WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO DECEMBER 1864
Find out what all happened August to December 1864

The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico except Galveston, Texas. (23. August 1864)

American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea – Confederate General John Bell Hood invades Tennessee in an unsuccessful attempt to draw Union General William T. Sherman from Georgia. (22. November 1864)

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

Second Schleswig War ends. Denmark renounces all claim to Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg, which come under Prussian and Austrian administration. (30. October 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 – 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 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)

Savannah, Georgia falls to General William Tecumseh Sherman, concluding his "March to the Sea". (22. December 1864)

St. Albans Raid – Confederate raiders launch an attack on Saint Albans, Vermont from Canada. (19. October 1864)

American Civil War: Battle of Nashville – Major General George Thomas's Union forces defeat Lieutenant General John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee. (16. December 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: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman burns Atlanta, Georgia and starts Sherman's March to the Sea. (15. November 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)

American Civil War: Atlanta, Georgia, is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman. (7. September 1864)

American Civil War: Battle of Westport – Union forces under General Samuel R. Curtis defeat Confederate troops led by General Sterling Price at Westport, near Kansas City. (23. October 1864)

American Civil War: Battle of Globe Tavern – Union forces try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. (18. August 1864)

The new Constitution of Greece is adopted. (13. November 1864)

American Civil War: Battle of Saltville – Union forces attack Saltville, Virginia, but are defeated by Confederate troops. (2. October 1864)

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

Campina Grande, Brazil is established as a city. (11. October 1864)