WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO SEPTEMBER 1863
Find out what all happened July to September 1863

Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by Confederate guerrillas Quantrill's Raiders in the Lawrence Massacre. (21. August 1863)

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

American Indian Wars: Representatives of the United States and tribal leaders including Chief Pocatello (of the Shoshone) sign the Treaty of Box Elder. (30. July 1863)

American Civil War: Morgan's Raid – At Buffington Island in Ohio, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the Ohio River. (19. July 1863)

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

American Civil War: Confederates evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina. (6. September 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 Chickamauga. (19. September 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 Battle of Gettysburg begins. (1. July 1863)

Keti Koti (Emancipation Day) in Suriname, marking the abolition of slavery by the Netherlands. (1. July 1863)

American Civil War: Second Battle of Sabine Pass – on the Texas-Louisiana border at the mouth of the Sabine River, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas. (8. September 1863)

The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country. (16. August 1863)

The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863). (15. August 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: The Army of Northern Virginia withdrew from the battlefield after losing the Battle of Gettysburg, signalling an end to the Southern invasion of the North. (4. July 1863)

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

American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga ends. (20. September 1863)

American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge. (3. 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)