Ruins, looking south down Meeting Street, Charleston, South Carolina, April 1865

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View on Meeting St., Charleston, S.C., looking south, showing St. Michael's church, the Mills House, ruins of Central Church and Theatre in ruins in the foreground
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Mills House, South Carolina, April 1865

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Mills House
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Secession Hall, Meeting Street, Charleston, South Carolina, April 1865

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Meeting Street-Ruins of Secession Hall and Circular Church, with St. Phillips in distance
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Henry Ward Beecher on the Speakers' Platform, Flag Raising at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, April 14, 1865, zoomable photograph

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Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Interior view of Fort Sumter during ceremony of raising flag
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Civil War Glass Negative Collection, Library of Congress

Speakers' Platform, Flag Raising Ceremony at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, April 14, 1865, zoomable photograph

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Charleston, S.C. Flag-raising ceremony, with Brevet Maj. Gen. Robert Anderson and Henry Ward Beecher present
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Civil War Glass Negative Collection, Library of Congress

At Citronelle, Alabama, Confederate General Richard Taylor surrenders his forces of the Department of Alabama

Confederate General Richard Taylor, the son of former President Zachary Taylor, commanded the Department of Alabama.  Considering that his continued resistance was useless, he surrendered his forces, under similar terms agreed at Appomattox, to Union General Edward Canby under the soon-to-be-famous "Surrender Oak" at Citronelle, Alabama. His troops were the last Confederate land forces in operation east of the Mississippi River. (By John Osborne)  
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In Cuba, a powerful Confederate warship reaches Havana from Lisbon in Portugal and learns that the war has ended

The French-built Confederate C.S.S. Stonewall had arrived in Nassau a few days earlier after sailing across the Atlantic from Portugal.  She reached Havana, Cuba and her commander, Captain Thomas Page, heard the war was over.  He sold the vessel to Spain, which then sold it on the the United States.  The U.S., in turn sold her to the Empire of Japan in 1869, where she was christened the Kötetsu and served until the 1880s. (By John Osborne)   
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Confederate warship departs Lisbon and confusion involving following U.S. ships almost sparks an international incident

The French-built Confederate C.S.S. Stonewall had arrived in the neutral port of Lisbon several days before. When she sailed, the commander of the Portugese harbor forts spotted the shadowing U.S. Navy ships shifting anchorage in the port. Assuming they were weighing anchor to pursue, contrary to international law, he fired warning shots before discovering his mistake.  Portugal made official apologies. (By John Osborne)   
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