Birthdays
Henry Ward Beecher
Turns 52 on this date
John Archibald Campbell
Turns 54 on this date
David Ramsay Clendenin
Turns 35 on this date
Birkett Davenport Fry
Turns 43 on this date
Henry Rootes Jackson
Turns 45 on this date
William Radford
Turns 51 on this date
Events
| Personal | In Auburn, New York, Francis Adeline Seward, wife of the Secretary of State William Seward, is laid to rest | 06/24/1865 |
| Crime/Disasters | In Philadelphia, Fourth of July fireworks put on a display a week early when a merchant's establishment burns | 06/24/1865 |
| Crime/Disasters | In Washington's Old Penitentiary, final arguments are being made in the Lincoln conspiracy trial |
06/15/1865 to 06/28/1865 |
| Education/Culture | The Great North-Western Sanitary Fair closes in Chicago, Illinois having raised $270,000 | 06/24/1865 |
Documents
| Speech | William T. Sherman, "Remarks," Lancaster, Ohio, June 24, 1865 | 06/24/1865 |