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Jan 1 Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln to free slaves in US confederate states. The first and last page of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln. Jan 2 Battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River) ends. Jan 4 Four wheeled roller skates patented by James Plimpton in New York.
January 8 – Ground is broken in Sacramento, California, on the construction of the First transcontinental railroad in the United States. January 11 – American Civil War – Battle of Arkansas Post: General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
Events. January 8: First transcontinental railroad. January–March. January 1 – Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation during the third year of the American Civil War, making the abolition of slavery in the Confederate states an official war goal.
What happened and who was famous in 1863? Browse important and historic events, world leaders, famous birthdays and notable deaths from the year 1863.
Timeline. January 1863. Emancipation Proclamation. In an effort to placate the slave-holding border states, Lincoln resisted the demands of radical Republicans for complete abolition. Yet some Union generals, such as General B. F. Butler, declared slaves escaping to their lines "contraband of war," not to be returned to their masters.
Emancipation Proclamation, edict issued by U.S. Pres. Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, that freed the slaves of the Confederate states in rebellion against the Union. It took more than two years for news of the proclamation to reach the slaves in the distant state of Texas.
The war in 1863. The first half of 1863 was grim for the Union cause. In the East, Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia experienced its greatest successes. Meanwhile, Union armies in the West were stifled, especially in their efforts to take Vicksburg, Mississippi.
