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 |