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1864
Jan 1864
Jan 28, 1864 - Operations around New Bern, NC.
Feb 1864
Feb 3, 1864 - Union MG WT Sherman begins Meridian, MS.
Feb 11, 1864 - Skirmish at Lake City, FL.
Feb 14, 1864 - Union captures Meridian, MS.
Feb 17, 1864 - Confederate submarine CSS Hunley sinks USS Houstatonic.
Mar 1864
Mar 1, 1864 - Union Cavalry raid on Richmond, VA.
Mar 9, 1864 - US Grant promoted to Lt General.
Mar 12, 1864 - Red River Expedition begins.
Mar 21, 1864 - Nevada and Colorado admitted to the Union.
Mar 25, 1864 - Nathan Bedford Forrest attacks Paducah, KY.
Apr 1864
Apr 8 , 1864 - Battle of Mansfield,,LA.
Apr 22 , 1864 - Motto "In God We Trust" first appears on US Coins.
May 1864
May 5-6, 1864 - Battle of Wilderness, VA.
May 7, 1864 - MG WT Sherman begins his Atlanta, GA campaign.
May 8, 1864 - Battle of Spotsylvania, VA. starts
May 12, 1864 - Death of JEB Stuart.
May 13, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, GA begins.
May 15, 1864 - Battle of New Market, VA.
Jun 1864
May 28, 1864 - Battle of Dallas, GA.
May 23, 1864 - Battle of North Anna River, VA.
June 1-3, 1864 - Battle of Cold Harbor, VA.
June 11, 1864 - Battle of Trevillian Station, VA.
June 15, 1864 - First attack on Petersburg, VA.
June 19, 1864 - USS Kearsarge sinks CSS Alabama near France.
June 27, 1864 - Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, GA.
Jul 1864
July 9, 1864 - Battle of Monocracy, MD.
Aug 1864
Aug 8, 1863 - Gen R.E. Lee offers to resign because of Gettysburg.
Aug 17, 1863 - Union forces bombard Fort Sumter, SC as Ft Wagner Siege continues.
Sep 1864
Sep 5, 1863 - Laird Rams detained in Liverpool, England.
Sep 6, 1863 - CSA evacuates Ft Wagner and Morris Island, SC.
Sep 9, 1863 - Union Army enters Chattanooga, TN.
Sep 10, 1863 - Union forces capture Little Rock, AK.
Sep 15, 1863 - Lincoln suspends the writ of Habeaus Corpus.
Sep 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, GA. Union forces rertreat to Chattanooga, TN.
Oct 1864
Oct 5, 1863 - Torpedo attack on USS New Ironsides outside Charleston Harbor, SC.
Oct 14, 1863 - Battle of Bristoe Station, VA.
Oct 16, 1863 - MG US Grant takes command of all western Union forces.
Oct 17, 1863 - Lincoln calls for an additional 300,000 volunteers.
Nov 1864
Nov 4, 1863 - Knoxville, TN campaign begins.
Nov 7, 1863 - Battle of Rappahannock Station, VA.
Nov 17, 1863 - CSA Gen Longstreet besieges Knoxville, TN.
Nov 19, 1863 - Gettysburg Address.
Nov 23, 1863 - Battle of Orchard Knob, near Chattanooga, TN.
Nov 24, 1863 - Battle of Lookout Mtn, TN.
Dec 1864
Nov 25, 1863 - Battle of Missionary Ridge, TN.
Nov 26, 1863 - Mine Run Campaign begins in VA.
Dec 1 , 1863 - Mine Run Campaign concludes in VA.
Dec 3 , 1863 - Siege of Knoxville, TN ends.
Dec 8 , 1863 - Lincoln issues Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction.
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