Anatomy of a Saxophone. All saxophones are comprised of the same basic parts and look fairly similar, with the exception of some variations in the alto sax. Sound is created when a musician blows into a single-reed mouthpiece, causing the neck to vibrate.
Now if you grew up in Houston, you may know this battleâs story well, but Iâll briefly tell it again: on September 8, 1863, four shallow Union gunboats steamed from the Gulf of Mexico into Sabine Pass at the border between Texas and Louisiana. They approached a small fort on the Texas coast known as Fort Griffin.
In Millikenâs Bend, Linda Barnickel uncovers the story of this long-forgotten and highly controversial battle. The fighting at Millikenâs Bend occurred in June 1863, about fifteen miles north of Vicksburg on the west bank of the Mississippi River, where a brigade of Texas Confederates attacked a Federal outpost. Most of the Union defenders had been slaves less than two months before.