The Civil War at a Glance
The Eastern Theater 1863
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The Civil War at a GlanceThe Eastern Theater 1863 | First posted 1998 Last update Apr 29, 2009 |
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Joseph Hooker, leads the Army of the Potomac upstream to slip around
Lee's left flank. Lee responds aggressively and during the first week of May wins at Chancellorsville what has been called his greatest victory. That victory is costly, because
Stonewall Jackson is mortally wounded, but it gives the Confederates the opportunity to march northward into Pennsylvania. The Army of the Potomac follows and, now under Maj. Gen.
George G. Meade's direction, gives Lee a stinging defeat at Gettysburg on July 1-3.
After Lee's retreat into Virginia, both armies spend the next three months recuperating while the military frontier alternates between the river lines of the Rappahannock and Rapidan west of Fredericksburg. Both armies are also reduced in strength as troops are ordered west to bolster operations around Chattanooga. Lee's attempt to turn Meade's flank in October crests in defeat at Bristoe Station. A similar move by Meade south of the Rapidan culminates in stalemate at Mine Run at the end of November.
| Jan 1 | Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation |
| Jan 19-23 | Burnside's "Mud March" |
| Jan 26 | Joseph Hooker succeeds Burnside as Commander of the Army of the Potomac |
| Apr 11-May 4 | Siege of Suffolk, Va. |
| Apr-May Chancellorsville Campaign, Va. | |
| Apr 29-May 8 | Stoneman's Raid |
| May 1-4 | Battle of Chancellorsville |
| May 2 | Stonewall Jackson wounded |
| May 3 | Second Battle of Fredericksburg |
| May 3-4 | Battle of Salem Church |
| May 10 | Stonewall Jackson dies at Guinea's Station, Va. |
| June 3-July 13 Gettysburg Campaign, Pa. | |
| Jun 9 | Battle of Brandy station, Va. |
| Jun 13-15 | Second Battle of Winchester, Va. |
| Jun 28 | George G. Mead replaces Hooker as Commander of the Army of the Potomac |
| Jul 1-3 | Battle of Gettysburg |
| Jul 13-16 | New York City draft riots. |
| Oct 9-22 | Battle of Droop Mountain, W.Va. |
| Nov 7 | Engagement at Rappahannock Station, Va. |
| Nov 19 | Lincoln delivers his Gettysburg Address |
| Nov 26 - Dec 2 Mine Run Campaign, Va. | |
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