Sunday, July 5, 1863
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| Skirmish: | Bardstown, KY | July 5, 1863 | Expedition from: | Batesville, AR | May 30 - February 3, 1864 | Expedition from: | Beaver Creek, KY | July 3 - 11, 1863 | Skirmish: | Birdsong Ferry, MS | July 5, 1863 | Expedition to: | Bottom's Bridge, VA | July 1 - 7, 1863 | Skirmish: | Cabin Creek, Indian Territory | July 5, 1863 | Skirmish: | Caledonia Iron Works, PA | July 5, 1863 | Skirmish: | Cross Hollow, AR | July 1863 | Skirmish: | Cunningham's Cross Roads, PA | July 5, 1863 | Campaign: | Dix's Peninsula, ? | June 24 - July 7, 1863 | Skirmish: | Fairfield, PA | July 5, 1863 | Skirmish: | Franklin, KY | July 5, 1863 | Expedition to: | Gardner's Bridge, NC | July 5 - 7, 1863 | Campaign: | Gettysburg, PA | June 3 - August 11, 1863 | Skirmish: | Green Oak, PA | July 5, 1863 | Skirmish: | Greencastle, PA | July 5, 1863 | Campaign: | Jackson, MS | July 5 - 25, 1863 | Skirmish: | Kenansville, NC | July 5, 1863 | Skirmish: | Lamar, MS | July 5, 1863 | Skirmish: | Lebanon, KY | July 5, 1863 | Skirmish: | Mercersburg, PA | July 5, 1863 | Campaign: | Middle Tennessee | June 23 - July 7, 1863 | Operation: | Morgan's Raid | July 2 - 26, 1863 | Campaign: | Peninsula, VA | June 24 - July 7, 1863 | Expedition from: | Plymouth, NC | July 5 - 7, 1863 | Siege: | Port Hudson, LA | May 21 - July 8, 1863 | Expedition to: | Pound Gap, KY | July 3 - 11, 1863 | Expedition: | Sioux Expedition, Dakota Territory | June 16 - September 13, 1863 | Skirmish: | Smithburg, MD | July 5, 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 | Expedition to: | Trenton, NC | July 4 - 8, 1863 | Campaign: | Tullahoma, TN | June 23 - July 7, 1863 | Skirmish: | Warsaw, NC | July 5, 1863 | Expedition to: | Weldon & Wilmington Railroad, NC | July 3 - 7, 1863 | Expedition from: | White House, VA | July 1 - 7, 1863 | Expedition to: | Williamston, NC | July 5 - 7, 1863 | Raid: | Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, NC | July 3 - 7, 1863 | Skirmish: | Woodburn, KY | July 5, 1863 | Skirmish: | Yellow Creek, TN | July 5, 1863 |
| Resignation: | , USA, from | Death: | Brigadier General Lewis Addison Armistead, CSA, dies in Federal captivity from his wounds received leading his Confederate command as part of Pickett's Charge during the third 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:
Rear Admiral S. P. Lee, commanding the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, wrote Assistant Secretary Fox regarding measures for a successful blockade: "The blockade requires smart, active vessels to move about close inside, large vessels with heavy batteries, if ironclads cannot be got to protect the blockade and well armed swift steamers to cruise in pairs outside." Captain Raphael Semmes later paid tribute to the effectiveness of this cordon thrown up by the Union fleet around the lengthy Confederate coast: "We were being hardpressed too, for material, for the enemy was maintaining a rigid blockade of our ports."(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.)
Additional Information:
The Battle of Port Hudson, Louisiana. (LA010) (Siege of Port Hudson [May-July 1863]).
Confederate General Robert E. Lee, CSA, and his Army of Northern Virginia retreats from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
(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.)