Birthdays
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Turns 60 on this date
William M. Lemen
Turns 29 on this date
Henry Hopkins Sibley
Turns 47 on this date
Bennett Henderson Young
Turns 20 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | After twice failing to storm the city, Union General Grant orders a siege at Vicksburg, Mississippi | 05/25/1863 |
| Crime/Disasters | Colonel F.G. D'Ustassy of the 39th New York sentenced to a year in Sing Sing for fraud and embezzlement | 05/25/1863 |
| Crime/Disasters | In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, white soldiers smash up African-American dwellings and establishments | 05/25/1863 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Tennessee, exiled U.S. Congressman Clement Vallandigham is delivered to the Confederate lines | 05/25/1863 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | Registration of those eligible under the Conscription Act begins in New York City | 05/25/1863 |
Documents
| Book | Recollection by Ulysses S. Grant, Siege of Vicksburg, May – July 4, 1863 |
05/25/1863 to 07/04/1863 |