Lincoln Originals > 1863
1863
Frederick Douglass
Highlights from 1863:
January 1 -
President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in Confederate
held territory
May 1-4 - The battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia.
May - Vicksburg campaign in Mississippi.
July 1-3 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
July 13-16 - Anti-draft riots broke out in New York City.
August 10 - President Lincoln met with abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
September 19-20 - Battle of Chickamauga in Georgia.
November 19 - Lincoln delivered his "Gettysburg Address."
