Birthdays
Cyrus Kurtz Holliday
Turns 39 on this date
John Henry Kauffman
Turns 39 on this date
John Gill Shorter
Turns 47 on this date
William Magear Tweed
Turns 42 on this date
Charles Wilkes
Turns 67 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | After nine months of bloody attempts, the Union Army marches into Petersburg, Virginia | 04/03/1865 |
| Crime/Disasters | In Canada, heavy spring flooding inundate portions of Montreal |
04/02/1865 to 04/03/1865 |
| Crime/Disasters | In Morris, Illinois, a large fire burns seven buildings to the ground but no serious injuries are reported | 04/03/1865 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In Richmond, teenaged Union officer Johnston De Peyster hoists the Stars and Stripes over the Confederate Capitol | 04/03/1865 |
Documents
| Military record | George F. Shepley, Orders for the Occupation of Richmond, Virginia, April 1865 | 04/03/1865 |