Sum History Wrote:
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> a devastating knockout Wrote:
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> > Sum History Wrote:
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> > >
> > > The South didn't lose the war, and the North
> > > didn't win it either.
> >
> >
> > April 9, 1865, Appomattox, VA - General Robert
> E.
> > Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia
> >
> > April 12, 1865, Danville, VA- Jefferson Davis
> > flees from his remaining cabinet, effectively
> > dissolving the government of the confederacy
> >
> > April 26, 1865, Durham, NC- General Joe
> Johnston
> > surrenders the Army of Tennessee, the largest
> > field army of the Confederacy
> >
> > May 4, 1865, Citronelle, AL- General Richard
> > Taylor surrenders the confederate armies in the
> > Gulf states
> >
> > May 10, 1865, Irwinville, GA- President
> Jefferson
> > Davis captured by Union forces
> >
> > May 26, 1865, Galveston, TX- General Kirby
> Smith
> > surrenders the armies of the trans-Mississippi
> > without a shot being fired
> >
> > June 23, 1865, Fort Towson, OK- General Stand
> > Watie surrenders the armies of the frontier,
> > without a shot being fired
> >
> >
> > To be honest, that sounds like a huge win for
> the
> > Union and a colossal loss for the rebels.
> > American troops haven't accomplished such a
> > complete and devastating victory since.
>
>
> It was basically a draw -
LOL!!!!!!
Suuuuuure it was a draw.
Atlanta burned to the ground.
Richmond burned to the ground.
New York, Boston, Philly, not a scratch.
DC - 1 fight during the war, Battle of Fort Stephen's.
Spoiler alert: Confederates under Lt. Gen. Early were repelled.
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