What Happened in January 1865

Historical Events

Jan 1 General Sherman's Union army begins its Carolinas campaign (lasts until Apr 26th)

Jan 2 Welterweight Con Orem & heavyweight Hugh O'Neill brawl for 185 rounds before darkness ends legendary bare knuckle boxing match in Virginia City, Montana
Jan 4 New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad St, near Wall Street in New York City
Jan 11 Battle of Beverly, West Virginia, Confederate forces attack Union post
Jan 13 Second Battle of Fort Fisher: A force of 58 Union ships and over 8,000 troops converge on Fort Fisher, North Carolina
Jan 15 Second Battle of Fort Fisher: Union Navy bombards Fort Fisher, North Carolina, allowing Union troops to capture Confederacy's last remaining seaport [1]
Jan 16 General William Sherman issues Field Order #15 (land for blacks)
Jan 16 Munitions magazine explodes at Fort Fisher, North Carolina, killing or injuring 200 soldiers, carelessness of drunken soldiers blamed. [1]
Jan 16 San Francisco Dramatic Chronicle starts
Jan 18 Battle of Ft Moultrie, South Carolina
Jan 19 NV Suriname Bank established
Jan 19 Union occupies Fort Anderson, North Carolina
Jan 23 -Jan 25th) Battle of City Point, Virginia (James River, Trent's Reach)
Jan 25 CSS Shenandoah arrives in Melbourne, Australia

Jan 28 Confederate President Jefferson Davis names his three commissioners to negotiate for peace with the Union

Jan 31 Congress passes, by vote of 121-24, the 13th Amendment of the US Constitution, abolishing slavery in the United States – except as punishment for a crime [1] [2]

Jan 31 General Robert E. Lee named Commander-in-Chief of Confederate Armies during US Civil War

Jan 1 Giuseppe Ferrata, Italian composer and pianist, born in Gradoli, Italy (d. 1928)
Jan 3 Henry Lytton, British actor and opera singer (The Mikado), born in London, England (d. 1936)
Jan 5 Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer, born in Bogotá, Colombia (d. 1920)
Jan 10 Mary Ingalls, sister of American author Laura Ingalls Wilder, born in Pepin County, Wisconsin (d. 1928)
Jan 13 Princess Marie of Orléans French born Danish princess, born in London, England (d. 1908)
Jan 17 Gen Sir Charles Fergusson, Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1951)
Jan 20 Friedrich, German prince, last ruler of Waldeck and Pyrmont, born in Arolsen, Waldeck and Pyrmont (d. 1946)
Jan 22 Friedrich Paschen, German physicist (Paschen series), born in Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1947)
Jan 23 Benjamin Delmonte, Dutch theater director and actor (Black Haired Whore), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1944)
Jan 28 Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, first president of Finland (d. 1952)
Jan 28 Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1928)
Jan 30 Samuel Pierre l'Honoré Naber, Dutch rear-admiral and librarian, born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1936)

Jan 31 French cyclist, journalist and founder of the Tour de France, born in Paris, France

Jan 31 Shastriji Maharaj, Indian spiritual leader (d. 1951)
Jan 31 Tikhon of Moscow [Vasily Ivanovich Bellavin], 11th Patriarch of Moscow and all of Russia, born in Toropets District, Pskov, Russian Empire (d. 1925)

Jan 16 Confederate Brigadier-General John Pegram marries Hetty Cary (US Civil War)

Jan 3 Jozef Lies, Flemish painter, dies at 43
Jan 8 Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and statesman, dies at 85
Jan 19 Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and anarchist (b. 1809)
Jan 31 Aristide Farrenc, French flautist, music publisher, and musicologist (Trésor des pianistes), dies at 70