Battle of Selma, Alabama April 2, 1865

Many people and politicians are celebrating the anniversary of the Civil Rights march at Selma, Alabama. Not many people know though that on April 2, 1865 a critical Civil War battle took place there where the Union Army captured the city and shut down one of the last supply lines for Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia forcing them to finally surrender at Appomattox Court House. And thus ending slavery in the United States.