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 |