admiral (b. 1784) June 26 – Andrew Hull Foote, American admiral (b. 1806) July–December July 1 – John F. Reynolds, American general (b. 1820) July 5 – Lewis Armistead, American Confederate general (b. 1817) July 10 – Clement Clarke Moore, American writer and teacher (b. 1779) July 18 – Robert Gould Shaw, American Union Army officer (b. 1837) July 21 – Josephine Kablick, Czech botanist and paleontologist (b. 1787) July 26 – Sam Houston, first President of the Republic of Texas (b. 1793) August 1 – Jind Kaur, Indian royal, Maharani of Punjab (b. 1817) August 13 – Eugène Delacroix, French painter (b. 1798) September 17 – Alfred de Vigny, French author (b. 1797) September 20 – Jacob Grimm, German folklorist (b. 1785) September 21 – Benjamin Hardin Helm, Confederate politician and general (b. 1831) October 13 – Philippe Antoine d'Ornano, Marshal of France (b. 1784) November 2 – Theodore Judah, American railroad engineer (b. 1826) November 13 – Ignacio Comonfort, President of Mexico 1855-1857 (b. 1812) November 15 – King Frederick VII of Denmark (b. 1808) December 2 – Jane Pierce, 15th First Lady of the United States (b. 1806) December 13 – Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German writer (b. 1813) December 16 – John Buford, American general (b. 1826) December 24 – William Makepeace Thackeray, British novelist (b. 1811) In fiction The film Glory (starring Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington, and Matthew Broderick) shows the events of 1863, notably the assault on Fort Wagner. The film Gangs of New York (starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Cameron Diaz) is set in New York City in 1863. The main protagonist of Red Dead Redemption 2, Arthur Morgan was born in 1863. References further reading Appleton's Annual Cyclopedia...1863 (1864), detailed coverage of events in all countries Historic Letters of 1863