Actor and Confederate fanatic who assassinated Abraham Lincoln in April, 1865. Joseph E. Johnston He surrendered his Army of Tennessee, despite Jefferson Davis's orders to keep fighting, because he realized that further bloodshed was senseless. read more
The Border States were the four slave States that stayed in the Union: Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri. Delaware did not join the Confederacy. Kentucky never seceded, and the Confederate shadow government of Kentucky existed only on paper. Maryland never seceded, but the officials in favour of secession were jailed. read more