Birthdays
Theodore Washington Brevard
Turns 30 on this date
James Harlan
Turns 45 on this date
Benjamin Grubb Humphreys
Turns 57 on this date
John Auchincloss Inglis
Turns 52 on this date
John Edward McCahan
Turns 33 on this date
John McKinney
Turns 68 on this date
Samuel James Powell
Turns 41 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 |
| Education/Culture | In Philadelphia, the city's boat clubs, "the Schuylkill Navy," hold their first regatta since the outbreak of the Civil War | 08/26/1865 |