This page is for descendants of men who fought at Milliken’s Bend in the 9th Louisiana Infantry, African Descent. This was a Union regiment, composed of former slaves, mostly recruited from the region near Milliken’s Bend. Officers in the regiment were white men, most of whom had previously served in General U.S. Grant’s Army of the Tennessee. This regiment would later be renamed the 5th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery (5th USCHA).