May 26th, 1865
American Civil War: Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi division, is the last general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at Galveston, Texas. event on May 26, 1865. Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
Events around May 26, 1865
May 26th, 1865 | Birth | Robert W. Chambers, American artist (died in 1933) |
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