Also Within this year in history
In 1865, the American Civil War came to an end, President Lincoln was assassinated and the 13th amendment was ratified, abolishing slavery in the U.S. The Secret Service came into being, originally created to prevent widespread counterfeiting that plagued the financial system. Elsewhere in the world, rebels in the Dominican Republic forced out Spanish occupiers to restore their country’s independence, and in England, Lewis Carroll published “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”
The 13th Amendment, bearing Lincoln’s signature
‘The Peacemakers’ by artist George P.A. Healy, depicts the March 1865 meeting between William T. Sherman, Ulysses S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln and David D. Porter aboard the River Queen, 1865.
The room in the McLean House in which General Lee surrendered to General Grant (both seated, surrounded by other soldiers). (Photo by Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)
John Wilkes Booth jumping from the booth after assassinating President Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865.
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