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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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Illinois at Milliken’s Bend

Milliken's Bend Posted on September 2, 2014 by Milliken's BendSeptember 3, 2014

Many men from Illinois had a hand in the Milliken’s Bend story, and this seems like a timely subject, in anticipation of the upcoming Decatur Civil War Symposium. In April 1863, Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas traveled along the Mississippi River, more »

Posted in Civil War, Milliken's Bend, Union | Tagged 10th Illinois Cavalry, 11th Louisiana Infantry, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery, 45th Illinois Infantry, 8th Illinois Infantry, 93rd Illinois Infantry, 9th Louisiana Infantry, Corydon Heath, David Cornwell, Illinois, North, officers, USCT | Leave a reply

Skirmish on the Richmond Road

Milliken's Bend Posted on June 6, 2013 by Milliken's BendMarch 3, 2014

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 »

Posted in Black history, Civil War, Confederate, Milliken's Bend, Union | Tagged 10th Illinois Cavalry, 9th Louisiana Infantry, Harrison's Cavalry, Louisiana, Mississippi River, USCT | Leave a reply

10th Illinois Cavalry at war with Isaac Shepard

Milliken's Bend Posted on May 30, 2013 by Milliken's BendMarch 3, 2014

The men in the camp of the 10th Illinois Cavalry were in an uproar. Pvt. John O’Brien was being held in the nearby camp of the 1st Mississippi Infantry, African Descent, (a Union unit despite its name). Col. Isaac F. more »

Posted in African Americans, Civil War, Milliken's Bend, Union | Tagged 10th Illinois Cavalry, 1st Mississippi Infantry African Descent, 51st U.S. Colored Infantry, Isaac F. Shepard, race relations, USCT, violence | Leave a reply

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