Birthdays
William Tell Barnitz
Turns 34 on this date
Franklin Buchanan
Turns 65 on this date
Lucius Quintus Lamar
Turns 40 on this date
Augustus Marion Sawyer
Turns 34 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | Alabama holds an elected State Convention to plan for the state's return to full national participation |
09/10/1865 to 09/22/1865 |
| 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 Maine, a train carrying seven hundred returning Maine soldiers runs a gauntlet of fire through Cedar Swamp | 09/17/1865 |