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| June 1, 1864 | Skirmish at Allatoona Pass | Georgia |
| Western and Atlantic Railroad | ||
| June 1, 1864 | Don Carlos Buell resigns his commission. | |
| Don Carlos Buell | ||
| June 2, 1864 | Ordered to pursue and destroy General Nathan Bedford Forrest, General John Sturgis leaves Memphis with a force of 8,100 men | Tennessee |
| Brice's Crossroads | ||
| June 4, 1864 | Joe Johnston withdraws from the Dallas-New Hope line to Lost Mountain - Pine Mountain - Brushy Mountain | Georgia |
| Joseph E. Johnston | ||
| June 6, 1864 | Battle of Old River Lake | Arkansas |
| June 7, 1864 | The Republican (National Union) Convention opens in Baltimore, Maryland. | Maryland |
| Election of 1864 | ||
| Republican Party | ||
| June 8, 1864 | The Republican National Convention nominates Abraham Lincoln to run for President and Andrew Johnson to run for Vice-President | Maryland |
| Election of 1864 | ||
| Abraham Lincoln | ||
| Republican Party | ||
| June 8, 1864 | President Lincoln, nominated for a second term, calls for an amendment abolishing slavery | |
| Election of 1864 | ||
| June 8, 1864 | Congress forbids the private minting of gold coins | |
| June 10, 1864 | Battle of Brice's Crossroads [US]
Battle of Tishomingo Creek [CS] |
Mississippi |
| Nathan Bedford Forrest | ||
| Brice's Crossroads | ||
| June 11, 1864 | Following the battle of Brice's Crossroads, Forrest's men pursue the federal retreat and take hundreds of prisoners | |
| Brice's Crossroads | ||
| June 11, 1864 June 12, 1864 |
Battle of Trevilian Station
Phil Sheridan strikes Fitzhugh Lee and Wade Hampton, trying to reach Hunter at Charlottesville. In spite of initial success, he is turned back. |
Virginia |
| George Armstrong Custer | ||
| Philip Sheridan | ||
| June 11, 1864 | The C. S. S. Alabama arrives in Cherbourg, France. | |
| June 12, 1864 | Finally admitting defeat at Cold Harbor, Ulysses S. Grant begins crossing the James River | Virginia |
| Army of the Potomac | ||
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| June 14, 1864 | While inspecting his lines, Leonidas Polk is killed at Pine Mountain by an artillery blast ordered by William Tecumseh Sherman. | Georgia |
| Leonidas Polk | ||
| Atlanta Campaign | ||
| Generals Who Died In the Civil War | ||
| William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| June 14, 1864 | The U. S. S. Kearsarge weighs anchor off the coast of France near Cherbourg, waiting for the Alabama | |
| June 15, 1864 April 2, 1865 |
Siege of Petersburg | Virginia |
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| P. G. T. Beauregard | ||
| Army of Northern Virginia | ||
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Siege of Petersburg | ||
| June 15, 1864 | Battle of Petersburg
William F. Smith [US] and Winfield Scott Hancock [US], with a combined army of nearly 30,000 men are held off by General P. G. T. Beauregard with about 4,000 men. Union force only gain Battery No. 5 and about a mile of the Dimmock Line |
Virginia |
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Siege of Petersburg | ||
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| P. G. T. Beauregard | ||
| Winfield Scott Hancock | ||
| William Farrar Smith | ||
| June 15, 1864 | General Sherman, learning of the defeat at Brice's Crossroads, writes Edwin Stanton "But Forrest is the very devil, ...There never will be peace in Tennessee till Forrest is dead." | |
| Nathan Bedford Forrest | ||
| Brice's Crossroads | ||
| William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| June 17, 1864 June 18, 1864 |
Battle of Richmond Turnpike | Virginia |
| Siege of Petersburg | ||
| June 17, 1864 June 18, 1864 |
Battle of Lynchburg | Virginia |
| John Breckinridge | ||
| Rutherford B. Hayes | ||
| June 19, 1864 | Following an hour battle off the coast of France, the CSS Alabama sinks after being hit by several rounds from the guns of the USS Kearsarge. An English yacht rescues the crew | |
| June 21, 1864 June 22, 1864 |
Battle of Meade Station | Virginia |
| Siege of Petersburg | ||
| June 22, 1864 | Battle of Kolb's Farm
To prevent Joe Hooker [US] and John Schofield [US] from outflanking the Confederate Army, General John Bell Hood [CS] attacks, without orders. |
Georgia |
| John Bell Hood | ||
| Joseph Hooker | ||
| Atlanta Campaign | ||
| June 25, 1864 | Engineers begin digging a tunnel from Union lines under Confederate entrenchments | Virginia |
| June 27, 1864 | Battle of Kennesaw Mountain | Georgia |
| Joseph E. Johnston | ||
| William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| Atlanta Campaign | ||
| George Thomas | ||
| Kennesaw Mountain | ||
| June 28, 1864 | Fugitive slave laws repealed by the U. S. Congress | |
| June 30, 1864 | Salmon P. Chase resigns as Secretary of the Treasury | |
| Salmon P. Chase |
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