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
The region, moreover, was complicated for both armies by the mighty Mississippi and the Big Black River, itself a large stream, and there were deep and often unfordable bayous.
From The Rock of Chickamauga A Story of the Western Crisis by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)
We came on the 12th of February to the Grand Gulph and "Big Black River."
From American Scenes, and Christian Slavery A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States by Davies, Ebenezer
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
A second battle was fought at Big Black River, and then, on the eighteenth of May, the victorious Union army surrounded Vicksburg, and the siege was begun.
From Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World by Ridpath, John Clark
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