In 1865, the final major Confederate army surrendered and effectively ended the war
While the world remembers Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, the American Civil War did not truly reach its conclusion until General Edmund Kirby Smith surrendered the final major Confederate force in Texas.
Most people believe the Civil War ended in April 1865, but the conflict lingered for weeks in the West. On May 26, 1865, General Edmund Kirby Smith negotiated the surrender of the Trans-Mississippi Department, the last significant Confederate army in the field.
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