WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO DECEMBER 1863
Find out what all happened March to December 1863

Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War. (14. June 1863)

United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November. (Since 1941, it has been on the fourth Thursday.) (26. November 1863)

Matica slovenská, Slovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin. (4. August 1863)

American Civil War: Battle of Chickamauga. (19. September 1863)

Organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Battle Creek, Michigan. (21. May 1863)

American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins – Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and counter-attack Confederate troops. (23. November 1863)

American Civil War: Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson dies eight days after he is accidentally shot by his own troops. (10. May 1863)

American Civil War: First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson. (27. May 1863)

American Civil War: following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt). (8. August 1863)

American Civil War: Battle of Mine Run – Union forces under General George Meade take up positions against troops led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee. (27. November 1863)

American Civil War: The Union Army succeeds in closing off the last escape route from Port Hudson, Louisiana, in preparation for the coming siege. (21. May 1863)

American Civil War: Battle of Lookout Mountain – Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confederate siege of the city led by General Braxton Bragg. (24. November 1863)

Richmond Bread Riot: Food shortages incite hundreds of angry women to riot in Richmond, Virginia and demand that the Confederate government release emergency supplies. (2. April 1863)

American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins. (18. May 1863)

American Civil War: the Siege of Port Hudson ends. (9. July 1863)

American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville begins – Confederate forces led by General James Longstreet place Knoxville, Tennessee, under siege. (17. November 1863)

American Civil War: Battle of Bristoe Station – Confederate troops under the command of General Robert E. Lee fail to drive the American Union Army completely out of Virginia. (14. October 1863)

American Civil War: Morgan's Raid ends; At Salineville, Ohio, Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and 360 of his volunteers are captured by Union forces. (26. July 1863)

American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee. (9. September 1863)

The Football Association, the oldest football association in the world, is formed in London. (26. October 1863)