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Major events of 1864
| February 9, 1864 | 109 Union officers led by Colonel Thomas Rose escape from Libby Prison on the banks of the James River in Richmond. 59 reach Union lines | Virginia |
| Richmond, Virginia | ||
| May 5, 1864 May 7, 1864 |
Battle of the Wilderness
Ulysses S. Grant [US] is badly beaten on the field by Robert E. Lee [CS] but rather than retreat, Grant advances to Spotsylvania Court House. Union: 17,666 Confederate: 7,750 |
Virginia |
| Bloodiest Civil War battles | ||
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Army of Northern Virginia | ||
| Overland Campaign | ||
| James Longstreet | ||
| Winfield Scott Hancock | ||
| A. P. Hill | ||
| Richard Ewell | ||
| Gouverneur K. Warren | ||
| John Sedgwick | ||
| May 5, 1864 | Army of the James under General Benjamin Butler [US] lands at Bermuda Hundred and City Point, east of Petersburg. The Army is comprised of two corps totaling nearly 40,000 men. | Virginia |
| Benjamin Butler | ||
| Quincy A. Gillmore | ||
| William Farrar Smith | ||
| May 8, 1864 May 19, 1864 |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
In an inconclusive battle, General Ulysses S. Grant [US] and Robert E. Lee [CS] battle for days southwest of Fredericksburg Union 18,399 Confederate 9,000 |
Virginia |
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Bloodiest Civil War battles | ||
| Army of Northern Virginia | ||
| Overland Campaign | ||
| Richard Ewell | ||
| May 27, 1864 | Battle of Picketts Mill | Georgia |
| George Thomas | ||
| Joseph E. Johnston | ||
| William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| Atlanta Campaign | ||
| Oliver O. Howard | ||
| May 31, 1864 June 12, 1864 |
Battle of Cold Harbor
Robert E. Lee [CS] defeats General Ulysses S. Grant [US] and General George Meade [US] |
Virginia |
| Army of Northern Virginia | ||
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| George Meade | ||
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Gouverneur K. Warren | ||
| August 5, 1864 | 18 Union ships sail past the entrance to Mobile Bay. The C. S. S. Tennessee, prize ironclad of the Confederate Navy awaited the attack. As the U. S. S. Tecumseh sinks Admiral David Farragut orders "Damn the torpedoes, go ahead." His flag vessel Hartford took the lead. The ships destroyed the Confederate fleet | Alabama |
| Battle of Mobile Bay | ||
| David Farragut | ||
| December 15, 1864 December 16, 1864 |
Battle of Nashville | Tennessee |
| John Bell Hood | ||
| George Thomas | ||
| Nashville Campaign |
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