Birthdays
William Gay Brown Sr.
Turns 65 on this date
Thomas Coke Sharp
Turns 47 on this date
Adolf Wilhelm August Friedrich Steinwehr
Turns 43 on this date
Thomas John Wood
Turns 42 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 | Samuel Mudd makes a vain attempt to escape from his life imprisonment at Fort Jefferson off the Florida coast | 09/25/1865 |
| Education/Culture | Two four-man crews race on the Hudson River for a national rowing championship and two thousand dollars | 09/25/1865 |