1862-1863
December 31 to January 3 – The Battle of Murfreesboro;
23,514 casualties.
1863
March 3 – Congress passes the Conscription Act, calling
for the enlistment in military service of all able-bodied males between 20 and
45 years of age for terms of three years.
1863
March 10 – Faced with an estimated 125,000 deserters,
Lincoln issues o general amnesty for all who will report back to
duty.
1863
April 21 to May 11 – The Battle of Chancellorsville in
Virginia; 30,051 casualties.
1863
May 19 – Ohio congressman Clement Vallandigham, an
out-spoken critic of Lincoln and the war, is exiled to the
South.
1863
May 19 – In three weeks Grant’s army marches 180 miles
through Mississippi, fights and wins five battles, and surrounds Vicksburg.
After a failed attack on the city, Grant settles for a siege to "Out-camp the
enemy."
1863
July 1 to 3 – The Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania
51,000 casualties.
1863
July 4 - The Battle (Siege) of Vicksburg in
Mississippi; 50,000 casualties; 29,000 rebels surrender.
1863
July 13 – 50,000 people (mostly Irish) riot in New York
City in opposition to the draft, attacking and beating blacks.
1863
July 18- 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry attacks
Battery Wagner at Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.
1863
August 1 – Jefferson Davis offers amnesty to all
Confederate deserters.
1863
August 21 – Confederate William C. Quantrill’s guerilla
raid on Lawrence, Kansas; 150 civilian casualties.
1863
September 19 to 20 – The battle of Chickamauga Creek in
Georgia; 34,444 casualties.
1863
November 19 – Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address dedicates a
battlefield cemetery at Gettysburg Pennsylvania.
1863
November 23 to 25 – The Battle of Chattanooga in
Tennessee; 12,491 casualties.
December 31 to January 3 – The Battle of Murfreesboro;
23,514 casualties.
1863
March 3 – Congress passes the Conscription Act, calling
for the enlistment in military service of all able-bodied males between 20 and
45 years of age for terms of three years.
1863
March 10 – Faced with an estimated 125,000 deserters,
Lincoln issues o general amnesty for all who will report back to
duty.
1863
April 21 to May 11 – The Battle of Chancellorsville in
Virginia; 30,051 casualties.
1863
May 19 – Ohio congressman Clement Vallandigham, an
out-spoken critic of Lincoln and the war, is exiled to the
South.
1863
May 19 – In three weeks Grant’s army marches 180 miles
through Mississippi, fights and wins five battles, and surrounds Vicksburg.
After a failed attack on the city, Grant settles for a siege to "Out-camp the
enemy."
1863
July 1 to 3 – The Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania
51,000 casualties.
1863
July 4 - The Battle (Siege) of Vicksburg in
Mississippi; 50,000 casualties; 29,000 rebels surrender.
1863
July 13 – 50,000 people (mostly Irish) riot in New York
City in opposition to the draft, attacking and beating blacks.
1863
July 18- 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry attacks
Battery Wagner at Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.
1863
August 1 – Jefferson Davis offers amnesty to all
Confederate deserters.
1863
August 21 – Confederate William C. Quantrill’s guerilla
raid on Lawrence, Kansas; 150 civilian casualties.
1863
September 19 to 20 – The battle of Chickamauga Creek in
Georgia; 34,444 casualties.
1863
November 19 – Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address dedicates a
battlefield cemetery at Gettysburg Pennsylvania.
1863
November 23 to 25 – The Battle of Chattanooga in
Tennessee; 12,491 casualties.