May 19, 1865---The Battle of Hodby's Bridge

MAY 19, 1865:            

The Battle of Hodby’s Bridge, Alabama:          

A squad of 25 Union troops on patrol near Eufala, Alabama, is attacked by Confederate guerrillas of an unknown unit on the border with the Florida panhandle, a notoriously pro-Confederate region. Corporal John W. Skinner, of Company C, 1st Florida U.S., is killed in the firefight, making him an historical contender for the dubious title of “the last man killed in the Civil War.”