January.E2.80.93March 1865

january 15: union captures fort fisher.



january 4 – new york stock exchange opens first permanent headquarters @ 10-12 broad near wall street, in new york city.
january 13 – american civil war – second battle of fort fisher: united states forces launch major amphibious assault against last seaport held confederates, fort fisher, north carolina.
january 15 – american civil war: united states forces capture fort fisher.
january 31

the thirteenth amendment united states constitution (conditional prohibition of slavery , involuntary servitude) passes narrowly, in house of representatives.
american civil war: confederate general robert e. lee becomes general-in-chief.


february – american civil war: columbia, south carolina burns, confederate forces flee advancing union forces.
february 3 – american civil war – hampton roads conference: union , confederate leaders discuss peace terms.
february 8 & march 8 – gregor mendel reads paper on experiments on plant hybridization @ 2 meetings of natural history society of brünn in moravia, subsequently taken origin of theory of mendelian inheritance.
february 21 – john deere receives patent ploughs.
february 22 – tennessee adopts new constitution, abolishes slavery.
march 3 – u.s. congress authorizes formation of bureau of refugees, freedmen , abandoned lands.
march – hamm s brewery opens in milwaukee, wisconsin.
march 4 – abraham lincoln sworn in second term, president of united states.
march 4 – washington college , jefferson college merged, form washington & jefferson college.
march 13 – american civil war: confederate states of america agrees use of african american troops.
march 18 – american civil war: congress of confederate states of america adjourns last time.
march 19–21– american civil war – battle of bentonville: union troops compel confederate forces retreat 4 oaks, north carolina.
march 25

the claywater meteorite explodes before reaching ground level in vernon county, wisconsin; fragments having combined mass of 1.5 kg recovered.
american civil war: in virginia, confederate forces capture fort stedman union. lee s army suffers heavy casualties: 2,900, including 1,000 captured in union counterattack. confederate positions weakened. after battle, lee s defeat matter of time.






^ moore, randy (may 2001). rediscovery of mendel s work (pdf). bioscene. 27. retrieved 2016-12-06. 
^ coleman, helen turnbull waite (1956). banners in wilderness: years of washington , jefferson college. university of pittsburgh press. p. 214. oclc 2191890. retrieved 2011-04-28.