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Sherman presents the city of Savannah, Georgia, intact, to President Lincoln as a Christmas gift, completing his "March to the Sea" campaign.
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Sherman departs Savannah, Carolina campaign begins.
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Sherman's departure from Savannah up to the final signing at Bennett Place.
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McLaws attempt to prevent Sherman from crossing the Salkehatchie River and delay the approach to Columbia, S.C.
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Columbia SC surrenders to Sherman.
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General Robert E. Lee orders Joseph E. Johnston to take over command of the combined armies of Georgia, Florida, the Carolinas and the Army of the Tennessee.
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Braxton Braggs forces out of Wilimington resist Schofield from the 7th to the 10th.
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Union cavalry under Kilpatrick counterattack after surprise attack by Wade Hampton's C.S.A. cavalry.
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Kilpatrick's Union cavalry fails to break through Hardee's lines at Plank Road northeast of Fayetteville, NC.
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Hardee's Confederates swept aside at the Battle of Averasboro after stalling the advancing Union for one valuable day.
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Near disaster for the Union, Carlin's division routed.
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Battle of Bentonville, NC.
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Light skirmishing on the field as each side re-aligns, Army of the South move their wounded to Johnston's headquarters in Smithfield.
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The Confederate army fails in its last chance to achieve a decisive victory over the Union army in North Carolina, fall back across Mill Creek, burning the bridge behind them.
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Lee surrenders Army of Northern Virginia to Grant's Army of the Potomac.
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President Lincoln fatally shot by John Wilkes Booth at the Ford's Theater showing of "Our American Cousin".
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Truce negotiations at the Bennett Farm.
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Initial terms accepted by General Joseph E. Johnston signed.
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Second pact signed by General Joe Johnston, effectively disarming the remaining 90,000 Confederates of armies of the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee and Florida.
