when did the civil war start and end

The American Civil War started on April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina. It ended in 1865, with the primary military surrender occurring on April 9, 1865, when General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House. However, other Confederate forces continued to surrender until June 1865, with the last battle fought on May 13, 1865, at Palmito Ranch, Texas.