Birthdays
Ann Leah Fox Underhill
Turns 51 on this date
George Baird Hodge
Turns 36 on this date
John Hitchcock Leard
Turns 38 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | At Mansfield, Louisiana, Confederate forces deal a severe blow to the Union's Red River Campaign | 04/08/1864 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Washington, the U.S. Senate passes the proposed 13th Amendment to the Constitution, 38-6. | 04/08/1864 |
| 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 |