The last major Confederate force east of the Mississippi surrendered in 1865
The American Civil War reached a final turning point in the Deep South when General Nathan Bedford Forrest surrendered the last major Confederate force east of the Mississippi in 1865.
On May 9, 1865, Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest surrendered his troops at Gainesville, Alabama. While Robert E. Lee had surrendered at Appomattox a month earlier, Forrest's cavalry remained a formidable threat until this moment. His capitulation effectively ended organized Confederate military resistance in the eastern theater of the war.
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