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 |