Birthdays
Richard Lee Turberville Beale
Turns 45 on this date
Jeremiah Tilford Boyle
Turns 46 on this date
Sydney Howard Gay
Turns 50 on this date
Milton Slocum Latham
Turns 37 on this date
Arthur Tappan
Turns 78 on this date
Events
| 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 |
Documents
| Diary | Entry by Samuel Elliot, May 22, 1864 | 05/22/1864 |