Birthdays
Ambrose Everett Burnside
Turns 39 on this date
Henry Champion Deming
Turns 48 on this date
Charles Hall
Turns 36 on this date
John Shirk
Turns 20 on this date
Eli Slifer
Turns 45 on this date
Lewis Tappan
Turns 75 on this date
John Ogden Winner
Turns 37 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | A destructive fire in a Jersey City shipyard threatens naval construction there | 05/23/1863 |
| US/the World | Ferdinand Lasalle founds the first worker's party in Germany, forerunner of today's Social Democratic Party | 05/23/1863 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In Florida, a U.S. Navy small boats expedition cuts out a Confederate blockade-runner |
05/23/1863 to 05/24/1863 |
| Crime/Disasters | In New York City, a fire destroys a large commercial building and kills a teenage employee | 05/23/1863 |