A committee from the Social, Civil, and Statistical Association of the Colored People of Philadelphia, of which William Still was the corresponding secretary, met with the city's transport companies to urge them to emulate New York City and desegregate their services. Even black soldiers stationed at Camp William Penn, for example, were forced to walk back to camp.  A companies' survey of their white passengers convinced most to continue as they were. It was not until 1867 that state action forced desegregation of the city's transport.  (By John Osborne)

A large explosion in the western environs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania destroyed a fireworks factory, levelling the building and killing four people.  Included amongst the dead was a former Union soldier named Philip Flyhouse, who had survived combat and had recently been discharged on account of battle wounds. (By John Osborne) 

A group of wealthy Philadelphians had subscribed several thousand dollars for the purchase of a newly built home at 2009 Chestnut in the city to be gifted to Ulysses S. Grant as reward for his war service.  The formal presentation was made this day to Mrs. Julia Dent Grant but the house was not fully ready for occupancy until May 1, 1865.  The Grants moved in immediately and lived there until moving to Washington in November 1865.  They retained ownership and rented the property.  (By John Osborne) 

George Mifflin Dallas, Vice-President of the United States under President Polk, a former U.S. senator, and a mayor of Philadelphia earlier in the century, had died of a heart attack at his home in the city four days before.  He was buried at St. Peter's Episcopal Church on Third and Pine Street in Philadelpia. Secretary of State William Seward and the Chief Justice of Pennsylvania were among the pall-bearers. Dallas was seventy-two years old. (By John Osborne) 

George Mifflin Dallas, Vice-President of the United States under President Polk, a former U.S. senator, and a mayor of Philadelphia earlier in the century, died of a heart attack at his home in the city.  A long-time rival in state Democratic politics to James Buchanan, his last public service was as ambassador to Great Britain until 1861. He was buried four days later at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Philadelpia. He was seventy-two years old. (By John Osborne) 

After twelve days on the run, John Wilkes Booth and a co-conspirator, David Herold, were cornered before dawn in a barn on the farm of Richard Garrett near Port Royal in Caroline County, Virginia, where they had been hiding.  A cavalry unit surrounded the barn, then fired the rear of the structure.  Herold gave up but Booth resisted and was shot once by Sergeant Boston Corbett.  He died at the farm a few hours later. (By John Osborne)   

A career soldier, Lieutenant-General Ambrose Powell Hill was one of the most successful corps commanders of the war and played a large part in the success of the Army of Northern Virginia throughout.  He had been seriously handicapped with ill-health, however, complicated by a sexually transmitted disease contracted while a cadet at West Point. He was killed by the rifle fire of a Pennsylvania infantry corporal named John W. Mauck during the last stages of the battle for Petersburg.  He was buried in Richmond. He was thirty-nine years old. (By John Osborne)