On this day in the Civil War, General Edward Canby and Richard Taylor meet near Mobile, Alabama, and agree to arrange for the surrender of all Confederate troops in Alabama and Mississippi. These Confederates are the only remaining large troops which have still not surrendered.

Generals Canby and Taylor

(Photo Credit: Library of Congress)

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