Page 3: Historical Events In 1865

Feb 22   The U.S. state of Tennessee makes slavery illegal   

Feb 23   Barney Dreyfuss, baseball owner (Pitts Pirates).   

Feb 25   Otto Ludwig, German writer (Zwischen Himmel und Erde), dies at 47   

Feb 27   Civil War skirmish near Sturgeon MO.   

Feb 27   Civil War skirmish near Sturgeon, Missouri   

Feb 28   Arthur Symons, Welsh poet/critic/co-founder (Savoy).   

Mar 01   Anna Paulowna Romanova, great monarch of Russia, dies at 70   

Mar 01   Gerard Vissering, Dutch banker/president (Bank of Java)   

Mar 02   British newspaper "Morning Chronicle" begins publishing   

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

Mar 02   General Early's army is defeated at Waynesborough   

Mar 03   Alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer.   

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

Mar 03   Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands established.   

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

Mar 04   President Lincoln inaugurated for his 2nd term as President   

Mar 06   Battle of Natural Bridge, Florida.   

Mar 06   President Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Ball   

Mar 07   -10] Battles round Kinston NC   

Mar 07   Battles round Kinston NC.   

Mar 08   Battle of Kingston NC (Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks)   

Mar 08   Battle of Kingston, NC (Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks)   

Mar 08   Frederick William Goudy, US, printer/type designer   

Mar 09   Margaret Murray Washington, wife of Booker T/head (NACW 1896..1918)   

Mar 10   Battle of Monroe's Crossroads, NC   

Mar 10   Battle of Monroe's Crossroads, North Carolina   

Mar 10   Pim [Willem JH] Mulier, Dutch journalist/writer/sport-organizer   

Mar 10   William Henry "Little Billy" Chase Whiting, Confed gen-maj, dies at 48.   

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

Mar 11   Gen Sherman's Union forces occupies Fayetteville, NC   

Mar 11   General Sherman's Union forces occupy Fayetteville NC.   

Mar 12   Affair near Lone Jack, Missouri.   

Mar 13   Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers   

Mar 13   US Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service.   

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Jan 01   Giuseppe Ferrata: composer   

Jan 03   Henry Lytton: British actor and opera singer    

Jan 05   Julio Garavito Armero: Colombian astronomer    

Jan 10   Mary Ingalls: sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder    

Jan 13   Princess Marie of Orl�ans: Princess Marie of Orl�ans (d. 1908)   

Jan 17   Gen Sir Charles Fergusson: Governor-General of New Zealand    

Jan 20   Friedrich A H von Waldeck: brother of queen Emma/last ruler of Waldeck   

Jan 22   Friedrich Paschen: German physicist   

Jan 03   Jozef Lies: Flemish painter,   

Jan 08   Aimé: duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general (b. 1779)   

Jan 16   Edmond François Valentin About: French writer (b. 1828)   

Jan 19   Pierre-Joseph Proudhon: French philosopher and anarchist (b. 1809)   

Feb 06   John Pegram: US Confederate brig-gen,    

Feb 07   John Henry Winder: US Confederate brig-gen/provost marshal,    

Feb 10   Heinrich Lenz: German physicist (b. 1804)   

Feb 15   Nicholas Wiseman: 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65),