Day 1 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S. Army's 55th Pennsylvania Infantry defeated slaver forces at the Battle of Simmon's Bluff in South Carolina on 21 June 1862. SC's treasonous gov't seceded from the U.S. to protect the institution of slavery: https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_scarsec.asp
Day 2 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S. Army's Department of the Mississippi defeated the slaver's army at the Siege of Corinth in Mississippi, 29 April–30 May 1862. MS's treasonous gov't seceded from the U.S. to protect the institution of slavery: https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_missec.asp
Day 3 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S. Army's Colonel Abel Streight and his troops defeated a slavers' force at the Battle of Day's Gap in Alabama on 30 April 1863. AL's treasonous gov't seceded from the U.S. to protect the institution of slavery: https://ehistory.osu.edu/exhibitions/Regimental/alabama/confederate/secession
Day 4 of Confederate Heritage Month. U.S. Army and Navy forces besieged, then defeated the slavers' garrison at the Battle of Fort Pulaski in Georgia, 10-11 April 1862. GA's treasonous gov't seceded from the U.S. to protect the institution of slavery: https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_geosec.asp
Day 5 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S. Navy's West Gulf Blocking Squadron beat the blasted slavers' garrison at the First Battle of Sabine Pass in Texas, 24-25 September 1862. TX's treasonous gov't seceded from the U.S. to protect chattel slavery: https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/secession/2feb1861.html
Day 6 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S. Army's 3rd Brigade of Pennsylvania Reserves under BGen Ord defeated a slavers' force at the Battle of Dranesville, Virginia, 20 Dec 1861. VA's treasonous gov't seceded from the U.S. to protect chattel slavery: https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Virginia_Ordinance_of_Secession_April_17_1861
Day 7 of Confederate Heritage Month. U.S. Army armies under MG U.S. Grant and MG Don Carlos Buell triumphed over the slavers' army at the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, 6-7 April 1862. TN's treasonous gov't had seceded from the U.S. & sided with the slavers: https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordinances_secession.htm#Tennessee
Day 8 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S. Army's Army of the Southwest emerged victorious over slavers' forces at the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, 7-8 March 1862. AR's treasonous gov't had seceded from the U.S. to preserve the institution of slavery: https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordinances_secession.htm#Arkansas
Day 9 of Confederate Heritage Month. U.S. Army & U.S. Navy forces shellacked two slavers' garrisons at the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries, North Carolina, 28-29 Aug 1861. NC's treasonous gov't had seceded from the U.S. & sided with the slavers' cause: https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordinances_secession.htm#North%20Carolina
Day 10 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S. Army's Fort Pickens garrison defeated an attack by a slaver force at the Battle of Santa Rosa Island, Florida, 9 October 1861. FL's treasonous gov't had seceded from the U.S. & sided with the slavers' cause: https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordinances_secession.htm#Florida
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's treasonous gov't had seceded from the U.S. & joined the slavers: https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordinances_secession.htm#Louisiana
Day 12 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S.' Army of the Tennessee and Western Flotilla defeated a slavers' force at the Battle of Fort Henry, Tennessee, 6 Feb 1862. TN's treasonous gov't had seceded from the U.S. & tried to join the slavers' cause: https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordinances_secession.htm#Tennessee
Day 13 of Confederate Heritage Month. A detachment of U.S. Army troops defeated a slavers' force at the Battle of Camp Wildcat, Kentucky, 21 Oct 1861. KY was neutral, but a provisional secessionist gov't tried to side the state with the slavers' cause: https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordinances_secession.htm#Kentucky
Day 14 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S. Army's XVII Corps & XV Corps bested a slavers' force at the Battle of Rivers' Bridge, South Carolina, 3 Feb 1865. Secession from the U.S. to defend the institution of slavery began with SC's treasonous gov't: https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_scarsec.asp
Day 15 of Confederate Heritage Month. MG U.S. Grant's Army of the Tennessee seized a slavers' city at the Battle of Jackson, Mississippi, 14 May 1863. MS' 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
Day 16 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S. Army's 9th Illinois Mounted Infantry bested the slaver's cavalry at the Battle of Athens, Alabama, 26 Jan 1864. AL's treasonous gov't seceded from the U.S. and sided with cause of defending chattel slavery: https://ehistory.osu.edu/exhibitions/Regimental/alabama/confederate/secession
Day 17 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S.' Army of the Tennessee & Army of the Cumberland defeated slavers at the Battle of Jonesborough, Georgia, 31 Aug-1 Sept 1864. GA's treasonous gov't then lost the prized city of Atlanta in the name of slavery. https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_geosec.asp
Day 18 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S. Navy's Western Gulf Blockading Squadron bested a slavers' garrison at the Battle of Galveston Harbor, Texas, 4 Oct 1862. TX'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
Day 19 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S.' Army of the Potomac under MG Meade defeated a slavers' force at Second Battle of Rappahannock Station, Virginia, 7 November 1863. VA's treasonous gov't seceded from the U.S. in the name of chattel slavery: https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Virginia_Ordinance_of_Secession_April_17_1861
Day 20 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S.' Army of the Cumberland under MG Thomas forever wrecked a slavers' army at the Battle of Nashville, Tennessee, 15-16 Dec 1864. TN's treasonous gov't tried secession from the U.S. to aide the slavers' cause: https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordinances_secession.htm#Tennessee
Day 21 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S. Army's Department of the Missouri's Cavalry Division routed slavers at the Battle of Bayou Fourche, Arkansas, 10 Sep 1863. AR's treasonous gov't then lost its capital––all in the name of the slavers' cause: https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordinances_secession.htm#Arkansas
Day 22 of Confederate Heritage Month. U.S. Army cavalry elements under GEN Kilpatrick routed slavers' forces at the Battle of Morrisville, North Carolina, 13-15 April 1864. NC's treasonous gov't tried secession to preserve the slavers' cause––and failed. https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordinances_secession.htm#North%20Carolina
Day 23 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S. Army & U.S. Navy routed a slavers' force at the Battle of St. Johns Bluff, Florida, 1-3 Oct 1862. The U.S. then secured the Jacksonville area. FL's treasonous gov't tried secession to aid the slaver's cause. https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordinances_secession.htm#Florida
Day 24 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S. Army & U.S. Navy rebuffed a slavers' gambit at the Battle of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 5 August 1862. The U.S. retained control over Baton Rouge. LA's treasonous gov't tried secession to aid the slaver's cause. https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordinances_secession.htm#Louisiana
Day 25 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S.' Army of the Cumberland effectively destroyed an entire slavers' army at the Battle of Nashville, Tennessee, 15-16 Dec 1864. TN's treasonous gov't had seceded from the U.S. & tried to join the slavers' cause: https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordinances_secession.htm#Tennessee
Day 26 of Confederate Heritage Month. The U.S. Army'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't sided with the slavers' cause: https://www.constitution.org/csa/ordinances_secession.htm#Kentucky
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