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Events of 1865

January - March

January 15: Union captures Fort Fisher.

American Civil War in 1865

• January 1 - Hector Berlioz finishes his Memoirs.
• January 13 - American Civil War: The Second Battle of Fort Fisher begins when United States forces launch a major amphibious assault against the Confederate stronghold of Fort Fisher, North Carolina.
• January 15 - American Civil War: United States forces capture Fort Fisher.
• January 31 - American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief.
• February 17 - American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina burns as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
• February 22 - Tennessee adopts a new constitution that abolishes slavery.
• March 3 - The U.S. Congress authorizes formation of the Freedmen's Bureau.
• March 4 - US President Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated for second term. Andrew Johnson becomes Vice President.
• March 13 - American Civil War: The Confederate States of America agrees to the use of African American troops.
• March 18 - American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States of America adjourns for the last time.
• March 19 - American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle on the 21st the Confederate forces had retreated from Four Oaks, North Carolina.
• March 25
  • The "Claywater Meteorite" explodes just before reaching ground level in Vernon County, Wisconsin. Fragments having a combined mass of 1.5 kg were recovered.
  • American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces capture Fort Steadman from the Union. Lee's army suffers heavy casualties during the battle of Fort Stedman—about 2,900, including 1,000 captured in the Union counterattack. Confederate positions are weakened. After the battle, Lee's defeat was only a matter of time.

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Second Battle of Fort Fisher Conflict American Civil War Date January 13-15, 1865 Place New Hanover County, North Carolina Result Union victory Sometimes referred to as the Gibraltar of the South and the last major stronghold of the Confederacy, Fort Fisher had tremendous strategic value during the American Civil... Motto Deo Vindice (Latin: Under God, Our Vindicator) Anthem (none official) God Save the South (unofficial) The Bonnie Blue Flag (unofficial) Dixie (unofficial)  States that seceded under CSA control  States and territories claimed by CSA without formal secession and/or control Capital Montgomery, Alabama (until May 29, 1861) Richmond, Virginia... Fort Fisher Fort Fisher was a Confederate fort during the American Civil War. ... Official language(s) English Demonym North Carolinian Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Largest metro area Charlotte metro area Area  Ranked 28th in the US  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 150 miles (340 km)  - Length 560[1] miles (900 km)  - % water 9. ... is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... For other uses, see Robert E. Lee (disambiguation). ... is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... For other uses, see Columbia (disambiguation). ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the U.S. state of Tennessee. ... Slave redirects here. ... is the 62nd day of the year (63rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Congress in Joint Session. ... The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, popularly known as the Freedmens Bureau or (mistakenly) the Freedmans Bureau, was an agency of the government of the United States that was formed to aid distressed refugees of the United States Civil War, including former slaves and poor white... is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Abraham Lincoln (disambiguation). ... For other persons of the same name, see Andrew Johnson (disambiguation). ... is the 72nd day of the year (73rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 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April - June

April 2: Jefferson Davis.

April 9: Appomattox Court House.

• April 1 - American Civil War: Battle of Five Forks - In Petersburg, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee begins his final offensive.
• April 2 - American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his Cabinet flee the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia which is taken the next day.
• April 6 - German Chemicals producer, Badische Anilin- und Sodafabrik(BASF) founded in Mannheim.
• April 9 - American Civil War: General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, effectively ending the American Civil War.
• April 14
  • U. S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. by John Wilkes Booth.
  • US Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked in his home by Lewis Powell.
• April 15 - Vice President Andrew Johnson becomes the 17th President of the United States, upon the death of President Abraham Lincoln.
• April 18 - Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his entire cabinet arrive in Charlotte with a contingent of 1,000 soldiers.
• April 21 - German Chemicals producer BASF moves its headquarters and factories from Mannheim to the Hemshof District of Ludwigshafen.
• April 26
  • Union cavalry corner John Wilkes Booth and cavalryman Boston Corbett shoots the assassin dead.
  • American Civil War: Confederate General Joseph Johnston surrenders his army to General William Tecumseh Sherman at Durham Station, North Carolina.
• April 27
  • The steamboat Sultana, carrying 2,300 passengers, explodes and sinks in the Mississippi River, killing 1,700, most of whom were Union survivors of the Andersonville Prison.
  • Governor of New York, Reuben Fenton, signs a bill formally creating Cornell University in US.

April 14: Lincoln shot.

April 27: Sultana sinks.

• May 1 - Triple Alliance of Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay against Paraguay is formally signed - War of the Triple Alliance has already begun.
• May 4 - American Civil War: Confederate General Richard Taylor, commanding all Confederate forces in Alabama, Mississippi, and eastern Louisiana, surrenders his forces to Union General E.R.S. Canby at Citronelle, Alabama, effectively ending the Civil War.
• May 5
  • In North Bend, Ohio (a suburb of Cincinnati), the first train robbery in the United States takes place.
  • Jefferson Davis meets with his Confederate Cabinet (14 officials) for the last time, in Washington, Georgia, and the Confederate Government is officially dissolved.
• May 10 - American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is captured by Union troops near Irwinville, Georgia.
• May 13 - American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch - In far south Texas, more than a month after Confederate General Lee's surrender, the last land battle of the civil war ends with a Confederate victory.
• May 23 - Parade down Pennsylvania Ave in Washington, DC to celebrate the ending of the American Civil War.
• May 25 - Mobile magazine explosion: 300 are killed in Mobile, Alabama when an ordnance depot explodes.
• June 2 - American Civil War ends - Confederate forces west of the Mississippi under General Edmund Kirby Smith surrender at Galveston, Texas, becoming the last to do so.
• June 11 - Brazilian navy squadron defeats Paraguayan navy at the Battle of Riachuelo.

July 2: Salvation Army.

• June 19 - American Civil War: Union Major General Gordon Granger lands at Galveston, Texas and informs the people of Texas of the Emancipation Proclamation. This event is celebrated each year as Juneteenth.
• June 23 - American Civil War: At Fort Towson in Oklahoma Territory Confederate General Stand Watie, a Cherokee Indian, surrenders the last significant rebel army.
• June 25 - James Hudson Taylor founds the China Inland Mission at Brighton. England.

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July - September

July 4: Alice/Wonderland

• July - The Christian Mission, later renamed the Salvation Army, is founded in Whitechapel, London by William and Catherine Booth.
• July 4 - Lewis Carroll publishes Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
• July 5
  • US Secret Service is founded.
  • First speed limit is introduced in Britain - 2 mph in town and 4 mph in the country.
• July 7 - Following Abraham Lincoln's assassination on April 14, the four condemned to death, during the trial, are hanged, including David Herold, George Atzerodt, Lewis Payne and Mary Surratt. Her son, John Surratt, escapes execution by fleeing to Canada and - ultimately - to Egypt.
• July 14 - The summit of the Matterhorn in the Alps is reached for the first time; four of the party of seven die in a fall during the descent.

July 14: Matterhorn climbed.

July 30: Steamer Brother Jonathan sinks.

• July 21 - In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots Dave Tutt dead in what is regarded as the first true western showdown.
• July 27 - Welsh settlers arrive in Argentina at Chubut Valley.
• July 30 - The steamer Brother Jonathan sinks off the California coast, killing 225.
• July 31 - First narrow gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Australia.
• August 25 - Fall of the Shergotty meteorite Mars meteorite in Sherghati, Gaya, Bihar, India.

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David Herold, Washington Navy Yard, 1865 Execution of the four persons condemned as conspirators (Mary E. Surratt, Lewis T. Powell, David E. Herold, and George A. Atzerodt), July 7, 1865, at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C. David Edgar Herold (16 June 1842 – 7 July 1865) conspired with John Wilkes... George Atzerodt George Andreas Atzerodt (June 12, 1835 – July 7, 1865)[1][2] was a U.S. conspirator with John Wilkes Booth. ... Lewis Payne Lewis Payne (born April 22, 1844 in Randolph County, Alabama - executed July 7, 1865 in Washington D.C), alias Lewis Powell (April 22, 1844-July 7, 1865), was an associate of Abraham Lincolns assassin, John Wilkes Booth, who made an attempt on Secretary of State William Seward... Mary Surratt Mary Elizabeth Eugenia Jenkins Surratt (May/June 1823 in Waterloo, Maryland, USA – July 7, 1865 in Washington, D.C), was a member of the Abraham Lincoln assassination conspiracy and the first woman executed by the United States federal government, for her role in the conspiracy. ... John Surratt, in Zouave uniform John Surratt (April 13, 1844 - April 21, 1916), son of Mary Surratt, was accused of plotting to kidnap U.S. president Abraham Lincoln. ... is the 195th day of the year (196th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Matterhorn (German) or Cervino (Italian), (French: Mont Cervin or Le Cervin) is perhaps the most familiar mountain in the European Alps. ... Alp redirects here. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1680x1050, 266 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Matterhorn ... 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October - December

• October 11 - Paul Bogle leads hundreds of black men and women in a march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.
• November 10 - Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming the only American Civil War soldier to be executed for war crimes.
• November 26 - Battle of Papudo: The Spanish ship Covadonga is captured by the Chileans and the Peruvians, north of Valparaiso, Chile.
• December 10 - Léopold II becomes King of the Belgians.
• December 11 - U.S. Congress created the House Appropriations Committee and the Committee on Banking and Commerce, reducing the tasks of the Committee on Ways and Means.
• December 18 - Thirteenth Constitutional amendment declared ratified by three-fourths of the States of the United States. It forever abolished slavery.
• December 21 - Kappa Alpha Order founded at Washington College.
• December 24 - Several US Civil War Confederate veterans form the Ku Klux Klan, to resist Reconstruction, and intimidate "carpetbaggers" and "scalawags" as well as to repress the freed slaves.

November 26: Battle of Papudo.

Francis Galton.

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