Events Date 1864 | History by KabAstro

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Feb 7 Federal troops occupy Jacksonville, Florida
Feb 13 Miridian Campaign fighting at Chunky Creek & Wyatt, Mississippi
Feb 15 Fire in Rotterdam damages Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Feb 16 Battle of Mobile, Alabama - operations by Union Army
Feb 17 Confederate submarine CSS H.L. Hunley sinks Union ship USS Housatonic at Charleston, South Carolina in the world's first successful submarine attack; crews of both vessels were killed [1]
Feb 19 Knights of Pythias form 1st lodge in Washington, D.C. (12 members)
Feb 20 Civil War battle of Olustee, Florida
Feb 21 -22] Battle at Okolona, Mississippi
Feb 21 1st US Catholic parish church for black worshippers dedicated in Baltimore
Feb 22 -27] Battle at Dalton Georgia
Feb 22 2nd and last day of Battle of Okolona, Mississippi
Feb 22 Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Battle of Dug Hill), Tennessee
Feb 24 -Feb 25] Battle of Tunnel Hill, GA (Buzzard's Roost)
Feb 27 6th and last day of battle at Dalton, Georgia (about 600 casualties)
Feb 27 Near Andersonville, Georgia, rebels open a new POW camp "Camp Sumpter"

Feb 28 -Mar 3rd] Skirmish at Albemarle County Virginia (Burton's Ford)
Feb 28 -Mar 4th) Raid at Kilpatrick's Richmond
Mar 1 Louis Ducos du Hauron patents movie machine (never built)
Mar 1 Rebecca Lee in the US becomes 1st African American woman to receive a medical degree
Mar 5 1st track meet between Oxford & Cambridge
Mar 9 26th Grand National: George Stevens wins his 3rd GN aboard 10/1 Emblematic; winning mare's full sister Emblem the race winner the previous year

Commander of the Army Ulysses S. Grant

Mar 9 Ulysses S. Grant is named Commanding General of the U.S. (Union) Army

Union General and US President Ulysses S. Grant

Mar 10 Red River campaign begun in Louisiana by Union forces
Mar 11 Dale Dike on Humber River crumbles killing at least 240, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Mar 11 The Great Sheffield Flood: the largest man-made disaster ever to befall England kills over 250 people in Sheffield

Petite Messe Solennelle

Mar 14 Gioachino Rossini's sacred work "Petite Messe Solennelle" premieres at his home in Paris, France

Mar 14 Union troops occupy Fort de Russy, Louisiana
Mar 15 Red River Campaign-Union forces reach Alexandria, Louisiana

Music Premiere

Mar 19 Charles Gounod's opera "Mireille" premieres at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris, France

Mar 21 Battle at Henderson's Hill (Bayou Rapids) Louisiana
Mar 23 Encounter at Camden, Arkansas
Mar 25 Battle of Paducah, Kentucky (Forrest's raid)
Mar 29 Great Britain gives the Ionian Islands back to Greece
Mar 29 Union General Steeles troops reach Arkadelphia, Arkansas
Mar 30 Skirmish at Mount Elba, Arkansas
Apr 2 Skirmish at Crump's Hill (Piney Woods), Louisiana
Apr 2 Skirmish at Spoonville, Antoine, Arkansas
Apr 3 Skirmish at Okolona, Arkansas
Apr 4 US Civil War: Skirmish at Elkin's Ford (Little Missouri River), Arkansas
Apr 8 Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana; Federals routed by General Richard Taylor
Apr 9 Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, Confederate assault repulsed by Union side with high cost of estimated 3,100 causalities
Apr 9 Union surgeon Mary Edwards Walker is captured by Confederate troops and arrested as a spy during US Civil War

Maximilian I

Apr 10 Austrian Archduke Maximilian becomes Maximilian I, Emperor of Mexico

Apr 12 Battle of Blair's Landing, Louisiana

Battle of Fort Pillow

Apr 12 Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest captures Fort Pillow, Tennessee

Confederate General and KKK Grand Wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest

Apr 15 General Steeles' Union troops occupies Camden, Arkansas
Apr 17 Battle of Plymouth, North Carolina
Apr 17 Bread revolt in Savannah, Georgia
Apr 17 Grant suspends prisoner-of-war exchanges
Apr 18 Battle of Dybbøl: Denmark is defeated by Prussian and Austrian forces storming Dybbol fort in the deciding battle of the Second Schleswig War
Apr 18 Battle of Poison Springs, Arkansas (Camden Expedition)
Apr 22 US mints 2 cent coin (1st appearance of "In God We Trust")
Apr 23 Battle of Cane River, Louisiana (Red River Expedition, Monett's Ferry)
Apr 25 Battle of Marks' Mill, Arkansas (Camden Expedition)
Apr 29 -30] Skirmish at Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas

Battle of Gate Pā

Apr 29 Battle of Gate Pā (Pukehinahina): 1,700 British troops suffer their worst defeat of the New Zealand Wars at the hands of 230 entrenched Māori warriors in Tauranga

Māori and British troops clash at the pā

Apr 29 The Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York
Apr 30 Battle of Jenkin's Ferry, Arkansas; Confederate General William Reid Scurry is killed
Apr 30 New York becomes 1st state to charge a hunting license fee
May 1 -8] Battle at Alexandria, Louisiana (Red River Campaign)
May 1 Atlanta campaign in Georgia begins during US Civil War
May 3 3rd day in Battle at Alexandria Louisiana: Confederate assault
May 4 -16] actions at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia
May 4 General Ulysses S. Grant's Union Army at Potomac attacks Robert E. Lee's Confederates at Rappahannock River
May 5 Atlanta Campaign: 5 days fighting begins at Rocky Face Ridge
May 5 Battle between Confederate & Union ships at mouth of Roanoke
May 5 Battle of Wilderness, Virginia (Germanna Ford, Wilderness Tavern)
May 5 Campaign in Northern Georgia - Chattanooga to Atlanta
May 6 Battle of Port Walthall Junction, fought in Virginia begins (Battle of Port Walthall Junction), Union victory (US Civil War)

Battle of Wilderness

May 6 Battle of Wilderness, fought in Virginia, Confederate General James Longstreet seriously injured (Overland Campaign), inconclusive result (US Civil War)

Sherman Begins Atlanta Advance

May 6 US Civil War: Union Army General Sherman begins advance to Atlanta, Georgia, during the Atlanta Campaign

May 7 Battle of Wilderness ends inconclusively in Virginia, Union losses 17,666; Confederates 7,500
May 7 Skirmish at Port Walthall Junction, Virginia (Drewry's Bluff)
May 8 Actions at Stony Creek/Nottoway bridge, Virginia (Drewry's Bluff)
May 8 Atlanta Campaign: Severe fighting near Dalton
May 8 Battle of Spotsylvania Court House begins
May 9 -20] Skirmish at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia
May 9 Battle of Cloyd's Mt, & Swift Creek, Virginia (Drewery's Bluff, Fort Darling)
May 9 Naval Battle of Helgoland, last naval battle fought by squadrons of wooden ships, inconclusive between Danish and a Austro-Prussian alliance, but ends blockade of German ports
May 10 Battles at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
May 10 Skirmish at Ny River, Virginia
May 11 Battle of Yellow Tavern, Virginia (Sheridan's Raid, South Anna Bridge)

Battle of Yellow Tavern

May 11 Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart is mortally wounded at the Battle of Yellow Tavern in Henrico County, Virginia

May 12 Battle of Drewry's Bluff, fought in Chesterfield County, Virginia (Peninsula Campaign), Confederate victory (US Civil War)
May 12 Battle of Spotsylvania, fought near Courthouse, Virginia (Overland Campaign), inconclusive result (US Civil War)
May 12 Battle of Todd's Tavern, cavalry battle fought near Todds Tavern, Virginia (Sheridan's Raid), inconclusive result (US Civil War)
May 12 US Union colonel Emory Upton (24) promoted to brigadier general
May 13 -16] Atlanta Campaign: Battle of Resaca, Georgia
May 15 Battle of New Market, Virginia
May 15 Skirmish at Marksville (Avoyelles) (Red River Campaign)
May 16 Atlanta Campaign: Battle of Resaca, ends (since May 13)
May 16 Battle of Bermuda Hundred, Virginia
May 16 Last battles at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia (6,666 casualties)
May 17 Battle of Adairsville Georgia, Union forces Confederates to retreat
May 18 Battle of Yellow Bayou, Louisiana (Bayou de Glaize, Old Oaks)
May 19 Battle of Port Walthall Junction, Virginia (Bermuda Hundred)
May 19 Last engagement in series of battles known as Spotsylvania
May 19 Skirmish at Cassville, Georgia
May 20 Battle at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia, 1,400 killed or injured
May 21 Battle of Spotsylvania Court House of the US Civil War ends inclusively with an estimated 32,000 casualties on both sides
May 21 General David Hunter takes command of Department of West Virginia
May 21 Russia declares an end to the Russian-Circassian War and many Circassians are forced into exile. The day is designated to be the Circassian Day of Mourning.
May 22 Battle of North Anna River, Virginia (Totopotamy River, Haw's Shop, Hanovertown)
May 23 Battle of North Anna, Virginia, 1st of 3 days of fighting
May 25 US Civil War: Battle of New Hope Church, Georgia: Major William T. Sherman's Union forces launch attack but suffers heavy losses and entrenchment on both sides [1]
May 26 -30] Skirmish along the Totopotomoy Creek, Virginia
May 26 Battle of Dallas, begins near Paulding County, Georgia (Atlanta Campaign), Union victory (US Civil War)
May 26 Territory of Montana formed
May 27 Skirmish at Salem Church (Haw's Shop), Virginia
May 29 Mexican Emperor Maximilian arrives at Vera Cruz
May 30 Battle of Bethesda Church [Totopotomoy Creek], cavalry battle fought in Hanover County, Virginia, inconclusive result (US Civil War)
Jun 1 -Nov] Shenandoah Valley campaign
Jun 1 Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia (Gaines' Mill, Gaines' Farm)
Jun 1 Confederate cruiser Georgia sold to a British merchant in Liverpool
Jun 2 Battle of Cold Harbour, Day 2

Battle of Cold Harbor

Jun 3 General Robert E. Lee wins his last victory of the US Civil War at the Battle of Cold Harbor

Jun 5 Battle of Piedmont, Virginia (Augusta City)
Jun 6 Battle of Lake Chicot, Arkansas (Dutch Bayou)

Lincoln Renominated

Jun 7 Abraham Lincoln renominated for US President by the Republican Party

Jun 10 Union victory at the Battle of Kellar's Bridge, Kentucky (Licking River)
Jun 11 300' (90 m) of Meigg's Wharf, in San Francisco, washed away in storm
Jun 11 Battle at Cynthiana Kentucky: General Hobsons unit caught
Jun 11 Battle of Trevilian Station, the bloodiest and largest all-cavalry battle of the American Civil War, begins in Louisa County, Virginia
Jun 11 CSS Alabama, a Confederate screw sloop-of-war, arrives in port at Cherbourg, France
Jun 12 Battle of Trevilian Station, the bloodiest and largest all-cavalry battle of the American Civil War, ends with a Confederate tactical victory and Union successful retreat in Louisa County, Virginia
Jun 12 Confederate forces of Jubal Early attack Fort Stevens, barely 4 miles from the White House, with Abraham Lincoln observing the battle
Jun 12 Skirmish at Mcafee's Cross Road, Georgia, about 57 die in battle
Jun 14 US Union warship USS Kearsarge appears off Cherbourg
Jun 15 -17] Skirmish at Gilgal Church, Georgia
Jun 15 Battle of Petersburg begins as General Ulysses S. Grant assaults the Confederate line at the important Southern rail center of Petersburg
Jun 15 Capt Mendell begins building 640m long ponton bridge over James River, Virginia
Jun 15 Robert E. Lee's home area (Arlington, Virginia) becomes a military cemetery
Jun 15 US Congress passes legislation equalizing pay for Black soldiers
Jun 16 Battle of Lynchburg, Virginia; Confederate troops fend off forces of Union general David Hunter
Jun 16 Skirmish at Golgotha, Georgia
Jun 17 -18] Confederate troops pull back out Solves/lost Mt, Georgia
Jun 17 640m long ponton bridge over James River, Virginia finished
Jun 17 Confederate General John Bell Hood replaces General Johnston as head of the Army of Tennessee
Jun 17 Skirmish at Mud Creek/Noyes's (Nose) Creek, Georgia
Jun 18 Siege of Petersburg: Ulysses S. Grant ends four days of assaults and begins a nine month siege
Jun 18 The January Uprising, an insurrection in Russia's Kingdom of Poland aimed at restoration of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth is quashed after 1-1/2 years
Jun 19 CSS "Alabama" sunk by USS "Kearsarge" off Cherbourg, France
Jun 19 Skirmish at Pine Knob, Georgia
Jun 20 Battle of Kinston, North Carolina and Battle of Abingdon, Virginia
Jun 20 Skirmish at Lattermore's Mills/Powder Springs, Georgia
Jun 21 New Zealand Wars: The Tauranga Campaign ends
Jun 22 Battle of Ream's Station, Virginia (Wilson's Raid)
Jun 22 Skirmish at Culp's (Kulp's) House, Georgia
Jun 25 Battle of Petersburg: Union forces begin digging tunnels under Confederate lines
Jun 25 Horse tramway in The Hague, Netherlands opens
Jun 27 Atlanta Campaign: Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia: Colonel Sherman makes unsuccessful frontal attack on Confederate defensive lin
Jun 27 US Civil War: Atlanta Campaign - Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia: Union General Sherman makes unsuccessful frontal attack on Confederate defense
Jun 29 Canada's worst railway accident: Grand Trunk Railway train crashes onto a barge on the Richelieu River killing 100 people
Jun 29 Samuel Crowther, bishop of Niger, becomes the first Black bishop of the Church of England
Jun 30 Yosemite Grant Act signed by President Abraham Lincoln bestowing 200,000 acres to the state of California, establishes America's first state-controlled park [1]
Jul 2 General Early and Confederate forces reach Winchester en route to Washington, D.C.
Jul 2 Statuary Hall in US Capitol forms
Jul 3 Battle of Chattahoochie River, Georgia [until Jul 9]
Jul 3 Harpers Ferry, West Virginia - Federals evacuate in face of Early's advance
Jul 5 Battle at Chattahoochee River, Georgia (Skirmish at Pace's Ferry) fought during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War
Jul 5 Battle of Smith's Expedition, Mississippi (Tupelo, Harrisburg)
Jul 8 The Shinsengumi sabotage the Choshu-han shishi's planned attack on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya. This event is known as Ikedaya Jiken.
Jul 9 Battle of Monocacy, Maryland, confederate forces led by Lieutenant General Jubal Early
Jul 11 Confederate forces led by General Jubal Early begin invasion of Washington, D.C. with the Battle of Fort Stevens
Jul 13 Early retreats from Washington City back to Shenandoah Valley
Jul 14 Gold is discovered in Helena, Montana
Jul 15 Troop train loaded with Confederate prisoners collided with a coal train killing 65 and injuring 109 of 955 aboard
Jul 17 CSA President Davis replaces General Joe Johnston with John Bell Hood
Jul 18 US President Abraham Lincoln asks for 500,000 volunteers for military service
Jul 19 Third Battle of Winchester, Virginia (Stephenson's Depot) [->JUL 20]
Jul 20 Battle at Stephenson's Depot, Virginia: 200 killed or injured
Jul 20 Battle of Peachtree Creek-Atlanta Campaign
Jul 22 Battle of Atlanta: General Sherman's Union side defeats Confederate troops under General Hood, with 8,449 Confederate and 3,641 US casualties
Jul 26 -30] US Civil War: Union Brig. General Edward McCook leads unsuccessful cavalry raids at Lovejoy Station, Georgia
Jul 26 -30] US Civil War: Union General George Stoneman leads unsuccessful raid in Macon, Georgia
Jul 27 Battle of Darbytown, Virginia (Deep Bottom, Newmarket Road) (Strawberry Plains)
Jul 28 2nd day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia
Jul 28 US Civil War: Battle at Ezra Chapel - Union forces under Major Gen. William Sherman defeat Confederate Lt. General John Bell Hood near Atlanta in Fulton County, Georgia
Jul 29 American Civil War: Battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia, 3rd and last day
Jul 29 American Civil War: Battle of Macon, Georgia (Stoneman's Raid)
Jul 30 Battle of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania - burned by Union forces under McCausland

Siege of Petersburg

Jul 30 US Civil War, Siege of Petersburg: Union General Ambrose Burnside fails in an attack on Petersburg, Virginia, in the Battle of the Crater

Union General, Politician and Industrialist Ambrose Burnside

Jul 31 Ulysses S. Grant is named General of Volunteers
Aug 2 Saratoga Racecourse, America's oldest Thoroughbred racetrack, opens its inaugural meet with four days of racing