Civil War - 1865

Important facts, participants, and timeline of the Appomattox Campaign, which took place from March to April 1865. It ended with the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, under the command of Robert E. Lee, to Union forces led by Ulysses S. Grant.

The Appomattox Campaign was the final campaign of the Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War. It consisted of a series of engagements during late March and early April 1865 that led to the General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia on April 9 and the official disbandment of the Army of Northern Virginia on April 12.

Key facts about the American Civil War Carolinas Campaign.

Major General William T. Sherman's Carolinas Campaign of 1865 was the last major Union offensive in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.

Key facts about Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant's Petersburg Campaign of 1864–1865.

Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant's Petersburg Campaign was a nine-month-long Union offensive launched in June 1864, that comprised nineteen major military engagements, plus additional minor skirmishes, that forced General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia to abandon the Confederate capital at Richmond in April 1865.