Page 3: Historical Events In 1863

Feb 23   Franz von Stuck, German painter (Der Krieg) on this day in history.   

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

Feb 24   Arizona Territory created on this day in history.   

Feb 24   Forrest's raid on Brentwood TN on this day in history.   

Feb 25   Congress creates national banking system, comptroller of currency on this day in history.   

Feb 26   In the year 1863 lincoln signs National Currency Act   

Feb 28   Confederate raider "Nashville" sinks near Fort McAllister GA on this day in history.   

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

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

Mar 02   On this day in history congress authorizes track width of 4'8½" for Union Pacific RR to be called the "Standard gauge "   

Mar 03   In the year 1863 1st US wartime military conscription bill enacted   

Mar 03   On this day in history abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences   

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

Mar 03   Federal ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister Georgia in the year 1863.   

Mar 03   On this day in history 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   In the year 1863 idaho Territory forms   

Mar 03   US wartime military conscription bill enacted on this day in history.   

Mar 04   Battle of Thompson's Station, Tennessee on this day in history.   

Mar 04   In the year 1863 battle of Thompson's Station, TN   

Mar 04   In the year 1863 territory of Idaho established   

Mar 11   Andrew Stoddart, cricketer (My Dear Victorious Stod) in the year 1863.   

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

Mar 12   In the year 1863 adolf A Wolfschoon, Curacao, poet   

Mar 14   In the year 1863 rADM Farragut's squadron of 7 ships forces way up Mississippi River to support Union troops at Vicksburg and Baton Rouge   

Mar 17   In the year 1863 battle of Kelly's Ford, VA (211 casualities)   

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

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

Mar 19   On this day in history 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   On this day in history battle of Pensacola FL -evacuated by Federals   

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

Mar 20   On this day in history ernesto Nazareth, composer   

Mar 21   Edwin Vose Sumner, US Union-general-major (Fair Oaks), dies at 66 in the year 1863.   

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Jan 01   Aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back) was born in the year 1863.   

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

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   Pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator was born on this day in history.   

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of adolph Goldschmidt, German historian   

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

Jan 17   David Lloyd George, (L-PM-Britain, 1916-22) was born in the year 1863.   

Jan 02   On this day in history roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35   

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

Jan 10   Lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775) died in the year 1863.   

Jan 17   On this day in history e J Horace Vernet, French painter, dies at 73   

Mar 11   Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, English general (b. 1803) died on this day in history.   

Mar 17   John Pelham, US Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24 on this day in history.   

Mar 21   Edwin Vose Sumner, US Union-general-major (Fair Oaks), dies at 66 in the year 1863.   

Mar 28   James Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brig-general, dies at 52 in the year 1863.