American Battlefield Trust This Day in History Simon Bolivar Buckner Confederate Lieutenant General during the Civil War was born Battle of Five Forks The Third Battle of Petersburg also known as the Petersburg Breakthrough Battle of Fort Blakeley fought from April 29 started Battle of Selma A. P. Hill Confederate Lieutenant General during the Civil War died Ulric Dahlgren Union Colonel during the Civil War was born Battle of Elkins Ferry fought from April 34 started Richmond and Petersburg are occupied by Federals Thaddeus Stevens American lawyer and politician was born Dorothea Dix Superintendent of Army Nurses during the Civil War and was born The US Congress adopts the flag with 13 stripes and 20 stars representing the states William Henry Harrison American Brigadier General during the War of 1812 and 9th President of the United States died Battle of Elkins Ferry fought from April 34 ended George Thomas Tige Anderson Confederate Brigadier General during the Civil War died Pocahontas marries John Rolfe The Sugar Act was passed by Great Britain to tax sugar and other goods to pay for the Seven Years War Robert Smalls former slave sailor and Congressman was born Siege of Yorktown which lasted from April 5 to May 4 started Albert Sidney Johnston Confederate General during the Civil War died Battle of Shiloh also known as Pittsburg Landing fought from April 67 started Battle of High Bridge fought from April 67 started Battle of Sailor039s Creek also known as Sayler039s Creek Battle of Shiloh also known as Pittsburg Landing fought from April 67 started Battle of High Bridge fought from April 67 ended Battle of Cumberland Church also known as Farmville Battle of Fallen Timbers Battle of Mansfield also known as Sabine Crossroads Battle of Appomattox Station Battle of Prairie DAne fought from April 913 started Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Court House Battle of Fort Blakeley fought from April 29 ended Lewis Lew Wallace Union Major General during the Civil War was born Battle of Fort Pulaski fought from April 1011 started Robert E. Lee gives final address to troops Battle of Fort Pulaski fought from April 1011 ended Halifax Resolves NCFirst colony to authorize its delegates to vote for independence The Battle of Fort Sumter fought from April 1214 started Capture of Fort Pillow Tennessee by Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest The city of Mobile Alabama surrenders to a Union army expedition eight months after the Battle of Mobile Bay Thomas Jefferson Founding Father and Third President of the United States was born Battle of Prairie DAne fought from April 913 ended Battle of Monck039s Corner The Battle of Fort Sumter fought from April 1214 ended Abraham Lincoln is shot at Ford039s Theatre by John Wilkes Booth The United States flag was raised over Fort Sumter South Carolina Charles Willson Peale American painter and soldier was born Siege of Fort Watson which lasted from April 1523 started Abraham Lincoln Sixteenth President of the United States died Slavery was abolished in the District of Columbia Benjamin Franklin Delegate from Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress Ambassador to France died Virginia adopts an Ordinance of Secession and schedules a referendum for May 23 Sherman and J.