Birthdays
Augusta Jane Evans
Turns 29 on this date
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Turns 35 on this date
William Henry Stewart
Turns 46 on this date
Bryan Morel Thomas
Turns 28 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | Battle of Spotsylvania, May 8-21, 1864 |
05/08/1864 to 05/21/1864 |
| Battles/Soldiers | Grant's Overland Campaign against the Army of Northern Virginia continues |
05/05/1864 to 06/27/1864 |
| 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 |