7 February 1864Northern Pacific Railway CharterAbraham Lincoln
Lincoln signs legislation chartering the Northern Pacific Railway
Historical records for United States of America in 1864, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Lincoln signs legislation chartering the Northern Pacific Railway
Amendments strengthen support for Central Pacific construction eastward from California
Amended law accelerates work toward completing the first transcontinental railroad
Amendments increase support for Union Pacific construction westward from the Missouri River
Lincoln signs amendments expanding support for the transcontinental railroad project
Lincoln signs amendments strengthening federal support for the transcontinental railroad
Federal land grants and bonds encourage railroad construction across the western territories
Lincoln signs the National Bank Act revising the national banking system
Immigration Act creates federal machinery to encourage immigrant labor and settlement
Lincoln signs legislation encouraging immigration to the United States
Death of James Ewell Brown, killed in battle
Killed in battle as the Confederates are driven from Richmond
Lincoln sends his fourth annual message to Congress
National Union Convention nominates Lincoln for a 2nd term
Lincoln is reelected President on the National Union ticket
Lincoln wins reelection as President of the United States
Removes the Shenandoah Valley from the remainder of the war. Defeated by Confederates under General Philip Sheridan near Winchester, Virginia
Removes the Shenandoah Valley from the remainder of the war. Leads Union victory over General Early in Virginia
Lincoln assigns Ulysses S Grant to command the armies of the United States
Sherman captures Atlanta
Appointed Brigadier General
Appointed Brigadier General
Sherman captures Atlanta
At the Convention, the Republican Party selects Andrew Johnson, a War Democrat from the Southern state of Tennessee, as his running mate in order to form a broader coalition
Stands as an unsuccessful Presidential candidate against Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln signs the Coinage Act authorizing new federal coinage
Federal coinage begins using the motto In God We Trust
Coinage Act authorizes the two cent coin for United States currency
Lincoln signs legislation organizing Montana Territory
Lincoln signs the Yosemite Grant protecting Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove
Nevada becomes the 36th state of the Union
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