Birthdays
George Gordon Meade
Turns 49 on this date
Jonathan Kenyon Peck
Turns 40 on this date
Noah Pinkney
Turns 18 on this date
Theodore Medad Pomeroy
Turns 40 on this date
Charles Shiels Wainwright
Turns 38 on this date
Alfred Newton Weir
Turns 24 on this date
Events
| Personal | Former United States Vice-President George M. Dallas dies at his home in Philadelphia | 12/31/1864 |
| Personal | Former Vice-President George Mifflin Dallas dies of a heart attack at his home in Philadelphia | 12/31/1864 |
| Religion/Philosophy | Hanakkuh, the Jewish Festival of Lights, ends | 12/31/1864 |
| Legal/Political | The second session of the 38th Congress is in a two-week holiday recess until January 6, 1865 |
12/23/1864 to 01/05/1865 |