Birthdays

William Henry Boyd
Turns 38 on this date

William Dwight
Turns 22 on this date

Enoch Joyce Smithers
Turns 35 on this date
Events
Battles/Soldiers | Federal cavalry defeat the rearguard of Lee's army at Falling Waters but the main force escapes | 07/14/1863 |
Crime/Disasters | In New York City, violent protests against the Draft Lottery develop swiftly into four days of deadly rioting |
07/13/1863 to 07/17/1863 |
Crime/Disasters | Rioters brutally beat, torture, and kill Colonel Henry F. O'Brian, commander of the 11th New York Volunteers | 07/14/1863 |
Battles/Soldiers | The Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania ends when Lee's troops slip away across the Potomac in the night |
07/13/1863 to 07/14/1863 |
Documents
Letter | Abraham Lincoln to George Gordon Meade, July 14, 1863 | 07/14/1863 |
Letter | William Elisha Stoker to Elizabeth E. Stoker, July 14, 1863 | 07/14/1863 |