On April 16th 1865, Easter Sunday, the last large scale engagement of the American Civil War was fought in Columbus, GA. Columbus is known to most current service members as the town immediately outside the gates of Fort Benning. US Army Fort Benning itself is the home of the Infantry branch, and more recently has become home to the Armor Branch, morphing into the Army's Maneuver Center of Excellence (MCoE).

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On this day (05 August) in 1861 the US Army abolished flogging as a form of punishment for Soldiers guilty of breaches of military law or custom. Although often thought of as a primarily naval punishment, Congress had actually prohibited the Navy from flogging Sailors over ten years prior to the Army decision, spurred on in part by popular literary descriptions of the practice.

On this day in history in 1865 President Abraham Lincoln toured the still smoldering Confederate capitol of Richmond, VA with his son Tad. While more lives were doomed to be lost, the American Civil War was almost at its end.
Following an increasing number of defeats the Confederate government fled Richmond on April 2nd 1865 in the face of advancing Union forces. As they left, rebel troops burned bridges, arsenals and warehouses in a bid to hamper Union movement and prevent war material from falling into Northern hands. This ultimately pointless gesture (Lee would surrender the Army of Northern Virginia only one week later) quickly got out of control and devastated portions of the city.