Birthdays
Reverdy Johnson
Turns 68 on this date
Dabney Herndon Maury
Turns 42 on this date
Mosby Monroe Parsons
Turns 42 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 |