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Detail of Map of Plantations in Carroll Parish, Louisiana and Issaquena County, Mississippi, Goodrich Division, Skipwith District, ca. 1863. No date appears on the map, but it may have been used during 1863 when plantations began to be leased in the…

Detail of plot of Vicksburg District, for Leasing Abandoned Plantations, circa 1863. No date appears on the map, but it would seem likely that this map may have been used during 1863 when plantations began to be leased in the area. An "X" by the…

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 "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…