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    1864 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1864th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 864th year of the 2nd millennium, the 64th year of the 19th century, and the 5th year of the 1860s decade. As of the start of 1864, the ...

    • 10 Moments That Shaped the Civil War. February 3 — General William T. Sherman (USA) started his Meridian Campaign, employing “total war” tactics. February 9 — More than 100 Union officers escaped from Libby Prison in Virginia.
    • 1864, January. January 17 — Dandridge. Tennessee — On January 14, General John G. Parke led Union forces toward Dandridge, near the East Tennessee & Virginia Railroad.
    • 1864, February. February 6 — Morton’s Ford. Virginia — To divert attention from an upcoming cavalry-infantry raid up the Peninsula toward Richmond, elements of the Union Army tried to cross Rapidan River on February 6 — a division of the II Corps crossed at Morton’s Ford, the I Corps at Raccoon Ford, and the Union cavalry crossed at Robertson’s Ford.
    • 1864, March. March 2 — Walkerton. Virginia — On February 28, General Judson Kilpatrick led 4,000 men on a raid toward Richmond. Leading an advance force of 500 men was Colonel Ulric Dahlgren, the son of Rear Admiral John Dahlgren.
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  3. In the United States Presidential election of 1864, Abraham Lincoln was re-elected as president. Lincoln ran under the National Union banner against his former top Civil War general, the Democratic candidate, George B. McClellan.

  4. Beginning. Events. Date unknown. Births. Deaths. 1864 was a leap year starting on Friday using the Gregorian calendar. It was a leap year starting on Wednesday using the Julian calendar . Events. May 5 - American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness starts in Virginia.

  5. The Battle of Atlanta, chromolithograph by Kurz & Allison. The Battle of Atlanta (22 July 1864) was a major battle of the American Civil War. The battle was part of the Atlanta Campaign directed by Union Army general William Tecumseh Sherman.

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