17th » American Civil War: The Ship H. L. Hunley submarine 6 becomes the first submarine to Sinking of USS Housatonic engage and sink a warship, the USS Housatonic 1861 6.
20th » American Civil War: Battle of Olustee occurs the largest battle fought in Florida during the war.
27th » American Civil War: The first Union (American Civil War) known as Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate States of America called Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
29th » American Civil War: Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid fails plans to free 15,000 United States named Union soldiers being held near Richmond, Virginia are thwarted.
Famous Birthdays on February in 1864
6th » John Henry Mackay, Scottish-German philosopher and author (d. 1933)
9th » Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1941)
17th » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak priest, botanist, and painter (d. 1929)
27th » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish politician (d. 1935)
Famous Deaths for February 1864
7th » Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Serbian philologist and liguist (b. 1787)
25th » Anna Harrison, American wife of William Henry Harrison, 9th List of First Ladies of the United States named First Lady of the United States (b. 1775)
26th » Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canadian politician, 3rd List of Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada named Premier of Canada East (b. 1807)