What day of the week was July 4, 1863?

The day of the week July 4th, 1863 fell on was a Saturday.

American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg: Vicksburg the Mississippi surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege. One hundred fifty miles up the Mississippi River, a Confederate Army was repulsed at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas. American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia withdrew from the battlefield after losing the Battle of Gettysburg the signalling an end to the Southern invasion of the North.