Lee Surrenders to Grant at Appomattox
On April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant in a farmhouse parlor, effectively ending the Civil War.
Tales from the year 1865
The Night America Lost Lincoln
On April 14, 1865 — five days after Lee's surrender — actor John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, making Lincoln the first U.S. president assassinated.
Juneteenth: The Day Freedom's News Finally Reached Texas
On June 19, 1865, Union troops issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, finally enforcing emancipation there — the event now celebrated as Juneteenth.