Birthdays

John Cessna
Turns 43 on this date

Daniel Mountjoy Cloud
Turns 27 on this date

John Bell Hood
Turns 33 on this date

James Croxall Palmer
Turns 53 on this date

William Ransom Johnson Pegram
Turns 23 on this date
Events
Battles/Soldiers | Battle of Marietta, June 9-July 3, 1864 |
06/09/1864 to 07/03/1864 |
Battles/Soldiers | In Virginia, a week long Union cavalry raid on Confederate communications meets with mixed success |
06/22/1864 to 07/01/1864 |
Crime/Disasters | Near Montreal, a passenger train crashes into the Richelieu River and 99 people die | 06/29/1864 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | Salmon P. Chase resigns as Secretary of the Treasury | 06/29/1864 |
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 House of Representatives upholds Senate on banning exclusion from U.S. courts on grounds of race | 06/29/1864 |