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var vDays  = new Array(251);

vDays[0]   = new ThisDay( 1863,1,1,1,"The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation");
vDays[1]   = new ThisDay( 1861,1,10,1,"Florida secedes from the Union.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_in_the_American_Civil_War");
vDays[2]   = new ThisDay( 1861,1,11,1,"Alabama secedes from the United States.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Alabama#Secession_and_Civil_War.2C_1861-1865");
vDays[3]   = new ThisDay( 1863,1,11,2,"Battle of Arkansas Post - General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Arkansas_Post");
vDays[4]   = new ThisDay( 1865,1,15,1,"Fort Fisher North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Fisher");
vDays[5]   = new ThisDay( 1861,1,18,0,"Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in seceding from the United States.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)#Confederate_history");
vDays[6]   = new ThisDay( 1862,1,19,0,"Battle of Mill Springs - The Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mill_Springs");
vDays[7]   = new ThisDay( 1861,1,21,0,"Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Davis");
vDays[8]   = new ThisDay( 1861,1,26,0,"The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.","");
vDays[9]   = new ThisDay( 1863,1,26,1,"General Ambrose Burnside is relieved of command of the Army of the Potomac after the disastrous Fredericksburg campaign. He is replaced by Joseph Hooker.","");
vDays[10]  = new ThisDay( 1863,1,26,2,"Governor of Massachusetts John Albion Andrew receives permission from Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.","");
vDays[11]  = new ThisDay( 1870,1,26,3,"Virginia rejoins the Union","");
vDays[12]  = new ThisDay( 1861,1,3,1,"Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware#Slavery_and_race");
vDays[13]  = new ThisDay( 1863,1,8,1,"Second Battle of Springfield","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Springfield_II");
vDays[14]  = new ThisDay( 1861,1,9,1,"The "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina. It is considered by some historians to be the "First Shots of the American Civil War".","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_of_the_West");
vDays[15]  = new ThisDay( 1861,1,9,2,"Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mississippi#Civil_War");
vDays[16]  = new ThisDay( 1863,1,9,3,"The Battle of Fort Hindman occurs in Arkansas.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Hindman");
vDays[17]  = new ThisDay( 1864,10,7,0,"Battle of Darbytown Road: the Confederate forces' attempt to regain ground that had been lost around Richmond is thwarted.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Darbytown_Road");
vDays[18]  = new ThisDay( 1864,10,7,1,"USS Wachusett captures the CSS Florida Confederate raider while in port in Bahia, Brazil.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS_Florida_(cruiser)");
vDays[19]  = new ThisDay( 1863,10,14,0,"Battle of Bristoe Station - Confederate troops under the command of General Robert E. Lee fail to drive the American Union Army completely out of the Commonwealth of Virginia.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bristoe_Station");
vDays[20]  = new ThisDay( 1861,10,21,0,"Battle of Ball's Bluff - Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war. Baker, a close friend of Abraham Lincoln, is killed in the fighting","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ball%27s_Bluff");
vDays[21]  = new ThisDay( 1861,10,23,0,"U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus in Washington, D.C., for all military-related cases.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Westport");
vDays[22]  = new ThisDay( 1864,10,23,0,"Battle of Westport - Union forces under General Samuel R. Curtis defeat Confederate troops led by General Sterling Price at Westport, near Kansas City","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_corpus");
vDays[23]  = new ThisDay( 1864,10,28,0,"The Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road (also known as the Second Battle of Fair Oaks) ends - Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant withdraw from Fair Oaks, Virginia, after failing to breach the Confederate defenses around Richmond, Virginia.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fair_Oaks_%26_Darbytown_Road");
vDays[24]  = new ThisDay( 1863,10,29,0,"Battle of Wauhatchie - Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant repel a Confederate attack led by General James Longstreet. Union forces thus open a supply line into Chattanooga, Tennessee.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wauhatchie");
vDays[25]  = new ThisDay( 1861,11,1,0,"US President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army, replacing General Winfield Scott.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_B._McClellan");
vDays[26]  = new ThisDay( 1861,11,2,0,"Western Department Union General John C. Fremont is relieved of command and replaced by David Hunter.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hunter");
vDays[27]  = new ThisDay( 1861,11,7,0,"Battle of Belmont: In Belmont, Missouri, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant overrun a Confederate camp but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Belmont");
vDays[28]  = new ThisDay( 1861,11,8,0,"The "Trent Affair" - The USS San Jacinto stops the United Kingdom mail ship Trent and arrests two Confederate envoys, sparking a diplomatic crisis between the UK and US.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Affair");
vDays[29]  = new ThisDay( 1865,11,10,1,"Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming the only American Civil War soldier executed for war crimes.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wirz");
vDays[30]  = new ThisDay( 1864,11,11,1,"Sherman's March to the Sea - Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins burning Atlanta, Georgia to the ground in preparation for his march south.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman's_March_to_the_Sea");
vDays[31]  = new ThisDay( 1862,11,14,1,"President Abraham Lincoln approves General Ambrose Burnside's plan to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia, leading to the Battle of Fredericksburg.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fredericksburg");
vDays[32]  = new ThisDay( 1864,11,15,1,"Union General William Tecumseh Sherman burns Atlanta, Georgia and starts Sherman's March to the Sea.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman's_March_to_the_Sea");
vDays[33]  = new ThisDay( 1863,11,16,1,"Battle of Campbell's Station near Knoxville, Tennessee. Confederate troops unsuccessfully attack Union forces.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Campbell%27s_Station");
vDays[34]  = new ThisDay( 1863,11,17,1,"Siege of Knoxville begins - Confederate forces led by General James Longstreet place Knoxville, Tennessee under siege.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Knoxville");
vDays[35]  = new ThisDay( 1863,11,19,1,"U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the military cemetery ceremony at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Address");
vDays[36]  = new ThisDay( 1863,11,23,1,"American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins - Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee and counter-attack Confederate troops.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Chattanooga");
vDays[37]  = new ThisDay( 1863,11,24,1,"Battle of Lookout Mountain - Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confederate siege of the city led by General Braxton Bragg.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Chattanooga");
vDays[38]  = new ThisDay( 1863,11,25,1,"Battle of Missionary Ridge - At Missionary Ridge in Tennessee, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Missionary_Ridge");
vDays[39]  = new ThisDay( 1864,11,25,2,"A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_Army_of_Manhattan");
vDays[40]  = new ThisDay( 1863,11,26,1,"Mine Run - Union forces under General George Meade position against troops led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mine_Run");
vDays[41]  = new ThisDay( 1863,11,27,1,"Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hunt_Morgan");
vDays[42]  = new ThisDay( 1862,11,28,1,"In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General John Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke's Confederates.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cane_Hill");
vDays[43]  = new ThisDay( 1864,11,29,1,"Battle of Spring Hill - Confederate advance into Tennessee misses opportunity to crush Union army. Gen. Hood angered, leads to Battle of Franklin.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Spring_Hill");
vDays[44]  = new ThisDay( 1864,11,30,1,"Battle of Franklin - The Army of Tennessee led by General John Bell Hood mounts a dramatically unsuccessful frontal assault on Union positions commanded by John McAllister Schofield around Franklin, Tennessee, with Hood lost six generals and almost a third of his troops.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Franklin_II");
vDays[46]  = new ThisDay( 1862,11,9,1,"Union General Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, after George B. McClellan is removed.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose_Burnside");
vDays[47]  = new ThisDay( 1864,12,1,1,"In his State of the Union Address President Abraham Lincoln reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the Emancipation Proclamation.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation");
vDays[48]  = new ThisDay( 1861,12,10,1,"The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 13th state of the Confederacy.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky#History");
vDays[50]  = new ThisDay( 1864,12,11,2,"Shermans March to the Sea - Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union Army troops reach Savannah, Georgia.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman's_March_to_the_Sea");
vDays[51]  = new ThisDay( 1862,12,12,1,"USS Cairo sinks on the Yazoo River, becoming the first armored ship to be sunk by an electrically detonated mine.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cairo");
vDays[52]  = new ThisDay( 1862,12,13,1,"At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats the Union Major General Ambrose E. Burnside.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fredericksburg");
vDays[53]  = new ThisDay( 1864,12,15,1,"In the Battle of Nashville, Union forces under George H. Thomas almost completely destroy the Army of Tennessee under John B. Hood.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Nashville");
vDays[54]  = new ThisDay( 1863,12,16,1,"1863 - American Civil War: Joseph E. Johnston replaces Braxton Bragg as commander of the Army of Tennessee.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_E._Johnston");
vDays[55]  = new ThisDay( 1862,12,17,1,"General Ulysses S. Grant issues General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Order_No._11_(1862)");
vDays[56]  = new ThisDay( 1862,12,18,1,"In the Battle of Lexington, General Nathan Bedford Forrest defeats a Union force under Colonel Robert Ingersoll.","");
vDays[57]  = new ThisDay( 1859,12,2,1,"Militant abolitionist leader John Brown is hanged for his October 16th raid on Harper's Ferry.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown_(abolitionist)");
vDays[58]  = new ThisDay( 1860,12,20,1,"South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the United States.","");
vDays[59]  = new ThisDay( 1861,12,21,1,"Medal of Honor: Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a Navy Medal of Valor, is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor");
vDays[60]  = new ThisDay( 1865,12,24,1,"Several U.S. Civil War Confederate veterans form the Ku Klux Klan.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan");
vDays[61]  = new ThisDay( 1868,12,25,1,"U.S. President Andrew Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all Civil War Confederate soldiers.","");
vDays[62]  = new ThisDay( 1861,12,26,1,"The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomatic envoys James M. Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and Britain.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Affair");
vDays[63]  = new ThisDay( 1862,12,26,1,"The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chickasaw_Bayou");
vDays[64]  = new ThisDay( 1862,12,26,2,"Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board USS Red Rover are the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Red_Rover");
vDays[65]  = new ThisDay( 1862,12,30,1,"The USS Monitor sinks off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Monitor#Loss_at_sea");
vDays[66]  = new ThisDay( 1862,12,30,1,"Abraham Lincoln signs an act that admits West Virginia to the Union, thus dividing Virginia in two.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia#Separation_from_Virginia");
vDays[67]  = new ThisDay( 1862,12,30,2,"The Battle of Stones River is fought near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stones_River");
vDays[68]  = new ThisDay( 1864,12,4,1,"Sherman's March to the Sea - At Waynesboro, Georgia, forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman's campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta, Georgia. Union forces did suffer more than three times the Confederate casualties, however.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman's_March_to_the_Sea");
vDays[69]  = new ThisDay( 1865,12,6,1,"The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, banning slavery.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution");
vDays[70]  = new ThisDay( 1862,12,7,1,"US Civil War: Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Prairie_Grove");
vDays[71]  = new ThisDay( 1861,12,9,1,"The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the U.S. Congress.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Committee_on_the_Conduct_of_the_War");
vDays[72]  = new ThisDay( 1861,2,1,0, "Texas secedes from the United States.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas#Civil_War_and_Reconstruction");
vDays[73]  = new ThisDay( 1865,2,1,1, "President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution");
vDays[74]  = new ThisDay( 1862,2,22,0,"Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Davis");
vDays[75]  = new ThisDay( 1861,2,4,0, "In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six break-away U.S. states meet and form the Confederate States of America.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America");
vDays[76]  = new ThisDay( 1843,2,6,0, "The first minstrel show in the United States The Virginia Minstrels opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).","");
vDays[77]  = new ThisDay( 1862,2,6,1, "Ulysses S. Grant gives the United States its first victory of the war, by capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee, known as the Battle of Fort Henry.","");
vDays[78]  = new ThisDay( 1862,2,27,0,"H. H. Harris of Greenville Kentucky resgnes his commsision as second liutenant due to wounds received at Batton Rouge, LA","");
vDays[79]  = new ThisDay( 1861,3,10,0,"The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_Constitution");
vDays[80]  = new ThisDay( 1864,3,10,1,"The Red River Campaign begins as Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_River_Campaign");
vDays[81]  = new ThisDay( 1864,3,10,2,"James W. Ford of Hardford Kentucky is elected second lieutenant.","");
vDays[82]  = new ThisDay( 1861,3,16,0,"Edward Clark becomes Governor of Texas, replacing Sam Houston, who was evicted from the office for refusing to take an oath of loyalty to the Confederacy.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Clark_(governor)");
vDays[83]  = new ThisDay( 1865,3,16,1,"The Battle of Averasborough begins as Confederate forces suffer irreplaceable casualties in the final months of the war.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Averasborough");
vDays[84]  = new ThisDay( 1865,3,18,0,"The Congress of the Confederate States of America adjourns for the last time.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America");
vDays[85]  = new ThisDay( 1863,3,19,1,"The SS Georgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Georgiana");
vDays[86]  = new ThisDay( 1865,3,19,2,"The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from Four Oaks, North Carolina.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bentonville");
vDays[87]  = new ThisDay( 1862,3,22,0,"The First Battle of Kernstown, Virginia, marks the start of Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. Though a Confederate defeat, the engagement distracts Federal efforts to capture Richmond.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Kernstown");
vDays[88]  = new ThisDay( 1865,3,25,0,"In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union in a bloody battle.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Stedman");
vDays[89]  = new ThisDay( 1862,3,28,0,"Battle of Glorieta Pass - in New Mexico, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of New Mexico territory. The battle began on March 26.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Glorieta_Pass");
vDays[90]  = new ThisDay( 1865,3,29,0,"The Battle of Appomattox Court House begins.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House");
vDays[91]  = new ThisDay( 1865,3,29,1,"Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appomattox_Campaign");
vDays[92]  = new ThisDay( 1865,3,3,2,"Third (and last) national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted.","");
vDays[93]  = new ThisDay( 1855,3,30,0,"Bleeding Kansas - "Border Ruffians" from Missouri invade Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Ruffians");
vDays[94]  = new ThisDay( 1870,3,30,0,"Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstruction_era_(United_States)");
vDays[95]  = new ThisDay( 1861,3,4,1,"First national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.","");
vDays[96]  = new ThisDay( 1857,3,6,1,"Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott_v._Sandford");
vDays[97]  = new ThisDay( 1862,3,7,1,"Union forces defeat Confederate troops at Pea Ridge in northwestern Arkansas.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pea_Ridge");
vDays[98]  = new ThisDay( 1862,3,8,1,"The iron-clad CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack) is launched at Hampton Roads, Virginia.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS_Virginia");
vDays[99]  = new ThisDay( 1862,3,9,1,"The USS Monitor and CSS Virginia fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first fight between two ironclad warships.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hampton_Roads");
vDays[100]  = new ThisDay( 1865,4,1,0,"Battle of Five Forks - In Siege of Petersburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee begins his final offensive.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Five_Forks");
vDays[101]  = new ThisDay( 1862,4,6,0,"Captain William Mitchell of Hartford, KY is killed during the battle of Shiloh");
vDays[102]  = new ThisDay( 1862,4,6,0, "Battle of Shiloh","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_shiloh");
vDays[103]  = new ThisDay( 1862,4,16,0,"The Battle at Lees Mills in Virginia.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_at_Lee's_Mills");
vDays[104] = new ThisDay( 1862,4,16,1,"A bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia becomes law.","");
vDays[105] = new ThisDay( 1863,4,16,2,"The Siege of Vicksburg - ships led by Union Admiral David Dixon Porter move through heavy Confederate artillery fire on approach to Vicksburg, Mississippi.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Vicksburg");
vDays[106] = new ThisDay( 1861,4,19,0,"Baltimore riot of 1861, a pro-Secession mob in Baltimore, Maryland, attacks United States Army troops marching through the city.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_riot_of_1861");
vDays[107] = new ThisDay( 1863,4,22,0,"Griersons Raid begins - troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grierson's_Raid");
vDays[108] = new ThisDay( 1862,4,24,0,"A flotilla commanded by Union Admiral David Farragut passes two Confederate forts on the Mississippi River on its way to capture New Orleans, Louisiana.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans_in_the_American_Civil_War");
vDays[109] = new ThisDay( 1865,4,26,0,"Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrenders his army to General William Tecumseh Sherman at the Bennett Place near Durham, North Carolina.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennett_Place");
vDays[110] = new ThisDay( 1861,4,27,0,"President of the United States Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln#Civil_liberties_suspended");
vDays[111] = new ThisDay( 1865,4,27,1,"The steamboat Sultana, carrying 2,400 passengers, explodes and sinks in the Mississippi River, killing 1,700, most of whom are Union survivors of the Andersonville and Cahaba Prisons.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Sultana");
vDays[112] = new ThisDay( 1861,4,29,0,"Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.","");
vDays[113] = new ThisDay( 1862,4,29,1,"New Orleans, Louisiana falls to Union forces under Admiral David Farragut.","");
vDays[114] = new ThisDay( 1865,4,4,0,"Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Lincoln, in Virginia.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_assassination");
vDays[115] = new ThisDay( 1862,4,6,1,"Battle of Shiloh ends - the Union Army under General Ulysses S. Grant defeats the Confederates near Shiloh, Tennessee.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shiloh#Battle.2C_April_7");
vDays[116] = new ThisDay( 1862,4,6,1,"The Battle of Shiloh begins - in Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shiloh");
vDays[116] = new ThisDay( 1865,4,6,2,"The Battle of Sayler's Creek - Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sayler's_Creek");
vDays[118] = new ThisDay( 1866,4,6,3,"The Grand Army of the Republic, an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War, is founded. It lasts until 1956.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Army_of_the_Republic");
vDays[119] = new ThisDay( 1864,4,8,0,"Battle of Mansfield - Union forces are thwarted by the Confederate army at Mansfield, Louisiana.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mansfield");
vDays[120] = new ThisDay( 1863,5,10,0,"Confederate General Stonewall Jackson dies eight days after he is accidentally shot by his own troops.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_Jackson#Death");
vDays[121] = new ThisDay( 1864,5,10,1,"Colonel Emory Upton leads a 10-regiment  Attack-in-depth  assault against the Confederate works at The Battle of Spotsylvania, which, though ultimately unsuccessful, would provide the idea for the massive assault against the Bloody Angle on May 12. Upton is slightly wounded but is immediately promoted to Brigadier general.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Spotsylvania");
vDays[122] = new ThisDay( 1865,5,10,2,"In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Quantrill");
vDays[123] = new ThisDay( 1865,5,10,3,"Jefferson Davis is captured by Union troops near Irwinville, Georgia.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Davis#Imprisonment_and_retirement");
vDays[124] = new ThisDay( 1862,5,11,0,"The ironclad CSS Virginia is scuttled in the James River northwest of Norfolk, Virginia.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS_Virginia");
vDays[125] = new ThisDay( 1862,5,12,0,"U.S. federal troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana#Beginnings");
vDays[126] = new ThisDay( 1863,5,12,1,"Battle of Raymond: two divisions of James B. McPherson's XVII Corps (ACW) turn the left wing of Confederate General John C. Pemberton's defensive line on Fourteen Mile Creek, opening up the interior of Mississippi to the Union Army during the Vicksburg Campaign.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Raymond");
vDays[127] = new ThisDay( 1864,5,12,2,"Battle of Spotsylvania Court House: thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers die in "The Bloody Angle".","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Raymond");
vDays[128] = new ThisDay( 1865,5,12,3,"Battle of Palmito Ranch: the first day of the last major land action to take place during the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Palmito_Ranch");
vDays[129] = new ThisDay( 1861,5,13,0,"Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the breakaway states as having belligerent rights.","");
vDays[130] = new ThisDay( 1861,5,13,1,"The Great Comet of 1861 is discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Comet_of_1861");
vDays[131] = new ThisDay( 1864,5,13,2,"Battle of Resaca - the battle begins with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta, Georgia.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Resaca");
vDays[132] = new ThisDay( 1865,5,13,3,"Battle of Palmito Ranch - in far south Texas, more than a month after Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender, the last land battle of the Civil War ends with a Confederate victory.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Palmito_Ranch");
vDays[133] = new ThisDay( 1863,5,14,0,"The Battle of Jackson takes place.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jackson_(MS)");
vDays[134] = new ThisDay( 1863,5,14,1,"Feilding Forman of Hartford Kentucky is elected Second Liutenant","");
vDays[235] = new ThisDay( 1862,5,15,0,"Price C. Newman of Louisville, KY. was elected Captain of the 9th Kentucky, Company C.");
vDays[136] = new ThisDay( 1863,5,18,0,"The Siege of Vicksburg begins.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Vicksburg");
vDays[137] = new ThisDay( 1864,5,19,0,"The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ends.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Spotsylvania_Court_House");
vDays[138] = new ThisDay( 1863,5,2,0,"Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_Jackson");
vDays[139] = new ThisDay( 1861,5,20,0,"The state of Kentucky proclaims its neutrality, which will last until September 3 when Confederate forces enter the state.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_in_the_American_Civil_War");
vDays[140] = new ThisDay( 1862,5,20,1,"U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_Act");
vDays[141] = new ThisDay( 1864,5,20,2,"American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church - in the Virginia Bermuda Hundred Campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ware_Bottom_Church");
vDays[142] = new ThisDay( 1856,5,21,0,"Lawrence, Kansas is captured and burned by pro-slavery forces.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence,_Kansas");
vDays[143] = new ThisDay( 1863,5,21,1,"Siege of Port Hudson - Union forces begin to lay siege to the Confederate-controlled Port Hudson, Louisiana.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Port_Hudson");
vDays[144] = new ThisDay( 1856,5,22,0,"Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina beats Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate for a speech Sumner had made attacking Southerners who sympathized with the pro-slavery violence in Kansas ("Bleeding Kansas").","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Brooks");
vDays[145] = new ThisDay( 1871,5,22,1,"U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act of 1872 into law restoring full civil rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesty_Act_of_1872");
vDays[146] = new ThisDay( 1863,5,23,0,"The Siege of Port Hudson takes place. Sergeant William Harvey Carney becomes the first African American to be awarded the Medal of Honor, for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Port_Hudson");
vDays[147] = new ThisDay( 1863,5,23,1,"Sergeant William Harvey Carney becomes the first African American to be awarded the Medal of Honor, for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Harvey_Carney");
vDays[148] = new ThisDay( 1856,5,24,0,"John Brown and his men murder five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottawatomie_Massacre");
vDays[149] = new ThisDay( 1861,5,24,1,"Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria,_Virginia#American_Civil_War");
vDays[150] = new ThisDay( 1865,5,25,0,"In Mobile, Alabama, 300 are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_magazine_explosion");
vDays[151] = new ThisDay( 1857,5,26,0,"Dred Scott is emancipated by the Blow family, his original owners.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott");
vDays[152] = new ThisDay( 1864,5,26,1,"Montana is organized as a United States territory.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montana");
vDays[153] = new ThisDay( 1865,5,26,2,"Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi division, is the last general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at Galveston, Texas.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Mississippi_Theater_of_the_American_Civil_War#Commanders");
vDays[154] = new ThisDay( 1868,5,26,3,"The impeachment trial of U.S. President Andrew Johnson ends with Johnson being found not guilty by one vote.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Johnson#Impeachment");
vDays[155] = new ThisDay( 1863,5,27,0,"First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Port_Hudson");
vDays[156] = new ThisDay( 1863,5,28,0,"The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first African American regiment, leaves Boston, Massachusetts, to fight for the Union.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/54th_Massachusetts_Volunteer_Infantry");
vDays[157] = new ThisDay( 1863,5,5,0,"The Battle of Chancellorsville begins.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chancellorsville");
vDays[158] = new ThisDay( 1864,5,5,0,"The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Wilderness");
vDays[159] = new ThisDay( 1861,5,6,0,"Arkansas secedes from the Union.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Arkansas#Civil_War");
vDays[160] = new ThisDay( 1861,5,6,1,"Richmond, Virginia is declared the new capital of the Confederate States of America.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia#Civil_War_and_Reconstruction");
vDays[161] = new ThisDay( 1863,5,6,2,"The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by Confederate troops.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chancellorsville");
vDays[162] = new ThisDay( 1864,5,7,0,"The Army of the Potomac, under General Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Wilderness");
vDays[163] = new ThisDay( 1862,6,1,0,"Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Seven_Pines");
vDays[164] = new ThisDay( 1825,6,1,1,"John Hunt Morgan, American Confederate cavalry general","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hunt_Morgan");
vDays[165] = new ThisDay( 1831,6,1,2,"John Bell Hood, American Confederate general","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bell_Hood");
vDays[166] = new ThisDay( 1844,6,1,3,"John J. Toffey, American Civil War hero (d. 1911)","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Toffey");
vDays[167] = new ThisDay( 1861,6,8,0,"1861 - American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.","");
vDays[168] = new ThisDay( 1862,6,8,1,"1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys - Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George B. McClellan.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cross_Keys");
vDays[169] = new ThisDay( 1863,6,9,0,"Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Brandy_Station");
vDays[170] = new ThisDay( 1864,6,10,0,"Battle of Brice's Crossroads. Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeat a much larger Union force led by General Samuel D. Sturgis in Mississippi.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Brice's_Crossroads");
vDays[171] = new ThisDay( 1863,6,14,0,"Battle of Second Winchester - a Union garrison is defeated by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley town of Winchester, Virginia.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Second_Winchester");
vDays[172] = new ThisDay( 1863,6,14,1,"Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Port_Hudson");
vDays[173] = new ThisDay( 1864,6,15,0,"The Siege of Petersburg begins.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Petersburg");
vDays[174] = new ThisDay( 1864,6,15,1,"Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.81 km2) around Arlington Mansion (formerly owned by Confederate General Robert E. Lee) are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington_National_Cemetery");
vDays[175] = new ThisDay( 1865,6,23,0,"1865 - American Civil War: at Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate, Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant rebel army.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Towson");
vDays[176] = new ThisDay( 1865,6,28,0,"The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_of_the_Potomac");
vDays[177] = new ThisDay( 1862,7,1,0,"The Battle of Malvern Hill takes place. It is the final battle in the Seven Days Campaign, part of the George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign.","");
vDays[178] = new ThisDay( 1863,7,1,1,"The Battle of Gettysburg begins.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg");
vDays[179] = new ThisDay( 1863,7,9,0,"The Siege of Port Hudson ends.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Port_Hudson");
vDays[180] = new ThisDay( 1862,7,12,0,"The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor");
vDays[181] = new ThisDay( 1863,7,13,0,"New York Draft Riots: in New York City, opponents of conscription begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States history.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Draft_Riots");
vDays[182] = new ThisDay( 1870,7,15,0,"Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.","");
vDays[183] = new ThisDay( 1861,7,26,0,"George B. McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_B._McClellan");
vDays[184] = new ThisDay( 1863,7,26,1,"Morgan's Raid ends - At Salineville, Ohio, Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and 360 of his volunteers are captured by Union forces.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan's_Raid");
vDays[185] = new ThisDay( 1864,7,29,0,"Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C..","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Boyd");
vDays[186] = new ThisDay( 1861,8,5,0,"In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US $800; rescinded in 1872).","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenue_Act_of_1861");
vDays[187] = new ThisDay( 1861,8,5,1,"The United States Army abolishes flogging.","");
vDays[188] = new ThisDay( 1862,8,5,2,"Battle of Baton Rouge - along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops drive Union forces back into the city.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Baton_Rouge_(1862)");
vDays[189] = new ThisDay( 1864,8,5,3,"Battle of Mobile Bay begins - at Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama, Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mobile_Bay");
vDays[190] = new ThisDay( 1864,8,5,4,"H. H. Harris of Greenville Kentucky is severly wounded at Batton Rouge");
vDays[191] = new ThisDay( 1862,8,6,0,"The Confederate ironclad CSS Arkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering damage in a battle with USS Essex near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS_Arkansas");
vDays[192] = new ThisDay( 1862,8,9,0,"Battle of Cedar Mountain - At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cedar_Mountain");
vDays[193] = new ThisDay( 1861,8,10,0,"Battle of Wilson's Creek - the war enters Missouri when a band of raw Confederate troops defeat Union forces in the southwestern part of the state.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wilson's_Creek");
vDays[194] = new ThisDay( 1862,8,17,0,"Major General JEB Stuart is assigned command of all the cavalry of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JEB_Stuart");
vDays[195] = new ThisDay( 1863,8,17,1,"In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter.","");
vDays[196] = new ThisDay( 1864,8,17,2,"Battle of Gainesville - Confederate forces defeat Union troops near Gainesville, Florida.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gainesville");
vDays[197] = new ThisDay( 1864,8,18,0,"Battle of Globe Tavern - Union forces try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Globe_Tavern");
vDays[198] = new ThisDay( 1864,8,23,0,"The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Morgan,_Alabama");
vDays[199] = new ThisDay( 1862,8,26,0,"The Second Battle of Bull Run begins.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Bull_Run");
vDays[201] = new ThisDay( 1861,8,29,0,"US Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.","");
vDays[202] = new ThisDay( 1862,8,30,0,"Battle of Richmond: Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout Union forces under General Horatio Wright.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Richmond");
vDays[203] = new ThisDay( 1864,8,31,0,"Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta, Georgia (Battle of Jonesburough).","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jonesborough");
vDays[204] = new ThisDay( 1861,9,1,0,"Battle of Chantilly - Confederate forces attack retreating Union troops in Chantilly, Virginia.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chantilly");
vDays[205] = new ThisDay( 1864,9,1,1,"Confederate General John Bell Hood evacuates Atlanta, Georgia after a four-month siege by General Sherman.","");
vDays[206] = new ThisDay( 1862,9,2,0,"President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run.","");
vDays[207] = new ThisDay( 1864,9,2,1,"Union forces enter Atlanta, Georgia a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city.","");
vDays[208] = new ThisDay( 1862,9,13,0,"Union soldiers find a copy of Robert E. Lee's battle plans in a field outside Frederick, Maryland. It is the prelude to the Battle of Antietam.","");
vDays[209] = new ThisDay( 1862,9,15,0,"Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpers_Ferry,_West_Virginia");
vDays[210] = new ThisDay( 1862,9,15,1,"Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpers_Ferry,_West_Virginia");
vDays[211] = new ThisDay( 1862,9,17,0,"George B. McClellan halts the northward drive of Robert E. Lee's Confederate army in the single-day Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American history.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Antietam");
vDays[212] = new ThisDay( 1862,9,17,0,"The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegheny_Arsenal");
vDays[213] = new ThisDay( 1862,9,17,1,"George B. McClellan halts the northward drive of Robert E. Lee's Confederate army in the single-day Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American history.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Antietam");
vDays[214] = new ThisDay( 1862,9,17,2,"The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegheny_Arsenal");
vDays[215] = new ThisDay( 1861,9,22,0,"William Mitchell, of Hartford Ky is elected Captain of Company C, 9th Kentucky");
vDays[216] = new ThisDay( 1864,9,22,1,"Moses Wichliffe from South Carrollton, KY is elected First Lieutenant of Company C, 9th Kentucky Infantry");
vDays[217] = new ThisDay( 1864,9,29,0,"The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought.","http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chaffin's_Farm");
vDays[218] = new ThisDay( 1861,2,11,0,"United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state");
vDays[219] = new ThisDay( 1861,2,9,0, "American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama");
vDays[220] = new ThisDay( 1862,2,15,0,"American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant attacks Fort Donelson, Tennessee");
vDays[221] = new ThisDay( 1862,2,16,0,"American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee");
vDays[222] = new ThisDay( 1864,2,17,0,"American Civil War: The  H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USS Housatonic.");
vDays[223] = new ThisDay( 1865,2,17,1,"American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.");
vDays[224] = new ThisDay( 1861,2,18,0,"In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.");
vDays[225] = new ThisDay( 1864,2,20,0,"American Civil War: Battle of Olustee occurs - the largest battle fought in Florida during the war.");
vDays[226] = new ThisDay( 1862,2,21,0,"American Civil War: Battle of Valverde fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory");
vDays[227] = new ThisDay( 1862,2,22,0,"Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861.");
vDays[228] = new ThisDay( 1861,2,23,0,"President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland.");
vDays[229] = new ThisDay( 1863,2,24,0,"Arizona is organized as a United States territory.");
vDays[230] = new ThisDay( 1863,2,26,0,"U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the National Currency Act into law.");
vDays[231] = new ThisDay( 1861,2,28,0,"Colorado is organized as a United States territory.");
vDays[232] = new ThisDay( 1861,3,11,0,"American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted.");
vDays[233] = new ThisDay( 1862,3,13,0,"American Civil War: The U.S. federal government forbids all Union army officers to return fugitive slaves, thus effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.");
vDays[234] = new ThisDay( 1865,3,13,1,"American Civil War: The Confederate States of America agree to the use of African American troops.");
vDays[235] = new ThisDay( 1861,3,16,0,"Edward Clark becomes Governor of Texas, replacing Sam Houston, who was evicted from the office for refusing to take an oath of loyalty to the Confederacy.");
vDays[236] = new ThisDay( 1865,3,16,1,"The Battle of Averasborough begins as Confederate forces suffer irreplaceable casualties in the final months of the war.");
vDays[237] = new ThisDay( 1865,3,18,0,"The Congress of the Confederate States of America adjourns for the last time.");
vDays[238] = new ThisDay( 1863,3,19,0,"The SS Georgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000.");
vDays[239] = new ThisDay( 1865,3,19,1,"American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from Four Oaks, North Carolina.");
vDays[240] = new ThisDay( 1852,3,20,0,"Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.");
vDays[241] = new ThisDay( 1862,3,23,0,"The First Battle of Kernstown, Virginia, marks the start of Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. Though a Confederate defeat, the engagement distracts Federal efforts to capture Richmond.");
vDays[242] = new ThisDay( 1865,3,25,0,"American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.");
vDays[243] = new ThisDay( 1862,3,28,0,"Battle of Glorieta Pass - in New Mexico, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of New Mexico territory. The battle began on March 26.");
vDays[244] = new ThisDay( 1865,3,29,0,"Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.");
vDays[245] = new ThisDay( 1855,3,30,0,"Bleeding Kansas - 'Border Ruffians' from Missouri invade Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature");
vDays[246] = new ThisDay( 1870,3,30,1,"Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction.");
//Added latter
vDays[247] = new ThisDay( 1863,7,4,0,"Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege. 150 miles up the Mississippi River, a Confederate Army is repulsed at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas.");
vDays[248] = new ThisDay( 1863,7,4,1,"The Army of Northern Virginia withdraws from the battlefield after its loss at the Battle of Gettysburg, signalling an end to the Southern invasion of the North.");
vDays[249] = new ThisDay( 1863,7,3,0,"1863 The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.");
vDays[250] = new ThisDay( 1864,9,4,0,"John Hunt Morgan, American Confederate military leader (b. 1825) is murdered by vengeful Union cavalrymen after he had surrendered during a raid on Greenville, TN.");
vDays[251] = new ThisDay( 1862,9,4,1,"General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.")

/*
**
** javascript class
** @param _year
** @param _month
** @param _day
** @param _seq
** @param _event
** @param _url
** 
**
*/
function ThisDay (_year, _month, _day, _seq, _event, _url) {

	this.year  = _year;
	this.month = _month;
	this.day   = _day;
	this.sequence = _seq;
	this.event = _event;
	this.url   = _url;
	
	this.getYear = function () {
	
		return this.year;
	};

	this.getMonth = function () {

		return this.month;
	};

	this.getMon = function () {

		if(1==this.month)  return "JAN";
		if(2==this.month)  return "FEB";
		if(3==this.month)  return "MAR";
		if(4==this.month)  return "APR";
		if(5==this.month)  return "MAY";
		if(6==this.month)  return "JUN";
		if(7==this.month)  return "JUL";
		if(8==this.month)  return "AUG";
		if(9==this.month)  return "SEP";
		if(10==this.month) return "OCT";
		if(11==this.month) return "NOV";
		if(12==this.month) return "DEC";

	};

	this.getDay = function() {

		return this.day;
	};

	this.getEvent = function () {

		return this.event;
	};

} //end ThisDay class

/*
** Return the given day's event
** @param _month 
** @param _day
** @returns the day's event
** @throws I don't know how to throw a js exception....
*/
function fcnGetThisDay(_month, _day) {

	if(DEBUG) alert("Looking up events for: month=" + _month + ", day=" + _day);

	for(var x=0; x < vDays.length; x++) {

	  if(!vDays[x]) continue;
	  
	  if(vDays[x].getMonth() == _month) {

	    if(vDays[x].getDay() == _day) {
	      
	      sb = sb + "<p>" + vDays[x].getYear() + "-" + vDays[x].getMon() + "-" + vDays[x].getDay() + ": " + vDays[x].getEvent();

	    } //end 'inner' if block

	  } //end 'outer' if block

	} //end 'for' loop

	if( ("UNDEFINED" == sb.toUpperCase()) || (sb.length < 1) ) {
		
		for(var x=0; x < vDays.length; x++) {
			
			if( (vDays[x]) && (vDays[x].getMonth() != _month) )continue;
			
			//if((vDays[x]) && (vDays[x].getMonth() == _month)) alert("month is: " + _month);
		
			if(vDays[x]) { //found month, now find the last event...
			
			    sb = sb + "<p>Earlier this month,  " + vDays[x].getEvent();
		
			    break;
			    
			} //end 'if' block
		
		} //end 'for' loop 
		
	} //end 'if' block 
	
	return sb;

} //end fcnGetThisDay