Birthdays

John Cessna
Turns 42 on this date

Daniel Mountjoy Cloud
Turns 26 on this date

John Bell Hood
Turns 32 on this date

James Croxall Palmer
Turns 52 on this date

William Ransom Johnson Pegram
Turns 22 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 infantry occupy York, Pennsylvania |
06/28/1863 to 06/30/1863 |
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 | Reconnoitering Confederates reach the Susquehanna, across from the Pennsylvania state capital | 06/29/1863 |
Documents
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 |
Miscellaneous | Report of James Gall, Jr., Confederate Occupation of York, Pennsylvania, June 28-29, 1863 |
06/28/1863 to 06/29/1863 |