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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

Confederate generals propose arming slaves

Milliken's Bend Posted on July 13, 2014 by Milliken's BendJuly 13, 2014

In September 1863, two of the Confederate generals who had been involved, at a distance, in the battle of Milliken’s Bend began to consider the unthinkable – arming slaves. In the immediate aftermath of the battle in June, Trans-Mississippi commander more »

Posted in African Americans, Civil War, Confederate, Primary sources, Related works, Slavery | Tagged arming slaves, Black Confederates, black troops, Confederate generals, Edmund Kirby Smith, Paul Octave Hebert, Trans-Mississippi | Leave a reply

M.W. Sims makes his escape

Milliken's Bend Posted on November 6, 2013 by Milliken's BendFebruary 17, 2014

(continued from previous post) In early November 1863, Benjamin Sims traveled to Vicksburg to try to plead his case to Union authorities in person, but was turned away. He was told that his brother, M.W. Sims, was already steaming north more »

Posted in Civil War, Confederate, cw150 | Tagged atrocities, Lewis Dent, Louisiana, M. W. Sims, Paul Octave Hebert, prisoner exchanges, prisoners | 7 Replies

Lewis Dent

Milliken's Bend Posted on August 6, 2013 by Milliken's BendFebruary 17, 2014

On Aug. 1, 1863, Judge Lewis Dent returned to Union lines, escorted by Confederate 1st Lt. Jesse Sparks. He was being exchanged under an agreement between Confederate general Paul Octave Hebert and Union general U.S. Grant. In return, a “civilian” more »

Posted in Civilians, Confederate | Tagged Lewis Dent, Louisiana, M. W. Sims, Paul Octave Hebert, plantation lessees, plantations, prisoner exchanges, prisoners, Ulysses S. Grant | 6 Replies

Lt. Col. Arthur J.L. Fremantle

Milliken's Bend Posted on July 18, 2013 by Milliken's BendMarch 1, 2014

Lt. Col. Arthur J.L. Fremantle of Her Majesty’s Coldstream Guards was the Forrest Gump of the Civil War. He was everywhere. In the space of just three and a half months, he traveled from Brownsville, Texas through nearly every seceded more »

Posted in Civil War, Confederate | Tagged Arthur J.L. Fremantle, diaries, Louisiana, Monroe, Paul Octave Hebert | Leave a reply

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