WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO DECEMBER 1863
Find out what all happened May to December 1863

American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins. (1. May 1863)

American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga ends. (20. September 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: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later. (2. May 1863)

During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City was captured by French troops. (7. June 1863)

Robert College of Istanbul-Turkey, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist. (16. September 1863)

American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia. (9. June 1863)

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

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

American Civil War: Battle of Wauhatchie – Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant repel a Confederate attack led by General James Longstreet. Union forces thus open a supply line into Chattanooga, Tennessee. (29. October 1863)

Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross. (29. October 1863)

American Civil War: Battle of Campbell's Station near Knoxville, Tennessee – Confederate troops unsuccessfully attack Union forces. (16. November 1863)

American Civil War: Battle of Missionary Ridge – At Missionary Ridge in Tennessee, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg. (25. November 1863)

American Civil War: Siege of Port Hudson – Union forces begin to lay siege to the Confederate-controlled Port Hudson, Louisiana. (22. May 1863)

United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300. (7. July 1863)

American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg – Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege. 150 miles up the Mississippi River, a Confederate Army was repulsed at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas. (4. July 1863)

New York City draft riots: in New York, New York, opponents of conscription begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States history. (13. July 1863)

American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter. (17. August 1863)

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

The Maori Wars resume as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron begin their Invasion of the Waikato. (31. October 1863)