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 June 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 June 1, 1863 Ambrose Burnside orders the Chicago Times to close because of the paper's anti-Lincoln rhetoric. Illinois   Ambrose Burnside 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 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 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 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 June 26, 1863 Rear Admiral Andrew H. Foote [US] died in New York City June 27, 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 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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