** Battle of Prairie D'Ane, Arkansas, begins.
APRIL 9, 1865
Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
APRIL 12, 1861
** Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina.
APRIL 14, 1865
** Abraham Lincoln shot at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C.
APRIL 15, 1865
** Abraham Lincoln dies. Andrew Johnson sworn in as President of the United States.
APRIL 16, 1862
District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act passes.
APRIL 18, 1865
** USA General William T. Sherman and CSA General Joseph E. Johnston sign armistice memorandum at Durham Station, North Carolina.
APRIL 26, 1865
** John Wilkes Booth captured and killed in the Garrett Barn, Port Royal, Virginia.
--Old Secesh
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