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* 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.
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* 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 – 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.
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During the U. S. Presidential Election of 1864, Douglass supported John C. Frémont.
* 1864 – U. S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for " public use, resort and recreation ".
After Lincoln's landslide re-election in early November 1864 on a platform advocating passage of the 13th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution to abolish slavery altogether, Booth devoted increasing energy and money to his kidnap plot.
* 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.
James Ewell Brown " Jeb " Stuart ( February 6, 1833 – May 12, 1864 ) was a U. S. Army officer from Virginia and a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War.
* 1864 – Nevada is admitted as the 36th U. S. state.
During the American Civil War, U. S. Army General Philip Sheridan's stripping of the Shenandoah Valley, beginning on September 21, 1864 and continuing for two weeks, was considered " total war ".
* October 30 – Robert Lansing, U. S. Secretary of State ( b. 1864 )
* American Annual Cyclopaedia for 1861 ( N. Y .: Appleton's, 1864 ), an extensive collection of reports on each country and U. S. state, Congress, and military activities, and many other topics ;
* April 22 – The U. S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 which mandates that the inscription " In God We Trust " be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
* November 8 – U. S. presidential election, 1864: Abraham Lincoln is reelected in an overwhelming victory over George B. McClellan.
* July 10 – George M. Dallas, U. S. Senator and Vice President of the United States ( d. 1864 )
In April 1864 after his release he was appointed colonel of the 17th Regiment of U. S. Colored Troops and led the regiment at the Battle of Nashville.
Later in the war, Wallace directed the U. S. government's secret efforts to aid Mexico in expelling the French occupation forces which had seized control of their country in 1864.
* 1864: Junius, Jr., Edwin and John Wilkes Booth ( later the assassin of U. S. president Abraham Lincoln ) made their only appearance onstage together in a benefit performance of Julius Caesar on 25 November 1864, at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City.
George Mifflin Dallas ( July 10, 1792December 31, 1864 ) was a U. S. Senator from Pennsylvania and the 11th Vice President of the United States ( 1845 – 1849 ), serving under President James K. Polk.
* Joshua Reed Giddings ( 1795 – 1864 ), member of the U. S. House of Representatives and prominent opponent of slavery.
Nye County was established in 1864 and named after James W. Nye, who served as the first governor of the Nevada Territory and later as a U. S. Senator from the state.
Rice County ( standard abbreviation: RC ) is a county located in the U. S. state of Kansas ; it was named in memory of Samuel Allen Rice, Brigadier-General, United States volunteers, killed April 30, 1864, at Jenkins Ferry, Arkansas.
* Ulric Dahlgren ( 1842 – 1864 ), Colonel, U. S. Army officer
After a period of use for trade and war by the Spanish, Chinle was the site of the 1864 peace conference between Kit Carson and the Navajo that ended the war between the Navajo and the U. S. The first trading post ( only a tent at the time ) was established here in 1882.
Following his retirement from the U. S. Army in 1864, Owen became a professor of natural sciences at Indiana University in Bloomington, where an academic building is named in his honor.
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