The port city in Texas that was occupied by Union forces in 1864 is Galveston. This occupation was part of the Union's efforts to control strategic locations along the Gulf Coast during the Civil War. Galveston's port was significant for trade and supplies, making it a target for military operations. The occupation helped to disrupt Confederate supply lines and strengthen Union presence in the region.
Savannah was occupied by Union forces on December 22, 1864.
Savannah was occupied by Union forces on December 22. 1864. These forces were led by Civil War General Sherman.
U.S. Grant
On October 24, 1864, Union forces led by General Corse was the victor over Rebel forces commanded by Captain French. The battle was in Georgia and helped to maintain Union forces controlling that state.
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Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses Grant
Their were many major events in 1864 but one of them was that in march Ulysses s. grant became general in chief of the union forces..
In February of 1864 Union soldiers who set out from Jacksonville,and headed West. As they made their way toward Tallahassee(Florida's Capitol) they were confronted by Confederate forces and a battle ensued at a place called Olustee or Ocean Pond. The Union forces were defeated and retreated back to Jacksonville.As a result,Tallahassee holds the distinction of being the only Confedrate State Capitol east of the Mississippi River never to be conquered and occupied by Union Forces.
The Battle of Spring Hill was a Union victory on November 29, 1864 in Tennessee. Confederate errors gave Union forces a chance to redeploy and prepare themselves for the Battle of Franklin.
Ulysses Grant was appointed Commander-in-Chief of all Union forces in March 1864 by his predecessor Halleck, who agreed to stay on as Chief of Staff. Grant ordered Sherman to destroy Joe Johnston's Army of Tennessee, which was slowly retreating towards Atlanta, while he himself remained with the Army of the Potomac, in an uneasy partnership with the army's own commander, Gordon Meade.
In May of 1864, at the Battle of Spotsylvania, Union Colonel Emery Upton led 5,000 troops in a fixed bayonet charge. His advance however, was not supported by other Union forces, and it faded as night fell upon the battlefield.