WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO OCTOBER 1865
Find out what all happened March to October 1865

American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourned for the last time. (18. March 1865)

American Civil War: A day after Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate capital. (4. April 1865)

American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army. (12. April 1865)

American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, effectively ending the war. (9. April 1865)

American Civil War: In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6. (10. May 1865)

American Civil War: four conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln are hanged. (7. July 1865)

American Civil War: The Siege of Petersburg is broken – Union troops capture the trenches around Petersburg, Virginia, forcing Confederate General Robert E. Lee to retreat. (2. April 1865)

American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his Cabinet flee the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. (2. April 1865)

American Civil War: The Battle of Averasborough began as Confederate forces suffer irreplaceable casualties in the final months of the war. (16. March 1865)

The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance (1. May 1865)

First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent. (14. July 1865)

Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth. (15. April 1865)

American Civil War: the Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi division, is the last general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at Galveston, Texas. (26. May 1865)

Opening of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group. (3. March 1865)

The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress. (4. March 1865)

Astronomer Pietro Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk, which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX's yacht, the L'Immaculata Concezion. (20. April 1865)

East Cape War: The Volkner Incident in New Zealand. (2. March 1865)

American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch – in far south Texas, more than a month after Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender, the last land battle of the Civil War ends with a Confederate victory. (13. May 1865)

The Naval Battle of Riachuelo is fought on the rivulet Riachuelo (Argentina), between the Paraguayan Navy on one side and the Brazilian Navy on the other. The Brazilian victory was crucial for the later success of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina) in the Paraguayan War. (11. June 1865)

American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time. (10. April 1865)