Events of 1865

Appomattox: Lee's grueling and final struggle  April 9, 1865: The last struggle for Lee and his ragtag army  Author takes us along on Lee's retreat  Confederacy's safe harbor ends at Wilmington  Daring Rebel sea raid came too late  Detailed, gripping account of Richmond's 'Last Days'  Detailed, intimate portrait of Appomattox  Errors cost Confederates their last major battle  Member ties grieving church to assassination  Nine days that changed America  Pioneering but flawed look at disbandment of two armies  Precedents for military tribunals date to 1846  Raiders gave Union generals a rude awakening  South saves Aiken only to lose Columbia  Steamboat horror goes unnoticed  The men who united America in `April 1865'  Tipsters, cranks hot on trail of Booth  Warriors head for home, in victory or defeat  William H. Seward's brush with assassination