WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO MAY 1864
Find out what all happened February to May 1864

Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement. (18. April 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)

Second War of Schleswig: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland. (9. May 1864)

American Civil War: The Battle of Marks' Mills. (25. April 1864)

American Civil War: The Fort Pillow massacre: Confederate forces kill most of the African American soldiers that surrendered at Fort Pillow, Tennessee. (12. April 1864)

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

American Civil War: Battle of Olustee occurs – the largest battle fought in Florida during the war. (20. February 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: Colonel Emory Upton leads a 10-regiment "Attack-in-depth" assault against the Confederate works at The Battle of Spotsylvania, which, though ultimately unsuccessful, would provide the idea for the massive assault against the Bloody Angle on May 12. Upton is slightly wounded but is immediately promoted to Brigadier general. (10. May 1864)

American Civil War: Battle of Resaca, Georgia ends. (15. May 1864)

American Civil War: After ten weeks, the Union Army's Red River Campaign ends with the Union unable to achieve any of its objectives. (22. May 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)

American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. (5. May 1864)

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

American Civil War: Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid fails – plans to free 15,000 Union soldiers being held near Richmond, Virginia are thwarted. (29. February 1864)

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

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

American Civil War: The Army of the Potomac, under General Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards. (7. May 1864)

The world's oldest surviving clipper ship, the City of Adelaide was launched by William Pile, Hay and Co. in Sunderland, England, for transporting passengers and goods between Britain and Australia. (7. May 1864)

American Civil War: Battle of Resaca – the battle begins with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta, Georgia. (13. May 1864)