WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO JULY 1863
Find out what all happened April to July 1863

American Civil War: Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson dies eight days after he is accidentally shot by his own troops. (10. May 1863)

American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia. (9. June 1863)

American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins. (1. May 1863)

American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins – troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi. (17. April 1863)

Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War. (14. June 1863)

American Civil War: the Battle of Gettysburg begins. (1. July 1863)

United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300. (7. July 1863)

American Civil War: Siege of Port Hudson – Union forces begin to lay siege to the Confederate-controlled Port Hudson, Louisiana. (22. May 1863)

Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language. (17. May 1863)

Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, declares his mission as "He whom God shall make manifest". (21. April 1863)

American Civil War: Second Battle of Winchester – a Union garrison is defeated by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley town of Winchester, Virginia. (14. June 1863)

During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City was captured by French troops. (7. June 1863)

American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state. (20. June 1863)

Organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Battle Creek, Michigan. (21. May 1863)

American Civil War: Second Battle of Fort Wagner – one of the first formal African American military units, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, supported by several white regiments, attempts an unsuccessful assault on Confederate-held Battery Wagner. (18. July 1863)

American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins. (18. May 1863)

Richmond Bread Riot: Food shortages incite hundreds of angry women to riot in Richmond, Virginia and demand that the Confederate government release emergency supplies. (2. April 1863)

American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by Confederate troops. (6. May 1863)

American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later. (2. May 1863)

American Civil War: First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson. (27. May 1863)