Big Black River
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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His throttle hand urged the Cannonball south along Mississippi's Big Black River at 75 m.p.h. while Casey exulted in its power.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Pemberton's own idea was to await Grant on the Big Black River, where, with Johnston's help, he thought he could beat him.
From Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray by Wood, William Charles Henry
That night he crossed Big Black River, and before dawn of the next day was well within the lines of the enemy.
From Historical Tales, Vol. 2 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
By the 25th nearly all of the regiment had rendezvoused on the west side of the Big Black River, near the railroad.
From History of Company E of the Sixth Minnesota Regiment of Volunteer Infantry by Stees, Charles J.
The "Big Black River" is not so very "big" after all.
From American Scenes, and Christian Slavery A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States by Davies, Ebenezer
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