Birthdays
Henry Lewis Benning
Turns 51 on this date
Alexander Hemphill Ege
Turns 27 on this date
John Fitch Kinney
Turns 49 on this date
William Handy Ludlow
Turns 44 on this date
Thomas Sheerer Parker
Turns 25 on this date
Daniel Smith Reisher
Turns 44 on this date
Philip Dale Roddey
Turns 39 on this date
Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart
Turns 58 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | After 292 days of Union siege, General Robert E. Lee orders the evacuation of Petersburg, Virginia | 04/02/1865 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In a bloody assault, Union troops take the fortified armaments manufacturing town of Selma, Alabama | 04/02/1865 |
| Crime/Disasters | In Canada, heavy spring flooding inundate portions of Montreal |
04/02/1865 to 04/03/1865 |
| Crime/Disasters | In New Bern, North Carolina, a reported Confederate attempt to destroy the city by arson fails | 04/02/1865 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In Virginia, Confederate General A.P. Hill is killed riding in front of the Confederate lines at Petersburg | 04/02/1865 |
| Personal | Richard Cobden, famed free trade advocate and strong British supporter of the Union dies in London | 04/02/1865 |
| Battles/Soldiers | The Confederate Government evacuates its capital of Richmond, hours before victorious Union troops march in | 04/02/1865 |