Tuesday, June 9, 1863
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| Expedition from: | Batesville, AR | May 30 - February 3, 1864 | Engagement: | Beverly Ford, VA | June 9, 1863 | Engagement: | Brandy Station, VA | June 9, 1863 | Expedition to: | Burkesville, KY | June 8 - 10, 1863 | Skirmish: | Deep Run, VA | June 5 - 13, 1863 | Expedition to: | Deer Creek, MS | June 1863 | Engagement: | Fleetwood, VA | June 9, 1863 | Operation: | Fort Gibson, Indian Territory | June 6 - 20, 1863 | Skirmish: | Fort Gibson, Indian Territory | June 9, 1863 | Skirmish: | Franklin's Crossing, VA | June 5 - 13, 1863 | Campaign: | Gettysburg, PA | June 3 - August 11, 1863 | Expedition from: | Glasgow, KY | June 8 - 10, 1863 | Skirmish: | Kelly's Ford, VA | June 9, 1863 | Skirmish: | Kettle Creek, KY | June 9, 1863 | Action: | Lake Providence, LA | June 9, 1863 | Skirmish: | Macon Ford, MS | June 9, 1863 | Affair: | Monticello, KY | June 9, 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 | Affair: | Rocky Gap, KY | June 9, 1863 | Expedition against: | Snake Indians, Idaho Territory | May 4 - October 26, 1863 | Skirmish: | Steubenville, KY | June 9, 1863 | Skirmish: | Stevensburg, VA | June 9, 1863 | Scout: | Suffolk, VA | June 8 - 12, 1863 | Expedition to: | Tennessee State Line | June 8 - 10, 1863 | Action: | Triune, TN | June 9, 1863 | Siege: | Vicksburg, MS | May 18 - July 4, 1863 | Operation: | Vicksburg, MS | January 20 - July 4, 1863 | Action: | West Farm, KY | June 9, 1863 |
| Department Created: | The Federal Department of the Monongahela, in Pennsylvania, is created | Department Created: | The Federal Department of the Susquehanna, in Pennsylvania, is created |
(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:
Union mortar boats continued to bombard Vicksburg. From dawn until nearly noon, they poured 175 shells into the city as the Confederate position, cut off from supplies and relief, grew steadily more desperate. Heavy rains curtailed the mortar activity the next day, only some 75 shells being fired, but on the 11th the attack was stepped up once again and Ordnance Gunner Eugene Mack reported that 193 mortar shells fell on the river stronghold. Rear Admiral Porter wrote, Secretary Welles: "The mortars keep constantly playing on the city, and works, and the gunboats throw in their shell whenever they see any work going on at the batteries, or new batteries being put up. Not a soul is to be seen moving in the city, the soldiers lying in their trenches or pits, and the inhabitants being stowed in caves or holes dug out in the cliffs. If the city is not relieved by a much superior force from the outside, Vicksburg must fall without anything more being done to it. I only wonder it has held out so long. . . ."(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. Clarence, commanded by Lieutenant Read, captured and burned brig Mary Alvina, bound from Boston to New Orleans with cargo of commissary stores. Read, upon interrogating prisoners, concluded that it would not be possible to carry out his intention to harass Union shipping in Hampton Roads. "No vessels," he wrote, "were allowed to go into Hampton Roads unless they had supplies for the U.S. Government, and then they were closely watched. . . . I determined to cruise along the coast and try to intercept a transport for Fortress Monroe and with her endeavor to carry out the orders of Commander Maffitt [see 6 May 1863], and in the meantime do all possible injury to the enemy's commerce."
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]).
The Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia. (VA035) (Gettysburg Campaign [June-July 1863]).
As a result of the cavalry Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia, the largest cavalry engagement of the war (circa 20,000 engaged), Federal Major General Joseph Hooker realizes that the Confederates are making another attempt to invade the North.
(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; A Concise Encyclopedia of the Civil War, p. 203-221. Henry E. Simmons 1965; The Chronological Tracking Of The American Civil War Per The Offical Records Of The War of the Rebellion pp. 1-336. Ronald A. Mosocco.)