Birthdays
Henry Bowen Anthony
Turns 50 on this date
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Turns 42 on this date
John Egbert Farnum
Turns 41 on this date
Jeremiah Haralson
Turns 19 on this date
James Wilson Troxell
Turns 34 on this date
James Williams
Turns 40 on this date
Richard Wootton
Turns 30 on this date
Theodore George Wormley
Turns 39 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | In Alabama, a U.S. Navy stern-wheeler becomes the latest victim of Confederate mines near Mobile | 04/01/1865 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In central Alabama, Union cavalry push back an outnumbered General Nathan Bedford Forest at the Battle of Ebenezer Church | 04/01/1865 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In Dinwiddie County, Virginia, the Union's Fifth Corps capture a vital crossroads at the Battle of Five Forks | 04/01/1865 |
| Battles/Soldiers | Twenty-six year old Union General Frederic Winthrop is killed at the head of his men at Five Forks | 04/01/1865 |