| April 26 | Found guilty by court martial at Washington, D.C.; sentenced to a public reprimand and three year suspension. | |
| December 30 | President Lincoln reduced suspension to one year. | |
| 1865 | ||
| May 25 | Son, Charles Wilkes, born; died June 23, 1865. | |
| 1866 | ||
| August 6 | Promoted to Rear Admiral on retired list. | |
| 1870 | ||
| June 27 | Ordered to duty to continue work on Exploring Expedition publications. | |
| October 1 | Detached from Exploring Expedition publication duty. | |
| 1872 | ||
| May 24 | Detailed to the Joint Library Committee of Congress to superintend Exploring Expedition publications. | |
| 1873 | ||
| March 17 | Detached from duty with Joint Library Committee of Congress. | |
| 1874 | ||
| February 5 | Severely injured his leg in fall at Hillsboro, North Carolina. | |
| 1875 | ||
| April | Continued efforts to secure additional funding for Exploring Expedition publications. | |
| September 1 | Stopped writing autobiography due to ill health. | |
| 1877 | ||
| February 8 | Died in the morning at his home in Washington, D.C.; buried at Oak Hill Cemetary in the capitol city. | |
| 1909 | ||
| August 17 | Reinterred at Arlington National Cemetary. |
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