John Gordon, veteran and freedman
John Gordon’s complete pension file – now available online! Nearly 300 pages!
Continue reading →John Gordon’s complete pension file – now available online! Nearly 300 pages!
Continue reading →Juneteenth may be celebrated later this month, but two years before June 19, 1865, when slaves in Galveston learned of their freedom – Black men in Union blue claimed and won their freedom on the banks of the Mississippi River more »
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 more »
How many men died or were wounded by artillery shells from Union gunboats at Milliken’s Bend?
Continue reading →Milliken’s Bend might just be the most important battle of the Civil War that you’ve never heard of. Oh, sure, it was a tiny thing – just 1500 men on either side, and it had no grand strategic outcome, like more »