Friday, 19 May 1865
The following are appointed Union Brigadier Generals: James William Forsyth, Joseph Eldridge Hamblin, Richard Henry Jackson, and William Wells.
The Confederate Commerce Raider, CSS Stonewall, officially surrenders to the Union officials at Havanna, Cuba.
Federal soldiers scout against Indians from Sweetwater Bridge to Whisky Gap of the Medicine Bow Mountains, in the Dakota Territory.
Major General William B. Hazen, USA, is assigned to the command of the 15th US Army Corps, Florida.
Union troops scout from Kingsville, Missouri.
Federals scout against Indians from Fort Kearny to the Little River, in the Nebraska Territory.
Major General John A. Logan, USA, is assigned to the command of the Army of the Tennessee.
A skirmish at Hobdy’s Bridge, spanning the Pea River between Pike and Barbour Counties, in Alabama--the site of a major battle during the Creek War in 1836--left 1st Florida Union Cavalry members Corporal John W. Skinner killed along with William Smith, Nathan Mims and Daniel V. Melvin seriously wounded. A detachment of Union soldiers from the 1st Florida Cavalry had been sent from Montgomery to Eufaula, to escort a mail shipment through the still unsettled regions of eastern Alabama. Lee had surrendered and Wilson's Raid had devastated the region, but many former Confederate soldiers were drifting through these areas on their way home. These men, all Yankees, were considered the last casualties during the War Between the States.
The following are appointed Union Brigadier Generals: James William Forsyth, Joseph Eldridge Hamblin, Richard Henry Jackson, and William Wells.
The Confederate Commerce Raider, CSS Stonewall, officially surrenders to the Union officials at Havanna, Cuba.
Federal soldiers scout against Indians from Sweetwater Bridge to Whisky Gap of the Medicine Bow Mountains, in the Dakota Territory.
Major General William B. Hazen, USA, is assigned to the command of the 15th US Army Corps, Florida.
Union troops scout from Kingsville, Missouri.
Federals scout against Indians from Fort Kearny to the Little River, in the Nebraska Territory.
Major General John A. Logan, USA, is assigned to the command of the Army of the Tennessee.
A skirmish at Hobdy’s Bridge, spanning the Pea River between Pike and Barbour Counties, in Alabama--the site of a major battle during the Creek War in 1836--left 1st Florida Union Cavalry members Corporal John W. Skinner killed along with William Smith, Nathan Mims and Daniel V. Melvin seriously wounded. A detachment of Union soldiers from the 1st Florida Cavalry had been sent from Montgomery to Eufaula, to escort a mail shipment through the still unsettled regions of eastern Alabama. Lee had surrendered and Wilson's Raid had devastated the region, but many former Confederate soldiers were drifting through these areas on their way home. These men, all Yankees, were considered the last casualties during the War Between the States.
