What day of the week was May 7, 1864?

The day of the week May 7th, 1864 fell on was a Saturday.

American Civil War: The Army of the Potomac the under General Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards. The world's oldest surviving clipper ship the the City of Adelaide (1864)|City of Adelaide is launched by William Pile, Hay and Co. in Sunderland, England, for transporting passengers and goods between Britain and Australia.