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19 Sherman repulses Johnston?s attack at Bentonville, N. C., and the Confederates retreat toward Raleigh. 22 Maj. Gen. James H. Wilson launches a sweeping cavalry raid into northern Alabama. 23 Sherman occupies Goldsboro, N. C. 23 Baxter, still in Selma, is active in destroying all Confederate materiel. 28 Lincoln discusses peace terms with Grant and Sherman on board the River Queen at City Point, Va. April 1865 2 Wilson?s Federal cavalry captures Selma, Ala. 3 Baxter arrives at Montgomery. 7 Grant and Lee enter into correspondence leading to surrender. 9 Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia to Grant at Appomattox Court House, Va. 9 Twentieth is consolidated with other Mississippi regiments as the Fifteenth. 12 Wilson?s Union cavalry captures Montgomery. 12 Federal troops enter Mobile. 12 Baxter participates in skirmish at Chattahoochee River near Columbus, Ga. 12 At Greensboro, N. C., Johnston tells Jefferson Davis that further resistance is impossible. 99 to7
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