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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.
Wilson was delayed in crossing the rain-swollen Tennessee River, but he got underway on March 22, 1865, departing from Gravelly Springs in Lauderdale County, Alabama.He sent his forces in three separate columns to mask his intentions and confuse the enemy; Forrest learned very late in the raid that Selma was the primary target.
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On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger gave General Order No. 3, declaring all slaves in Texas to be free. While practically the order took some time to spread and enforce, its date of enactment was momentous, marking the legal end of slavery in the Confederacy. [28] This is now celebrated as the national holiday Juneteenth.
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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.
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