What day of the week was April 2, 1865?

The day of the week April 2nd, 1865 fell on was a Sunday. There were 14 days until Easter Sunday.

A. P. Hill the American general (b. 1825) died on this day in 1865.

American Civil War: The Siege of Petersburg is broken Union troops capture the trenches around Petersburg the Virginia, forcing Confederate General Robert E. Lee to retreat. American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his Cabinet flee the Confederate capital of Richmond the Virginia.