Civil War Timeline / Chronology for June 1863

June 1, 1863	Ambrose Burnside orders the Chicago Times to close because of the paper's anti-Lincoln rhetoric.	Illinois
	Ambrose Burnside
June 3, 1863	Robert E. Lee begins moving the Army of Northern Virginia, encamped near Fredericksburg, west towards the Shenandoah Valley
June 4, 1863	Abraham Lincoln suggests the ban on the Chicago Times be lifted and Edwin Stanton orders Ambrose Burnsides to do it
	Ambrose Burnside
	Abraham Lincoln
	Edwin Stanton
June 7, 1863	Battle of Milliken's Bend Confederate forces attack the Union garrison driving federals to the banks of the Mississippi, where the gunboats Lexington and Choctaw turn back the advancing Rebels	Louisiana
	Second Vicksburg Campaign
	Nathaniel Banks
June 9, 1863	Battle of Brandy Station Largest cavalry battle on American soil pitted Alfred Pleasonton [US] against Jeb Stuart [CS].	Virginia
	J. E. B. Stuart
	The Gettysburg Campaign
June 11, 1863	General John Hunt Morgan leaves Alexandria, Tennessee to raid Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana
	John Hunt Morgan
June 13, 1863 June 15, 1863	Battle of Winchester Ordered to withdraw because of the approach of the Army of Northern Virginia, Major General Robert Milroy [US] tried to hold his position in Winchester. By afternoon on the 14th, he realized his mistake and decided to withdraw that evening. Dick Ewell [CS] ordered a division to camp north of the town to prevent such a move and Milroy found himself trapped. Confederates captured or killed the 6000 men in the city.	Virginia
	Richard Ewell
	The Gettysburg Campaign
	Army of Northern Virginia
June 14, 1863	Nathaniel Banks orders a ground assault against Port Hudson but fails to breach the walls.	Louisiana
	Nathaniel Banks
June 17, 1863	The CSS Atlanta, an ironclad in Warsaw Inlet, engages the USS Weehawken and USS Nahant before surrendering	Georgia
June 18, 1863	Major General John McClernand is relieved of command by Ulysses S. Grant for insubordination
	Ulysses S. Grant
	John A. McClernand
June 20, 1863	West Virginia becomes the 35th state to enter the United States, but the first to enter where the terms slave and free no longer mattered	West Virginia
	Civil War Firsts
June 23, 1863	Army of the Cumberland begins the Tullahoma Campaign against the Army of Tennessee	Tennessee Georgia
	Tullahoma Campaign
	Army of the Cumberland
	Leonidas Polk
	Braxton Bragg
	William S. Rosecrans
June 23, 1863	Forward units of the Army of Northern Virginia begin crossing the Potomac River into Maryland northwest of Harper's Ferry
	The Gettysburg Campaign
June 25, 1863	Union soldiers try to exploit an explosion under the Confederate entrenchments at Vicksburg. The Rebel line easily repulses the attack	Mississippi
	Second Vicksburg Campaign
June 26, 1863	General Jubal Early [CS] passes through Gettysburg on his way to York.	Pennsylvania
	Battle of Gettysburg
	The Gettysburg Campaign
June 26, 1863	Rear Admiral Andrew H. Foote [US] dies in New York City
June 27, 1863	Henry Halleck issues an order making George Meade commander of the Army of the Potomac.
June 28, 1863	George Meade [US] assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, replacing Joe Hooker.
	George Meade
	Army of the Potomac
	Battle of Gettysburg
	Joseph Hooker
	The Gettysburg Campaign
June 28, 1863	Jubal Early seizes York, Pennsylvania
	The Gettysburg Campaign
June 28, 1863	Judson Kirkpatrick is appointed commander of the 3d Division of Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac
June 30, 1863	Advanced units (2 brigades under Buford) of the Army of the Potomac occupy Gettysburg.
	The Gettysburg Campaign
June 30, 1863	Army of Northern Virginia Major General Henry Heth orders a brigade under James J. Pettigrew to march to Gettysburg to investigate reports of a large quantity of footwear in the city.
	The Gettysburg Campaign