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  2. Battle of Columbus (1865) - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Columbus, Georgia (April 16, 1865), was the last conflict in the Union campaign through Alabama and Georgia, known as Wilson's Raid, in the final full month of the American Civil War. Maj. Gen. James H. Wilson had been ordered to destroy the city of Columbus as a major Confederate manufacturing center.

  3. Conclusion of the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    On April 16, the Battle of Columbus, Georgia was fought. This battle – erroneously – has been argued to be the "last battle of the Civil War" and equally erroneously asserted to be "widely regarded" as such. [7] [8] [9] [citation needed] Columbus fell to Wilson's Raiders about midnight on April 16, and most of its

  4. Wilson's Raid - Wikipedia

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    Wilson's Raid was a cavalry operation through Alabama and Georgia in March–April 1865, late in the American Civil War. U.S. Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson led his U.S. Cavalry Corps to destroy Confederate manufacturing facilities and was opposed unsuccessfully by a much smaller force under Confederate Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest.

  5. Alabama in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    From 1861 the Union blockade shut Mobile Bay, and in August 1864 the outer defenses of Mobile were taken by a Federal fleet during the Battle of Mobile Bay. On April 12, 1865, three days after the surrender of Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Courthouse, the city of Mobile surrendered to the Union army to avoid destruction following the Union ...

  6. Battle of Columbus - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Columbus may refer to: The Battle of Columbus (1865) , the last major land battle in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, April 16, 1865 The Battle of Columbus (1916) , a conflict between Pancho Villa and the U.S. Cavalry occurring in the Southwest U.S.

  7. List of American Civil War battles - Wikipedia

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    February 20, 1865: Battle of Fort Myers: Florida: Union: Southernmost land battle in Florida of the war. April 13 –15, 1865: Battle of Morrisville: North Carolina: Union: Last cavalry battle of the War. April 16, 1865: Battle of West Point: Georgia: Union: Union victory during final phase of U.S. Civil War. April 16, 1865: Battle of Columbus ...

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  9. Celebrations at the end of the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    The American Civil War did not have a clear ending, but by the beginning of April 1865 it was obvious that the Union had won. Richmond fell on April 2. The Army of Northern Virginia surrendered to General Ulysses Grant at Appomatox Court House on April 9, 1865. This good news produced, in the North, a call for public celebrations.