Birthdays
Edward Young Buchanan
Turns 53 on this date
Edward Winslow Hinks
Turns 34 on this date
George Doherty Johnston
Turns 32 on this date
Francis William Kellogg
Turns 54 on this date
John Alexander McClernand
Turns 52 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 |