Louisiana Civil War Battle Milliken's Bend American Civil War

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June 7, 1863

On June 6, Colonel Hermann Lieb with the African Brigade and two companies of the 10th Illinois Cavalry made a reconnaissance toward Richmond, Louisiana.
About three miles from Richmond, Lieb encountered enemy troops at the Tallulah railroad depot and drove them back but then retired, fearing that many more Rebels might be near. While retiring, a squad of Union cavalry appeared, fleeing from a force of Rebels.
Colonel Lieb got his men into battle line and helped disperse the pursuing enemy. He then retired to Milliken's Bend and informed his superior by courier of his actions. The 23rd Iowa Infantry and two gunboats came to his assistance. Around 3:00 am on June 7, Rebels appeared in force and drove in the pickets. They continued their movement towards the Union left flank.
The Federal forces fired some volleys that caused the Rebel line to pause momentarily, but the Texans soon pushed on to the levee where they received orders to charge. In spite of receiving more volleys, the Rebels came on, and hand-to-hand combat ensued. In this intense fighting, the Confederates succeeded in flanking the Union force and caused tremendous casualties with enfilade fire. The Union force fell bank to the river's bank.
About that time Union gunboats Choctaw and Lexington appeared and fired upon the Rebels. The Confederates continued firing and began extending their right to envelop the Federals but failed in their objective. Fighting continued until noon when the Confederates withdrew. The Union pursued, firing many volleys, and the gunboats pounded the Confederates as they retreated to Walnut Bayou.
Result(s): Union victory
Location: Madison Parish
Campaign: Grant's Operations against Vicksburg (1863) next battle in campaign previous battle in campaign
Date(s): June 7, 1863
Principal Commanders: Colonel Hermann Lieb [US]; Brigadier General Henry E. McCulloch [CS]
Forces Engaged: African Brigade and the 23rd Iowa Volunteer Infantry [US]; McCulloch's Brigade [CS]

Estimated Casualties: 837 total (US 652; CS 185)

**Louisiana Civil War Reading Titles**
Twenty-Seventh Louisiana Volunteer Infantry The Twenty-seventh Louisiana Volunteer Infantry was the first infantry regiment assigned to the defense of Vicksburg, Mississippi. The author, inspired by his great-grandfather, Burlin Moore Scriber, who served as a corporal in the Louisiana Infantry's Company B, celebrates the undaunting courage of this regiment during the forty-seven-day siege by Union soldiers before the surrender of Vicksburg. This valuable historical and genealogical resource includes details about the Louisiana Secession Convention in 1861, the creation of Camp Moore, and the battles of Champion Hill, Grand Gulf, and Black River Bridge. A wealth of archival information and photographs, "The Twenty-seventh Louisiana Volunteer Infantry" also includes a register of soldiers, including rank, promotions, service records, captures and paroles, medical history, and personal information.	The Defense of Vicksburg: A Louisiana Chronicle: Texas A & M University Military History Series	Dark and Bloody Ground: The Battle of Mansfield and the Forgotten Civil War in Louisiana This book chronicles not only the remarkable military victory at Mansfield but the subsequent engagements that forced Union forces into an ignominious withdrawal.	A Maryland Bride in the Deep South: The Civil War Diary of Priscilla Bond In this diary of a Confederate soldier's young wife in Louisiana during the Civil War, Bond writes of courtship, religious faith, and her battle with tuberculosis. Harrison includes Bond's diaries from 1858 to 1865 in full, illustrating Bond's maturation from a 19-year-old leaving her family for the first time to an adult facing the desperate reality of war. In her 60 pages of introductory material, Harrison attempts to justify the inclusion of every "Oh! How my poor heart ached" by folding it into cultural theory and history, with section titles like "Love, Friendship, and Power: The War's Impact on Relationships" and "Functions of Literacy and the Diary." Bond's writing speaks for itself at times, like when she writes of autumn, "On everything seems to be written 'passing away.' It reminds us of our own bodys,"

Louisiana Civil War Reading Titles

Twenty-Seventh Louisiana Volunteer Infantry
The Twenty-seventh Louisiana Volunteer Infantry was the first infantry regiment assigned to the defense of Vicksburg, Mississippi. The author, inspired by his great-grandfather, Burlin Moore Scriber, who served as a corporal in the Louisiana Infantry's Company B, celebrates the undaunting courage of this regiment during the forty-seven-day siege by Union soldiers before the surrender of Vicksburg.
This valuable historical and genealogical resource includes details about the Louisiana Secession Convention in 1861, the creation of Camp Moore, and the battles of Champion Hill, Grand Gulf, and Black River Bridge. A wealth of archival information and photographs, "The Twenty-seventh Louisiana Volunteer Infantry" also includes a register of soldiers, including rank, promotions, service records, captures and paroles, medical history, and personal information.

The Defense of Vicksburg:
A Louisiana Chronicle: Texas A & M University Military History Series

Dark and Bloody Ground:
The Battle of Mansfield and the Forgotten Civil War in Louisiana
This book chronicles not only the remarkable military victory at Mansfield but the subsequent engagements that forced Union forces into an ignominious withdrawal.

A Maryland Bride in the Deep South: The Civil War Diary of Priscilla Bond
In this diary of a Confederate soldier's young wife in Louisiana during the Civil War, Bond writes of courtship, religious faith, and her battle with tuberculosis. Harrison includes Bond's diaries from 1858 to 1865 in full, illustrating Bond's maturation from a 19-year-old leaving her family for the first time to an adult facing the desperate reality of war. In her 60 pages of introductory material, Harrison attempts to justify the inclusion of every "Oh! How my poor heart ached" by folding it into cultural theory and history, with section titles like "Love, Friendship, and Power: The War's Impact on Relationships" and "Functions of Literacy and the Diary." Bond's writing speaks for itself at times, like when she writes of autumn, "On everything seems to be written 'passing away.' It reminds us of our own bodys,"

This DuPont Columbia Award-winning series explains the role Louisiana had in the expansion of the United States.

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U.S. National Park Service
U.S. Library of Congress.

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