Monday, June 8, 1863
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| Expedition from: | Batesville, AR | May 30 - February 3, 1864 | Affair: | Brunswick, GA | June 8, 1863 | Expedition to: | Burkesville, KY | June 8 - 10, 1863 | Skirmish: | Camp Cole, MO | June 8, 1863 | Skirmish: | Chattanooga, TN | June 7 - 8, 1863 | Expedition to: | Clinton, LA | June 3 - 8, 1863 | Skirmish: | Cole Camp, MO | June 8, 1863 | Skirmish: | Deep Run, VA | June 5 - 13, 1863 | Expedition to: | Deer Creek, MS | June 1863 | Operation: | Fort Gibson, Indian Territory | June 6 - 20, 1863 | Affair: | Fort Scott, KS | June 8, 1863 | Skirmish: | Franklin's Crossing, VA | June 5 - 13, 1863 | Expedition from: | Gainesville, VA | June 7 - 8, 1863 | Campaign: | Gettysburg, PA | June 3 - August 11, 1863 | Expedition from: | Glasgow, KY | June 8 - 10, 1863 | Expedition from: | Haynes Bluff, MS | June 2 - 8, 1863 | Expedition to: | Mechanicsville, MS | June 2 - 8, 1863 | Expedition from: | Pocohontas, TN | June 8 - 9, 1863 | Siege: | Port Hudson, LA | May 21 - July 8, 1863 | Expedition to: | Ripley, MS | June 8 - 9, 1863 | Expedition to: | Satartia, MS | June 2 - 8, 1863 | Expedition against: | Snake Indians, Idaho Territory | May 4 - October 26, 1863 | Scout: | South Mills, NC | June 8, 1863 | Scout: | Suffolk, VA | June 8 - 12, 1863 | Scout: | Suffolk, VA | June 8, 1863 | Expedition to: | Tennessee State Line | June 8 - 10, 1863 | Action: | Triune, TN | June 8, 1863 | Siege: | Vicksburg, MS | May 18 - July 4, 1863 | Operation: | Vicksburg, MS | January 20 - July 4, 1863 |
(Source: Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Vol. I, p. 660-991. Frederick H. Dyer.)
Naval Events:
Crew from a Confederate launch commanded by Master James Duke, CSN, boarded and captured steam tug Boston at Pass a l'Outre, Mississippi River, and put to sea, then capturing and burning Union barks Lenox and Texana. Duke carried Boston safely into Mobile on 11 June. This bold action caused Rear Admiral Farragut considerable concern. Recalling a similar event on 12 April, he wrote the blockade commander off Mobile: "She is the second vessel that has been captured off the mouth of the Mississippi and carried through our blockading squadron into Mobile. I cannot understand how the blockade is run with such ease when you have so strong a numerical force."(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.)C.S.S. Georgia, commanded by Lieutenant W. L. Maury, captured ship George Griswold with cargo of coal off Rio de Janeiro. Maury released the prize on bond.
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]).
Major General James Ewell Brown "JEB" Stuart's Cavalry Corps, Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, is reviewed at Culpeper Court House, Virginia, by General Robert E. Lee, CSA.
(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.)