How many men died or were wounded by artillery shells from Union gunboats at Milliken’s Bend?
Continue reading →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 … Continue reading →
Might Milliken’s Bend USCT casualities be buried at Vicksburg National Cemetery?
Continue reading →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 … Continue reading →