Page 3: Historical Events In 1863

Feb 23   Franz von Stuck, German painter (Der Krieg)   

Feb 24   Arizona is organized as a U.S. territory.   

Feb 24   Arizona Territory created   

Feb 24   Forrest's raid on Brentwood TN   

Feb 25   Congress creates national banking system, comptroller of currency.   

Feb 26   Lincoln signs National Currency Act   

Feb 28   Confederate raider "Nashville" sinks near Fort McAllister GA.   

Feb 28   Confederate raider "Nashville" sinks near Fort McAllister Georgia   

Mar 02   Congress authorizes track width of 4'8½" for Union Pacific RR.   

Mar 02   Congress authorizes track width of 4'8½" for Union Pacific RR to be called the "Standard gauge ".   

Mar 03   1st US wartime military conscription bill enacted   

Mar 03   Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences   

Mar 03   Congress authorizes a US mint at Carson City NV   

Mar 03   Federal ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister Georgia.   

Mar 03   Free city delivery of mail was authorized by the U.S. Postal Service.   

Mar 03   Gold certificates (currency) authorized by Congress   

Mar 03   Idaho Territory forms.   

Mar 03   US wartime military conscription bill enacted.   

Mar 04   Battle of Thompson's Station, Tennessee   

Mar 04   Battle of Thompson's Station, TN   

Mar 04   Territory of Idaho established.   

Mar 11   Andrew Stoddart, cricketer (My Dear Victorious Stod).   

Mar 11   Free city delivery of mail was authorized by the U.S. Postal Service   

Mar 12   Adolf A Wolfschoon, Curacao, poet.   

Mar 14   RADM Farragut's squadron of 7 ships forces way up Mississippi River to support Union troops at Vicksburg and Baton Rouge   

Mar 17   Battle of Kelly's Ford, VA (211 casualities)   

Mar 17   Battle of Kelly's Ford, Virginia (211 casualities)   

Mar 17   John Pelham, US Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24   

Mar 19   The SS Georgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines and merchandise then valued at over $1000000. The wreck was discovered on the same day and month, exactly 102 years later by then teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence   

Mar 20   Battle of Pensacola FL -evacuated by Federals   

Mar 20   Battle of Pensacola FL evacuated by Federals   

Mar 20   Battle of Pensacola FL: evacuated by Federals   

Mar 20   Ernesto Nazareth, composer   

Mar 21   Edwin Vose Sumner, US Union-general-major (Fair Oaks), dies at 66.   

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Jan 01   Aleko konstantinov: Bulgarian writer (to chicago & back)   

Jan 01   Pierre de coubertin: France, baron (revived olympic games)   

Jan 02   Lucia zarate: Became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17)   

Jan 12   Vivekananda: Calcutta, hindu religious leader/reformer   

Jan 14   Pieter oosterlee: Dutch educator   

Jan 15   Adolph goldschmidt: German historian   

Jan 15   Wilhelm marx: Premier (prussia)   

Jan 17   David lloyd george: (l-pm-britain, 1916-22)   

Jan 02   Roger weightman hanson: Confederate brig-gen,    

Jan 09   Ferdinand huber: Composer,   

Jan 10   Lyman beecher: Us presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775)   

Jan 17   E j horace vernet: French painter,   

Mar 11   Sir james outram: 1st baronet, english general (b. 1803)   

Mar 17   John pelham: Us confederate artillery major,    

Mar 21   Edwin vose sumner: Us union-general-major (fair oaks),    

Mar 28   James cooper: Us attorney/senator/union-brig-general,