May 1865

Thursday 04:

Abraham Lincoln buried in Springfield, Illinois, three weeks after his assassination.

Friday 05:

In North Bend, Ohio (a suburb of Cincinnati), the first train robbery in the United States takes place.

Wednesday 10:

American Civil War: Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill in Kentucky (he lingered until his death on June 6).

Saturday 13:

American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch – In far south Texas, more than a month after Confederate General Lee's surrender, the last land battle of the Civil War ends with a Confederate victory.

Wednesday 17:

The International Telegraph Union (the later International Telecommunication Union) is established.

Tuesday 23:

A parade is held in Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC, to celebrate the end of the American Civil War.

Thursday 25:

In Mobile, Alabama, 300 are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.

Friday 26:

American Civil War: Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi division, is the last general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at Galveston, Texas.