may 9, 1865 - Civil War ends
Description:
General Edmund Kirby Smith commander of Confederate soldiers west of the Mississippi with the signs of surrender. With smith's surrender America's bloodiest war had just ended.http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/american-civil-war-ends
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https://youtu.be/A9WJ1TNWDlo
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Date:
may 9, 1865
Now
~ 161 years ago