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1863
Jan 1863
Jan 1, 1863 - Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect.
Jan 2, 1863 - The Battle of Stones River concludes.
Jan 9-11, 1863 - Battle of Arkansas Post, (Ft HIndman), AR
Jan 22, 1863 - "Mud March" lead by MG Burnside.
Jan 25, 1863 - MG Joseph Hooker relieve MG Burnside as commander of the Army of the Potomac .
Jan 31, 1863 - Confederate ironclads temporarily break blockade of Charleston, SC.
Feb 1863
Feb 18-21, 1863 - Cherokee National Council disavows CSA and abolishes slavery.
Mar 1863
Mar 3, 1863 - Lincoln signs Conscription Act, first draft in US history.
Mar 17, 1863 - Engagement at Kelly's Ford, VA.
Mar 11, 1863 - CSA blocks USA attempt to bypass VIcksburg, MS at Fort Pemberton.
Mar 26, 1863 - West Virginia votes for gradual emancipation.
Apr 1863
Apr 7, 1863 - Naval attack on Charleston, SC.
Apr 11, 1863 - CSA begins seige of Suffolk, VA.
Apr 21, 1863 - CSA raids B&O railroad in WV.
Apr 24, 1863 - CSA passes tax in-kind on one-tenth of all produce.
Apr 30, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, VA begins.
May 1863
May 1, 1863 - Battle of Port Gibson, MS.
May 2, 1863 - During the battle of Chnacellorsville, VA, CSA General Stonewall Jackson accidentally shot by his own troops.
May 3, 1863 - Battle of Second Fredericksburg, VA.
May 3-4, 1863 - Battle of Salem Church, VA.
May 6, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville ends with CSA victory.
May 10, 1863 - Death of Stonewall Jackson.
Jun 1863
May 12-19 1863 - MG US Grant's Vicksburg Campaign and siege.
May 22, 1863 - Siege of Port Hudson LA begins.
June 7, 1863 - Battle of Milliken's Bend, LA.
June 9, 1863 - Battle of Brandy Station, VA.
June 13-15, 1863 - Battle of Second Winchester, VA.
June 20, 1863 - West Virginia joins the Union as the 35th State.
June 28, 1863 - MG George G. Meade replace MG Hooker as commander of the Army of the Potomac.
Jul 1863
July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, PA.
July 4, 1863 - Vicksburg, MS surrenders.
July 4, 1863 - Gen Lee retreats from Gettysburg, PA.
July 8, 1863 - Port Hudson, LA surrenders.
July 10, 1863 - Siege of Battery Wagner, SC begins.
July 18, 1863 -%4th Massachsetts assaults Battery Wagner, SC attack fails. Port Hudson, LA surrenders.
July 29, 1863 - Queen Victoria confirms British neutrality policy.
Aug 1863
Aug 8, 1863 - Gen R.E. Lee offers to resign because of Gettysburg.
Aug 17, 1863 - Union forces bombard Fort Sumter, SC as Ft Wagner Siege continues.
Sep 1863
Sep 5, 1863 - Laird Rams detained in Liverpool, England.
Sep 6, 1863 - CSA evacuates Ft Wagner and Morris Island, SC.
Sep 9, 1863 - Union Army enters Chattanooga, TN.
Sep 10, 1863 - Union forces capture Little Rock, AK.
Sep 15, 1863 - Lincoln suspends the writ of Habeaus Corpus.
Sep 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, GA. Union forces rertreat to Chattanooga, TN.
Oct 1863
Oct 5, 1863 - Torpedo attack on USS New Ironsides outside Charleston Harbor, SC.
Oct 14, 1863 - Battle of Bristoe Station, VA.
Oct 16, 1863 - MG US Grant takes command of all western Union forces.
Oct 17, 1863 - Lincoln calls for an additional 300,000 volunteers.
Nov 1863
Nov 4, 1863 - Knoxville, TN campaign begins.
Nov 7, 1863 - Battle of Rappahannock Station, VA.
Nov 17, 1863 - CSA Gen Longstreet besieges Knoxville, TN.
Nov 19, 1863 - Gettysburg Address.
Nov 23, 1863 - Battle of Orchard Knob, near Chattanooga, TN.
Nov 24, 1863 - Battle of Lookout Mtn, TN.
Dec 1863
Nov 25, 1863 - Battle of Missionary Ridge, TN.
Nov 26, 1863 - Mine Run Campaign begins in VA.
Dec 1 , 1863 - Mine Run Campaign concludes in VA.
Dec 3 , 1863 - Siege of Knoxville, TN ends.
Dec 8 , 1863 - Lincoln issues Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction.
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