Template:On this day/May 4

Copy the 3-5 most noteworthy events from the corresponding date page. Please change to past tense and bold the key article. You may also include a relevant photo, sized between 100-140px wide and aligned right.

May 4:

• 1865 – Confederate major general Thomas L. Rosser, known as the “Saviour of the Valley,” surrendered at Staunton and was soon paroled.
• 1873 – Rev. William H. McGuffey, author of the McGuffey Readers, died in Charlottesville. He had served as a professor at the University of Virginia since 1845.