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 March 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 March 1, 1864 Custis Lee, son of Robert E. Lee, turns back a force of 500 cavalry under Ulric Dahlgreen, 2 miles west of Richmond. General Judson Kilpatrick had called off a planned assault earlier in the day. Virginia   Richmond, Virginia March 2, 1864 Fitzhugh Lee [CS] traps Ulric Dalhgreen's cavalry following a raid on Richmond, killing Dahlgreen and 109 of his men. Virginia March 2, 1864 U. S. Senate confirms Ulysses S. Grant as Lieutenant General   Ulysses S. Grant March 4, 1864 Republican Michael Hahn is inaugrated governor of Louisiana. Louisiana March 4, 1864 The Confederate States of America adopts the Stars and Bars as its official flag   Flags of the Civil War March 9, 1864 Ulysses S. Grant promoted to Lieutenant General and given command of all active United States forces.   Ulysses S. Grant   General-in-Chief, U. S. Army March 10, 1864 Grant meets George Gordon Meade, commander of the Army of the Potomac, in Virginia.   Ulysses S. Grant   George Meade March 12, 1864 Three days after it happened, the order making Lieutenant General Grant general-in-chief is announced. General Henry Halleck is relieved of duty at his own request.   Henry Halleck   General-in-Chief, U. S. Army   Army of the Potomac   Ulysses S. Grant March 12, 1864 Nathaniel Banks [US] begins the Red River Campaign Louisiana   Red River Campaign   Nathaniel Banks March 12, 1864 Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant assumes command of the armies of the United States. Tennessee   Ulysses S. Grant March 14, 1864 Banks captures Fort De Russy Louisiana   Red River Campaign   Nathaniel Banks March 15, 1864 Moving men and vessels up the Red River, the Union Army arrives at Alexandria, LA Louisiana   Red River Campaign March 16, 1864 Sterling Price takes command of the Confederate District of Arkansas Arkansas   Sterling Price March 16, 1864 Nathan Bedford Forrest begins a raid into West Tennessee and Kentucky Kentucky Tennessee   Nathan Bedford Forrest March 17, 1864 William Tecumseh Sherman, meeting with Grant in Nashville, is promoted to Military Division of the Mississippi commanding the Department of the Ohio, Department of the Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland and the Department of the Arkansas. Major General James McPherson is promoted to Sherman's old position, commander of the Army of the Tennessee Tennessee   William Tecumseh Sherman   Ulysses S. Grant   James McPherson   Army of the Tennessee March 21, 1864 Abraham Lincoln signs legislation allowing Nevada and Colorado to become states even though they don't meet population requirements   Abraham Lincoln March 23, 1864 From Little Rock, federal troops under Frederick Steele moved south to join Nathaniel Banks Arkansas   Red River Campaign   Nathaniel Banks March 23, 1864 Some congressmen request George Meade be removed as commander of the Army of the Potomac   George Meade March 24, 1864 Nathan Bedford Forrest seizes Union City Tennessee   Nathan Bedford Forrest March 26, 1864 Major General James Birdseye McPherson assumes command of the Army of the Tennessee   Army of the Tennessee 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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