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'''[[1863]]''' - '''[[Battle of Day's Gap|Day's Gap]]''' - [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] [[cavalry]] under [[Nathan Bedford Forrest]] skirmished with [[mule]]-mounted [[Union Army|Federal]] raiders under [[Abel Streight]] in [[Cullman County, Alabama]], but were repulsed by his rear guard units as the raiders escaped toward [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]

'''[[1863]]''' - '''[[Battle of Snyder's Bluff|Snyder's Bluff]]''' - As the [[Union Army|Union]] main body crossed the [[Mississippi River]] below [[Vicksburg, Mississippi|Vicksburg]] at [[Battle of Grand Gulf|Grand Gulf]], infantry under [[William T. Sherman]] attacked northern approaches to hold [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] defenders inside the [[Siege of Vicksburg|Vicksburg]] fortifications

'''[[1864]]''' - '''[[Battle of Jenkins' Ferry|Jenkins' Ferry]]''' - [[Frederick Steele|Frederick Steele's]] [[Union Army|Union]] [[Camden Expedition]] columns were attacked repeatedly while trying to cross the [[Saline River]] in [[Grant County, Arkansas]], but [[Edmund Kirby Smith|Kirby Smith]] deployed his units piecemeal

===May===

====May 1====
'''[[1862]]''' - '''[[Battle of New Orleans (Civil War)|New Orleans]]''' - [[Union Army|Union]] infantry under [[Benjamin Franklin Butler (politician) | Benjamin Butler]] occupied the city, which surrendered without fighting

'''[[1863]]''' - '''[[Battle of Chalk Bluff|Chalk Bluff]]''' - [[William Vandever]], commanding the 2nd Division of the [[Union Army|Union]] [[Army of the Frontier]], was repulsed in an attempt to prevent [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] [[cavalry]] under [[John S. Marmaduke]] from crossing the [[St. Francis River]]

'''[[1863]]''' - '''[[Battle of Chancellorsville|Chancellorsville]]''' - [[Joseph Hooker]], commanding the [[Army of the Potomac]], pulled back after initial success against the [[Army of Northern Virginia]]; later he confessed, "I just lost confidence in Joe Hooker"

'''[[1863]]''' - '''[[Battle of Port Gibson|Port Gibson]]''' - With two of his three Federal corps assembled on dry ground south of [[Vicksburg, Mississippi|Vicksburg]], [[Ulysses S. Grant]] pushed northeastward along the Bayou Pierre attempting to flank [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] prepared fortifications at [[Battle of Grand Gulf|Grand Gulf]]

====May 2====
'''[[1863]]''' - '''[[Battle of Chancellorsville|Chancellorsville]]''' - After commanding the successful surprise attack on [[Oliver O. Howard|Oliver O. Howard's]] [[XI Corps (ACW)|XI Corps]] and rolling up the [[Union Army|Union Army's]] right flank, [[Stonewall Jackson]] was struck down by friendly fire while returning from scouting; he succumbed to pneumonia eight days later

====May 3====
'''[[1863]]''' - '''[[Battle of Fredericksburg II|Fredericksburg]]''' - [[Union Army|Union]] commander [[John Sedgwick]] pushed his reinforced [[VI Corps (ACW)|VI Corps]] across the [[Rappahannock River]] and up Marye's Heights

====May 4====
'''[[1862]]''' - '''[[Battle of Yorktown (1862)|Yorktown]]''' - Early in the morning, [[Samuel P. Heintzelman]] ascended in an observation balloon and found [[Confederate States Army|Confederates]] had evacuated their earthworks

'''[[1863]]''' - '''[[Battle of Salem Church|Salem Church]]''' - Union [[VI Corps (ACW)|VI Corps]] assaults were repulsed with heavy casualties; after dark, Sedgwick withdrew across two pontoon bridges at Scott’s Dam

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1863 - Day's Gap - Confederate cavalry under Nathan Bedford Forrest skirmished with mule-mounted Federal raiders under Abel Streight in Cullman County, Alabama, but were repulsed by his rear guard units as the raiders escaped toward Georgia

1863 - Snyder's Bluff - As the Union main body crossed the Mississippi River below Vicksburg at Grand Gulf, infantry under William T. Sherman attacked northern approaches to hold Confederate defenders inside the Vicksburg fortifications

1864 - Jenkins' Ferry - Frederick Steele's Union Camden Expedition columns were attacked repeatedly while trying to cross the Saline River in Grant County, Arkansas, but Kirby Smith deployed his units piecemeal

May

May 1

1862 - New Orleans - Union infantry under Benjamin Butler occupied the city, which surrendered without fighting

1863 - Chalk Bluff - William Vandever, commanding the 2nd Division of the Union Army of the Frontier, was repulsed in an attempt to prevent Confederate cavalry under John S. Marmaduke from crossing the St. Francis River

1863 - Chancellorsville - Joseph Hooker, commanding the Army of the Potomac, pulled back after initial success against the Army of Northern Virginia; later he confessed, "I just lost confidence in Joe Hooker"

1863 - Port Gibson - With two of his three Federal corps assembled on dry ground south of Vicksburg, Ulysses S. Grant pushed northeastward along the Bayou Pierre attempting to flank Confederate prepared fortifications at Grand Gulf

May 2

1863 - Chancellorsville - After commanding the successful surprise attack on Oliver O. Howard's XI Corps and rolling up the Union Army's right flank, Stonewall Jackson was struck down by friendly fire while returning from scouting; he succumbed to pneumonia eight days later

May 3

1863 - Fredericksburg - Union commander John Sedgwick pushed his reinforced VI Corps across the Rappahannock River and up Marye's Heights

May 4

1862 - Yorktown - Early in the morning, Samuel P. Heintzelman ascended in an observation balloon and found Confederates had evacuated their earthworks

1863 - Salem Church - Union VI Corps assaults were repulsed with heavy casualties; after dark, Sedgwick withdrew across two pontoon bridges at Scott’s Dam