 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kutevera kuzvipira kwaLee kuna Grant paAppomattox Court House uye kuurawa kweMutungamiri Lincoln, Sherman akasangana naJohnston musi waApril 17, 1865 paBennett Place muDurham, North Carolina, kuti vataurirane nezvekuzvipira kweConfederate. Pakusimbirira kwaJohnston, Mutungamiri weConfederate Jefferson Davis, uye Secretary weConfederate weHondo John C. Breckinridge, Sherman akabvuma mamiriro ezvinhu ane rupo ane chekuita nenyaya dzehondo uye dzezvematongerwo enyika. Musi waApril 20, Sherman akatumira gwaro raiva neshoko racho kuhurumende yaiva muWashington, D.C. 