Timeline August 1864

Events in August 1864 3

• 1825 – 1864 Ferdinand Lassalle (1825-1864) Died 31 August 1864, aged 39 German philosopher and pioneering socialist leader who founded Germany's first workers' political party. He died in Geneva from wounds suffered in a pistol duel over a romantic dispute.
• 1864 Battle of Mobile Bay Union fleet closes major Confederate port Admiral David Farragut led a Union fleet past Confederate forts and a minefield to defeat a smaller Confederate flotilla in Mobile Bay, Alabama. The victory closed one of the last major Southern ports open to blockade runners.
• 1864 First Geneva Convention Rules of War Established the neutrality of medical personnel and the humane treatment of wounded soldiers.