Historical Events for Year 1864
Jan 11th - Charing Cross Station opens in London
Jan 14th - Battle of Cosby Creek, TN
Jan 14th - General Sherman begins his march to the South
Jan 16th - Heavy fighting takes place near Dandridge, Tennessee
Jan 17th - General Longstreet's command ends heavy fighting at Dandridgem TN
Jan 21st - The Tauranga Campaign starts during the Maori Wars in New Zealand.
Jan 27th - Battle of Fair Gardens, TN
Jan 27th - Civil War skirmish at Kelly's Ford, Va
Jan 28th - Battle of New Bern, NC
Feb 1st - -Feb 8th] Battle of Yazoo River, MS
Feb 1st - 2nd German-Danish war begins
Feb 1st - Austrian/Prussian troops occupy Sleeswijk/Holstein
Feb 2nd - -Oct 7th) Cruise of CSS Florida
Feb 3rd - Sherman's march through Mississippi
Feb 4th - Skirmish at Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi
Feb 5th - Federals occupy Jackson, Mississippi
Feb 6th - -7] Skirmish at Barnett's Ford Virginia
Feb 7th - Federal troops occupy Jacksonville, Florida
Feb 13th - Miridian Campaign fighting at Chunky Creek & Wyatt, Mississippi
Feb 16th - Battle of Mobile, AL - operations by Union Army
Feb 17th - Confederate sub "HL Hunley" sinks Union ship "Housatonic"
Feb 19th - Knights of Pythias form 1st lodge in Wash DC (12 members)
Feb 20th - Civil War battle of Olustee, Florida
Feb 21st - -22] Battle at Okolona, Mississippi
Feb 21st - 1st US Catholic parish church for blacks dedicated, Baltimore
Feb 22nd - -27] Battle at Dalton Georgia
Feb 22nd - 2nd/last day of Battle of Okolona, MS
Feb 22nd - Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta) Tennessee
Feb 24th - -Feb 25] Battle of Tunnel Hill, GA (Buzzard's Roost)
Feb 27th - 6th & last day of battle at Dalton, Georgia (about 600 casualties)
Feb 27th - Near Andersonville GA, rebels open a new POW camp "Camp Sumpter"
Feb 28th - -Mar 3rd] Skirmish at Albemarle County Virginia (Burton's Ford)
Feb 28th - -Mar 4th) Raid at Kilpatrick's Richmond
Mar 1st - Louis Ducos du Hauron patents movie machine (never built)
Mar 1st - Rebecca Lee (US) becomes 1st black woman to receive a medical degree
Mar 5th - 1st track meet between Oxford & Cambridge
Mar 10th - Grant is named commander of the Union armies
Mar 10th - Red River campaign LA
Mar 11th - Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee
Mar 11th - The Great Sheffield Flood: The largest man-made disaster ever to befall England kills over 250
people in Sheffield.
Mar 14th - Rossini's "Petite Messe Solennelle," premieres in Paris
Mar 14th - Union troops occupy Fort de Russy, Louisiana
Mar 15th - Red River Campaign-Union forces reach Alexandria, LA
Mar 18th - Dale Dike on Humber River crumbles drowning some 240
Mar 19th - Opera "Mireille" premieres in Paris
Mar 21st - Battle at Henderson's Hill (Bayou Rapids) Louisiana
Mar 23rd - Encounter at Camden AR
Mar 25th - Battle of Paducah, KY (Forrest's raid)
Mar 29th - Great Britain gives the Ionian Islands back to Greece
Mar 29th - Union General Steeles troops reach Arkadelphia Arkansas
Mar 30th - Skirmish at Mount Elba, Arkansas
Apr 2nd - Skirmish at Crump's Hill (Piney Woods), Louisiana
Apr 2nd - Skirmish at Spoonville/Antoine, Arkansas
Apr 3rd - Skirmish at Okolona, Arkansas
Apr 4th - Skirmish at Elkin's Ford (Little Missouri River), Arkansas
Apr 8th - Battle of Mansfield, La Federals routed by Gen Richard Taylor
Apr 9th - Battle of Pleasant Hill LA, 2870 casualities
Apr 10th - Austrian Archduke Maximilian becomes emperor of Mexico
Apr 12th - Battle of Blair's Landing LA
Apr 12th - Confederate Gen Nathan Bedford Forrest captures Fort Pillow, Tn
Apr 15th - General Steeles' Union troops occupies Camden, Arkansas
Apr 17th - Battle of Plymouth, NC
Apr 17th - Bread revolt in Savannah, Georgia
Apr 17th - Grant suspends prisoner-of-war exchanges
Apr 18th - Battle of Poison Springs, AR (Camden Expedition)
Apr 22nd - US mints 2 cent coin (1st appearance of "In God We Trust")
Apr 23rd - Battle of Cane River, LA (Red River Expedition, Monett's Ferry)
Apr 25th - Battle of Marks' Mill, Arkansas (Camden Expedition)
Apr 29th - -30] Skirmish at Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas
Apr 29th - The Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.
Apr 30th - Battle of Jenkin's Ferry, Arkansas; Gen W R Scurry is killed
Apr 30th - New York becomes 1st state to charge a hunting license fee
May 1st - -8] Battle at Alexandria, Louisiana (Red River Campaign)
May 1st - Atlanta campaign, GA begins
May 1st - Wilderness campaign
May 3rd - 3rd day in Battle at Alexandria Louisiana: Confederate assault
May 4th - -16] actions at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia
May 5th - Atlanta Campaign: 5 days fighting begins at Rocky Face Ridge
May 5th - Battle between Confederate & Union ships at mouth of Roanoke
May 5th - Battle of Wilderness, VA (Germanna Ford, Wilderness Tavern)
May 5th - Campaign in Northern Georgia - Chattanooga GA to Atlanta GA
May 6th - Battle of Port Walthall Junction, VA
May 6th - Battle of Wilderness-Gen Longstreet seriously injured
May 6th - General Sherman begins advance to Atlanta Georgia
May 7th - Battle of Wilderness ends (total losses: USA-17,666; CSA-7,500)
May 7th - Skirmish at Port Walthall Junction Virginia (Drewry's Bluff)
May 8th - Actions at Stony Creek/Nottoway bridge Virginia (Drewry's Bluff)
May 8th - Atlanta Campaign: Severe fighting near Dalton
May 8th - Battle of Spotslyvania Court House begins
May 9th - -20] Skirmish at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia
May 9th - Battle of Cloyd's Mt, & Swift Creek, VA (Drewery's Bluff, Ft Darling)
May 9th - Battle of Dalton, GA
May 9th - Ship battle at Helgoland, Austria-Denmark
May 10th - Battles at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
May 10th - Skirmish at Ny River Virginia
May 11th - Battle of Yellow Tavern, VA (Sheridan's Raid, South Anna Bridge)
May 11th - Gen J E B Stuart is mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern
May 12th - Battle of Drewry's Bluff, VA (Ft Darling)
May 12th - Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia
May 12th - Battle of Todd's Tavern, VA (Sheridan's Raid)
May 12th - Butler attacks Drewry's Bluff on James River
May 12th - US Union colonel Emory Upton (24) promoted to brigade-general
May 13th - -16] Atlanta Campaign: Battle of Resaca Georgia
May 15th - Battle of New Market, Virginia
May 15th - Skirmish at Marksville (Avoyelles) (Red River Campaign)
May 16th - Atlanta Campaign: Battle of Resaca, ends (since May 13)
May 16th - Battle of Bermuda Hundred, VA
May 16th - Last battles at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia (6,666 casualties)
May 17th - Battle of Adairsville Georgia, Union forces Confederates to retreat
May 18th - Battle of Yellow Bayou, LA (Bayou de Glaize, Old Oaks)
May 19th - Battle of Port Walthall Junction, VA (Bermuda Hundred)
May 19th - Last engagement in series of battles known as Spotsylvania
May 19th - Skirmish at Cassville Georgia
May 20th - Battle at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia, 1,400 killed or injured
May 20th - Spotsylvania-campaign ends after 10,920 killed/injured
May 21st - GEN David Hunter takes command of Dept of West Virginia
May 21st - Russia declares an end to the Russian-Circassian War and many Circassians are forced into
exile. The day is designated to be the Circassian Day of Mourning.
May 22nd - Battle of N Anna River, VA (Totopotamy River, Haw's Shop, Hanovertown)
May 23rd - Battle of Dallas, GA
May 23rd - Battle of North Anna, Va, 1st of 3 days of fighting
May 25th - Battle of New Hope Church, GA
May 26th - -30] Skirmish along the Totopotomoy Creek, Virginia
May 26th - Territory of Montana formed
May 27th - Skirmish at Salem Church (Haw's Shop), Virginia
May 29th - Mexican Emperor Maximilian arrives at Vera Cruz
May 30th - Cavalry fight at Battle of Bethesda Church/Totopotomoy Creek Virginia during US Civil War
May 31st - Raid at Morgan's Kentucky
Jun 1st - -Nov] Shenandoah Valley campaign
Jun 1st - Battle of Cold Harbor, VA (Gaines' Mill, Gaines' Farm)
Jun 1st - Confederate cruiser The Georgia sold to The English
Jun 2nd - Battle of Cold Harbour, Day 2
Jun 3rd - Gen Lee wins his last victory of Civil War at Battle of Cold Harbor
Jun 5th - Battle of Piedmont, VA (Augusta City)
Jun 6th - Battle of Lake Chicot, AR (Dutch Bayou)
Jun 7th - Abe Lincoln renominated for Pres by Republican Party
Jun 9th - Battle of Big Shanty, GA
Jun 9th - Battle of Kenesaw Mountain, GA (Pine Mt, Pine Knob, Golgotha)
Jun 10th - Battle of Kellar's Bridge KY (Licking River)
Jun 11th - -12] Battle of Trevillian Station, VA (Central Railroad)
Jun 11th - 300' (90 m) of Meigg's Wharf washed away in storm
Jun 11th - Battle at Cynthiana Kentucky: Gen Hobsons unit caught
Jun 11th - Battle of Laurel Hill, WV
Jun 11th - Confederate warship CSS Alabama runs into harbor of Cherbourg
Jun 12th - Lee sends Early into Shenandoah Valley
Jun 12th - Skirmish at Mcafee's Cross Road Georgia, about 57 dies in battle
Jun 14th - US Union warship USS Kearsarge appears at Cherbourg
Jun 15th - -17] Skirmish at Gilgal Church, Georgia
Jun 15th - Battle for Petersburg begins as Gen Grant assaults Confederate line
Jun 15th - Capt Mendell begins building 640m long ponton bridge over James R Va
Jun 15th - Congress passes legislation equalizing pay for Black soldiers
Jun 15th - Robert E. Lee's home area (Arlington, VA) becomes a military cemetery
Jun 16th - Battle of Lynchburg VA
Jun 16th - Skirmish at Golgotha Georgia
Jun 16th - Union General Grant begin siege of Petersburg, Va
Jun 17th - -18] Confederate troops pull back out Solves/lost Mt, Georgia
Jun 17th - 640m long ponton bridge over James River Virginia finished
Jun 17th - General John B Hood replaces General Johnston
Jun 17th - Skirmish at Mud Creek/Noyes's (Nose) Creek, Georgia
Jun 18th - At Petersburg, Grant ends 4 days of assaults
Jun 19th - CSS "Alabama" sunk by USS "Kearsarge" off Cherbourg, France
Jun 19th - Skirmish at Pine Knob Georgia
Jun 20th - Battle of Kinston NC & Battle of Abingdon VA
Jun 20th - Battle of Petersburgs VA - in trenches
Jun 20th - Skirmish at Lattermore's Mills/Powder Springs Georgia
Jun 21st - New Zealand Land Wars: The Tauranga Campaign ends.
Jun 22nd - Battle of Ream's Station, VA (Wilson's Raid)
Culp's (Kulp's) House, Georgia
Jun 25th - Horse tramway at the Hague, opens
Jun 25th - Petersburg Campaign-Federals begin digging tunnels under Reb lines
Jun 27th - Atlanta Campaign: Battle of Kennesaw Mountain GA
Jun 29th - Grand Trunk Railway accident; 100 killed
Jul 1st - Battle of Petersburg, VA [->JUL 31] -front US3695 CS--Jul 2nd - Gen Early & Confederate forces reach Winchester en route to Wash DC
Jul 2nd - Statuary Hall in US Capitol forms
Jul 3rd - Battle of Chattahoochie River, GA [until Jul 9]
Jul 3rd - Harpers Ferry, WV - Federals evacuate in face of Early's advance
Jul 4th - -9] Battle at Chattahoochee River, Georgia
Jul 5th - Battle of Smith's Expedition, MS (Tupelo, Harrisburg)
Jul 6th - Battle of Chattahoochee River, GA [->JUL 10] US730 CS600
Jul 7th - S Middleton, MD -Early's Washington RaidJul 8th - The Shinsengumi sabotage the Choshu-han shishi's planned attack on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya.
This event is known as Ikedaya Jiken.
Jul 9th - Battle of Monocacy, MD US1959 CS400
Jul 11th - Battle of Fort Stevens, DC (Early's Raid, Tennallytown, MD)
Jul 11th - Confederate forces led by Gen J Early begin invasion of Wash DC
Jul 13th - Early retreats from Washington City back to Shenandoah Valley
Jul 14th - Gold is discovered in Helena, Mont
Jul 15th - Troop train loaded with Confederate prisoners collided with a coal train killing 65 & injuring
109 of 955 aboard
Jul 17th - CSA President Davis replaces Gen Joe Johnston with John Bell Hood
Jul 18th - President Lincoln asks for 500,000 volunteers for milt service
Jul 19th - Battle of Winchester, VA (Stephenson's Depot) [->JUL 20]
Jul 20th - Battle at Stephenson's Depot Virginia: 200 killed or injured
Jul 20th - Battle of Peachtree Creek-Atlanta Campaign
Jul 22nd - Battle of Atlanta-Hood attacks Sherman, 8449 conf, 3641 US die
Jul 23rd - Battle of Woodstock, VA
Jul 24th - Battle of Winchester, VA US1200 CS600
Jul 26th - -31] Riot at McCook's to Lovejoy Station GA, US600 CS--Jul 26th - -31] Riot at Stoneman's to Macon GA, US1000 CS--Jul 26th - Battle at Ezra Chapel (Church), Georgia [Hood's Third Sortie]
Jul 27th - Battle of Darbytown, VA (Deep Bottom, Newmarket Road) (Strawberry Plains)
Jul 28th - 2nd day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia
Jul 28th - Battle of Atlanta: GA (Ezra Church) - second sortie US700 CS4642
Jul 29th - 3rd & last day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia
Jul 29th - Battle of Macon, GA (Stoneman's Raid)
Jul 29th - American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the
Old Capitol Prison in Washington, DC.
Jul 30th - Battle of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania - burned by Union forces under McCausland
Jul 30th - Battle of the Crater: Gen Burnsides fails on attack of Petersburg
named General of Volunteers
Aug 1st - Battle of Petersburg, VA
Aug 2nd - 2nd Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens
Aug 3rd - Battle of Mobile AL
Aug 4th - Land & naval action new Brazos Santiago, Texas
Aug 5th - US Civil War Battle of Mobile Bay won by the Union led by Rear Admiral Farragut with the cry
"Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!"
Aug 5th - Spectrum of a comet observed for 1st time, by Giovanni Donati
Aug 6th - Rebels evacuate Ft Powell, Mobile Bayd
Aug 7th - Battle of Moorefield, WV
Aug 8th - Comet C/1864 N1 (Tempel) approaches within 0.0964 AUs of Earth
Aug 8th - Red Cross forms in Geneva
Aug 8th - Union troops/fleet occupy Fort Gaines, Alabama
Aug 9th - Battle of Ft Morgan AL
Aug 13th - Battle of Deep Bottom VA (Strawberry Plains) & Fussell's Mill VA
Aug 14th - -16] Confederate General Joe Wheeler besieges Dalton, Georgia
Aug 15th - Off New England coast, CSS Tallahassee captures 6 yankee schooners
Aug 16th - 4th day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia, Federal assault
Aug 16th - Palace for People's industry official opens in Amsterdam
Aug 18th - 6th day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia: Confederate assault
Aug 18th - Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Weldon Railroad day 1 of 3 days
Aug 19th - 2nd day of battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia
Aug 20th - 8th/last day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Va (about 3900 casualties)
Aug 21st - BBT Charleston, SC [->DEC 31]
Aug 21st - Battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia, ends after 2500 casualties
Aug 21st - Battle of Grubbs Crossroads, KY
Aug 21st - Battle of Summit Point, VA
Aug 21st - Gen-major Nathan B Forrests assault on Memphis, Tennessee
Aug 22nd - Geneva Convention signed by 12 nations
Aug 22nd - International Red Cross forms
Aug 23rd - Union troops/fleet occupy Fort Morgan, Alabama
Aug 25th - Combination rail & ferry service available from SF to Alameda
Aug 25th - Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Ream's Station
Aug 28th - The first Geneva Convention, governing rules of warfare, signed by 26 nations.
Aug 29th - William Huggins discovers chemical composition of nebulae
Aug 31st - Atlanta Campaign: Battle of Jonesboro Georgia, 1900 casualties
Sep 1st - 2nd day of battle at Jonesboro Georgia, about 3,000 casualties
Sep 1st - Battle of Petersburg VA
Sep 1st - Skirmish at Hood evacuated confederates from Atlanta GA
Sep 2nd - Union General William T Sherman captures and burns Atlanta
Sep 3rd - Battle of Berryville, VA
Sep 3rd - US, British, French & Dutch naval officer sails Staits of Simonoseki
Sep 4th - Bread riots in Mobile, Alabama
Sep 5th - British, French & Dutch fleets attacked Japan in Shimonoseki Straits
Sep 5th - Achille François Bazaine becomes Marshall of France.
Sep 16th - Battle of Coggin's Point, Virginia (Hampton-Rosser Cattle Raid)
Sep 17th - Grant approves Sheridan's plan for Shenandoah Valley Campaign
Sep 18th - Battle of Martinsburg WV
Sep 18th - Hood's Tennessee campaign begins (also called The Franklin–Nashville Campaign), American
Civil War
Sep 19th - 3rd Battle of Winchester Virginia (Opequon, 3rd Winchester)
Sep 22nd - Battle of Fisher's Hill VA-Gen Early Retreats to Brown's Gap
Sep 22nd - Sheridan sets up camp in Harrisonburg VA
Sep 23rd - Battle of Athens VA
Sep 27th - Battle at Pilot Knob (Ft Davidson) American Civil War, Missouri: 1700 killed/injured
Sep 27th - Centralia Massacre (Missouri): 24 unarmed Union soldiers captured and executed by "Bloody
Bill" Anderson/Frank
Sep 28th - -30) Battle of Fort Harrison VA (Chaffin's Farm New Market Heights)
Sep 29th - Battle of Battle of Chaffin's Farm & New Market Heights VA
Sep 30th - Battle of Preble's Farm VA (Poplar Springs Church)
Sep 30th - Black Soldiers given Medal of Honor
Oct 1st - Cyclone strikes Calcutta: 70,000 killed
Oct 1st - John S Staples is paid $500 as a substitute for President Lincoln
Oct 2nd - Battle of Saltville, VA
Oct 4th - National black convention meets (Syracuse NY)
Oct 4th - New Orleans Tribune, 1st black daily newspaper, forms
Oct 5th - Battle of Allatoona, 1/3 of Union troops die repulsing South
Oct 5th - Most of Calcutta destroyed by cyclone (approx 60,000 die)
Oct 7th - -Oct 13th) Battle of Darbytown Road, VA
Oct 7th - Naval Engagement at Bahia Harbor Brazil-CSS Florida vs USS Wachusett
Oct 9th - Battle of Tom's Brook; Confederate cavalry that harassed Sheridan's campaign is beaten by
Custer & Merrit's cavalry divisions
Oct 11th - Campina Grande, Brazil was established as a city.
Oct 13th - Battle at Darbytown Road Virginia (337 casualties)
Oct 13th - Battle of Dalton, GA - surrendered
Oct 13th - Battle of Harpers Ferry, WV (Mosby's Raid)
Oct 13th - Maryland voters adopt new constitution, including abolition of slavery
Oct 15th - Confederate troops occupy Glasgow, Missouri
Oct 19th - Approx 25 Confederates make surprise attack on St Albans, Vermont
Oct 19th - Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, Union beats back Conf attackers
Oct 19th - US Brigadier General Emory Upton (25) promoted to Major General
Oct 20th - US President Lincoln formally establishes Thanksgiving as a national holiday
Oct 21st - Battle of Westport, MO (Kansas City)
Oct 23rd - Battle of Westport, Missouri: Union General Samuel R Curtis defeats Confederate General
Stirling Price
Oct 25th - Battle of Marais Des Cygnes River, Kansas (Mine Creek)
Oct 25th - Skirmish at Mine Creek, KS & Turkeytown, AL
Oct 27th - Battle of Boydton Plank Road, VA (Burgess' Mill, Southside Railroad)
Oct 27th - 2nd Battle of Fair Oaks, Va near Richmond
Oct 27th - Confederate ship Albemarle torpedoed/sinks
Oct 27th - Siege of Petersburg, VA
Oct 28th - Second Battle of Newtonia (American Civil War), Newton County, Missouri
Oct 28th - 2nd Battle at Fair Oaks, Virginia, ends with 1554 casualties
Oct 28th - Battle of Wauhatchie, TN
Oct 29th - Greek parliament accept new Constitution
Oct 30th - Helena, Montana's capital, founded
Oct 31st - Nevada admitted as 36th state of the Union
Nov 4th - Confederate assault on Johnsonville, Tennessee
Nov 4th - Naval Engagement at Reynoldsburg Island
Nov 6th - Battle of Cane Hill, AK
Nov 6th - Battle of Droop Mountain, WV (Averell's Raid)
Nov 7th - 2nd session of congress of Confederate States of America reconvenes
Nov 8th - Abraham Lincoln (R) elected to his 2nd term as American President
Nov 9th - 1st export of goods from Burrard Inlet, BC to a foreign country
Nov 9th - Sherman issues preliminary plans for his "March to the Sea"
Nov 10th - Kingston, GA burned during Sherman's March to the Sea
Nov 11th - Sherman's troops destroy Rome, Georgia
Nov 11th - Skirmish at Shoal Creek, AL
Nov 13th - The new Constitution of Greece is adopted.
Nov 15th - 1st US mines school opens in basement of Columbia University, NY
Nov 15th - Union Major General Sherman leaves Atlanta on the "March to the Sea"
Nov 16th - Union General William T Sherman begins march to sea during Civil War
Nov 21st - -22] Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia
Nov 22nd - American Civil War Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia, ends after 650
casualties
Nov 22nd - Union General O Howard orders plunderers be shot to death
Nov 23rd - -25] Battle at Ball's Ferry Georgia (30 casualties)
Nov 25th - Confederate plot to burn NYC, fails
Nov 25th - Confederate retreat at Sandersville, Georgia
Nov 26th - Confederate troops vacate Sandersville Georgia
Nov 26th - Skirmish at Sylvan Brutal/Waynesboro, Georgia
Nov 27th - 2nd day of Battles at Waynesboro, Georgia
Nov 28th - 3rd day of Battles at Waynesboro/Jones's Plantation, Georgia
Nov 28th - Battle of New Creek, WV (Rosser's Raid, Ft Kelly)
Nov 29th - 4th & last day of skirmishes at Waynesboro, Georgia
Nov 29th - Battle of Spring Hill, TN (Thomason's Station)
Nov 29th - Sand Creek Massacre, Colorado militia kills about 150 peaceful
Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians including Cheyenne chief One-Eye
Nov 30th - Battle of Franklin Tennessee: Confederate attack fails, 7,700 casualities
Nov 30th - Battle of Honey Hill SC (Broad River) 96 dead/665 wounded
Dec 1st - Raid at Stoneman: Knoxville, TN to Saltville, VA
Dec 1st - Skirmish at Millen Brutal, Georgia
Dec 2nd - Skirmish at Rocky Creek Church, Georgia
Dec 3rd - Skirmish at Thomas' Station, Georgia
Dec 4th - Battle of Waynesborough (Brier Creek) GA
Dec 4th - Romanian Jews are forbidden to practice law
Dec 6th - Battle of Deveaux's Neck, SC
Dec 7th - Skirmish at Ebenezer Creek/Cypress Swamp, Georgia
Dec 8th - Pope Pius IX publishes encyclical Quanta cura ("Syllabus errorum")
Dec 10th - General Sherman's armies reach Savannah & 12 day siege begins
Dec 13th - Battle of Ft McAllister, GA
Dec 15th - Battle of Nashville, TN
Dec 15th - Raid on Stoneman: Abingdon & Glade Springs, VA
Dec 16th - Battle of Nashville ends after 4400 casualities
Dec 20th - -Dec 27th] Battle of Ft Fisher, NC
Dec 21st - General Sherman conquers Savannah, Georgia
Dec 24th - Battle of Gordonsville, VA
Dec 28th - Battle of Egypt Station, MS
Dec 29th - Fire Dept celebrates 1st annual ball