Appomattox

The North's Anaconda Plan proved sucessful. First at Vicksburg where the South was split and lost control of the Mississippi River, and then with Sherman's March to the Sea where the South was split yet again, the North demonstrated a powerful command of the military. Fragmented and isolated, the South was also desperate for food. Four years of fighting had destroyed most of the infastructure: roads, railroads, shipping and emancipation drastically reduced the labor force for such simple things as edible crops.

The Confederacy surrendered to Grant and the North at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865. Small pockets of resistance slowly collapsed, and the fighting was over by May. The War was OVER.