The Army
The Army of the Trans-Mississippi was the major Confederate field army for the Department of the Trans-Mississippi during the American Civil War. The army originally numbered well over 50,000 troops, but less than 43,000 by the wars end. Major campaigns fought in this Department included Sibley's New Mexico campaign, Banks' Red River campaign, and Price's Missouri campaign, amongst others.
The Army of the Trans-Mississippi was the last major Confederate command to be surrendered. General E. Kirby Smith did so on May 26, 1865, although many of his troops had already "gone home."
It was in Trans-Mississippi that the post-war Battle of Palmito Ranch was fought, May 12–13, 1865. A victory for the Confederate forces, the battle was actually fought several days after the war had actually ended. Although the war in trans-Mississippi was officially over, the declaration of the end of hostilities could not yet be counted on. The last remaining Confederate land-combat force of the war, the 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles (led by Cherokee Nation leader, and Confederate Brigadier-General, Stand Watie) surrendered on June 23, 1865.
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Famous quotes containing the word army:
“I’m the boss, you’re an idiot. You’re the boss, I’m an idiot.”
—Russian army saying, trans. by Vladimir Ivanovich Shlyakov (1993)
“In one notable instance, where the United States Army and a hundred years of persuasion failed, a highway has succeeded. The Seminole Indians surrendered to the Tamiami Trail. From the Everglades the remnants of this race emerged, soon after the trail was built, to set up their palm-thatched villages along the road and to hoist tribal flags as a lure to passing motorists.”
—For the State of Florida, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)