 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Johnson akatora basa pashure pokunge Robert E. Lee azviisa mumaoko eAppomatox Court House, asi mauto eConfederate akaramba ari munhandare. Musi waApril 21, 1865, Johnson, achitsigirwa nekanzuru yake, akarayira General Ulysses S. Grant kuti adzorere chibvumirano chehondo chakaitwa pakati peUnion General William T. Sherman neConfederate General Joseph E. Johnston. Chibvumirano chacho chaisanganisira mamiriro ezvematongerwe enyika akadai sokuzivikanwa kwehurumende dzeConfederate dzaivapo. Musi waMay 2, Johnson akabudisa chiziviso chaipira 100,000 nokuda kwokubatwa kweMutungamiri weConfederate Jefferson Davis, uyo vazhinji vaifunga kuti akanga abatanidzwa mukuuraya Lincoln. Davis akabatwa musi waMay 10. Pakupera kwaMay, uto rokupedzisira reConfederate rakanga riri mumunda rakazvipira, uye Johnson akatungamira kuratidzwa kwemauto kwokukunda muWashington, D.C. pamwe chete nehurumende nemauto makuru enyika. Pashure pemwedzi isingasviki miviri ari muhofisi, Johnson akanga arima mukurumbira womumwe munhu aizova akaoma kuConfederation yakakundwa, uye kuremekedzwa kwake pakati pevaRepublican veCongress kwakaramba kwakakwirira. 