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Unaware of Robert E. Lee's surrender, General James H. Wilson's Union Cavalry swept across Alabama as boys and old men tried to defend Columbus. Cannon from the C.S.S. Chattahoochee were mounted here to protect the line. On the night of April 16, 1865, Columbus fell in what would be the last significant battle of the war. The next day, Union troops burned the city's cotton warehouses and industries but spared the grist mills.
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Columbus, Georgia · United States
