Milliken's Bend, Battle of, 1863
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Asa E. Sample diary
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1136
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 3 folders containing a photocopy of a 117-page diary from Asa E. Sample of Knightstown, Indiana, ranging from December 9, 1862 to December 21, 1863 regarding his experiences during the Civil War as an enlisted soldier with the 54th Infantry Regiment, Company E.
Dates:
1862-1863
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Asa E. Sample diary
George M. Rogers diary
Collection — Folder S1809
Identifier: S1809
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a diary created by George M. Rogers regarding his experiences of the Siege of Vicksburg from May 5, 1863 to July 4, 1863. The diary starts on May 1, 1863, with his regiment marching to Milliken Bend near Richmond, Louisiana. Rogers describes his participation as a skirmisher in the Battle of Black River on May 18, 1863; his participation in the Union assaults on Vicksburg starting on May 22, 1863; his participation in the Battle of Milliken's Bend on June 7,...
Dates:
1863
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
/
George M. Rogers diary
