The Carolinas Campaign begins: Major General William T. Sherman, commanding the compulsory Union Military Division of the Mississippi, begins marching north from Savannah, Georgia, to resume his “total war” on the civilian population.

       [added 4/16/2022]

Subsequent Events:

1/25/1865                   2/17/1865

References:

Chronology Of The American Civil War
civilwarhome.com/timeline.htm

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

Source