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Title: The Mississippi Valley in the Civil War
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Fiske, John, 1842-1901
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Publisher: Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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s east of Lake Providenceand let in the Mississippi river. It would thusbe possible for ships coming down from Memphisto sail through this long detour without ever get-ting within forty miles of the guns of Vicksburg,and thus at length reentering the Mississippi fromthe Red river, to ascend to the scene of operations.The supplies for the army would thus make aroundabout journey of 400 miles, but the routewas quite safe from the enemy. McPhersonscorps was at work upon Bayou Baxter throughFebruary and March, but the obstacles had notbeen all surmounted when Grant resolved uponthe very different plan which finally proved suc-cessful. While these experiments were going on. Grantwas also endeavouring, with much more hope ofsuccess, to find a method of crossing his armyto the north of Haines Bluff, so as to turn theThe Yazoo right flank of the rebel line of works.Passexperi- The Yazoo Pass Seemed to afford apromising opportunity for this. Theline of steep bluffs which leaves the Mississippi
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THE LAKE PROVIDENCE EXPERIMENTFEBRUARY AND MARCH, 1863 The Vicksburg Problem 215 at Memphis to meet it again at Vicksburg en-closes with the river an elliptical area 200 mileslong as the crow flies by 60 miles wide at its widest.Along the eastern portion o£ this ellipse, and nearthe base of the bluffs, run a series of rivers drain-ing the elevated plains of the state of Mississippi.First the Coldwater at the north comes down tojoin the Tallahatchie, and presently their unitedvolume, swelled by that of the Yallabusha, formsthe Yazoo river, which empties into the Missis-sippi just above Vicksburg. All these streamswere navigable for vessels of light draught. Inthe upper part of the ellipse, 150 miles due northfrom Vicksburg, the distance between the Cold-water and the Mississippi is only ten miles, andthis is traversed by a winding bayou, some 80feet wide by 30 feet deep, known as the YazooPass. In former times this route, through theYazoo Pass and along the rivers that flow underthe b

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