Thursday, 20 April 1865
The Union troops under Brigadier General James H. Wilson occupy Macon, Georgia, as well as skirmish at the following places: near Montpelier Springs and at Rocky Creek Bridge, Alabama; at Mimm's Mills, on the Tobesofkee Creek, and near Spring Hill, both in Georgia.
Union controlled Arkansas becomes the 19th state to ratify the 13th amendment, attempting to abolish slavery.
Brevetted Brigadier General Guy V. Henry, of the 40th Massachusetts Infantry, assumes the command of the South Sub-District of the Plains.
General Robert E. Lee writes to Confederate President Jefferson Davis of his opposition to Davis' idea of transforming the struggle for Southern Independence into guerrilla warfare and recommends a complete surrender to restore peace and order.
President Abraham Lincoln's coffin lay in state in the Capitol Rotunda; an estimated 40,000 people filed past over two days.
Federal authorities capture George Atzerodt at Germantown, Maryland, for his role in the Lincoln assassination conspiracy. Five days after Lincoln's death, Booth and Herold still remain at large. Edwin Stanton offers a $100,000 reward for the fugitives' capture.
Still hiding in the pine thicket, Booth has been given newspapers and is shocked at the nation's response to his crime. He had been expecting to be revered as a great liberator. Around 10:30 p.m. tonight, Booth and Herold attempt to row across the Potomac to Virginia, but in the dark they lose their way and find they are still in Maryland come morning.
Four years prior on this day, Robert E. Lee resigns from the United States Army only two days after he was offered command of the Union army and three days after his native state, Virginia, had seceded from the Union.
The Union troops under Brigadier General James H. Wilson occupy Macon, Georgia, as well as skirmish at the following places: near Montpelier Springs and at Rocky Creek Bridge, Alabama; at Mimm's Mills, on the Tobesofkee Creek, and near Spring Hill, both in Georgia.
Union controlled Arkansas becomes the 19th state to ratify the 13th amendment, attempting to abolish slavery.
Brevetted Brigadier General Guy V. Henry, of the 40th Massachusetts Infantry, assumes the command of the South Sub-District of the Plains.
General Robert E. Lee writes to Confederate President Jefferson Davis of his opposition to Davis' idea of transforming the struggle for Southern Independence into guerrilla warfare and recommends a complete surrender to restore peace and order.
President Abraham Lincoln's coffin lay in state in the Capitol Rotunda; an estimated 40,000 people filed past over two days.
Federal authorities capture George Atzerodt at Germantown, Maryland, for his role in the Lincoln assassination conspiracy. Five days after Lincoln's death, Booth and Herold still remain at large. Edwin Stanton offers a $100,000 reward for the fugitives' capture.
Still hiding in the pine thicket, Booth has been given newspapers and is shocked at the nation's response to his crime. He had been expecting to be revered as a great liberator. Around 10:30 p.m. tonight, Booth and Herold attempt to row across the Potomac to Virginia, but in the dark they lose their way and find they are still in Maryland come morning.
Four years prior on this day, Robert E. Lee resigns from the United States Army only two days after he was offered command of the Union army and three days after his native state, Virginia, had seceded from the Union.
