Conflict: American Civil War
Combatants: Confederates vs. Federals
Location: Louisiana (USA)
Outcome: Federal victory
One this day in 1863, Confederate troops under command of General Henry McCulloch initially pushed Federal troops back across the Mississippi River and inflicted over 600 casualties. The arrival of two Union gunboats, however, forced the Confederates to withdraw with about 185 casualties.
Points of Interest:
After the Confederate withdrawal from Milliken's Bend, Union troops crossed back into Mississippi and burned down Jefferson Davis' plantation of Brierfield.
Milliken's Bend was one of the first Civil War engagements in which Black soldiers took part.
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Sources:
Bowman, John S. (Ed.) (1983). The Civil War Almanac. New York: World Almanac.
Catton, Bruce (1955). This Hallowed Ground. Kingsport, Tennessee: Kingsport Press, Inc.
Dupuy, Trevor N., Johnson, Curt, & Bongard, David L. (1992). The Harper's Encyclopedia of Military Biography. New York: Castle Books (HarperCollins).
Dupuy, R. Ernest & Dupuy, Trevor N. (1993). The Harper's Encyclopedia of Military History. New York: HarperCollins.
Hogue, James M. & McPherson, James M. (2009). Ordeal By Fire. New York: MaGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Long, E.B & Long, Barbara (1971). The Civil War Day by Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. New York: De Capo Press, Inc.
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