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Famous People Who Died in November 1863

  • Nov 2 Theodore Judah, American civil engineer (1st transcontinental railroad), dies of yellow fever at 37
  • Nov 13 Carnot Posey, Confederate brig-general, dies after being wounded in the Battle of Bristoe Station at 45
  • Nov 15 Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63), dies at 55
  • Nov 20 James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin & Kincardine and Governor (Jamaica), dies at 52
  • Nov 21 Joseph Mayseder, Austrian violinist and composer, dies at 74
  • Nov 24 Claudius Charles Wilson, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies of fever at camp in Ringgold, Georgia at 32