand Review in
Washington, DC
26 May General Edward Kirby Smith
surrenders Confederate forces west of
the Mississippi River1877 The last enforced military
government in the ex-Confederate
states is removed and home rule is
restored at the state level