A couple of months ago, not long after the 150th anniversary of Milliken’s Bend, someone posted a comment on my Facebook page, talking about the fact that the Confederates successfully stormed the field, but that some people claim the battle more »
On Aug. 1, 1863, Judge Lewis Dent returned to Union lines, escorted by Confederate 1st Lt. Jesse Sparks. He was being exchanged under an agreement between Confederate general Paul Octave Hebert and Union general U.S. Grant. In return, a “civilian” more »
I recently had the honor and pleasure of appearing in a VirtualBookSigning at the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago with Allen Guelzo, author of Gettysburg: The Last Invasion. As we discussed our works, it occurred to me that there more »
The early spring of 1863 was a difficult one for Kate Stone and her family. Yankees had infested the area near Milliken’s Bend for months, but their numbers were growing in anticipation of yet another attempt to take Vicksburg. As more »
As we close out Black History Month, and begin Women’s History Month, this seems like a fitting time to discuss how black women in the region of Milliken’s Bend were affected by the war. One of the finest works I more »