Big Black River

noun

1. a river in N central Mississippi, flowing SW to the Mississippi River near Vicksburg. 330 miles (531 km) long.

Example Sentences

By the 25th nearly all of the regiment had rendezvoused on the west side of the Big Black River, near the railroad.

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That night he crossed Big Black River, and before dawn of the next day was well within the lines of the enemy.

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Grant pursued without a moment's delay, and came up with the rear guard at Big Black River.

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Pemberton himself fell back that night to the Big Black River.

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He also abandoned thirty guns, and crossed the Big Black River.

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