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Emancipation Proclamation is issued
Emancipation Proclamation (ending slavery) issued by Lincoln -
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1863 Dates to Remember
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First Underground Railway
First Underground Railway, The First underground railway between Paddington Station and Farringdon Street via King's Cross "The Metropolitan Railway" is completed in London, England, now part of The London Underground. -
Confederate raider "Nashville" sinks near Fort McAllister Georgia
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Mar 3rd - Federal ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister Georgia
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Congress Passes First Conscription Act
The act stated that men aged between 20 and 45 were required to register for service, but the law favored the rich because for $300.00 you could hire a substitute to fight in your place therefore avoiding going to war. -
The Union Uses African-American Troops
he United States War Department issued General Order Number 143 on May 22, 1863, establishing a "Bureau of Colored Troops" to facilitate the recruitment of African-American soldiers to fight for the Union Army. By the end of the civil war, about 178,000 free blacks and freed slaves served in the army. -
Jun 2nd - Harriet Tubman leads Union guerrillas into Maryland, freeing slaves
Jun 2nd - Harriet Tubman leads Union guerrillas into Maryland, freeing slaves -
Slavery abolished in Suriname & Netherlands Antille
Slavery abolished in Suriname & Netherlands Antille -
New York Riots
New York Riots Due To Conscription Act, Resistance to the draft touched off the New York Draft Riots in July 1863 by poor immigrant laborers -
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was an important battle in the war, with Lee's invasion of a northern state (from Maryland to Pennsylvania). Some 23,000 Union soldiers and over 20,000 Confederate soldiers were killed by the end of the third day
