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Conflicts in 1863
Battle of Salem ChurchOn the 3rd of May 1863, Major General John Sedgwick led his VI Corps out from Marye's Heights. His force numbered about 23,000 men moving along the Orange…
Second Battle of FredericksburgOn the 1st of May 1863, Confederate General Robert E. Lee departed Fredericksburg with the bulk of his Army of Northern Virginia.
Battle of ChancellorsvilleIn the first two years of the American Civil War, four major attempts to capture Richmond had failed. The first foundered just miles away from Washington…
Second Battle of Fort WagnerOn the night of the 18th of July 1863, a narrow strip of beach measured just 60 yards wide between the ocean and Vincent's Creek.
Battle of ChickamaugaIn the summer of 1863, Union Major General William Rosecrans moved his Army of the Cumberland southeast from Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Battle of GettysburgOn the 3rd of June 1863, General Robert E. Lee led his Army of Northern Virginia northward from Fredericksburg, Virginia.
American Civil WarOn the 12th of April 1861, Confederate forces fired the first of 4,000 shells at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina.
January UprisingOn the 22nd of January 1863, a single conscription order ignited a firestorm across Congress Poland. Aleksander Wielopolski, head of civil administration…