A farkon shekara ta 1865, bayan shekaru hudu na gwagwarmaya mai tsanani wanda ya kai ga mutuwar sojoji 620,000<unk>850,000, duk sojojin Confederate sun mika wuya kuma Confederation ya ɓace. Yaƙin ba shi da ƙarshen ƙarshe; kusan dukkanin sojojin Confederate sun tilasta yin sallama ko kuma sun watsar da gangan a ƙarshen 1865, wanda ya ragu da ma'aikata da kuma albarkatun da suka wuce na Amurka.
12 ga Afrilu, 1861