Birthdays
Philip St. George Cooke
Turns 54 on this date
John Knox Finley
Turns 57 on this date
Gustavus Vasa Fox
Turns 42 on this date
Thomas Maley Harris
Turns 46 on this date
Benjamin Jefferson Hill
Turns 38 on this date
Winfield Scott
Turns 77 on this date
Events
| 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 | In New Zealand, the young Samuel Butler suggests the Darwinian rise of machines over man | 06/13/1863 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In western Virginia, the second Battle of Winchester ends in heavy Union defeat |
06/13/1863 to 06/15/1863 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Times, “The Military and the Civil Power,” June 13, 1863 | 06/13/1863 |
| Book | Recollection by Ulysses S. Grant, Siege of Vicksburg, May – July 4, 1863 |
05/25/1863 to 07/04/1863 |