1865 in the United States
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Events from the year 1865 in the United States. The American Civil War ends with the surrender of the Confederate States, beginning the Reconstruction era of U.S. history.
February 17: Columbia, South Carolina burns
March 4: Andrew Johnson becomes the 16th U.S. vice president
Fires in Richmond, Virginia, burn out of control in the largely abandoned city after Evacuation Sunday (April 2)
April 9: Robert E. Lee surrenders
1865
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1865 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1865th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 865
1865 in the United States
…1864 1863 1862 1865 in the United States → 1866 1867 1868 Decades: 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s See also: History of the United States (1865–1918) Timeline of United…
January 15: Union captures Fort Fisher.
April 2: Jefferson Davis.
April 14: Lincoln shot.