On this day--Peace between the U.S. and Texas!

From our good friends at Texas Day by Day...

On this day in 1866, President Andrew Johnson, declaring that "the insurrection in the State of Texas has been completely and everywhere suppressed and ended," officially ended the Civil War by issuing a proclamation of peace between the United States and Texas. Johnson had declared a state of peace between the U.S. and the other ten Confederate states on April 2, 1866. The last land battle of the Civil War took place at Palmito Ranch near Brownsville on May 13, 1865, more than a month after Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse.

Fascinating blog series...

For those of you who are Civil War buffs, please check out this five-part series about a well-known photograph. Very interesting stuff!