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A stereograph taken by photographer D.B. Woodbury showing an African American family pausing around a wagon, captioned as a scene taken on January 1, 1863, the first day that the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect. Artist Alfred Waud would…

Illustration of a group of freed people around a wagon as they enter the Union lines. Image appeared in the January 31, 1863 issue of Harper's Weekly. Alfred Waud is the credited artist.

Sketch by Alfred Waud based upon a photograph taken by David B. Woodbury on Jan. 1, 1863 - the day the Emancipation Proclamation took effect. This scene shows the condition of the formerly enslaved as they came in to Union lines.
In the spring of…

Detail of a ribbon map of the Mississippi River, 1866. Louisiana communities important to the Milliken's Bend story include: Lake Providence; Goodrich's Landing; Milliken's Bend; Duckport; Young's Point; DeSoto pennisula; Richmond; New Carthage;…

Detail of "Lloyd's map of the lower Mississippi River from St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico" showing Miliken's Bend, Duckport, Young's Point, plantation names and owners, bayous, railroad from DeSoto Point running westward, and other features.

Detail of "Chart of the Mississippi River from the Ohio River to Gulf of Mexico" showing Milliken's Bend, Young's Point, Vicksburg and other locations along the Mississippi River.

Detail from "LLoyd's new map of the Mississippi River from Cairo to its mouth" showing location of the town of Milliken's Bend ("Millikensville"), Terrapin Neck, Vicksburg, and other towns, bayous, and features along the Mississippi River. Part of a…

Detail of Township 17 North, Range 13 East (T17N R13E) of Madison Parish, Louisiana, near the site of Milliken's Bend.