Birthdays
Frederick William Benteen
Turns 31 on this date
Thomas Fenwick Drayton
Turns 57 on this date
John Day Easter
Turns 35 on this date
Edmund Ayres Maginniss
Turns 33 on this date
George Earl Maney
Turns 39 on this date
John Newton
Turns 43 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | At the Capitol, the trial of Henry Wirz, former Andersonville prison commandant, continues in Washington |
08/24/1865 to 10/17/1865 |
| Crime/Disasters | In Pennsylvania, a massive head-on collision on the Oil Creek Railroad kills up to nine people and injures many more | 08/24/1865 |