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Grant, the History Channel, and Milliken’s Bend

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I was elated to see in the History Channel’s Grant miniseries that Milliken’s Bend was more than just a mark on a map for a supply depot, as Grant’s army crossed the Mississippi River to invest Vicksburg. The fight that more »

Lewis Dent

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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 »