Today in History for September 1864

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 24 of 24

1st - 2nd day of battle at Jonesboro Georgia, about 3,000 casualties
1st - Battle of Petersburg VA
1st - Skirmish at Hood evacuated confederates from Atlanta GA
2nd - Union General William T Sherman captures and burns Atlanta
3rd - Battle of Berryville, VA
3rd - US, British, French & Dutch naval officer sails Staits of Simonoseki
4th - Bread riots in Mobile, Alabama
5th - British, French & Dutch fleets attacked Japan in Shimonoseki Straits
5th - Achille François Bazaine becomes Marshall of France.
16th - Battle of Coggin's Point, Virginia (Hampton-Rosser Cattle Raid)
17th - Grant approves Sheridan's plan for Shenandoah Valley Campaign
18th - Battle of Martinsburg WV
18th - Hood's Tennessee campaign begins (also called The Franklin–Nashville Campaign), American Civil War
19th - 3rd Battle of Winchester Virginia (Opequon, 3rd Winchester)
22nd - Battle of Fisher's Hill VA-Gen Early Retreats to Brown's Gap
22nd - Sheridan sets up camp in Harrisonburg VA
23rd - Battle of Athens VA
27th - Battle at Pilot Knob (Ft Davidson) American Civil War, Missouri: 1700 killed/injured
27th - Centralia Massacre (Missouri): 24 unarmed Union soldiers captured and executed by "Bloody Bill" Anderson/Frank
Outlaw Jesse James 27th - Jesse James' gang surprise attack train: 150 killed
28th - -30) Battle of Fort Harrison VA (Chaffin's Farm New Market Heights)
29th - Battle of Waynesboro & New Market Heights VA
30th - Battle of Preble's Farm VA (Poplar Springs Church)
30th - Black Soldiers given Medal of Honor

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 10 of 10

1st - Roger David Casement, Irish nationalist (Easter uprising 1916)
3rd - Hale Ascher VanderCook, composer
7th - Giovanni Tebaldini, composer
14th - Lord Robert Cecil, Viscount of Chelwood, UK, helps form League of Nations (Nobel 1937)
22nd - Louis Van Deyssel, writer (Small Republic, One Love)
23rd - Draga Mašin, Queen of Serbia (d. 1903)
27th - Alexander Cohen, Dutch anarchist/author
27th - Andrej Hlinka, Slovak politician and Catholic Priest (d. 1938)
28th - Barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch)
29th - Miguel de Unamuno Jugo, Bilbao Spain, philosopher (Ensayos, Teatro)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 8 of 8

4th - John Hunt Morgan, American Confederate military leader (b. 1825)
15th - John Hanning Speke, British explorer (b. 1827)
16th - John Hanning Speke, English explorer (b. 1827)
17th - Walter Savage Landor, author, dies
19th - Archibald Campbell Godwin, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle
19th - David Allen Russell, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 43
19th - Robert Emmet Rodes, US Confederate gen-major, dies in battle at 35
29th - Hiram Burnham, US Union-colonel (Chancellorsville), dies in battle