1864 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1864?
- January 21, 1864 – The Tauranga Campaign begins during the Maori Wars.
- February 27, 1864 – American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
- March 10, 1864 – American Civil War: The Red River Campaign begins as Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana.
- April 12, 1864 – American Civil War: The Fort Pillow massacre: Confederate forces kill most of the African American soldiers that surrendered at Fort Pillow, Tennessee.
- April 22, 1864 – The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandates that the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
- May 9, 1864 – Second War of Schleswig: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.
- May 26, 1864 – Montana is organized as a United States territory.
- June 3, 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor – Union forces attack Confederate troops in Hanover County, Virginia.
- June 29, 1864 – Ninety-nine people are killed in Canada’s worst railway disaster near St-Hilaire, Quebec.
- July 8, 1864 – Ikedaya Jiken: the Choshu Han shishi’s planned Shinsengumi sabotage on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya.
- July 22, 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Atlanta – outside Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill.
- 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.
- August 22, 1864 – 12 nations sign the First Geneva Convention. The Red Cross is formed.
- September 7, 1864 – American Civil War: Atlanta, Georgia, is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.
- 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 23, 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Westport – Union forces under General Samuel R. Curtis defeat Confederate troops led by General Sterling Price at Westport, near Kansas City.
- October 28, 1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road (also known as the Second Battle of Fair Oaks) ends – Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant withdraw from Fair Oaks, Virginia, after failing to breach the Confederate defenses around Richmond, Virginia.
- October 30, 1864 – Helena, Montana is founded after four prospectors discover gold at “Last Chance Gulch”.
- December 22, 1864 – Savannah, Georgia falls to General William Tecumseh Sherman, concluding his “March to the Sea”.
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