Birthdays
Henry Winslow Abbett
Turns 25 on this date
Montgomery Blair
Turns 51 on this date
John Wilkes Booth
Turns 26 on this date
Joseph Mallalieu
Turns 23 on this date
Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback
Turns 27 on this date
John Sherman
Turns 41 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 |