Civil War Events in April: Siege of Fort Blakely Begins, Richmond Occupied, Battle of Shiloh

From the April 2022 American Battlefield Trust calendar.

APRIL 2, 1865

**  Battle of Fort Blakely, Alabama begins.

APRIL 2, 1865

**  Union Breakthrough at Petersburg, Virginia

APRIL 3, 1865

**  Union forces occupy Richmond, Virginia

APRIL 5, 1862

**  Siege of Yorktown, Virginia, begins and lasts 28 days

APRIL 6, 1862

**  The Battle of Shiloh begins

APRIL 8, 1864

**  Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana (Red River Expedition)

APRIL 8, 1864

**  The U.S. Senate passes the 13th Amendment.  Abolishes slavery.

--Old Secesh