WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO SEPTEMBER 1864
Find out what all happened June to September 1864

American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church – Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia. (28. July 1864)

American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, Georgia, a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city, ending the Atlanta Campaign. (2. September 1864)

American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor – Ulysses S. Grant gives the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee a victory when he pulls his Union troops from their positions at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south. (12. June 1864)

12 nations sign the First Geneva Convention. (22. August 1864)

American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown – Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley. (24. July 1864)

After Uruguay's governing Blanco Party refuses Brazil's demands, José Antônio Saraiva announces that the Brazilian military will begin reprisals, beginning the Uruguayan War. (10. August 1864)

American Civil War: The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought. (29. September 1864)

Ninety-nine people are killed in Canada's worst railway disaster near St-Hilaire, Quebec. (29. June 1864)

During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta, Georgia. (31. August 1864)

American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C. (11. July 1864)

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

American Civil War: Battle of the Crater – Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines at Petersburg, Virginia by exploding a large bomb under their trenches. (30. July 1864)

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

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

American Civil War: The Battle of Mobile Bay begins – at Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama, Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports. (5. August 1864)

American Civil War: Battle of Brice's Crossroads - Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeat a much larger Union force led by General Samuel D. Sturgis in Mississippi. (10. June 1864)

American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor – Union forces attack Confederate troops in Hanover County, Virginia. (3. June 1864)

American Civil War: Battle of Atlanta – outside Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill. (22. July 1864)

New Zealand Land Wars: The Tauranga Campaign ends. (21. June 1864)

Ikedaya Incident: the Choshu Han shishi's planned Shinsengumi sabotage on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya. (8. July 1864)