1864
March 2 – U.S. Grant named General-in-Chief of Union
armies.
1864
April 12 – The Massacre at Fort Pillow on the
Mississippi River in Tennessee; 431 casualties.
1864
May 5 to 19 – The Battles of the Wilderness and
Spotsylvania near Chancellorsville, Virginia; 54,000
casualties.
1864
May 31 – A group of radical Republicans meets in
Cleveland, Ohio to nominate their own presidential candidate, General John
Charles Fremont.
1864
June 1 to 3 – The Battle of Cold Harbor in Virginia;
13,500 casualties.
1864
June 14 – Naval battle between CSS Alabama and USS
Kearsarge near Cherbourg, France; 33 casualties.
1864
June 27 – The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain near
Marietta, Georgia; 2,321 casualties.
1864
June 8 – Lincoln is nominated by the Union Party for
president. Andrew Johnson, a Tennessee Union Democrat, is nominated as
vice-president.
1864
July 2 to 14 – Early’s Raid on Washington, D.C.; 9,000
casualties.
1864
August 5 – Naval Battle of Mobile Bay; 589
casualties.
1864
August 31 – General McClellan is nominated as the
Democratic candidate for president.
1864
July 18 to September 3 – The Battles for Atlanta;
20,000 casualties.
1864
October 19 – The Battle of Cedar Creek in the
Shenandoah Valley: 8,665 casualties.
1864
October 19 – Confederate raiders, based in Canada,
steal $200,000 from banks in the Vermont town of St. Albans.
1864
November 8 – Lincoln is re-elected to a second term
winning more than 55 percent of the popular vote.
1864
December 16 – The Battle of Nashville in Tennessee;
4,449 casualties.
1864
December 21 – Sherman captures Savannah,
Georgia.
March 2 – U.S. Grant named General-in-Chief of Union
armies.
1864
April 12 – The Massacre at Fort Pillow on the
Mississippi River in Tennessee; 431 casualties.
1864
May 5 to 19 – The Battles of the Wilderness and
Spotsylvania near Chancellorsville, Virginia; 54,000
casualties.
1864
May 31 – A group of radical Republicans meets in
Cleveland, Ohio to nominate their own presidential candidate, General John
Charles Fremont.
1864
June 1 to 3 – The Battle of Cold Harbor in Virginia;
13,500 casualties.
1864
June 14 – Naval battle between CSS Alabama and USS
Kearsarge near Cherbourg, France; 33 casualties.
1864
June 27 – The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain near
Marietta, Georgia; 2,321 casualties.
1864
June 8 – Lincoln is nominated by the Union Party for
president. Andrew Johnson, a Tennessee Union Democrat, is nominated as
vice-president.
1864
July 2 to 14 – Early’s Raid on Washington, D.C.; 9,000
casualties.
1864
August 5 – Naval Battle of Mobile Bay; 589
casualties.
1864
August 31 – General McClellan is nominated as the
Democratic candidate for president.
1864
July 18 to September 3 – The Battles for Atlanta;
20,000 casualties.
1864
October 19 – The Battle of Cedar Creek in the
Shenandoah Valley: 8,665 casualties.
1864
October 19 – Confederate raiders, based in Canada,
steal $200,000 from banks in the Vermont town of St. Albans.
1864
November 8 – Lincoln is re-elected to a second term
winning more than 55 percent of the popular vote.
1864
December 16 – The Battle of Nashville in Tennessee;
4,449 casualties.
1864
December 21 – Sherman captures Savannah,
Georgia.