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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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Confederate Burials

Milliken's Bend Posted on December 5, 2016 by Milliken's BendMay 8, 2019

I’ve recently received several questions asking where Confederates from the battle of Milliken’s Bend were buried. Unfortunately, I don’t have a firm answer. Before the Confederates left Milliken’s Bend, they stayed nearby for a couple of hours before withdrawing to more »

Posted in Confederate, Milliken's Bend | Tagged burials, casualties, cemeteries, deaths, Louisiana, Madison Parish, Monroe | Leave a reply

Black freedom curtailed – Summer 1865

Milliken's Bend Posted on September 11, 2015 by Milliken's BendSeptember 11, 2015

It didn’t take long after the end of the Civil War for the white leaders of Monroe, Louisiana, to enact repressive measures against blacks in their midst. Just two months after Lee surrendered at Appomattox, blacks were faced with the more »

Posted in African Americans, Black history, Civilians, Politics, Primary sources, Reconstruction, Related works | Tagged laws, Louisiana, Monroe, plantations, race relations | Leave a reply

Sarah Wadley

Milliken's Bend Posted on March 8, 2015 by Milliken's BendMarch 8, 2015

Sarah Wadley was a young woman in Monroe, Louisiana. Her father was an official with the Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Texas Railroad, and her position in Monroe society, and its distance from the battlefields, insulated her from the war for a more »

Posted in Civil War, Civilians, Confederate, Milliken's Bend, Primary sources, Related works, Websites | Tagged diaries, homefront, Louisiana, Monroe, women's history | Leave a reply

Stevenson’s Expedition to Monroe – Part 2

Milliken's Bend Posted on October 5, 2013 by Milliken's BendFebruary 17, 2014

Months after Brig. Gen. John D. Stevenson took a division on a short but grueling expedition into Monroe, Louisiana, Maj. John G. Davis of the 1st Mississippi Heavy Artillery, African Descent (the same regiment known as the 9th Louisiana Infantry, more »

Posted in Civil War, Confederate, Milliken's Bend, Politics, Primary sources, Related works, Union | Tagged 9th Louisiana Infantry, atrocities, Corydon Heath, executions, John G. Davis, Louisiana, Monroe, officers, prisoner exchanges, prisoners, Stevenson's expedition, USCT, violence | Leave a reply

Stevenson’s Expedition to Monroe – Part 1

Milliken's Bend Posted on September 9, 2013 by Milliken's BendFebruary 17, 2014

In late August 1863, Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson ordered Brig. Gen. John D. Stevenson to take a bit more than a division on a cross-country expedition into Louisiana. They disembarked from their transports at Goodrich’s Landing on the Mississippi River, more »

Posted in Civil War, cw150, Primary sources, Union | Tagged 2nd Illinois Light Artillery, Battery G, deaths, disease, Louisiana, medical conditions, Monroe, Stevenson's expedition | Leave a reply

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