Request a brochure Civil War Encyclopedia Blue and Gray Trail Civil War in Georgia On the Blue and Gray Trail Civil War by state Today in the Civil War Battles Images Places Feature Stories Links Search Who we are	Civil War Timeline / Chronology for February 1864 <<Previous year    Next year>> Civil War Navidater Century 1700's 1800's 1900's 2000's Decade 1800's 1810's 1820's 1830's 1840's 1850's 1860's 1870's 1880's 1890's Year 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 January, 1864 May, 1864 September, 1864 February, 1864 June, 1864 October, 1864 March, 1864 July, 1864 November, 1864 April, 1864 August, 1864 December, 1864 February 1, 1864 The U. S. House passes legislation reinstituting the rank of Lieutenant General in the United States Army.   Ulysses S. Grant February 3, 1864 William Tecumseh Sherman, having moved to Vicksburg by boat, begins the Meridian Campaign Mississippi   William Tecumseh Sherman   Meridian Campaign   Leonidas Polk February 5, 1864 Sherman enters Jackson, Mississippi Mississippi   William Tecumseh Sherman   Meridian Campaign February 6, 1864 William Sooy Smith [US] leaves Memphis to join the Meridian Campaign Mississippi   Meridian Campaign February 7, 1864 Union forces enter Jacksonville, Florida Florida 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 February 9, 1864 Major General John Schofield [US] assumes command of the Department of the Ohio February 10, 1864 President Lincoln tries to rescue 6 horses from the White House stables during a fire. He is unsuccessful   Abraham Lincoln February 14, 1864 Federals take Meridian. They continue their "work," tearing up railroad infrastructure and destroying locomotives, but there is little Leonidas Polk can do Mississippi   William Tecumseh Sherman   Leonidas Polk   Meridian Campaign February 17, 1864 The CSS Hunley destroys the USS Housatonic with a torpedo in Charleston Harbor. The Housatonic sinks without a loss of life. The Hunley also sinks, killing 9 men South Carolina   Civil War Firsts February 20, 1864 Battle of Olustee Near Ocean Pond outside the town of Olustee Brigadier General Truman Seymour [US] attacked Brigadier General Joseph Finegan [CS]. Athough evenly matched, the Confederates won. Florida February 22, 1864 February 26, 1864 Battle of Dalton (First Dalton) General George Thomas [US] demonstrates against Joe Johnston's [CS] entrenched line Georgia   Joseph E. Johnston   George Thomas February 22, 1864 Crisis in the Lincoln Administration over the Pomeroy Circular backing Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase as Republican candidate for President in the 1864 elections   Abraham Lincoln   Salmon P. Chase February 22, 1864 Battle of Okolana Other Names: Ivey's Farm, Ivey Hill Nathan Bedford Forrest [CS] defeats W. Sooy Smith [US], attempting to join Sherman's Meridian Campaign Mississippi   Nathan Bedford Forrest   Meridian Campaign February 24, 1864 Braxton Bragg becomes Jefferson Davis' chief of staff   Jefferson Davis February 27, 1864 Federal prisoners begin arriving at Camp Sumter in Andersonville Georgia February 29, 1864 U. S. Congressional legislation revives the rank of lieutenant general February 29, 1864 General Judson Kilpatrick splits his force in two detaching 500 men under Ulric Dahlgreen to attack Richmond from the west Virginia   Richmond, Virginia January, 1864 May, 1864 September, 1864 February, 1864 June, 1864 October, 1864 March, 1864 July, 1864 November, 1864 April, 1864 August, 1864 December, 1864 Civil War Navidater Century 1700's 1800's 1900's 2000's Decade 1800's 1810's 1820's 1830's 1840's 1850's 1860's 1870's 1880's 1890's Year 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 The best search in Civil War History
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