Events in 1865

  • Carolinas' campaign

  • Battle of Beverly, WV

  • Drunken sailor attacks munitions at Ft Fisher NC, 40 die

  • - Evacuation of Charleston, SC

  • Battle of Wilmington, NC (Fort Anderson) occupied by Federals

  • President Lincoln inaugurated for his 2nd term as president

  • Battle of Kingston, NC (Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks)

  • Lewis Carroll publishes "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"

  • Shaw University forms in Raleigh NC

  • 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution is ratified, abolishing slavery