Birthdays

John Albion Andrew
Turns 46 on this date

Albert Gallatin Brown
Turns 51 on this date

Benjamin Gratz Brown
Turns 38 on this date

James Morrill Follansbee
Turns 41 on this date

Ira Harris
Turns 62 on this date

William Henry Lee
Turns 27 on this date

Stephen Dodson Ramseur
Turns 27 on this date

Horatio Seymour
Turns 54 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | At the U.S. Capitol, debate begins in the House on the proposed 13th Amendment to the Constitution | 05/31/1864 |
Battles/Soldiers | Battle of Cold Harbor |
05/31/1864 to 06/12/1864 |
Battles/Soldiers | Grant's Overland Campaign against the Army of Northern Virginia continues |
05/05/1864 to 06/27/1864 |
Legal/Political | The first session of the 38th Congress is sitting in Washington DC from early January to early July, 1864 |
01/07/1864 to 07/03/1864 |