Page 12: Historical Events In 1864

Aug 25   Combination rail and ferry service available from SF to Alameda.   

Aug 25   Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Ream's Station.   

Aug 29   William Huggins discovers chemical composition of nebulae.   

Aug 31   Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Jonesborough.   

Aug 31   Atlanta Campaign: Battle of Jonesboro Georgia, 1900 casualties.   

Aug 31   Ferdinand Lassalle, French politician (ADA), dies at 39.   

Aug 31   Max Wilhelm Zach, composer   

Sep 01   2nd day of battle at Jonesboro Georgia, about 3000 casualties.   

Sep 01   Roger David Casement, Irish nationalist (Easter uprising 1916).   

Sep 02   Union General William T Sherman captures and burns Atlanta   

Sep 02   Union General William T Sherman captures Atlanta.   

Sep 03   Battle of Berryville, VA   

Sep 03   Hale Ascher VanderCook, composer.   

Sep 04   Bread riots in Mobile, Alabama.   

Sep 05   British, French and Dutch fleets attacked Japan in Shimonoseki Straits.   

Sep 07   Giovanni Tebaldini, composer   

Sep 14   Lord Cecil of Chelwood, UK, help form League of Nations (Nobel 1937).   

Sep 16   Battle of Coggin's Point, Virginia (Hampton-Rosser Cattle Raid)   

Sep 17   Grant approves Sheridan's plan for Shenandoah Valley Campaign.   

Sep 17   Walter Savage Landor, author, dies   

Sep 18   Battle of Martinsburg WV   

Sep 19   3rd Battle of Winchester Virginia (Opequon, 3rd Winchester)   

Sep 19   Archibald Campbell Godwin, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle.   

Sep 19   Third Battle of Winchester, Virginia.   

Sep 22   Battle of Fisher's Hill VA-Gen Early Retreats to Brown's Gap   

Sep 22   Louis Van Deyssel, writer (Small Republic, One Love)   

Sep 23   Battle of Athens VA   

Sep 24   Battle of Pilot Knob MO   

Sep 27   Alexander Cohen, Dutch anarchist/author.   

Sep 27   Battle at Pilot Knob (Ft Davidson), Missouri: 1700 killed/injured   

Sep 28   -30) Battle of Fort Harrison VA (Chaffin's Farm New Market Heights)   

Sep 28   Barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch).   

Sep 29   Battle of Waynesboro and New Market Heights VA.   

Sep 29   Hiram Burnham, US Union-colonel (Chancellorsville), dies in battle.   

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Jan 01   Alfred stieglitz: Us photographer/art dealer (camera work)   

Jan 05   Bob caruthers: American baseball player    

Jan 06   Ban johnson: Norwalk ct, baseball founder (american league)   

Jan 08   Prince albert victor: Duke of clarence and avondale   

Jan 09   Vladimir steklov: Russian mathematician    

Jan 10   George washington carver: Agricultural scientist [or jul 12]   

Jan 10   Grand duke peter nikolaevich of russia: Son of grand duke nicholas nikolaevich   

Jan 11   Thomas dixon: Us attorney/playwright (flaming sword)   

Jan 04   Mateo ferrer: Composer,    

Jan 07   Caleb blood smith: 6th u.s. secretary of the interior (b. 1808)   

Jan 08   Victor-charles-paul dourlen: Composer,    

Jan 13   Stephen foster: Composer (my old kentucky home),   

Jan 15   Isaac nathan: Uk-australian composer (b. 1792)   

Jan 16   Anton schindler: German violinist/biographer (beethoven),   

Jan 23   Michele puccini: Composer,    

Jan 24   Otto jonas lindblad: Composer,