1865
January 15 battles for Fort Fisher in North Carolina;
1,841 casualties.
1865
February 3 – Lincoln meets with Confederate Peace
Commission at Hampton Roads, Virginia.
1865
February 19 – Confederates abandon Charleston, South
Carolina.
1865
March 3 – Union Congress creates the Freedmen’s
Bureau.
1865
March 13 – The Confederacy authorizes the arming of
slaves as soldiers.
1865
March 25 to April 2 – The Battle of Petersburg in
Virginia; 17,000 casualties.
1865
April 3 to 4 – Davis flees Richmond, hoping to escape
to the South; Lincoln arrives in the city.
1865
April 9 – Lee surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse,
Virginia. End of the Civil War.
1865
April 14 – Five days later, Abraham Lincoln is
assassinated.
January 15 battles for Fort Fisher in North Carolina;
1,841 casualties.
1865
February 3 – Lincoln meets with Confederate Peace
Commission at Hampton Roads, Virginia.
1865
February 19 – Confederates abandon Charleston, South
Carolina.
1865
March 3 – Union Congress creates the Freedmen’s
Bureau.
1865
March 13 – The Confederacy authorizes the arming of
slaves as soldiers.
1865
March 25 to April 2 – The Battle of Petersburg in
Virginia; 17,000 casualties.
1865
April 3 to 4 – Davis flees Richmond, hoping to escape
to the South; Lincoln arrives in the city.
1865
April 9 – Lee surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse,
Virginia. End of the Civil War.
1865
April 14 – Five days later, Abraham Lincoln is
assassinated.