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Digging the Butler Canal and Rescue on Yazoo Reach
A March 1863 Yazoo expedition by the 113 Illinois Volunteer Infantry aboard the transport Silver Wave, led by General Sherman, moves upriver from Youngs Point into Black Bayou. Soldiers endure mud, swamp, and hostile wildlife as they cross a corduroy bridge and launch an unusual steamboat assault through the swamp toward an unknown target.
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Youngs Point
113 Illinois Vol
Billy Sherman
Butler Canal
Yazoo
Mississippi
Vicksburg
Yazoo River
United States Army
Young's Point
Saint Patrick