Birthdays

Alexander Hamilton Bayly
Turns 22 on this date

Abner Doubleday
Turns 44 on this date

Victor Jean Girardey
Turns 26 on this date

George Smith Patton
Turns 30 on this date

John Peter Cleaver Shanks
Turns 37 on this date

Benjamin Stark
Turns 43 on this date

Loreta Janeta Velazquez
Turns 21 on this date

James Bain White
Turns 28 on this date
Events
Battles/Soldiers | Admiral Andrew Foote dies after a short illness at the Astor Hotel in New York City | 06/26/1863 |
Battles/Soldiers | In Hanover County, Virginia, Pennsylvania cavalry capture W.H.F. "Rooney" Lee, son of Robert E. Lee | 06/26/1863 |
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 |
Campaigns/Elections | In Montpelier, the Vermont Democrats nominate Timothy P. Redfield for governor in the fall elections | 06/26/1863 |
Battles/Soldiers | Major General N.J.T. Dana named as the commander of the defenses of Philadelphia | 06/26/1863 |
Battles/Soldiers | Outside of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, raw militia cavalry clash with veteran Confederate horsemen | 06/26/1863 |
US/the World | The Alexandra Case, over British neutrality in ship-building, reaches a verdict in London | 06/26/1863 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Times, “A Word to Pennsylvania,” June 26, 1863 | 06/26/1863 |
Newspaper | New York Times, “Telegrams From Carlisle,” June 26, 1863 | 06/26/1863 |
Book | Recollection by Ulysses S. Grant, Siege of Vicksburg, May – July 4, 1863 |
05/25/1863 to 07/04/1863 |