Birthdays
Henry Ward Beecher
Turns 51 on this date
John Archibald Campbell
Turns 53 on this date
David Ramsay Clendenin
Turns 34 on this date
Birkett Davenport Fry
Turns 42 on this date
Henry Rootes Jackson
Turns 44 on this date
William Radford
Turns 50 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | Battle of Marietta, June 9-July 3, 1864 |
06/09/1864 to 07/03/1864 |
| Battles/Soldiers | Grant's Overland Campaign against the Army of Northern Virginia continues |
05/05/1864 to 06/27/1864 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In Virginia, a week long Union cavalry raid on Confederate communications meets with mixed success |
06/22/1864 to 07/01/1864 |
| 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 |