Birthdays
David Wyatt Aiken
Turns 35 on this date
Patrick Edward Connor
Turns 43 on this date
Moncure Daniel Conway
Turns 31 on this date
John Covode
Turns 55 on this date
Martin Jenkins Crawford
Turns 43 on this date
Thomas Morris Gunn
Turns 23 on this date
Jacob Hoke
Turns 38 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is sitting in its third session |
01/12/1863 to 05/01/1863 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Washington, the Senate votes to strike down the color bar on railroad cars in the District of Columbia | 03/17/1863 |
| Battles/Soldiers | Union troops land below Port Hudson seeking to make contact with Admiral Farragut's naval force | 03/17/1863 |
Documents
| Diary | Entry by Cornelia Peake McDonald, March 17, 1863 | 03/17/1863 |