Page 5: Historical Events In 1865

Apr 04   Lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse.   

Apr 05   Battle at Amelia Springs/Jetersville VA (Appomattox Campaign).   

Apr 06   Battle of Sayler's Creek, 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off.   

Apr 06   John Austin Wharton, US Confederate general-major, dies at 36.   

Apr 07   Battle of Farmville VA.   

Apr 08   John Park, composer, dies at 61   

Apr 09   Charles Proteus Steinmetz, Germany, experiment with AC electricity   

Apr 09   Federals capture Ft Blakely, Alabama   

Apr 09   General Robert E Lee and 26765 troops, surrender at Appomattox Court House in Virginia to US Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant.   

Apr 09   Lee's retreat cut off near Appomattox Court House.   

Apr 09   Robert E Lee and 26765 troops, surrender to US Grant at Appomattox   

Apr 09   The American Civil War ends with the surrender of the Confederate forces   

Apr 09   Thomas Alfred Smyth, Irish/US Union general-major, dies at 32   

Apr 10   At Appomattox, Gen Lee issues Gen Order #9, his last.   

Apr 13   Battle of Raleigh, NC   

Apr 13   Heinrich Reinhardt, composer.   

Apr 13   Sherman's march through Georgia begins Southerners start promising that the South will rise again.   

Apr 13   Sherman's march through Georgia begins.   

Apr 14   John Wiles Booth murders president Lincoln "But apart from that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?".   

Apr 14   John Wilkes Booth shoots Abraham Lincoln   

Apr 14   Mobile, Alabama is captured.   

Apr 14   Pres Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth   

Apr 15   Otto von Bismarck elevated to earl   

Apr 15   The American president Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while watching a play   

Apr 16   Battle of Columbus and West Point, GA (Ft Tyler)   

Apr 16   Robert C Tyler, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle   

Apr 17   Mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in Lincoln's assassination.   

Apr 18   Confederate Gen Johnson surrendered to Gen Sherman in North Carolina.   

Apr 20   Chicago's Crosby Opera House opens.   

Apr 20   Safety matches were inaugural advertised this day.   

Apr 21   Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington   

Apr 22   Francis Washburn, US Union colonel/gen major, dies of injuries.   

Apr 23   James Dearing, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 24   

Apr 24   Fire alarm and police telegraph system put into operation (SF).   

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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),