Who was the last Confederate general to surrender his command?

Who was the last Confederate general to surrender his command? Stand Watie was the last Confederate general to surrender his command.

A Cherokee leader and Confederate brigadier general, Watie commanded Native American troops in the Trans-Mississippi Theater. His forces included Cherokee, Muscogee, and Seminole soldiers allied with the Confederacy.

Watie surrendered near Doaksville in present-day Oklahoma on June 23, 1865—more than two months after Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox. The war’s final Confederate forces were scattered across the western territories, where news and formal surrender arrangements moved slowly.

Watie is sometimes confused with better-known Confederate commanders such as Lee or Joseph E. Johnston. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia, but several Confederate commands remained active afterward. Watie was also the only Native American Confederate general officer and later served as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation.