April 9 in Firearms History

2 dates for gun owners on April 9

  • Military 1
  • Birthday 1
  1. Military1865 · 161 years ago

    End of Civil War

    April 9, 1865

    Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders  to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse

    End of Civil War (1865)

    fought from 1861 to 1865

  2. Birthday1894 · 132 years ago

    Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov – Born

    Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov - Born
    April 9, 1894 – May 6, 1986

    Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov, Russia

    1945 - SKS