What day of the week was June 3, 1861?

The day of the week June 3rd, 1861 fell on was a Monday.

Stephen A. Douglas the American politician (b. 1813) died on this day in 1861.

American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races) Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County the Virginia, now West Virginia, in first land battle of the War.