Birthdays
John Henderson Carothers
Turns 52 on this date
Oliver James Dickey
Turns 42 on this date
Charles William Field
Turns 37 on this date
Eliza Paul Kirkbride Gurney
Turns 64 on this date
Joseph Meharry Medill
Turns 42 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | At Sailor's Creek, the Army of Northern Virginia loses almost a quarter of its remaining strength | 04/06/1865 |
| Personal | In Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, recently retired Congressman James Tracy Hale dies of typhoid | 04/06/1865 |
| 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 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In Virginia, CSA corps commander General Richard S. Ewell is taken prisoner, along with four of his generals | 04/06/1865 |