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/*
 copyright Kathi Reid, 1999
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 calendar = new Date();
 day = calendar.getDay();
 month = calendar.getMonth();
 date = calendar.getDate();
 year = calendar.getYear();
if  (year< 100)  year = 1900 + year;
 cent = parseInt(year/100);
 g = year % 19;
 k = parseInt((cent - 17)/25);
 i = (cent - parseInt(cent/4) - parseInt((cent - k)/3) + 19*g + 15) % 30;
 i = i - parseInt(i/28)*(1 - parseInt(i/28)*parseInt(29/(i+1))*parseInt((21-g)/11));
 j = (year + parseInt(year/4) + i + 2 - cent + parseInt(cent/4)) % 7;
 l = i - j;
 emonth = 3 + parseInt((l + 40)/44);
 edate = l + 28 - 31*parseInt((emonth/4));
 emonth--;
 var dayname = new Array ("Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday");
 var monthname = 
 new Array ("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December" );
 document.write("<font face=arial size=2 color=#CC3300><b>");
 document.write(dayname[day] + ", ");
 document.write(monthname[month] + " ");
if  (date< 10) document.write("0" + date + "<BR>");
         else document.write(date + "<BR>");
	
 
// January
if ((month == 0) && (date == 1)) document.write("New Year's Day<br><br>----On this day during the Civil War----<br>Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, 1863");
if ((month == 0) && (date == 2)) document.write("On this day during the Civil War----<br>1861 SC seizes inactive Fort Johnson in Charleston Harbor<br>1863 Battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River) ends ");
if ((month == 0) && (date == 3)) document.write("On this day during the Civil War----<br>1861 Delaware legislature rejects proposal to join Confederacy<br>1861 US Fort Pulaski & Fort Jackson, Savannah, seized by Georgia<br>1862 Romney Campaign - Stonewall Jackson moves north from Winchester ");
if ((month == 0) && (date == 4)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1861 US Fort Morgan, Mobile, seized by Alabama<br>1862 Battle of Fort Hindman, AR (Arkansas Post)<br>1862 Battle of Helena, AR<br>1862 Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson occupies Bath ");
if ((month == 0) && (date == 5)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1861 Alabama troops seize Forts Morgan & Gaines at Mobile Bay<br>1861 250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Fort Sumter ");
if ((month == 0) && (date == 6)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1861 New York City NY mayor proposes New York become a free city, trading with North & South<br>1861 Florida troops seize Federal arsenal at Apalachicola ");
if ((month == 0) && (date == 7)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1861 Mississippi and Alabama State Conventions meet to discuss secession ");
if ((month == 0) && (date == 8)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 Jacob Thompson of Mississippi, Secretary of the Interior and the last Southerner in the Cabinet, resigns  ");
if ((month == 0) && (date == 9)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 Mississippi is the 2nd state to secede from the Union<br>1861 First hostile act of Civil War - Star of the West fired on at Fort Sumter SC ");
if ((month == 0) && (date == 10)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 US forts & property seized by Mississippi<br>1861 Florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US<br>1861 Fort Jackson & Fort Philip are taken over by Los Angeles state troops<br>1862 Battle of Big Sandy River KY (Middle Creek)<br>1862 Battle of Romney WV<br>1863  Union troops surround Fort Hindman AR ");
if ((month == 0) && (date == 11)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 Alabama becomes 4th state to secede<br>1863 Naval engagement near Galveston between CSS Alabama & USS Hatteras<br>1863 Union forces capture Arkansas Post, or Fort Hindman AR<br>1865 Battle of Beverly WV");
if ((month == 0) && (date == 12)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 FL state troops demand surrender of Fort Pickens<br>1863 President Davis delivers his State of the Confederacy address<br>1865 Union fleet bombs Fort Fisher NC  ");
if ((month == 0) && (date == 13)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1865 Federals attack Fort Fisher NC ");
if ((month == 0) && (date == 14)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 Fort Pikens, FL falls into state hands<br>1863 Battle between gunboats at Bayou Teched, LA<br>1864 Battle of Cosby Creek, TN<br>1864 General Sherman begins his march to the South ");
if ((month == 0) && (date == 15)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1865 Fort Fisher, NC falls to Union troops ");
if ((month == 0) && (date == 16)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1863 Cruise of CSS Florida<br>1864 Heavy fighting takes place near Dandridge, TN<br>1865 General William Sherman issues Field Order #15 (land for former slaves)<br>1865 Drunken sailor attacks munitions at Fort Fisher NC, 40 die ");
if ((month == 0) && (date == 17)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1863 Civil War skirmish near Newtown, VA<br>1864 General Longstreet's command ends heavy fighting at Dandridge, TN");
if ((month == 0) && (date == 18)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1862 Confederate Territory of Arizona is formed<br>1865 Battle of Fort Moultrie SC ");
if ((month == 0) && (date == 19)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 Georgia becomes 5th state to secede<br>1861 MS troops take Fort Massachusetts an Ship Island<br>1862 Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky (Fishing Creek, Logan's Crossroads)<br>1865 Union occupies Fort Anderson NC ");
if ((month == 0) && (date == 20)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 Mississippi state troops take over Ship Island in the Gulf off Mississippi<br>1862 General Felix Zollicoffer killed after mistakenly riding into union lines ");
if ((month == 0) && (date == 21)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 Jefferson Davis of Mississippi & 4 other southern senators resign ");
if ((month == 0) && (date == 22)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1862 Confederate government raises premium for volunteers from $10 to $20<br>1863 Union General Burnside's Mud March ");
if ((month == 0) && (date == 23)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1833 John Randolph Chambliss Jr Brigadier General (Confederate Army) is born<br>1864 Skirmish near Newport, Tennessee ");
if ((month == 0) && (date == 24)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 Arsenal at Augusta GA seized by Confederacy<br>1861 Federal troops from Fort Monroe are sent to Fort Pikens ");    
if ((month == 0) && (date == 25)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1863 Battle of Kinston NC<br>1863 General Joseph Hooker replaces Burnside as head of Army of Potomac<br>1865 The CSS Shenandoah arrives in Melbourne, Australia "); 
if ((month == 0) && (date == 26)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 Louisiana becomes 6th state to secede<br>1862 Lincoln issues General War Order #1, calling for a Union offensive -  McClellan ignores order<br>1863 War Department authorizes Massachusetts Governor to recruit black troops<br>1863 54th Regiment (Black) infantry forms<br>1870 Virginia rejoins the US "); 
if ((month == 0) && (date == 27)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1864 Civil War skirmish at Kelly's Ford, Virginia<br>1864 Battle of Fair Gardens, Tennessee "); 
if ((month == 0) && (date == 28)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1858 John Brown organized raid on Arsenal at Harper's Ferry<br>1864 Battle of New Bern, North Carolina<br>1865 President Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners "); 
if ((month == 0) && (date == 29)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1864 Cavalry skirmish at Medley, West Virginia "); 
if ((month == 0) && (date == 30)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1862 US Navy's 1st ironclad warship (Monitor) launched "); 
if ((month == 0) && (date == 31)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 State of Louisiana takes over US Mint at New Orleans<br>1863 1st black Civil War regiment, SC Volunteers, mustered into US army<br>1865 Congress passes 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery in America<br>1865 General Robert E Lee named Commander-in-Chief of Confederate Armies ");	 


 // February
if ((month == 1) && (date == 1)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 Texas becomes 7th state to secede<br>1862 Julia Howe publishes 'Battle Hymn of the Republic'<br>1864 Battle of Yazoo River, Mississippi<br>1865 13th amendment approved<br>1865 General Sherman's march through South Carolina begins ");
if ((month == 1) && (date == 2)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1864 Cruise of CSS Florida ");
if ((month == 1) && (date == 3)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1864 Sherman's march through Georgia<br>1865 Hampton Roads Peace Conference, Lincoln & Stephens reach an impasse ");
if ((month == 1) && (date == 4)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 Confederate constitutional convention meets for 1st time, Montgomery Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi & South Carolina elect Jefferson Davis President of Confederacy<br>1864 Skirmish at Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi<br>1865 Robert E Lee is named commander-in-chief of Confederate Army  ");
if ((month == 1) && (date == 5)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 Louisiana delegation except Mr Bouligny withdraws from Congress<br>1864 Federals occupy Jackson Mississippi<br>1865 Battle of Hatcher's Run, Virginia - Armstrong's Mill, Dabney's Mill");
if ((month == 1) && (date == 6)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 1st meeting of Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America<br>1862 Ulysses S Grant initiates a military campaign in the Mississippi Valley<br>1862 Victory for General Ulysses S Grant in Tennessee, capturing Fort Henry, and ten days later Fort Donelson; Grant earns the nickname 'Unconditional Surrender' Grant<br>1862 General Ulysses S Grant captures Fort Henry in Tennessee<br>1862 Naval Engagement at Tennessee River-USS Conestoga vs CSS Appleton Belle<br>1864 Skirmish at Barnett's Ford Virginia<br>1865 Robert E Lee appointed Confederate General in Chief<br>1865 2nd day of battle at Dabney's Mills - Hatcher's Run");
if ((month == 1) && (date == 7)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1862 Federal fleet attack on Roanoke Island North Carolina<br>1864 Federal troops occupy Jacksonville Florida");
if ((month == 1) && (date == 8)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 Confederate States of America organizes in Montgomery Alabama<br>1862 Battle of Roanoke Island North Carolina - Federals gain control of Pamlico Sound<br>1865 1st black major in US army, Martin Robinson Delany ");
if ((month == 1) && (date == 9)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1861 Jefferson Davis & Alexander Stephens elected president & Vice President of CSA<br>1861 Tennessee votes against secession<br>1861 Confederate Provisional Congress declares all laws under the US Constitution were consistent with constitution of Confederate states  ");
if ((month == 1) && (date == 10)) document.write("");
if ((month == 1) && (date == 11)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1861 US House unanimously passes resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state<br>1861 President-elect Lincoln takes train from Spingfield IL to Washington DC ");
if ((month == 1) && (date== 12)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>Lincoln's Birthday<br>1861 State troops seize US munitions in Napoleon AK ");
if ((month == 1) && (date == 13)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 1st military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor, Arizona<br>1861 Abraham Lincoln declared President<br>1862 Siege of Ft Donelson Tennessee<br>1864 Meridian Campaign fighting at Chunky Creek & Wyatt, Mississippi ");
if ((month == 1) && (date == 14)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1862 Galena, 1st US iron-clad warship for service at sea, launched, Connecticut ");
if ((month == 1) && (date == 15)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1861 Ft Point completed & garrisoned<br>1862 Grant's major assault on Ft Donelson Tennessee<br>1869 Charges of Treason against Jefferson Davis are dropped ");
if ((month == 1) && (date == 16)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1862 Ft Donelson captured by General Grant  - 1,400 confederates surrender<br>1864 Battle of Mobile, Alabama - operations by Union Army ");
if ((month == 1) && (date == 17)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1864 Confederate sub HL Hunley sinks Union ship Housatonic - 1st submarine to sink an enemy ship<br>1865 Columbia, South Carolina burns down<br>1865 Battle of Charleston South Carolina<br>1870 Mississippi becomes 9th state re-admitted to US after Civil War ");
if ((month == 1) && (date == 18)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 Confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery Alabama<br>1865 Evacuation of Charleston South Carolina; Sherman's troops burn the city<br>1865 Union troops force Confederates to abandon Fort Anderson North Carolina<br>1865 Battle of Ft Moultrie South Carolina occupied by Federals");
if ((month == 1) && (date == 19)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 Louisiana State troops seize the U.S. paymaster's office in New Orleans  ");
if ((month == 1) && (date == 20)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 Dept of Navy of Confederacy forms<br>1864 Civil War Battle of Olustee, Florida "); 
if ((month == 1) && (date == 21)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1862 Texas Rangers win Confederate victory at Battle of Val Verde, New Mexico<br>1862 Confederate Constitution & Presidency are declared permanent<br>1864 Battle at Okolonam Mississippi");
if ((month == 1) && (date == 22)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1864 2nd/last day of Battle of Okolona Mississippi<br>1864 Battle at Dalton, Georgia<br>1864 Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek - Sparta, Tennessee<br>1865 Tennessee adopts a new constitution abolishing slavery<br>1865 Battle of Wilmington NC -Fort Anderson- occupied by Federals ");
if ((month == 1) && (date == 23)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 President-elect Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington DC to take office<br>1870 Mississippi is re-admitted to US ");
if ((month == 1) && (date == 24)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1863 Arizona Territory created<br>1863 Forrest's raid on Brentwood Tennessee<br>1864 Battle of Tunnel Hill Georgia - Buzzard's Roost");
if ((month == 1) && (date == 25)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1862 Paper currency (greenbacks) introduced in US by President Abraham Lincoln<br>1863 Congress creates national banking system, comptroller of currency ");
if ((month == 1) && (date == 26)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1862 Battle of Woodburn, KY<br>1863 Lincoln signs National Currency Act ");
if ((month == 1) && (date == 27)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1864 Near Andersonville GA, a new POW camp, Camp Sumpter, is opened<br>1864 6th & last day of Battle at Dalton, Georgia (about 600 casualties)<br>1865 Civil War skirmish near Sturgeon, Missouri ");
if ((month == 1) && (date == 28)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1859 Arkansas legislature requires free blacks to choose exile or slavery<br>1861 Territories of Nevada & Colorado created<br>1863 Confederate raider 'Nashville' sinks near Fort McAllister Georgia<br>1864 Raid at Kilpatrick's Richmond<br>1864 Skirmish at Albemarle County Virginia -Burton's Ford");
if ((month == 1) && (date == 29)) document.write("Leap Day");
 
//March
if ((month == 2) && (date == 29)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1864 Union General Steeles troops reach Arkadelphia Arkansas<br>1865 Appomattox campaign, Virginia, 7582 killed<br>1865 Battle of Quaker Road, Virginia  "); 
if ((month == 2) && (date == 30)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1864 Skirmish at Mount Elba Arkansas<br>1865 Battle at 5 Forks Virginia "); 
if ((month == 2) && (date == 31)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 Confederacy takes over mint at New Orleans<br>1862 Civil War action at Island #10 onthe Mississippi River<br>1865 Battle of Boydton, Virginia (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie Court House)<br>1865 General Pickette moves to 5 Forks, abandoningthe defense of Peterburg  ");

 // April
if ((month == 3) && (date == 1)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1863 1st wartime conscription law in US goes into effect<br>1865 Battle of 5 Forks, signalling end of Lee's army  ");
if ((month == 3) && (date == 2)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1865 CSA President Jefferson Davis flees Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia<br>1865 General A.P. Hill is killed by a Federal Picket<br>1865 Lee's line is broken at Petersberg  ");
if ((month == 3) && (date == 3)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1865 Union forces occupy Confederate capital of Richmond  & Petersberg ");
if ((month == 3) && (date == 4)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1862 Battle of Yorktown begins<br>1865 Lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse ");
if ((month == 3) && (date == 5)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 Federals abandon Ft Quitman, Texas");
if ((month == 3) && (date == 6)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1862 Battle of Shiloh, Union defeats Confederacy in SW Tennessee<br>1865 Battle of Sayler's Creek, 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off<br>1866 G.A.R. established  ");
if ((month == 3) && (date == 7)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1862 Grant defeats Confederates at Battle of Shiloh, Tenn ");
if ((month == 3) && (date == 8)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 US mint at Dahlonega, Georgia seized by confederacy<br>1864 Battle of Mansfield, La Federals routed by Gen Richard Taylor<br>1865 Lee's retreat cut off near Appomattox Court House ");
if ((month == 3) && (date == 9)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>11865 Federals capture Ft Blakely, Alabama<br>1865 Robert E Lee & 26,765 troops, surrender to US Grant at Appomattox  ");
if ((month == 3) && (date == 10)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1863Confederate General Earl Van Dorn attacks at Franklin, Tennessee<br>1865 At Appomattox, Gen Lee issues General Order #9, his last  ");
if ((month == 3) && (date == 11)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1862 Confederates surrender Ft Pulaski, Georgia  ");
if ((month == 3) && (date== 12)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1861 Fort Sumter, SC is shelled by Confederacy, startingthe Civil War<br>1862 James Andrews steals Confederate train at Kennesaw, Georgia<br>1864 Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest captures Fort Pillow, Tennessee ");
if ((month == 3) && (date == 13)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 After 34 hours of bombardment, Ft Sumter surrenders to Confederates<br>1865 Sherman's marchthrough Georgia begins  ");
if ((month == 3) && (date == 14)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1865 Mobile, Alabama is captured<br>1865 President Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's theatre by John Wilkes Booth   ");
if ((month == 3) && (date == 15)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1861 Federal army mobilized by President Lincoln ");
if ((month == 3) && (date == 16)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>11862 District of Columbia abolishes slavery<br>1862 President Davis approves conscription act for white males between 18-35 ");
if ((month == 3) && (date == 17)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 Virginia become 8th state to secede<br>1865 Mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in Lincoln's assassination ");
if ((month == 3) && (date == 18)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 Col Robert E Lee turns down offer to command Union armies ");
if ((month == 3) && (date == 19)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 Lincoln orders blockade of Confederate ports ");
if ((month == 3) && (date == 20)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 Robert E Lee resigns from Union army  "); 
if ((month == 3) && (date == 21)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1865 Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington ");
if ((month == 3) && (date == 22)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 Robert E Lee named commander of Virginia forces ");
if ((month == 3) && (date == 23)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 Arkansas troops seize Fort Smith  ");
if ((month == 3) && (date == 24)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>");
if ((month == 3) && (date == 25)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1862 Admiral Farragut occupies New Orleans, Louisiana<br>1864 Battle of Marks' Mill, Arkansas  ");
if ((month == 3) && (date == 26)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1865 Gen Joseph E Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee, at Durham, North Carolina ");
if ((month == 3) && (date == 27)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus<br>1861 West Virginia secedes from Virginia after Virginia secedes from US<br>1865 1,450 paroled Union POWs killed when steamer Sultana blows up ");
if ((month == 3) && (date == 28)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>");
if ((month == 3) && (date == 29)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 Maryland's House of Delegates vote against seceding from Union<br>1862 100,000 federal troops prepare to march into Corinth, Mississippi<br>1862 New Orleans fell to Union forces "); 
if ((month == 3) && (date == 30)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1864 Battle of Jenkin's Ferry, Arkansas; Gen W.R. Scurry is killed ");
 
//June
if ((month == 5) && (date == 20)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1863 West Virginia admitted as 35th US state  "); 
if ((month == 5) && (date == 21)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>");
if ((month == 5) && (date == 22)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>");
if ((month == 5) && (date == 23)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1865 At Fort Towson, Gen Stand Watie surrenders last sizeable army  "); 
if ((month == 5) && (date == 24)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 Tennessee becomes the 11th & last state to secede from US ");
if ((month == 5) && (date == 25)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1864 Petersburg Campaign-Federals begin digging tunnels under Reb lines ");
if ((month == 5) && (date == 26)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1862 Battle of Beaver Dam Creek-Union repulse Confederacy in Virginia<br>1862 Day 2 of the 7 Days Battle of Mechanicsville  ");
if ((month == 5) && (date == 27)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1862 Day 3 of the 7 Days-Battle of Gaines' Mill<br>1864 Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Kennesaw Mountain ");
if ((month == 5) && (date == 28)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1862 Day 4 of the 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station ");
if ((month == 5) && (date == 29)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1862 Day 5 of the 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station<br>1863 Lee orders his forces to concentrate near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania "); 
if ((month == 5) && (date == 30)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1862 Day 6 of the 7 Days-Battle of White Oak Swamp  "); 


 // July
if ((month == 6) && (date == 1)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>Battle of Gettysburg, 1863");
if ((month == 6) && (date == 2)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>Battle of Gettysburg, 1863");
if ((month == 6) && (date == 3)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>Battle of Gettysburg, 1863");
if ((month == 6) && (date == 4)) document.write("Independence Day<br>----On this day during the Civil War----<br>Vicksburg fell, 1863");
if ((month == 6) && (date == 5)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1861 Engagement at Carthage, Missouri ");
if ((month == 6) && (date == 6)) document.write("<br>");
if ((month == 6) && (date == 7)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1863 1st military draft by US (exemptions cost $100)<br>1865 4 Lincoln assassination conspirators, including Mary Surratt, hanged ");
if ((month == 6) && (date == 8)) document.write("<br>");
if ((month == 6) && (date == 9)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1862 Gen John Hunt Morgan captures Tompkinsville, Kentucky<br>1863 Union troops enter Port Hudson ");
if ((month == 6) && (date == 10)) document.write("<br>");
if ((month == 6) && (date == 11)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1864 Confederate forces led by Gen J Early begin invasion of Washington DC");
if ((month == 6) && (date == 12)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1862 Congress authorizes Medal of Honor ");
if ((month == 6) && (date == 13)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1863 Anti-draft  riots in NY-  about 1,000 die ");
if ((month == 6) && (date == 14)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1864 Battle of Tupelo, Mississippi");
if ((month == 6) && (date == 15)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1864 Troop train loaded with Confederate prisoners collided with a  coal train killing 65 and injuring 109 of 955 aboard ");
if ((month == 6) && (date == 16)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1862 David G Farragut became 1st rear admiral in US Navy ");
if ((month == 6) && (date == 17)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1862 US army authorized to accept African-Americans as laborers<br>1863 Battle of Honey Springs, largest battle of war in Indian Territory<br>1864 CSA President Davis replaces General Joe Johnston with John Bell Hood ");
if ((month == 6) && (date == 18)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>Union assault on Fort Wagner, South Carolina, 1863");
if ((month == 6) && (date == 19)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1862 Forrest's first raid ");
if ((month == 6) && (date == 20)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1861 Confederate state's congress began holding sessions in Richmond, Virginia<br>1864 Battle of Peachtree Creek-Atlanta Campaign ");
if ((month == 6) && (date == 21)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas), 1861");
if ((month == 6) && (date ==22)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1864 Battle of Atlanta - Hood attacks Sherman and suffers terrible losses ");
if ((month == 6) && (date == 23)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1862 General Halleck takes command of the Union army");
if ((month == 6) && (date == 24)) document.write("----On this day in the Civil War History----<br>1866 Tennessee becomes 1st Confederate state readmitted to Union ");
if ((month == 6) && (date == 25)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1866 US Grant named 1st general of Army ");
if ((month == 6) && (date == 27)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1861 Union Gen George McClellan took command of Potomic Army ");
if ((month == 6) && (date == 26)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1863 At Salineville, OH John Hunt Morgan & 364 troops surrender");
if ((month == 6) && (date == 28)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1862 Confederate forces defeated at More's Hill, Missouri<br>1864 Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Ezra Church ");
if ((month == 6) && (date == 29)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1862 Confederate spy Belle Boyd is captured");
if ((month == 6) && (date == 30)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1864 Petersburg Campaign-Battle of the Crater ");

	// August
if ((month == 7) && (date == 1)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1863 Cavalry action near Brandy Station-End of Gettysburg Campaign<br>1864 Sheridan takes command ");
if ((month == 7) && (date == 2)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1865 C.S.S. Shenandoah learns the war is over");
if ((month == 7) && (date == 3)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1863 Governor Seymour asks Lincoln to suspend draft in NY ");
if ((month == 7) && (date == 4)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1864 Union generals squabble outside of Atlanta<br>1864 Land & naval action new Brazos Santiago, Texas ");
if ((month == 7) && (date == 5)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1864 Battle of Mobile BayAla<br>Admiral David Farragut orders 'Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!' ");
if ((month == 7) && (date == 6)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1862 Loss of C.S.S. Arkansas<br>1864 Rebels evacuate Ft Powell, Mobile Bay");
if ((month == 7) && (date == 7)) document.write("----On this day during Civil War history----<BR>1836  Confederate General Evander Law is born");
if ((month == 7) && (date == 8)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1863 Lee offers resignation after defeat at Gettysburg");
if ((month == 7) && (date == 9)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1862 Battle of Cedar Mountain, Virginia");
if ((month == 7) && (date == 10)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1861 Battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri"); 	
if ((month == 7) && (date == 11)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1864 Confederate General Jubal Early abandons Winchester, Virginia");
if ((month == 7) && (date == 12)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1862 Confederate Cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan captures a Federal garrison at Gallatin, Tennessee");
if ((month == 7) && (date == 13)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1864 Deep Bottom Run campaign begins");
if ((month == 7) && (date == 14)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1862 Confederate invasion of Kentucky begins");
if ((month == 7) && (date == 15)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1863 Submarine  Hunley arrives in Charleston on railroad cars <br>1864 Off New England coast, CSS Tallahassee captures 6 yankee schooners ");
if ((month == 7) && (date == 16)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1861 President Lincoln prohibits Union states from trading with Confederacy <br>1863 Emancipation Proclamation signed ");
if ((month == 7) && (date == 17)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1863 Federal batteries & ships bombard Fort Sumter, Charleston  ");
if ((month == 7) && (date == 18)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1864 Battle of Weldon Railroad, Virginia ");
if ((month == 7) && (date == 19)) document.write("----On this day during Civil War history----<BR>1862 Dakota Indians  uprise in Minnesota");
if ((month == 7) && (date == 20)) document.write("----On this day during Civil War history----<BR>1865 President Andrew Johnson proclaims an end to insurrection in Texas<br>1866 President Andrew Johnson formally declares Civil War over ");
if ((month == 7) && (date == 22)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1862 Lincoln replies to Horace Greeley's abolitionist editorial");
if ((month == 7) && (date ==21)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1863 Sack of Lawrence, Kansas");
if ((month == 7) && (date == 23)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1861 Confederate spy Rose Greenhow is arrested");
if ((month == 7) && (date == 24)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1861 President Lincoln prohibits Union states from trading with Confederacy <br>1863 Emancipation Proclamation signed ");
if ((month == 7) && (date == 16)) document.write("----On this day during Civil War history----<BR>1828 Confederate General George Hume 'Maryland' Steuart is born in Baltimore, Maryland.  ");
if ((month == 7) && (date == 25)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>Siege of Fort Wagner, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina continues, 1863<BR>Second Battle of Reams Station, Virginia (Petersburg Campaign), 1864 ");
if ((month == 7) && (date == 26)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1863 Engagement at White Sulpher Springs, West Virginia<BR>1863 Siege of Fort Wagner, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina continues ");
if ((month == 7) && (date == 27)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1862 Stonewall Jackson captures and plunders Union supply depot at Manassas Junction, Virginia<BR>1863 Skirmish at Bayou Meto (Reed's Bridge), Arkansas<BR>1863 Siege of Fort Wagner, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina continues");
if ((month == 7) && (date == 28)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1861 Capture of Forts Hatteras and Clark, North Carolina <BR>1862 Battle of Brawner's Farm (Groveton), Virginia <BR>1863 Siege of Fort Wagner, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina continues <BR>1863 George G. Meade replaces Joseph Hooker as commander of the Army of the Potomac ");
if ((month == 7) && (date == 29)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1862 Battle of Bull Run (Second Manassas), Virginia begins<BR>1863 Siege of Fort Wagner, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina continues ");
if ((month == 7) && (date == 30)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR> 1861 Siege of Fort Wagner, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina continues <BR>1862 Battle of 2nd Manassas-Pope defeated by Lee<BR>1862 Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee<BR>1862 Battle of Richmond, Kentucky ");
if ((month == 7) && (date == 31)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1863 Siege of Fort Wagner, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina continues<BR>1864 Battle of Jonesborough, Georgia begins (Atlanta Campaign)<BR>1864 Union General George B. McClellan nominated for President<BR> by the Democrat Party at the Chicago convention");

	// September - cwpacopyright
 if ((month == 8) && (date == 1)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1862 Battle of Chantilly (Ox Hill), Virginia <BR>1863 Siege of Fort Wagner, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina continues <BR>1864 Confederates evacuate Atlanta, Georgia <BR>1864 Battle of Jonesborough, Georgia concludes ");
 if ((month == 8) && (date == 2)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>Union General William T Sherman captures Atlanta,  1864");
 if ((month == 8) && (date == 3)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>Confederate forces enter Kentucky thus ending its neutrality,  1861");
 if ((month == 8) && (date == 4)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>Bread riots in Mobile, Alabama,  1864");
 if ((month == 8) && (date == 5)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1861 Skirmish at Papinsville, Missouri <BR>1862 Lee crosses the Potomac & enters Maryland");
 if ((month == 8) && (date == 6)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR> 1862 Stonewall Jackson occupies Fredrick, Maryland<BR>1863  After 59 day siege, confederates evacuate Ft Wagner, SC ");
 if ((month == 8) && (date == 7)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR> 1863 Federal naval expedition arrives off Sabine Pass, TX <BR>1864 Evacuation of Atlanta citizens ordered by Union General William T. Sherman ");
 if ((month == 8) && (date == 8)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR> 1863 - 47 Texas volunteers repel Federal invasion force at Sabine Pass, TX");
 if ((month == 8) && (date == 9)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR> 1862 Lee splits his army & sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry");
 if ((month == 8) && (date == 10)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR> 1861 Engagement at Carnifex Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia)<BR>1863 Little Rock, Arkansas captured");
 if ((month == 8) && (date == 11)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR> 1861 Campaign of Cheat Mountain, Virginia (now West Virginia) begins ");
 if ((month == 8) && (date == 12)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>  1861 Siege of Lexington, Missouri begins <BR>1861 Campaign of Cheat Mountain, Virginia (now West Virginia) continues ");
 if ((month == 8) && (date == 13)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>  1861 Campaign of Cheat Mountain, Virginia (now West Virginia) concludes<BR>1861 Siege of Lexington, Missouri continues");
 if ((month == 8) && (date == 14)) document.write("On this day during the Civil War <BR>1861 Siege of Lexington, Missouri continues <BR>1862 Battle of South Mountain Gaps, Maryland <BR>1862 Attack on Munfordville, Kentucky ");
 if ((month == 8) && (date == 15)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1861 Siege of Lexington, Missouri continues<BR>1862 Harper's Ferry fell to Confederate General Jackson <BR>1863 Lincoln suspends writ of habeas corpus");
 if ((month == 8) && (date == 16)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1862 Gen Bragg's army surrounds 4000 federals at Munfordville, KY ");
 if ((month == 8) && (date == 17)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1862 Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)-bloodiest day of the Civil War");
 if ((month == 8) && (date == 18)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1861 Siege of Lexington, Missouri continues <BR>1863 Skirmish at Bristol in east Tennessee <BR>1863 Confederates force way across Chickamauga Creek ");
 if ((month == 8) && (date == 19)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1861 Siege of Lexington, Missouri continues<BR>1862 Battle of Luka, Mississippi<BR>1863 Battle of Chickamauga, Tennessee (near Chattanooga) begins - <BR>Confederates force way across Chickamauga Creek  <BR>1864 3rd Battle of Winchester, Virginia ");
 if ((month == 8) && (date == 20)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1861 Union garrison surrenders Lexington, Missouri <BR>1862 Fighting at Shepherdstown (Boteler's Ford), Virginia (now West Virginia)<BR>1863 Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia concludes ");
if ((month == 8) && (date == 21)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1863 Union forces retreat to Chattanooga after defeat at Chickamauga");
if ((month == 8) && (date == 22)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1862 President Lincoln announces preliminary Emancipation Proclamation <BR>1863 Union troops abandon Missionary Ridge and retreat into Chattanooga, Tennessee <BR>1864 Battle of Fisher's Hill, Virginia  ");
if ((month == 8) && (date == 23)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1864 Skirmish at Athens, Alabama ");
if ((month == 8) && (date == 24)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1864 Battle of Pilot Knob (Fort Davidson), Missouri");
 if ((month == 8) && (date == 25)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1861 Secretary of US Navy authorizes enlistment of slaves<BR>1862 Fighting at Snow's Pond and Ashbysburg, Kentucky  ");
if ((month == 8) && (date == 26)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1861 Skirmish near Fort Thorn, New Mexico Territory  ");
if ((month == 8) && (date == 27)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1863 Jo Shelby's cavalry in action at Moffat's Station, Arkansas");
if ((month == 8) && (date == 28)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1864 Skirmish at Decatur, Georgia ");
if ((month == 8) && (date == 29)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1864 Skirmish at Decatur, Georgia ");
if ((month == 8) && (date == 30)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<BR>1864 Battle of Fort Harrison (Chaffin's Farm), Virginia concludes <BR>1864 Skirmish at Carter's Station, Tennessee <BR>1864 Battle of Peebles' Farm, Virginia begins ");
 if ((month == 8) && (day== 1)&& (date > 0) && (date< 8)) document.write("<BR>Labor Day (USA)");
 

 // October
if ((month == 9) && (date == 1)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1862 Skirmish near Sharpsburg, Maryland<br>1864 Battle of Peebles' Farm, Virginia continues "); 
if ((month == 9) && (day == 1) && (date > 7) && (date< 16)) document.write("Columbus Day (USA)<br>"); 
if ((month == 9) && (day == 0) && (date > 24) && (date< 31)) document.write("Daylight Savings Time Ends");
if ((month == 9) && (day == 0) && (date == 31)) document.write("Daylight Savings Time Ends<br>");
if ((month == 9) && (date == 2)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1864 Engagement at Saltville, Virginia<br>1864 Battle of Peebles' Farm, Virginia concludes ");
if ((month == 9) && (date == 3)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1861 Engagement at Camp Bartow, Greenbrier River, Virginia (now West Virginia)<br>1862 Battle of Corinth, Mississippi begins "); 
if ((month == 9) && (date == 4)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1862 Battle of Corinth, Mississippi ends ");
if ((month == 9) && (date == 5)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1863 Torpedo attack on USS New Ironsides outside Charleston Harbor, South Carolina<br>1864 Battle of Allatoona Pass, Georgia, 1/3 of Union troops die ");
if ((month == 9) && (date == 6)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1864 Cavalry engagement at Brock's Gap, Virginia ");
if ((month == 9) && (date == 7)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1864 Battle of Darbytown Road, Virginia<br>1864 Capture of CSS Florida by USS Wachusett at Bahia, Brazil  ");
if ((month == 9) && (date == 8)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1862 Battle of Perryville, Kentucky - Confederate invasion halted ");
if ((month == 9) && (date == 9)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1861 Engagement at Tom's Brook, Virginia<br>1863 Bristoe Station Campaign begins in Virginia<br>1864 Engagement on Santa Rosa Island, Florida<br>");
if ((month == 9) && (date == 10)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1862 Fighting at Harrodsburg and Danville Cross Roads, Kentucky<br>1862 Davis asked Virginia to draft 4500 blacks to complete fortifications at Richmond, Virginia ");
if ((month == 9) && (date == 11)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1862 Skirmish near Helena, Arkansas<br>1864 Slavery abolished in Maryland ");
if ((month == 9) && (date == 12)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1861 Confederate ironclad Manassas attacks Union's Richmond on Mississippi<br>1862 JEB Stuart completes his 2nd ride around McClellan<br>1862 Major Gen Earl Van Dorn assumes command of Confederate troops in Missisippi ");
if ((month == 9) && (date == 13)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1864 Confederate Colonel John S. Mosby robs train near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia");
if ((month == 9) && (date == 14)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1863 Battle of Bristoe Station, Virginia ");
if ((month == 9) && (date == 15)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1862 Skirmish at Neely's Bend on the Cumberland River in Tennessee ");
if ((month == 9) && (date == 16)) document.write("1859 John Brown leads 20 in raid on federal arsenal, Harper's Ferry, Va<br>");
if ((month == 9) && (date == 16)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1861 Confederacy starts selling postage stamps<br>1863 U.S. Grant named to command Union Military Division of the Mississippi  ");
if ((month == 9) && (date == 17)) document.write("1859 John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia) continues<br>----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1863 Lincoln calls for 300,000 additional volunteers to join the army ");
if ((month == 9) && (date == 18)) document.write("1859 U.S. Marines storm engine house at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia) and capture John Brown<br>----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1862 Morgan's raiders capture the federal garrison at Lexington, KY ");
if ((month == 9) && (date == 19)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1863 Cavalry engagement known as the Buckland Races, Virginia<br>1864 About 25 Confederates make surprise attack on St Albans, Vermont<br>1864 Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, Union beats back Confederate attackers  ");
if ((month == 9) && (date == 20)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1863 Skirmish at Warm Springs, North Carolina ");
if ((month == 9) && (date == 21)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1861 Battle of Balls Bluff (Leesburg), Virginia");
if ((month == 9) && (date == 22)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1862 Skirmish at Fort Wayne, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma)<br>1864 Battle of Byram's Ford, Missouri begins ");
if ((month == 9) && (date == 23)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1864 Battle of Westport (Kansas City), Missouri<br>1864 Battle of Byram's Ford, Missouri concludes  ");
if ((month == 9) && (date == 24)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1861 Western Union completes the first trans-continental telegraph line<br>1862 Union Major General Rosecrans replaces Major General Buell as commander of the Army of the Ohio");
if ((month == 9) && (date == 25)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1861 Union Major Charles Zagonyi's famous charge into Springfield, Missouri<br>1864 Battle of Mine Creek (Marais Des Cygnes), Kansas");
if ((month == 9) && (date == 26)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1863 Fight at King's House near Waynesville, Missouri ");
if ((month == 9) && (date == 27)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1864 Engagement at Fair Oaks and on Darbytown Road, Virginia<br>1864 Battle of Boydton Plank Road (Burgess' Mill), Virginia begins<br>1864 Confederate ironclad ram Albemarle sunk by Union torpedo boat at Plymouth, North Carolina ");
if ((month == 9) && (date == 28)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1863 Engagement at Wauhatchie, Tennessee<br>1864 Battle of Boydton Plank Road (Burgess' Mill), Virginia concludes ");
if ((month == 9) && (date == 29)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1862 Skirmish at Island Mound, Missouri-<br>-first engagement where African-American troops fight as an organized unit for the Union<br>1863 Fighting at Warsaw and Ozark, Missouri  ");
if ((month == 9) && (date == 30)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1864 Skirmish at Muscle Shoals, Alabama   ");
if ((month == 9) && (date == 31)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1861 A remnant of the Missouri legislature meeting at Neosho votes to join the Confederacy effectively making Missouri a state in both nations with a star in the Confederate flag ");
		 
		 

// November
if ((month == 10) && (date == 1)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1861 Brevet Lieutenant General Winfield Scott, general-in-chief of the U.S. Army, retires and is replaced by George B. McClellan ");
if ((month == 10) && (date == 2)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1864 Affair at Hazen's Farm near Devall's Bluff, Arkansas ");
if ((month == 10) && (date == 3)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1863 Engagement at Grand Coteau (Bayou Bourdeau), Louisiana ");
if ((month == 10) && (date == 4)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1862 Democrats make substantial gains in Northern state and congressional elections<br>1863 Skirmish near Maysville, Alabama<br>1864 Engagement at Johnsonville, Tennessee ");
if ((month == 10) && (date == 5)) document.write(" ----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1862 President Lincoln replaces George McClellan with Ambrose Burnside<br>as commander of the Army of the Potomac ");
if ((month == 10) && (date == 6)) document.write("1860 Slave states consider secession following Lincoln's election<br>1861 Jefferson Davis elected President of the Confederate States of America<br>1863 Engagement at Droop Mountain, West Virginia<br>1865 CSS Shenandoah strikes its flag at Liverpool, England; the final act of the Confederate States of America ");
if ((month == 10) && (date == 7)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1861 Engagement at Belmont, Missouri<br>1861 Battle of Port Royal Sound, South Carolina<br>1863 Engagement at Rappahannock Bridge, Virginia<br>1863 Action at Kelly's Ford, Virginia ");
if ((month == 10) && (date == 8)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1861 Trent affair begins in Old Bahama Channel (off Cuba)<br>with the seizure of Confederates James M. Mason and John Slidell<br>aboard a British vessel by Union Captain Charles Wilkes<br>1864 Republican Abraham Lincoln is re-elected President of the United States  ");
if ((month == 10) && (date == 9)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1861 Engagement at Ivy Mountain, Kentucky ");
if ((month == 10) && (date == 10)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1860 Both South Carolina Senators resign their seats in the U.S. Senate<br>1865 War criminal Henry Wirz hanged  ");
if ((month == 10) && (date == 11)) document.write("Veteran's Day (USA),    Remembrance Day (Canada)<br><br>----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1863 Skirmish in the Fouchz-le-Faix Mountains of Arkansas ");
if ((month == 10) && (date == 12)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1861 Blockade Runner Fingal, bought by Confederates in England, arrives in Savannah, Georgia<br>1864  Sherman's Federal troops burn the City of Atlanta, Georgia ");
if ((month == 10) && (date == 13)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1860 South Carolina resolves to raise 10,000 volunteers to defend the state  ");
if ((month == 10) && (date == 14)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1863 Skirmish in Danville, Mississippi ");
if ((month == 10) && (date ==19)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1863 President Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address<br>1863 Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee continues");
if ((month == 10) && (date ==15)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>Sherman begins March to the sea through Atlanta, 1864");
if ((month == 10) && (date ==16)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1863 Battle of Campbell's Station, Tennessee ");
if ((month == 10) && (date ==17)) document.write("----On this day during the Civil War----<br>1863 Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee begins<br>1864 Skirmish at Maysville, Alabama");
if ((month == 10) && (date ==18)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1860 Georgia legislature votes $1,000,000 to arm the state<br>1861 Fifth session of the Provisional Confederate Congress meets in Richmond, Virginia<br>1863 Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee continues ");
if ((month == 10) && (date ==20)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 Skirmish at Butler and Little Santa Fe, Missouri<br>1863 Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee continues ");
if ((month == 10) && (date == 23)) document.write("Battles of Orchard Knob at Chattanooga open Union gateway to Georgia, 1863");
if ((month == 10) && (date ==21)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1863 Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee continues<br>1864 Confederate General John Bell Hood's Army of the Tennessee<br>sets out from Florence, Alabama on its Middle Tennessee Campaign  ");
if ((month == 10) && (date ==22)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1862 Twelve Southern saltworks destroyed in Matthews County, Virginia<br>1863 Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee continues  ");
if ((month == 10) && (date ==24)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1863 Battle of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee<br>1863 Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee continues<br>1864 Skirmish at Columbia, Tennessee ");
if ((month == 10) && (date ==25)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1863 Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee<br>1863 Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee continues<br>1864 Confederates fail at attempt to set fire to 10 New York City hotels and Barnum's Museum ");
if ((month == 10) && (date ==26)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1863 Mine Run Campaign begins in Virginia<br>1863 Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee continues ");
if ((month == 10) && (date ==27)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1863 Engagement at Payne's Farm, Virginia<br>1863 Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee continues<br>1863 Mine Run Campaign continues in Virginia  ");
if ((month == 10) && (date ==28)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br>1861 Missouri, though it did not officially secede from the Union, is admitted to the Confederacy<br>1862 Engagement at Cane Hill, Arkansas<br>1863 Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee continues<br>1863 Mine Run Campaign continues in Virginia<br>1864 Rosser's Raid on New Creek (Keyser), West Virginia<br>");
if ((month == 10) && (date ==29)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br><br>1863 Assault on Fort Sanders, Tennessee<br>1863 Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee continues<br>1863 Mine Run Campaign continues in Virginia<br>1864 Affair at Spring Hill, Tennessee<br>1864 Sand Creek Massacre, Colorado Territory ");
if ((month == 10) && (date ==30)) document.write("----On this day in Civil War History----<br><br>1863 Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee continues<br>1863 Mine Run Campaign continues in Virginia<br>1864 Battle of Franklin, Tennessee begins<br>1864 Engagement at Honey Hill, South Carolina  ");

if ((month == 10) && (day == 4) && (date > 23) && (date< 30)) document.write("Thanksgiving (USA)");
if ((month == 10) && (date == 30) && (day == 4)) document.write("Thanksgiving (USA)");
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