On April 9th

The April 9, 1864 battle is documented. Pleasant Hill's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer beneath whatever lore attaches. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. 'Pleasant Hill battle' documents the entry. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from.

The April 9, 1865 surrender is documented; the McLean coincidence is real. A documented history gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that spine. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. 'Appomattox Court House NHP' documents the entry. The entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds the rest.

The surrender and the souvenir-stripping are documented; rebuilt by NPS. McLean House's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The detail is preserved in 'McLean House'. The entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds the rest.

USS North Carolina (BB-55) commissioned April 9, 1941 — the first American fast battleship of the new era, 'Showboat,' built after two decades of treaty limitations. She would earn 15 battle stars in the Pacific and lose only a handful of men in combat — a record as remarkable as her silhouette, and the reason veterans campaigned to save her.