November 1864

Friday 04:

Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.

Tuesday 08:

U.S. presidential election, 1864: Abraham Lincoln is reelected in an overwhelming victory over George McClellan.

Friday 11:

Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins burning Atlanta, Georgia to the ground in preparation for his march south.

Tuesday 15:

American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman burns Atlanta, Georgia and starts Sherman's March to the Sea.

Tuesday 22:

American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: Confederate General John Bell Hood invades Tennessee in an unsuccessful attempt to draw Union General William T. Sherman from Georgia.

Tuesday 29:

Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 400 Cheyenne and Arapahoe noncombatants at Sand Creek, Colorado.

Wednesday 30:

The Army of Tennessee led by General John Bell Hood mounts a dramatically unsuccessful frontal assault on Union positions around Franklin, Tennessee (Hood lost six generals and almost a third of his troops).