Timeline September 1863

Events in September 1863 2

• 1797 – 1863 Alfred de Vigny (1797-1863) Died 17 September 1863, aged 66 Vigny was a French Romantic poet, playwright, and novelist known for works such as Chatterton and Servitude et grandeur militaires. He was elected to the Académie française in 1845.
• 1863 Battle of Chickamauga Bloodiest two-day battle of the Civil War's western theater Confederate forces under Braxton Bragg defeated the Union Army of the Cumberland near Chickamauga Creek, Georgia, on 19-20 September 1863. It was the war's second-costliest battle and forced Union troops to retreat into besieged Chattanooga.