1863 in the United States

Events from the year 1863 in the United States. == Incumbents == === Federal government === President: Abraham Lincoln (R-Illinois) Vice President: Hannibal Hamlin (R-Maine) Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney (Maryland) Speaker of the House of Representatives: Galusha A. Grow (R-Pennsylvania) (until March 4) Schuyler Colfax (R-Indiana) (starting December 7) Congress: 37th (until March 4), 38th (starting March 4) ==== State governments ==== == Events == === January === January 1 President Lincoln issues the second executive order of the Emancipation Proclamation, specifying ten Confederate states in which slaves were to be freed.

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