After Robert E. Lee's Confederate army in the Eastern Theater had surrendered, General Edmund Kirby Smith appointed Shelby a major general on May 10,1865, but the promotion was never formally submitted, due to the collapse of the Confederate government.
General Edmund Kirby Smith appointed Shelby a major general on May 10,1865. Robert E. Lee's Confederate army in the Eastern Theater had surrendered. The promotion was never formally submitted. This was due to the collapse of the Confederate government.