The War Department commissions the twenty-six graduates of the West Point class of 1863

Twenty -six new 1863 graduates of the U.S. Military Academy received their commissions.  Eight went to the Corps of Engineers, seven to the Ordnance Department, six to the regular artillery, four to the regular cavalry, and two to the regular infantry.  All were ordered to report to Washington DC on July 15, 1863 for their orders.  The head of the class, John Rogers Meigs, son of General Montgomery Meigs was assigned to the Engineers.  He was killed by Confederate guerillas in Virginia while already a brevet major on October 3, 1864. (By John Osborne)