After the fights at Milliken’s Bend and Mound Plantation, the troops of Walker’s Texas Division remained in the region of northeast Louisiana for a while, harassing plantations and causing disruptions when they could. Gen. Richard Taylor, however, took the bulk … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →The Mississippi Marine Brigade was a Union army unit, despite its confusing name. It was an amphibious strike force, relying on boats on the Mississippi River for quick transport to the scene of action, where the men would disembark and … Continue reading →
Col. William H. Parsons was already known as a hard-riding cavalryman by the time his troopers rode into northeast Louisiana in late June, 1863. On June 29, he discovered two companies of the Union 1st Arkansas Infantry, African Descent, fortified … Continue reading →
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