Steamboat Natchez in Belzoni, Mississippi

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Steamboat Natchez

Belzoni, MS, USA

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On March 13, 1863, near this site, the NATCHEZ burned and sank in the Yazoo. Converted into a Confederate gunboat and onward with cotton bales, the vessel had been taken into the Yazoo to avoid capture.

Last updated: 6/17/2009 10:15:00

Related Themes: C.S.A., Confederate States of America, Confederacy

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