August 4, 1863---The Bombardment of Battery Wagner

AUGUST 4, 1863:       

Battery Wagner in South Carolina is put under U.S. naval bombardment.

August 3, 1863---"What Good The Mob Has Done"

AUGUST 3, 1863:      

The New York Times publishes an editorial entitled What Good The Mob Has Done, bitterly decrying the racism and violence, and the apparent conspiracy that sparked the mob, stating:

“The bloody punishment of the New-York mob, [has] destroyed any possibility of the success of the Peace party, or of European interference.”

August 2, 1863---A Southerner laments: "The Yanks is a whiping our army"

AUGUST 2, 1863:       

The Army of The Potomac and The Army of Northern Virginia encamp on opposite sides of the Rappahannock River, which in places is less than 60 yards wide. Richard Henry Brooks, a Confederate, writes home to his wife about conditions in camp:

"...our fair (sic) is very hard it is the hardest fair we have ever had since we have bin in the war. I think the war can not last much longer. We have not been whiped yet but the yanks is a whiping our army every where else an I think we will soon have to give it up. they have got so many more soldiers than we have got it is thought among us that we will soon have to give it up an if we ever have to give up I want us to do it now before any more of us gets killed. ..."

August 1, 1863---Charleston bombarded; The Second Battle of Brandy Station

AUGUST 1, 1863:        

United States forces begin shelling Charleston harbor.

In a fitting end to the Gettysburg Campaign, J.E.B. Stuart’s cavalry forces and John Buford’s cavalry forces engage in a large skirmish near Brandy Station, sometimes called “The Second Battle of Brandy Station.”

July 31, 1863---FLORIDA needs an overhaul

JULY 31, 1863:     

The Commerce Raider C.S.S. FLORIDA seeks safe harborage in Brest, France for repairs. The raider took 37 prizes in her career, and her progeny took 23 more for a total of 60 ships seized.