Birthdays
Henry Winslow Abbett
Turns 24 on this date
Montgomery Blair
Turns 50 on this date
John Wilkes Booth
Turns 25 on this date
Joseph Mallalieu
Turns 22 on this date
Alexander Brown Norris
Turns 52 on this date
Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback
Turns 26 on this date
John Sherman
Turns 40 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | Future Michigan Congressman wins the Congressional Medal of Honor at Horseshoe Bend in Kentucky | 05/10/1863 |
| Personal | General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson dies of his wounds and pneumonia at Guinea Station, Virginia | 05/10/1863 |
| Battles/Soldiers | Sharp fighting at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend on the Cumberland River in Kentucky | 05/10/1863 |