* Kate Austin ( 1864 – 1902 ), American writer, feminist and anarchist

* 1864 – William Bate Hardy, British biochemist ( d. 1934 )

* 1864 – American Civil War: The Fort Pillow massacre: Confederate forces kill most of the African American soldiers that surrendered at Fort Pillow, Tennessee.

* 1864 – Jean, duc Decazes, French aristocrat and sportsman ( d. 1912 )

* 1864 – Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet ( d. 1913 )

* 1864 – 12 nations sign the First Geneva Convention.

* 1864 – Hermann Weingärtner, German gymnast ( d. 1919 )

* 1916 – Roger Casement, Irish rebel ( b. 1864 )

* 1925 – William Bruce, Australian cricketer ( b. 1864 )

* Sebastian Osterrieder ( 1864 – 1932 ): sculptor

* 1864 – Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War.

* 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Gainesville – Confederate forces defeat Union troops near Gainesville, Florida.

* 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.

His sister was Lucy Aikin ( 1781 – 1864 ), a historical writer.

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

* 1864 – Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece ( d. 1936 )

* 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.

* 1864 – During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta, Georgia.

* 1864 – Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig.

* 1864 – Richard Harding Davis, American author ( d. 1916 )

* 1864 – Charles Lot Church, Canadian politician ( b. 1777 )

* 1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins – Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina.

Ransom Eli Olds ( June 3, 1864 – August 26, 1950 ) was a pioneer of the American automotive industry, for whom both the Oldsmobile and REO brands were named.

* Ransom E. Olds ( 1864 – 1950 ), a pioneer of the American automobile industry

In 1856 a cantata, Robin Hood, was given at the Bradford festival, and a third opera, Rose, or Love's Ransom, at Covent Garden in 1864, without much success.

* 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.

* 1864 – Arlington National Cemetery is established when 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.

* 1864 – J. E. B.

* Goddard, Stacie E. " When Right Makes Might: How Prussia Overturned the European Balance of Power ," International Security, Volume 33, Number 3, Winter 2008 / 09, pp. 110 – 42 in Project MUSE, covers 1864 – 71

As commanding general of the army, Grant confronted Robert E. Lee in a series of very bloody battles in 1864 known as the Overland Campaign that ended bottling up Lee at Petersburg, outside the Confederate capital of Richmond.

E. M. did not return from Australia until July 1864 and his absence presented Grace with an opportunity to appear on cricket's greatest stages.

* C. F. E. Horneman ( 1840 – 1906 ), Aladdin ( overture ), 1864

The Battle of the Wilderness, fought May 5 – 7, 1864, was the first battle of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.

It took place on July 30, 1864, between the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General Robert E. Lee and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General George G. Meade ( under the direct supervision of the general-in-chief, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ).

In 1864 William Steinway, the son of Henry E. Steinway who is credited with establishing Steinway's remarkable success in marketing, built a set of elegant new showrooms housing more than 100 pianos on East 14th Street in Manhattan, New York City.

When Civil War casualties overflowed hospitals and burial grounds near Washington, D. C., Quartermaster General Montgomery C. Meigs proposed in 1864 that of the Robert E. Lee family property at Arlington be confiscated for a cemetery.

General Robert E. Lee made his headquarters at Violet Bank from June through September during the Siege of Petersburg in 1864.

Located at 1 E. Screven St., Quitman, it was constructed in 1864 and designed by John Wind.

When the cavalry corps of the Army of the Potomac was reorganized under Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan in 1864, Custer took part in the various actions of the cavalry in the Overland Campaign, including the Battle of the Wilderness ( after which he ascended to division command ), the Battle of Yellow Tavern, where J. E. B.

After the fall of Atlanta in September 1864, President Davis considered replacing John Bell Hood in command of the Army of Tennessee and he asked Robert E. Lee to find out if Beauregard would be interested.

Marcus Peck ; 1825 – 1826, William F. Averill ; 1827 – 1833, Marcus Peck ; 1834, Peter F. Westervelt ; 1835 – 1837, John I. Vosburgh ; 1838 – 1839 ; John H. Gregory ; 1840, Calvin Sliter ; 1841, John H. Gregory ; 1842 – 1843, Solomon Coons ; 1844, Reuben A. Thomas ; 1845, S. V. R. Cole ; 1846, David Fonda ; 1847, David Luce ; 1848, Lorenzo M. Lown ; 1849 – 1850, William L. Stewart, jr .; 1851, Jacob Boyce ; 1852, W. H. Wicks ; 1853, Joseph Alden ; 1854, William H. Lyons ; 1855, Samuel D. Seymour ; 1856, Harmon Westfall ; 1857, George Sliter ; 1858, Albert H. Dutcher ; 1859 – 1861, George Sliter ; 1862, D. E. Barnes ; 1863, William H. Ford ; 1864, B. M. Wilkinson ; 1865, Jeffrey P. Thomas ; 1866 – 1867, David Horton ;

In October 1864, Union raiders under Brigadier General Stephen G. Burbridge passed through Grundy on their way to destroy the saltworks near Saltville in Smyth County, where they were met by Confederate troops commanded by Brigadier General Alfred E. Jackson at the Battle of Saltville.

The village school ( Harewood C of E Primary School ) stands opposite the grounds of the Harewood estate on the A61 and was built by the Estate in 1864 for the estate workers ' children.

Bomstad left St. Peter traveling by mule to Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, where near the east bank of a lake ( previously called " Lake Lillian "), he became the founding father of Lake Lillian, Minnesota in May 1864 ( one hour ahead of the town's next settler, Mr. O. E.

* East & West Junction Railway ( E & WJR ), incorporated 1864, opened Fenny Compton to Kineton 1 June 1871 ; Kineton to Stratford-upon-Avon 1 July 1873.

Sheridan arrived at the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac on April 5, 1864, less than a month before the start of Grant's massive Overland Campaign against Robert E. Lee.

Webster, had three children — Benjamin Webster ( b. 1864 ; married to Miss ( Dame ) May Whitty ), Annie ( Mrs A. E.

In the Valley Campaigns of 1864, Union Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel was ordered by Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant to move into the Shenandoah Valley, threaten railroads and the agricultural economy there, and distract Robert E. Lee while Grant fought him in eastern Virginia.