Birthdays
Robert Houstoun Anderson
Turns 29 on this date
William LeRoy Broun
Turns 37 on this date
Adoniram Judson Clark
Turns 26 on this date
James E. Clawson
Turns 36 on this date
Francis Marion Cockrell
Turns 30 on this date
Alfred G. Coover
Turns 26 on this date
William Hicks Jackson
Turns 29 on this date
Francis Henry Jordan
Turns 43 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | In fighting around Peeble's Farm, Union forces further tighten to ring around the key town of Petersburg |
09/30/1864 to 10/02/1864 |
| Crime/Disasters | In southern England, forty-six tons of gunpowder explodes and kills thirteen people | 10/01/1864 |
| Personal | Mary Brown arrives in Red Bluff, California | 10/01/1864 |
| Religion/Philosophy | Rosh Hashana | 10/01/1864 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Times, "Philadelphia vs. New-York," October 1, 1864 | 10/01/1864 |