The Duckport Canal was an unsuccessful military venture by Union forces during the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. Ordered built in late March 1863 by Major General Ulysses S. Grant, the canal connected the Mississippi River near Duckport, Louisiana, to New Carthage, Louisiana, using a series of swampy bayous for much of its path.
The Duckport Canal was an unsuccessful military venture by Union forces during the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. Ordered built in late March 1863 by Major General Ulysses S. Grant, the canal connected the Mississippi River near Duckport, Louisiana, to New Carthage, Louisiana, using a series of swampy bayous for much of its path.
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