Birthdays
William Burton
Turns 76 on this date
John Francis Chaplain
Turns 41 on this date
Thomas Turpin Crittenden
Turns 40 on this date
William Howard Day
Turns 40 on this date
William Pitt Fessenden
Turns 59 on this date
James Hamilton
Turns 72 on this date
John Winfield Scott Kough
Turns 28 on this date
Francis Richard Lubbock
Turns 50 on this date
Isaac Murphy
Turns 62 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, 20,000 firemen march in an unprecedented gala parade | 10/16/1865 |
| US/the World | In Philadelphia, six hundred members of the Fenian Brotherhood meet in convention | 10/16/1865 |
| Crime/Disasters | In the Atlantic, survivors of a shipwreck aboard a raft have a whale for company till their safe rescue | 10/16/1865 |