On April 26, Confederate Gen. Joseph Johnston and his 90,000 troops surrendered ... Over 35,000 men died on both sides. They call the battle “the river of death.” On the Confederate side ...

It was on April 9, Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant. On April 14, President Abraham Lincoln was killed and Vice President Andrew Johnson was sworn in. On April 26, Confederate Gen.

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“Is he not a Civil War general on the cusp of battle?” one person joked. “'Dear Martha, today we routed the rebels,'” another wrote, while another added “Served under Itty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

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