Birthdays
Samuel Prigg Carroll
Turns 32 on this date
John Conness
Turns 43 on this date
Austin Augustus King
Turns 62 on this date
Charles Joseph Little
Turns 24 on this date
Augustus Emmett Maxwell
Turns 44 on this date
Abram Baldwin Olin
Turns 56 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | In western Virginia, Union forces drive Confederates from entrenched positions at the Battle of Fisher's Hill |
09/21/1864 to 09/22/1864 |
| Campaigns/Elections | John C. Frémont withdraws from the presidential election, healing a dangerous split in the Republican vote | 09/21/1864 |