Birthdays

George Augustus Baker
Turns 45 on this date

Theophilus Toulmin Garrard
Turns 51 on this date

John Franklin Goucher
Turns 18 on this date
Events
Battles/Soldiers | Black soldiers and naval gunfire drive off a Confederate attack on Union supply lines at Milliken's Bend | 06/07/1863 |
US/the World | French troops enter the Mexican capital after an eighteen month campaign | 06/07/1863 |
US/the World | In Japan, anti-western factions, led by Emperor Komei, order the expulsion of all foreigners | 06/07/1863 |
Battles/Soldiers | In Louisiana, Texas troops abort the planned attack on Young's Point after a debilitating day long march | 06/07/1863 |
Battles/Soldiers | In Louisiana, the Siege of Port Hudson continues |
05/28/1863 to 06/13/1863 |
Battles/Soldiers | In Mississippi, the Siege of Vicksburg continues |
05/26/1863 to 07/03/1863 |
Education/Culture | The first public national billiards championship is held in New York City's Irving Hall |
06/01/1863 to 06/11/1863 |
Personal | Union troops ransack the plantation of Jefferson Davis on the Mississippi River below Vicksburg | 06/07/1863 |
Documents
Book | Recollection by Ulysses S. Grant, Siege of Vicksburg, May – July 4, 1863 |
05/25/1863 to 07/04/1863 |
Letter | Recollection of Colonel Hermann Lieb, commander of the 9th Louisiana at the Battle of Milliken's Bend, June 7, 1863 | 06/07/1863 |