Day 1. We begin the shaming of #ConfederateHeritageMonth with the First Battle of Boonville, Missouri on 17 June 1861. The U.S. Army under CPT Nathaniel Lyon routed the forces of slavery, precipitating "The Boonville Races." The Army's war in MO against the Slavers had begun.

Day 2. We continue the shaming of #ConfederateHeritageMonth and our focus on Missouri. There, on 21 October 1861 at the Battle of Fredericktown, the U.S. Army under COL Joseph B. Plummer defeated slaver forces. Slaver defeat meant the Army increased control over southeastern MO.

Day 3. We continue the shaming of #ConfederateHeritageMonth and our focus on Missouri. On 25 October 1861, U.S. Army cavalry commanded by Hungarian immigrant MAJ Charles Zagonyi (Károly Zágonyi) made short work of opposing Slaver rebels at the First Battle of Springfield, MO.

Day 4. We continue the shaming of #ConfederateHeritageMonth and our focus on Missouri. On 28 December 1861, the U.S. Army under loyal Virginian BG Benjamin M. Prentiss overran the rebels at the Battle of Mount Zion Church. Slaver attempts at organization in MO suffered greatly.

Day 5. We continue the shaming of #ConfederateHeritageMonth and our focus on Missouri. At the Battle of Roan's Tan Yard, 8 Jan 1862, elements of four U.S. Army cavalry regiments under MAJ W. M. G. Torrence routed confused rebels. After two battles, the Army controlled central MO.

Day 6. We continue the shaming of #ConfederateHeritageMonth and our focus on Missouri. 28 Feb to 8 April 1862, Slaver forces lost New Madrid and were defeated by U.S. Army infantry and gunboats at the Battle of Island Number Ten. The U.S. controlled the Mississippi above Memphis.

Day 7. We continue the shaming of #ConfederateHeritageMonth and our focus on Missouri. At the Battle of Kirksville, 6 Aug 1862, the U.S Army's 2nd Missouri Cavalry Regiment annihilated a Slaver force hiding in the town. That victory strengthened Army control over northeastern MO.

Day 8. We continue the shaming of #ConfederateHeritageMonth and our focus on Missouri. At the Second Battle of Springfield, 8 Jan 1863, the U.S. Army garrison repulsed raiders in an urban battle. Slaver defeat kept the town open as a critical supply point for the Army out west.

Day 9. We continue the shaming of #ConfederateHeritageMonth and our focus on Missouri. On 26 April 1863, U.S. Army troops under BG John McNeil defeated Slaver forces at the Battle of Cape Girardeau. The Army victory caused the raiders to retreat to Arkansas without supplies.

Day 10. We continue the shaming of #ConfederateHeritageMonth and our focus on Missouri. Slaver efforts to undercut U.S. Army control of the hotly contested state failed forever at the Battle of Westport, 23 Oct 1864. The Army rendered the invading rebel force combat ineffective.

Day 11. We continue the shaming of #ConfederateHeritageMonth and our focus on Missouri. On 25 Oct 1864, at the Battle of Marmiton River, U.S. Army cavalry commanded by BG John McNeil defeated retreating elements of the Slaver force from 23 Oct. Remnants continued the withdrawal.

Day 12. We continue the shaming of #ConfederateHeritageMonth and our focus on Missouri. At the Second Battle of Newtonia, 28 Oct 1864, U.S. Army cavalry under BG James G. Blunt inflicted another defeated on the retreating Slaver force. They rendered the rebels combat ineffective.

Day 13. We continue the shaming of #ConfederateHeritageMonth, but now look beyond Missouri. Oddly enough, the defeat of Slaver forces at the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, 7-8 March 1862, effectively gave the U.S. Army control over much of Missouri and northern Arkansas.

Day 14. We continue the shaming of #ConfederateHeritageMonth and our focus on the Western Theater. At the Battle of Fort Henry, Tennessee, 6 Feb 1862, fire from FO Andrew Foote's U.S. Army flotilla forced the surrender of the rebel garrison before BG U.S. Grant's troops arrived.

Day 15. We continue the shaming of #ConfederateHeritageMonth. Following up on the success at Fort Henry, BG U.S. Grant's forces subdued the Slaver garrison at the Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee, 11-16 Feb 1862. Most of Kentucky and Tennessee then fell under U.S. Army control.

Day 16. We continue the shaming of #ConfederateHeritageMonth. The U.S. Army ended Slaver aspirations of parity at the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, 6-7 April 1862. While costly for the Army, its victory prevented the rebels from blocking MG U.S. Grant's access to Mississippi.

Day 17. We continue the shaming of #ConfederateHeritageMonth. At the Battle of Stones River, TN, 31 Dec 1862 to 2 Jan 1863, Slavers suffered 11,739 casualties and wrecked another of their armies in a defeat against the U.S. Army. Certainly not a battle they'd want to Bragg about.

Day 18. We continue the shaming of #ConfederateHeritageMonth. The so-called Confederacy loved itself so much that it decided two was better than one. Or rather, at the Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, 18 May to 4 July 1863, the U.S. Army cut the rebellious Slaver alliance in two.

Day 19. We continue the shaming of #ConfederateHeritageMonth. From 22 May to 9 July 1863, the Siege of Port Hudson, LA saw the U.S. Army isolate another Slaver garrison. After the surrender of Vicksburg, Port Hudson also capitulated––giving the U.S. control of the Mississippi.

Day 20. We continue the shaming of #ConfederateHeritageMonth. Slaver forces attempted to reach Vicksburg to break BG U.S. Grant's siege. Yet at the Battle of Milliken's Bend, LA, 7 June 1863, the African Brigade, 23rd Iowa Inf Reg and two U.S. Navy gunboats defeated the rebels.

Day 21. We continue the shaming of #ConfederateHeritageMonth. At the Battle of Nashville, TN, 15-16 Dec 1864, MG George H. Thomas' Army of the Cumberland destroyed the Slaver force that opposed it. If traitor John Bell Hood was good at anything it was making strategic blunders.