Troop engagements of the American Civil War, 1863

Troop engagements in 1863

January

;1:*Galveston, Texas. Three Cos. 42d Mass., U.S. Gunboats "Westfield", "Harriet Lane", "Owasco", "Sachem", "Clifton", and "Coryphæus". "Union" 600 killed, wounded and missing. "Confed." 50 killed and wounded.

;7 and 8:*Springfield, Missouri. Missouri Militia, convalescents and citizens. "Union" 14 killed, 144 wounded. "Confed." 40 killed, 206 wounded and missing. "Union" Brig.-Gen. Brown wounded.

;11:*Fort Hindman, Ark. Thirteenth Corps, Maj.-Gen. McClernand; Fifteenth Corps, Maj.-Gen. Sherman and gunboats Mississippi squadron. "Union" 129 killed, 831 wounded. "Confed." 100 killed, 400 wounded, 5,000 prisoners.:*Hartsville or Wood's Fork, Mo. 21st Iowa, 99th Ill., 3d Iowa Cav., 3d Mo. Cav., Battery L, 2d Mo. Artil. "Union" 7 killed, 64 wounded. "Confed." Brig.-Gen. McDonald killed.

;14:*Bayou Teche, La. 8th Vt., 16th and 75th N.Y., 19th Conn., 6th Mich., 21st Ind., 1st La. Cav., 4th and 6th Mass. Battery, 1st Maine Battery, and U.S. Gunboats "Calhoun", "Diana", "Kinsman" and "Estrella". "Union" 10 killed, 27 wounded. "Confed." 15 killed. "Union" Commodore Buchanan killed. "Confed." Gunboat "Cotton" destroyed.

;24:*Woodbury, Tenn. Second Division Crittenden's Corps. "Union" 2 killed, 1 wounded. "Confed." 35 killed, 100 missing.

;30:*Deserted House or Kelly's Store, near Suffolk, Va. Portion of Maj.-Gen. Peck's forces. "Union" 24 killed, 80 wounded. "Confed." 50 wounded.

;31:*Rover, Tenn. 4th Ohio Cav. "Confed." 12 killed, 12 wounded, 300 captured.

February

;3:*Fort Donelson or Cumberland Iron Works, Tenn. 83d Ill., 2d Ill. Artil., one battalion 5th Iowa Cav. "Union" 16 killed, 60 wounded, 50 missing. "Confed." 140 killed, 400 wounded, 130 missing.

;14:*Brentsville, Va. 1st Mich. Cav. "Union" 15 wounded.

;16:*Near Romney, W. Va. Detachments 116th and 122d Ohio. "Union" 72 wounded and captured.

;21:*Prairie Station, Miss. 2d Iowa Cav. "Union" 1 killed, 3 wounded.

;24:*Mississippi River below Vicksburg. U.S. Gunboat "Indianola". "Union" 1 killed, 1 wounded. "Confed." 35 killed.

March

;1:*Bradyville, Tenn. 3d and 4th Ohio Cav., 1st Tenn. Cav. "Union" 1 killed, 6 wounded. "Confed." 5 killed, 27 wounded, 100 captured.

;4:*Skeet, N.C. 3d N.Y. Cav. "Union" 3 killed, 15 wounded. "Confed." 28 wounded.

;4 and 5:*Thompson's Station, also called Spring Hill and Unionville, Tenn. 33d and 85th Ind., 22d Wis., 19th Mich., 124th Ohio, 18th Ohio Battery, 2d Mich. Cav., 9th Penna. Cav., 4th Ky. Cav. "Union" 100 killed, 300 wounded, 1,306 captured. "Confed." 150 killed, 450 wounded.

;8:*Fairfax C. H., Va. Brig.-Gen. Stoughton and thirty-three men captured by Mosby in his midnight raid.

;10:*Covington, Tenn. 6th and 7th Ill. Cav. "Confed." 25 killed.

;13 to April 5:*Fort Pemberton, Miss. Thirteenth Corps, Brig.-Gen. Ross; Seventeenth Corps, Brig.-Gen. Quimby, U.S. Gunboats "Chillicothe" and "DeKalb". Casualties not recorded.

;14:*Port Hudson, La. Maj.-Gen. Banks' troops and Admiral Farragut's fleet. "Union" 65 wounded.

;16 to 22:*Expedition up Steele's Bayou and at Deer Creek, Miss. 2d Division Fifteenth Corps, Maj.-Gen. Sherman, gunboat fleet, Admiral Porter. Casualties not recorded.

;17:*Kelly's Ford, Va. 1st and 5th U. S. Regulars, 3d, 4th and 16th Penna., 1st R. I., 6th Ohio, 4th N. Y. Cav., 6th N. Y. Battery. "Union" 9 killed, 35 wounded. "Confed." 11 killed, 88 wounded.

;20:*Vaught's Hill, near Milton, Tenn. 105th Ohio, 101st Ind., 80th and 123d Ill., 1st Tenn. Cav., 9th Ind. Battery. "Union" 7 killed, 48 wounded. "Confed." 63 killed, 300 wounded.

;22:*Mt. Sterling, Ky. 10th Ky. Cav. "Union" 4 killed, 10 wounded. "Confed." 8 killed, 13 wounded.

;24:*Danville, Ky. 18th and 22d Mich., 1st Ky. Cav., 2d Tenn. Cav., 1st Ind. Battery.:*Ponchatoula, La. 127th and 165th N. Y., 9th Conn., 14th and 24th Maine, 6th Mich. "Union" 6 wounded. "Confed." 3 killed, 11 wounded.

;25:*Brentwood, Tenn. Detachment 22d Wis. and 19th Mich. "Union" 1 killed, 4 wounded, 300 prisoners. "Confed." 1 killed, 5 wounded.:*Franklin and Little Harpeth, Tenn. 4th and 6th Ky. Cav., 9th Penna. Cav., 2d Mich. Cav. "Union" 4 killed, 19 wounded, 40 missing.

;28:*Pattersonville, La. Gunboat "Diana" with Detachment of 12th Conn. and 160th N.Y. a board. "Union" 4 killed, 14 wounded, 99 missing.

;29:*Somerville, Tenn. 6th Ill. Cav. "Union" 9 killed, 29 wounded.

;30:*Dutton's Hill or Somerset, Ky. 1st Ky. Cav., 7th Ohio Cav., 44th and 45th Ohio Mounted Vol. "Union" 10 killed, 25 wounded. "Confed." 290 killed, wounded and missing.:*Point Pleasant, W. Va. One Co. 13th W. Va. "Union" 1 killed, 3 wounded. "Confed." 20 killed, 25 wounded.

;30 to April 4:*Washington and Rodman's Point, N. C. Maj.-Gen. Foster's command. Casualties not recorded.