Birthdays
Edward Lyons
Turns 25 on this date
Samuel Freeman Miller
Turns 49 on this date
George Troxell Motter
Turns 23 on this date
Robert Smalls
Turns 26 on this date
Booker Taliaferro Washington
Turns 9 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | In Amelia County, Virginia, Union forces consolidate to block General Lee's retreat towards Danville | 04/05/1865 |
| Campaigns/Elections | In Nashville, famed abolitionist William "Parson" Brownlow is inaugurated as 17th Governor of Tennessee | 04/05/1865 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In the Chesapeake Bay, Confederate boarders seize a civilian transport ship and flee to the Virginia shore |
04/05/1865 to 04/07/1865 |
| Crime/Disasters | In Washington, Secretary of State Seward is injured quite badly when thrown from his carriage | 04/05/1865 |
| Campaigns/Elections | Republicans successful in Rhode Island elections, re-electing the governor and both congressmen | 04/05/1865 |
| Religion/Philosophy | The first annual conference of the National Unitarian Church opened at the Atheneum in New York City | 04/05/1865 |