Birthdays
John Robinson Agnew
Turns 54 on this date
William H. Christian
Turns 39 on this date
William Montgomery Gardner
Turns 40 on this date
John Nathan Caldwell Grier
Turns 72 on this date
Francis Day Hodgson
Turns 32 on this date
William Morris Meredith
Turns 65 on this date
Gideon Johnson Pillow
Turns 58 on this date
David Dixon Porter
Turns 51 on this date
Events
| 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 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The U.S. Congress funds "separate but equal" schools for black children in the District of Columbia | 06/08/1864 |