Remembering Milliken’s Bend, 2020
What happened at Milliken’s Bend? Why should it be remembered? View this video to learn more.
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The logbook of the gunboat Choctaw records the names of some of the men wounded at Milliken’s Bend. Lt. Commander F. W. Ramsay reported that Lt. Jonathan W. Ayers of Company K, 9th Louisiana, was wounded and “picked up in more »
How many men died or were wounded by artillery shells from Union gunboats at Milliken’s Bend?
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One of the last acts of David Batey was to sketch this spectacular image of the fighting at Milliken’s Bend, and send it home to his family. Batey was a private in Company C, 17th Texas Infantry (Allan’s regiment) more »
I’ve recently received several questions asking where Confederates from the battle of Milliken’s Bend were buried. Unfortunately, I don’t have a firm answer. Before the Confederates left Milliken’s Bend, they stayed nearby for a couple of hours before withdrawing to more »