6th » American Civil War: Confederate States of America or Confederate forces evacuate Fort Wagner called Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
8th » American Civil War: Second Battle of Sabine Pass: On the Texas-Louisiana border at the mouth of the Sabine River (Texas-Louisiana) Sabine River, a small Confederate States of America Confederate force thwarts a United States Union invasion of Texas.
9th » American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
16th » Robert College of Istanbul-Turkey, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.
Famous Birthdays on September in 1863
9th » Herbert Henry Ball, English-Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1943)
15th » Horatio Parker, American organist, composer, and educator (d. 1919)