LATEST NEWS! BY OUR OWN EXPRESS! McCullough’s report is interesting. An officer that participated in the fight at Milliken’s Bend came through to-day. He states the most of the troops engaged against us were negroes – 4,000 in number – more »
The Mississippi Marine Brigade was a Union army unit, despite its confusing name. It was an amphibious strike force, relying on boats on the Mississippi River for quick transport to the scene of action, where the men would disembark and more »
Col. William H. Parsons was already known as a hard-riding cavalryman by the time his troopers rode into northeast Louisiana in late June, 1863. On June 29, he discovered two companies of the Union 1st Arkansas Infantry, African Descent, fortified more »
Remembering Capt. Corydon Heath (9th Louisiana Infantry, African Descent) and 2nd Lt. George L. Conn (11th Louisiana Infantry, African Descent) – both POW/MIA at Milliken’s Bend, June 7, 1863. Remember all those who remain missing. National POW/MIA Day today.
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