Birthdays

James Williamson Bosler
Turns 32 on this date

Charles Devens
Turns 45 on this date

Dorothea Lynde Dix
Turns 63 on this date

Thomas Lincoln
Turns 12 on this date

Robert Byington Mitchell
Turns 42 on this date

Jesse Truesdell Peck
Turns 54 on this date

John Wilson Sprague
Turns 48 on this date
Events
Battles/Soldiers | At Jetersville, Virginia, Sheridan's Union force blocks the Confederate Army's retreat to Danville | 04/04/1865 |
Crime/Disasters | At Marengo in Illinois, an explosion at a patriotic celebration kills one and injures several others | 04/04/1865 |
Crime/Disasters | In Brooklyn, five New York firefighters die in a massive early morning fire | 04/04/1865 |
Battles/Soldiers | In Richmond, Virginia, President Lincoln tours the newly captured former capital of the Confederacy | 04/04/1865 |