Lincoln Originals > 1864
1864
The White House in 1864
Highlights from 1864:
March 9 - Lincoln appointed General Ulysses Grant to command all of the armies of the United States.
June 12 - Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia.
June 15 - Arlington National Cemetery was established.
August 22 - First Geneva Convention was held and the American Red Cross was formed.
August 29 - George McClellan nominated for president by Democrats to challenge the incumbent Lincoln in November.
September 2 - Union General Sherman captured Atlanta.
November 8 - Abraham Lincoln was re-elected president.
