| January 13, 1865 |
Flooding destroys property in east-central Georgia including Augusta and Hamburg
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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Richmond County, Georgia |
| January 16, 1865 |
From his field headquarters in Savannah, General William Tecumseh Sherman issues Special Field Orders, No. 15, giving "negroes now made free by the acts of war" abandoned coastal land from Charleston to the St. Johns River in Florida
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Slavery in Georgia |
| February 3, 1865 |
Alexander Stephens, as Vice President of the Confederate States of America holds a conference with Abraham Lincoln on a ship off the coast of Virginia regarding the end of the Civil War.
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Alexander Stephens |
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Civil War - 1865 |
| April 16, 1865 |
Wilson's Federal cavalry captures Columbus and West Point
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Columbus, Georgia |
| April 18, 1865 |
Confederate Powder Works in Augusta ceases operation
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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Civil War - 1865 |
| April 19, 1865 |
Skirmish at Barnesville
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Civil War - 1865 |
| April 20, 1865 |
Macon falls into Union hands
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City of Macon, Georgia |
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Union troops enter Macon, Georgia |
| April 20, 1865 |
Major General Howell Cobb surrenders his troops and the city of Macon, Georgia |
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Howell Cobb |
| April 26, 1865 |
General Joseph Johnston surrenders to William Tecumseh Sherman on the James Bennett farm near Durham, NC. Georgia was within Johnston's military district. |
| April 27, 1865 |
Steamship Sultana exploded about ten miles north of Memphis, Tennessee. Many of the dead had survived horrible conditions at Georgia's Andersonville Prison and were returning home.
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Camp Sumter, Andersonville, Georgia
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Civil War - 1865 |
| May 3, 1865 |
Governor Joseph Brown calls the state legislature to session for May 22, "...in order that measures might be taken to prevent anarchy, restore and preserve order, and save what remains of liberty and civilization." |
| May 7, 1865 |
Henry Wirz, commander of inmates at Andersonville (Camp Sumter), arrested
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Camp Sumter, Andersonville, Georgia
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| May 9, 1865 |
Joseph Brown is arrested in the governor's mansion in Milledgeville by Captain G. H. Kneeland of the Union Army. |
| May 10, 1865 |
Confederate States of America President Jefferson Davis is captured in southwest Georgia near Irwinville
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Jefferson Davis |
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Civil War - 1865 |
| May 10, 1865 |
Arriving by train in Atlanta, Governor Brown rides by horse to Dalton under a "strong escort" |
| May 12, 1865 |
General William Tatum Wofford surrenders the last organized group of Confederate soldiers east of the Mississippi at Kingston, Georgia
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William Tatum Wofford |
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Civil War - 1865 |
| May 15, 1865 |
Department of the South declares Brown's call for a meeting of the legislature on May 22 null and void. |
| May 29, 1865 |
Andrew Johnson rescinds Sherman's Special Order 15, returning the confiscated and abandoned land to its original owners.
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| June 17, 1865 |
James Johnson, a pro-Union Georgian appointed by President Andrew Johnson begins term as governor of Georgia
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Governors of Georgia, 1801-1900
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| June 20, 1865 |
Orders for the release of former Georgia Governor Joe Brown from Carroll Prison (Old Capitol Prison) are issued |
| June 29, 1865 |
Governor Brown resigns in an address to the people of Georgia. |
| July 14, 1865 |
Atlanta National Bank, the first national bank in Georgia (and the Southeastern United States) is proposed by Alfred Austell
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Wachovia and First Union Banks
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| September 2, 1865 |
Conf. General Alfred Austell establishes Atlanta National Bank
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Wachovia and First Union Banks
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| October 28, 1865 |
Frederick Ayers begins teaching black students in a boxcar in Atlanta. In 1867 this operation will be chartered Atlanta University by the state of Georgia |
| November 10, 1865 |
Henry Wirz (not Wirtz, as his name is frequently misspelled), commander of the Confederate prisoner of war garrison at Andersonville, is hung in Washington, D. C.
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Camp Sumter, Andersonville, Georgia
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| November 15, 1865 |
Charles Jenkins elected governor. He is the only candidate
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Charles Jones Jenkins |
| December 6, 1865 |
Georgia ratifies the 13th Amendment to the Constitution
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Georgia, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution
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| December 14, 1865 |
Charles Jones Jenkins begins term as governor of Georgia
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Charles Jones Jenkins |
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Governors of Georgia, 1801-1900
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| December 19, 1865 |
Governor James Johnson, who had been appointed by Andrew Johnson (no relation), gives up the position to Charles Jenkins, who had been inaugurated five days earlier
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Charles Jones Jenkins |
| December 19, 1865 |
Atlanta National Bank opens its doors. With capital stock of more than $100,000, and the first national bank in the Southeast, Atlanta National gave the Gate City the ability to fund growth. |
