Today Robert Smalls, a hero of the war, is discharged from military service. Smalls is a former slave who during the war daringly escaped from slavery in Charleston by capturing a Confederate steamer, the Planter. His heroics were celebrated throughout the North, where he conducted speaking tours. In addition, he was made captain of the…
The conclusion of the war has been marked by a series of events, each considered by some persons to be the end. Today, however, the war comes to a final conclusion when the last Confederate army, that of General Edmund Kirby Smith in Texas, formally surrenders. There will be a few more surrenders of small…
Among the Southern states, the Civil War ended the latest in Texas. With the defeat of the Confederacy, former and late Texas governor and Baptist layman Sam Houston turned out to be right in having refused to go along with secession, even though his refusal had led to his ouster from office mere weeks before…