Remembering Milliken’s Bend, 2020
What happened at Milliken’s Bend? Why should it be remembered? View this video to learn more.
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The body of soldier John Jackson bore the scars of the vicious fighting at Milliken’s Bend: two gunshots in the head, one in the right arm, and a fractured thigh from a musket butt. Even that didn’t stop him from more »
Might Milliken’s Bend USCT casualities be buried at Vicksburg National Cemetery?
Continue reading →Today we reflect upon the significance of Juneteenth, a date marked and celebrated as the African American Independence Day. To learn more about this event, its history and significance, and for more about the Black Freedom Struggle, especially in the more »
What happened at Milliken’s Bend? Why should it be remembered? View this video to learn more.
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I was elated to see in the History Channel’s Grant miniseries that Milliken’s Bend was more than just a mark on a map for a supply depot, as Grant’s army crossed the Mississippi River to invest Vicksburg. The fight that more »