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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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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

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