Birthdays
Ephraim G. Alburtis
Turns 46 on this date
Charles James Faulkner
Turns 57 on this date
Justus A. McKinstry
Turns 49 on this date
Edmund Winston Pettus
Turns 42 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | Confederate authorities select two Union officer prisoners for a retaliatory execution at Libby Prison | 07/06/1863 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In Louisiana, the Siege of Port Hudson continues |
06/15/1863 to 07/08/1863 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | President Lincoln rejects Confederate Vice-President Stephens' offer to negotiate on prisoners | 07/06/1863 |
| Battles/Soldiers | The retreating Army of Virginia reaches the Potomac and finds it flooded and impassable |
07/06/1863 to 07/07/1863 |
Documents
| Letter | Captain Henry W. Sawyer to his Wife, from Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia | 07/06/1863 |
| Letter | Henry Sawyer to James Stradling, letter recounting experiences in Libby Prison, July 1863 | 07/06/1863 |
| Newspaper | New York Times, “Details From Our Special Correspondent,” July 6, 1863 | 07/06/1863 |
| Newspaper | New York Times, “What Pennsylvania has Escaped,” July 6, 1863 | 07/06/1863 |