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July1863

Famous People Who Died in July 1863

Jul 1 John Fulton Reynolds, American Union general-major, dies in the Battle of Gettysburg at 42
Jul 2 Stephen Hinsdale Weed, US Union brigadier general, dies in battle at 28

Alonzo Cushing (1841-1863)

Jul 3 American Union officer, dies at the Battle of Gettsburg at about 22

Alonzo Cushing

Jul 3 Elon John Farnsworth, American Brigadier General (Union Army), dies at the battle of Gettysburg at 25
Jul 3 George Hull Ward, American general and Union officer in the American Civil War, dies of his wounds at the Battle of Gettysburg at 37
Jul 3 Little Crow [Ta-oya-te-duta], Mdewakanton Dakota leader (Treaty of Mendota), shot and killed by settlers at about 53
Jul 3 Richard B. Garnett, American Confederate Brigadier General, killed during Pickett's Charge, Battle of Gettysburg at 45
Jul 3 Samuel K. Zook, American Union general-major, dies of his wounds from the Battle of Gettysburg at 40
Jul 3 William Barksdale, American Confederate Brigadier General, dies in the Battle of Gettysburg while leading his brigade's attack at 41
Jul 4 Paul Joseph Revere, American grandson of Paul Revere, Brigadier General (Union Army), dies at 30
Jul 5 Lewis Armistead, Confederate brigadier general at Gettysburg (Pickett's Charge), dies of his injuries from the battle of Gettysburg at 46
Jul 6 Strong Vincent, American army officer (fought at Battle of Gettysburg), dies at 26 fighting at the Little Round Top in Gettysburg
Jul 8 Francis Kenrick, Irish-American Archbishop of Baltimore (1851-63), dies at 65
Jul 10 Clement Clarke Moore, American Professor and writer ('Twas the Night Before Xmas), dies at 83
Jul 10 Paul Jones Semmes, American businessman and Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 48
Jul 13 John S. Bowen, American Major General (Confederate Army), dies at 32
Jul 17 J. Johnston Pettigrew, American lawyer and Confederate General in the American Civil War, dies at 35
Jul 18 William Dorsey Pender, US Confederate Major General, dies of injuries at 29
Jul 22 Karl Schuberth, German cellist, and composer, dies at 52

Sam Houston (1793-1863)

Jul 26 1st President of Republic of Texas (1836-38, 1841-44) who helped bring Texas into the United States as a constituent state, dies at 70

Sam Houston

Jul 27 William Lowndes Yancey, American Confederate leader (b. 1813)
Jul 28 James Deshler, US Confederate brigadier general, dies in battle at 30
Jul 29 Edward Needle Kirk, US Union brigadier general, dies in battle at about 35
Jul 30 George Crockett Strong, US Union gen-mjr, dies of injuries at 29

Famous People by Cause of Death