Birthdays
Robert Alexander Lamberton
Turns 39 on this date
Henry Eustace McCulloch
Turns 47 on this date
John Singleton Mosby
Turns 30 on this date
Richard Henry Pratt
Turns 23 on this date
John Mitchell Robinson
Turns 36 on this date
William Joyce Sewell
Turns 28 on this date
William Andrew Snively
Turns 30 on this date
Jane Grey Cannon Swisshelm
Turns 48 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | Colombian forces comprehensively defeat an invading Ecuadorian army at the Battle of Cuaspad | 12/06/1863 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is sitting in its fourth and final session |
11/18/1863 to 02/21/1864 |
| Crime/Disasters | U.S. Navy monitor besieging Charleston sinks in heavy weather and over thirty crewmen are lost | 12/06/1863 |