Historical Events for September 1863
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Events 1 - 20 of 20
1st - 6th Ohio Cavalry ambush at Barbees Crossroads Virginia
1st - Federal troops reconquer Fort Smith Arkansas
1st - RR & ferry connection between SF & Oakland inaugurated
5th - Bread revolt in Mobile Alabama
6th - -7] After 59 day siege Confederate troops vacate Fort Wagner SC (1700 casualties)
7th - Federal naval expedition arrives off Sabine Pass
8th - -10] Federal troops reconquer the Cumperland Gap, Tennessee
8th - Battle of Sabine Pass TX: 47 Texas volunteers repel Federal forces
8th - Battle of Telford's Depot TN
9th - Battle of Cumberland Gap, TN
10th - George Bizets opera "Les Pêcheurs de Perles," premieres in Paris
16th - Robert College of Istanbul-Turkey, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.
17th - Pope Pius IX encyclical On persecution in New Grenada
19th - Battle of Chickamauga GA (near Chattanooga) begins; Union retreat
20th - Battle of Shepardstown VA
20th - Civil War Battle of Chickamauga, near Chattanooga Tenn, ends
21st - Union forces retreat to Chattanooga after defeat at Chickamauga
23rd - Confederate siege of Chattanooga begins
27th - Jo Shelby's cavalry in action at Moffat's Station, Arkansas
Composer Georges Bizet
29th - Opera "Pescatori di Perle" is produced (Paris)
