WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JULY 1864
Find out what all happened February to July 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)

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)

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

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

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

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

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

American Civil War: The Second Battle of Petersburg begins. (15. June 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)

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

New Zealand Land Wars: The Tauranga Campaign ends. (21. June 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 first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia. (27. February 1864)

American Civil War: The Red River Campaign : U.S. Navy fleet arrives at Alexandria, Louisiana. (15. March 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: Battle of Ware Bottom Church – in the Virginia Bermuda Hundred Campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory. (20. May 1864)