"Milliken’s Bend – A Forgotten Civil War Battle" Topic

"The battle of Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, on June 7, 1863, had little strategic importance, and the total forces involved was small, 1,500 or less on each side. It has been largely forgotten, one of the war's countless skirmishes. But the percentage of casualties on both sides was among the war's highest; it was an early test of the Union Army's new regiments comprised of men of "African Descent"; and the aftermath led to a Congressional investigation and contributed to the decision to end prisoner exchanges.

Author and archivist Linda Barnickel recently brought new attention to the battle with her book, Milliken's Bend: A Civil War Battle in History and Memory (Louisiana State University Press, 2013). The book was reviewed in the December 2013 issue of Civil War Times. Recently, Barnickel answered some questions for HistoryNet about her book and the battle…"
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Armand

And this action was 11 days before the more famous action of the 54th Massachusetts at Charleston. The USCT troops acquitted themselves fairly well during this fight considering they had only been under arms a very short time.

Jim

The book is good. I have run the battle a couple times at Cons and it has come out as a real brawl every time.

Thanks!.

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