Remains Grant’s Canal
This channel was dug by the 9th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers in June 1862, in an attempt to cut off a loop of the Mississippi river and so avoid the Confederate batteries at Vicksburg.
This part of the canal is now a part of the Vicksburg National Military Park.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: NPS Photo
Nearby
Museum
- Pemberton's Headquarters - Vicksburg
- Visitor Center Vicksburg National Military Park - Vicksburg
- USS Cairo Museum - Vicksburg
Point of interest
- Historical Marker Siege of Vicksburg - Vicksburg
- Position Marker Attack of 11th, 13th, 15th and 16th Iowa Infantry (Union) - Vicksburg
- Balfour House - Vicksburg
Monument
- 9th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers (Union) Monument - Delta
- 37th Illinois Infantry (Union) Monument - Vicksburg
- Confederates Memorial Park Vicksburg National Military Park - Vicksburg
Cemetery
Fortification
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