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)
The "Big Black River," or "Chim-pas-a-ooc-ten," to its source.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4, part 2: John Tyler by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)
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.
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
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