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Day 1 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S. Army& #39;s 55th Pennsylvania Infantry defeated slaver forces at the Battle of Simmon& #39;s Bluff in South Carolina on 21 June 1862. SC& #39;s treasonous gov& #39;t seceded from the U.S. to protect the institution of slavery: https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_scarsec.asp">https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_cent...
Day 2 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S. Army& #39;s Department of the Mississippi defeated the slaver& #39;s army at the Siege of Corinth in Mississippi, 29 April–30 May 1862. MS& #39;s treasonous gov& #39;t seceded from the U.S. to protect the institution of slavery: https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_missec.asp">https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_cent...
Day 3 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S. Army& #39;s Colonel Abel Streight and his troops defeated a slavers& #39; force at the Battle of Day& #39;s Gap in Alabama on 30 April 1863. AL& #39;s treasonous gov& #39;t seceded from the U.S. to protect the institution of slavery: https://ehistory.osu.edu/exhibitions/Regimental/alabama/confederate/secession">https://ehistory.osu.edu/exhibitio...
Day 4 of Confederate Heritage Month. U.S. Army and Navy forces besieged, then defeated the slavers& #39; garrison at the Battle of Fort Pulaski in Georgia, 10-11 April 1862. GA& #39;s treasonous gov& #39;t seceded from the U.S. to protect the institution of slavery: https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_geosec.asp">https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_cent...
Day 5 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S. Navy& #39;s West Gulf Blocking Squadron beat the blasted slavers& #39; garrison at the First Battle of Sabine Pass in Texas, 24-25 September 1862. TX& #39;s treasonous gov& #39;t seceded from the U.S. to protect chattel slavery: https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/secession/2feb1861.html">https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/about...
Day 6 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S. Army& #39;s 3rd Brigade of Pennsylvania Reserves under BGen Ord defeated a slavers& #39; force at the Battle of Dranesville, Virginia, 20 Dec 1861. VA& #39;s treasonous gov& #39;t seceded from the U.S. to protect chattel slavery: https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Virginia_Ordinance_of_Secession_April_17_1861">https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Virginia_...
Day 7 of Confederate Heritage Month. U.S. Army armies under MG U.S. Grant and MG Don Carlos Buell triumphed over the slavers& #39; army at the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, 6-7 April 1862. TN& #39;s treasonous gov& #39;t had seceded from the U.S. & sided with the slavers: #Tennessee">https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordinances_secession.htm #Tennessee">https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordin...
Day 8 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S. Army& #39;s Army of the Southwest emerged victorious over slavers& #39; forces at the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, 7-8 March 1862. AR& #39;s treasonous gov& #39;t had seceded from the U.S. to preserve the institution of slavery: #Arkansas">https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordinances_secession.htm #Arkansas">https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordin...
Day 9 of Confederate Heritage Month. U.S. Army & U.S. Navy forces shellacked two slavers& #39; garrisons at the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries, North Carolina, 28-29 Aug 1861. NC& #39;s treasonous gov& #39;t had seceded from the U.S. & sided with the slavers& #39; cause: #North%20Carolina">https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordinances_secession.htm #North%20Carolina">https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordin...
Day 10 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S. Army& #39;s Fort Pickens garrison defeated an attack by a slaver force at the Battle of Santa Rosa Island, Florida, 9 October 1861. FL& #39;s treasonous gov& #39;t had seceded from the U.S. & sided with the slavers& #39; cause: #Florida">https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordinances_secession.htm #Florida">https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordin...
Day 11 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S. Navy defeated slavers at the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Louisiana, 18-28 April 1862, which caused the capture of New Orleans. LA& #39;s treasonous gov& #39;t had seceded from the U.S. & joined the slavers: #Louisiana">https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordinances_secession.htm #Louisiana">https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordin...
Day 12 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S.& #39; Army of the Tennessee and Western Flotilla defeated a slavers& #39; force at the Battle of Fort Henry, Tennessee, 6 Feb 1862. TN& #39;s treasonous gov& #39;t had seceded from the U.S. & tried to join the slavers& #39; cause: #Tennessee">https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordinances_secession.htm #Tennessee">https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordin...
Day 13 of Confederate Heritage Month. A detachment of U.S. Army troops defeated a slavers& #39; force at the Battle of Camp Wildcat, Kentucky, 21 Oct 1861. KY was neutral, but a provisional secessionist gov& #39;t tried to side the state with the slavers& #39; cause: #Kentucky">https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordinances_secession.htm #Kentucky">https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordin...
Day 14 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S. Army& #39;s XVII Corps & XV Corps bested a slavers& #39; force at the Battle of Rivers& #39; Bridge, South Carolina, 3 Feb 1865. Secession from the U.S. to defend the institution of slavery began with SC& #39;s treasonous gov& #39;t: https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_scarsec.asp">https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_cent...
Day 15 of Confederate Heritage Month. MG U.S. Grant& #39;s Army of the Tennessee seized a slavers& #39; city at the Battle of Jackson, Mississippi, 14 May 1863. MS& #39; treasonous govt betrayed the U.S. because "a blow at slavery is a blow at commerce and civilization": https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_missec.asp">https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_cent...
Day 16 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S. Army& #39;s 9th Illinois Mounted Infantry bested the slaver& #39;s cavalry at the Battle of Athens, Alabama, 26 Jan 1864. AL& #39;s treasonous gov& #39;t seceded from the U.S. and sided with cause of defending chattel slavery: https://ehistory.osu.edu/exhibitions/Regimental/alabama/confederate/secession">https://ehistory.osu.edu/exhibitio...
Day 17 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S.& #39; Army of the Tennessee & Army of the Cumberland defeated slavers at the Battle of Jonesborough, Georgia, 31 Aug-1 Sept 1864. GA& #39;s treasonous gov& #39;t then lost the prized city of Atlanta in the name of slavery. https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_geosec.asp">https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_cent...
Day 18 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S. Navy& #39;s Western Gulf Blockading Squadron bested a slavers& #39; garrison at the Battle of Galveston Harbor, Texas, 4 Oct 1862. TX& #39;s had a history of treason in the name of slavery––Mexico (1836) and the U.S. (1861). https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/secession/2feb1861.html">https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/about...
Day 19 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S.& #39; Army of the Potomac under MG Meade defeated a slavers& #39; force at Second Battle of Rappahannock Station, Virginia, 7 November 1863. VA& #39;s treasonous gov& #39;t seceded from the U.S. in the name of chattel slavery: https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Virginia_Ordinance_of_Secession_April_17_1861">https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Virginia_...
Day 20 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S.& #39; Army of the Cumberland under MG Thomas forever wrecked a slavers& #39; army at the Battle of Nashville, Tennessee, 15-16 Dec 1864. TN& #39;s treasonous gov& #39;t tried secession from the U.S. to aide the slavers& #39; cause: #Tennessee">https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordinances_secession.htm #Tennessee">https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordin...
Day 21 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S. Army& #39;s Department of the Missouri& #39;s Cavalry Division routed slavers at the Battle of Bayou Fourche, Arkansas, 10 Sep 1863. AR& #39;s treasonous gov& #39;t then lost its capital––all in the name of the slavers& #39; cause: #Arkansas">https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordinances_secession.htm #Arkansas">https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordin...
Day 22 of Confederate Heritage Month. U.S. Army cavalry elements under GEN Kilpatrick routed slavers& #39; forces at the Battle of Morrisville, North Carolina, 13-15 April 1864. NC& #39;s treasonous gov& #39;t tried secession to preserve the slavers& #39; cause––and failed. #North%20Carolina">https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordinances_secession.htm #North%20Carolina">https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordin...
Day 23 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S. Army & U.S. Navy routed a slavers& #39; force at the Battle of St. Johns Bluff, Florida, 1-3 Oct 1862. The U.S. then secured the Jacksonville area. FL& #39;s treasonous gov& #39;t tried secession to aid the slaver& #39;s cause. #Florida">https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordinances_secession.htm #Florida">https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordin...
Day 24 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S. Army & U.S. Navy rebuffed a slavers& #39; gambit at the Battle of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 5 August 1862. The U.S. retained control over Baton Rouge. LA& #39;s treasonous gov& #39;t tried secession to aid the slaver& #39;s cause. #Louisiana">https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordinances_secession.htm #Louisiana">https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordin...
Day 25 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S.& #39; Army of the Cumberland effectively destroyed an entire slavers& #39; army at the Battle of Nashville, Tennessee, 15-16 Dec 1864. TN& #39;s treasonous gov& #39;t had seceded from the U.S. & tried to join the slavers& #39; cause: #Tennessee">https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordinances_secession.htm #Tennessee">https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordin...
Day 26 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S. Army& #39;s First Division Army of the Ohio under BGen Thomas routed slavers at the Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky, 19 Jan 1862. KY was neutral, but a provisional secessionist gov& #39;t sided with the slavers& #39; cause: #Kentucky">https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordinances_secession.htm #Kentucky">https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordin...
