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The Mississippi River [b] ... In March 1876, the Mississippi suddenly changed course near the settlement of Reverie, ... Action stage River levels ...
In 1876, the Mississippi River changed course to cut across De Soto Point, eventually isolating Vicksburg from the river, but the completion of the Yazoo Diversion Canal in 1903 restored Vicksburg's river access. Most of the canal site has since been destroyed by agriculture, but a small section survives.
The Mississippi River was an important military highway that bordered ten states, roughly equally divided between Union and Confederate loyalties. Both sides soon realised that control of the river was a crucial strategic priority. Confederate general Braxton Bragg said "The river is of more importance to us than all the country together."
The town is approximately 32 miles (51 km) northeast of Natchez and is currently about two miles (3.2 km) inland from the Mississippi River. Wetlands between the town and the river include a lake that roughly follows the river's former course. Atop the loess bluffs behind Rodney are its cemetery and Confederate earthworks from the Civil War.
As the river changed course, the natural flow of freshwater and sediment changed as well, resulting in periods of land building and land loss in different areas of the delta. This process by which the river changes course is known as avulsion , or delta-switching, and forms the variety of landscapes that make up the Mississippi River Delta.
River Outlet Continent Date of reversal Cause of reversal References Chicago River [a] Mississippi River: North America: 2017 and others [b] Storm surge [11] Mississippi River: Gulf of Mexico: North America 1812: Tectonic uplift caused by New Madrid earthquakes [12] 2005: Storm surge from Hurricane Katrina [1] 2012: Storm surge from Hurricane ...
In 1876, the Mississippi River changed its course, shifting west several miles and leaving Vicksburg without a river front. In 1902, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers diverted the Yazoo River into the old river bed, forming the Yazoo Diversion Canal. The modern-day port of Vicksburg is still located on this canal.
Steele's Bayou ran roughly parallel to the Mississippi, as seen on this map of the area produced shortly after the war. The expedition was very much limited by the geography of the Mississippi Delta, the flood plain of the river occupying most of northwestern Mississippi. The land is quite low and is in fact lower in many places than the river.