Lee defeats Pope and forces northern army back. Lee fights, but after bloody battle, with his army far from home and supplies, decides to order a retreat to the South. Lincoln takes this opportunity to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. Braxton Bragg v. Gen. William S. Rosecrans. Drawn battle results in Confederate retreat.
Southern army drives back northern invasion.
Gen. Abel Streight leads Union raid across North Alabama. Confederate General Stonewall Jackson killed after a quick flanking march turns tide to South. Tragic charge by Pickett's forces. Great losses on both sides. September-November 1863 Battles of Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain.