??The fall of New Orleans in April1862, capped the beginning of an 18-month driveto control Vicksburg and the Mississippi River.The fight for this strategic location was arduous. Vicksburg, sitting high atop bluffs, was protected by artillery and …
At daybreak on June 7, 1863, Gen. H. E. McCulloch led his Texas Brigade against the Union force which guarded the Union supply depot at Milliken's Bend. In the savage fighting which ensued, the Confederates drove the Federals from their camp. Whil…