Page 6: Historical Events In 1863

May 18   Siege of Vicksburg MS   

May 19   Siege of Vicksburg, investment of city complete.   

May 21   Siege on Port Hudson, Louisiana begins   

May 22   General Grant begins siege on Vicksburg   

May 22   War Department establishes Bureau of Colored Troops.   

May 23   Organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Battle Creek, Michigan.   

May 27   CSS Chattahoochie explodes on Chattahoochie River GA, 18 die   

May 27   Edward Payson Chapin, Union brig general, dies at 31.   

May 27   Siege of Port Hudson LA.   

May 28   1st black regiment (54 Mass) leaves Boston to fight in Civil War.   

May 28   Edmund Kirby Jr, Union-brig-gen, dies of injuries at 23.   

May 28   Georg Adler, German state economist   

May 28   The inaugural black regiment (54 Massachusetts) leaves Boston to fight in Civil War   

May 31   Francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer.   

Jun 02   Harriet Tubman leads Union guerrillas into Maryland, freeing slaves   

Jun 02   Paul Felix Weingartner, Germany, conductor (Zara, Dalmatia)   

Jun 04   Edmond R H Regout, Dutch industrialist/politician.   

Jun 05   Arthur Somervell, composer.   

Jun 05   Battle of Franklin's Crossing, VA (Deep Run)   

Jun 05   CSS "Alabama" captures the "Tailsman" in the Mid Atlantic   

Jun 06   Battle of Milliken's Bend, LA and Williamsport, MD   

Jun 07   Battle of Milliken's Bend, LA-Jefferson Davis' home burnt.   

Jun 07   Franz Xavier Gruber, composer, dies at 75.   

Jun 07   Mexico City captured by French troops   

Jun 09   Battle of Brandy Station, VA (Fleetwood, Beverly Ford)   

Jun 09   Battle of Brandy Station, Va.   

Jun 09   Benjamin Franklin "Grimes" Davis, Union major, dies in battle at 30.   

Jun 10   Battle of Brice's Crossroads, Miss; Forrest w/3500 defeats 8000 Feds.   

Jun 10   Louis M A Couperus, Dutch poet/writer (Eline Vere).   

Jun 11   Eduard David, German undersecretary (constitution of Weimar).   

Jun 13   Josef Venantius von Woss, composer.   

Jun 14   Battle of 2nd Winchester, Virginia.   

Jun 15   2nd battle at Winchester Va, ends in Federal defeat; 1350 casualities.   

Jun 16   Paul Antonin Vidal, composer.   

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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,