Milliken's Bend - Black Soldiers Defeat Confederates
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Description: Black soldiers vindicated President Abraham Lincoln by defeating Confederate soldiers at Milliken's Bend, in the critical battle for Vicksburg in the Civil War. As a result, most barriers to the enlistment and effective deployment of Colored recruits were eliminated in pursuit of the ultimate Union victory. Most of the Colored infantry had minimal training, were outnumbered and ill-equipped. Nevertheless, in close hand-to-hand combat, they routed the "Rebs" and won respect previously denied by both sides of the conflagration. Site features maps, links, historical articles, discussion group.
Milliken's Bend- A Chapter in the Civil War. frican-American soldiers numbering approximately one hundred and eighty thousand - nine percent of the North's fighting force - fought for the Union Army during the Civil War.
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| Page title: | Milliken's Bend- A Chapter in the Civil War. |
| Keywords: | Black soldiers vindicated Lincoln by defeating Confederate soldiers at Millikens Bend Vicksburg promoting further support of Colored Troops in Civil War,Louisiana Civil War Battles, Black Soldiers, African American Soldiers, Black Soldiers of the civil War, African American Soldiers of the Civil War, Slave Soldiers, Slave Soldiers of the civil war, Civil War Battles, Battle of Millikens Bend, millikens Bend, Emancipation Proclamation, Colonel John H. Taggart, |
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| Date | Creation Date: 2001-01-21T17:47:25Z Expiry Date: 2015-01-21T17:47:25Z |