Saturday, July 11, 1863
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| Action: | Aldie, VA | July 11, 1863 | Reconnaissance to: | Anderson, TN | July 11 - 16, 1863 | Expedition from: | Batesville, AR | May 30 - February 3, 1864 | Expedition from: | Beaver Creek, KY | July 3 - 11, 1863 | Reconnaissance from: | Cowan, TN | July 11 - 14, 1863 | Skirmish: | Cross Hollow, AR | July 1863 | Operation: | Fort Gregg, SC | July 10 - September 7, 1863 | Operation: | Fort Wagner, SC | July 10 - September 7, 1863 | Assault: | Fort Wagner, SC | July 11, 1863 | Skirmish: | Funkstown, MD | July 11, 1863 | Skirmish: | Funkstown, MD | July 10 - 13, 1863 | Campaign: | Gettysburg, PA | June 3 - August 11, 1863 | Raid: | Indiana, Morgan's Raid in, IN | July 9 - 13, 1863 | Campaign: | Jackson, MS | July 5 - 25, 1863 | Siege: | Jackson, MS | July 10 - 17, 1863 | Expedition to: | James Island, SC | July 9 - 16, 1863 | Skirmish: | Jones' Cross Roads, MD | July 10 - 13, 1863 | Skirmish: | Mad River, CA | July 11, 1863 | Operation: | Morgan's Raid | July 2 - 26, 1863 | Operation: | Morris Island, SC | July 10 - September 7, 1863 | Operation: | Navajo Indians, New Mexico Territory | July 7 - August 19, 1863 | Reconnaissance to: | Pearl River, MS | July 11, 1863 | Skirmish: | Pekin, IN | July 11, 1863 | Expedition from: | Pocohontas, TN | July 7 - 22, 1863 | Expedition to: | Pontotoc, MS | July 7 - 22, 1863 | Expedition to: | Pound Gap, KY | July 3 - 11, 1863 | Expedition: | Sioux Expedition, Dakota Territory | June 16 - September 13, 1863 | Expedition against: | Snake Indians, Idaho Territory | May 4 - October 26, 1863 | Expedition to: | Southwestern Virginia | July 3 - 11, 1863 | Skirmish: | Stockton, Cedar County, MO | July 11, 1863 | Assault on: | Wagner Battery, SC | July 11, 1863 | Skirmish: | Williamsport, MD | July 10 - 13, 1863 |
(Source: Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Vol. I, p. 660-991. Frederick H. Dyer.)
Naval Events:
General Grant, acting on reports that the Confederates were building their strength at Yazoo City, wrote Rear Admiral Porter: "Will it not be well to send up a fleet of gunboats and some troops and nip in the bud any attempt to concentrate a force there?" Porter agreed to escort troops up the river next day.(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.)Charles Francis Adams, U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, protested the building of ironclads and the outfitting of blockade runners by citizens of Great Britain to Foreign Secretary Earl John Russell. Such acts, Adams noted, "procrastinate the struggle" and increase the "burden of war." The Ambassador's diplomatic protests served the Union cause well and helped to frustrate Confederate efforts to obtain additional support in Britain.
U.S.S. Yankee, commanded by Acting Ensign James W. Turner, captured schooner Cassandra at Jones Point on the Rappahannock River with cargo of whiskey and soda.
Rear Admiral Hiram Paulding, Commandant of the New York Navy Yard, stationed gunboats around Manhattan to assist in maintaining order during the Draft Riots.
Additional Information:
The Battle of Williamsport, Maryland. (MD004) (Gettysburg Campaign [June-July 1863]).
The Battle of Fort Wagner, South Carolina. (SC005) (Operations Against the Defenses of Charleston [April-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.)