WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO JULY 1865
Find out what all happened March to July 1865

Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Lincoln, in Virginia. (26. 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)

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)

American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is captured by Union troops near Irwinville, Georgia. (10. May 1865)

American Civil War: The Battle of Sayler's Creek – Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia. (6. April 1865)

The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance (1. May 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: 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: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army. (12. April 1865)

The steamboat Brother Jonathan sinks off the coast of Crescent City, California, killing 225 passengers, the deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. at the time. (30. July 1865)

The first narrow gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia. (31. July 1865)

American Civil War: The Confederate States of America agree to the use of African American troops. (13. March 1865)

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

American Civil War: Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrenders his army to General William Tecumseh Sherman at the Bennett Place near Durham, North Carolina. Also the date of Confederate Memorial Day for two states. (26. April 1865)

American Civil War: at Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate, Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant rebel army. (23. 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)

The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris. (17. May 1865)

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

American Civil War: the Battle of Palmito Ranch: the first day of the last major land action to take place during the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory. (12. May 1865)

The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution. (27. April 1865)