April–June 1864

clipper ship city of adelaide in 1864



may 2 – under terms of treaty of london, united kingdom voluntarily cedes control of united states of ionian islands kingdom of greece.
may 5 – american civil war: battle of wilderness begins in spotsylvania county, virginia.
may 7 – clipper ship city of adelaide launched in sunderland, england. 21st century, world s oldest surviving clipper of 2 (cutty sark being other).
may 7 – american civil war: army of potomac, under general ulysses s. grant, breaks off battle of wilderness , moves southwards.
may 8–21 – american civil war – battle of spotsylvania court house: 4,000 troops die in inconclusive engagement.
may 9

danish-prussian war (second schleswig war) – battle of heligoland: danish navy gains tactical victory on of austria , prussia, near island of heligoland. last significant naval battle fought squadrons of wooden ships, , last involving denmark.
american general john sedgwick shot dead during battle of spotsylvania court house, shortly after uttering famous last words: couldn t hit elephant distance!




battle of heligoland in 1864 josef carl barthold puettner



may 11 – american civil war – battle of yellow tavern: confederate general j. e. b. stuart mortally wounded @ yellow tavern, virginia.
may 12 – american civil war – battle of spotsylvania court house (the bloody angle): thousands of union , confederate soldiers die.
may 13 – american civil war – battle of resaca: battle begins union general sherman fighting toward atlanta.
may 15 – american civil war – battle of new market: cadets virginia military institute fight alongside confederate army, forcing union general franz sigel out of shenandoah valley.
may 18 – civil war gold hoax: new york world , new york journal of commerce publish fake proclamation president abraham lincoln has issued draft of 400,000 more soldiers.
may 20 – australian bushranger ben hall , gang escape shootout police, after attempting rob bang bang hotel in koorawatha, new south wales.
may 20 – american civil war – battle of ware bottom church: in virginia bermuda hundred campaign, 10,000 troops fight in confederate victory.
may 21 – russian empire begins ethnic cleansing of circassians. more 1.5 million circassians driven homeland ottoman empire, ending russo-circassian war.
may 26 – montana territory organized out of parts of washington territory , dakota territory.


may 13: battle of resaca



june – united states sanitary commission s sanitary fair in philadelphia takes place.
june 5 – american civil war – battle of piedmont: union forces under general david hunter defeat confederate army @ piedmont, west virginia, taking 1,000 prisoners.
june 9 – american civil war – battle of petersburg: union forces under general grant , troops led confederate general robert e. lee battle last time.
june 10 – american civil war:

battle of noonday creek: confederate troops defeat union forces, near kennesaw, georgia.
battle of brice s crossroads: confederate troops under nathan bedford forrest defeat larger union force, led general samuel d. sturgis, in mississippi.


june 12 – american civil war – battle of cold harbor: general ulysses s. grant pulls troops positions @ cold harbor, virginia , moves south.
june 15 – arlington national cemetery established in united states, when 200 acres (0.81 km) of grounds of robert e. lee s home (arlington house) officially set aside military cemetery, u.s. secretary of war edwin m. stanton.
june 18 – decree of extended freedom of trade introduces complete freedom of trade in sweden.
june 19 – american civil war – battle of cherbourg: confederate states navy css alabama sunk in single-ship action uss kearsarge, in english channel off coast of cherbourg, france.
june 21 – new zealand wars: tauranga campaign ends.
june 27 – american civil war – battle of kennesaw mountain: confederate troops defeat union forces, near kennesaw, georgia.
june 29 – second schleswig war – battle of als won prussians under general herwarth von bittenfeld, occupy island of als after crossing alssund, between village of sottrupskov , sandbjerg estate, night. of 9,000 danish troops stationed there, third killed, wounded or captured.




^ great central fair buildings, philadelphia . world digital library. july 1864. retrieved 2013-07-28. 
^ capture of island of als