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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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Song of the 1st Arkansas

Milliken's Bend Posted on February 11, 2016 by Milliken's BendFebruary 11, 2016

Although not present at the battle of Milliken’s Bend on June 7, 1863, the 1st Arkansas Infantry, African Descent, was posted nearby, just upriver a ways at Goodrich’s Landing. Like all the other black Union regiments forming at the time more »

Posted in African Americans, Black history, Black History Month, Civil War, Emancipation, Primary sources, Related works, Slavery, Union | Tagged 1st Arkansas Infantry, Arkansas, freedom, Louisiana, music, songs | 1 Reply

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