Notable Deaths - 1863
1863 Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 2 |
Roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in Battle of Murfreesboro at 35 |
Jan 9 |
Ferdinand Huber, composer, dies at 71 |
Jan 10 |
Lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775) |
Jan 17 |
E J Horace Vernet, French painter, dies at 73 |
Mar 11 |
Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, English general (b. 1803) |
Mar 17 |
John Pelham, US Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24 |
Mar 21 |
Edwin Vose Sumner, US Union-general-major (Fair Oaks), dies at 66 |
Mar 28 |
James Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brig-general, dies at 52 |
Apr 4 |
Ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver (b. 1790) |
Apr 8 |
Joseph Netherclift, composer, dies at 70 |
Apr 10 |
Giovanni B Amia, Italian astronomer/physicist/botanist, dies at 77 |
Apr 15 |
Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90 |
Apr 17 |
Daniel Smith Donelson, Confederate general/cousin of Andrew Jackson, dies at 61 |
May 1 |
Edward Dorr Tracy, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 29 |
May 3 |
Elisha Franklin "Bull" Paxton, US Confederate brig-gen, dies at 35 |
May 7 |
Amiel Weeks Whipple, US Union gen-major, dies of injuries at 46 |
May 10 |
Thomas Jackson, ["Stonewall"], Confederate general (Civil War), dies at 39 |
May 14 |
Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer, dies at 46 |
May 16 |
Lloyd Tilghman, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 47 |
May 27 |
Edward Payson Chapin, Union Brigadier General, dies at 31 |
May 28 |
Edmund Kirby Jr, Union-brig-gen, dies of injuries at 23 |
Jun 6 |
Franz Gruber, Forrest Gump |
Jun 7 |
Franz Xavier Gruber, composer, dies at 75 |
Jun 9 |
Benjamin Franklin "Grimes" Davis, Union major, dies in battle at 30 |
Jun 17 |
Isham W Garrott, US attorney/Confederate brig-general, dies in battle |
Jun 26 |
Andrew Hull Foote, US Union lt admiral, dies |
Jun 27 |
Martin E Green, Confederate brig-general, shot dead at 38 |
Jul 1 |
John Fulton Reynolds, Union general-major, dies in battle at 42 |
Jul 2 |
Stephen Hinsdale Weed, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 28 |
Jul 3 |
Alonzo Hersford Cushing, US Union lt, dies in battle at about 22 |
Jul 3 |
Lewis Addison Armistead, Confederate brigadier general Gettysburg/dies in battle at 46 |
Jul 3 |
Little Crow, [Ta-oya-te-duta], Santee Sioux indian chief, dies |
Jul 3 |
Richard Brooke Garnett, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 45 |
Jul 3 |
Samuel Kosciuzko Zook, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 40 |
Jul 3 |
George Hull Ward, American general (b. 1826) |
Jul 4 |
Paul Joseph Revere, US grandson of Paul Revere/Union brig-gen, dies |
Jul 6 |
Strong Vincent, US Union brig-general, dies |
Jul 8 |
Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore, dies at 65 |
Jul 10 |
Clement Clarke Moore, ('Twas the Night Before Xmas), dies at 83 |
Jul 10 |
Paul Jones Semmes, US businessman/Confederate brig-general, dies at 48 |
Jul 10 |
Clement Moore, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas |
Jul 13 |
John S Bowen, US architect/Confederate gen-major, dies at 32 |
Jul 17 |
James Johnston Pettigrew, US attorney/Confederate, dies at 35 |
Jul 18 |
William Dorsey Pender, US Confederate gen-mjr, dies of injuries at 29 |
Jul 18 |
Robert Gould Shaw, Glory |
Jul 22 |
Carl Schuberth, composer, dies at 52 |
Jul 26 |
Samuel Houston, 1st Pres of Rep of Texas (1836-38, 41-44), dies at 70 |
Jul 27 |
William Lowndes Yancey, American Confederate leader (b. 1813) |
Jul 28 |
James Deshler, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 30 |
Jul 29 |
Edward Needle Kirk, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at about 35 |
Jul 30 |
George Crockett Strong, US Union gen-mjr, dies of injuries at 29 |
Aug 5 |
Adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer, dies at 53 |
Aug 8 |
Angus MacAskill known as 'Giant MacAskill', circus performer (b.1825) |
Aug 13 |
Eugène Delacroix, French painter (b. 1798) |
Aug 14 |
Colin Campbell, British officer (Cawnpore), dies at 70 |
Aug 18 |
Thomas Welsh, US Union brig-general (Antietam), dies at 39 |
Aug 26 |
John Buchanan Floyd, US min of War (1857-60)/Confederate general, dies |
Sep 6 |
Lucius March Walker, Confederate brig-general (in duel), dies at 33 |
Sep 17 |
Albartus Telting, Fries poet/2nd-Member of parliament, dies |
Sep 17 |
Alfred Victor Comte de Vigny, poet, dies |
Sep 17 |
Józef Korzeniowski, Mistrz tanca |
Sep 19 |
Preston Smith, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 39 |
Sep 20 |
Benjamin Hardin Helm, US attorney/Confederate brig-general, dies at 33 |
Sep 20 |
Jakob Grimm, writer, dies at 78 |
Sep 20 |
Jacob Grimm, Tangled |
Oct 2 |
Justinus van de Brugghen, lawyer/minister of Justice, dies |
Oct 4 |
Gerrit Schimmelpenninck, earl of Nijenhuis/Peckedam, dies at 69 |
Oct 21 |
Lambertus GC Ledeboer, Dutch old-reformed vicar, dies at 55 |
Oct 31 |
Louis Ludwig Blenker, German/US brig-general (Union), dies at 51 |
Nov 2 |
Theodore Judah, American railroad engineer (b. 1826) |
Nov 13 |
Carnot Posey, Confederate brig-generaal, dies at 50 |
Nov 15 |
Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (childless), dies |
Nov 20 |
James Bruce, Count of Elgin & Kincardine, governor Jamaica, dies at 52 |
Nov 21 |
Joseph Mayseder, composer, dies at 74 |
Nov 24 |
Claudius Charles Wilson, Confederate brig-gen during American Civil War, dies of fever at camp in Ringgold, Georgia |
Dec 13 |
Friedrich Hebbel, writer, dies at 50 |
Dec 13 |
Friedrich Hebbel, Maria Magdalena |
Dec 22 |
Michael Corcoran, Union brig-general, dies at 36 |
Dec 24 |
W M Thackeray, writer, dies at 52 |
Dec 24 |
William Makepeace Thackeray, Barry Lyndon |
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