Cobblestone American History Magazine for Kids - January 2025: 1865: A Year in the Civil War

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The Civil War ended with a few battles, a presidential assassination, and questions of how to restore the Union.

Getting Started

Beginning in April 1861, two armies— both made up of American soldiers—began fighting each other in the Civil War.

1 min

FORT FISHER'S FALL

Outnumbered Confederate soldiers inside Fort Fisher were unable to withstand the approach of Union troops by land and the constant Union naval bombardment from the sea.

2 mins

PEACE TALKS

The fall of Fort Fisher made clear that the Confederacy’s days were numbered. Southerners were tired and hungry.

2 mins

WAR SHERMAN-STYLE

As far as Union Major General William T. Sherman was concerned, the Civil War had gone on long enough.

4 mins

A Helping Hand

The spring season is hard in any agricultural society. Plants and animals are too small to eat.

3 mins

HEALING THE NATION

President Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office for the second time on March 4, 1865.

1 min

Let the Thing Be Pressed

In June 1864, Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant began a nearly 10-month campaign in Virginia.

5 mins

A Plot to Kill President the

For several months, actor John Wilkes Booth’s band of conspirators had plotted to capture President Abraham Lincoln and hold him hostage in exchange for Confederate prisoners.

2 mins

AND IN OTHER 1865 NEWS

A group of African Americans stop at the White House’s annual public reception on January 1, where they shake hands with President Abraham Lincoln.

1 min

LAST SHOTS

The last Confederate forces in the Civil War didn’t surrender in the spring of 1865 or on a battlefield.

3 mins

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