Milliken’s Bend USCT burials
Might Milliken’s Bend USCT casualities be buried at Vicksburg National Cemetery?
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Freedmen’s Bureau – Mississippi, 1863
The massive records of the Freedmen’s Bureau (more formally, the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands) are now available online. FamilySearch, the National Archives, and the mobilization of thousands of volunteers made this effort possible. Among these records are … Continue reading →
Song of the 1st Arkansas
Although not present at the battle of Milliken’s Bend on June 7, 1863, the 1st Arkansas Infantry, African Descent, was posted nearby, just upriver a ways at Goodrich’s Landing. Like all the other black Union regiments forming at the time … Continue reading →
Madison Parish Voters League, 1960s
One hundred years after the battle at Milliken’s Bend, black veterans again found themselves fighting for basic rights of citizenship. We often think of the Civil Rights Movement as a youth-led movement. But in the case of Madison Parish, a … Continue reading →
Using USCT pension records to restore slave families
Wrapping up Black History Month with a guest post on the blog at Ancestry.com: Restoring Slave Families Using USCT Pension Records.
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