WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO MAY 1864
Find out what all happened April to May 1864

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

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

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 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 Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. (5. May 1864)

American Civil War: the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House: thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers die in "the Bloody Angle". (12. May 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 Battle of Plymouth begins – Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina. (17. April 1864)

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

Montana is organized as a United States territory. (26. 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: Battle of Resaca, Georgia ends. (15. 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)

Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War. (29. April 1864)

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

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