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. While many of the Texans stopped to plunder the encampment, the Federals took cover behind a levee fronting the river.

Here, supported by fire of the ironclad "Choctaw", the Federals were able to check the Confederates. McCulloch withdrew. This was the second battle in which Negro troops were employed by the North.