Birthdays

James Basil Duke
Turns 36 on this date

Stephen Dill Lee
Turns 31 on this date

Patrick Theodore Moore
Turns 43 on this date

John Grubb Parke
Turns 37 on this date

Sir Percy Wyndham
Turns 31 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 |
Science/Technology | The autumn of 1864 begins at precisely 2:08 pm, Washington DC time | 09/22/1864 |