Abraham Lincoln's second inauguration.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
March 02, 1865 ~ Thursday
2nd I spent the forenoon in hearing Tullage read my History, & afternoon
in writing. Brother G. A. Smith returned from the South. Brother Isaac
Laney gave an account of the Hawns Mill Massacree. He shot one man
after he had been shot with several balls
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Tullidge, Edward William
1829-1894
44 mentions
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1433 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Laney, Isaac
1814–1873
11 mentions
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Robert E. Lee surrenders his Confederate troops to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox (official end of Civil War declared on August 20, 1866).
Abraham Lincoln assassinated.
Andrew Johnson inaugurated as 17th President of 36 United States.