Page 3: Historical Events In 1863

Feb 23   Franz von Stuck, German painter (Der Krieg) in the year 1863.   

Feb 24   Arizona is organized as a U.S. territory on this day in history.   

Feb 24   Arizona Territory created in the year 1863.   

Feb 24   In the year 1863 forrest's raid on Brentwood TN   

Feb 25   In the year 1863 congress creates national banking system, comptroller of currency   

Feb 26   Lincoln signs National Currency Act in the year 1863.   

Feb 28   Confederate raider "Nashville" sinks near Fort McAllister GA in the year 1863.   

Feb 28   In the year 1863 confederate raider "Nashville" sinks near Fort McAllister Georgia   

Mar 02   On this day in history congress authorizes track width of 4'8½" for Union Pacific RR   

Mar 02   In the year 1863 congress authorizes track width of 4'8½" for Union Pacific RR to be called the "Standard gauge "   

Mar 03   On this day in history 1st US wartime military conscription bill enacted   

Mar 03   Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences in the year 1863.   

Mar 03   Congress authorizes a US mint at Carson City NV in the year 1863.   

Mar 03   Federal ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister Georgia on this day in history.   

Mar 03   In the year 1863 free city delivery of mail was authorized by the U.S. Postal Service.   

Mar 03   On this day in history gold certificates (currency) authorized by Congress   

Mar 03   Idaho Territory forms in the year 1863.   

Mar 03   On this day in history uS wartime military conscription bill enacted   

Mar 04   On this day in history battle of Thompson's Station, Tennessee   

Mar 04   On this day in history battle of Thompson's Station, TN   

Mar 04   On this day in history territory of Idaho established   

Mar 11   Andrew Stoddart, cricketer (My Dear Victorious Stod) on this day in history.   

Mar 11   On this day in history free city delivery of mail was authorized by the U.S. Postal Service.   

Mar 12   In the year 1863 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 on this day in history.   

Mar 17   Battle of Kelly's Ford, VA (211 casualities) in the year 1863.   

Mar 17   Battle of Kelly's Ford, Virginia (211 casualities) on this day in history.   

Mar 17   John Pelham, US Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24 in the year 1863.   

Mar 19   In the year 1863 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 $1,000,000. 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 in the year 1863.   

Mar 20   Battle of Pensacola FL -evacuated by Federals in the year 1863.   

Mar 20   In the year 1863 battle of Pensacola FL: evacuated by Federals   

Mar 20   Ernesto Nazareth, composer in the year 1863.   

Mar 21   Edwin Vose Sumner, US Union-general-major (Fair Oaks), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   In the year 1863 birth of aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back)   

Jan 01   Pierre de Coubertin, France, baron (revived Olympic games) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1863 birth of lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17)   

Jan 12   Vivekananda, Calcutta, Hindu religious leader/reformer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 14   In the year 1863 birth of pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator   

Jan 15   In the year 1863 birth of adolph Goldschmidt, German historian   

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of wilhelm Marx, premier (Prussia)   

Jan 17   In the year 1863 birth of david Lloyd George, (L-PM-Britain, 1916-22)   

Jan 02   Roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35 in the year 1863.   

Jan 09   On this day in history ferdinand Huber, composer, dies at 71   

Jan 10   In the year 1863 death of lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775)   

Jan 17   In the year 1863 e J Horace Vernet, French painter, dies at 73   

Mar 11   In the year 1863 death of sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, English general (b. 1803)   

Mar 17   On this day in history john Pelham, US Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24   

Mar 21   On this day in history edwin Vose Sumner, US Union-general-major (Fair Oaks), dies at 66   

Mar 28   On this day in history james Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brig-general, dies at 52