Notable Historical Events - 1864
1864 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 11 |
Charing Cross Station opens in London |
Jan 14 |
Battle of Cosby Creek, TN |
Jan 14 |
General Sherman begins his march to the South |
Jan 16 |
Heavy fighting takes place near Dandridge, Tennessee |
Jan 17 |
General longstreet's command ends heavy fighting at Dandridgem TN |
Jan 21 |
The Tauranga Campaign of the New Zealand Wars begins |
Jan 27 |
Battle of Fair Gardens, TN |
Jan 27 |
Civil War skirmish at Kelly's Ford, Va |
Jan 28 |
Battle of New Bern, NC |
Feb 1 |
-Feb 8th] Battle of Yazoo River, MS |
Feb 1 |
2nd German-Danish war begins |
Feb 1 |
Austrian and Prussian troops occupy Schleswig-Holstein |
Feb 2 |
-Oct 7th) Cruise of CSS Florida |
Feb 3 |
Sherman's march through Mississippi |
Feb 4 |
Skirmish at Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi |
Feb 5 |
Federals occupy Jackson, Mississippi |
Feb 6 |
-7] Skirmish at Barnett's Ford Virginia |
Feb 7 |
Federal troops occupy Jacksonville, Florida |
Feb 13 |
Miridian Campaign fighting at Chunky Creek & Wyatt, Mississippi |
Feb 15 |
Fire in Rotterdam Neth damages Museum Boymans |
Feb 16 |
Battle of Mobile, AL - operations by Union Army |
Feb 17 |
Confederate submarine HL Hunley sinks Union ship Housatonic |
Feb 19 |
Knights of Pythias form 1st lodge in Wash DC (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 blacks dedicated, Baltimore |
Feb 22 |
-27] Battle at Dalton Georgia |
Feb 22 |
2nd/last day of Battle of Okolona, MS |
Feb 22 |
Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta) Tennessee |
Feb 24 |
-Feb 25] Battle of Tunnel Hill, GA (Buzzard's Roost) |
Feb 27 |
6th & last day of battle at Dalton, Georgia (about 600 casualties) |
Feb 27 |
Near Andersonville GA, 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 (US) becomes 1st black woman to receive a medical degree |
Mar 5 |
1st track meet between Oxford & Cambridge |
Mar 9 |
Ulysses S. Grant is appointed commander of Union Army |
Mar 10 |
Grant is named commander of the Union armies |
Mar 10 |
Red River campaign LA |
Mar 11 |
Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee |
Mar 11 |
The Great Sheffield Flood: the largest man-made disaster ever to befall England kills over 250 people in Sheffield. |
Mar 14 |
Rossini's "Petite Messe Solennelle" premieres in Paris |
Mar 14 |
Union troops occupy Fort de Russy, Louisiana |
Mar 15 |
Red River Campaign-Union forces reach Alexandria, LA |
Mar 18 |
Dale Dike on Humber River crumbles drowning some 240 |
Mar 19 |
Opera "Mireille" premieres in Paris |
Mar 21 |
Battle at Henderson's Hill (Bayou Rapids) Louisiana |
Mar 23 |
Encounter at Camden AR |
Mar 25 |
Battle of Paducah, KY (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 |
Skirmish at Elkin's Ford (Little Missouri River), Arkansas |
Apr 8 |
Battle of Mansfield, La; Federals routed by Gen Richard Taylor |
Apr 9 |
Battle of Pleasant Hill LA, 2870 casualities |
Apr 9 |
Union surgeon Mary Edwards Walker is captured by Confederate troops and arrested as a spy during US Civil War. |
Apr 10 |
Austrian Archduke Maximilian becomes Maximilian I, Emperor of Mexico |
Apr 12 |
Battle of Blair's Landing LA |
Apr 12 |
Confederate Gen Nathan Bedford Forrest captures Fort Pillow, Tn |
Apr 15 |
General Steeles' Union troops occupies Camden, Arkansas |
Apr 17 |
Battle of Plymouth, NC |
Apr 17 |
Bread revolt in Savannah, Georgia |
Apr 17 |
Grant suspends prisoner-of-war exchanges |
Apr 18 |
Battle of Poison Springs, AR (Camden Expedition) |
Apr 22 |
US mints 2 cent coin (1st appearance of "In God We Trust") |
Apr 23 |
Battle of Cane River, LA (Red River Expedition, Monett's Ferry) |
Apr 25 |
Battle of Marks' Mill, Arkansas (Camden Expedition) |
Apr 29 |
-30] Skirmish at Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas |
Apr 29 |
The Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. |
Apr 29 |
Battle of Gate Pa (Pukehinahina): 1,700 British troops suffer their worst defeat of the New Zealand Wars at the hands of 230 entrenched Maori warriors in Tauranga, leaving 31 British troops dead and 80 wounded. Maori losses were 25 killed and an unknown number wounded. |
Apr 30 |
Battle of Jenkin's Ferry, Arkansas; Gen W R 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, GA begins |
May 1 |
Wilderness campaign |
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, VA (Germanna Ford, Wilderness Tavern) |
May 5 |
Campaign in Northern Georgia - Chattanooga GA to Atlanta GA |
May 6 |
US Civil War: Battle of Port Walthall Junction, VA |
May 6 |
US Civil War: Battle of Wilderness - Confederate General longstreet seriously injured |
May 6 |
US Civil war: General Sherman begins advance to Atlanta Georgia |
May 7 |
Battle of Wilderness ends (total losses: USA-17,666; CSA-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 Spotslyvania Court House begins |
May 9 |
-20] Skirmish at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia |
May 9 |
Battle of Cloyd's Mt, & Swift Creek, VA (Drewery's Bluff, Ft Darling) |
May 9 |
Battle of Dalton, GA |
May 9 |
Ship battle at Helgoland, Austria-Denmark |
May 10 |
Battles at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia |
May 10 |
Skirmish at Ny River, Virginia |
May 11 |
Battle of Yellow Tavern, VA (Sheridan's Raid, South Anna Bridge) |
May 11 |
Gen J.E.B. Stuart is mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern |
May 12 |
US Civil war: Battle of Drewry's Bluff, VA (Ft Darling) |
May 12 |
US Civil War Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia |
May 12 |
Battle of Todd's Tavern, VA (Sheridan's Raid), cavalry battle during 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, VA |
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, LA (Bayou de Glaize, Old Oaks) |
May 19 |
Battle of Port Walthall Junction, VA (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 20 |
Spotsylvania campaign ends after 10,920 killed/injured |
May 21 |
Gen David Hunter takes command of Dept 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 N Anna River, VA (Totopotamy River, Haw's Shop, Hanovertown) |
May 23 |
Battle of Dallas, GA |
May 23 |
Battle of North Anna, Va, 1st of 3 days of fighting |
May 25 |
Battle of New Hope Church, GA |
May 26 |
-30] Skirmish along the Totopotomoy Creek, Virginia |
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 |
Cavalry fight at Battle of Bethesda Church/Totopotomoy Creek Virginia during US Civil War |
May 31 |
Raid at Morgan's Kentucky |
Jun 1 |
-Nov] Shenandoah Valley campaign |
Jun 1 |
Battle of Cold Harbor, VA (Gaines' Mill, Gaines' Farm) |
Jun 1 |
Confederate cruiser Georgia sold to a British merchant in Liverpool. |
Jun 2 |
Battle of Cold Harbour, Day 2 |
Jun 3 |
General Robert E. Lee wins his last victory of Civil War at Battle of Cold Harbor |
Jun 5 |
Battle of Piedmont, VA (Augusta City) |
Jun 6 |
Battle of Lake Chicot, AR (Dutch Bayou) |
Jun 7 |
Abraham Lincoln renominated for US President by Republican Party |
Jun 9 |
Battle of Big Shanty, GA |
Jun 9 |
Battle of Kenesaw Mountain, GA (Pine Mt, Pine Knob, Golgotha) |
Jun 10 |
Battle of Kellar's Bridge KY (Licking River) |
Jun 11 |
-12] Battle of Trevillian Station, VA (Central Railroad) |
Jun 11 |
300' (90 m) of Meigg's Wharf washed away in storm |
Jun 11 |
Battle at Cynthiana Kentucky: Gen Hobsons unit caught |
Jun 11 |
Battle of Laurel Hill, WV |
Jun 11 |
Confederate warship CSS Alabama runs into harbor of Cherbourg |
Jun 12 |
Lee sends Early into Shenandoah Valley |
Jun 12 |
Skirmish at Mcafee's Cross Road Georgia, about 57 dies in battle |
Jun 14 |
US Union warship USS Kearsarge appears off Cherbourg |
Jun 15 |
-17] Skirmish at Gilgal Church, Georgia |
Jun 15 |
Battle for Petersburg begins as General Ulysses S. Grant assaults Confederate line |
Jun 15 |
Capt Mendell begins building 640m long ponton bridge over James R Va |
Jun 15 |
US Congress passes legislation equalizing pay for Black soldiers |
Jun 15 |
Robert E. Lee's home area (Arlington, VA) becomes a military cemetery |
Jun 16 |
Battle of Lynchburg, VA |
Jun 16 |
Skirmish at Golgotha, Georgia |
Jun 16 |
Union General Ulysses S. Grant begin siege of Petersburg, Va |
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 |
General John B Hood replaces General Johnston |
Jun 17 |
Skirmish at Mud Creek/Noyes's (Nose) Creek, Georgia |
Jun 18 |
At Petersburg, Grant ends 4 days of assaults |
Jun 19 |
CSS "Alabama" sunk by USS "Kearsarge" off Cherbourg, France |
Jun 19 |
Skirmish at Pine Knob Georgia |
Jun 20 |
Battle of Kinston NC & Battle of Abingdon VA |
Jun 20 |
Battle of Petersburgs VA - in trenches |
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, VA (Wilson's Raid) |
Jun 22 |
Skirmish at Culp's (Kulp's) House, Georgia |
Jun 25 |
Horse tramway at the Hague, opens |
Jun 25 |
Petersburg Campaign-Federals begin digging tunnels under Reb lines |
Jun 27 |
Atlanta Campaign: Battle of Kennesaw Mountain GA |
Jun 29 |
Grand Trunk Railway accident; 100 killed |
Jun 29 |
Samuel Crowther, bishop of Niger, becomes the first Black bishop of the Church of England |
Jul 1 |
Battle of Petersburg, VA [->JUL 31] -front US3695 CS—- |
Jul 2 |
Gen Early & Confederate forces reach Winchester en route to Washington, DC |
Jul 2 |
Statuary Hall in US Capitol forms |
Jul 3 |
Battle of Chattahoochie River, GA [until Jul 9] |
Jul 3 |
Harpers Ferry, WV - Federals evacuate in face of Early's advance |
Jul 4 |
-9] Battle at Chattahoochee River, Georgia |
Jul 5 |
Battle of Smith's Expedition, MS (Tupelo, Harrisburg) |
Jul 6 |
Battle of Chattahoochee River, GA [->JUL 10] US730 CS600 |
Jul 7 |
S Middleton, MD -Early's Washington Raid- |
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, MD US1959 CS400 |
Jul 11 |
Battle of Fort Stevens, DC (Early's Raid, Tennallytown, MD) |
Jul 11 |
Confederate forces led by Gen J Early begin invasion of Wash DC |
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 & injuring 109 of 955 aboard |
Jul 17 |
CSA President Davis replaces Gen Joe Johnston with John Bell Hood |
Jul 18 |
President Lincoln asks for 500,000 volunteers for milt service |
Jul 19 |
Battle of Winchester, VA (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-Hood attacks Sherman, 8449 conf, 3641 US die |
Jul 23 |
Battle of Woodstock, VA |
Jul 24 |
Battle of Winchester, VA US1200 CS600 |
Jul 26 |
-31] Riot at McCook's to Lovejoy Station GA, US600 CS—- |
Jul 26 |
-31] Riot at Stoneman's to Macon GA, US1000 CS—- |
Jul 26 |
Battle at Ezra Chapel (Church), Georgia [Hood's Third Sortie] |
Jul 27 |
Battle of Darbytown, VA (Deep Bottom, Newmarket Road) (Strawberry Plains) |
Jul 28 |
2nd day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia |
Jul 28 |
Battle of Atlanta: GA (Ezra Church) - second sortie US700 CS4642 |
Jul 29 |
3rd & last day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia |
Jul 29 |
Battle of Macon, GA (Stoneman's Raid) |
Jul 29 |
American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, DC. |
Jul 30 |
Battle of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania - burned by Union forces under McCausland |
Jul 30 |
Battle of the Crater: Gen Burnsides fails on attack of Petersburg |
Jul 31 |
Ulysses S. Grant is named General of Volunteers |
Aug 1 |
Battle of Petersburg, VA |
Aug 2 |
2nd Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens |
Aug 3 |
Battle of Mobile AL |
Aug 4 |
Land & naval action new Brazos Santiago, Texas |
Aug 5 |
US Civil War Battle of Mobile Bay won by the Union led by Rear Admiral Farragut with the cry "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" |
Aug 5 |
Spectrum of a comet observed for 1st time, by Giovanni Donati |
Aug 6 |
Confederate forces evacuate Fort Powell, Mobile Bay, Alamaba |
Aug 7 |
Battle of Moorefield, WV |
Aug 8 |
Comet C/1864 N1 (Tempel) approaches within 0.0964 AUs of Earth |
Aug 8 |
Union troops/fleet occupy Fort Gaines, Alabama |
Aug 9 |
Battle of Ft Morgan AL |
Aug 13 |
Battle of Deep Bottom VA (Strawberry Plains) & Fussell's Mill VA |
Aug 14 |
-16] Confederate General Joe Wheeler besieges Dalton, Georgia |
Aug 14 |
2nd day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia: Federal assault |
Aug 15 |
Off New England coast, CSS Tallahassee captures 6 yankee schooners |
Aug 16 |
Federal assault on 4th day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia |
Aug 16 |
Palace for People's industry official opens in Amsterdam |
Aug 18 |
6th day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia: Confederate assault |
Aug 18 |
Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Weldon Railroad day 1 of 3 days |
Aug 19 |
2nd day of battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia |
Aug 20 |
8th/last day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Va (about 3,900 casualties) |
Aug 21 |
BBT Charleston, SC [->DEC 31] |
Aug 21 |
Battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia, ends after 2500 casualties |
Aug 21 |
Battle of Grubbs Crossroads, KY |
Aug 21 |
Battle of Summit Point, VA |
Aug 21 |
Major Gen Nathan B Forrests assault on Memphis, Tennessee |
Aug 22 |
First Geneva Convention adopted in Geneva "for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field" |
Aug 23 |
Union troops/fleet occupy Fort Morgan, Alabama |
Aug 25 |
Combination rail & ferry service available from San Francisco to Alameda |
Aug 25 |
Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Ream's Station |
Aug 28 |
The first Geneva Convention, governing rules of warfare, signed by 26 nations. |
Aug 29 |
William Huggins discovers chemical composition of nebulae |
Aug 31 |
Atlanta Campaign: Battle of Jonesboro Georgia, 1900 casualties |
Sep 1 |
2nd day of battle at Jonesboro Georgia, about 3,000 casualties |
Sep 1 |
Battle of Petersburg VA |
Sep 1 |
Skirmish at Hood evacuated confederates from Atlanta GA |
Sep 2 |
Union General William T. Sherman captures and burns Atlanta during US Civil War |
Sep 3 |
Battle of Berryville, VA |
Sep 3 |
US, British, French & Dutch naval officer sails Straits of Simonoseki |
Sep 4 |
Bread riots in Mobile, Alabama |
Sep 5 |
British, French & Dutch fleets attacked Japan in Shimonoseki Straits |
Sep 5 |
Achille François Bazaine becomes Marshall of France. |
Sep 16 |
Battle of Coggin's Point, Virginia (Hampton-Rosser Cattle Raid) |
Sep 17 |
Grant approves Sheridan's plan for Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
Sep 18 |
Battle of Martinsburg WV |
Sep 18 |
Hood's Tennessee campaign begins (also called The Franklin—Nashville Campaign), American Civil War |
Sep 19 |
3rd Battle of Winchester Virginia (Opequon, 3rd Winchester) |
Sep 22 |
Battle of Fisher's Hill VA-Gen Early Retreats to Brown's Gap |
Sep 22 |
Sheridan sets up camp in Harrisonburg VA |
Sep 23 |
Battle of Athens VA |
Sep 27 |
Battle at Pilot Knob (Ft Davidson) American Civil War, Missouri: 1700 killed/injured |
Sep 27 |
Centralia Massacre (Missouri): 24 unarmed Union soldiers captured and executed by "Bloody Bill" Anderson/Frank |
Sep 27 |
Jesse James' gang surprise attack train: 150 killed |
Sep 28 |
-30) Battle of Fort Harrison VA (Chaffin's Farm New Market Heights) |
Sep 29 |
Battle of Battle of Chaffin's Farm & New Market Heights VA |
Sep 30 |
Battle of Preble's Farm VA (Poplar Springs Church) |
Sep 30 |
Black soldiers given US Medal of Honor |
Oct 1 |
Cyclone strikes Calcutta: 70,000 killed |
Oct 1 |
John S Staples is paid $500 as a substitute for President Lincoln |
Oct 2 |
Battle of Saltville, VA |
Oct 4 |
National black convention meets (Syracuse NY) |
Oct 4 |
New Orleans Tribune, 1st black daily newspaper, forms |
Oct 5 |
Battle of Allatoona, 1/3 of Union troops die repulsing South |
Oct 5 |
Most of Calcutta destroyed by cyclone (approx 60,000 die) |
Oct 7 |
-Oct 13th) Battle of Darbytown Road, VA |
Oct 7 |
Naval Engagement at Bahia Harbor, Brazil - CSS Florida vs USS Wachusett |
Oct 9 |
Battle of Tom's Brook; Confederate cavalry that harassed Sheridan's campaign is beaten by General Custer & Merrit's cavalry divisions |
Oct 11 |
Slavery abolished in Maryland |
Oct 11 |
Campina Grande, Brazil was established as a city. |
Oct 13 |
Battle at Darbytown Road Virginia (337 casualties) |
Oct 13 |
Battle of Dalton, GA - surrendered |
Oct 13 |
Battle of Harpers Ferry, WV (mOSBY's Raid) |
Oct 13 |
Maryland voters adopt new constitution, including abolition of slavery |
Oct 15 |
Confederate troops occupy Glasgow, Missouri |
Oct 19 |
Approx 25 Confederates make surprise attack on St Albans, Vermont |
Oct 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, Union beats back Conf attackers |
Oct 19 |
US Brigadier General Emory Upton (25) promoted to Major General |
Oct 20 |
US President Lincoln formally establishes Thanksgiving as a national holiday |
Oct 21 |
Battle of Westport, MO (Kansas City) |
Oct 23 |
Battle of Westport, Missouri: Union General Samuel R Curtis defeats Confederate General Stirling Price |
Oct 25 |
Battle of Marais Des Cygnes River, Kansas (Mine Creek) |
Oct 25 |
Skirmish at Mine Creek, KS & Turkeytown, AL |
Oct 26 |
Union troops ambush & kill 'Bloody' Bill Anderson in Richmond MI |
Oct 27 |
Battle of Boydton Plank Road, VA (Burgess' Mill, Southside Railroad) |
Oct 27 |
2nd Battle of Fair Oaks, Va near Richmond |
Oct 27 |
Confederate ship Albemarle torpedoed/sinks |
Oct 27 |
Siege of Petersburg, VA |
Oct 28 |
Second Battle of Newtonia (American Civil War), Newton County, Missouri |
Oct 28 |
Second Battle at Fair Oaks, Virginia, ends with 1554 casualties |
Oct 28 |
Battle of Wauhatchie, TN |
Oct 29 |
Greek parliament accept new Constitution |
Oct 30 |
Helena, Montana's capital, founded |
Oct 31 |
Nevada admitted as 36th state of the Union |
Nov 4 |
Confederate assault on Johnsonville, Tennessee |
Nov 4 |
Naval Engagement at Reynoldsburg Island |
Nov 6 |
Battle of Droop Mountain, WV (Averell's Raid) |
Nov 7 |
2nd session of congress of Confederate States of America reconvenes |
Nov 8 |
Abraham Lincoln (R) elected to his 2nd term as American President |
Nov 9 |
1st export of goods from Burrard Inlet, BC to a foreign country |
Nov 9 |
Sherman issues preliminary plans for his "March to the Sea" |
Nov 10 |
Kingston, GA burned during Sherman's March to the Sea |
Nov 11 |
Sherman's troops destroy Rome, Georgia |
Nov 11 |
Skirmish at Shoal Creek, AL |
Nov 13 |
The new Constitution of Greece is adopted. |
Nov 15 |
1st US mines school opens in basement of Columbia University, NY |
Nov 15 |
Union Major General Sherman leaves Atlanta on the "March to the Sea" |
Nov 16 |
Confederate retreat at Lovejoy, Georgia |
Nov 16 |
Union General William T. Sherman begins march to sea during Civil War |
Nov 21 |
-22] Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia |
Nov 22 |
American Civil War Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia, ends after 650 casualties |
Nov 22 |
Union General O Howard orders plunderers be shot to death |
Nov 23 |
-25] Battle at Ball's Ferry Georgia (30 casualties) |
Nov 25 |
Confederate plot to burn New York city fails |
Nov 25 |
Confederate retreat at Sandersville, Georgia |
Nov 26 |
Confederate troops vacate Sandersville Georgia |
Nov 26 |
Skirmish at Sylvan Brutal/Waynesboro, Georgia |
Nov 27 |
2nd day of Battles at Waynesboro, Georgia |
Nov 28 |
3rd day of Battles at Waynesboro/Jones's Plantation, Georgia |
Nov 28 |
Battle of New Creek, WV (Rosser's Raid, Ft Kelly) |
Nov 29 |
4th & last day of skirmishes at Waynesboro, Georgia |
Nov 29 |
Battle of Spring Hill, TN (Thomason's Station) |
Nov 29 |
Sand Creek Massacre, Colorado militia kills about 150 peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians including Cheyenne chief One-Eye |
Nov 30 |
Battle of Franklin Tennessee: Confederate attack fails, 7,700 casualities |
Nov 30 |
Battle of Honey Hill SC (Broad River) 96 dead/665 wounded |
Dec 1 |
Raid at Stoneman: Knoxville, TN to Saltville, VA |
Dec 1 |
Skirmish at Millen Brutal, Georgia |
Dec 2 |
Skirmish at Rocky Creek Church, Georgia |
Dec 3 |
Skirmish at Thomas' Station, Georgia |
Dec 4 |
Battle of Waynesborough (Brier Creek) GA |
Dec 4 |
Romanian Jews are forbidden to practice law |
Dec 6 |
Battle of Deveaux's Neck, SC |
Dec 7 |
Skirmish at Ebenezer Creek/Cypress Swamp, Georgia |
Dec 8 |
Pope Pius IX publishes encyclical Quanta cura ("Syllabus errorum") |
Dec 10 |
General Sherman's armies reach Savannah & 12 day siege begins |
Dec 13 |
Battle of Ft McAllister, GA |
Dec 15 |
Battle of Nashville, TN |
Dec 15 |
Raid on Stoneman: Abingdon & Glade Springs, VA |
Dec 16 |
Battle of Nashville ends after 4400 casualities |
Dec 20 |
-Dec 27th] Battle of Ft Fisher, NC |
Dec 21 |
General Sherman conquers Savannah, Georgia |
Dec 24 |
Battle of Gordonsville, VA |
Dec 28 |
Battle of Egypt Station, MS |
Dec 29 |
Fire Dept celebrates 1st annual ball |
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