Birthdays
James Barton
Turns 28 on this date
Frederick P. Beidler
Turns 40 on this date
James Alexander Brandt
Turns 29 on this date
Levi Coffin
Turns 75 on this date
Anna Elizabeth Dickinson
Turns 22 on this date
Isaac Dillon
Turns 41 on this date
Dudley McIver Dubose
Turns 30 on this date
Theodore Stanford Garnett
Turns 20 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | In the Roanoke River, a daring U.S. Navy night raid sinks the Confederate warship Albemarle |
10/27/1864 to 10/28/1864 |
| Battles/Soldiers | Union cavalry General George Custer leads a delegation to present captured battle-flags to the War Department | 10/28/1864 |