WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO DECEMBER 1864
Find out what all happened March to December 1864

American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins – Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina. (17. April 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)

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, 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)

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

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

Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.81 km2) around Arlington Mansion (formerly owned by Confederate General Robert E. Lee) are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. (15. June 1864)

Battle of Cedar Creek – Union Army under Philip Sheridan destroys a Confederate Army under Jubal Early. (19. October 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: the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ends. (19. May 1864)

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

Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state. (31. October 1864)

American Civil War: The Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road (also known as the Second Battle of Fair Oaks) ends – Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant withdraw from Fair Oaks, Virginia, after failing to breach the Confederate defenses around Richmond, Virginia. (28. October 1864)

American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City. (25. November 1864)

Montana is organized as a United States territory. (26. May 1864)

American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea – At Waynesboro, Georgia, forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman's campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta, Georgia. (4. December 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)