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Johnston Surrenders to Sherman a Second Time

Joseph E. Johnston considers dispersing his Confederate army and waging guerrilla warfare, but he ultimately decides to surrender just as Robert E. Lee had done at Appomattox.Continue reading

Useless, Useless

Federal authorities finally track down John Wilkes Booth and his accomplice on a farm in Virginia.Continue reading

Hostilities Set to Resume in North Carolina

Ulysses S. Grant arrives at the headquarters of William T. Sherman to inform him that President Andrew Johnson rejected his peace treaty with Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston.Continue reading

Panic Has Seized the Country

President Jefferson Davis holds a cabinet meeting in Charlotte and weighs the Confederacy’s rapidly dwindling options. Davis reluctantly considers armistice proposals while contemplating implications of surrender.Continue reading

The Result was a Disapproval

The peace agreement between William T. Sherman and Joseph E. Johnston arrives in Washington, and it quickly becomes apparent that administration officials will not endorse such a magnanimous and sweeping document.Continue reading

Every Man’s Hand Against Me

The manhunt for John Wilkes Booth escalates after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Federals arrest potential co-conspirators, while Booth waits to cross the Potomac River to sanctuary in Virginia.Continue reading

The Lincoln Funeral

Funeral services for Abraham Lincoln take place at the White House. The coffin is then taken on a procession through the North on its way to the final destination at Springfield, Illinois.Continue reading

Johnston Surrenders to Sherman

Both Joseph E. Johnston and William T. Sherman exceed their authority by agreeing in principle to a peace between not only their own armies but all other armies still in the field.Continue reading

Booth Will Never Be Taken Alive

Federal authorities make several arrests in the supposed conspiracy to kill Abraham Lincoln and members of his administration. But Lincoln’s actual assassin remains at large.Continue reading

Johnston and Sherman Meet for the First Time

Longtime rivals Joseph E. Johnston and William T. Sherman meet face-to-face for the first time as they discuss the surrender of Johnston’s Confederate army. Sherman also announces Abraham Lincoln’s assassination to his Federal troops.Continue reading