Birthdays

James Glasgow Archer
Turns 21 on this date

Samuel Bland Arnold
Turns 29 on this date

Hiram Berdan
Turns 39 on this date

William Steele Holman
Turns 41 on this date

Alvin Peterson Hovey
Turns 42 on this date

Joseph Jones
Turns 30 on this date

St John Richardson Liddell
Turns 48 on this date
Events
Battles/Soldiers | In Charleston Harbor, after months of bloody attacks and meticulous siege, Union troops occupy Fort Wagner | 09/06/1863 |
Battles/Soldiers | The Confederate garrisons of Fort Wagner and Battery Gregg abandon their defense and slip away in the night | 09/06/1863 |