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Sunday, June 28, 1863
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Birthdays

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Fernando Cortez Beaman

Turns 49 on this date
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Hugh Nelson McAllister

Turns 54 on this date
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Richmond Mumford Pearson

Turns 58 on this date
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Charles Henderson Stinson

Turns 38 on this date
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William Tatum Wofford

Turns 39 on this date

Events

Battles/Soldiers Around Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, Confederate advance units skirmish with Union troops defending Harrisburg
06/28/1863 to 06/29/1863
Battles/Soldiers Confederate cavalry occupy Mechanicsburg, just nine miles from the Pennsylvania state capitol 06/28/1863
Battles/Soldiers Confederate infantry occupy York, Pennsylvania
06/28/1863 to 06/30/1863
Battles/Soldiers Confederate patrols reach the Perry County line, the northern limit of the Pennsylvania invasion 06/28/1863
Battles/Soldiers In Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Confederate troops occupy a town familiar to some of their officers
06/27/1863 to 06/29/1863
Battles/Soldiers In Carlisle, Rodes' infantry enjoy a brief but comfortable respite at the U.S. Army Cavalry School
06/27/1863 to 06/29/1863
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 Three young Union cavalrymen are promoted as brigade commanders, including one named Custer 06/28/1863

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Documents

Letter Henry Ginder to Mary Ginder, June 28, 1863 06/28/1863
Book Recollection by Ulysses S. Grant, Siege of Vicksburg, May – July 4, 1863
05/25/1863 to 07/04/1863
Book Recollection of the Confederate Occupation of Carlisle, June 27-30, 1863
06/27/1863 to 06/30/1863
Book Reminiscence of General John Brown Gordon, C.S.A., on entering York, Pennsylvania, June 28, 1863 06/28/1863
Miscellaneous Report of James Gall, Jr., Confederate Occupation of York, Pennsylvania, June 28-29, 1863
06/28/1863 to 06/29/1863