1864 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1864?
- February 20, 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Olustee occurs – the largest battle fought in Florida during the war.
- February 27, 1864 – American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
- April 17, 1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins – Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina.
- April 18, 1864 – Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement.
- May 26, 1864 – Montana is organized as a United States territory.
- June 10, 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Brice’s Crossroads. Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeat a much larger Union force led by General Samuel D. Sturgis in Mississippi.
- June 15, 1864 – American Civil War: The Second Battle of Petersburg begins.
- June 21, 1864 – New Zealand Land Wars: The Tauranga Campaign ends.
- June 30, 1864 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for “public use, resort and recreation”.
- July 24, 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown – Confederate General Jubal Anderson Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley.
- July 29, 1864 – American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.
- August 17, 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Gainesville – Confederate forces defeat Union troops near Gainesville, Florida.
- September 5, 1864 – Achille François Bazaine becomes Marshall of France.
- September 29, 1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Chaffin’s Farm is fought.
- October 9, 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Tom’s Brook – Union cavalrymen in the Shenandoah Valley defeat Confederate forces at Tom’s Brook, Virginia.
- October 11, 1864 – Campina Grande, Brazil is established as a city.
- October 15, 1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Glasgow is fought, resulting in the surrender of Glasgow, Missouri, and its Union garrison, to the Confederacy.
- October 31, 1864 – Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.
- November 4, 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Johnsonville – Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
- November 25, 1864 – American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City.
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