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Tuesday, June 2, 1863

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Army Events:

			Expedition from:	Batesville, AR	May 30 - February 3, 1864
			Raid:	Combahee River, SC	June 2, 1863
			Expedition to:	Deer Creek, MS	June 1863
			Operation:	Eastern Shore, VA	August 20 - June 3, 1863
			Scout:	Fort Heiman, KY	May 26 - June 2, 1863
			Operation:	Gloucester Peninsula, VA	August 20, 1862 - June 4, 1863
			Expedition from:	Haynes Bluff, MS	May 26 - June 4, 1863
			Expedition from:	Haynes Bluff, MS	June 2 - 8, 1863
			Expedition from:	Jackson, TN	June 2 - 7, 1863
			Skirmish:	Jamestown, KY	June 2, 1863
			Expedition to:	Mechanicsburg, MS	May 26 - June 4, 1863
			Expedition to:	Mechanicsville, MS	June 2 - 8, 1863
			Siege:	Port Hudson, LA	May 21 - July 8, 1863
			Expedition to:	Satartia, MS	June 2 - 8, 1863
			Expedition against:	Snake Indians, Idaho Territory	May 4 - October 26, 1863
			Skirmish:	Strasburg, VA	June 2, 1863
			Skirmish:	Thompson's Station, TN	June 2, 1863
			Skirmish:	Upperville, VA	June 2, 1863
			Operation:	Vicksburg, MS	January 20 - July 4, 1863
			Siege:	Vicksburg, MS	May 18 - July 4, 1863

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Appointment:

Alexander Peter Stewart, CSA, to Major General

(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:

C.S.S. Alabama, commanded by Captain Semmes, after a chase of 8 hours in the South Atlantic, captured and burned bark Amazonian, bound from New York to Montevideo with cargo including commercial mail.

U.S.S. Anacostia, commanded by Acting Master Provost, and U.S.S. Primrose, commanded by Acting Master Street, took sloop Flying Cloud at Tapp's Creek, Virginia.

(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 Vicksburg, Mississippi. (MS011) (Grant's Operations Against Vicksburg [March-July 1863]).

The Battle of Port Hudson, Louisiana. (LA010) (Siege of Port Hudson [May-July 1863]).

Confederate President Jefferson Davis orders Clement L. Vallandigham sent to Wilmington, North Carolina, to be held under guard as an alien enemy.

(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; The Chronological Tracking Of The American Civil War Per The Offical Records Of The War of the Rebellion pp. 1-336. Ronald A. Mosocco.)