What day of the week was July 18, 1863?

The day of the week July 18th, 1863 fell on was a Saturday.

Robert Gould Shaw the American colonel (b. 1837) died on this day in 1863.

American Civil War: Second Battle of Fort Wagner one of the first formal African American military units the the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, supported by several white regiments, attempts an unsuccessful assault on Confederate-held Battery Wagner.