On July 30, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln announced his policy of “retaliation.” This word had a very specific meaning when wielded by politicians, editors, and generals, on both sides. In its most basic terms, it meant a war without mercy, more »
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Continue reading →The casualties at Milliken’s Bend stunned both sides. No one was expecting the battle to be so severe. McCulloch’s Brigade lost 44 killed, 130 wounded, and 10 missing. This amounted to a 12% loss – much different than the one more »
When the Rebels flanked the Union line on the Federals’ far left, and the 9th Louisiana Infantry, African Descent, peeled back, it began a cascading effect all along the Federal defenses. All other Union positions suddenly became unsustainable. The 1st more »
In the early morning darkness of June 6, 1863, around 2a.m., Col. Hermann Lieb took his regiment of new recruits out for a reconnaissance toward the railroad depot, near Tallulah and Richmond, Louisiana. Two companies of the irritable 10th Illinois Cavalry were more »