Dec 26 James H Mason (Mass) patents first US coffee percolator

Dec 18 Slavery is abolished in the US as the 13th Amendment to the Consitution is ratified.

Dec 30 The birth of Rudyard Kipling, British writer

Dec 18 Slavery abolished throughout America

Dec 24 Several Confederate veterans form the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tn

Aug 20 Pres Johnson proclaims an end to "insurrection" in Tx

Oct 11 Pres Johnson paroles CSA VP Alexander Stephens

Oct 08 Earthquake in Santa Cruz Mountains

Oct 01 The birth of Paul Dukas, French composer

Oct 10 John Hyatts patents the billiard ball

Jul 26 Patrick Francis Healy is first black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium)

Jul 31 East India Squadron established to operate from Sunda Strait to Japan.

Jul 04 The first edition of "Alice in Wonderland" is published

Jul 13 PT Barnum's museum burns down

Jul 14 The first ascent of Matterhorn

Jul 05 William Booth founded Salvation Army in London

Jul 07 4 Lincoln assassination conspirators, including Mary Surratt, hanged

Jul 13 Horace Greeley advises his readers to "Go west young man"

Jul 07 Lewis Paine, David Herold, George Atzerodt, and Mary Surratt were executed for their role in a conspiracy to throw the Union government into turmoil.

Jul 02 William Booth forms the Salvation Army

Mar 04 Confederate congress approves final design of "official flag"

Mar 25 Battle of Bluff Spring FL

Mar 16 Battle of Averasboro NC (1,500 casualities)

Mar 03 Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands established to help destitute free blacks

Mar 31 General Pickette moves to 5 Forks, abandoning the defense of Peterburg

Mar 20 Michigan authorizes workers' cooperatives

Mar 11 Assembly of Canada votes 91-33 to proceed with Confederation.

Mar 19 Battle of Bentonville-Confederates retreat from Greenville NC

Mar 31 Battle of Boydton, Virginia (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie Court House)

Mar 11 General Sherman's Union forces occupy Fayetteville NC

Mar 18 Congress of Confederate States of American adjourns for last time

Mar 23 British Parliament votes £50,000 for Canadian defense; after Union ship Kearsarge sinks Confederate ship Alabama, built in UK

Mar 02 Freedman's Bureau founded for Black Education, 1865

Mar 27 Siege of Spanish Fort AL: captured by Federals

Mar 06 Battle of Natural Bridge, Florida

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