2 Surrender of the Trans-Mississippi Department, C.S.A., by
General Kirby Smith at Galveston.
17 Assumption of command of all U.S. troops in Texas by General
Gordon Granger.
Appointment of A. J. Hamilton provisional governor of Texas.
19 General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston and issued order
freeing all slaves in Texas and Louisiana.
27 Assumption of command by General Phil H. Sheridan of the
Military Division of the Gulf.
Naming of General E. R. S. Canby as commander of the Department
of Louisiana and Texas.