2nd » East Cape War: The Volkner Incident in New Zealand.
3rd » Opening of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC called HSBC Group.
4th » The Flags of the Confederate States of America named third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress.
13th » American Civil War: The Confederate States of America agree to the use of African American troops.
16th » American Civil War: The Battle of Averasborough began as Confederate forces suffer irreplaceable casualties in the final months of the war.
18th » American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.
19th » American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from Four Oaks, North Carolina.
25th » American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate States of America Confederate forces temporarily capture Battle of Fort Stedman Fort Stedman from the Union (American Civil War) Union.
29th » American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.
Famous Birthdays on March in 1865
4th » Eduard Vilde, Estonian author and diplomat (d. 1933)
8th » Frederic Goudy, American type designer, created Copperplate Gothic and Goudy Old Style (d. 1947)
15th » Manuk Abeghian, Armenian author and scholar (d. 1944)
16th » Patsy Donovan, Irish-American baseball player and manager (d. 1953)
19th » William Morton Wheeler, American entomologist and educator (d. 1937)
21st » George Owen Squier, American general (d. 1934)