Birthdays
Orville Hickman Browning
Turns 58 on this date
James King Davidson
Turns 54 on this date
Isham Green Harris
Turns 46 on this date
William Read Scurry
Turns 43 on this date
Rufus Watson Wharton
Turns 37 on this date
Events
| Religion/Philosophy | Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, is celebrated across the United States | 02/10/1864 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In Richmond, 109 Union officers prisoners tunnel out of confinement and make for the Union lines |
02/09/1864 to 02/10/1864 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is sitting in its fourth and final session |
11/18/1863 to 02/21/1864 |
| Legal/Political | The first session of the 38th Congress is sitting in Washington DC from early January to early July, 1864 |
01/07/1864 to 07/03/1864 |
| Battles/Soldiers | Union spy Elizabeth Van Lew risks her life to shelter escaping Union officers in her Richmond home |
02/10/1864 to 02/11/1864 |
| Battles/Soldiers | William Stoker returns to Coffeeville, Texas on furlough |
01/24/1864 to 03/13/1864 |