1864 August

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1	2	3	4	5                r2.5	6                 r2.5
7	8                       r2.5	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16             r2.5	17	18                  r2.52	19                   r2.5	20
21	22                 r2.53	23                 r2.5		25	26	27
28	29                r2.42	30                r2.37	31
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday

August 5, 1864- Battle of Mobile Bay. A Union fleet under Admiral David Farragut steamed into Mobile Bay outside the city of Mobile, Alabama, defended
by two strong forts and a small southern flotilla, including the formidable ironclad CSS Tennessee. Farragut's ships defeated the Confederate ships and bypassed
the forts, capturing the important southern port.

August 18-19, 1864- Battles on the Weldon Railroad near Petersburg, Virginia. Union attempts to capture this important railroad into Petersburg were stopped
by Confederate counterattacks. Despite southern efforts, the Union remained in firm possession of their gains and the railroad.

August 25, 1864- Battle of Ream's Station, near Petersburg, Virginia. A surprise Confederate counterattack briefly stopped Union destruction of the Weldon Railroad
near Ream's Station, though failed to release the Union grip on this important supply line into Petersburg.

August 31- September 1, 1864- Battle of Jonesborough, Georgia. The final southern counterattack against Union troops outside the city of Atlanta fails.

September 1, 1864- Fall of A