Big black river
a river in N central Mississippi, flowing SW to the Mississippi River near Vicksburg. 330 miles (531 km) long.
Historical Examples
The Blue and The Gray A. R. White
A Rebel War Clerk’s Diary at the Confederate States Capital John Beauchamp Jones
History of Company E of the Sixth Minnesota Regiment of Volunteer Infantry Alfred J. Hill
Hero Tales From American History Henry Cabot Lodge, and Theodore Roosevelt
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete Ulysses S. Grant
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- Big blue river
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