Records indicate that only a few wounded Confederates were taken prisoner by the Yankees, sent to Van Buren General Hospital at Milliken’s Bend on June 7. These four men have been identified: Thomas Chandoin (Chandon) (Chadin), Co. D, 17th Texas more »
Elisha DeWitt’s heart must have swelled with patriotism. In August 1861, just eighteen years old, he signed on with the 7th Missouri Infantry (U.S.) at Rolla. Enlisting early in the war when the eagerness of youth and lofty patriotic ideals more »
In September 1863, two of the Confederate generals who had been involved, at a distance, in the battle of Milliken’s Bend began to consider the unthinkable – arming slaves. In the immediate aftermath of the battle in June, Trans-Mississippi commander more »
John Gordon was just 15 years old when he enlisted in Company B, 11th Louisiana Infantry, African Descent on May 8, 1863. He was probably involved in the fighting at Milliken’s Bend, as there is no evidence that he was more »
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