John Gordon, veteran and freedman
John Gordon’s complete pension file – now available online! Nearly 300 pages!
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Memorial Day’s Missing Stories of Milliken’s Bend
This Memorial Day, I had hoped to profile a single USCT soldier who had died at Milliken’s Bend. Or, perhaps a few. What I did not realize was how difficult that would be. So many of the men who fought … Continue reading →
John Jackson, Milliken’s Bend veteran
The body of soldier John Jackson bore the scars of the vicious fighting at Milliken’s Bend: two gunshots in the head, one in the right arm, and a fractured thigh from a musket butt. Even that didn’t stop him from … Continue reading →
Milliken’s Bend USCT burials
Might Milliken’s Bend USCT casualities be buried at Vicksburg National Cemetery?
Continue reading →Anniversary Celebration, 2019
Tickets are now available for the African Ancestral Celebration commemorating Milliken’s Bend, to be held in Tallulah, Louisiana, June 7-9, 2019. I am honored to be asked to participate in this event as the keynote speaker on Saturday. Full details, … Continue reading →