Day 1 of Confederate Heritage Month. We honor then Captain David G. Farragut, a Southerner who remained loyal to the United States, for his defeat of Confederate traitors at the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip from 18 to 28 April 1862. #ConfederateHeritageMonth

Day 2 of Confederate Heritage Month. We honor Maj Gen George "The Sledge of Nashville" Thomas, a Southerner who remained loyal to the United States, for his routing of the Confederacy's Army of Tennessee at the Battle of Nashville from 15 to 16 Dec 1864. #ConfederateHeritageMonth

Day 3 of Confederate Heritage Month. We honor Maj Gen John Buford, a Southerner who remained loyal to the United States. His calvary division stymied Confederate forces during the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, which lasted from 1 to 3 July 1863. #ConfederateHeritageMonth

Day 4 of Confederate Heritage Month. We honor Captain John A. Winslow, a Southerner who remained loyal to the United States. His ship, the USS Kearsarge, turned the Confederate raider CSS Alabama into a reef during the Battle of Cherbourg, 19 June 1864. #ConfederateHeritageMonth

Day 5 of Confederate Heritage Month. We honor Brig Gen William R. Terrill, a Southerner who remained loyal to, and died for, the United States. His 33rd Brigade helped the Army of the Ohio defeat the Confederates at the Battle of Perryville, 8 Oct 1862. #ConfederateHeritageMonth

Day 6 of Confederate Heritage Month. We honor Brig Gen William T. Ward, a Southerner who remained loyal to the United States. His 3rd Bde, XX Corps helped add another defeat to the Confederacy's ledger with the Battle of Peachtree Creek on 20 July 1864. #ConfederateHeritageMonth

Day 7 of Confederate Heritage Month. We honor LTC John C. Black, a Southerner who remained loyal to the United States. He earned the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Confederacy's defeat at the Battle of Prairie Grove on 7 December 1862. #ConfederateHeritageMonth

Day 8 of Confederate Heritage Month. We honor Napoleon Bonaparte Buford, a Southerner who, like his brother John, remained loyal to the United States. As a colonel, he lead US troops during the Confederacy's defeat at the Battle of Belmont on 7 Nov 1861. #ConfederateHeritageMonth

Day 9 of Confederate Heritage Month. We honor John B. McIntosh, a Southerner who remained loyal to the United States. He lost a leg while leading US calvary during Maj Gen Sheridan's defeat of Confederates at the Third Battle of Winchester, 19 Sept 1864. #ConfederateHeritageMonth

Day 10 of Confederate Heritage Month. We honor Brig Gen John W. Davidson, a Southerner who remained loyal to the United States. His calvary division bested Confederates at the Battle of Bayou Fourche, 10 Sept 1863. His triumph broke the CSA in Arkansas. #ConfederateHeritageMonth

Day 11 of Confederate Heritage Month. We honor Captain Alvan C. Gillem, a Southerner who remained loyal to the United States. He assisted fellow loyal American, Brig Gen Thomas, in the defeat of Confederates at the Battle of Mill Springs on 19 Jan 1862. #ConfederateHeritageMonth

Day 12 of Confederate Heritage Month. We honor Brig Gen William Birney, a Southerner who remained loyal to the United States. His USCT brigade helped defeat Confederate forces at the Battle of Chaffin's Farm and New Market Heights, 29-30 Sept 1864. #ConfederateHeritageMonth

Day 13 of Confederate Heritage Month. We honor MG David B. Birney, a Southerner who, like his brother, stayed loyal to the United States. His X Corps of the Army of the James beat Confederates at the Battle of Darbytown and New Market Roads, 7 Oct 1864. #ConfederateHeritageMonth

Day 14 of Confederate Heritage Month. We honor William D. Matthews. Born free, he & escaped slaves served the US in the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteers against their native South. They defeated white supremacists at the Battle of Island Mound, 29 Oct 1862. #ConfederateHeritageMonth

Day 15 of Confederate Heritage Month. We honor the thousands of African Americans, Cherokee, Creek, and Seminoles who served the US, in some cases, against their native South. They defeated white supremacists at the Battle of Honey Springs, 17 July 1863. #ConfederateHeritageMonth

Day 16 of Confederate Heritage Month. We honor Major General Jesse L. Reno, a Southerner who remained loyal to the United States. He died during the defeat of Confederates at the Battle of South Mountain, 14 Sept 1862. He did not die to preserve slavery. #ConfederateHeritageMonth

Day 17 of Confederate Heritage Month. We honor Col. Edmund J. Davis, a Southerner who rejected Secession and remained loyal to the U.S. His 1st Texas Cavalry of loyal Texans helped defeat Confederates at the Battle of Brownsville, Texas, 2-6 Nov 1863. #ConfederateHeritageMonth

Day 18 of Confederate Heritage Month. We honor Montgomery C. Meigs, a Southerner who remained loyal to the US. As Quartermaster General, his logistics system allowed US armies to penetrate deep into the CSA and win. See: Siege of Vicksburg, 4 July 1863. #ConfederateHeritageMonth

Day 19 of Confederate Heritage Month. We honor General Winfield Scott, a Southerner who remained loyal to the US. His strategy, the Anaconda Plan, strangled the Confederacy. See the CSA's defeat at the Battle of Island Number Ten, 28 Feb to 8 April 1862.
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Day 20 of Confederate Heritage Month. We honor then Brig Gen Stephen A. Hurlbut, a Southerner who remained loyal to the US. His 4th Division, Army of the Tennessee helped Maj Gen Grant kick the Confederacy's butt at the Battle of Shiloh, 6-7 April 1862.
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Day 21 of Confederate Heritage Month. We honor Maj Gen John C. Frémont, a Southerner who remained loyal to the US. His calvary, under Hungarian-born Maj Charles Zagonyi, easily routed Confederate forces at the First Battle of Springfield on 25 Oct 1861.
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Day 22 of Confederate Heritage Month. Today is Confederate Memorial Day in Alabama, thus we honor the 1st Regiment Alabama Cavalry. They loyally served the US–defeating traitors at the Battle of Bentonville (19-21 March 1865) during the March to the Sea.
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Day 23 of Confederate Heritage Month. We honor Andre Cailloux & other former slaves who served the US in the 1st Louisiana Native Guard against their native South. He died during the defeat of Confederates at the Siege of Port Hudson, 22 May–9 July 1863. #ConfederateHeritageMonth

Day 24 of Confederate Heritage Month. We honor the former slaves who served the US in the 1st Mississippi Infantry (African Decent). They fought gallantly against their native South, defeating Confederates at the Battle of Milliken's Bend, 7 June 1863. #ConfederateHeritageMonth

Day 25 of Confederate Heritage Month. We honor the Southern Unionist of the 3rd North Carolina (Volunteer) Mounted Infantry who served the US instead of the treacherous South. They helped defeat Confederates at the Battle of Red Banks, 29 December 1864. #ConfederateHeritageMonth

Day 26 of Confederate Heritage Month. We honor Samuel C. Means, a Southern Unionist who remained loyal to the US. His Loudoun Rangers–the only Union unit raised in present-day Virginia–helped defeat Confederates at the Battle of Monocacy on 9 July 1864. #ConfederateHeritageMonth

Day 27 of Confederate Heritage Month. We honor William Harvey Carney. He escaped slavery and eventually joined the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He earned the MOH during the Confederacy's defeat at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner, 18 July 1864. #ConfederateHeritageMonth

Day 28 of Confederate Heritage Month. We honor James Peckham and other Missourians–immigrants & native-born–who stayed loyal to the US when Missouri did not. The 8th Missouri Volunteer Infantry helped rout traitors at the Battle of Jackson, 14 May 1863. #ConfederateHeritageMonth

Day 29 of Confederate Heritage Month. We honor Phillip Smith & fellow immigrants who served the US against the slavery-preserving South. As soldiers in Missouri Volunteer Infantry regiments, they beat traitors at the Battle of Dallas, 26 May–1 June 1864. #ConfederateHeritageMonth

Day 30 of Confederate Heritage Month. We honor the USCT and other Southerners who helped the US end “The Slavers' Rebellion.” Indeed, they provided the slavery-spreading traitors with a final major defeat at the Battle of Fort Blakeley, 2-9 April 1865. #ConfederateHeritageMonth