What Happened in June 1863

Historical Events

Jun 2 Harriet Tubman leads Union guerrillas into Maryland, freeing slaves

Jun 7 Battle of Milliken's Bend, Lousisiana, Jefferson Davis' home burnt

Jun 10 Battle of Brice's Crossroads, Miss; Nathan Bedford Forrest w/3500 defeats 8000 Feds

Jun 13 Second Battle of Winchester, Virginia
Jun 13 Samuel Butler publishes 1st part of "Erewhon" in Christchurch, New Zealand
Jun 13 Skirmish at Berryville, Virginia
Jun 14 Battle of 2nd Winchester, Virginia
Jun 15 Second Battle at Winchester Virginia, ends in Federal defeat; 1350 casualties
Jun 17 Battle at Middleburg, Virginia
Jun 17 Battle of Aldie, Confederates fail to drive back Union in Virginia
Jun 17 Naval Engagement at Warsaw Sound GA-USS Weehawken vs CSS Atlanta
Jun 17 Travelers Insurance Co of Hartford chartered (1st accident insurer)
Jun 18 After long neglect, Confederates hurriedly fortify Vicksburg
Jun 19 Battle at Middleburg Virginia (100+ casualties)
Jun 20 1st bank chartered in US (National Bank of Davenport Iowa)
Jun 20 Skirmish at Greencastle, Pennsylvania
Jun 20 West Virginia admitted as 35th US state of the Union
Jun 21 Battle at Upperville, Virginia, Union forces hold off Confederate advance, 389 causalities
Jun 23 Tullahoma campaign, Tennessee
Jun 24 Planning an invasion of Pennsylvania, Lee's army crosses Potomac
Jun 25 US General George Meade replaces General Hooker to be more aggressive
Jun 27 Skirmish at Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia
Jun 29 Battle at Westminster, Maryland: Federal assault

Jun 29 George Armstrong Custer, aged 23, appointed Union Brigadier General

Jun 29 Confederate General Robert Lee orders his forces to concentrate near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Jun 29 Very 1st First National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa
Jun 30 Battles in Hanover, Pennsylvania: 80 casualties
Jun 30 Dutch colony Suriname counts population of 33,000 slaves
Jun 30 Skirmish at Sporting Hill, Pennsylvania

Jun 2 Paul Felix Weingartner, German conductor (Zara; Dalmatia)
Jun 4 Edmond Robert Hubert Regout, Dutch industrialist and politician, born in Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands (d. 1913)
Jun 5 Arthur Somervell, English composer, born in Windermere, Westmorland (d. 1937)
Jun 10 Louis Couperus, Dutch poet and writer (Eline Vere), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1923)
Jun 11 Eduard David, German politician (constitution of Weimar), born in Ediger-Eller, Germany (d. 1930)
Jun 13 Josef Venantius von Woss, Austrian composer, born in Kotor, Montenegro (d. 1943)
Jun 13 Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, English fashion designer, born in London (d. 1935)
Jun 16 Paul Antonin Vidal, composer
Jun 17 Duke Charles Michael of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, born in Oranienbaum, Russian Empire (d. 1934)
Jun 18 George Essex Evans, Australian poet (d. 1909)
Jun 21 Max Wolf, German astronomer, pioneer in the field of astrophotography, born in Heidelberg, Germany (d. 1932)

Jun 25 Émile Francqui, Belgian soldier and diplomat, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1935)
Jun 29 James Harvey Robinson, American historian (Ordeal of Civilization), born in Bloomington, Illinois (d. 1936)

Jun 7 Franz Xaver Gruber, Austrian organist and composer (Silent Night), dies at 75
Jun 9 Benjamin Franklin "Grimes" Davis, Union major, dies in battle at 30
Jun 17 Isham W Garrott, American attorney and Confederate brigadier general, dies in battle
Jun 26 Andrew Hull Foote, American Rear Admiral (Union Navy), dies at 56
Jun 27 Martin E Green, Confederate brigadier general, shot dead at 38