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| February 3, 1865 |
Alexander Stephens, as Vice President of the Confederate States of America holds a conference with Abraham Lincoln on a ship off the coast of Virginia regarding the end of the Civil War.
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| April 16, 1865 |
Wilson's Federal cavalry captures Columbus and West Point
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Columbus, Georgia |
| April 18, 1865 |
Confederate Powder Works in Augusta ceases operation
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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| April 19, 1865 |
Skirmish at Barnesville
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| April 27, 1865 |
Steamship Sultana exploded about ten miles north of Memphis, Tennessee. Many of the dead had survived horrible conditions at Georgia's Andersonville Prison and were returning home.
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Camp Sumter, Andersonville, Georgia
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| May 10, 1865 |
Confederate States of America President Jefferson Davis is captured in southwest Georgia near Irwinville
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Jefferson Davis |
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| May 12, 1865 |
General William Tatum Wofford surrenders the last organized group of Confederate soldiers east of the Mississippi at Kingston, Georgia
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William Tatum Wofford |
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