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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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Wounded taken aboard Choctaw

Milliken's Bend Posted on January 9, 2023 by Milliken's BendJanuary 9, 2023

The logbook of the gunboat Choctaw records the names of some of the men wounded at Milliken’s Bend. Lt. Commander F. W. Ramsay reported that Lt. Jonathan W. Ayers of Company K, 9th Louisiana, was wounded and “picked up in more »

Posted in Milliken's Bend | Tagged 11th Louisiana Infantry, 23rd Iowa, 9th Louisiana Infantry, casualties, Choctaw, USCT, wounded | Leave a reply

Gunboat casualties at Milliken’s Bend

Milliken's Bend Posted on August 21, 2021 by Milliken's BendAugust 21, 2021

How many men died or were wounded by artillery shells from Union gunboats at Milliken’s Bend?

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Posted in Milliken's Bend | Tagged casualties, Choctaw, gunboats | 2 Replies

Gunboats to the Rescue! – June 7, 1863

Milliken's Bend Posted on June 7, 2013 by Milliken's BendMarch 3, 2014

Not long after the initial Confederate attack on the Union outpost at Milliken’s Bend, Lt. Cmdr. Frank M. Ramsay of the gunboat Choctaw was flagged down by an officer on shore, who shouted out that his pickets were under attack, more »

Posted in Civil War, Confederate, Milliken's Bend, Union | Tagged Choctaw, gunboats, ironclads, Lexington, Navy | Leave a reply

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