The Final Battle of Palmito Ranch in the American Civil War

What happened to the soldiers in this region of Appomattox Court House, Virginia, after hearing that General Robert E. Lee had surrendered and the war was “technically” over?

On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Confederate troops to the Union’s Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, marking the beginning of the end of the grinding four-year-long American Civil War. Even still, battles took place within the US. The Last Battle of the Civil War is considered to have taken place in Texas. Known as the Battle of Palmito Ranch, forces in the Trans-Mississippi area did not surrender. What happened to the soldiers in this region after hearing that General Lee had surrendered and the war was “technically” over? What took place during the battle of Palmito Ranch?