Birthdays

Elizabeth Blair Lee
Turns 45 on this date

John Tyler Morgan
Turns 39 on this date

Joseph Benson Parker
Turns 22 on this date
Events
Battles/Soldiers | Baltimore barricades itself against the Confederate advance |
06/20/1863 to 06/21/1863 |
Battles/Soldiers | In Louisiana, the Siege of Port Hudson continues |
06/15/1863 to 07/08/1863 |
Battles/Soldiers | In Mississippi, the Siege of Vicksburg continues |
05/26/1863 to 07/03/1863 |
Battles/Soldiers | In Pennsylvania, New York militia move south from Harrisburg to defend Chambersburg | 06/20/1863 |
Campaigns/Elections | In Wheeling, West Virginia, Arthur Boreman is inaugurated as the first governor of the new state | 06/20/1863 |
Education/Culture | The New York Cricket Club hosts the Willow Club in a match at its home ground in Hoboken | 06/20/1863 |
Battles/Soldiers | The Second Corps of the Army of Virginia crosses the Potomac and marches on Pennsylvania |
06/20/1863 to 06/22/1863 |
Documents
Book | Recollection by Ulysses S. Grant, Siege of Vicksburg, May – July 4, 1863 |
05/25/1863 to 07/04/1863 |