Birthdays

Samuel Cushman Caldwell
Turns 29 on this date

David McMurtrie Gregg
Turns 32 on this date

Charles Murray Harris
Turns 44 on this date

Benjamin Franklin Kelley
Turns 58 on this date

Thomas Overton Moore
Turns 61 on this date
Events
Science/Technology | A Lunar Eclipse is seen through much of the southern states | 04/10/1865 |
Crime/Disasters | In Morris, Illinois, while the whole population is in patriotic celebration, safecrackers attempt to rob the town's bank | 04/10/1865 |
Battles/Soldiers | Two Dickinson College alumni clash in one of the last cavalry engagements of the war in Virginia | 04/10/1865 |
Documents
Letter | Charles Albright to William Gamble, April 10, 1865 | 04/10/1865 |
Military record | General Robert E. Lee's farewell to his troops of the Army of Northern Virginia | 04/10/1865 |
Book | Recollection of Confederate Captain George Baylor, April 10, 1865 | 04/10/1865 |