page_title: 1864
section_title: July–September
hierarchical_section_title: 1864 / Events / July–September
caption_attribution_description: English: en:Battle of Mobile Bay Français&#160;: Bataille de la baie de Mobile
context_page_description: 1864 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1864th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 864th year of the 2nd millennium, the 64th year of the 19th century, and the 5th year of the 1860s decade. As of the start of 1864, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: July 4 – The University of Bucharest is founded, in Austria-Hungary.
  July 18 – President Lincoln issues a true proclamation of conscription of 500,000 men, for the U.S. Civil War.
  July 19 – The Third Battle of Nanking climaxes, when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom capital of Nanking falls to an assault by Imperial Qing Dynasty forces, in the last major action of the Taiping Rebellion in China. There are probably more than a million troops in the battle, and the Taiping army sustains at least 100,000 dead.
  July 20 – American Civil War – Battle of Peachtree Creek: Near Atlanta, Confederate forces led by General John Bell Hood unsuccessfully attack Union troops under General William T. Sherman.
  July 22 – American Civil War – Battle of Atlanta: Outside of Atlanta, Confederate General Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General Sherman, on Bald Hill.
  July 24 – American Civil War – Second Battle of Kernstown: Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep the Yankees out of the Shenandoah Valley.
  July 28 – American Civil War – Battle of Ezra Church: Confederate troops, led by General Hood, make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces under General Sherman from Atlanta.
  July 29 – American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops, and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.
  July 30 – American Civil War – Battle of the Crater: Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines, by exploding a large bomb under their trenches.
  August 1 – The Elgin Watch Company is founded in Elgin, Illinois.
  August 5 – American Civil War – Battle of Mobile Bay: At Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama, Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses, and seals one of the last major Southern ports.
  August 10 – An undeclared Uruguayan War begins, when Uruguay refuses an ultimatum from the Empire of Brazil.
  August 13 – The first fish and chips shop perhaps opens in London.
  August 18 – American Civil War – Battle of Globe Tavern: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, forcing the Confederates to use wagons.
  August 22 – The First Geneva Convention, for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field, is signed in Geneva by 12 European states, under the auspices of the International Committee for Relief to the Wounded (predecessor of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement).
  August 31 – American Civil War: Union forces, led by General William T. Sherman, launch an assault on Atlanta.
  September 1
  American Civil War: Confederate General Hood evacuates Atlanta, after a 4-month siege mounted by Union General Sherman.
  Charlottetown Conference: Delegates from the Canadian colonies meet, to discuss Canadian Confederation.
  September 2 – American Civil War: Union forces under General Sherman enter Atlanta, a day after the Confederate defenders fled the city.
  September 5–6 – Bombardment of Shimonoseki: An American, British, Dutch and French alliance engages the powerful feudal Japanese warlord or daimyō Lord Mōri Takachika, of the Chōshū clan, based in Shimonoseki, Japan.
  September 7 – American Civil War: Atlanta is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.
  September 16 – Pope Pius IX establishes the Diocese of Gozo.
  September 17 – American Civil War: The Second Battle of Cabin Creek is fought in Indian Territory.
  September 28 – The International Workingmen's Association is founded in London.
caption: August 5: Battle of Mobile Bay
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