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Philadelphia Timeline, 1863

February 25. Gold reaches seventy-two per cent. Premium.
February 26. New post office building, Chestnut Street below Fifth (now eastern portion of Drexel Building) opened for business.
May 2. Fire. Car factory, Nineteenth and Market Streets. Loss, $100,000.
June 16. Mayor Henry issues a proclamation calling on the citizens to close their places of business and prepare to defend the State. State House bell tolled a 3 P.M. A large assembly convened in Independence Square.
June 29. A general mustering for defense of the advance of Lee. Earthworks constructed on roads leading to the city.
July 15. Draft commences in Fourth Congressional District.
August 24. Grand German festival at Washington Retreat. (Fairmount Park).
September 24. Grand review of colored troops at Chelten Hills. (Camp Wm. Penn).
October 3. Grand parade of colored troops.
November 7. Dummy engines commence running from the depot of the Fifth and Sixth Street Railway, Fourth and Berks Streets to Frankford. They proved very satisfactory.
December 18. Destructive fore in a petroleum warehouse, Delaware Avenue below Almond Street.
December 22. Cooper's Shop Soldiers Home dedicated.
December 23. Grand military procession to receive 29th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers.
December 23. West end of Grays' Ferry bridge burned.

Excerpted from "Happenings in ye Olde Philadelphia 1680-1900" by Rudolph J. Walther, 1925, Walther Printing House, Philadelphia, PA