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Milliken's Bend

A Civil War Battle in History and Memory

The Civil War battle of Milliken's Bend, showing African-American soldiers holding their ground against a Confederate attack, as imagined by an artist from Harper's Weekly, published July 4, 1863.
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Freedmen’s Bureau – Mississippi, 1863

Milliken's Bend Posted on February 9, 2017 by Milliken's BendFebruary 9, 2017

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 more »

Posted in African Americans, Black History Month, Civilians, Milliken's Bend, Primary sources, Related works, Slavery, Union | Tagged Freedmen's Bureau, hospitals, John Eaton | Leave a reply

Free State of Jones – movie review

Milliken's Bend Posted on July 17, 2016 by Milliken's BendJuly 17, 2016

Life, war, and survival during this era was extremely brutal and cruel. The film Free State of Jones is not for the squeamish. One of the first things that strikes you about this film is its intense brutality. And that’s more »

Posted in Civil War, Civilians, Reconstruction, Related works, Slavery | Tagged Free State of Jones, Mississippi, movie review, movies, race relations | Leave a reply

Texas Slave Population, 1860

Milliken's Bend Posted on May 1, 2016 by Milliken's BendMay 9, 2016

At one of my presentations, while speaking of the high proportion of slaves present in the river parishes in northeast Louisiana, I was asked about the Texas slave population in the regions where the regiments of McCulloch’s Brigade were raised, more »

Posted in African Americans, Civil War, Civilians, Confederate, Milliken's Bend, Slavery | Tagged 1860 census, population, slave uprisings, statistics, Texas, Texas Troubles | Leave a reply

Black freedom curtailed – Summer 1865

Milliken's Bend Posted on September 11, 2015 by Milliken's BendSeptember 11, 2015

It didn’t take long after the end of the Civil War for the white leaders of Monroe, Louisiana, to enact repressive measures against blacks in their midst. Just two months after Lee surrendered at Appomattox, blacks were faced with the more »

Posted in African Americans, Black history, Civilians, Politics, Primary sources, Reconstruction, Related works | Tagged laws, Louisiana, Monroe, plantations, race relations | Leave a reply

Anderson and Kate Shields – the Verdict

Milliken's Bend Posted on July 20, 2015 by Milliken's BendJuly 20, 2015

The case seemed solid enough. Three individuals – Kate Shields (widow), Padon Turner, and Henry Woods – all agreed on the details. Anderson Shields, who was Kate’s husband, had joined the Union army with his friends near Grand Gulf, Mississippi more »

Posted in African Americans, Black history, Civil War, Civilians, Milliken's Bend, Primary sources, Related works, Slavery, Union | Tagged Anderson Shields, deserters, Henry Woods, Kate Shields, Padon Turner, pensions, women's history | Leave a reply

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