1864 Apr Am Civil War Gazette

The Extra!!! Edition of the American Civil War Gazette contains back issues as well as additional articles that did not appear in the daily edition.

Highlights of the April 1864 Edition:

- Newspaper reports foreshadow the Battle of the Wilderness in May 1864

- The Battle of Gettysburg
- Richmond Dispatch's correspondent with Lee's Army of Northern Virginia continues a multi-part detailed view of Lee's 1863 Gettysburg campaign.

- Red River Campaign (Louisiana, Arkansas) continues
- Battle of Mansfield {Battle of Sabine Crossroads} (Louisiana)
- Battle of Pleasant Hill (Louisiana)
- Battle of Blair's Landing (Louisiana)
- Battle of Monett's Ferry (Louisiana)
- Gens. Kirby Smith (CSA) and H.H. Sibley (CSA) are "killed"

- Kentucky Operations
- Battle of Salyersville {Battle of Ivy Point Hill}

- Forrest's Expedition into West Tennessee and Kentucky concludes
- Battle of Fort Pillow {Fort Pillow Massacre} (Tennessee)

- Camden Expedition continues (Arkansas)
- Battle of Elkin's Ferry
- Battle of Prairie D'Ane {Battle of Prairie De Ann} {Battle of Gum Grove} {Battle of Moscow}
- Battle of Poison Spring
- Battle of Marks' Mills
- Battle of Jenkins' Ferry

- Operations Against New Bern and Plymouth (North Carolina) continue
- Battle of Plymouth

- New Mexico Territory
- Battle of Mount Gray

- U.S. Army
- Fort Smith and the Indian Territory are transferred from the Department of Kansas to the Department of Arkansas
- Department of Pennsylvania is formed from the Departments of the Susquehanna and the Monongahela

- U.S. Congress
- An attempt to repeal the Fugitive Slave Act fails
- Coinage Act of 1864 passes and mandates "In God We Trust" on all U.S. coins

- The Central Pacific Railroad opens the junction with the California Central Railroad at Roseville, California