Page 9: Historical Events In 1864

Jun 15   Robert E Lee's home area (Arlington, VA) is recorded as becoming a miltary cemetery.   

Jun 16   Battle of Lynchburg VA.   

Jun 16   Siege of Petersburg and Richmond begins.   

Jun 17   -18] Confederate troops pull back out Solves/lost Mt, Georgia.   

Jun 18   At Petersburg, Grant ends 4 days of assaults   

Jun 19   CSS "Alabama" sunk by USS "Kearsarge" off Cherbourg, France.   

Jun 19   George Lincoln Prescott, US Union brig-gen, dies of injuries.   

Jun 20   Australians in engagement at Te Ranga, New Zealand   

Jun 20   Battle of Kinston NC and Battle of Abingdon VA.   

Jun 20   Worm Pander, sculptor.   

Jun 21   New Zealand Land Wars: The Tauranga Campaign ends.   

Jun 22   Battle of Ream's Station, VA (Wilson's Raid).   

Jun 22   Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician.   

Jun 25   Horse tramway at the Hague, opens.   

Jun 25   Petersburg Campaign-Federals begin digging tunnels under Reb lines   

Jun 25   Walther Hermann Nernst, Prussian physicist/chemist (Nobel 1920)   

Jun 27   Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Kennesaw Mountain   

Jun 27   Atlanta Campaign: Battle of Kennesaw Mountain GA   

Jun 27   Charles Garrison Harker, US Union-brig-general, dies in battle at 26.   

Jun 29   Anton Beer-Walbrun, composer   

Jun 29   Grand Trunk Railway accident; 100 killed   

Jul 01   Battle of Petersburg, VA [->JUL 31] -front US3695 CS---   

Jul 02   Gen Early and Confederate forces reach Winchester en route to Wash DC.   

Jul 02   Gen Early and Confederate forces reach Winchester.   

Jul 02   Statuary Hall in US Capitol established.   

Jul 03   Battle of Chattahoochie River, GA [until Jul 9]   

Jul 04   -9] Battle at Chattahoochee River, Georgia   

Jul 05   Battle of Smith's Expedition, MS (Tupelo, Harrisburg)   

Jul 06   Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazil, composer/conductor (Artemis).   

Jul 06   Battle of Chattahoochee River, GA [->JUL 10] US730 CS600   

Jul 06   Samuel Allen Rice, US Union brig-gen, dies of injuries at 36   

Jul 07   S Middleton, MD -Early's Washington Raid-.   

Jul 08   The Shinsengumi sabotage the Choshu-han shishi's planned attack on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya. This event is known as Ikedaya Jiken.   

Jul 09   Battle of Monocacy, MD US1959 CS400.   

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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,