Timeline
1863
January
1: President Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation
11: Battle of Arkansas Post
30: Gen. Ulysses S. Grant assumes immediate command of the expedition against Vicksburg
February
2-3: Passage of the Vicksburg and Warrenton batteries, and capture of the steamers A. W. Baker, Moro, and Berwick Bay by the Queen of the West
13: Passage of the Vicksburg batteries by the Indianola
24: Capture of the Indianola
26: President Abraham Lincoln signs the National Banking Act into law
March
3: National Conscription Act is signed, leading to the New York Draft Riots in July
19: The Georgiana is destroyed on her maiden voyage while attempting to run the blockade into Charleston, South Carolina
April
1-16: Expedition, including the 12th Wisconsin Infantry, from Jackson, Tenn., to the Hatchie River, and skirmishes
16: Passage of the Vicksburg batteries by gunboats and transports
17-May 2: Grierson’s Raid from La Grange, Tenn., to Baton Rouge, La.
18-24: Expedition, including the 12th Wisconsin Infantry, from Memphis, Tenn., to the Coldwater, Miss., including action at Hernando on the 18th, and a skirmish on the 19th at Perry’s Ferry
20: Battle of Washington in Beaufort County, North Carolina
22: Passage of the Vicksburg and Warrenton batteries by transports
29: Bombardment of Grand Gulf, Miss., and passage of the batteries
29-May 5: Scout from La Grange, Tenn., into Northern Mississippi
May
1: Battle of Port Gibson (Miss.)
1-4: Battle of Chancellorsville
11-15: Expedition from La Grange, Tenn., to Panola, Miss., and skirmishes on the 11th at Coldwater and the 14th at Walnut Hill, Miss
14: Battle of Jackson (Miss.)
16: Battle of Champion Hill (Miss.)
18: Siege of Vicksburg begins
21: Siege of Port Hudson (La.) begins
June
9: Battle of Brandy Station (Va.)
14: Second Battle of Winchester
17: Battle of Aldie
20: West Virginia admitted to the Union as the 35th state
July
1-3: Battle of Gettysburg
4: Vicksburg (Miss.) captured
9: Siege of Port Hudson (La.) ends
13: Draft Riots in New York City
26: Morgan’s Raid at Salineville, Ohio
August
4:
21: Quantrill’s Raiders attack Lawrence (Kan.)
September
1:
19-20: Battle of Chickamauga (Ga.)
October
3:
14: Battle of Bristoe Station
15: Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley sinks during a test
29: Battle of Wauhatchie
November
5:
16: Battle of Campbell’s Station
17: Siege of Knoxville begins
19: President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the military cemetery
23: Third Battle of Chattanooga begins
24: Battle of Lookout Mountain
25: Battle of Missionary Ridge
27: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio state prison, and return safely to the South.
December
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