Thursday, July 2, 1863
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| Action: | Baltimore Cross Roads, VA | July 2, 1863 | Action: | Baltimore Store, VA | July 2, 1863 | Expedition from: | Batesville, AR | May 30 - February 3, 1864 | Skirmish: | Bethpage Bridge, TN | July 1 - 2, 1863 | Actions: | Beverly, WV | July 2 - 3, 1863 | Expedition to: | Beverly, WV | June 29 - July 4, 1863 | Skirmish: | Bottom's Bridge, VA | July 2, 1863 | Expedition to: | Bottom's Bridge, VA | July 1 - 7, 1863 | Skirmish: | Burkesville, KY | July 2, 1863 | Skirmish: | Chambersburg, PA | July 2, 1863 | Skirmish: | Coal Run, KY | July 2, 1863 | Skirmish: | Cross Hollow, AR | July 1863 | Skirmish: | Crump's Cross Roads, VA | July 2, 1863 | Skirmish: | Crump's Store, VA | July 2, 1863 | Campaign: | Dix's Peninsula, ? | June 24 - July 7, 1863 | Skirmish: | Elk River Bridge, TN | July 2, 1863 | Skirmish: | Elk River, TN | July 1 - 2, 1863 | Skirmish: | Estil Springs, TN | July 2, 1863 | Battle: | Gettysburg, PA | July 1 - 3, 1863 | Campaign: | Gettysburg, PA | June 3 - August 11, 1863 | Skirmish: | Hunterstown, PA | July 2, 1863 | Skirmish: | Jones' Ford, TN | July 2, 1863 | Skirmish: | Kelly's Ford, TN | July 2, 1863 | Skirmish: | Marrowbone, KY | July 2, 1863 | Campaign: | Middle Tennessee | June 23 - July 7, 1863 | Operation: | Morgan's Raid | July 2 - 26, 1863 | Skirmish: | Morris' Ford, TN | July 2, 1863 | Skirmish: | Pelham, TN | July 2, 1863 | Campaign: | Peninsula, VA | June 24 - July 7, 1863 | Siege: | Port Hudson, LA | May 21 - July 8, 1863 | Skirmish: | Rock Creek Ford, TN | July 2, 1863 | Expedition: | Sioux Expedition, Dakota Territory | June 16 - September 13, 1863 | Expedition against: | Snake Indians, Idaho Territory | May 4 - October 26, 1863 | Expedition to: | South Anna River, VA | July 1 - 7, 1863 | Skirmish: | Springfield Landing, LA | July 2, 1863 | Campaign: | Tullahoma, TN | June 23 - July 7, 1863 | Operation: | Vicksburg, MS | January 20 - July 4, 1863 | Siege: | Vicksburg, MS | May 18 - July 4, 1863 | Expedition from: | White House, VA | July 1 - 7, 1863 |
(Source: Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Vol. I, p. 660-991. Frederick H. Dyer.)
Naval Events:
General Grant, before Vicksburg, wrote Rear Admiral Porter that "the firing from the mortar boats this morning has been exceedingly well directed on my front. One shell fell into the large fort, and several along the line of the rifle pits. Please have them continue firing in the same direction and elevation." U.S.S. General Sterling Price, Benton, and Mound City had shelled the heavy battery, which had earned the sobriquet "Whistling Dick" because of its power and effectiveness.(Source: Civil War Naval Chronology 1861-1865. pp. I:1-41; II:1-117; III:1-170; IV:1-152; V:1-134. 1971: Naval History Division, Navy Department.)C.S.S. Alabama, commanded by Captain Semmes, captured ship Anna F. Schmidt in the South Atlantic with cargo of clothes, medicines, clocks, sewing machines, and "the latest invention for killing bed-bugs."
Semmes put the torch to the prize. "We then wheeled about and took the fork of the road again, for the Cape of Good Hope."
U.S.S. Samuel Rotan, commanded by Acting Lieutenant William W. Kennison, seized schooner Champion off the Piankatank River, Virginia.
U.S.S. Cayuga, commanded by Lieutenant Commander Dana, captured blockade running sloop Blue Bell in Mermentau River, Louisiana, with cargo of sugar and molasses.
U.S.S. Covington, commanded by Acting Lieutenant George P. Lord, captured steamer Eureka near Commerce, Mississippi, with cargo of whiskey.
U.S.S. Juniata, under Commander Clitz, seized blockade running British schooner Don Jose at sea with cargo of salt, cotton, and rum.
Additional Information:
The Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi. (MS011) (Grant's Operations Against Vicksburg [March-July 1863]).
The Battle of Port Hudson, Louisiana. (LA010) (Siege of Port Hudson [May-July 1863]).
The Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (PA002) (Gettysburg Campaign [June-July 1863]).
The Battle of Cabin Creek, Oklahoma. (OK006) (Operations to Control Indian Territory [June-September 1863]).
(Source: Civil War Sites Advisory Commission Report: Battle Summaries. National Park Service. In The Civil War Battlefield Guide, 2nd ed., 1998. Edited by Frances H. Kennedy.)