Delta in Madison Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
U.S. African Brigade
District Northeast Louisiana Army of the Tennessee
Photographed by Duane Hall, May 26, 2015
1. U.S. African Brigade Marker
African Brigade
District Northeast Louisiana Army of the Tennessee
Col. Isaac F. Shepard
Post of Milliken’s Bend Louisiana
Col. Hiram Scofield
8th Louisiana, Col. Hiram Scofield
9th Louisiana, Col Herman Lieb, Maj. Erastus N. Owen, Lieut. Col. Charles L. Paige
11th Louisiana, Col. Edwin W. Chamberlain, Lieut. Col. Cyrus Sears
13th Louisiana, Lieut. Herman Knoll
1st Mississippi, Lieut. Col. A. Watson Webber
3rd Mississippi, Col. Richard H. Ballinger
Casualties in the attack on Milliken’s Bend Louisiana June 7, 1863
Killed 78 Wounded 246 Missing 265 Total 589
Post of Goodrich’s Landing Louisiana
Col. William F. Wood
1st Arkansas, Lieut. Col. James Campbell
10th Louisiana, Col. Frederick M. Crandal
Two companies numbering 144 officers and men of the 1st Arkansas
were captured, June 29, 1863 at Mounds, near Goodrich’s Landing
Erected by the U.S. War Department.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is June 7, 1825.
Location. 32° 19.239′ N, 90° 55.973′ W. Marker is in Delta, Louisiana, in Madison
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Regionally, this marker is in North Louisiana. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Mississippi Delta. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers (here, next to this marker); Freedmen Fight at Milliken's Bend (a few steps from this marker); Grant's Canal – 1863 (within shouting distance of this marker); U.S. Operations Against Vicksburg (within shouting distance of this marker); Grant's Canal (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Grant's Canal (within shouting distance of this marker); Mississippi Sidestep (within shouting distance of this marker); Williams' Canal – 1862 (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Delta.
Also see . . . Battle of Milliken's Bend, June 7, 1863. From the National Park Service website for Vicksburg National Military Park. (Submitted on June 17, 2015.)
Photographed by Duane Hall, May 26, 2015
2. Markers and Monuments of Grant's Canal
Photographed by Duane Hall, May 26, 2015
3. Ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers Memorial and US African Brigade Marker
Photographed by Duane Hall, May 26, 2015
4. Ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers Memorial and US African Brigade Marker
Photographed by Duane Hall, May 26, 2015
5. Grant's Canal Unit of the Vicksburg NMP
Credits. This page was last revised on May 15, 2018. It was originally submitted on June 17, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 822 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 17, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.
