Birthdays
Blanche Kelso Bruce
Turns 23 on this date
Robert Christie Buchanan
Turns 53 on this date
Lewis Garrard Clarke
Turns 49 on this date
James Fleming Fagan
Turns 36 on this date
Hiram Bronson Granbury
Turns 33 on this date
William Dean Howells
Turns 27 on this date
John Moore Leonard
Turns 31 on this date
Albin Francisco Schoepf
Turns 42 on this date
Events
| Education/Culture | In Boston, Rebecca Davis Lee graduates as the first female African-American medical doctor | 03/01/1864 |
| 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 | William Stoker returns to Coffeeville, Texas on furlough |
01/24/1864 to 03/13/1864 |