New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20
WHEN DO WARS ENID
Two Dates of Ending Of War with Spain
Similar Complications as TO Civil War.

when did the war with sDsin end Is qgse
ton upon which the navy and the War Depar-.
nent seem 70 be az variance. Recently the Actlaz
Secretary Of the Navy decided that the SPANS,
War ended on December 10. 1893 the date ~ tas
signing OF the treaty OF peace. The War Depasf.
ment had previously ruled that the did nj.
officially end until April n. 1892 the date ~ %
exchange % ratihcations OF the treaty. Tfore.s-
the Spanish War Is the only ono upon uhts
the authorities have disagreed for there arc really
two dates. official. OF the ending Of the ci,u
War. In between two nations treaty -
peace usually furnishes the historical date Tor 's.
conclusion % hostilities but there treafy
making power ~ tho South. and more than yss-
passed after the last Confederate troops esbandsa
before the formal official announcement was mad.
that the civil War had ended
The civil War is often referred 20 as thN Ars-.
lean Rebellion % 1875, but IL was really q ~.
bat the war did not end with the OCCUPATION -
forces tho morning o. April 3. 1880 IIos'jl;is,
went on with vtg0r in Virginia and elsewhere IatI
surrendered at Nppomattox 4 few davs iafs-
Mobile was evacuated and Granger fl-ces 0oc,.
rho east 81 the Mississippi when General vrf
SON captureJ Columbus and West Point and O.
rebel force had been trying 70 escape and beirE
neiilIned IN ne oIeTed 20 surrender on Apr ~ 5g,
PRESIDENT Lincoln rejected the terms ard the sua.
agreement was not signed until April % T<1t e~e-
field and guerilla operations and Irregular rar.,,.
were continued for time west % the liississIg1l
but il not until June : that the last man 4.
the ass was parDed. Lieutenant General .'r,i.,-
Iaylors much larger army surrendered Oh Nav a
'oIatnOd0re FarTd1cS squadron OF Ousatls-st.
vessels was surrendered on the Tor1blabea b.
or May 9 and on Tie following day Jo1es's a-rv
00J strong. iu F'lOrlda. surrendered On NJ IA ~
citizens OF Fort BEND Tev resolved 49, 49,, =
event viii consent 20 recoustrrro-I7- .
they Kept their pledge for several months
Meanwhile there had been threats 81 vs-io-,
resistance TO the federal govern u-art nv The --'
Mississippi forces. which expected 10 he i0f--I =
JEFFERSON Davis. then n fugitive IN Geo-gia ,-t
ior Wl0m an unremitting search had been kept g5
by the leading Confederate ofIcer~ until rfs o,-.
ure AZ lrW lusyille on May 10 General Kirby S,i..
General Hardemau ana other Con fader4.s -.
uanders issued orders announcing T,ee-s sII---5-
and declaring that the war would e. on me- -
same On Nav 10 The Coufederatee dera-fa-i d., -
really the last engagement OF the OWL War b. -
significant fact THAT the last s+ was "a o.
.- - ~ mon Toss was about
enty or eighty killed wounded and rrfessrr Now
ever In spite Of all the threats and 0aF-a- p, -
on the war. wiser counsels prevailed ana I'm W,y
- fNlToy smith surrruderco lis force
These historical notes show the fleFr-..f-- 80 -
Ing on any specific dav as marking tho a-J o~ ~.
war. Pence ~ is not surprising that MANI 81 ~.
duration Of hCstiliffes Tho t.-~rs1s~s.e r.-.-
nenl nae ts iJlL bur The southern States con
ne process ot practical reconstruction was ----
ionEed- But by degrees Congress r-es-r,..--
- 1! 20 ~ .le W7r rs che -t0 I-s5r~a--t0r 11,'
~ lenEth PRESIDENT Johnson issued - proc 4r7asi,-
IN August. 1856. fixing tho date ~ tra end ~ ,s.
W. SI6sequen,!x ohl.sI record vas made using
states has decided that tho War ,r +-. ps-..t--
closed on August o. 1865 Tho, date on v-s.r b..
PRESIDENT issued his proclamation declaring rrs b.
coin was Secretary ~ War II h -a--l~r- la .- !.
tle senate Committee on Military Affairs he s4i4.
no supreme Court Of tha Tri+rr SIT .- -
case Of the Protector 70 WAN -.s -orz -I-- ~,
war ended in an the Tinted states -v-s-- ravss
r4 -Ap' - i,1' 1ld N eNS on August 10. 1855
Hence there are two dates for t-e e-i - The .vl