WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1864
Find out what all happened January to October 1864

American Civil War: Atlanta, Georgia, is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman. (7. September 1864)

Helena, Montana is founded after four prospectors discover gold at "Last Chance Gulch". (30. October 1864)

American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia – students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate Army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley. (15. May 1864)

American Civil War: The Red River Campaign begins as a US Navy fleet of 13 Ironclads and 7 Gunboats and other support ships enter the Red River. (12. March 1864)

American Civil War: the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ends. (19. May 1864)

Campina Grande, Brazil is established as a city. (11. October 1864)

American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia. (27. February 1864)

American Civil War: Battle of Mansfield – Union forces are thwarted by the Confederate army at Mansfield, Louisiana. (8. April 1864)

American Civil War – Bahia Incident: USS Wachusett illegally captures the CSS Florida Confederate raider while in port in Bahia, Brazil in violation of Brazilian neutrality. (7. October 1864)

American Civil War: Battle of Saltville – Union forces attack Saltville, Virginia, but are defeated by Confederate troops. (2. October 1864)

American Civil War: The  H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USS Housatonic. (17. February 1864)

American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church – in the Virginia Bermuda Hundred Campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory. (20. May 1864)

Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time. (29. May 1864)

Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is proclaimed emperor of Mexico during the French intervention in Mexico. (10. April 1864)

The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England. (11. March 1864)

The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandates that the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency. (22. April 1864)

François Achille Bazaine becomes Marshal of France. (5. September 1864)

Taiping Rebellion: Third Battle of Nanking – The Qing Dynasty finally defeats the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. (19. July 1864)

American Civil War Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor – The Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee engages the Army of the Potomac under Ulysses S. Grant and George Meade. (31. May 1864)

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation". (30. June 1864)