Milliken's Bend supply base
Supply base, Madison Parish (Milliken's Bend), Louisiana.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Supply base
- Where
- Madison Parish (Milliken's Bend), Louisiana
- Years
- 1863
MILLIKEN'S BEND
Largest of Grant's Louisiana supply bases in 1863, about 20 miles up the Mississippi from Vicksburg, with troops housed and hospitals set up. Three corps marched south from it in April 1863. Confederates attacked its garrison of newly recruited African American soldiers on June 7, 1863.
Then
Milliken's Bend, about 20 miles up the Mississippi from Vicksburg, was the largest of Grant's Louisiana supply bases in 1863. Troops were housed there and hospitals set up, and three corps marched south from it in April 1863.
Once the navy opened a supply point on the Yazoo River behind the siege lines, Milliken's Bend lost most of its importance. Confederates attacked its garrison of newly recruited African American soldiers on June 7, 1863.
Now
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by a smaller railroad, about 2.9 miles away.
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