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====== 1863 ======
|  * [[1860]]  |    * [[1861]]  |    * [[1862]]  |    * 1863  |    * [[1864]]  |  * [[1865]]  |    * [[1866]]  |    * [[1867]]  |    * [[1868]]  |    * [[1869]]  |


===== Events =====
==== Boone County ====
  * November 27 - [[General John Hunt Morgan]] escapes from the Ohio State Penitentiary.  The next two days he crosses through Boone County on his way south to rejoin confederate forces.


==== Kentucky ====
  * Martial law is declared in order to help protect the Louisville and Nashville Railroad from Confederate attack.

==== U.S. & World ====
  * The Emancipation Proclamation abolishes slavery in Union territory.



===== More Information =====
  * [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/history/search/results?qu=1863+tax+lists&qf=PERIOD_DATE%09Date%091863%091863&lm=LHDC&isd=true|Boone County Tax Lists, 1863]]