1864 September

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1	2               r2.35	3
4                    r2.36	5	6                    r2.40	7                   r 2.33	8                  r2.38	9	10
11	12                    r2.1	13	14	15	16	17                 r2.17
18	19	20                  r 2.2	21                 r2.166	22                  r2.16	23                r2.16	24
25	26	27	28	29	30                r1.93
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday

September 1, 1864- Fall of Atlanta, Georgia. Confederate troops under General Hood evacuate the city of Atlanta. General Sherman's army occupies
the city and its defenses the following day.

September 19, 1864- Third Battle of Winchester, Virginia. Union forces under General Philip Sheridan attacked the Confederate army under Jubal Early
near the city of Winchester and drove them southward, up the Shenandoah Valley.

September 22, 1864- Battle of Fisher's Hill, Virginia. The Union Army of the Shenandoah under General Philip Sheridan attacked Jubal Early's
Confederates near Fisher's Hill, overpowering the southerners and again forcing them to flee the battlefield. Union officers and officials in Washington
believe this to be the final battle in the Shenandoah Valley.

September 29-30, 1864- Battle of Fort Harrison near Richmond, Virginia. In a sweeping assault, the Confederate stronghold known as Fort Harrison
falls to the Army of the James. Confederate efforts to retake the fort fail.