1864 March

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1                   r1.5	2	3                 r1.54	4	5                   r1.45
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6	7                    r1.57	8                    r1.56	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18                 r1.55	19                r1.58
20	21		23	24                r1.60	25	26               r1.61
27	28                    r1.65	29	30	31
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday

March 2, 1864- Ulysses S. Grant is appointed lieutenant general, a rank revived at the request of President Lincoln. Grant assumes command of
all Union Armies in the field the following day.

March 10, 1864- The Red River Campaign begins. As part of an overall Union strategy to strike deep into various parts of the Confederacy,
a combined force of army and navy commands under General Nathaniel Banks begins a campaign on the Red River in Louisiana.