Birthdays

Joseph Dysart
Turns 43 on this date

Benjamin Henry Grierson
Turns 37 on this date

Alexander Hayes
Turns 44 on this date

William Kellogg
Turns 49 on this date

James Bennett McCreary
Turns 25 on this date

Frederick William Seward
Turns 33 on this date

Alfred Christopher Stone
Turns 32 on this date

David Battle Turpie
Turns 35 on this date
Events
Battles/Soldiers | In Louisiana, the Siege of Port Hudson continues |
06/15/1863 to 07/08/1863 |
Battles/Soldiers | Union forces pursue Lee's into Maryland and Stuart's covering Confederates clash with Union cavalry |
07/08/1863 to 07/09/1863 |
Business/Industry | With the Mississippi River open again to traffic, the steamboat Imperial departs St Louis for New Orleans | 07/08/1863 |
Documents
Newspaper | Raleigh (NC) Register, “The News,” July 8, 1863 | 07/08/1863 |