4 January 1863: Sunday

Union - Government
In Washington, General Halleck, ordered by the President, instructs General Grant to revoke General Order #11, which had expelled Jews from his department.

Union - Military
South Carolina
The USS Quaker City captures a blockade runner with important disptaches off the coast of Charleston.

Mississippi
On the Mississippi, Major General A McClernand, with the Federal Army of the Mississippi, including Sherman's corps, begins an unauthorized move up the Arkansas River with 30,000 troops and 50 transports and gunboats toward Arkansas Post or Fort Hindman.

Tennessee
There is skirmishing at Murfreesboro and on the Manchester Pike as Bragg continues to withdraw.

There is skirmishing at Monterey.

New Mexico Territory
Beginning in January and continuing into May, US forces conduct operations against Native Americans.



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Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971