Birthdays

Henry Taylor Blow
Turns 46 on this date

Thomas Bowman
Turns 46 on this date

Sidney Breese
Turns 63 on this date

William Harrison Randall
Turns 51 on this date

Olive Risley Seward
Turns 19 on this date
Events
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 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | Washington D.C. suspends the draft in the riot-stricken city of New York | 07/15/1863 |
Documents
Newspaper | Carlisle (PA) American, “What Invasion Has Taught Pennsylvania,” July 15, 1863 | 07/15/1863 |
Letter | George D. Chenoweth to James W. Marshall, July 15, 1863 | 07/15/1863 |
Military record | Orders from Henry Wager Halleck to William Handy Ludlow, July 15, 1863 | 07/15/1863 |