Timeline June 1864

Events in June 1864 4

• 1806 – 1864 Leonidas Polk (1806-1864) Died 14 June 1864, aged 58 Confederate general and Episcopal bishop known as the "Fighting Bishop." He was killed by Union artillery fire near Marietta, Georgia, during the Atlanta Campaign.
• 1864 Battle of Cold Harbor Costly Union assault in Virginia Grant ordered a frontal assault on entrenched Confederate positions near Richmond, resulting in devastating Union casualties within minutes on the main day of fighting. The defeat pushed Grant to shift his campaign toward besieging Petersburg.
• 1864 Maximilian I enters Mexico City as Emperor French-backed monarchy installed in Mexico Archduke Maximilian of Austria, invited by Mexican conservatives and backed by French troops, arrived in Mexico City to take up the throne of the newly created Second Mexican Empire. His rule faced immediate resistance from republican forces loyal to Benito Juárez.
• 1864 Sinking of the CSS Alabama Confederate raider destroyed off France The USS Kearsarge sank the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama in a ship-to-ship duel off Cherbourg, France, after the raider had captured or destroyed dozens of Union merchant vessels. The battle drew large crowds of French spectators to the coast.