What Happened in November 1864

Historical Events

Nov 8 Abraham Lincoln (R) elected to his 2nd term as American President

Nov 9 1st export of goods from Burrard Inlet, British Columbia to a foreign country
Nov 9 Sherman issues preliminary plans for his "March to the Sea"
Nov 11 Sherman's troops destroy Rome, Georgia
Nov 11 Skirmish at Shoal Creek, AL
Nov 13 The new Constitution of Greece adopted
Nov 15 1st US mines school opens in basement of Columbia University, NY

Nov 15 Union Major General Sherman leaves Atlanta on his "March to the Sea"

Nov 16 Confederate retreat at Lovejoy, Georgia
Nov 21 -22] Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia
Nov 22 American Civil War Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia, ends after 650 casualties
Nov 22 Union General O Howard orders plunderers be shot to death
Nov 23 -25] Battle at Ball's Ferry, Georgia (30 casualties)
Nov 25 Confederate plot to burn New York city fails
Nov 25 Confederate retreat at Sandersville, Georgia
Nov 26 Confederate troops vacate Sandersville Georgia
Nov 26 Skirmish at Sylvan Brutal/Waynesboro, Georgia
Nov 27 2nd day of Battles at Waynesboro, Georgia
Nov 28 3rd day of Battles at Waynesboro/Jones's Plantation, Georgia
Nov 28 US Civil War: Battle of New Creek, West Virginia (Rosser's Raid, Ft Kelly)
Nov 29 4th & last day of skirmishes at Waynesboro, Georgia
Nov 29 Battle of Spring Hill, Tennessee (Thomason's Station), Confederate attack on Union forces fails
Nov 29 Sand Creek Massacre, Colorado militia kills about 150 peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians including Cheyenne chief One-Eye
Nov 30 Battle of Franklin, Tennessee: Confederate attack fails, 7,700 casualties
Nov 30 Battle of Honey Hill, South Carolina (Broad River) 96 dead, 665 wounded

Nov 5 Jessie Ralph, American stage, silent and sound screen actress (The Good Earth; San Francisco: The Bank Dick), born in Gloucester, Massachusetts (d. 1944)
Nov 10 Alexandre Levy, Brazilian composer and pianist, born in São Paulo, Brazil (d. 1892)
Nov 11 Alfred Hermann Fried, German pacifist (Nobel 1911-co-founder of the German peace movement), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1921)
Nov 11 George Washington Crile, American surgeon (conducted the first direct blood transfusion and studied the effects of surgical shock), born in Chili, Ohio (d. 1943)
Nov 19 George Barbier, American actor (Tarzan's Revenge, Wife vs Secretary), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1945)
Nov 20 Gerard Wilhelm Kernkamp, Dutch historian and editor (Groene Amsterdammer), born in Hoorn, Netherlands (d. 1943)
Nov 23 Henry Bourne Joy, American automobile executive (Packard Motor Car Co.), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1936)
Nov 24 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter and printmaker (At the Moulin Rouge), born in Albi, France (d. 1901)
Nov 26 Herman Gorter, Dutch socialist and poet (May, Tiny Hero's Poem), born in Wormerveer, Netherlands (d. 1927)
Nov 28 Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, Dutch lithographer and wood carver, born in Amsterdam (d. 1945)
Nov 28 James Allen, English writer (As a Man Thinketh), born in Leicester, England (d. 1912)
Nov 28 Lindley M. Garrison, American lawyer and 46th U.S. Secretary of War (1913-16), born in Camden, New Jersey (d. 1932)

Nov 3 Antonio Goncalves Dias, Brazilian national poet, dies at sea
Nov 8 Juan van Halen, Dutch-Spanish officer and adventurer (fought for Russia and in the Belgium Revolution), dies at 76
Nov 23 Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, German-Russian astronomer, dies at 71
Nov 30 Hiram Bronson Granbury, Confederate brigadier general, dies in the Battle of Franklin at 33
Nov 30 John Adams, US Confederate brigadier general, dies in the Battle of Franklin at about 39
Nov 30 Otto French Strahl, US Confederate brigadier general, dies in the Battle of Franklin at 33
Nov 30 Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, US Confederate brigadier general, dies in the Battle of Franklin at 33