Birthdays

John Denison Baldwin
Turns 56 on this date

James Burns Belford
Turns 28 on this date

Thomas Morris Chaney
Turns 24 on this date

George Crook
Turns 37 on this date

Emerson Etheridge
Turns 46 on this date

James Deering Fessenden
Turns 32 on this date

Aaron Augustus Sargent
Turns 38 on this date

John Keagy Stayman
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 |
Education/Culture | Outside Springfield, Illinois, thousands watch the races at the National Horse Fair | 09/28/1865 |