Friday, July 3, 1863
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| Expedition from: | Batesville, AR | May 30 - February 3, 1864 | Expedition from: | Beaver Creek, KY | July 3 - 11, 1863 | Expedition to: | Beverly, WV | June 29 - July 4, 1863 | Actions: | Beverly, WV | July 2 - 3, 1863 | Skirmish: | Big Black River, MS | July 3, 1863 | Skirmish: | Boiling Fork, TN | July 3, 1863 | Expedition to: | Bottom's Bridge, VA | July 1 - 7, 1863 | Skirmish: | Columbia, KY | July 3, 1863 | Skirmish: | Cross Hollow, AR | July 1863 | Campaign: | Dix's Peninsula, ? | June 24 - July 7, 1863 | Skirmish: | Elk River, TN | July 3, 1863 | Action: | Fairfield, PA | July 3, 1863 | Campaign: | Gettysburg, PA | June 3 - August 11, 1863 | Battle: | Gettysburg, PA | July 1 - 3, 1863 | Scout: | Memphis, TN | July 3, 1863 | Skirmish: | Messenger's Ferry, MS | July 3, 1863 | Campaign: | Middle Tennessee | June 23 - July 7, 1863 | Operation: | Morgan's Raid | July 2 - 26, 1863 | Expedition to: | Ossabaw Island, GA | July 3, 1863 | Campaign: | Peninsula, VA | June 24 - July 7, 1863 | Siege: | Port Hudson, LA | May 21 - July 8, 1863 | Expedition to: | Pound Gap, KY | July 3 - 11, 1863 | Scout: | Salem, MO | July 3, 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 | Expedition to: | Southwestern Virginia | July 3 - 11, 1863 | Campaign: | Tullahoma, TN | June 23 - July 7, 1863 | Siege: | Vicksburg, MS | May 18 - July 4, 1863 | Operation: | Vicksburg, MS | January 20 - July 4, 1863 | Expedition to: | Weldon & Wilmington Railroad, NC | July 3 - 7, 1863 | Expedition from: | White House, VA | July 1 - 7, 1863 | Raid: | Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, NC | July 3 - 7, 1863 | Skirmish: | Winchester, TN | July 3, 1863 |
| Appointment: | Colonel Strong Vincent, USA, to Brigadier General, after being mortally wounded the previous day during the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Mortally Wounded: | Brigadier General Lewis Addison Armistead, CSA, is mortally wounded leading his Confederate command as part of Pickett's Charge during the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He is captured by Federal troops, and dies in captivity two days later, on July 5, 1863. | Death: | Brigadier General Richard Brooke Garnett, CSA, dies leading his Confederate command as part of Pickett's Charge during the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. His body was never found. | Death: | Brigadier General William Barksdale, CSA, dies in Federal captivity from his wounds received leading his Confederate command on the assualt of the Round Tops during the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Death: | Brigadier General Elon John Farnsworth, USA, is killed leading his Federal command in a counterattack against Confederate Lieutenant General James Longstreet's flank following the repulse of Pickett's Charge during the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Death: | Brigadier General Samuel Kosciuszko Zook, USA, dies just after midnight from his stomach wounds received leading his Federal command in a counterattack against Confederate Lieutenant General James Longstreet's charge, during the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |
(Source: Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Vol. I, p. 660-991. Frederick H. Dyer; The Chronological Tracking Of The American Civil War Per The Offical Records Of The War of the Rebellion pp. 1-336. Ronald A. Mosocco.)
Naval Events:
Major General Grant and Lieutenant General Pemberton, CSA, the gallant and tireless commander of the Vicksburg defenses, arranged an armistice to negotiate the terms of capitulation of the citadel. Only with the cessation of hostilities did the activity of the fleet under Rear Admiral Porter come to a halt off Vicksburg.(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.)Boats from U.S.S. Fort Henry, commanded by Lieutenant Commander McCauley, captured sloop Emma north of Sea Horse Key, Florida, with cargo of tar and Confederate mail.
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]).
Confederate Brigadier General John C. Pemberton, CSA, the "Defender of Vicksburg", asks Federal Major General Ulysses S. Grant, USA, for terms for Vicksburg's surrender.
Confederate General Braxton Bragg, CSA, outmaneuvered by Federal Major General William S. Rosecrans, USA, retreats from Chattanooga, Tennessee.
(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; A Concise Encyclopedia of the Civil War, p. 203-221. Henry E. Simmons 1965.)