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 |