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Featured article – Review of the War, pages 9-10. This is the first of a three-part series. Part II will be posted on August 4 and Part III on August 7. Link to the NY Times archive version here => https://www.nytimes.com/1863/07/31/archives/review-of-the-war-i-what-has-been-done.html?searchResultPosition=1

From the Rebel States: The Effect of the Fall of Vicksburgh – 2-4
The War in Kentucky: Repulse of the Rebels under Pegram and Scott at Paris – 4
The Siege of Charleston: General Gillmore Still Besieging Fort Wagner – 4-5
From the Army of the Potomac: The Eleventh Corps to be Broken Up – 5
The War in the Far West: Gen. Blunt’s Recent Victory in the Indian Territory – 5-6
Obituary: Death of Gen. Strong – 6
The Indian Troubles in the Northwest – 6
The Returning of Fugitive Slaves – 6
News from Washington: Our Special Washington Dispatches – 6
Preliminary Report of the Operations of the Sanitary Commission with the Army of the Potomac, During the Campaign of June and July, 1863 – 6-7
Editorial: The War an Exterminator of Humbugs – 7-8
Editorial: Tennessee Restored – 8
Rebel and Union Officers – 8
Editorial: Negro Soldiers – 8-9
Gen. Price – 9
A Suggestion to the Rebels – 9
July – 9
Review of the War: I.-What Has Been Done – 9-10
Attempted Bank Robbery in Newburgh – 10

Catching up again, CSA Gen. John Hunt Morgan's raid into Indiana and Ohio ended on July 26 with Morgan's defeat and capture at Salineville, Ohio.

There were also battles in North Dakota against Dakota & Lakota Sioux, USA victories at Big Mound, Dead Buffalo and Stony Lake.

Ohio 1863 Engagements

Date	Engagement	Military Units	Losses	Victor
July 19	Buffington Island, OH	Union XIII Corps Cavalry Brigades ( ~3,000), Confederate Morgan's Kentucky Cavalry (Morgan ~1,930)	Union 55-total (including 25-killed), Confederates 902-total (including 52-killed)	USA
July 26	Salineville, OH	Union Cavalry, Artillery & Mounted Infantry (Shackelford ~2,600), Confederate Morgan's Raiders (John Hunt Morgan ~800)	Union none, Confederates 364-total (including 23-killed)	USA (Morgan surrendered)

Summary of Civil War Engagements as of July 31, 1863:
Engagements in Confederate states:

State	Union Victories	Confederate Victories	Inconclusive	Total Engagements
South Carolina	2	6	1	9
Virginia	11	33	15	59
North Carolina	8	1	1	10
Florida	2	0	0	2
Louisiana	10	2	1	13
Tennessee	11	7	1	19
Arkansas	9	1	2	12
Georgia	1	1	0	2
Mississippi	11	5	0	16
Texas	0	1	0	1
Alabama	1	0	0	1
Total Engagements in CSA	66	57	22	145

Engagements in Union states/territories:

State	Union Victories	Confederate Victories	Inconclusive	Total Engagements
Maryland	3	1	3	7
West Virginia	9	3	2	14
Missouri	14	13	1	28
New Mexico	5	8	0	13
Kentucky	5	6	2	13
Oklahoma	3	3	0	6
Pennsylvania	2	1	3	6
Indiana	0	1	0	1
Ohio	2	0	0	2
Total Engagements in Union	44	36	11	91
Total Engagements to date	110	93	33	236

Union forces suffered no casualties. Morgan's raiders lost 354, including 23 killed in action.
The war's totals to date remain over 480,000 casualties including nearly 54 killed in action.