Birthdays
Alfred Heno Ames
Turns 32 on this date
John White Brockenbrough
Turns 57 on this date
George Edward Cole
Turns 37 on this date
Henry Highland Garnett
Turns 48 on this date
William C Goodrich
Turns 57 on this date
Samuel Henry Griffith
Turns 37 on this date
John Alexander Lockwood
Turns 52 on this date
William Nelson Pendleton
Turns 55 on this date
David Addison Weisiger
Turns 45 on this date
Events
| Personal | British author William Makepeace Thackeray dies suddenly at his home in London, aged fifty-two | 12/23/1863 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In Philadelphia, the veterans of the 29th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry are welcomed home | 12/23/1863 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is sitting in its fourth and final session |
11/18/1863 to 02/21/1864 |
| Battles/Soldiers | Off the Indonesian coast, the Alabama captures and burns an American merchant ship | 12/23/1863 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The first session of the 38th Congress is in a two-week holiday recess until January 6, 1864 |
12/23/1863 to 01/05/1864 |
| Crime/Disasters | The railroad bridge at Gray's Ferry near Philadelphia suffers severe fire damage | 12/23/1863 |