1865 in the United States

Summary

Events from the year 1865 in the United States. The American Civil War ends with the surrender of the Confederate States, beginning the Reconstruction era of U.S. history.

1865
in
the United States

Decades:
  • 1840s
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
See also:

Incumbents edit

Federal government edit

Events edit

 
February 17: Columbia, South Carolina burns
 
March 4: Andrew Johnson becomes the 16th U.S. vice president

January–March edit

April–June edit

 
Fires in Richmond, Virginia, burn out of control in the largely abandoned city after Evacuation Sunday (April 2)
 
April 9: Robert E. Lee surrenders
 
April 14: Lincoln assassinated
 
April 15: Johnson succeeds Lincoln as the 17th U.S. president
 
Oath to defend the Constitution of the United States and, among other promises, to "abide by and faithfully support all acts of Congress passed during the . . . rebellion having reference to slaves . . . ," signed by Samuel M. Kennard on June 27, 1865[2]

* April 1 – American Civil War: Battle of Five Forks – In Petersburg, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee begins his final offensive.

 
April 27: Sultana burns
 
"A Terrible List", Liverpool Mercury, November 17, 1865

July–September edit

October–December edit

 
July 30: Brother Jonathan sinks

Undated edit

Ongoing edit

Births edit

 
Warren G. Harding

Deaths edit

See also edit

Further reading edit

  • American Annual Cyclopaedia ... 1865, NY: D. Appleton & Co. – via HathiTrust

References edit

  1. ^ Ullrich, Dieter (2020). "The Explosion of the Steamer Eclipse". West Tennessee Historical Society Papers. Faculty Research at Morehead State University. 74: 54–72.
  2. ^ Copy of original document, via Ancestry.com
  3. ^ Cartmell, Donald (2001). The Civil War Book of Lists. Career Press. p. 104.

External links edit

  •   Media related to 1865 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons
  • Booknotes interview with Jay Winik on April 1865: The Month That Saved America, July 29, 2001.
  • "1865". Timeline. Digital Public Library of America. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014.