Birthdays

Pauline Cushman
Turns 30 on this date

Joseph Albree Gilmore
Turns 52 on this date

Robert Henry Hobart
Turns 39 on this date

Anson Peaslee Morrill
Turns 60 on this date

James Warren Nye
Turns 48 on this date

Thomas Fentress Toon
Turns 23 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | In Indiana, sheriff's deputies escorting the federal draft commissioner are fatally ambushed | 06/10/1863 |
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 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | Mason affair results in severe embarrassment for Moncure Conway | 06/10/1863 |
Battles/Soldiers | Sixty Confederate officers make a daring escape from steamer carrying them to captivity | 06/10/1863 |
Education/Culture | The first public national billiards championship is held in New York City's Irving Hall |
06/01/1863 to 06/11/1863 |
Crime/Disasters | Warriors of the Southern Ute tribe ambush mail coach in Utah, kill two | 06/10/1863 |
Documents
Letter | Abraham Lincoln to a Committee of Louisiana Planters requesting re-admission to the Union, June 10, 1863 | 06/10/1863 |
Letter | Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Hooker, June 10, 1863 | 06/10/1863 |
Letter | Abraham Lincoln, Telegram to Joseph Hooker, June 10, 1863 | 06/10/1863 |
Book | Recollection by Ulysses S. Grant, Siege of Vicksburg, May – July 4, 1863 |
05/25/1863 to 07/04/1863 |