Request a brochure Civil War Encyclopedia Blue and Gray Trail Civil War in Georgia On the Blue and Gray Trail Civil War by state Today in the Civil War Battles Images Places Feature Stories Links Search Who we are	Civil War Timeline / Chronology for January 1863 <<Previous year    Next year>> Civil War Navidater Century 1700's 1800's 1900's 2000's Decade 1800's 1810's 1820's 1830's 1840's 1850's 1860's 1870's 1880's 1890's Year 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 January, 1863 May, 1863 September, 1863 February, 1863 June, 1863 October, 1863 March, 1863 July, 1863 November, 1863 April, 1863 August, 1863 December, 1863 January 1, 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect   Emancipation Proclamation   The Emancipation of Slaves   Emancipation Proclamation (Full Text) January 1, 1863 Battle of Galveston General John B. Magruder [CS] captures the city after a 4 hour battle. Confederate troops seize a federal ship and blow up another, but most of the ships escape. Texas   John Magruder January 2, 1863 General Sherman abandons his attempt to take Vicksburg Mississippi   William Tecumseh Sherman   First Vicksburg Campaign January 4, 1863 Major General McClernand begins to move up the Arkansas River towards Arkansas Post. He orders General Sherman to accompany him, but he has not received authorization for such a movement.   William Tecumseh Sherman   John A. McClernand January 4, 1863 Lincoln and Halleck order Ulysses S. Grant to rescind Special Order 11   Henry Halleck   Abraham Lincoln   Ulysses S. Grant January 4, 1863 USS Quaker City along with USS Memphis seize the Mercury, a Confederate blockade runner from Charleston on its way to Nassau, Bahamas with turpentine and mail. January 5, 1863 Following two days of off and on skirmishing around Jonesville, Confederates surround the Union force and take 200 prisoners after a pitched battle. Virginia January 10, 1863 January 11, 1863 Battle of Arkansas Post Battle of Fort Hindman General John McClernand [US] defeats Brigadier General T. J. Churchill [CS] at Fort Hindman or Arkansas Post. Defending the outpost on the Arkansas River, 5,000 Confederates are surrounded by a force of 50,000 Union troops, and a U. S. Naval squadron under the command of Admiral David Porter. The Navy silenced the Confederate artillery and McClernand attacked, gaining the outer walls. The Confederates then surrendered. Arkansas   John A. McClernand   First Vicksburg Campaign   William Tecumseh Sherman January 14, 1863 E. Kirby Smith given command of the Army of the Southwest.   E. Kirby Smith January 14, 1863 CSS Alabama sinks the USS Hatteras off Galveston Texas January 20, 1863 January 22, 1863 Ambrose Burnside searches for another crossing of the Rappahannock. This is known as the "Mud March"   Ambrose Burnside   Joseph Hooker January 25, 1863 Abraham Lincoln relieves General Ambrose Burnside [US} from command of the Army of the Potomac, replacing him with General Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker.   Joseph Hooker   Abraham Lincoln   Ambrose Burnside   Army of the Potomac January 25, 1863 Union forces withdraw from Corinth. They had been ordered to help protect Mississippi River shipping from northern states Mississippi January 26, 1863 In a letter to Joe Hooker, President Lincoln states that Hooker "...thwarted him (Burnside) as much as you could..."   Joseph Hooker   Abraham Lincoln   Ambrose Burnside   Letter, Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Hooker January 27, 1863 Naval assault on Ft. McAllister Georgia   Fort McAllister January 31, 1863 Under cover of fog Confederate ironclads Chicora and Palmetto State raid the federal blockade in Charleston. While some Union ships were damaged, the attack failed to disrupt the blockade South Carolina January, 1863 May, 1863 September, 1863 February, 1863 June, 1863 October, 1863 March, 1863 July, 1863 November, 1863 April, 1863 August, 1863 December, 1863 Civil War Navidater Century 1700's 1800's 1900's 2000's Decade 1800's 1810's 1820's 1830's 1840's 1850's 1860's 1870's 1880's 1890's Year 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 The best search in Civil War History
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