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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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On Freedom Road

Milliken's Bend Posted on March 3, 2025 by Milliken's BendMarch 31, 2025

In the 2023 book, On Freedom Road: Bicycle Explorations and Reckonings on the Underground Railroad by David Goodrich, the author and his buddy make a series of bicycle trips throughout the North and South, following significant events in the history more »

Posted in Book Reviews, Related works | Tagged books, David Goodrich, memory, travel | Leave a reply

Three Memorial Days at Vicksburg

Milliken's Bend Posted on May 29, 2017 by Milliken's BendMay 29, 2017

From the 1870s to the 1930s, Vickburg routinely had three different Memorial Day observances: one for Confederate veterans; one for white Union veterans; and one for black Union veterans. Confederate Veterans April 26 was designated Confederate Memorial Day in Mississippi. more »

Posted in African Americans, Book Reviews, Civil War, Milliken's Bend, Related works | Tagged cemeteries, Memorial Day, National Cemeteries, USCT, veterans, Vicksburg | Leave a reply

Book Review: Defining Moments by Clark

Milliken's Bend Posted on May 15, 2015 by Milliken's BendMay 15, 2015

Defining Moments: African American Commemoration and Political Culture in the South, 1863-1913 explores the efforts and insistence of African Americans to place emancipation and the end of slavery at the center of Civil War commemorative activities over the course of more »

Posted in African Americans, Black history, Book Reviews, Civilians, Emancipation, Politics, Related works, Slavery | Tagged books, celebrations, commemoration, Emancipation Day, race relations | 2 Replies

Book Review: Tainted Breeze

Milliken's Bend Posted on January 8, 2015 by Milliken's BendJanuary 8, 2015

Tainted Breeze: The Great Hanging at Gainesville, Texas, 1862 by Richard B. McCaslin remains one of the most thorough treatments of this violent effort to bring in and subdue draft dodgers and perceived Unionists in an area of Texas that more »

Posted in Book Reviews, Civil War, Civilians, Confederate, Related works | Tagged executions, Gainesville, Great Hanging, Henry McCulloch, Paul Octave Hebert, Texas | Leave a reply

Book review: Rough Justice

Milliken's Bend Posted on October 15, 2014 by Milliken's BendOctober 15, 2014

Rough Justice: Lynching and American Society, 1874-1947 by Michael J. Pfeifer is an excellent work of both breadth and depth. Breadth, in that that he covers a wide span of time, more than 50 years – and a variety of geographic more »

Posted in African Americans, Book Reviews, Milliken's Bend, Politics, Reconstruction, Related works | Tagged California, Iowa, Louisiana, lynching, New York state, violence, Washington state, Wisconsin, Wyoming | Leave a reply

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