Birthdays
Jesse William Barrett
Turns 42 on this date
Robert Franklin Beckham
Turns 27 on this date
John Michael Krebs
Turns 60 on this date
William Elisha Stoker
Turns 27 on this date
Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley
Turns 43 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | Grant's Overland Campaign against the Army of Northern Virginia continues |
05/05/1864 to 06/27/1864 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In Spotsylvania County, Virginia, the Battle of the Wilderness continues for a second bloody day | 05/06/1864 |
| 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 |