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1865 in the United States

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1865
in
the United States

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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.

Incumbents

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Abraham Lincoln (R-Illinois) (until April 15)
Andrew Johnson (D-Tennessee) (starting April 15)
Hannibal Hamlin (R-Maine) (until March 4)
Andrew Johnson (D-Tennessee) (March 4 – April 15)
vacant (starting April 15)

Events

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

January–March

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April–June

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Fires in Richmond, Virginia, burn out of control in the largely abandoned city after Evacuation Sunday (April 2)
April 9: Robert E. Lee surrenders
Image of Lincoln being shot by Booth while sitting in a theater booth.
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 27: Sultana burns
"A Terrible List", Liverpool Mercury, November 17, 1865

July–September

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October–December

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July 30: Brother Jonathan sinks

Undated

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Ongoing

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Births

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Warren G. Harding

Deaths

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See also

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Further reading

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

References

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  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. ^ "President Johnson appoints Lewis E. Parsons, Sr. as provisional governor of Alabama," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, accessed July 28, 2023
  4. ^ Cartmell, Donald (2001). The Civil War Book of Lists. Career Press. p. 104.
  5. ^ Ala. General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1865–1866 sess., 151, accessed July 28, 2023
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