Today the last Confederate surrender takes place across the Atlantic Ocean in Liverpool, England, where the CSS Shenandoah, the only Confederate vessel to circumnavigate the globe, lowers her flag for the final time. The Confederate Navy thus comes to an end. Meanwhile, a few days out of Boston harbor aboard the schooner H. P. Russell,…
A ship chartered by the American Colonization Society sails out of Baltimore with 172 freedmen from the Lynchburg, Virginia area, many who are of “the Baptist persuasion, one of the latter being a preacher.” A number of skilled persons are among those who embark. The destination is Carysburg, in the interior of Liberia. The leaders…
As news of the Union victory at Fort Fisher (North Carolina) continues spreading throughout the North and South, U.S. General William T. Sherman, still in Savannah, is anxious to march into South Carolina. To his dismay, rain and high water serve to delay his departure. Today the American Colonization Society, an organization supported by many…