Browse all Events in the Civil War 1863 Time Period.
Battle of Campbell’s Station
November 16, 1863 On June 8, 1861, Tennessee became the last Southern state to secede from the Union. The decision, however, was far from unanimous. In the eastern part of the state, the referendum for secession lost by some 20,000 votes at the polls. On June 8, 1861, Tennessee became the last Southern state to…
Battle of Champion Hill
May 16, 1863 The Battle of Champion Hill, also known as the Battle of Bakers Creek, was the decisive battle in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. Union General Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Tennessee defeated General John C. Pemberton's Confederate force twenty miles east of Vicksburg, forcing the Rebels to withdraw…
Battle of Chancellorsville
April 30–May 6, 1863 Despite losing General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson to a mortal injury, the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia defeated the Army of the Potomac, at the Battle of Chancellorsville (April 30 – May 6, 1863). Prelude Following yet another decisive Union defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg (December 11–15, 1862), and General…
Battle of Chattanooga
November 23–25, 1863 Fought from November 23 through November 25, 1863, the Battle of Chattanooga ended Confederate General Braxton Bragg's investment of Federal troops at Chattanooga and paved the way for for the Union's successful Atlanta Campaign in 1864. On December 26, 1862, Major General William S. Rosecrans led the Union Army of the Cumberland…
Battle of Chickamauga
September 19–20, 1863 Fought from September 19 to September 20, 1863, the Battle of Chickamauga produced the highest casualty totals for any battle in the western theater of the American Civil War and second only to the Battle of Gettysburg for the entire war. Following the Battle of Perryville (October 8, 1862), Confederate General Braxton…
Battle of Culpeper Court House
September 13, 1863 The Battle of Culpeper Court House was a cavalry engagement fought in Culpeper County, Virginia on September 13, 1863. The cavalry corps of three divisions of the Union Army of the Potomac defeated the cavalry corps of two divisions of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Following the Union victory at the…
Battle of Cumberland Gap
September 7–9, 1863 The bloodless Battle of Cumberland Gap took place from September 7 through 9, 1863 at the Cumberland Gap in the Appalachian Mountains in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. On June 8, 1861, Tennessee became the last Southern state to secede from the Union. The decision, however, was far from unanimous. In the eastern…
Battle of Droop Mountain
November 6, 1863 The Battle of Droop Mountain was fought on November 6, 1863, in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. As the possibility of civil war in the United States evolved during the early months of 1861, Virginia was a divided state. Led by residents of the eastern part of the state, Virginians voted to secede…
Battle of Fort Fizzle
June 17, 1863 In 1863, due to the declining number of volunteers, the United States government instituted the Conscription Act. Under this directive, which was also referred to as the Enrollment Act, the federal government required states to furnish a certain number of soldiers based on each state's population. In 1863, due to the declining…
Battle of Fort Pemberton
March 11–18, 1863 Fought between March 11–18, 1863, the Battle of Fort Pemberton was the primary engagement of the Yazoo Pass Expedition. By late 1861, President Abraham Lincoln was pressuring Union commanders in the west to invade the South. In early 1862, Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant's forces gained control of two of the three…