1864 Month Letters by Date Activity of Hardaway’s Unit Activity of the Civil War January January 18thJanuary 21st Moved to Franklin 1/8 – 1/10, and duty there till 3/15 February February 7thFebruary 14thFebruary 21stFebruary 28th March March 20th Red River Campaign3/15 – 3/22 April April 3rdApril 12thApril 30th -Advance from Franklin to Alexandria 3/15 – 3/26. -Sabing Cross Roads 4/8. -Pleasant Hill 4/9. -Cane River Crossing 4/23. -Construction of dam at Alexandria 4/30 – 5/10. May May 23rdMay 29th -Retreat to Morganza5/13 – 5/22. -Mansura 5/16. Grant’s Wilderness Campaign: -The Battle of Spotsylvania-The Battle of Cold Harbor June June 5thJune 19thJune 26th At Morganza till July 1 Grant attempts to seize Petersburg July July 12thJuly 24th Repulse of Early’s attack on Washington 7/12 – 7/13Snicker’s Gap Expedition7/14 – 7/23 Confederate Troops attack Washington, D.CConfederate troops driven back to Virginia July 13 August August 2ndAugust 7thAugust 20th General William T. Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign Sherman occupies Atlanta 9/1 September September 10thSeptember 18thSeptember 22ndSeptember 30th Shenandoah Valley Campaign8/7 – 11/28:-Battle of Winchester 9/19-Fisher’s Hill 9/22 General William T. Sherman’s March to the Sea October October 3rdOctober 23rd – 1October 23rd – 2October 30th -Battle of Cedar Creek 10/19-Duty near Middletown till 11/9 November Abraham Lincoln is re-elected December December 12thDecember 23rd Duty near Newtown till 1/1 General Sherman continues his domination of the south, capturing Savannah, GA 1865 January January 18thJanuary 22nd The confederacy begins to fall as blockades cause food and supply shortages in the south February February 19thFebruary 26th Duty near Stephenson’s Depot till 4/5 Jefferson Davis sends delegates for a peace conference with the Union Lincoln refuses to recognize the South’s independence March March 5thMarch 12thMarch 19thMarch 23rd General Lee attacks General Grant at Petersburg and loses, causing the fall of Richmond, VA April April 6th – 1April 6th – 2 Moved to Washington, D.C., 4/5, and duty there till 5/23 General Lee’s surrender as Appomattox Courthouse President Lincoln is assassinated May May 14thMay 21st Jefferson Davis is captured in GA Remaining Confederate troops surrender Total Page Visits: 987 - Today Page Visits: 2