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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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Chaos of Emancipation

Milliken's Bend Posted on December 2, 2014 by Milliken's BendDecember 2, 2014

Special guest post today at National Archives blog, “Rediscovering Black History” about the Chaos of Emancipation in northeast Louisiana, 1863. Much thanks to Tina Ligon and others for making this possible!

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Posted in African Americans, Black history, Civil War, Civilians, Emancipation, Milliken's Bend, Slavery, Union, Websites | Tagged archives, black troops, emancipation proclamation, Louisiana, plantation lessees, plantations, Trans-Mississippi, USCT | 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

General Richard Taylor, C.S.A.

Milliken's Bend Posted on January 23, 2013 by Milliken's BendJanuary 23, 2013

Major General Richard Taylor was a subordinate of Lt. Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith in the Trans-Mississippi Department of the Confederacy in the spring of 1863, and he would be tasked with trying to break through to relieve Vicksburg from the more »

Posted in Civil War, Confederate | Tagged Biography, Confederate generals, Richard Taylor, Trans-Mississippi | 2 Replies

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