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Major events of 1865
| February 3, 1865 | On the River Queen five men, US President Abraham Lincoln, US Secretary of State William Seward, CS Vice-president Alexander Stephens, along with John Campbell and RMT Hunter discuss peace terms at the Hampton Roads Conference near Fort Monroe. The conference was a failure. | Virginia |
| Hampton Roads | ||
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| William Seward | ||
| Alexander Stephens | ||
| March 4, 1865 | Lincoln outlines his second term talking directly to the Confederate people "...with malice toward none; with charity for all..." Andrew Johnson, replacing Henry Hamlin as Vice-president gives a rambling, drunk speech. He had been given too much whiskey as medicine by a doctor. | |
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| Andrew Johnson | ||
| Lincoln's Second Inaugural Speech [Full Text] | ||
| March 25, 1865 | Battle of Fort Stedman
Confederates break Union line at Petersburg General John B. Gordon captured Fort Stedman, a Union outpost on the line around besieged Petersburg, eventually punching a hole 3/4 of mile wide. Confederate units then made a desperate attempt to hit the federal supply base at City Point. With overwhelming force the federal troops turned back the advance, recaptured the fort and retook the lines |
Virginia |
| Siege of Petersburg | ||
| April 1, 1865 | Battle of Five Forks
George Pickett [CS] could not withstand the federal envelopment move around Petersburg that began here. |
Virginia |
| Siege of Petersburg | ||
| Philip Sheridan | ||
| Gouverneur K. Warren | ||
| George Pickett | ||
| April 9, 1865 | After attempting to break-out of the Union envelopment, Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysess S. Grant at the home of Wilmer McLean in Appomattox Court House | Virginia |
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| Appomattox (or Appomattox Court House) | ||
| Battle of Appomattox | ||
| Surrender At Appomattox | ||
| George Armstrong Custer | ||
| James Longstreet | ||
| Edward O. C. Ord | ||
| April 14, 1865 | United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated on Good Friday by John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theatre, Washington, D. C. | |
| Ford's Theater | ||
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| Washington D. C. |
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